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By G.P. ThomasAug 29 2012

Germany, with a total population of 82,271,189 as of May 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates. The population in Germany is equivalent to 1.08% of the total world population. Germany has the 17th largest population in the world. Population density in Germany is 236 per km² (611 people per mi²).

Germany is located in Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, to the south of Denmark. Germany covers a total land area of 348,560 km² and has temperate and marine climates.

The national flag of Germany. Image Credit: CIA Factbook

The German unification in 1990 led the German economy becoming the fifth largest economy in the world. Germany recovered from the 2008-2009 recession mainly by taking in manufacturing orders and exports from outside the Eurozone.

At present, Germany is Europe's largest and strongest economy. Concerning GDP, it ranks as the fourth largest economy in the world at $3.42 trillion. Germany's GDP per capita is $49,814.

Germany's economy is supported by its well-known technology, automobiles, domestic equipment and chemical exports. However, it faces various challenges in the coming years, ranging from Brexit to the refugee crisis.

As a result of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, Germany made plans to immediately shut down eight of its nuclear reactors and shut down the remaining nine reactors by 2022, thus aiming to rely more on renewable energy instead of nuclear power in the future.

Overview of Resources

The key natural resources of Germany include timber, natural gas, coal, lignite, uranium, iron ore, arable land, construction materials, potash, nickel, salt, and copper.

Globally, the country is:

• A leading producer of lignite.
• The second largest producer of refined selenium.
• The third largest producer of kaolin.
• The fourth largest producer of sulfur.
• The fifth largest producer of potash.
• The sixth largest producer of refined copper.
• The seventh largest producer of crude steel.

Germany plays a vital role in the metal manufacturing and processing sector. It is one of the largest sectors in the country, covering the steel and iron, non-ferrous metal, and foundry industries. About 43 million tons of raw steel is produced annually in Germany, making the country the largest steel producer, consumer, importer, and exporter in Europe. The metal industry in Germany produces countless intermediate and finished metal products, ranging from basic processing of raw materials.

Germany is the world’s second-largest steel importer of steel to the date September 2017. Germany imported 20.8 million metric tons of steel, a 6% increase from 19.5 million metric tons in the year2016. Germany’s imports represented about 7% of all steel imported worldwide in 2016. The volume of Germany’s 2016 steel imports was just over 4 million metric tons less than that of the world’s largest importer, the United States. Germany imports steel from over 130 countries and territories. The German is have most beautiful naturally resources.