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Demographics Profile 2013
Population

• 81,305,856 (July 2012 est.)
• 42.2%: 25-54 years

Median Age

• 45.3 years

Population
growth rate

• -0.2% (2012 est.)

Life expectancy • 80.19 years
at birth
Religions

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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, Rus
sian, SerboCroatian, Spanish)
Political Parties
Christian Social Union
Christian Democratic Union
Alliance '90/Greens
Free Democratic Party
Left Party
Social Democratic Party
Economy
Fifth largest economy in the world and Europe's
largest
Leading exporter of:

Machinery

Vehicles

Chemicals

Household
equipment
The German stereotype is sort of hardworking
and serious and sort of a Protestan culture
Cleanliness

Reserved

Hardworking

Respect of the nature

Work is more
important than
family

Serious

Punctuality

Work Ethic
Stereotypes
 “Germans Don't Like Children”

 “Germans Drink Lots of Beer”
 “Germans Don't Like Foreigners”
 “Germans are old”
 “Germans love soccer”
 “Germans don´t know how to lose”

 “Germans love laws”
FAMILY
Germany

Mexico

Men and
Women: Full
time Job

Women parttime job/Man:
full time job

1-2 children

2-4 children

Nuclear Family

Extended Family
Family
Youth

Individual
Rights

Elders

Individualistic
Gender roles
Household duties are shared

Men take care of the garden and the car
Women are more in charge of cleaning and
laundry
Women are usually not payed as well as men
in jobs
History
 Luther's ninety-five

theses: AD 1517

 Fall of the Berlin

Wall: November 9, 1989
Religions

Protestant :
34%,
Roman
Catholic: 34%
Muslim: 3.7%
Unaffiliated or
other: 28.3%

Germany