Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) is located in western Germany, It is borders to Map of Rhineland-Palatinate in GermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, France, Saarland, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate is the ninth largest federal state of Germany by area, with an area of 19,847 square kilometres (7663 sq mi). It is seventh largest in population among the Germany, with 4.05 million inhabitants.  There are 204 inhabitants living in Rhineland-Palatinate per sq km. It is divided up into 3 administrative regions,  24 districts and 12 urban districts. Its capital is Mainz.

Maps of Rhineland-Palatinate

Map of Rhineland-Palatinate

Rank Administrative districts Area Km2 Density Population GDP per capita GDP per Million PPP per capita PPP per Million
 1 Koblenz 8073 188 1517705 23700 35974 23000 34913
 2 Trier 4923 104 514443 23200 11927 22500 11575
 3 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 6851 295 2023218 25700 51968 24900 50436

 

Rank District/City Area Km2 Density Population GDP per capita GDP per Million PPP per capita PPP per Million
 1 Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt 105 1011 106176 52300 5559 50800 5395
 2 Ahrweiler 787 165 130012 17800 2309 17200 2241
 3 Altenkirchen (Westerwald) 642 212 136104 20000 2718 19400 2638
 4 Bad Kreuznach 864 183 158075 22300 3532 21700 3428
 5 Birkenfeld 777 112 87367 21100 1846 20500 1792
 6 Cochem-Zell 720 91 65520 20900 1372 20300 1331
 7 Mayen-Koblenz 817 261 213453 22200 4738 21500 4598
 8 Neuwied 627 295 184906 23100 4272 22400 4146
 9 Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis 963 109 105385 23400 2472 22800 2399
 10 Rhein-Lahn-Kreis 782 163 127704 18900 2420 18400 2348
 11 Westerwaldkreis 989 205 203100 23300 4737 22600 4597
 12 Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt 117 868 101730 37100 3771 36000 3659
 13 Bernkastel-Wittlich 1178 97 113766 23000 2618 22300 2541
 14 Bitburg-Prüm 1626 59 95771 21100 2016 20400 1957
 15 Daun 911 70 63406 21400 1355 20700 1315
 16 Trier-Saarburg 1091 128 140084 15500 2166 15000 2103
 17 Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt 44 1076 47124 26400 1245 25600 1208
 18 Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt 140 703 98195 34500 3387 33500 3287
 19 Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt 83 513 42562 34300 1457 33300 1414
 20 Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt 78 2104 163496 56700 9279 55100 9005
 21 Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt 98 1999 195322 39100 7651 38000 7426
 22 Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt 117 457 53573 23300 1249 22600 1212
 23 Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt 61 697 42808 31100 1329 30100 1290
 24 Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt 43 1187 50587 33100 1673 32100 1624
 25 Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt 109 753 81851 25700 2102 24900 2040
 26 Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt 71 496 35011 31800 1114 30900 1081
 27 Alzey-Worms 588 215 126228 18200 2297 17700 2230
 28 Bad Dürkheim 595 227 134841 16700 2256 16200 2190
 29 Donnersbergkreis 645 122 78557 19100 1505 18600 1460
 30 Germersheim 463 271 125369 26100 3269 25300 3173
 31 Kaiserslautern, Landkreis 640 170 108783 14600 1592 14200 1545
 32 Kusel 573 133 76148 14500 1106 14100 1074
 33 Südliche Weinstraße 640 173 110429 17800 1967 17300 1909
 34 Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 305 489 149066 12600 1879 12200 1824
 35 Mainz-Bingen 606 331 200641 21500 4321 20900 4193
 36 Südwestpfalz 954 108 102893 12500 1288 12100 1250

 

Rhineland-Palatinate PopulationThe population of Rhineland-Palatinate is 4,045,643 (2008), ofRhineland-Palatinate Population Ageing which 2,060,955 is female and 1,984,688 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 7.8 per 1000 and death rate was 10.3 per 1000 in 2006.  In 2008, 14.19 percent of the population under the age of 15, fell from 14.49 per cent over a previous year. The proportion of people aged 65 and over rose from 20.11 per cent to 20.28 per cent. Correspondingly, the median age (aged 15-64) of the population rose from 65.40 to 65.53 over the same period. The overall dependency ratio is 526 per 1000 in 2008. The Sex ratio of total population is 0.963 male(s)/female.

Rhineland-Palatinate is the 6th largest in both nominal GDP and GDP (PPP) among the Germany.Rhineland-Palatinate GDP : Services, Industries and Agriculture Its nominal GDP per capita is €24,600, it is ranked as the 10th largest economy by nominal GDP per capita in Germany, its GDP purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is €23,900,  ranked 10th among the Germany. Total GDP of Rhineland-Palatinate is €100 billion, of which service sector contributes around 66.69%, industry 31.92%, and agriculture 1.39%. Its real annual growth rate is 2.4 in 2006, rose from negative 0.4 over a previous year. Its income of household was 20,520 Euros per inhabitant in 2006. The unemployment rate has recently decreased from 8.7% in 2005 to 6% in 2007.

Rhineland-Palatinate Educatiion

Regarding to the state road network, in 2008 there were 18,457 km of roadways in Rhineland-Palatinate, including 872 km of motorways. In 2007, about 2.46 million passenger cars (equal to 607 cars per 1,000 people) and 2.75 million road good vehicles circulated on the national road network. The state railway network, in 2008 totalled 1915 km of which 811 km is electrified. The state inland waterways network comprised 606 km of navigable rivers and channells. In 2006 there were approximately 33 airports, carries 3.5 million passengers, up 17 per cent over a year earlier.

It contributes to the rapidly increasing tourism sector, with around 5.2 million tourists arrivals in 2008. In 2007, 0.85 millions pupils and students, 21% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 16% pre-primary, 20% primary, 32%  lower secondary, 15% higher secondary, 3% post secondary and 14% tertiary.

Chart of Administrative districts :  GDP Contribution

Koblenz GDP Contribution

Rheinhessen-Pfalz GDP Contribution

Trier GDP Contribution