Germany Fact Sheet
Last update : September 2009
Demography
Population: 82.3 million
Population Density (inhabitant/km2): 230.9 (national average), 3,818 (Berlin - highest), 73 (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - lowest)
Largest Cities (pop. in million): Berlin (3.4m), Hamburg (1.7m), Munich (1.3m), Cologne (1m), Frankfurt (0.67m) and Stuttgart (0.59m).
Home Ownership: 40%
Urban Population: 88%
Life Expectancy : 79.26 (average), 76.26 years (men), 82.42 years (women) (2009 est.)
Birth Rate: 8.2 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death Rate: 10.71 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Ethnic Composition: Caucasians (99%)
Registered foreigners: 7.3 million (2004), among which 1,764,000 Turks, 548,000 Italians, 507,000 Serbs, 370,000 Greeks, 327,000 Poles, 229,000 Croats, 183,500 Vietnamese, and 179,000 Russians.
Official Language: German (+ 7 official minority languages)
Major Religions: Protestantism (32.5%), Roman Catholicism (31.5%), Agnosticism/Atheism (29.5%), Islam (4%)
Geography
Area: 357,021 km²
Coastline : 2,389 km
Highest Peak: Zugspitze: (2,962 m)
Lowest Elevation: Wilstermarsch (-3.5m)
Economy
Monetary unit: Euro (€, EUR)
Fiscal Year: 1 January - 31 December
GDP (nominal - IMF): US$3.66 trillion (2008)
GNI per capita (Atlas methodology): US$42,440 (2008)
GDP per capita at PPP: US$44,660 (2008 - IMF)
GDP - real growth rate: 1.7 % (2009)
Inflation (consumer prices): 2.8 % (2008)
Unemployment: 8.3% (2009)
Public Debt (% of GDP) : 62.6 (2008 - CIA)
Main Industries: iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles
Main Exports: machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, and textiles
Main Imports: machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, and metals
Main Trading Partners: France, USA, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland.
Government
Type of Government: Republic
Parliamentary System : bicameral Parliament (Federal Diet and Federal Council)
Administrative Division : 16 states, 439 districts and cities
Capital: Berlin (since 1990)
Head of State: Chancellor Angela Merkel (since 2005)
Foreign Minister: Frank-Walter Steinmeier (since 2005)
Finance Minister: Peer Steinbrück (since 2005)
Justice Minister: Brigitte Zypries (since 2005)
Interior Minister: Wolfgang Schäuble (since 2005)
Miscellaneous
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
Electricity: 230V AC, 50Hz
Weights & measures: Metric
Internet domain: .de
International dialling code: +49
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