1. Gadiel Tobón Cuellar
Intercultural
Communication

3. Demographics Profile 2013
Population
• 81,305,856 (July 2012 est.)
• 42.2%: 25-54 years
Median Age
• 45.3 years
Population
growth rate
• -0.2% (2012 est.)
Life expectancy • 80.19 years
at birth

4. Religions
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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, Rus
sian, SerboCroatian, Spanish)

6. Political Parties
Christian Social Union
Christian Democratic Union
Alliance '90/Greens
Free Democratic Party
Left Party
Social Democratic Party

7. Economy
Fifth largest economy in the world and Europe's
largest
Leading exporter of:
Machinery
Vehicles
Chemicals
Household
equipment

8. The German stereotype is sort of hardworking
and serious and sort of a Protestan culture
Cleanliness
Reserved
Hardworking
Respect of the nature
Work is more
important than
family
Serious
Punctuality
Work Ethic

9. 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”

10. FAMILY
Germany
Mexico
Men and
Women: Full
time Job
Women parttime job/Man:
full time job
1-2 children
2-4 children
Nuclear Family
Extended Family

11. Family
Youth
Individual
Rights
Elders
Individualistic

12. 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

13. History
 Luther's ninety-five
theses: AD 1517
 Fall of the Berlin
Wall: November 9, 1989

14. Religions
Protestant :
34%,
Roman
Catholic: 34%
Muslim: 3.7%
Unaffiliated or
other: 28.3%