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South Carolina vs Germany Geography
Land area
- South Carolina has a land area of 30,064 square miles (77,866 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 4.5 times (348%) larger than South Carolina's.
Total area
- South Carolina: 32,024 square miles (82,940 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 4.3 times (331%) larger than South Carolina's.
Length
- South Carolina is 236 miles (380 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 2.3 times (125%) longer than South Carolina's.
Width
- South Carolina spans 279 miles (449 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 1.4 times (42%) wider than South Carolina's.
Highest point
- South Carolina's highest point is Sassafras Mountain at 3,497 feet (1,066 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 6,221 feet higher than Sassafras Mountain.
Lowest point
- South Carolina's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
South Carolina vs Germany Population and History
Population
- South Carolina has a population of 5,478,831 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 15.2 times larger than South Carolina's.
Population density
- South Carolina: 182.2 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 3.4 times (240%) higher than South Carolina's.
Biggest city
- South Carolina's biggest city is Charleston with 157,665 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 24.6 times larger than Charleston's.
Largest metro area
- South Carolina's largest metropolitan area is Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 2.2 times (115%) larger than Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's.
History
- South Carolina: Admitted to the Union on May 23, 1788, as the 8th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, South Carolina is the older of the two by 83 years.
South Carolina vs Germany Economy
GDP
- South Carolina's GDP is $357.1 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 14.1 times larger than South Carolina's.
GDP per capita
- South Carolina: $65,173 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- South Carolina's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- South Carolina: $60,776 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- South Carolina and Germany have about the same average income.
Official Websites
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