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GERMANYGadiel Tobón Cuellar
Intercultural Communication
Demographics Profile 2013
• 81,305,856 (July 2012 est.) • 42.2%: 25-54 years Population
• 45.3 years Median Age
• -0.2% (2012 est.) Population growth rate
• 80.19 yearsLife
expectancy at birth
Religions
• Protestant : 34%, • Roman Catholic: 34%• Muslim: 3.7%• Unaffiliated or other:
28.3%
Ethnic Groups
• German 91.5%• Turkish 2.4%• Other 6.1% (made up
largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)
Political Parties
Christian Social Union
Christian Democratic Union
Alliance '90/Greens
Free Democratic Party
Left Party
Social Democratic Party
Economy
Fifth largest economy in the world and Europe's largest
Leading exporter of:
Machinery Vehicles Chemical
s
Household
equipment
The German stereotype is sort of hardworking and serious and sort of a Protestan culture
SeriousHardworking
Reserved
Work Ethic
Punctuality
Cleanliness
Respect of the nature
Work is more important than
family
Stereotypes
“Germans Don't Like Children”
“Germans Drink Lots of Beer”
“Germans Don't Like Foreigners”
“Germans are old”
“Germans love soccer”
“Germans don´t know how to lose”
“Germans love laws”
FAMILYGerman
y Mexico
Extended Family
2-4 children
Women part-time job/Man: full time job
Nuclear Family
1-2 children
Men and Women: Full
time Job
Individualistic
Elders
YouthIndividual
Rights
Family
Gender roles
Household duties are shared
Men take care of the garden and the car
Women are more in charge of cleaning and laundry
Women are usually not payed as well as men in jobs
History
Luther's ninety-five theses: AD 1517
Fall of the Berlin Wall: November 9, 1989
Reli
gio
ns Protestant :
34%,
Roman Catholic: 34%
Muslim: 3.7%
Unaffiliated or other:
28.3%
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