Germany

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PROFILE
  • Area: 357,022 sq. km (137,847 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 80,722,792 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: -0.16% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 80.7 years (2016)
  • Languages: German (official), Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romany are official minority languages
  • Religions: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%
  • Formal name: Federal Republic of Germany
  • Alternate names: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland, Duitschland, Federal Republic of Germany
  • Government type: federal parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Joachim GAUCK; head of government: Chancellor Angela MERKEL
  • Capital: Berlin
  • Administrative divisions: 16 states
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $46,900 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: motor vehicles, machinery, chemicals, computer and electronic products, electrical equipment, pharmaceuticals, metals, transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, rubber and plastic products
  • Imports: machinery, data processing equipment, vehicles, chemicals, oil and gas, metals, electric equipment, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, agricultural products
  • Currency: euro (EUR)
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