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Last update : June 2012
Demography
- Population: 81.8 million (2011)
- 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$3.57 trillion (2011)
- GNI per capita (Atlas methodology): US$43,070 (2011)
- GDP per capita at PPP: US$37,897 (2011 - IMF)
- GDP - real growth rate: 3 % (2010)
- Inflation (consumer prices): 1.3 % (2010)
- Unemployment: 5.4% (April 2012)
- Public Debt (% of GDP) : 81.2 (2012)
- 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)
Miscellaneous
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
- Electricity: 230V AC, 50Hz
- Weights & measures: Metric
- Internet domain: .de
- International dialling code: +49
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