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Germany: map and facts
Germany is in Western Europe. It has about 83.5 million people (2025), the 19th largest population. It covers 357,680 km², the 63rd largest by area. That is about 233 people per km². Its highest point is Zugspitze, at 2,962 m. The longest river on its map is the Danube, 2,850 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 83,491,249 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 357,680 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Berlin
- Highest point: Zugspitze, 2,962 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 32.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Germany, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Danube: 2,850 km
- Rhine: 1,233 km
- Elbe: 1,094 km
- Oder: 854 km
- Moselle: 544 km
- Main: 524 km
- Inn: 517 km
- Weser: 451 km
- Saale: 413 km
- Spree: 382 km
Also on the map: Ems, Neckar, Isar, Aller, Saar, Sauer, Berkel, Waldnaab, Regnitz and Warme Steinach.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Zugspitze: 2,962 m (its highest point)
- Feldberg: 1,494 m
- Brocken: 1,141 m
- Hohe Acht: 746 m
- Vaalserberg: 322 m
Mountain ranges: Bohemian Forest, Ore Mountains, Harz and Sudetes Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: North European Plain, Jutland and Frisian Islands.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 33%, mixed forest 17.6%, savanna 16.7%, grassland 8.6%, evergreen conifer forest 7.3%, towns and cities 6.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 46.3%, hills 39.9%, plateaus 10.4%, mountains 3.4%.
Forests covered 32.8% of its land in 2024, up from 32.4% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #4 in salt among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #5 in potash among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in silica sand among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #9 in coal among the countries EIA lists (2024)
- World #10 in gypsum among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Germany shares land borders with Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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