| People | Germany |
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Population:
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81,471,834 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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234 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 74% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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BERLIN (capital) 3.438 million; Hamburg 1.786 million; Munich 1.349 million; Cologne 1.001 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 13.3% (male 5,569,390/female 5,282,245)
15-64 years: 66.1% (male 27,227,487/female 26,617,915)
65 years and over: 20.6% (male 7,217,163/female 9,557,634) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 44.9 years
male: 43.7 years
female: 46 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.208% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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8.3 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.055 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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7 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 3.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.07 years
male: 77.82 years
female: 82.44 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.41 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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8.1% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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3.531 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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8.17 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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67,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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1.1% (2005) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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12.9% (2003) |
Nationality:
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noun: German(s)
adjective: German |
Ethnic groups:
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German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish) |
Religions:
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Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3% |
Languages:
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German |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.5% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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second most populous country in Europe after Russia |
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