Name: Federal Republic of Germany
Capital: Berlin
Government
- Head of State: Federal President Horst Köhler
- Head of Government: Chancellor Angela Merkel
- Governing parties: Christian Democratic Party/ Christian Social Union, Social Democratic Party
- Opposition: Alliance'90/ The Greens, Free Democratic Party, Party of Democratic Socialism
Population
Population: 82,4 million (2007)
Ethnic groups: About 8.8% of the population are of foreign origin.
The largest groups are from:
- Turkey (2.4%)
- other (Serbo-Croatian, Italian, Russian) (6.1%)
Religion: Protestant (34%), Roman Catholic (34%), Muslim (3.7%), unaffiliated or other (28.3%)
Language: German; English is widely spoken throughout the population
Geography
Area: 137,926 sq. miles (357,092 sq.km)
Neighbors:
Denmark to the North;
Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France to the West;
Switzerland and Austria to the South;
Czech Republic and Poland to the East.
States And Population (year 2006, in mill.) | ||
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Baden-Wuerttemberg: 10.74 | Hesse: 6.08 | Saxony: 4.25 |
Bavaria: 12.49 | Lower Saxony: 7.98 | Saxony-Anhalt: 2.44 |
Berlin: 3.40 | Mecklenburg-West Pomerania: 1.69 | Schleswig-Holstein: 2.83 |
Brandenburg: 2.55 | North Rhine-Westphalia: 18.03 | Thuringia: 2.31 |
Bremen: 0.66 | Rhineland-Palatinate: 4.05 | |
Hamburg: 1.75 | Saarland: 1.04 |
Major Cities And Population (2006) | ||
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Berlin: 3,388,477 | Stuttgart: 591,114 | Hannover: 507,524 |
Hamburg:1,754,317 | Essen: 589,499 | Leipzig: 507,095 |
Munich: 1,338,955 | Dortmund: 585,000 | Dresden: 506,337 |
Cologne: 1,024,346 | Düsseldorf: 577,505 | Nürnberg: 502,324 |
Frankfurt: 662,359 | Bremen: 547,765 | Duisburg: 501,564 |