  | Country (long form)
Federal Republic of Germany | Capital
Berlin | Total Area
137,846.58 sq mi
357,021.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Montana) | Population
82,797,408 (July 2000 est.) | Estimated Population in 2050
79,702,511 | Languages
German | Literacy
99% total, N/A% male, N/A% female (1977 est.) | Religions
Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 1.7%, unaffiliated or other 26.3% | Life Expectancy
74.3 male, 80.75 female (2000 est.) | Government Type
federal republic | Currency
1 deutsche mark (DM) = 100 pfennige | GDP (per capita)
$22,700 (1999 est.) | Labor Force (by occupation)
industry 33.7%, agriculture 2.7%, services 63.6% (1998) | Industry
among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages; shipbuilding; textiles | Agriculture
potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs, poultry | Arable Land
33% | Exports
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles (1999) | Imports
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals (1999) | Natural Resources
iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land | Current Environmental Issues
emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government currently attempting to define mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive | Telephones (main lines in use)
46.5 million main lines are installed (July 1999) | Telephones (mobile cellular)
15.318 million (April 1999) | Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
625 (1999) | | (U.S. Government sources) | |
