Germany is 357,588 square kilometers in size – and is therefore significantly smaller than the USA, which is clearly “superior” to the Federal Republic with 9,525,067 square kilometers in terms of area.
Four of the 50 states of the USA are even larger than the Federal Republic of Germany in terms of area – not none, twelve or all. These are Alaska (1,717,854 km²), Texas (695,621 km²), California (423,970 km²) and Montana (380,838 km²).
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Just behind Germany are New Mexico (314,915 km²), Arizona (295,254 km²) and Nevada (286,351 km²). The rest of the US states are:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio OH
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- District of Columbia
The United States of America (English United States of America; abbreviated USA), briefly called United States (English United States, abbreviated US, US) and often colloquially shortened to America (English America), is a federal republic. It consists of 50 states and one federal district (the capital, Washington DC). According to the 2020 census, the population of the USA is 331,449,281.
For comparison: The Federal Republic of Germany, founded in 1949, has consisted of 16 federal states since 1990 and is a free, democratic and social constitutional state. The population of Germany is 83,129,285. With 232 inhabitants per square kilometer, today’s Germany is one of the densely populated area states.
