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Science in Germany

In Germany, people like to tinker, design and build things: Nowhere in the EU more patents are registered than in Germany. This is encouraged not least by the many prominent examples from the past: Book printing, quantum theory, aspirin and an astonishing number of vehicles. The bicycle (Karl von Sauerbronn | 1816), the car (Karl Benz | 1885) and the helicopter (Heinrich Focke | 1936) all originated in Germany.

The Facts

Population 84,669,000 [1]
Area 349,390 km² [2]
Gross domestic product per capita in US-Dollar 52,727.0 [3]
Public expenditure on education (share of GDP) 4.7 % [4]
Share of female researchers 27.9 %
Universities 459
Universities per 1 million inhabitants 5.60
Students 3,296,249
Expenditure on Research and Development (share of GDP) 3.1 (share of GDP) [5]
Patent applications 21,198

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    https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Bevoelkerungsstand/_inhalt.html

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    https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Internationales/Laenderprofile/deutschland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

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    https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Internationales/Laenderprofile/deutschland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

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    https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Internationales/Laenderprofile/deutschland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

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    https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Internationales/Laenderprofile/deutschland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

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