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Germany
Language: German
Ethnicity/race: German
91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, Italian 0.7%, Greek 0.4%, Polish
0.4%, other 4.6%
Religions: Protestant
34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Islam 4%, Unaffiliated or other
28%
National Holiday:
Unity Day, October 3
Literacy
rate:
99% (2003 est.)
Economic
summary GDP/PPP
(2009 est.): $2.81 trillion; per capita $34,100. Real
growth rate: –5.0%. Inflation: 0%.
Unemployment: 8.2%. Arable land: 34%.
Agriculture: potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets,
fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs, poultry. Labor force:
43.63 million; industry 33.4%, agriculture 2.8%,
services 63.8% (1999). Industries: among the
world's largest and most technologically advanced
producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals,
machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food
and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles. Natural
resources: iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite,
uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land.
Exports: $1.12 trillion (2009 est.): machinery,
vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures,
foodstuffs, textiles. Imports: $931.3 billion
(2009 est.): machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs,
textiles, metals. Major trading partners: France,
U.S., UK, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Spain,
China (2006).
Communications: Telephones:
main lines in use: 54.2 million (2006); mobile cellular:
84.3 million (2006). Radio broadcast stations: AM
51, FM 767, shortwave 4 (1998). Television broadcast
stations: 373 (plus 8,042 repeaters) (1995).
Internet hosts: 16.494 million (2007). Internet
users: 38.6 million (2006).
Transportation: Railways:
total: 48,215 km (20,278 km electrified) (2006).
Highways: total: 231,581 km; paved: 231,581 km
(including 12,200 km of expressways); unpaved: 0 km
(2002). Waterways: 7,467 km (2006); note: Rhine
River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North
Sea and Black Sea (2004). Ports and harbors:
Bremen, Bremerhaven, Brunsbuttel, Duisburg, Frankfurt,
Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Mainz, Rostock, Wilhemshaven.
Airports: 550 (2006).
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