President: Dr Nicholas Liverpool Prime minister: Roosevelt Skerrit
President: Joachim Gauck
Population
73,126
81,305,856
Life Expectancy
76.180 years
80.190 years
Capital City
Berlin
Largest city
Roseau (population: 16,571)
Berlin (population: 3,426,350)
Human Development Index
0.797
0.94
GDP per capita
$38,400 US
Literacy Rate
94%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
6
7.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.4%
30.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Karl Albrecht ($21.5bn US)
Unemployment Rate
6.000%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary democracy
federal republic
Independence date
18 January 1871 (German Empire unification); divided into four zones of occupation (UK, US, USSR, and later, France) in 1945 following World War II; Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) proclaimed 23 May 1949 and included the former UK, US, and French zones; German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) proclaimed 7 October 1949 and included the former USSR zone; unification of West Germany and East Germany took place 3 October 1990; all four powers formally relinquished rights 15 March 1991
Religions
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)
Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%
Languages
English (official), French patois
German
Exports
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles
External Debt
$5,624,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
41
Location
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about half way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
Area
751 km sq
357,022 km sq
Coastline
148 km
2,389 km
Climate
tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds; heavy rainfall
temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
