Germany

Official Name:

Federal Republic of Germany (Germany)

Area:

357.021 km ²

Population (2007):

82.400.996 inhabitants

Coastline:

2.389 km

Capital:

Berlin

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Bremen, Bremerhaven, Brunsbuttel, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Mainz, Rostock, Wilhemshaven

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Political divisions:

16 states (Laender, singular - Land); Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bayern (Bavaria), Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Saarland, Sachsen (Saxony), Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt), Schleswig-Holstein, Thueringen (Thuringia); note - Bayern, Sachsen, and Thueringen refer to themselves as free states (Freistaaten, singular - Freistaat)

Language(s):

German

National holiday:

Unity Day, 3 October (1990)

Nationality:

German(s)

Official time:

UTC 1. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Member of:

AfDB, Arctic Council (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 5, G- 7, G- 8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOVIC, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (nonregional), WCO, WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Internet country code:

.de

Economic Profile

Currency:

Euro (EUR)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD31.900 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 2.872.000.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

2,7% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture:0,9%
• Industry: 29,1%
• Services: 70%

Labor force:

43.660.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (1999):

• Agriculture 2,8%
• Industry: 33,4%
• Services 63,8%

Unemployment rate:

7,1% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

1,7% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

17,3% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD1.277.000.000.000
• Expenditures: USD1.344.000.000.000

Public debt:

66,8% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD 134.800.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 1.133.000.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles

Exports - Partners:

France 10,2%, US 8,8%, UK 7,9%, Italy 6,9%, Netherlands 6,1%, Belgium 5,6%, Austria 5,4%, Spain 5,1% (2005)

Imports:

USD 916.400.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals

Imports - partners:

France 8,7%, Netherlands 8,5%, US 6,6%, China 6,4%, UK 6,3%, Italy 5,7%, Belgium 5%, Austria 4% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 48.760.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 3.904.000.000.000 (2006)