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Texas vs Scotland Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Scotland has 30,090 square miles (77,933 km²).
- Texas' land area is 8.7 times (768%) larger than Scotland's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Scotland: 30,090 square miles (77,933 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 8.9 times (793%) larger than Scotland's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Scotland is 440 miles (708 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 1.8 times (84%) longer than Scotland's.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Scotland spans 313 miles (504 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 2.5 times (148%) wider than Scotland's.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Scotland's is Ben Nevis at 4,413 feet (1,345 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 4,317 feet higher than Ben Nevis.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Scotland's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Texas vs Scotland Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Scotland has 5,480,000 (2022).
- Texas' population is 5.7 times (471%) larger than Scotland's.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Scotland: 182.1.
- Scotland's population density is 1.5 times (52%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; Scotland's is Glasgow with 632,350.
- Houston's population is 3.8 times (278%) larger than Glasgow's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- Scotland: A country within the United Kingdom; a kingdom from the 9th century until the 1707 union with England.
- In its current form, Scotland is the older of the two by 1,002 years.
Texas vs Scotland Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Scotland's $191.7 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 14.4 times larger than Scotland's.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs Scotland: $34,973.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 2.5 times (153%) higher than Scotland's.
Official Websites
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