Profile of Germany
Name: Federal Republic of Germany
Capital: Berlin
Government
- Head of State: Federal President Christian Wulff
- Head of Government: Chancellor Angela Merkel
- Governing parties: Christian Democratic Party/ Christian Social Union, Free Democratic Party
- Opposition: Social Democratic Party, Alliance'90/ The Greens, Party of Democratic Socialism
Population
Population: 81,8 million (2011)
Ethnic groups: About 8.8% of the population are of foreign origin.
The largest groups are from:
- Turkey (2.4%)
- other (Serbia, Croatia, Italia, Russia) (6.1%)
Religion: Protestant (33%), Roman Catholic (33%), Muslim (4%), 108,000 members of Jewish communities, and others
Language: German, Minority languages: Frisian, Sorbian, Danish and Romany
English is widely spoken throughout the population
Geography
Area: 137,857 sq. miles (357,050 sq.km)
Neighbors: Denmark to the North; Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France to the West; Switzerland and Austria to the South; Czech Republic and Poland to the East.
States And Population (year 2008, in mill.)
Baden-Wuerttemberg: 10.75 |
Hesse: 6.06 |
Saxony: 4.19 |
Bavaria: 12.52 |
Lower Saxony: 7.95 |
Saxony-Anhalt: 2.38 |
Berlin: 3.43 |
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania: 1.66 |
Schleswig-Holstein: 2.83 |
Brandenburg: 2.52 |
North Rhine-Westphalia: 17.93 |
Thuringia: 2.27 |
Bremen: 0.66 |
Rhineland-Palatinate: 4.03 |
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Hamburg: 1.77 |
Saarland: 1.03 |
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Major Cities And Population (2008)
Berlin: 3,431,675 |
Stuttgart: 600,068 |
Hannover: 519,619 |
Hamburg:1,772,100 |
Dortmund: 584,412 |
Leipzig: 515,469 |
Munich: 1,326,807 |
Düsseldorf: 584,217 |
Dresden: 512,234 |
Cologne: 995,420 |
Essen: 579,759 |
Nürnberg: 503,638 |
Frankfurt: 664,838 |
Bremen: 547,360 |
Duisburg: 494,048 |
