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Virginia vs Germany Geography
Land area
- Virginia has a land area of 39,481 square miles (102,256 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 3.4 times (241%) larger than Virginia's.
Total area
- Virginia: 42,775 square miles (110,786 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 3.2 times (223%) larger than Virginia's.
Length
- Virginia is 223 miles (359 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 2.4 times (138%) longer than Virginia's.
Width
- Virginia spans 466 miles (750 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Virginia's east-west width is 1.2 times (17%) wider than Germany's.
Highest point
- Virginia's highest point is Mount Rogers at 5,729 feet (1,746 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 3,989 feet higher than Mount Rogers.
Lowest point
- Virginia'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.
Virginia vs Germany Population and History
Population
- Virginia has a population of 8,811,195 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 9.5 times (847%) larger than Virginia's.
Population density
- Virginia: 223.2 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 2.8 times (178%) higher than Virginia's.
Biggest city
- Virginia's biggest city is Virginia Beach with 454,808 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 8.5 times (753%) larger than Virginia Beach's.
Largest metro area
- Virginia's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area and Berlin metropolitan region have about the same population.
History
- Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788, as the 10th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, Virginia is the older of the two by 83 years.
Virginia vs Germany Economy
GDP
- Virginia's GDP is $761.7 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 6.6 times (563%) larger than Virginia's.
GDP per capita
- Virginia: $86,451 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- Virginia's GDP per capita is 1.4 times (43%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- Virginia: $77,351 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Virginia's average income is 1.3 times (28%) higher than Germany's.
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