Population

Total population: 82 million in the year 2000 - 2.4% are Turkish and 6.1% are from other origins such as Serb-Croats, Polish, Italians, Russians, Greeks, Spanish, ...
Capital: Berlin (3.4 million inhabitants)
Principal cities and number of inhabitants:
Berlin 3,410,000
Hambourg 1,7500,000
Munich 1,700,000
Cologne 963,300
Frankfurt 656,200
Essen 619,000
Dortmund 601,500
Düsseldorf 573,000
Bremen 551,000
Hanover 526,000
Leipzig 487,000
Dresden 477,000
Wuppertal 385,000
Halle/Saale 294,000
Principal university cities: Berlin, Heidelberg, Hamburg, Cologne, Bonn, Hanover, Bremen, Kiel and Stuttgart
Student population: 1.75 million in the year 2000
Number of foreign students: 165,000 in the year 2000 (out of which 30% have done their secondary studies in Germany)