Germany Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Germany with its capital Berlin is located in Europe (Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea). It covers some 357,022 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Montana) with 82,369,000 citizens. German is the language used in Germany. Switzerland, Poland, Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, France and Austria are bordering countries.

Germany is the largest country in Central Europe. Germany is a federation of 16 states, each with its own distinct and unique culture. If you have perceptions of Germany as homogeneous, it will surprise you with its regions and diversity. Germany is an economic powerhouse. It has the largest population and biggest economy in Europe. Germany offers virtually every activity you can imagine - due to the federal structure every region has its own specific activities. Most Germans are members of a sports club and visit cultural events less often. Due to its size and location in central Europe, Germany boasts a large variety of different landscapes, offering many activities related to nature, from hiking in the forests to exploring the picturesque islands off the northern coasts!

Pictures from Capital (Berlin)

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About Germany

The topography features lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south. The average density of population is about 230 per km². The climate in Germany can be described as temperate and marine with cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind. Potential natural disasters are flooding.

To reach someone in Germany dial +49 prior to a number. There are 48,700,000 installed telephones. And there are 105,000,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".de". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 16 regions/states in Germany we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total German population shrinked at a rate of -0.06% (or by 49,370 citizens). With 905,113 deaths and 675,543 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at -0.28%. 180,200 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Germany: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.