Full country name: Federal Republic of Germany
Area: 357,030 sq km
Population: 82 million
Capital city: Berlin (pop: 3.45 million)
People: Predominantly Caucasian, with significant Turkish minority. Germany has absorbed most of the refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
Language: German
Religion: 90% Christian. There are 1.7 million Muslims and about 74,000 Jews.
Government: Federal republic
Chancellor: Gerhard Schröder
Age structure: 0-14 years: 16% (male 6,679,930; female 6,333,110)
15-64 years: 68% (male 28,638,814; female 27,693,630)
65 years and over: 16% (male 5,133,121; female 8,318,803) (2000 est.)
GDP: US$2,040 billion
GDP per head: US$24,900
Annual growth: 2.7%
Inflation: 1%
Major industries: motor vehicles, engineering, chemicals, iron, steel, coal, electronics, environmental technology, food, clothing
Major trading partners: EU (esp. France, Netherlands, Italy, UK, Belgium/Luxembourg, USA, Japan
Member of EU: yes
Euro zone participant: yes
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