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Ohio vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Ohio has a land area of 40,859 square miles (105,824 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 3.3 times (229%) larger than Ohio's.
Total area
- Ohio: 44,826 square miles (116,098 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 3.1 times (208%) larger than Ohio's.
Length
- Ohio is 291 miles (468 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 1.8 times (82%) longer than Ohio's.
Width
- Ohio spans 317 miles (510 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 1.3 times (25%) wider than Ohio's.
Highest point
- Ohio's highest point is Campbell Hill at 1,547 feet (472 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 8,171 feet higher than Campbell Hill.
Lowest point
- Ohio's lowest point is Ohio River at 455 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 468 feet lower.
Ohio vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Ohio has a population of 11,883,304 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 7.0 times (602%) larger than Ohio's.
Population density
- Ohio: 290.8 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 2.1 times (113%) higher than Ohio's.
Biggest city
- Ohio's biggest city is Columbus with 933,263 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 4.2 times (316%) larger than Columbus'.
Largest metro area
- Ohio's largest metropolitan area is Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 2.7 times (169%) larger than Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's.
History
- Ohio: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Ohio is the older of the two by 68 years.
Ohio vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Ohio's GDP is $923.1 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 5.5 times (447%) larger than Ohio's.
GDP per capita
- Ohio: $77,684 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Ohio's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (28%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Ohio: $64,464 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Ohio's average income is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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