Germany has the largest population of any country in western Europe and also the largest economy.
Population: 80.3 million
Capital City: Berlin
Largest Cities:
Berlin 3.3 million Hamburg 1.7 million Munich 1.2 million Cologne 1.0 million Frankfurt am Main 648,000 Essen 588,800 Dortmund 587,600 Stuttgart 581,100 Düsseldorf 568,900 Bremen 527,900 Hanover (Hannover) 516,300 Duisburg 513,400
Time Zone
UTC+1, Central European Time (CET), Mitteleuropäische Zeit (MEZ)
Dialling code: +49
Ethnicity: German 81%, Other Europeans 7%, Turkish 4%, Asian 2%, Black African 1%, Others 5%
Religions: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 4%, Jewish 0.1%, unaffiliated or other 28%
GDP: $3.4 trillion, 4th in the world
Climate: Temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters (snow mostly in mountainous areas); mild summers with occasional heat waves; occasional warm mountain winds (Föhn) in Alpine regions
Seacoast: Baltic Sea, North Sea; total coastline 1,484 mi (2,389 km)
Neighboring Countries (9): Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland