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Federal Republic of Germany
National name: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
President: Johannes Rau (1999)
Chancellor: Gerhard Schröder (1998)
Area: 137,826 sq. mi. (356,910 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 82,087,361 (average annual growth rate: –0.21%); birth rate: 8.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.1/1000; density per sq. mi.: 596
Capital and largest city (1995 est.): Berlin (capital since Oct. 3, 1990), 3,471,418
Other large cities (1997): Hamburg, 1,703,800; Munich, 1,251,100; Cologne, 963,300; Frankfurt, 656,200; Essen, 619,600; Dortmund, 601,500; Stuttgart, 592,000; Düsseldorf, 573,100; Bremen, 551,000; Hanover, 526,400; Duisberg, 536,500
Monetary units: Deutsche Mark and euro
Language: German
Ethnicity/race: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, Italians 0.7%, Greeks 0.4%, Poles 0.4%, Other 4.6%
Religions: Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 1.7%, Unaffiliated or other 26.3%
Literacy rate: 99%
Economic summary GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $1.813 trillion; $22,100 per capita. Real growth rate: 2.7%. Inflation: 0.9%. Unemployment: 10.6%. Labor force: industry 33.7%, agriculture 2.7%, services 63.6%. Exports: $510 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): machinery 31%, vehicles 17%, chemicals 13%, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles (1997). Imports: $426 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): machinery 22%, vehicles 10%, chemicals 9%, foodstuffs 8%, textiles, metals (1997). Industry: western: among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages; eastern: metal fabrication, chemicals, brown coal, shipbuilding, machine building, food and beverages, textiles, petroleum refining. Agriculture: western—potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs, poultry; eastern—wheat, rye, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, fruit; pork, beef, chickens, milk, hides. Natural resources: iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel. Major trading partners: EU (France, U.K., Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium-Luxembourg), U.S., Japan.
