Germany is the largest economy of Europe with gross domestic product (GDP) of about 3.73 trillion and forth largest economy in the world. Germany not only has the largest population in Europe but is also the most densely populated countries in the world. Most people in Europe use German language and it is the third most widely taught global language.
It is also the official language in Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein. Germany has about 16 states and they are largely autonomous in regard to their internal organization. Germany has a highly skilled labor force, service sector contributes to approximately 69% of total GDP, manufacturing contributes to about 25% and construction industry attributes to about 5%.
The agriculture, forestry and fishery contribute to about 0.6% of share in GDP. Germany is the world capital in automotive industry and produces the largest number of cars worldwide. Mercedes Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Porche top global high end car brands are all based in Germany. If you dream of traveling in Mercedes take a taxi in Germany.
About 30% of land in Germany is forest and woodlands. Germany has a wide variety of flora, fauna preserved and protected in forests, and in 16 national parks. Germany has the largest number of zoos which is about 400 in the world. Germany is a country with significant natural resources which include Iron Ore, Coal, Potash, Timber, Ignite, Uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.
If you are a book lover Germany is heaven for you, as it is one of the leading nations in the world of book publishing with about 94,000 titles every year. In fact, you would be interested to know that Germany is the country where the first book was printed and the first magazine launched in the world was in the year 1663.
Well if you are alcoholic Germany is the best place to be in, Smoking in public places is banned while drinking alcohol isn’t illegal. There are over 1500 different types of beers, and Germans are the second largest (Irish being the first) consumers of beer in the world. So, do visit biggest Beer Festival in the world in Munich, Bravia.
There are about 300 different kinds of breads and 1000 kinds of sausages in Germany. We all love decorating Christmas tree, Germans started the tradition of decorating Christmas tree. Germany has the second highest number of international migrants. Germany has many visitors from all over the world and is the seventh most visited country in the world.
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Fact Sheet:
- Population: 2015 Estimate: 82,175,700
- Area: 357,168 Km2
- Population Density: 227/km2
- Currency: Euro (EUR €)
- Unemployment Rate 2016: 4.1 %
- Participation Rate 2016: 60.5 % (Percentage Of people either employed or looking for work)
- Average Skilled Worker Income range: € 50-60 per hour
- Capital City: Berlin
- Largest City: Berlin
- National Language: German
- Time Zone: CET (UTC+1), CEST (UTC+1)
- Date Format: dd/mm/yyyy
- Drives on the: right
- Calling Code: +49
- Internet Country level top domain (ccTLD): .de, and .eu