Data as of Nov 4, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC

SERIAL · 276Europe

Germany

CapitalBerlin

CurrencyEUR · euro

LanguageGerman

Area357,680 km²

Since1949

ISODEU · DE

Population

83.5Mas 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 — GermanyCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-11-04

— FACTS —

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 2026-11-04

— LAND —

Land covered by forest

32.8%% of land area

#101 of 2132024

104% of world average

Forest area

114,814km²

#51 of 2132025

61% of world average

Agricultural land

47.4%% of land area

#68 of 2092024

128% of world average

Farmable (arable) land

33.4%% of land area

#23 of 2062024

239% of world average

Land area

357,680km²

#64 of 2152024

55% of world average

— PEOPLE —

Population

83.5Mpeople

#19 of 2162025

220% of world average

Population growth

0.0%% per year

#169 of 2162025

-3% of world average

Population density

239people per km²

#56 of 2152024

53% of world average

People living in cities

82.1%% of population

#52 of 2162025

130% of world average

Urban population growth

0.1%% per year

#176 of 2162025

7% of world average

People living rurally

17.9%% of population

#165 of 2162025

49% of world average

Population aged 0-14

13.9%% of population

#198 of 2162025

55% of world average

Population aged 15-64

62.4%% of population

#145 of 2162025

97% of world average

Population aged 65+

23.7%% of population

#8 of 2162025

219% of world average

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Age dependency ratio

60.2%% of working-age population

#72 of 2162025

105% of world average

Female population

50.6%% of population

#82 of 2162025

101% of world average

Births per woman

1.36births per woman

#184 of 2162024

58% of world average

Birth rate

8.1 /1,000per 1,000 people

#188 of 2162024

47% of world average

Death rate

12.1 /1,000per 1,000 people

#16 of 2162024

157% of world average

Net migration

-334,072people (5-year total)

#212 of 2162025

-303395% of world average

Migrants living in the country

19.8%% of population

#45 of 2152024

149% of world average

— MONEY —

GDP

$5.05Tcurrent US$

#3 of 2112025

909% of world average

GDP, purchasing power parity

$6.30Tcurrent int'l $

#6 of 1992025

603% of world average

GDP per person

$60,496current US$

#22 of 2112025

252% of world average

GDP per person, purchasing power parity

$75,407current int'l $

#23 of 1992025

226% of world average

GDP growth

0.2%% per year

#192 of 2102025

7% of world average

GDP per person growth

0.3%% per year

#172 of 2102025

11% of world average

Gross national income

$5.23Tcurrent US$

#3 of 2042025

916% of world average

Gross national income per person

$60,200current US$

#20 of 2032025

298% of world average

Gross national income per person, PPP

$78,140current int'l $

#19 of 1972025

245% of world average

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Inflation

2.2%% per year

#66 of 1902025

25% of world average

Inflation (GDP deflator)

3.0%% per year

#94 of 2092025

42% of world average

Government debt

20.9%% of GDP

not enough data to rank1990

35% of world average

Government revenue

29.4%% of GDP

#55 of 1492024

112% of world average

Government spending

31.2%% of GDP

#53 of 1492022

113% of world average

Government consumption

22.5%% of GDP

#35 of 1812025

128% of world average

Household consumption

53.2%% of GDP

#130 of 1812025

82% of world average

Investment (gross capital formation)

21.9%% of GDP

#107 of 1782025

94% of world average

Fixed investment

20.3%% of GDP

#114 of 1732025

91% of world average

Gross savings

26.3%% of GDP

#54 of 1682025

120% of world average

Foreign investment inflows

$95.19Bcurrent US$

#4 of 2012025

1132% of world average

Foreign investment inflows

1.9%% of GDP

#108 of 1982025

no comparison

Foreign investment outflows

2.1%% of GDP

#28 of 1792025

99% of world average

Current account balance

4.4%% of GDP

#42 of 1912025

no comparison

Foreign reserves

$572.20Bcurrent US$

#7 of 1772025

569% of world average

Income inequality (Gini)

33.70-100

#64 of 1472022

95% of world average

People below the poverty line

0.7%% of population

#48 of 1472022

5% of world average

Income share held by richest 10%

26.2%%

#68 of 1472022

94% of world average

Income share held by poorest 10%

2.3%%

#101 of 1472022

82% of world average

Stock market value

57.4%% of GDP

#32 of 882025

76% of world average

Money sent home by workers abroad

$23.90Bcurrent US$

#9 of 1862025

463% of world average

Exchange rate

0.885local currency per US$

#180 of 2112025

0% of world average

Agriculture's share of the economy

0.9%% of GDP

#176 of 1992025

9% of world average

Industry's share of the economy

25.2%% of GDP

#85 of 2022025

103% of world average

Manufacturing's share of the economy

17.6%% of GDP

#31 of 1952025

160% of world average

Services' share of the economy

64.5%% of GDP

#59 of 2022025

111% of world average

4 of 39 figures unavailable for Germany.

— TRADE —

Exports

40.4%% of GDP

#82 of 1872025

93% of world average

Imports

38.1%% of GDP

#112 of 1872025

77% of world average

Trade balance

2.4%% of GDP

#58 of 1872025

no comparison

Total trade (openness)

65.5%% of GDP

#75 of 2052025

101% of world average

Goods exported

$1.76Tcurrent US$

#3 of 2072025

1426% of world average

Goods imported

$1.54Tcurrent US$

#3 of 2072025

1223% of world average

Services exported

$518.05Bcurrent US$

#4 of 1912025

1067% of world average

Services imported

$604.67Bcurrent US$

#3 of 1912025

1375% of world average

Goods and services exported

$2.05Tcurrent US$

#3 of 1912025

1171% of world average

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Goods and services imported

$1.93Tcurrent US$

#3 of 1912025

1138% of world average

High-tech share of exports

18.0%% of manufactured exports

#41 of 1792024

148% of world average

Terms of trade

102index

#102 of 2062024

97% of world average

— HEALTH —

Life expectancy

80.8 yrsyears

#47 of 2162024

109% of world average

Life expectancy, women

83.2 yrsyears

#48 of 2162024

109% of world average

Life expectancy, men

78.5 yrsyears

#46 of 2162024

110% of world average

Infant deaths

3.1 /1,000per 1,000 live births

#26 of 1962024

17% of world average

Deaths under age 5

3.7 /1,000per 1,000 live births

#26 of 1962024

15% of world average

Maternal deaths

4per 100,000 live births

#14 of 1942023

3% of world average

Health spending

12.3%% of GDP

#9 of 1932024

180% of world average

Health spending per person

$6,849current US$

#10 of 1932024

469% of world average

Physicians

4.5 /1,000per 1,000 people

#15 of 1872022

215% of world average

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Nurses and midwives

12.3 /1,000per 1,000 people

#12 of 1962022

260% of world average

Hospital beds

7.6 /1,000per 1,000 people

#7 of 1572023

255% of world average

Access to clean drinking water

100.0%% of population

#1 of 2142024

110% of world average

Access to basic sanitation

99.2%% of population

#46 of 2132024

123% of world average

Suicide rate

12.9per 100,000 people

#142 of 1852021

151% of world average

Adults who smoke

22.0%% of adults

#99 of 1662024

111% of world average

HIV prevalence

0.2%% aged 15-49

#46 of 1532024

15% of world average

Tuberculosis cases

5.4per 100,000 people

#37 of 2082024

5% of world average

Undernourishment

2.5%% of population

#1 of 1682024

25% of world average

Children vaccinated against measles

96.0%% of children 12-23 months

#46 of 1932024

112% of world average

— LEARNING —

Education spending

5.2%% of GDP

#52 of 1902022

121% of world average

Education spending

10.7%% of government spending

#137 of 1892022

79% of world average

Primary school enrolment

102.6%% gross

#70 of 2002024

102% of world average

Secondary school enrolment

100.2%% gross

#62 of 1882024

115% of world average

University enrolment

76.7%% gross

#38 of 1672024

154% of world average

Primary school completion

96.8%% of relevant age group

#74 of 1802024

108% of world average

Pupils per teacher, primary school

12.3pupils per teacher

#32 of 1602017

55% of world average

Years of compulsory education

13.0 yrsyears

#17 of 1972025

129% of world average

2 of 10 figures unavailable for Germany.

— WORK —

Unemployment

3.7%% of labour force

#63 of 1862025

54% of world average

Youth unemployment

6.9%% of labour force aged 15-24

#42 of 1862025

44% of world average

Labour force participation

60.6%% aged 15+

#99 of 1862025

100% of world average

Women in the labour force

55.3%% of women aged 15+

#78 of 1862025

108% of world average

Men in the labour force

66.1%% of men aged 15+

#129 of 1862025

95% of world average

Labour force

43.5Mpeople

#15 of 1862025

215% of world average

Working in agriculture

1.1%% of employment

#176 of 1862025

5% of world average

Working in industry

26.0%% of employment

#37 of 1862025

133% of world average

Working in services

73.0%% of employment

#46 of 1862025

125% of world average

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Self-employed

8.1%% of employment

#172 of 1862025

21% of world average

Labour force with advanced education

73.1%% of labour force

#126 of 1712024

96% of world average

Employed

58.3%% aged 15+

#88 of 1862025

103% of world average

— CONNECTED —

People online

93.5%% of population

#42 of 2072024

131% of world average

Mobile phone subscriptions

129per 100 people

#61 of 2102024

112% of world average

Fixed broadband subscriptions

45.6per 100 people

#12 of 2082024

251% of world average

Fixed telephone lines

45.4per 100 people

#14 of 2132024

305% of world average

Access to electricity

100.0%% of population

#1 of 2142024

113% of world average

Access to clean cooking fuel

100.0%% of population

#1 of 1892024

144% of world average

Electricity used per person

6,060kWh per person

#33 of 1492025

144% of world average

Energy used per person

2,874kg oil equivalent per person

#37 of 1492024

127% of world average

Air passengers carried

80.2Mpassengers

#14 of 1652023

310% of world average

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Air freight

12,767million tonne-km

#5 of 1632023

973% of world average

Rail network

33,401route-km

#6 of 842021

320% of world average

Rail passengers

58,822million passenger-km

#7 of 782020

214% of world average

Container port traffic

13.3MTEU

#16 of 1672024

244% of world average

Research and development spending

3.2%% of GDP

#10 of 1272023

324% of world average

Patent applications by residents

40,085count

#5 of 1422024

248% of world average

Scientific journal articles published

108,782count

#4 of 1972023

662% of world average

Tourists arriving

12.4Mcount

#20 of 1942020

243% of world average

Money earned from tourism

$58.37Bcurrent US$

#2 of 1752019

1577% of world average

— NATURE —

Carbon emissions per person

6.94tonnes per person

#169 of 2032024

154% of world average

Carbon emissions

580Mt CO2

#194 of 2032024

310% of world average

Greenhouse gas emissions

674Mt CO2-equivalent

#192 of 2032024

266% of world average

Protected land

39.2%% of land area

#18 of 2132025

208% of world average

Protected coastal waters

45.3%% of territorial waters

#10 of 1742025

438% of world average

Freshwater withdrawn

24.1%% of internal resources

#124 of 1772022

19% of world average

Renewable water available per person

1,286m³ per person

#118 of 1832022

9% of world average

Renewable energy use

17.6%% of final energy consumption

#115 of 2122021

61% of world average

Electricity from renewables

39.8%% of total

#75 of 2062021

115% of world average

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Electricity from fossil fuels

40.9%% of total

#74 of 2092025

69% of world average

Electricity from nuclear power

1.4%% of total

#32 of 2082023

39% of world average

Energy imported (net)

70.3%% of energy use

#28 of 1432024

no comparison

— STATE —

Military spending

2.3%% of GDP

#68 of 1562025

102% of world average

Military spending

$113.59Bcurrent US$

#4 of 1602025

683% of world average

Military spending

4.5%% of government spending

#106 of 1532025

61% of world average

Armed forces personnel

183,000people

#35 of 1702020

114% of world average

Armed forces

0.4%% of labour force

#123 of 1682020

34% of world average

Tax revenue

10.9%% of GDP

#121 of 1492024

65% of world average

Homicides

0.911per 100,000 people

#38 of 1582023

12% of world average

— TRADE PARTNERS —

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— TRADE —

No trade data available for Germany.

— EXTRAS —

Anthem

third stanza of the DeutschlandliedAudio: Wikimedia Commons

Capital time

--:--:--Berlin · approx. UTC+1

Neighbours

France Kingdom of the Netherlands

Luxembourg

Poland

Switzerland

Landmarks

Abbey of ReichenauImage: Wikimedia Commons

Babelsberg PalaceImage: Wikimedia Commons

Aachen Chapel of HungaryImage: Wikimedia Commons

Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and BerlinImage: Wikimedia Commons

Schloss GroßkühnauImage: Wikimedia Commons

Church of St. GeorgeImage: Wikimedia Commons

Old town of Regensburg with StadtamhofImage: Wikimedia Commons

Lower German LimesImage: Wikimedia Commons

Castra of GunzenhausenImage: Wikimedia Commons

Historic Centres of Stralsund and WismarImage: Wikimedia Commons

Limeskastell PohlImage: Wikimedia Commons

Ore Mountain Mining RegionImage: Wikimedia Commons

Römisches Haus, WeimarImage: Wikimedia Commons

Luther Memorials in Eisleben and WittenbergImage: Wikimedia Commons

Dancer of PergamonImage: Wikimedia Commons

borders of the Roman EmpireImage: Wikimedia Commons

St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at HildesheimImage: Wikimedia Commons

Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of QuedlinburgImage: Wikimedia Commons

Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management SystemImage: Wikimedia Commons

Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and BernauImage: Wikimedia Commons

Aachen Cathedral TreasuryImage: Wikimedia Commons

Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of BremenImage: Wikimedia Commons

Hanseatic City of LübeckImage: Wikimedia Commons

Tiefer Georg-StollenImage: Wikimedia Commons

The Great Spa Towns of EuropeImage: Wikimedia Commons

Upper German-Raetian LimesImage: Wikimedia Commons

Weinberg am KlausbergImage: Wikimedia Commons

Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with ChilehausImage: Wikimedia Commons

Grünhirscher StollenImage: Wikimedia Commons

People

Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)

Angela Merkelchancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)

Benedict XVI265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)

Rosa LuxemburgPolish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)

Michael SchumacherGerman racing driver (born 1969)

Erwin SchrödingerAustrian physicist (1887–1961)

Hermann HesseNobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)

Johannes BrahmsGerman composer (1833–1897)

Martin HeideggerGerman philosopher (1889–1976)

Konrad AdenauerGerman politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

Joseph GoebbelsNazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

Günter GrassGerman novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927–2015)

History

08 Apr 1949Occupation statute

23 May 1949Germany founded as a sovereign state

1957Treaties of Rome

13 Aug 1961construction of the Berlin Wall

22 Jan 1963Élysée Treaty

19721972 Summer Olympics

Size, side by side

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1960 → now

2026

Population83.5M2025

GDP$5.05T2025

GDP per person$60,4962025