German Empire Deutsches Kaiserreich
1871–1918
Motto:
Anthem:
The German Empire in 1914
Status	Empire
Capital	Berlin 52°31′N 13°24′E / 52.517°N 13.400°E / 52.517; 13.400Coordinates: 52°31′N 13°24′E / 52.517°N 13.400°E / 52.517; 13.400
Common languages	German Polish (Posen, Upper Silesia, Masuria) French (Lothringen region of Elsass-Lothringen)
Government	Constitutional monarchy
Emperor
• 1871-1888	Wilhelm I
• 1888-1888	Friedrich
• 1888-1918	Wilhelm II
Chancellor
• 1871-1890	Otto von Bismarck
• 3 Oct-9 Nov 1918	Max von Baden
History
•	January 18 1871
•	November 9 1918
Area
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Population
• 1871	41058792
• 1890	49428470
• 1910	64925993
Currency	Goldmark
ISO 3166 code	DE
Preceded by Succeeded by North German Confederation Weimar Republic

The German Empire or Germany ("Deutsches Reich" or "Deutsches Kaiserreich"or Deutschland in the German language) is the name for a group of German countries from January 18, 1871 to November 9, 1918. This is from the Unification of Germany when Wilhelm I of Prussia was made German Kaiser to when the third Emperor Wilhelm II was removed from power at the end of the First World War. In the 1920s, German nationalists started to call it the "Second Reich".