Germany: Capital, Population, Currency and Facts

Key facts

Capital: Berlin
Region: Europe, Western Europe
Population: 83,491,249 (2025)
Area: 357,021 km²
Currency: euro (EUR)
Languages: German
Calling code: +49
Internet domain: .de
ISO codes: DE, DEU, 276
Time zone: UTC+1:00 to UTC+1:00
United Nations: Member state
Postal code pattern: ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)

Land and position

Germany covers about 357,021 square kilometres. By area it ranks 64th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Japan and a little larger than Congo. It shares a land border with 9 neighbours: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechia, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland. Its centre lies at about 51° north, 9° east, in the northern hemisphere.

Neighbours

People

About 83.5 million people live in Germany (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 19th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 1 percent of the world's people. On average there are 234 people to each square kilometre. About 82 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 81 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: German.

Money and economy

The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 5.05 trillion (2025), which is about US$ 60,496 for each person (2025).

Time

Germany spans 2 time zone areas, from UTC+1:00 to UTC+1:00. Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

City	People
Berlin	3,426,354
Hamburg	1,973,896
Munich	1,505,005
Köln	1,024,621
Frankfurt am Main	650,000
Düsseldorf	618,685

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Western Europe

Liechtenstein, Monaco. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.