Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 230V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Germany
- +49
What every visitor should know about Germany:
- Money
- The currency is the Euro (EUR). 1 euro is worth about US$1.44.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Berlin
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
Germany facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 82,329,758
- Language
- German
- Ethnicity
- German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)
Economy
- GDP
- US$34,800 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Very high