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Tennessee vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Tennessee has a land area of 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 3.3 times (227%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 3.3 times (228%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 2.8 times (178%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Tennessee's east-west width is 1.3 times (25%) wider than Germany's.
Highest point
- Tennessee's highest point is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 3,094 feet higher than Clingmans Dome.
Lowest point
- Tennessee's lowest point is Mississippi River at 178 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 191 feet lower.
Tennessee vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Tennessee has a population of 7,227,750 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 11.5 times larger than Tennessee's.
Population density
- Tennessee: 175.3 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 3.5 times (254%) higher than Tennessee's.
Biggest city
- Tennessee's biggest city is Nashville with 704,963 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 5.5 times (450%) larger than Nashville's.
Largest metro area
- Tennessee's largest metropolitan area is Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Berlin metropolitan region's population is 2.9 times (188%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 75 years.
Tennessee vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Tennessee's GDP is $561.2 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 9.0 times (800%) larger than Tennessee's.
GDP per capita
- Tennessee: $77,645 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Tennessee's GDP per capita is 1.3 times (28%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Tennessee: $66,504 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Tennessee's average income is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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