Federal Republic of Germany    United States of America
Prisoners 0.06 m 2.30 m
Area 373 × 373 mi 1938 × 1938 mi
Births 0.7 m/y 4.0 m/y
GDP $3.3 trn/y $15.7 trn/y
Population 81 m 317 m*
Life Expectancy 81 years 79 years
Cities 3.4 m Berlin
1.7 m Hamburg
1.3 m Munich
1.0 m Cologne
0.7 m Frankfurt
8.3 m New York
3.9 m Los Angeles
2.7 m Chicago
2.2 m Houston
1.5 m Phoenix
States 18 m North-Rhine Westphalia
13 m Bavaria
11 m Baden-Württemberg
  8 m Lower Saxony
  6 m Hesse
38 m California
26 m Texas
20 m New York
19 m Florida
13 m Illinois
National Holiday Day of Unity (Oct 3rd) Independence Day (Jul 4th)

*) In the US census of 2000, 43 million citizens (15%; 1990: 23%) considered themselves to be of German ancestry. (The 2010 census did not ask about ancestry.)