| Tours | Unesco WHS | Guidebooks |
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| groups tours with set departures |
World Heritage Sites | country, regions and cities |
| Time zone: | GMT +1 (Central European time) |
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| Daylight savings: | GMT +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
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| Main languages: | German |
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| Currency: |
euros (EUR) $1 = €0.89, £1 = €1.19 (rates as of Sep 2016) |
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| Internet Domain: | .de | International Dialling Code: 49 |
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For help planning your trip to Germany including visas, vaccinations, currency exchange, flights, accomodation and insurance, see our Germany trip planning page.
Further information on Germany
Discover more about Germany - the country's geogrpahy and natural features, an assessment of its status on freedom and rights and data on the country's population and economy.
Geography & Natural Features
Total area: 357,021 sq km (7,798 sq km under water)
Coastline: 2,389 km (Baltic Sea, North Sea)
Neighbours (border lengths): Austria (784km), Belgium (167km), Czech Republic (646km), Denmark (68km), France (451km), Luxembourg (138km), Netherlands (577km), Poland (456km), Switzerland (334km)
Highest mountain: Zugspitze (2,963m)
Freedom & Rights
Summary status and rankings for Germany from classifications of different organisations measuring political and economic freedom, democracy and civil rights. See more details of these rankings.
| Index | Status | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Freedom in the World | Free | - |
 | Democracy Index | Full democracy | 13/167 |
 | Economic Freedom | Mostly Free | 16/179 |
 | Press Freedom | Satisfactory situation | 12/179 |
 | ILGA LGBT rights | Some rights | - |
 | Corruption Perceptions | Low corruption | 12/174 |
| Overall Ranking: | 16/195 | ||
Other Data & Links
Full name: Federal Republic of Germany Status: Independent Country
Population: 80,996,685 (rank: 17/196) Density: 226.8 people/sq km (rank: 38/196)
Ethnic groups: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)
Religions: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%
GDP (PPP): $3227 billion GDP per capita: $39,500 (rank: 20/195)
Information derived from the CIA World Factbook. Other country profiles: BBC News.