Germany - Main Facts
- Reichstag Berlin
State
Democratic parliamentary federal; democracy since 1949
Capital City
Berlin; 3.4 million inhabitants
Currency
Germany is a member of the Eurozone, EUR 1 = 100 cents
Geography
Location: Central Europe
Size: 357,112 sqkm
Borders: 3,757 km
Coastline:2,389 km
Largest cities
Berlin 3.4 million inhabitants, Hamburg (1.8m), Munich (1.3m), Cologne (1.0m), Frankfurt/Main (662,000)
Climate
Moderate oceanic/continental climatic zone with frequent changes in weather and primarily westerly winds
Population
Inhabitants: With 82.3 million inhabitants (of which 42.0 million are women) Germany has the largest population of any EU member state. Around 7.3 million foreigners live in Germany (8.8 percent of the total population) and of them 1.7 million are Turks
Population density: With 231 inhabitants per square kilometer Germany is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe
