Data as of Aug 2, 2026, 8:58 PM

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 2026-07-30

— 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 2026-08-02

— LAND —

Land covered by forest

32.7%% of land area

#101 of 2132023

103% of world average

Forest area

114,190km²

#51 of 2132023

60% of world average

Agricultural land

47.5%% of land area

#68 of 2092023

128% of world average

Farmable (arable) land

33.4%% of land area

#23 of 2062023

240% of world average

Land area

357,680km²

#64 of 2152023

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

238people per km²

#56 of 2152023

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

1births per woman

#185 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

26.4%% 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

4.5%% of GDP

#42 of 1912025

no comparison

Foreign reserves

$572.20Bcurrent US$

#7 of 1772025

569% of world average

Income inequality (Gini)

340-100

#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%%

#69 of 1472022

94% of world average

Income share held by poorest 10%

2.3%%

#103 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

1local currency per US$

#187 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

$601.60Bcurrent US$

#3 of 1912025

1368% of world average

Goods and services exported

$2.05Tcurrent US$

#3 of 1912025

1170% of world average

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Goods and services imported

$1.92Tcurrent US$

#3 of 1912025

1137% 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

#28 of 1962024

17% of world average

Deaths under age 5

3.7 /1,000per 1,000 live births

#27 of 1962024

15% of world average

Maternal deaths

4per 100,000 live births

#16 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

#9 of 2142024

110% of world average

Access to basic sanitation

99.2%% of population

#46 of 2132024

123% of world average

Suicide rate

13per 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

#48 of 1532024

15% of world average

Tuberculosis cases

5per 100,000 people

#37 of 2082024

5% of world average

Undernourishment

2.5%% of population

#23 of 1682023

25% of world average

Children vaccinated against measles

96.0%% of children 12-23 months

#50 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

12pupils per teacher

#32 of 1602017

55% of world average

Years of compulsory education

13.0 yrsyears

#23 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

46per 100 people

#12 of 2082024

251% of world average

Fixed telephone lines

45per 100 people

#14 of 2132024

305% of world average

Access to electricity

100.0%% of population

#38 of 2142024

113% of world average

Access to clean cooking fuel

100.0%% of population

#19 of 1892023

144% of world average

Electricity used per person

6,109kWh per person

#33 of 1492024

145% of world average

Energy used per person

2,825kg oil equivalent per person

#37 of 1492024

125% 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

39,822count

#5 of 1422021

246% 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

7tonnes 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

43.2%% of total

#74 of 2092023

73% of world average

Electricity from nuclear power

1.4%% of total

#32 of 2082023

40% of world average

Energy imported (net)

70.5%% of energy use

#28 of 1432023

no comparison

— STATE —

Military spending

1.9%% of GDP

#68 of 1562024

85% of world average

Military spending

$88.46Bcurrent US$

#4 of 1602024

532% of world average

Military spending

3.9%% of government spending

#106 of 1532024

53% 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

1per 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

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

No notable people on file for Germany yet

History

23 May 1949Germany — founding / independence (Wikidata)

Size, side by side

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1960 → now

2026

Population83.5M2025

GDP$5.05T2025

GDP per person$60,4962025