Tuesday, September 10, 2013

German Society

According to the CIA World Factbook, Germany has a very low population growth rate at about -0.19%, placing it in 212th place in the world. Although the population numbers about 81,147,265 million people as of July 2013, placing the county in 16th place in the world, the contraceptive prevalence rate between women aged 18-49 is 66.2%. The contraceptive rate of a nation is an “Indicator of health services, development, and women’s empowerment. [But] it is also useful in understanding, past, present, and future fertility trends, especially in developing countries.”

Germany also only spends roughly 5.1% of its GDP on Education. Another 11.6% is given to Health Expenditures. 8.5% of its youth workforce is unemployed (Ages 15-24). Also, the population spends an average of 16 years in school (School Expectancy). But ages 15 and over can read and write(99%).

The ethnic makeup is 91.5% German.
The religious makeup is Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%.
There is 100% Sanitation and Clean Drinking Water in Rural and Urban areas.

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