Germany: People & Society#
Population | 80,722,792 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: German(s) adjective: German |
Ethnic groups | German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish) |
Languages | German (official) note: Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romany are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romany are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages |
Religions | Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3% |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 12.83% (male 5,317,183/female 5,040,664) 15-24 years: 10.22% (male 4,203,985/female 4,044,789) 25-54 years: 40.96% (male 16,721,667/female 16,345,911) 55-64 years: 14.23% (male 5,695,117/female 5,788,493) 65 years and over: 21.76% (male 7,709,799/female 9,855,184) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 51.8% youth dependency ratio: 19.6% elderly dependency ratio: 32.2% potential support ratio: 3.1% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 46.8 years male: 45.7 years female: 47.9 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | -0.16% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 8.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 11.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | most populous country in Europe; a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations, particularly in the far western part of the industrial state of North Rhine-Westphalia |
Urbanization | urban population: 75.3% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.16% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | BERLIN (capital) 3.563 million; Hamburg 1.831 million; Munich 1.438 million; Cologne 1.037 million (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 29.2 (2012 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.7 years male: 78.4 years female: 83.1 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.44 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 66.2% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2005) |
Health expenditures | 11.3% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 3.89 physicians/1,000 population (2012) |
Hospital bed density | 8.2 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.3% of population rural: 99% of population total: 99.2% of population unimproved: urban: 0.7% of population rural: 1% of population total: 0.8% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.15% (2013 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 77,500 (2013 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | 400 (2013 est.) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 22.7% (2014) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 1.1% (2006) |
Education expenditures | 4.9% of GDP (2013) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2014) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 7.7% male: 8.3% female: 7.1% (2014 est.) |