Germany

Official Names: Bundesrepublik Deutschland / Federal Republic of Germany

Form of Government: Federal Parliamentary Republic

Capital City: Berlin

Area: 357,600 km² (138,100 sq mi)

Time Zone: UTC+01:00 (CET)

Population: 84,607,016 (2023 Estimate)

Population Density: 236/km² (611.2/sq mi)

Life Expectancy: 81.7 Years

Official Language: German

Literacy Rate: 99 %

Religion: 31.7 % Protestants; 31.2 % Roman Catholics; 1.3 % Orthodox

Demographics (2022): 71.3 % Germans; 3.4 % Turkish; 2.6 % Polish; 1.6 % Russian; 1.6 % Kazakh; 1.5 % Syrian; 1.3 % Romanian; 1.1 % Italian; 7.7 % Other European; 3.7 % Other Asian; 0.8 % North & South American; 0.8 % Sub-Saharan African; 0.6 % Maghreb Countries; 2 % Other

National Day: 3 October (German Unity Day)

Calling Code: +49

Currency: Euro (EUR)

GDP per Capita: $52,823 USD (2023)

Highest Point: Zugspitze (2,962 m / 9,718 ft)

Climate: Temperate, ranging from oceanic in the north and west to continental in the east and southeast