Germany, Europe

This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 21 April 2025.

Germany is a country located in the Western Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.

Easy learning about Germany


Germany is located in	Western Europe Europe Continent
Member of	European Union since 1958 Euro since 1999 Schengen since 1995 NATO since 1955 (West Germany) and 1990 (Germany)
Germany population	84 548 231 inhabitants (2023 UN data)
Germany Area	357 021 Km² ( 221 842 sq mi)
Latitude & Longitude	51° 00' N, 9° 00' E
Germany Capital city	Berlin
Neighbouring countries	Switzerland, Poland, Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Czechia, Luxembourg, France, Austria.
Germany Climate	tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north
Most predominant religion	Roman Catholic,
Second most predominant religion	Protestant,
Currency name & code	Euro (EUR)
Internet ccTLD	.de
Germany calling code	49
Passport ranking	3

16 states;
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Bayern (Bavaria),
Berlin,
Brandenburg,
Bremen,
Hamburg,
Hessen (Hesse),
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania),
Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony),
Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia),
Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate),
Saarland,
Sachsen (Saxony),
Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt),
Schleswig-Holstein,
Thueringen (Thuringia);
note - Bayern,
Sachsen,
and Thueringen refer to themselves as free states (Freistaaten,
singular - Freistaat),
while Bremen calls itself a Free Hanseatic City (Freie Hansestadt) and Hamburg considers itself a Free and Hanseatic City (Freie und Hansestadt)

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