Germany-Country Profile

Germany-Country Profile

Physical Geography
1. Official Name of country: Federal Republic of Germany

2. Climate: temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind

3. Absolute Location: 51 00 N, 9 00 E

4. Relative Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark

Political Geography
1. Type of Government: capitalism

2. Capital: Berlin

3.International Organization Participation: ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, G-20, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SECI (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (nonregional), WCO, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Cultural Geography
1. Official Language: German

2. Other languages spoken: None

3. Major Religion: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%

4. Population: 82,329,758

5. Population Growth Rate: -0.053%

6. Population Distribution:
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

7. Infant Mortality Rate: 3.99 deaths/1,000 live births

8. Average life expectancy: 79.26 years

Economical Geography

1. Natural Resources: coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land

2. Industrial Products: 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

3. Exports: $1.187 trillion

4. Imports: $1.022 trillion