Profile of Germany
Name: Federal Republic of Germany
Capital: Berlin
Government
- Head of State: Federal President Joachim Gauck
- 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: 81,84 million (2012) Ethnic groups: About 8.8% of the population are of foreign origin.
The largest groups are from:
- Turkey (2.4%)
- Others (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 (2011, in mill.)
Baden-Wuerttemberg: 10 ,786, 227 |
Hesse: 6, 092, 126 |
Saxony: 4 ,137,051 |
Bavaria: 12,595,891 |
Lower Saxony: 7, 913, 502 |
Saxony-Anhalt: 2, 313,280 |
Berlin: 3,501,872 |
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania: 1,634,734 |
Schleswig-Holstein: 2 ,837, 641 |
Brandenburg: 2 ,495,635 |
North Rhine-Westphalia: 1 7,841, 956 |
Thuringia: 2,221,222 |
Bremen: 661, 301 |
Rhineland-Palatinate: 3, 999,117 |
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Hamburg: 1 ,798,836 |
Saarland: 1,013,352 |
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Major Cities and Population (2010)
Berlin: 3,460,725 |
Stuttgart: 606,588 |
Dresden: 523,058 |
Hamburg: 1,786,448 |
Düsseldorf: 588,735 |
Leipzig: 522,883 |
Munich: 1,353,186 |
Dortmund: 580,444 |
Hannover: 522,686 |
Cologne: 1,007,119 |
Essen: 574,635 |
Nürnberg: 505,664 |
Frankfurt: 679,664 |
Bremen: 547,340 |
Duisburg: 489,559 |
