People of Germany
Population: approximately 82 million Ethnicities: Germany is made up of ethnic groups other than generic "German" (which makes up 91.5% of the population. Others include: Turkish (2.4%), Greek, Italian, Russian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish. The previous ethnicities make up about 6.1% of the German population. Government: Federal Republic Religions: 34% of Germans are Protestants, 34% are Roman Catholic, 3.7% are Muslim, and the rest who are unaffiliated or have another religion/belief system make up 28.3% of the German population. Languages: Over 95% of Germans speak the official language of Germany: German. Many Germans speak second languages, but other first languages spoken include Turkish (1.8%), Kurdish (0.3%), Danish, (0.06%), and Romani (0.08%). Currency: Euro |
Citations:
All information on this page is taken from this source:
Germans: Language, Culture, Customs and Business Etiquette. (n.d.). Kwintessential.co.uk. May 27, 2013. From
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/germany-country-profile.html.
Image locations:
*header image right-- http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-83989-stock-footage-germans-dancing.html
*header image left-- http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100093184/are-the-english-really-germans-or-spaniards/
*map of Germany-- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/maps/large/gm-map.gif
*crowd of people to the right of "People of Germany"- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_Cup_2006_German_fans_at_Bochum.jpg
*German flag: http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/germany-flag.gif
All information on this page is taken from this source:
Germans: Language, Culture, Customs and Business Etiquette. (n.d.). Kwintessential.co.uk. May 27, 2013. From
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/germany-country-profile.html.
Image locations:
*header image right-- http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-83989-stock-footage-germans-dancing.html
*header image left-- http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100093184/are-the-english-really-germans-or-spaniards/
*map of Germany-- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/maps/large/gm-map.gif
*crowd of people to the right of "People of Germany"- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_Cup_2006_German_fans_at_Bochum.jpg
*German flag: http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/germany-flag.gif