| Federal Republic of Germany Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Berlin | |||||
| Official language(s) | German[1] | |||||
| Demonym | German | |||||
| Government | Federal parliamentary republic | |||||
| - | President | Christian Wulff (CDU) | ||||
| - | Chancellor | Angela Merkel (CDU) | ||||
| - | President of the Bundestag | Norbert Lammert (CDU) | ||||
| - | President of the Bundesrat | Hannelore Kraft (SPD) | ||||
| Formation | ||||||
| - | Holy Roman Empire | 2 February 962 | ||||
| - | Unification | 18 January 1871 | ||||
| - | Federal Republic | 23 May 1949 | ||||
| - | Reunification | 3 October 1990 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 357,021 km2 (63rd) 137,847 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 2.416 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2010 estimate | 81,799,600[1] (15th) | ||||
| - | Density | 229/km2 (55th) 593/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $3.089 trillion[2] (5th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $37,935[2] (18th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $3.628 trillion[2] (4th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $44,555[2] (19th) | ||||
| Gini (2006) | 27 (low) | |||||
| HDI (2010) |  0.885[3] (very high) (10th) |
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| Currency | Euro (€)[2](2002 – present) (EUR) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .de [3] | |||||
| Calling code | 49 | |||||
| 1 | ^ Danish, Low German, Sorbian, Romany and Frisian are officially recognised by the ECRML. | |||||
| 2 | ^ Before 2002: Deutsche Mark (DEM). | |||||
| 3 | ^ Also .eu, shared with European Union member states. | |||||
References[]
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpopulation - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "World Economic Outlook Database". International Monetary Fund. April 2011. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2008&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=134&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=52&pr.y=0. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ↑ "Human development index". United Nations Development Programme. 2010. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Table1.pdf. Retrieved 18 March 2011.