Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany)
Area: 357 596 km²
Population: 83.5 million
Population density: 234 persons/km²
Capital city: Berlin

Type of government: Parliamentary federal republic
Head of state: Frank-Walter Steinmeier (since 2017)
Head of government: Friedrich Merz (since May 2025)
Official language: German
Official religion: none

GDP/capita: 70 930 USD
Currency: euro (EUR); 1 € = 100 cent

Geographical facts
Highest point: Zugspitze, 2963 m.
Longest rivers: Danube (Donau), 2850 km; Rhine (Rhein), 1320 km; Elbe, 1165 km.
Largest lake: Bodenzee, 540 km²
Largest cities: Berlin, 3.6 million; Hamburg, 1.8 million; Munich (München), 1.5 million; Cologne (Köln), 1 million; Frankfurt, 740 000.

As a federal state, Germany consists of sixteen bundesländer: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein, and Thuringia.