{"id":1865,"date":"2011-10-03T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2017-01-19T16:09:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:09:55","slug":"the-human-shape-of-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=1865","title":{"rendered":"The Human Shape of Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maps of Germany&#8217;s population have become a regular feature on this website, starting with the first version of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=666\">topographical display of the gridded population cartogram of the country in 2009<\/a> to the more detailed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=914\">analysis of population densities and demographic trends<\/a> at the 20th anniversary of the reunification last year. One year on, as one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=1561\">economic strongholds<\/a> Germany is in the spotlight of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=712\">financial turmoil<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=1610\">Eurozone<\/a>. When following the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bild.de\/politik\/inland\/rettungsschirm\/merkel-gewinnt-euro-abstimmung-20222572.bild.html\" target=\"_blank\">populist media<\/a>, Germany&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/gallery\/2011\/sep\/20\/oktoberfest-munich-pictures\" target=\"_blank\">population<\/a> itself appears to be more unified than ever, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/business\/2011\/sep\/29\/merkel-triumphs-in-german-bailout-vote\" target=\"_blank\">at least in the question of the euro bailout<\/a>.<br \/>\nPutting politics aside, it&#8217;s time to look at the German population once again. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GriddedPopulationCartogram_Germany.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GriddedPopulationCartogram_Germany_tn.jpg\" alt=\"High Resolution Map \/ Gridded Population Cartogram of Germany\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/GriddedPopulationCartogram_Germany.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">(click for larger map)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<em>The content on this page has been created by Benjamin Hennig. Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?page_id=631\" target=\"_blank\">contact me<\/a> for further details on the terms of use.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maps of Germany&#8217;s population have become a regular feature on this website, starting with the first version of a topographical display of the gridded population cartogram of the country in 2009 to the more detailed analysis of population densities and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=1865\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[15,75,34,36,175,48],"class_list":["post-1865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maps","tag-cartogram","tag-deutschland","tag-germany","tag-gridded-cartogram","tag-people","tag-population"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Human Shape of Germany - Views of the World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=1865\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Human Shape of Germany - Views of the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maps of Germany&#8217;s population have become a regular feature on this website, starting with the first version of a topographical display of the gridded population cartogram of the country in 2009 to the more detailed analysis of population densities and &hellip; 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