- Official name: Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland).
- Population: Jan. 1, 2010 estimate 81,757,600
- Size: 137,847 sq mi (357,021 km²)
- The highest point in Germany is Zugspitze (2,962 m)
- 31 percent of Germany is covered with forests.
- With 81.8 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union.
- The average temperatures in Germany are around 20-30° C (68-86° F) in the summer, dropping around 0° C (32° F) in the winter months.
- The capital and largest city is Berlin (3.44 million inhabitants).
- The English word "Germany" derives from the Latin word Germania.
- Germany has given birth to some of the most famous scientists and theorists in the world. Scientists like Albert Einstein, Max Plank, Werner Heisenberg, etc.
- Life expectancy is 73 years for men and 80 years for women.
- The ethnicity of the country's population is 91.5% German, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% which comprise largely of Italians, Greeks, Serbo-Croatians, Polish, Russians, Spanish).
- Germany is one of the few countries where Holocaust Denial is a crime.
- After World War II, in 1949, Germany was divided into the states of East Germany and West Germany.
- Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Germany.
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