Germany Capital Berlin
Currency EUR · euro
Language German
Area 357,680 km²
Since 1949
ISO DEU · DE
Population 83.5M as of 2025
— THE COUNTRY —
Country in Europe
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Western and Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north with the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states have a total population of over 83 million, making it the most populous member state of the European Union (EU). Germany borders Denmark to the north; Poland and the Czech Republic to the east; Austria and Switzerland to the south; and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr.
Text: Wikipedia — Germany CC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-30
Capital Berlin
Currency euro (EUR)
Official language German
Drives on the Right
Calling code +49
Licence plate code D
Top-level domain .de
Independence / founding 23 May 1949
Highest point Zugspitze (2,962 m)
Lowest point Neuendorf-Sachsenbande (5 m)
Anthem third stanza of the Deutschlandlied
Patron saint Michael Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02 — LAND —
Land covered by forest
32.7% % of land area
#101 of 213 2023
Forest area
114,190 km²
#51 of 213 2023
Agricultural land
47.5% % of land area
#68 of 209 2023
Farmable (arable) land
33.4% % of land area
#23 of 206 2023
Land area
357,680 km²
#64 of 215 2023
— PEOPLE —
Population
83.5M people
#19 of 216 2025
Population growth
-0.0% % per year
#169 of 216 2025
Population density
238 people per km²
#56 of 215 2023
People living in cities
82.1% % of population
#52 of 216 2025
Urban population growth
0.1% % per year
#176 of 216 2025
People living rurally
17.9% % of population
#165 of 216 2025
Population aged 0-14
13.9% % of population
#198 of 216 2025
Population aged 15-64
62.4% % of population
#145 of 216 2025
Population aged 65+
% of population
2025
▸ ISSUE 7 MORE Age dependency ratio
60.2% % of working-age population
#72 of 216 2025
Female population
50.6% % of population
#82 of 216 2025
Births per woman
1 births per woman
#185 of 216 2024
Birth rate
8.1 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#188 of 216 2024
Death rate
12.1 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#16 of 216 2024
Net migration
people (5-year total)
2025
-303395% of world average Migrants living in the country
19.8% % of population
#45 of 215 2024
— MONEY —
GDP
current US$
2025
GDP, purchasing power parity
current int'l $
2025
GDP per person
$60,496 current US$
#22 of 211 2025
GDP per person, purchasing power parity
$75,407 current int'l $
#23 of 199 2025
GDP growth
0.2% % per year
#192 of 210 2025
GDP per person growth
0.3% % per year
#172 of 210 2025
Gross national income
current US$
2025
Gross national income per person
$60,200 current US$
#20 of 203 2025
Gross national income per person, PPP
$78,140 current int'l $
#19 of 197 2025
▸ ISSUE 26 MORE Inflation
2.2% % per year
#66 of 190 2025
Inflation (GDP deflator)
3.0% % per year
#94 of 209 2025
Government debt
20.9% % of GDP
not enough data to rank 1990
Government revenue
29.4% % of GDP
#55 of 149 2024
Government spending
31.2% % of GDP
#53 of 149 2022
Government consumption
22.5% % of GDP
#35 of 181 2025
Household consumption
53.2% % of GDP
#130 of 181 2025
Investment (gross capital formation)
21.9% % of GDP
#107 of 178 2025
Fixed investment
20.3% % of GDP
#114 of 173 2025
Gross savings
26.4% % of GDP
#54 of 168 2025
Foreign investment inflows
current US$
2025
Foreign investment inflows
1.9% % of GDP
#108 of 198 2025
Foreign investment outflows
2.1% % of GDP
#28 of 179 2025
Current account balance
4.5% % of GDP
#42 of 191 2025
Foreign reserves
current US$
2025
Income inequality (Gini)
34 0-100
#64 of 147 2022
People below the poverty line
0.7% % of population
#48 of 147 2022
Income share held by richest 10%
26.2% %
#69 of 147 2022
Income share held by poorest 10%
2.3% %
#103 of 147 2022
Stock market value
57.4% % of GDP
#32 of 88 2025
Money sent home by workers abroad
current US$
2025
Exchange rate
1 local currency per US$
#187 of 211 2025
Agriculture's share of the economy
0.9% % of GDP
#176 of 199 2025
Industry's share of the economy
25.2% % of GDP
#85 of 202 2025
Manufacturing's share of the economy
17.6% % of GDP
#31 of 195 2025
Services' share of the economy
64.5% % of GDP
#59 of 202 2025
4 of 39 figures unavailable for Germany.
— TRADE —
Exports
40.4% % of GDP
#82 of 187 2025
Imports
38.1% % of GDP
#112 of 187 2025
Trade balance
2.4% % of GDP
#58 of 187 2025
Total trade (openness)
65.5% % of GDP
#75 of 205 2025
Goods exported
current US$
2025
Goods imported
current US$
2025
Services exported
current US$
2025
Services imported
current US$
2025
Goods and services exported
current US$
2025
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Goods and services imported
current US$
2025
High-tech share of exports
18.0% % of manufactured exports
#41 of 179 2024
Terms of trade
102 index
#102 of 206 2024
— HEALTH —
Life expectancy
80.8 yrs years
#47 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, women
83.2 yrs years
#48 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, men
78.5 yrs years
#46 of 216 2024
Infant deaths
3.1 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#28 of 196 2024
Deaths under age 5
3.7 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#27 of 196 2024
Maternal deaths
4 per 100,000 live births
#16 of 194 2023
Health spending
% of GDP
2024
Health spending per person
current US$
2024
Physicians
4.5 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#15 of 187 2022
▸ ISSUE 10 MORE Nurses and midwives
12.3 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#12 of 196 2022
Hospital beds
per 1,000 people
2023
Access to clean drinking water
% of population
2024
Access to basic sanitation
99.2% % of population
#46 of 213 2024
Suicide rate
13 per 100,000 people
#142 of 185 2021
Adults who smoke
22.0% % of adults
#99 of 166 2024
HIV prevalence
0.2% % aged 15-49
#48 of 153 2024
Tuberculosis cases
5 per 100,000 people
#37 of 208 2024
Undernourishment
2.5% % of population
#23 of 168 2023
Children vaccinated against measles
96.0% % of children 12-23 months
#50 of 193 2024
— LEARNING —
Education spending
5.2% % of GDP
#52 of 190 2022
Education spending
10.7% % of government spending
#137 of 189 2022
Primary school enrolment
102.6% % gross
#70 of 200 2024
Secondary school enrolment
100.2% % gross
#62 of 188 2024
University enrolment
76.7% % gross
#38 of 167 2024
Primary school completion
96.8% % of relevant age group
#74 of 180 2024
Pupils per teacher, primary school
12 pupils per teacher
#32 of 160 2017
Years of compulsory education
13.0 yrs years
#23 of 197 2025
2 of 10 figures unavailable for Germany.
— WORK —
Unemployment
3.7% % of labour force
#63 of 186 2025
Youth unemployment
6.9% % of labour force aged 15-24
#42 of 186 2025
Labour force participation
60.6% % aged 15+
#99 of 186 2025
Women in the labour force
55.3% % of women aged 15+
#78 of 186 2025
Men in the labour force
66.1% % of men aged 15+
#129 of 186 2025
Labour force
43.5M people
#15 of 186 2025
Working in agriculture
1.1% % of employment
#176 of 186 2025
Working in industry
26.0% % of employment
#37 of 186 2025
Working in services
73.0% % of employment
#46 of 186 2025
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Self-employed
8.1% % of employment
#172 of 186 2025
Labour force with advanced education
73.1% % of labour force
#126 of 171 2024
Employed
58.3% % aged 15+
#88 of 186 2025
— CONNECTED —
People online
93.5% % of population
#42 of 207 2024
Mobile phone subscriptions
129 per 100 people
#61 of 210 2024
Fixed broadband subscriptions
46 per 100 people
#12 of 208 2024
Fixed telephone lines
45 per 100 people
#14 of 213 2024
Access to electricity
100.0% % of population
#38 of 214 2024
Access to clean cooking fuel
100.0% % of population
#19 of 189 2023
Electricity used per person
6,109 kWh per person
#33 of 149 2024
Energy used per person
2,825 kg oil equivalent per person
#37 of 149 2024
Air passengers carried
80.2M passengers
#14 of 165 2023
▸ ISSUE 9 MORE Air freight
million tonne-km
2023
Rail network
route-km
2021
Rail passengers
million passenger-km
2020
Container port traffic
13.3M TEU
#16 of 167 2024
Research and development spending
% of GDP
2023
Patent applications by residents
count
2021
Scientific journal articles published
count
2023
Tourists arriving
12.4M count
#20 of 194 2020
Money earned from tourism
current US$
2019
— NATURE —
Carbon emissions per person
7 tonnes per person
#169 of 203 2024
Carbon emissions
Mt CO2
2024
Greenhouse gas emissions
674 Mt CO2-equivalent
#192 of 203 2024
Protected land
39.2% % of land area
#18 of 213 2025
Protected coastal waters
% of territorial waters
2025
Freshwater withdrawn
24.1% % of internal resources
#124 of 177 2022
Renewable water available per person
1,286 m³ per person
#118 of 183 2022
Renewable energy use
17.6% % of final energy consumption
#115 of 212 2021
Electricity from renewables
39.8% % of total
#75 of 206 2021
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Electricity from fossil fuels
43.2% % of total
#74 of 209 2023
Electricity from nuclear power
1.4% % of total
#32 of 208 2023
Energy imported (net)
70.5% % of energy use
#28 of 143 2023
— STATE —
Military spending
1.9% % of GDP
#68 of 156 2024
Military spending
current US$
2024
Military spending
3.9% % of government spending
#106 of 153 2024
Armed forces personnel
183,000 people
#35 of 170 2020
Armed forces
0.4% % of labour force
#123 of 168 2020
Tax revenue
10.9% % of GDP
#121 of 149 2024
Homicides
1 per 100,000 people
#38 of 158 2023