Germany: Basic Facts
Updated – March 2019
- Population:
- 80,457,737 (July 2018 estimate)
- Size:
- 357,022 sq km (slightly smaller than the US State of Montana)
- Bordering countries:
- Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
- Coastline:
- 2,389 km • Forests and woodland cover 31% of the country
- Climate:
- temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm, occasional warm, mountain (föhn) wind; high relative humidity
- Lowest point:
- Neuendorf bei Wilster (-3.54 m)
- Highest point:
- Zugspitze (2,963 m)
- Life expectancy at birth:
- 78.6 for males, 83.4 for females (2018 estimate)
- Religions:
- Protestant 27%, Roman Catholic 29%, Muslim 4.4%, unaffiliated or other 39.6%
- Government type:
- federal parliamentary republic
- National capital:
- Berlin
- Voting Age:
- 18
- States:
- Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thüringen
- Major Political parties:
- Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU), Free Democratic Party (FDP), Social Democratic Party (SPD), Alliance 90/Greens, Left Party (Die Linke), Alternative for Germany (AfD)
- Currency:
- 1 euro (€) = 100 cents
- Telephones:
- 44.4 million land lines 2017 – 106 million mobile subscribers 2017
- Internet users :
- 72.365 million (2016) – 33.221 broadband subscribers 2017
- Railways:
- 43,468.3 km of track
- Waterways:
- 7,467km
- Airports (Total of all large and small airports with both paved and unpaved runways):
- 539
- Heliports:
- 23
- Roadways:
- 645,000 kilometers (12,800 km Autobahn) - includes local roads
(Source: CIA Fact Book)
Number of residents in Germany from English-speaking nations as of 31 December 2017, not including members of the military:
- USA
- 117,730
- Great Britain
- 116,465
- India
- 108,965
- Pakistan
- 73,000
- Canada
- 17,505
- Australia/New Zealand
- 15,812
- Ireland
- 17,560
- South Africa
- 6,090
(Source: Statistisches Bundesamt in Wiesbaden)
