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%