Informations générales sur le pays

• Area : 357, 023 km²
• Population : 81, 752, 000
• Capital : Berlin
• Largest cities and number of inhabitants : Berlin (3, 442, 700), Cologne (998, 100), Dortmund (581, 300), Düsseldorf (586, 200), Essen (576, 300) Frankfurt/Main (671, 900), Hamburg (1, 774, 200), Munich (1, 330, 400), Stuttgart (601, 600)
• Official language and other recognised languages : German (official language) ; Danish (recognized in Schleswig-Holstein) ; Frisian (recognised Schleswig-Holstein) ; Sorbian (recognized in Brandenburg and in Saxony) ; Low-German (recognized in Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and, Schleswig-Holstein) ; Romanes (recognized all over Germany)
• Regions : 16 Länder : Baden- Württemberg, Lower Saxony, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia

Germany is a country hosting two main denominations, Catholicism and Protestantism. These two denominations have been in significant decline during the last few years. In 2012, there were 30.2% Catholic, 28.5% Protestant, 36.3% of no religion, 3.9% Muslim. Germany also counts nearly 270,000 Buddhists, some 200,000 Jews, around 165,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses and 100,000 Hindus.

Sources : Statistisches Bundesamt, Statistisches Jahrbuch für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland mit „Internationalen Übersichten“, Wiesbaden, 2011. Bundesministerium des Inneren, Regional- und Minderheitensprachen in Deutschland, Niesetal 2011.