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Germany

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Capital:	Berlin
Area size:	356680 sq. km Slightly larger than Finland
Time zone:	Standard Time GMT +1, Summer Time GMT +2
Currency:	Euro
Area code:	(+) 49
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
German (official) and local idalects which, in spite of restrictions, are regaining popularity. Turkish, Kurdish.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2007	83.2 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	82.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	82.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	82.6 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	82.6 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	82.5 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	82.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	82.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
89.4 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
German 91 percent; there are also Turkish, Kurdish and other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Protestant (32 percent) in the north and east; Catholics make up 33 percent of the population. There are also Muslim and Jewish minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	75.3 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	75.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	75.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	75.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	75.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	75.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	75.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	75.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1918
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Percentage of population under 15

2005	14.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	14.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	14.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	15.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	15.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	15.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	79.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	78.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	78.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	78.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	78.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	77.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	76.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	75.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	75.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	75.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	74.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	74.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	81.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	81.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	81.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	81.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	81.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	80.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2006	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2006	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	4 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	8 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	22	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	21	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	20	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	19	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	18	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	17	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2002-2004 average	<2.5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	<2.5 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2004	100 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation

2004	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	No data available percent

Literacy - average

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2006	655 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005	662 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	662 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	657 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	650 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	635 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	611 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers

2006	1019 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	958 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	864 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	785 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	716 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	681 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	586 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Internet users

2006	467 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2005	432 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2004	427 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2003	400 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2002	339 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2001	315 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007
2000	302 per 1,000 people	ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2007	16	Transparency International 2007
2006	16	Transparency International
2005	16	Transparency International
2004	15	Transparency International
2003	16	Transparency International
2002	18 (joint)	Transparency International
2001	20	Transparency International
2000	17	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	36810� current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	34780 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	30730 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	25600 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	22980 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	24020 current US$	WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000	25510 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2006	2896.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	2787.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	2740.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	2439.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	2016.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	1891.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	1900.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth

2005	1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	1.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	-0.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	0.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	3.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation

2005	0.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004	0.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003	1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002	1.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001	1.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000	-0.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.2 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
22.1 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	337 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	337 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	363 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	354 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2005	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006
2003	0.1 percent	UNAIDS 2006

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	6 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	7 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	8 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	8 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	10 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	11 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2006	114	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	78	UNHCR
2004	78	UNHCR
2003	725	UNHCR
2002	928	UNHCR
2001	1033	UNHCR
2000	1183	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2006	605406	UNHCR
2005	700016	UNHCR
2004	876622	UNHCR
2003	960395	UNHCR
2002	980000	UNHCR
2001	903000	UNHCR
2000	906000	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	1.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	1.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	1.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	1.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	4.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	4.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	4.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	4.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	4.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	8.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	8.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	8.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	8.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	8.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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