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GeographyLocation: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
Area: Land boundaries: total 3,621 km, Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 138 km, Netherlands 577 km,Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km Coastline: 2,389 km
PeoplePopulation: 81,337,541 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.26% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 10.98 births/1,000 population Death rate: 10.83 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 2.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.5 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: German 95.1%, Turkish 2.3%, Italians 0.7%, Greeks 0.4%, Poles 0.4%,other 1.1% (made up largely of people fleeing the war in the former Yugoslavia) Religions: Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 37%, unaffiliated or other 18% Languages: German
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: federal republic Capital: Berlin Independence: 18 January 1871 (German Empire unification); divided into four zonesof 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 place3 October 1990; all four power rights formally relinquished 15 March 1991 Constitution: 23 May 1949, known as Basic Law; became constitution of the unitedGerman people 3 October 1990
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |