Input interpretation
radon | discovery country
Result
Germany
Name
full name | Federal Republic of Germany full native name | Bundesrepublik Deutschland native name | Deutschland nationality name | German ISO name | GERMANY country code | DE internet code | .de UN code | DEU UN number | 276 calling code | +49 license plate code | D
Flag
Flag
Location
Location
Geographic properties
total area | 357022 km^2 (square kilometers) (world rank: 64th) land area | 348672 km^2 (square kilometers) (world rank: 64th) continent | Europe
annual-crop land fraction | 33.94% (world rank: 26th) natural resources | arable land | coal | construction materials | copper | iron | natural gas | nickel | potash | salt | timber | uranium coastline length | 2389 km (kilometers) (world rank: 55th) highest point | 2962 meters (Zugspitze (mountain)) lowest point | -3.54 meters (Neuendorf bei Wilster) time zones | UTC + 1
Bordering countries/regions
Austria | 784 km (kilometers) Czech Republic | 730 km (kilometers) Netherlands | 577 km (kilometers) Poland | 456 km (kilometers) France | 451 km (kilometers) Switzerland | 334 km (kilometers) Belgium | 167 km (kilometers) Luxembourg | 138 km (kilometers) Denmark | 68 km (kilometers)
Demographics
population | 83.5 million people (world rank: 17th) (2019 estimate) population density | 240 people/km^2 (people per square kilometer) (world rank: 60th) (2019 estimate) population growth | 0.273 %/yr (world rank: 187th) (2019 estimate) life expectancy | 80.9 years (world rank: 39th) (2018 estimate) median age | 45.9 years (world rank: 3rd) (2015 estimate)
Rates
annual births | 724607 people per year (world rank: 42nd) (2017 estimate) birth rate fraction | 0.00884 people per person per year (world rank: 225th) (2017 estimate) annual deaths | 927269 people per year (world rank: 10th) (2017 estimate) death rate fraction | 0.0113 people per person per year (world rank: 21st) (2017 estimate) net migration per capita | +0.006579 people per person per year (world rank: 11th) (2017 estimate) total fertility rate | 1.5 children per female (world rank: 200th) (2016 estimate)
Distribution
| child | adult | elderly | all male | 6.442% | 32.3% | 10.47% | 49.21% female | 6.648% | 33.34% | 10.8% | 50.79% all | 13.09% | 65.64% | 21.27% | 100%
Cultural properties
languages | German (95%) | Turkish (2.4%) | Swabian (0.99%) | Croatian (0.79%) | Italian (0.66%) | Modern Greek (0.38%) | English (0.33%) | Polish (0.29%) | Dutch (0.12%) | Plautdietsch (0.11%) | ... ethnic mix | German (91.5%) | other (3.5%) | Turkish (2.5%) | Croat (0.7%) | Italian (0.7%) | Greek (0.4%) | Polish (0.4%) | Russian (0.3%) religions | Christianity (75%) | Islam (4.5%) | Judaism (0.27%) | Buddhism (0.1%) literacy rate | 99% (2003 estimate)
Ethnic mix
Cultural properties Ethnic mix
Religions
Cultural properties Religions
Capital city
Berlin
Largest cities
city | population Berlin | 3.52 million people Hamburg | 1.787 million people Munich, Bavaria | 1.501 million people Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia | 1.082 million people Frankfurt, Hesse | 736414 people Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia | 639407 people Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg | 623738 people Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 590194 people Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia | 585813 people Bremen | 565719 people (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 estimates)
Currency
currency unit | €1 (euro) currency code | EUR currency conversion | €1 (euro) = $1.17 (US dollars)
Economic properties
GDP | $3.846 trillion per year (world rank: 4th) (2019 estimate) GDP at parity | $4.66 trillion per year (world rank: 5th) (2019 estimate) real GDP | $3.959 trillion per year (world rank: 4th) (2019 estimate) GDP per capita | $46259 per year per person (world rank: 27th) (2019 estimate) GDP real growth | +0.5642% per year (world rank: 180th) (2019 estimate) Gini index | 0.319 (world rank: 34th) (2016 estimate) consumer price inflation | +1.45% per year (world rank: 126th) (2019 estimate)
Employment
unemployment rate | 3.04% (world rank: 169th highest) (2019 estimate) long-term unemployment rate | 2.19% (world rank: 59th highest) (2014 estimate) labor force | 43.58 million people (52.38% of population) (world rank: 15th) (2019 estimate)
Labor force information
primary education | 5.586 million people (world rank: 22nd) (2014 estimate) secondary education | 25.26 million people (world rank: 8th) (2014 estimate) tertiary education | 11.43 million people (world rank: 9th) (2014 estimate)
Employment information
agriculture | 511245 people (world rank: 91st) (2019 estimate) industry | 11.4 million people (world rank: 12th) (2019 estimate) services | 30.3 million people (world rank: 9th) (2019 estimate)
Business information
Business taxes
total business tax rate | 48.8% of profit (world rank: 43rd) (2019 estimate) number of business taxes | 9 (world rank: 137th) (2019 estimate)
Business statistics
new businesses registered | 72844 per year (11.93% of total businesses) (world rank: 20th) (2018 estimate) total registered businesses | 573985 (world rank: 16th) (2007 estimate)
Business operating costs
typical cost of business start up procedures | 29.8% of GNI per capita (world rank: 173rd lowest) (2019 estimate) informal payments to public officials | 0% of firms (world rank: 1st lowest) (2005 estimate) management time dealing with officials | 1.2% of management time per week (world rank: 10th lowest) (2005 estimate) losses due to theft, robbery, vandalism, and arson | 0.5% of annual sales (world rank: 6th lowest) (2005 estimate)
Business procedures
typical time required to register property | 52 days (world rank: 138th lowest) (2019 estimate) typical time required to start a business | 8 days (world rank: 53rd lowest) (2019 estimate) typical time required to build a warehouse | 126 days (world rank: 80th lowest) (2019 estimate) typical time required to enforce a contract | 499 days (world rank: 64th lowest) (2019 estimate) time to prepare and pay taxes | 218 hours (world rank: 111th lowest) (2019 estimate) time to resolve insolvency | 1.2 years (world rank: 22nd lowest) (2019 estimate)
Trade facilitation
typical cost to export one container | $1015 (US dollars) (world rank: 67th lowest) (2014 estimate) typical cost to import one container | $1050 (US dollars) (world rank: 59th lowest) (2014 estimate) typical documents required per export shipment | 4 (world rank: 20th lowest) (2014 estimate) typical documents required per import shipment | 4 (world rank: 15th lowest) (2014 estimate) average time to clear exports through customs | 4.7 days (world rank: 50th lowest) (2005 estimate)
Media and telecommunications
Telecommunications information
telephone lines | 42.5 million (world rank: 4th) (2018 estimate) mobile cellular subscriptions | 107.5 million (world rank: 15th) (2018 estimate) internet usage | 74.4 million people (89.74% of population) (world rank: 10th) (2018 estimate) fixed broadband internet subscribers | 34.17 million people (world rank: 4th) (2018 estimate) average broadband upload rate | 1.9 Mb/s (megabits per second) (world rank: 54th) (2011 estimate) average broadband download rate | 15.4 Mb/s (megabits per second) (world rank: 18th) (2011 estimate) secure internet servers | 6.479 million (world rank: 2nd) (2019 estimate)
Media information
daily newspaper circulation | 22.07 million (world rank: 5th) (2004 estimate) radio stations | 842 (world rank: 10th) (1998 estimate) FM radio stations | 787 (world rank: 5th) (1998 estimate) television receivers | 46.5 million (world rank: 6th) (1997 estimate) television stations | 373 (world rank: 12th) (1995 estimate)