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Germany

50.96° N, 9.68° E

For every 8.87 per 1,000 births there are 11.96 per 1,000 deaths — the population is falling 0.13% a year.

population growth -0.13% · 196th/230 · birth rate 8.87 per 1,000 · 190th/226 · death rate 11.96 per 1,000 · 17th/226
CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · ranks computed across the countries in this atlas that carry the value

Population: 83,132,799
Area: 357,022 km²
Population density: ≈ 233 / km²
Capital: Berlin; Natural Earth
ISO codes: DE · DEU
GDP (nominal): $4.66 trillion
GDP per capita (PPP): $62,800

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Germany 357,022 km²Burkina Faso 274,200 km²

geometry: Natural Earth 1:50m · EPSG:6933 equal-area

Where Germany sits in the world

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Median age46.9 years10th of 224 · median 32.6 years
Life expectancy81.9 years37th of 224 · median 76.2 years
Fertility rate1.59 children per woman169th of 225 · median 1.92 children per woman
Population83,132,79918th of 235 · median 5,454,073
Total area357,022 km²63rd of 228 · median 83,736 km²
Coastline2,389 km54th of 229 · median 402 km

Overview

People and society

German is the official language, while Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages.

Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages. The population includes the ethnic groups German, Turkish, Ukrainian, Syrian, Romanian, and Poland. Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, other religions, and no religion are all represented among the population. People are fairly evenly distributed through most of the country, while urban areas attract larger and denser populations, particularly in the far-western part of the industrial state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person

Key figures

CIA World Factbook

Economy

GDP (nominal): $4.66 trillion
GDP (PPP): $5.25 trillion
GDP per capita (PPP): $62,800
GDP growth: -0.2%
Inflation (consumer prices): 2.3%
Unemployment: 3.5%
Exports: $1.95 trillion
Imports: $1.77 trillion

People

Life expectancy: 81.9 years
Median age: 46.9 years
Birth rate: 8.87 per 1,000
Death rate: 11.96 per 1,000
Fertility rate: 1.59 children per woman
Population growth: -0.13% a year
Urban population: 77.8%
Languages: Germanofficial
note - Danish
Frisian
Sorbian
and Romani are official minority languages
Low German
Danish
North Frisian
Sater Frisian
Lower Sorbian
Upper Sorbian
and Romani are recognized as regional languages
Religions: Roman Catholic24.8%
Protestant22.6%
Muslim3.7%
other43.8%

Land

Total area: 357,022 km²Land 348,672 km² · Water 8,350 km²
Coastline: 2,389 km
Land borders: 3,694 km
Mean elevation: 263 m
Highest point: 2,963 m Zugspitze

Values from the CIA World Factbook archive. Each carries the year it describes; open a year for the exact source field.

Connections

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Borders

Contains

Natural geography 13

Natural Earth outlines · features with a Wikidata ID

Seas 2

Bays 1

Bay of Mecklenburg

Lakes 3

Mountain ranges 6

Geographic regions 1

Jutland

Largest cities 58

Population · Natural Earth

Berlincapital3.4M
Stuttgart2.9M
Frankfurt2.9M
Mannheim2.4M
Hamburg1.8M
Essen1.7M
Duisburg1.3M
Munich1.3M
Dusseldorf1.2M
Cologne1M
Wuppertal776.5K
Saarbrucken770K