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Germany is a large state in Central Europe with a mixed population. The population of this country is approximately 82,468,000. Of Germany’s population, above 15 million are of non-German descent. Even in this large population of non-German descent, approximately seven million have come from outside to reside in Germany. Germany’s population can be divided into several groups in terms of ethnicity. The largest ethnic group comprises the Turkish. There are also large populations of Poles and Russians in the larger cities of Germany like Berlin. Other smaller ethnic categories in Germany include Italians, Greeks, Serbs and Austrians. Germany used to have a liberal system of political asylum not very long ago, so the population of Germany includes people from every corner of the world. In terms of official statistics, the demographics of Germany comprise 91.5 per cent of Germans and 2.4 per cent of Turks. The remainder is made up of other ethnicities like Italians, Poles and Serbs. Germany’s population has a zero or declining growth and the population of Germany is greying rapidly. The people of Germany mostly comprise the middle class. Germany has got an extensive and comprehensive social welfare system. The citizens of Germany by ethnicity are either Germans or immigrants who have undergone naturalization to become German citizens. The large ethnic chunk that comprises Germans has also the strands of four communities that are minorities in terms of population figures. These four minority segments among the ethnic Germans are Frisians, Danes, Sinti, Sorbs and Roma. The Frisians mostly occupy Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. In Schleswig-Holstein too you’ll find the biggest population of Danes. The Sorbs are a race of Slavic people based in Brandenburg and Saxony. The Romas are scattered all over Germany.
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