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Area and population not including colonial possessions Area source:[1] Population source:[2]
{{Infobox former country
|native_name = ''Deutsches Reich''
|conventional_long_name = German Empire
|common_name = Germany
|continent = Europe
|region =
|country = Germany
|status = Empire
|era = [[New Imperialism]]/[[World War I|WWI]]
|year_start = 1871
|year_end = 1918
|date_start = 18 January
|date_end = 9 November
|event_end = [[German Revolution|Republic declared]]
|event_start = [[Unification of Germany|Unification]]
|date_post = 28 November 1918
|event_post = Formal abdication
|p1 = North German Confederation
|flag_p1 = Flag of the German Empire.svg
|p2 = Kingdom of Bavaria
|flag_p2 = Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg
|p3 = Kingdom of Württemberg
|flag_p3 = Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg
|p4 = Grand Duchy of Baden
|flag_p4 = Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1871-1891).svg
|p5 = Grand Duchy of Hesse
|flag_p5 = Flagge_Großherzogtum_Hessen_ohne_Wappen.svg
|p6 = Alsace-Lorraine
|flag_p6 = Flag of France.svg
|s1 = Weimar Republic
|s2 = Republic of Alsace-Lorraine
|s3 = Free City of Danzig
|s4 = Second Polish Republic
|s5 = Klaipėda Region
|s6 = Saar (League of Nations)
|s7 = Hlučín Region
|s8 = South Jutland County{{!}}Northern Schleswig
|s9 = Eupen-Malmedy
|flag_s1 = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg
|flag_s2 = Flag of the Republic of Alsace-Lorraine.svg
|flag_s3 = Gdansk flag.svg
|flag_s4 = Flag of Poland.svg
|flag_s5 = Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.svg
|flag_s6 = Flag of Saar 1920-1935.svg
|flag_s7 = Flag of Bohemia.svg
|flag_s8 = Flag of Denmark.svg
|flag_s9 = Flag of Belgium.svg
|image_flag = Flag of the German Empire.svg
|flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (black, white, red)
|flag = Flag of Germany#North German Confederation and the German Empire
|image_coat = Wappen Deutsches Reich - Reichsadler 1889.png
|symbol_type = Imperial Coat of arms
|coat_alt = Shield containing a black, one-headed, rightward-looking eagle with red beak, tongue and claws. On its breast is a shield with another eagle. Over its head is an imperial crown with two crossing ribbons.
|image_map = German Empire, Wilhelminian third version.svg
|image_map_alt = Located in north central Europe, containing modern Germany plus much of modern Poland
|image_map_caption = Territory of the German Empire in 1914, prior to [[World War I]]
|national_motto = ''[[Gott mit uns]]''<br><small>"God with us"<small>
|national_anthem = ''(none official)''<br/>"[[Heil dir im Siegerkranz]]" (Imperial)<br/>"[[Deutschlandlied]]" (popular)<br/>"[[Die Wacht am Rhein]]" (Unofficial)
|capital = Berlin
|latd=52 |latm=31 |latNS=N |longd=13 |longm=24 |longEW=E
|common_languages = Official language:<br>[[German language|German]]<br/>Unofficial minority languages:<br>[[Danish language|Danish]], [[French language|French]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[East Frisian language|Frisian]], [[Old Prussian language|Old Prussian]], [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]<br>Colonial languages: [[Bantu languages|Bantu]], [[Oshiwambo]], [[Afrikaans]], [[Swahili language|Swahili]],<br>(African Colonies) [[Chinese language|Chinese]],<br>(Tsingtao & Jiaozhou bay)<br>[[Papuan languages]], (German New Guinea)<br>[[Samoan language|Samoan]]<br>(German Samoa)
|government_type = Constitutional monarchy
|title_leader = [[German Emperor|Emperor]]
|leader1 = [[William I, German Emperor|William I]]
|year_leader1 = 1871–1888
|leader2 = [[Frederick III, German Emperor|Frederick III]]
|year_leader2 = 1888
|leader3 = [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
|year_leader3 = 1888–1918
|title_deputy = [[List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor]]
|deputy1 = [[Otto von Bismarck]] (first)
|year_deputy1 = 1871–1890
|deputy2 = [[Friedrich Ebert]] (last)
|year_deputy2 = 8–9 Nov 1918
|legislature = [[Reichstag (institution)|Reichstag]]
|house1 = [[Reichsrat (Germany)|Reichsrat]]
|type_house1 = State council
|stat_year1 = 1871
|religion = [[Lutherans]]~60%<br/>[[Roman Catholics]]~40%
|stat_pop1 = 41058792
|stat_year2 = 1890
|stat_pop2 = 49428470
|stat_year4 = 1910
|stat_pop4 = 64925993
|stat_area4 = 540857.54
|currency = [[Vereinsthaler]], [[South German gulden]], [[Bremen thaler]], [[Hamburg mark]], [[French franc]]<br/><small>(until 1873, together)</small><br/>[[German gold mark|Goldmark]] <small>(1873–1914)</small><br/>[[German Papiermark|Papiermark]] <small>(after 1914)</small>
|footnotes = Area and population not including colonial possessions <br/>Area source:<ref name="gem1900">{{cite web |title=German Empire: administrative subdivision and municipalities, 1900 to 1910 |url=http://www.gemeindeverzeichnis.de/gem1900/gem1900.htm?gem1900_2.htm |language=German |accessdate=2007-04-25}}</ref> Population source:<ref name="pop1871">{{cite web |title=Population statistics of the German Empire, 1871 |url=http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/einwohner.htm |language=German |accessdate=2007-04-25}}</ref>
|today = {{flag|Czech Republic}}<br/>{{flag|Denmark}}<br/>{{flag|France}}<br/>{{flag|Germany}}<br/>{{flag|Lithuania}}<br/>{{flag|Poland}}<br/>{{flag|Russia}}
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