Thuringia

Thuringia (Thüringen) is located in central Germany. Thuringia borders on the German Map of Thuringia in Germanystates of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria and Hesse. It has an area of 16,172 km² (6,244 sq mi) and 2.31 million inhabitants, making in the eleventh largest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen federal states. There are 144 inhabitants living in Thuringia per sq km. It is divided up into 17 administrative districts and 6 urban districts. The capital is Erfurt.

Maps of Thuringia

Map of Thuringia

Rank Administrative districts Area Km2 Density Population GDP per capita GDP per Million PPP per capita PPP per Million
 1 Thüringen 16172 144 2322314 19900 46183 19300 44821

 

Rank District/City Area Km2 Density Population GDP per capita GDP per Million PPP per capita PPP per Million
 1 Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt 269 753 202740 29600 6013 28800 5836
 2 Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt 152 680 103322 21200 2192 20600 2128
 3 Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt 114 895 102535 30800 3153 29800 3060
 4 Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt 103 412 42271 24300 1029 23600 998
 5 Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt 84 767 64565 20200 1304 19600 1266
 6 Eichsfeld 940 116 109393 16800 1833 16300 1779
 7 Nordhausen 711 131 93128 17200 1600 16700 1552
 8 Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 975 116 113256 17000 1928 16500 1871
 9 Kyffhäuserkreis 1035 85 87681 15100 1322 14600 1283
 10 Schmalkalden-Meiningen 1210 113 136499 18900 2575 18300 2499
 11 Gotha 936 153 143147 20100 2877 19500 2792
 12 Sömmerda 804 95 76479 20400 1558 19800 1512
 13 Hildburghausen 937 75 70586 15900 1120 15400 1087
 14 Ilm-Kreis 843 138 116375 17900 2090 17400 2028
 15 Weimarer Land 803 109 87859 16300 1430 15800 1387
 16 Sonneberg 433 147 63580 17800 1130 17200 1097
 17 Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 1035 120 124255 18700 2327 18200 2259
 18 Saale-Holzland-Kreis 817 110 90267 17600 1586 17000 1539
 19 Saale-Orla-Kreis 1148 81 92684 19600 1815 19000 1762
 20 Greiz 843 137 115391 15100 1741 14600 1690
 21 Altenburger Land 569 185 105568 16100 1700 15600 1650
 22 Eisenach, Kreisfreie Stadt 104 421 43658 28200 1235 27400 1198
 23 Wartburgkreis 1305 105 137536 19100 2625 18500 2548

 

Thuringia PopulationThe population of Thuringia is 2,289,219 (2008), of which Thuringia Population Ageing1,160,278 is female and 1,128,941 is male, total population down 0.95 per cent over a year earlier. This was due to more deaths than births. The birth rate was 7.1 per 1000 and death rate was 11 per 1000 in 2006.  In 2008, 10.41 percent of the population under the age of 15, rose from 10.24 per cent over a previous year. The proportion of people aged 65 and over rose from 21.60 per cent to 22.07 per cent. Correspondingly, the median age (aged 15-64) of the population fell from 68.16 to 67.52 over the same period. The overall dependency ratio is 481 per 1000 in 2008. The Sex ratio of total population is 0.973 male(s)/female.

 

Thuringia is the thirteenth largest in both nominal GDP and GDP (PPP) Thuringia GDP : Services, Industries and Agricultureamong the Germany. Its nominal GDP per capita is €19,900, it is ranked as the 3rd smallest economy by nominal GDP per capita in Germany, its GDP purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is €19,300,  ranked 14th among the Germany. Total GDP of Thuringia is €46.2 billion, of which service sector contributes around 66.98%, industry 31.77%, and agriculture 1.24%. Its real annual growth rate is 2.7 in 2006, rose from  0.2 over a previous year. Its income of household was 14,273 Euros per inhabitant in 2006. The unemployment rate has recently decreased from 17.1% in 2004 to 13.7% in 2007.

Thuringia EducatiionRegarding to the state road network, in 2008 there were 9,914 km of roadways in Thuringia, including 465 km of motorways. In 2007, about 1.30 million passenger cars (equal to 565 cars per 1,000 people) and 1.46 million road good vehicles circulated on the national road network. The state railway network, in 2008 totalled 1,610 km of which 446 km is electrified.

There were 2.55 million tourists arrivals in 2008. Over 0.4 millions pupils and students, 17% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 16% pre-primary, 17% primary, 28%  lower secondary, 21% higher secondary, 4% post secondary and 14% tertiary.

 

 

Chart of Administrative districts :  GDP Contribution

Thuringia GDP Contribution