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Population: |
82,329.58 |
| Population growth rate: |
-0.053 % |
| Life expectancy: |
75.6 years |
| Ethnic groups: |
91.5 % German
2.4 % Tuskish
6.1 % other (Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)
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| As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation (after Russia). The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification of the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro. |
Religions: |
34 % Protestant
34 % Roman Catholic
3.7 % Muslim
28.3 % unaffiliated or otherr |
| Languages: |
German |
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Data updated 2009 |
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