With estimated 81,8 million inhabitants in January 2010,Germany is the most populous country in the European Union and ranks as the 15 th largest country in the world in terms of population. Its population density stands at inhabitants per square kilometer. The territory covers 357,021 km 2, consisting of 349,223 km 2 of land and 7,798 km 2 of water. It is the seventh largest country by area in Europe and the 63rd largest in the world. The capital and largest city is Berlin.

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German celebrities Albert Einstein Marlene Dietrich Michael Schumacher Isaac Newton Ludwig van Beethoven Immanuel Kant F.J. Kepler (Keplero) Karl Marx Johann Sebastian Bach Robert Koch Martin Lutero Franz Kafka