Germany vs United States statistics compared

Germany has a population of 83.5M (ranked 19/197), compared with 340M in The United States (ranked 3/197). Germany's land area is 134,916 sq mi versus 3,531,839 sq mi for The United States (ranked 63rd vs. 3rd).

By GDP, Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T) and The United States ranks 1/197 ($29.2T). By GDP per capita, Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800), while The United States ranks 9/197 ($85,810).

Germany and United States: Comparison Charts

Germany and United States economies compared

GDP

Germany

United States

Table

Year	GDP
	Germany	United States
1960	$84,619,845,881	$542,390,475,099
1961	$96,558,204,043	$562,640,778,342
1962	$105,895,435,234	$604,729,643,906
1963	$112,232,503,744	$638,380,883,119
1964	$123,330,404,665	$685,631,590,687
1965	$134,774,688,191	$743,503,780,837
1966	$143,304,275,684	$814,082,043,611
1967	$145,100,667,773	$860,737,154,024
1968	$156,527,292,653	$941,639,100,804
1969	$177,733,486,326	$1,018,471,133,697
1970	$216,629,229,947	$1,073,303,000,000
1971	$250,900,942,397	$1,164,850,000,000
1972	$300,899,944,795	$1,279,110,000,000
1973	$399,833,571,167	$1,425,376,000,000
1974	$446,934,971,657	$1,545,243,000,000
1975	$492,434,094,920	$1,684,904,000,000
1976	$521,658,712,133	$1,873,412,000,000
1977	$602,698,323,086	$2,081,826,000,000
1978	$743,182,891,918	$2,351,599,000,000
1979	$884,574,218,333	$2,627,333,000,000
1980	$953,772,499,462	$2,857,307,000,000
1981	$803,404,797,058	$3,207,041,000,000
1982	$779,421,633,755	$3,343,789,000,000
1983	$773,507,930,295	$3,634,038,000,000
1984	$727,767,760,979	$4,037,613,000,000
1985	$735,218,723,093	$4,338,979,000,000
1986	$1,050,092,624,516	$4,579,631,000,000
1987	$1,302,932,318,825	$4,855,215,000,000
1988	$1,406,367,016,372	$5,236,438,000,000
1989	$1,404,092,925,205	$5,641,580,000,000
1990	$1,778,162,195,860	$5,963,144,000,000
1991	$1,875,792,575,133	$6,158,129,000,000
1992	$2,141,377,582,968	$6,520,327,000,000
1993	$2,078,954,217,438	$6,858,559,000,000
1994	$2,215,282,632,277	$7,287,236,000,000
1995	$2,593,053,091,306	$7,639,749,000,000
1996	$2,506,576,553,158	$8,073,122,000,000
1997	$2,218,790,886,533	$8,577,552,000,000
1998	$2,247,760,364,566	$9,062,817,000,000
1999	$2,213,873,468,587	$9,631,172,000,000
2000	$1,966,980,701,145	$10,250,952,000,000
2001	$1,966,381,496,642	$10,581,929,000,000
2002	$2,102,350,798,306	$10,929,108,000,000
2003	$2,534,715,518,349	$11,456,450,000,000
2004	$2,852,317,768,062	$12,217,196,000,000
2005	$2,893,393,187,362	$13,039,197,000,000
2006	$3,046,308,753,671	$13,815,583,000,000
2007	$3,484,056,680,855	$14,474,228,000,000
2008	$3,808,786,022,313	$14,769,862,000,000
2009	$3,479,800,820,863	$14,478,067,000,000
2010	$3,468,154,343,000	$15,048,971,000,000
2011	$3,824,828,563,521	$15,599,732,000,000
2012	$3,597,896,500,945	$16,253,970,000,000
2013	$3,808,086,291,482	$16,880,683,000,000
2014	$3,965,800,686,310	$17,608,138,000,000
2015	$3,423,568,450,957	$18,295,019,000,000
2016	$3,537,784,107,981	$18,804,913,000,000
2017	$3,763,092,263,753	$19,612,102,000,000
2018	$4,052,008,447,224	$20,656,516,000,000
2019	$3,957,208,055,216	$21,539,982,000,000
2020	$3,940,142,541,354	$21,354,105,000,000
2021	$4,348,297,440,388	$23,681,171,000,000
2022	$4,163,596,357,879	$26,006,893,000,000
2023	$4,525,703,903,628	$27,720,709,000,000
2024	$4,659,929,336,891	$29,184,890,000,000

Germany and United States economies compared

GDP per capita

Germany

United States

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Germany	United States
1960	$1,162	$3,002
1961	$1,316	$3,063
1962	$1,431	$3,242
1963	$1,502	$3,373
1964	$1,637	$3,573
1965	$1,774	$3,827
1966	$1,871	$4,142
1967	$1,886	$4,332
1968	$2,025	$4,692
1969	$2,281	$5,025
1970	$2,771	$5,234
1971	$3,204	$5,609
1972	$3,824	$6,094
1973	$5,065	$6,726
1974	$5,660	$7,226
1975	$6,259	$7,801
1976	$6,659	$8,592
1977	$7,711	$9,453
1978	$9,517	$10,565
1979	$11,322	$11,674
1980	$12,183	$12,613
1981	$10,246	$13,976
1982	$9,950	$14,434
1983	$9,900	$15,544
1984	$9,347	$17,121
1985	$9,464	$18,237
1986	$13,511	$19,071
1987	$16,739	$20,039
1988	$17,997	$21,417
1989	$17,829	$22,857
1990	$22,386	$23,840
1991	$23,443	$24,293
1992	$26,560	$25,381
1993	$25,617	$26,353
1994	$27,202	$27,662
1995	$31,747	$28,661
1996	$30,600	$29,937
1997	$27,047	$31,430
1998	$27,396	$32,823
1999	$26,965	$34,484
2000	$23,926	$36,330
2001	$23,878	$37,134
2002	$25,487	$37,998
2003	$30,711	$39,490
2004	$34,567	$41,725
2005	$35,084	$44,123
2006	$36,980	$46,302
2007	$42,351	$48,050
2008	$46,386	$48,570
2009	$42,487	$47,195
2010	$42,410	$48,651
2011	$47,647	$50,066
2012	$44,736	$51,784
2013	$47,220	$53,410
2014	$48,971	$55,304
2015	$41,911	$57,040
2016	$42,961	$58,207
2017	$45,527	$60,322
2018	$48,875	$63,201
2019	$47,624	$65,605
2020	$47,380	$64,411
2021	$52,266	$71,352
2022	$49,686	$78,035
2023	$53,940	$82,769
2024	$55,800	$85,810

Germany vs. United States life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Germany

United States

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Germany	United States
1950	66.8	68.1
1951	67.1	68.2
1952	67.5	68.4
1953	67.8	68.7
1954	68.1	69.5
1955	68.3	69.6
1956	68.6	69.6
1957	68.5	69.4
1958	69.2	69.7
1959	69.3	69.9
1960	69.3	69.8
1961	69.8	70.3
1962	70	70.1
1963	70.1	69.9
1964	70.6	70.2
1965	70.6	70.2
1966	70.7	70.2
1967	71	70.5
1968	70.6	70.2
1969	70.5	70.5
1970	70.7	70.7
1971	70.9	71.1
1972	71.1	71.2
1973	71.4	71.4
1974	71.7	72
1975	71.5	72.5
1976	72	72.8
1977	72.6	73.2
1978	72.6	73.4
1979	72.9	73.8
1980	73.1	73.7
1981	73.3	74.1
1982	73.6	74.5
1983	73.9	74.6
1984	74.4	74.7
1985	74.5	74.7
1986	74.7	74.7
1987	75.1	74.9
1988	75.3	74.8
1989	75.5	75.1
1990	75.3	75.4
1991	75.6	75.5
1992	76	75.8
1993	76.1	75.6
1994	76.4	75.7
1995	76.6	75.9
1996	76.8	76.2
1997	77.2	76.5
1998	77.6	76.7
1999	77.8	76.7
2000	78.1	76.8
2001	78.4	76.9
2002	78.5	77
2003	78.5	77.1
2004	79.1	77.5
2005	79.3	77.5
2006	79.6	77.8
2007	79.7	78
2008	79.8	78.1
2009	79.9	78.5
2010	80.1	78.7
2011	80.4	78.7
2012	80.5	78.8
2013	80.5	78.8
2014	80.9	78.9
2015	80.6	78.7
2016	80.8	78.7
2017	80.9	78.6
2018	80.9	78.8
2019	81.2	78.9
2020	81	77
2021	81.1	76.4
2022	80.6	78
2023	81.4	79.3
2024	81.5	79.5
2025	81.7	79.6

Germany and United States population clocks and comparison

Population

Germany

United States

Table

Year	Population
	Germany	United States
1900	-	76,094,000
1901	-	77,584,000
1902	-	79,163,000
1903	-	80,632,000
1904	-	82,166,000
1905	-	83,822,000
1906	-	85,450,000
1907	-	87,008,000
1908	-	88,710,000
1909	-	90,490,000
1910	-	92,407,000
1911	-	93,863,000
1912	-	95,335,000
1913	-	97,225,000
1914	-	99,111,000
1915	-	100,546,000
1916	-	101,961,000
1917	-	103,268,000
1918	-	103,208,000
1919	-	104,514,000
1920	-	106,461,000
1921	-	108,538,000
1922	-	110,049,000
1923	-	111,947,000
1924	-	114,109,000
1925	-	115,829,000
1926	-	117,397,000
1927	-	119,035,000
1928	-	120,509,000
1929	-	121,767,000
1930	-	123,076,741
1931	-	124,039,648
1932	-	124,840,471
1933	-	125,578,763
1934	-	126,373,773
1935	-	127,250,232
1936	-	128,053,180
1937	-	128,824,829
1938	-	129,824,939
1939	-	130,879,718
1940	-	132,122,446
1941	-	133,402,471
1942	-	134,859,553
1943	-	136,739,353
1944	-	138,397,345
1945	-	139,928,165
1946	-	141,388,566
1947	-	144,126,071
1948	-	146,631,302
1949	-	149,188,130
1950	-	152,271,417
1951	-	154,877,889
1952	-	157,552,740
1953	-	160,184,192
1954	-	163,025,854
1955	-	165,931,202
1956	-	168,903,031
1957	-	171,984,130
1958	-	174,881,904
1959	-	177,829,628
1960	72,814,900	180,671,158
1961	73,377,632	183,691,481
1962	74,025,784	186,537,737
1963	74,714,353	189,241,798
1964	75,318,337	191,888,791
1965	75,963,695	194,302,963
1966	76,600,311	196,560,338
1967	76,951,336	198,712,056
1968	77,294,314	200,706,052
1969	77,909,682	202,676,946
1970	78,169,289	205,052,174
1971	78,312,842	207,660,677
1972	78,688,452	209,896,021
1973	78,936,666	211,908,788
1974	78,967,433	213,853,928
1975	78,673,554	215,973,199
1976	78,336,950	218,035,164
1977	78,159,814	220,239,425
1978	78,091,820	222,584,545
1979	78,126,350	225,055,487
1980	78,288,576	226,542,250
1981	78,407,907	229,465,744
1982	78,333,366	231,664,432
1983	78,128,282	233,792,014
1984	77,858,685	235,824,908
1985	77,684,873	237,923,734
1986	77,720,436	240,132,831
1987	77,839,920	242,288,936
1988	78,144,619	244,499,004
1989	78,751,283	246,819,222
1990	79,433,029	250,131,894
1991	80,013,896	253,492,503
1992	80,624,598	256,894,189
1993	81,156,363	260,255,352
1994	81,438,348	263,435,673
1995	81,678,051	266,557,091
1996	81,914,831	269,667,391
1997	82,034,771	272,911,760
1998	82,047,195	276,115,288
1999	82,100,243	279,294,713
2000	82,211,508	282,162,411
2001	82,349,925	284,968,955
2002	82,488,495	287,625,193
2003	82,534,176	290,107,933
2004	82,516,260	292,805,298
2005	82,469,422	295,516,599
2006	82,376,451	298,379,912
2007	82,266,372	301,231,207
2008	82,110,097	304,093,966
2009	81,902,307	306,771,529
2010	81,776,930	309,327,143
2011	80,274,983	311,583,481
2012	80,425,823	313,877,662
2013	80,645,605	316,059,947
2014	80,982,500	318,386,329
2015	81,686,611	320,738,994
2016	82,348,669	323,071,755
2017	82,657,002	325,122,128
2018	82,905,782	326,838,199
2019	83,092,962	328,329,953
2020	83,160,871	331,526,933
2021	83,196,078	331,893,745
2022	83,797,985	333,271,411
2023	83,901,923	334,914,895
2024	83,510,950	340,110,988

Fertility rates in Germany and United States

Fertility rate

Germany

United States

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Germany	United States
1960	2.37	3.65
1961	2.45	3.62
1962	2.44	3.46
1963	2.51	3.32
1964	2.54	3.19
1965	2.5	2.91
1966	2.53	2.72
1967	2.48	2.56
1968	2.38	2.46
1969	2.21	2.46
1970	2.03	2.48
1971	1.92	2.27
1972	1.71	2.01
1973	1.54	1.88
1974	1.51	1.84
1975	1.45	1.77
1976	1.45	1.74
1977	1.4	1.79
1978	1.38	1.76
1979	1.38	1.81
1980	1.44	1.84
1981	1.43	1.81
1982	1.41	1.83
1983	1.33	1.8
1984	1.29	1.81
1985	1.37	1.84
1986	1.43	1.84
1987	1.43	1.87
1988	1.46	1.93
1989	1.42	2.01
1990	1.45	2.08
1991	1.33	2.06
1992	1.29	2.05
1993	1.28	2.02
1994	1.24	2
1995	1.25	1.98
1996	1.3	1.98
1997	1.35	1.97
1998	1.36	2
1999	1.36	2.01
2000	1.38	2.06
2001	1.35	2.03
2002	1.34	2.02
2003	1.34	2.05
2004	1.36	2.05
2005	1.34	2.06
2006	1.33	2.11
2007	1.37	2.12
2008	1.38	2.07
2009	1.36	2
2010	1.39	1.93
2011	1.39	1.89
2012	1.41	1.88
2013	1.42	1.86
2014	1.47	1.86
2015	1.5	1.84
2016	1.6	1.82
2017	1.57	1.77
2018	1.57	1.73
2019	1.54	1.71
2020	1.53	1.64
2021	1.58	1.66
2022	1.46	1.66
2023	1.39	1.62

Germany and United States demographics compared

Median age

Germany

United States

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Germany	United States
1960	34.7	29.2
1961	34.7	29
1962	34.7	28.7
1963	34.6	28.5
1964	34.5	28.2
1965	34.4	28.1
1966	34.4	27.9
1967	34.3	27.9
1968	34.2	27.9
1969	34.1	27.9
1970	34.3	27.8
1971	34.4	27.9
1972	34.6	28
1973	34.7	28.3
1974	35	28.5
1975	35.5	28.7
1976	35.8	28.9
1977	36.1	29.2
1978	36.3	29.6
1979	36.4	29.9
1980	36.5	30.1
1981	36.5	30.4
1982	36.6	30.7
1983	36.7	30.9
1984	37	31.2
1985	37.1	31.5
1986	37.2	31.8
1987	37.4	32.1
1988	37.6	32.4
1989	37.6	32.7
1990	37.6	32.9
1991	37.7	33.2
1992	37.8	33.4
1993	37.9	33.6
1994	38.1	33.8
1995	38.4	34.1
1996	38.6	34.4
1997	38.9	34.6
1998	39.3	34.9
1999	39.7	35.1
2000	40	35.3
2001	40.4	35.5
2002	40.8	35.6
2003	41.2	35.8
2004	41.6	36
2005	42	36.2
2006	42.5	36.4
2007	43.1	36.5
2008	43.5	36.6
2009	43.9	36.7
2010	44.2	36.9
2011	44.6	37
2012	45.1	37.1
2013	45.5	37.2
2014	45.7	37.3
2015	45.7	37.5
2016	45.7	37.6
2017	45.8	37.7
2018	45.8	37.9
2019	45.8	38
2020	45.8	38.2
2021	45.9	38.5
2022	46	38.7
2023	46.2	39
2024	46.3	39.3

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