2. Population: 81,471,834 (July 2011 est.) Religion: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3% Ethnic groups: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish) Major Cities: BERLIN (capital) 3.438 million; Hamburg 1.786 million; Munich 1.349 million; Cologne 1.001 million

3. GDP: $2.94 trillion (6 th in the world) GDP by Sectors: agriculture: 0.9% industry: 27.8% services: 71.3% Unemployment: 7.1% (2010 est.) Debt: 83.4% of GDP (2010 est.)

4. Potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs, poultry are all the main products. among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles

5. Exports - commodities: machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles Exports - partners: France 10.1%, US 6.7%, UK 6.6%, Netherlands 6.6%, Italy 6.3%, Austria 5.7%, Belgium 5.2%, China 4.7%, Switzerland 4.5% (2009) Imports - commodities: machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals Netherlands 13%, France 8.2%, Belgium 7.2%, China 6.8%, Italy 5.6%, UK 4.7%, Austria 4.4%, US 4.2%, Switzerland 4.1% (2009)

6. CIA World Fact Book