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COUNTRY PROFILE / DEU

Germany

Germany / DE

01 / BASIC INFORMATION

Germany in numbers.

Area357,680 kmยฒWorld # 64 โ†’Population83.5MWorld # 19 โ†’Population density233.4 people/kmยฒWorld # 55 โ†’Life expectancy80.8 yearsWorld # 47 โ†’GDP per capitaUS$ 60,496World # 22 โ†’

02 / ALL RANKINGS

Germany across 51 rankings.

Essentials

Area357,680 kmยฒWorld # 64 / 2023 โ†’Population83.5MWorld # 19 / 2025 โ†’Population density233.4 people/kmยฒWorld # 55 / Population 2025 ยท area 2023 โ†’Independence / founding reference year1,871World # 145 / CIA World Factbook 2025 archive โ†’

People & society

Population growth-0%World # 169 / 2025 โ†’Total fertility rate1.4World # 183 / 2024 โ†’Birth rate8.1 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 187 / 2024 โ†’Death rate12.1 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 16 / 2024 โ†’Median age45.1 yearsWorld # 15 / 2023 โ†’Population aged 65+23.7%World # 8 / 2025 โ†’Population aged 0โ€“1413.9%World # 197 / 2025 โ†’Urban population82.1%World # 52 / 2025 โ†’Net migration-334.1KWorld # 211 / 2025 โ†’Net migration rate-4 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 186 / 2025 โ†’International migrant share19.8%World # 45 / 2024 โ†’

Health

Life expectancy80.8 yearsWorld # 47 / 2024 โ†’Healthy life expectancy68.9 yearsWorld # 26 / 2021 โ†’Physicians per 1,000 people4.5 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 15 / 2022 โ†’Smoking rate22%World # 68 / 2024 โ†’

Economy & work

GDP per capitaUS$ 60,496World # 22 / 2025 โ†’Nominal GDPUS$ 5.1TWorld # 3 / 2025 โ†’GDP per capita (PPP)US$ 75,407World # 23 / 2025 โ†’Real GDP growth0.2%World # 192 / 2025 โ†’Inflation2.2%World # 125 / 2025 โ†’Unemployment3.7%World # 124 / 2025 โ†’Youth unemployment6.9%World # 145 / 2025 โ†’Average annual working hours1,335 hours/yearWorld # 130 / 2023 โ†’Average sleep time8.2 hours/dayWorld # 14 / Approximately 1998โ€“2006 โ†’Income inequality (Gini index)33.7World # 96 / 2022 โ†’

Education & science

Education spending (% of GDP)5.2%World # 52 / 2022 โ†’Researchers per million people5,926.1 per million peopleWorld # 14 / 2023 โ†’R&D spending (% of GDP)3.2%World # 10 / 2023 โ†’Patent applications per million people477 per million peopleWorld # 5 / 2021 โ†’

Food & agriculture

Calorie supply per person3,535 kcal/dayWorld # 19 / 2023 โ†’Meat supply per person70.7 kg/person/yearWorld # 64 / 2023 โ†’Rice production0 tWorld # 120 / 2024 โ†’Wheat production18.5M tWorld # 12 / 2024 โ†’Coffee productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Coffee consumption per personNo dataNo rank โ†’

Environment & digital

Forest area32.7%World # 101 / 2023 โ†’Electricity use per person6,109 kWh/personWorld # 33 / 2024 โ†’COโ‚‚ emissions per person6.8 tWorld # 43 / 2024 โ†’Internet use93.5%World # 42 / 2024 โ†’Mobile subscriptions129.2 per 100 peopleWorld # 61 / 2024 โ†’

Safety & politics

Homicide rate0.9 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 145 / 2023 โ†’Road traffic death rate3.8 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 175 / 2019 โ†’Military spending (% of GDP)1.9%World # 71 / 2024 โ†’Women in parliament32.4%World # 60 / 2025 โ†’

Travel & culture

International tourist arrivals12.4MWorld # 20 / 2020 โ†’International tourism receiptsUS$ 58.4BWorld # 2 / 2019 โ†’World Heritage sites55 sitesWorld # 3 / 2026-07 โ†’

03 / CULTURE & INDUSTRY

Society, culture and industry.

Largest religious groupChristianity2022 / 47.4%Main languageGermanMain functional languageLeading electricity sourceWind2025Top export categoryMachinery and electrical equipment2023Most mapped OSM sportFootball and futsal204,257 facilities countedWriting directionLeft to rightGermanLargest staple-food calorie sourceWheat2023Current currencyEuroEURDriving sideRight-hand trafficSide of the road used by trafficCountry-name originPeoples and ethnic groupsSaxons, Alamanni, theodisk, foreigner, muteness, Prussia, Germania