Dominican Republic vs Germany

Germany is 7.3 times larger than Dominican Republic — 357,022 against 48,670 km². Germany is 7.2 times more populous than Dominican Republic — 83,491,249 against 11,520,487 people.

Side by side

Population density

Dominican Republic is slightly more densely populated, by 1.2% — 237 against 234 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

Practical differences

• Different currencies: the Dominican peso and the Euro.
• Different continents — North America and Europe.

Dominican Republic

Shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Pico Duarte at 3,098 m is the highest point in the Caribbean, and Lago Enriquillo, at about 40 m below sea level, is the lowest — both in the same country. The lake is saltier than the sea and holds American crocodiles.

Germany

Germany borders nine countries, more than any other in Europe. The Rhine carries more freight than any other river in Europe. The country has around 25,000 castles and palaces, and the Black Forest and Bavarian Alps mean about a third of it is wooded.

Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.