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Federal Republic of Germany
National name: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
President: Horst Köhler (2004)
Chancellor: Gerhard Schröder (1998)
Area: 137,846 sq mi (357,021 sq km)
Population (2005 est.): 82,431,390 (growth rate:
0%); birth rate: 8.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.2/1000;
life expectancy: 78.7; density per sq mi: 598
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Berlin
(capital since Oct. 3, 1990), 3,933,300 (metro. area),
3,274,500 (city proper)
Other large cities: Hamburg, 1,686,100; Munich,
1,185,400; Cologne, 965,300; Frankfurt, 648,000; Essen,
588,800; Dortmund, 587,600; Stuttgart, 581,100; Düsseldorf,
568,900; Bremen, 527,900; Hanover, 516,300; Duisburg, 513,400
Monetary units: Euro (formerly Deutsche mark)
Language: German
Ethnicity/race: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, Italian
0.7%, Greek 0.4%, Polish 0.4%, other 4.6%
Religions: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Islam
3.7%, Unaffiliated or other 28.3%
Literacy rate: 99% (1977 est.)
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