Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark.
Surface area:
total 357,021 sq km
land 349,223 sq km
water 7,798 sq km
Land use:
arable land: 33.13%
permanent crops: 0.6%
other: 66.27% (2005)
Capital city: Berlin
Population: 82,422,299 (July 2006 est.)
Gross domestic production (GDP) per capita: $30,400 (2005 est.)
GDP composition by: agriculture 0.9%
Industry 29.6%
Service 69.5% (2005 est.)
GDP: 0.9% (2005 est.)