Name: Federal Republic of Germany
Capital: Berlin
Government
POPULATION
Population: 82,176,000 (2015) Immigrants: About 20.3% of the population is of foreign origin.
The largest groups are from:
Religion: Protestant (33%), Roman Catholic (33%), Muslim (4%), 108,000 members of Jewish communities, and others
Language: German Minority languages: Frisian, Sorbian, Danish and Romany
English is widely spoken throughout the population.
GEOGRAPHY
Area: 137,857 sq. miles (357,050 sq.km)
Neighbors: Denmark to the North; Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France to the West; Switzerland and Austria to the South; Czech Republic and Poland to the East.
States and Population (Dec 31, 2015)
Baden-Württemberg: 10,879,618
Hessen: 6,176,172
Saxony: 4,084,851
Bavaria: 12,843,514
Lower Saxony: 7,926,599
Saxony-Anhalt: 2,245,470
Berlin: 3,520,031
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania: 1,612,362
Schleswig-Holstein: 2,858,714
Brandenburg: 2,484,826
North Rhine-Westphalia: 17,865,516
Thuringia: 2,170,714
Bremen: 671,489
Rhineland-Palatinate: 4,052,803
Hamburg: 1,787,408
Saarland: 995,597
Major Cities and Population (Dec 31, 2014)
Berlin: 3,469,849
Stuttgart: 612,441
Leipzig: 544,479
Hamburg: 1,762,791
Düsseldorf: 604,527
Dresden: 536,308
Munich: 1,429,584
Dortmund: 580,511
Hanover: 523,642
Cologne: 1,046,680
Essen: 573,784
Nuremberg: 501,072
Frankfurt: 717,624
Bremen: 551,767
Duisburg: 485,465
Source: Federal Statistical Office Germany
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