<P> The following is a list of the territorial entities where German is an official language . It includes countries, which have German as (one of) their nationwide official language (s), as well as dependent territories with German as a co-official language . </P> <P> German is the official language of six countries, all of which lie in central Europe . These countries (with the addition of South Tyrol) also form the Council for German Orthography and are referred to as the German Sprachraum (German language area). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Population 2014 / 2015 </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Speakers </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (native) </Th> <Th> (second) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> 81,083,600 </Td> <Td> 74,430,000 (91.8%) </Td> <Td> 5,600,000 (6.9%) </Td> <Td> Sole nationwide official language </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> 11,245,629 </Td> <Td> 73,000 (0.6%) </Td> <Td> 2,472,746 (22%) </Td> <Td> De jure nationwide co-official language (majority language only in German speaking community) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Austria </Td> <Td> 8,602,112 </Td> <Td> 7,999,964 (93%) </Td> <Td> 516,000 (6%) </Td> <Td> De jure sole nationwide official language </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Switzerland </Td> <Td> 8,256,000 </Td> <Td> 5,329,393 (64.6%) </Td> <Td> 395,000 (5%) </Td> <Td> Co-official language at federal level; de jure sole official language in 17, co-official in 4 cantons (out of 26) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Luxembourg </Td> <Td> 562,958 </Td> <Td> 11,000 (2%) </Td> <Td> 380,000 (67.5%) </Td> <Td> De jure nationwide co-official language </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Liechtenstein </Td> <Td> 37,370 </Td> <Td> 32,075 (85.8%) </Td> <Td> 5,200 (13.9%) </Td> <Td> De jure sole nationwide official language </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Th> 109,787,669 </Th> <Th> 87,875,432 </Th> <Th> 9,368,946 </Th> <Th> Total speakers: 97,244,378 </Th> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Population 2014 / 2015 </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Speakers </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

Countries where german is the only official language