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West Virginia vs Germany Geography
Land area
- West Virginia has a land area of 24,041 square miles (62,266 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 5.6 times (460%) larger than West Virginia's.
Total area
- West Virginia: 24,230 square miles (62,755 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 5.7 times (470%) larger than West Virginia's.
Length
- West Virginia is 245 miles (394 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 2.2 times (117%) longer than West Virginia's.
Width
- West Virginia spans 276 miles (444 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- Germany's east-west width is 1.4 times (44%) wider than West Virginia's.
Highest point
- West Virginia's highest point is Spruce Knob at 4,863 feet (1,482 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 4,855 feet higher than Spruce Knob.
Lowest point
- West Virginia's lowest point is Potomac River at 240 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 253 feet lower.
West Virginia vs Germany Population and History
Population
- West Virginia has a population of 1,769,979 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 47.2 times larger than West Virginia's.
Population density
- West Virginia: 73.6 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 8.4 times (742%) higher than West Virginia's.
Biggest city
- West Virginia's biggest city is Charleston with 46,482 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- Berlin's population is 83.4 times larger than Charleston's.
Largest metro area
- West 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
- West Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, as the 35th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, West Virginia is the older of the two by 8 years.
West Virginia vs Germany Economy
GDP
- West Virginia's GDP is $106.5 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 47.4 times larger than West Virginia's.
GDP per capita
- West Virginia: $60,156 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- West Virginia and Germany have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- West Virginia: $55,351 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Germany's average income is 1.1 times (9%) higher than West Virginia's.
Official Websites
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