North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is situated in the Western part of Germany and shares borders with Belgium and the Netherlands. It has borders with the German states of Lower Saxony to the North and Northeast, Rhineland-Palatinate to the Southwest and Hessen to the Southeast. North Rhine-Westphalia is the fourth largest federal state of Germany by area, with an area of 34,086 square kilometres (13,160 sq mi). It is largest in population among the Germany, with 18 million inhabitants.  There are 529 inhabitants living in North Rhine-Westphalia per square kilometre. It is consists of 5 administrative regions, divided into 31 districts and 23 urban districts. The capital city is Düsseldorf.

Maps of North Rhine-Westphalia

The population of North Rhine-Westphalia is 17,996,621 (2008), of which 9,221,824 is female and 8,774,797 is male, total population down 0.18 per cent over a year earlier. This was due to more deaths than births. In 2006, the birth rate was 8.3 per 1000 and death rate was 10.2 per 1000 in 2006.  In 2008, 14.47 percent of the population under the age of 15, fell from 14.75 per cent over a previous year. The proportion of people aged 65 and over rose from 19.71 per cent to 19.93 per cent. Correspondingly, the median age (aged 15-64) of the population rose from 65.54 to 65.60 over the same period. The overall dependency ratio is 525 per 1000 in 2008. The Sex ratio of total population is 0.951 male(s)/female.

North Rhine-Westphalia is the largest in both nominal GDP and GDP (PPP) among the Germany. Its nominal GDP per capita is €28,000, it is ranked as the 6th largest economy by nominal GDP per capita in Germany, its GDP purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is €27,200,  ranked 6th among the Germany. Total GDP of North Rhine-Westphalia is €505 billion, of which service sector contributes around 70.23%, industry 29.19%, and agriculture 0.58%. Its real annual growth rate is 2.6 in 2006, rose from 0.0 over a previous year. Its income of household was 21,885 Euros per inhabitant in 2006. The unemployment rate has recently decreased from 10.4% in 2005 to 8.3% in 2007.

Regarding to the state road network, in 2008 there were 29,580 km of roadways in North Rhine-Westphalia, including 2,189 km of motorways. In 2007, about 9.9 million passenger cars (equal to 551 cars per 1,000 people) and 10.73 million road good vehicles circulated on the national road network. The state railway network, in 2008 totalled 6507 km of which 3330 km is electrified. The state inland waterways network comprised 696 km of navigable rivers and channells. In 2006 there were approximately 55 airports, carries 31.59 million passengers, up 5.98 per cent over a year earlier.

It contributes to the rapidly increasing tourism sector, with around 14.21 million tourists arrivals in 2008. In 2007, 3.95 millions pupils and students, 22% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 14% pre-primary, 20% primary, 32%  lower secondary, 17% higher secondary, 3% post secondary and 14% tertiary.

Chart of Administrative districts :  GDP Contribution

Arnsberg GDP Contribution

Detmold GDP Contribution

Dusseldorf GDP Contribution

Koln GDP Contribution

Munster GDP Contribution