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Germany
51.0N 9.0E · 26 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
PROCLAMATION OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE · 18 JAN 1871
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1945 – present · Division, the Federal Republic and Reunification
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24 Jun 1948 – 12 May 1949 · The Berlin Blockade and Airlift 2 REFS
9 Nov 1989 · Fall of the Berlin Wall 2 REFS
1918 – 1945 · Weimar, the Third Reich and the Second World War
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1919 · The Weimar Republic and its constitution 1 REF
30 Jan 1933 · Hitler appointed chancellor 1 REF
1871 – 1918 · The German Empire and the First World War
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1871–1890 · The Bismarckian empire and industrial rise 1 REF
1884–1885 · German colonial expansion 1 REF
1648 – 1871 · Prussia, Fragmentation and the Road to Unity
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6 Aug 1806 · Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire 1 REF
18 Jan 1871 · Proclamation of the German Empire 2 REFS
962 – 1648 · The Holy Roman Empire and the Reformation
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2 Feb 962 · Otto I crowned emperor 1 REF
1255 · Teutonic Knights found Königsberg 1 REF
c. 9 CE – 911 · Germania, Rome and the Frankish Inheritance
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9 CE · Battle of the Teutoburg Forest 1 REF
25 Dec 800 · Coronation of Charlemagne 1 REF
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Berlin
- Population
- 81 m
- Area
- 357,114 km²
- Region
- Western Europe
- Languages
- German
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Demonym
- German
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$5.05 T’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$60,496’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
0.2%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
2.2%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
78.5%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
83 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
80.8 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
82.1%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.4’24 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
84.8’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
68.0’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
81.4’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
78.5’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
84.9’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
83.8’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
12.3%’24 WB-WHO
Physicians
4.53’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
3.7’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
96.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
99.9%’24 WB-WHO
Education
Education spending
5.2%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
102.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
100.2%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
76.7%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
3.2%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
5,926’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
93.5%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
129’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
18.0%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
349,430 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
32.7%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
47.5%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
6.9’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
17.6%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
1.9%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$88 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
183,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($5.05 T), superseding 2024 ($4.69 T) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($60,496), superseding 2024 ($56,104) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (0.2%), superseding 2024 (-0.5%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (2.2%), superseding 2024 (2.3%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (78.5%), superseding 2024 (79.1%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (100.0%), superseding 2023 (100.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (83 m), superseding 2024 (84 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (82.1%), superseding 2024 (82.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14