Germany
Germany 🇩🇪 is a country in Europe with a population of approximately ~84 million (2024). Its capital is Berlin. This is the complete reference for identifying Germany in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Flag | 🇩🇪 |
| Continent / region | Europe |
| Capital | Berlin |
| Population | ~84 million (2024) |
| ISO codes | DE / DEU |
| Coordinates | 52.52°, 13.41° |
| Bordering countries | Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands |
Famous for
The Brandenburg Gate, the Autobahn, Oktoberfest, the world's 4th-largest economy by nominal GDP, the Bauhaus design movement, the engineering tradition.
Quiz tips for Germany
Borders 9 countries — the most in Europe. Was divided 1949-1990. The capital Berlin is not the largest city by metro area (that's the Rhine-Ruhr region).
How Germany appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, Germany is identified through the clue sequence: europe first, then population range (~84 million (2024)), then bordering countries, then capital (Berlin), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, Germany is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Europe.
Neighboring countries
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Reading Germany in MapDash context
The Germany record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Germany sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
Every number on this page links back to OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for Germany’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Germany?
The capital of Germany is Berlin.
What continent is Germany in?
Germany is in Europe.
What is the population of Germany?
Germany has a population of approximately ~84 million (2024).
What countries border Germany?
Germany borders Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands.
What is Germany famous for?
The Brandenburg Gate, the Autobahn, Oktoberfest, the world's 4th-largest economy by nominal GDP, the Bauhaus design movement, the engineering tradition.