Global Network Germany

President: Peter Egger, pegger1@t-online.de

Steering Committee Members:

Petra Mehl-Lammens, info@petramehl.com

Peter Zahn, team@zahn-consulting.de

About Germany

National name: Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Language: German

Capital: Berlin

Government type:
Federal Republic

National holiday: Unity Day, 3 October (1990)

Currency: Euro

Area: 137,846 sq. mile ( 357, 021 sq. km)

Population: (2005 est.) 82,431,390

Population density: per sq. mile: 598

Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.4%
16-64 years: 66.7%
65 years and over: 18.9%

Median age:
total: 42.16 years
male: 40.88 years
female: 43.53 years (2005 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004 est.): $2.362 trillion; per capita $28,700

Labor force: 42.63 million; industry 33.4%, agriculture 2.8%, services 63.8% (1999)

Natural resources: iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land

Industries: among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages; shipbuilding; textiles

Exports: $893.3 billion f.o.b.(2004 est.)

Exports commodities: machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles

Imports: %716.7 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports commodities: machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals