 GERMANY - Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland
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LANGUAGE FACTS:
| National or official language: |
German |
| Other spoken languages: |
• Regional dialects |
| Literacy: |
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1997 est.)
male: NA
female: NA |
THE PEOPLE:
| Population: |
82,424,609 (July 2004 est.) |
| Structure: |
0-14 years: 14.7% (male 6,197,490; female 5,879,052)
15-64 years: 67% (male 28,119,536; female 27,132,713)
65 years and over: 18.3% (male 6,096,106; female 8,999,712) (2004 est.) |
| Ethnic groups: |
German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish) |
| Religions: |
Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3% |
ECONOMICS:
Currency: euro (EUR)
| Major exports 2002 |
% of total |
Major imports 2002 |
% of total |
| Motor vehicles |
<19.1 |
Chemicals |
< 10.6 |
| Machines |
<14.1 |
Motor vehicles |
< 10.2 |
| Chemicals |
<11.8 |
Machines |
<6.9 |
| Telecoms technology |
<4.8 |
Telecoms technology |
<6.0 |
| Leading markets 2002 |
% of total |
Leading suppliers 2002 |
% of total |
| France |
< 10.8 |
France |
< 9 |
| US |
<10.3 |
Netherlands |
<7.8 |
| UK |
<8.4 |
US |
<7.3 |
| Italy |
<7.3 |
UK |
< 6.1 |
|
GDP (US$ bn; market exchange rate)
|
<1,994.1
|
Real GDP growth |
<1.6
|
| GDP (US$ bn; PPP) |
<2,198.3
|
Real domestic demand growth |
<0.9
|
| GDP per head (US$; market exchange rate) |
<24,211
|
Inflation |
<1.2
|
| GDP per head (US$; purchasing power parity) |
<26,691 |
FDI inflows/GDP |
<3.8 |
THE COUNTRY
| Government type: |
federal republic |
| Capital: |
Berlin |
| Independence: |
18 January 1871 (German Empire unification); divided into four zones of occupation (UK, US, USSR, and later, France) in 1945 following World War II; Federal Republic of Germany proclaimed 23 May 1949 and included the former UK, US, and French zones; German Democratic Republic proclaimed 7 October 1949 and included the former USSR zone; unification of Germany took place 3 October 1990; all four powers formally relinquished rights 15 March 1991 |
| National holiday: |
Unity Day, 3 October (1990) |
| Legal system: |
Basic Law; became constitution of the united German people 3 October 1990 |
| Suffrage: |
18 years of age; universal |
For more information visit:
Ethnologue - Language background on GERMANY
Country trivias - GERMANY
Economics - GERMANY
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