1. Only 30% of Germany's population is Roman Catholic. I found this interesting because Catholicism is very wide spread in Europe and that a lot of European culture is largely based on religion I just thought the percentage would be higher.
2.The population growth rate is extremely low at only -0.16% which is ranked 208 in the world. With Germany being such a big and prominent country I expected the population to be increasing not decreasing.
3. Another interesting fact about Germany is that 91% of their populations ethnicity is made up of Germans. I think this is because Germans tend to be very proud and have strong feelings for their country so generation after generation they continue to stay.
United States
1. The United States spends the most on health care in the world, with a health expenditure of 17.1% of our GDP. I knew that the United States was one of the leading researchers in health but I had no clue that we did so much to help.
2. Another fact that I found interesting about the United States was that the male expectancy for school was only to 16 years old. This would mean on average the men tend to drop out of school in either there sophomore or junior years of high school.
Excellent work here, Sean - very interesting facts. Health expenditure covers a lot more than research. If you go back to the Factbook entry and click on the words "Health expenditures" you get a full definition. Same goes for "School life expectancy," which means total number of years of schooling (not age).
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