Germany vs Jamaica

Germany is 32 times larger than Jamaica — 357,022 against 10,991 km². Germany is 29 times more populous than Jamaica — 83,491,249 against 2,837,077 people.

Side by side

Population density

Jamaica is 1.1 times more densely populated than Germany — 258 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

• They drive on opposite sides — Germany on the right, Jamaica on the left.
• Different currencies: the Euro and the Jamaican dollar.
• Different continents — Europe and North America.

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.

Jamaica

The Blue Mountains rise to 2,256 m within about 15 km of the coast, so the island is far steeper than its size suggests. Cockpit Country in the west is a karst landscape of conical hills and sinkholes, largely trackless, and holds most of Jamaica's endemic plants. The island is about 235 km long and 82 km at its widest.

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.