The latest officially reported population of Austria was 9,178,482 in 2024 vs 83,510,950 people in Germany in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Austria's population is 9,171,198 people compared to 83,039,665 in Germany.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 9.05 times bigger than Austria's.
- Austria is ranked the 99th most populous country in the world, while Germany is the 19th.
- The countries together account for 1.12% of the world: 0.11% for Austria vs 1% for Germany.
- For the last 10 years, Austria has had an average growth rate of +0.72% per year vs +0.32% in Germany.
- Since 2005, the population of Austria has increased from 8.23M people to 9.17M (11.5% growth), while Germany has grown from 82.5M to 83M (0.69% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 12.9% of the population in Austria and 13.4% in Germany.
Austria vs Germany: live population counter
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| Current population |
9171198
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83039665
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| Population rank | 99/197 | 19/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 1% |
| One net population change |
11.2 minutes
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1.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
6.77 minutes
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45.3 seconds
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| One death every |
5.87 minutes
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30.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
59.6 minutes
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14.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +8,813 | +36,954 |
| Daily growth/decline | +128 | -1,071 |
| Annual growth/decline | +46,721 | -390,973 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.51% | -0.47% |
| Population growth rate rank | 132/197 | 184/197 |
Austria and Germany: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,047,539 | 72,814,900 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,086,299 | 73,377,632 | 0.55% | 0.77% |
| 1962 | 7,129,864 | 74,025,784 | 0.61% | 0.88% |
| 1963 | 7,175,811 | 74,714,353 | 0.64% | 0.93% |
| 1964 | 7,223,801 | 75,318,337 | 0.67% | 0.81% |
| 1965 | 7,270,889 | 75,963,695 | 0.65% | 0.86% |
| 1966 | 7,322,066 | 76,600,311 | 0.7% | 0.84% |
| 1967 | 7,376,998 | 76,951,336 | 0.75% | 0.46% |
| 1968 | 7,415,403 | 77,294,314 | 0.52% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 7,441,055 | 77,909,682 | 0.35% | 0.8% |
| 1970 | 7,467,086 | 78,169,289 | 0.35% | 0.33% |
| 1971 | 7,500,482 | 78,312,842 | 0.45% | 0.18% |
| 1972 | 7,544,201 | 78,688,452 | 0.58% | 0.48% |
| 1973 | 7,586,115 | 78,936,666 | 0.56% | 0.32% |
| 1974 | 7,599,038 | 78,967,433 | 0.17% | 0.04% |
| 1975 | 7,578,903 | 78,673,554 | -0.26% | -0.37% |
| 1976 | 7,565,525 | 78,336,950 | -0.18% | -0.43% |
| 1977 | 7,568,430 | 78,159,814 | 0.04% | -0.23% |
| 1978 | 7,562,305 | 78,091,820 | -0.08% | -0.09% |
| 1979 | 7,549,425 | 78,126,350 | -0.17% | 0.04% |
| 1980 | 7,549,433 | 78,288,576 | 0% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 7,568,710 | 78,407,907 | 0.26% | 0.15% |
| 1982 | 7,574,140 | 78,333,366 | 0.07% | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 7,561,910 | 78,128,282 | -0.16% | -0.26% |
| 1984 | 7,561,434 | 77,858,685 | -0.006% | -0.35% |
| 1985 | 7,564,985 | 77,684,873 | 0.05% | -0.22% |
| 1986 | 7,569,794 | 77,720,436 | 0.06% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 7,574,586 | 77,839,920 | 0.06% | 0.15% |
| 1988 | 7,585,317 | 78,144,619 | 0.14% | 0.39% |
| 1989 | 7,619,567 | 78,751,283 | 0.45% | 0.78% |
| 1990 | 7,677,850 | 79,433,029 | 0.76% | 0.87% |
| 1991 | 7,754,891 | 80,013,896 | 1% | 0.73% |
| 1992 | 7,840,709 | 80,624,598 | 1.11% | 0.76% |
| 1993 | 7,905,633 | 81,156,363 | 0.83% | 0.66% |
| 1994 | 7,936,118 | 81,438,348 | 0.39% | 0.35% |
| 1995 | 7,948,278 | 81,678,051 | 0.15% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 7,959,017 | 81,914,831 | 0.14% | 0.29% |
| 1997 | 7,968,041 | 82,034,771 | 0.11% | 0.15% |
| 1998 | 7,976,789 | 82,047,195 | 0.11% | 0.02% |
| 1999 | 7,992,324 | 82,100,243 | 0.19% | 0.06% |
| 2000 | 8,011,566 | 82,211,508 | 0.24% | 0.14% |
| 2001 | 8,042,293 | 82,349,925 | 0.38% | 0.17% |
| 2002 | 8,081,957 | 82,488,495 | 0.49% | 0.17% |
| 2003 | 8,121,423 | 82,534,176 | 0.49% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 8,171,966 | 82,516,260 | 0.62% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 8,227,829 | 82,469,422 | 0.68% | -0.06% |
| 2006 | 8,268,641 | 82,376,451 | 0.5% | -0.11% |
| 2007 | 8,295,487 | 82,266,372 | 0.32% | -0.13% |
| 2008 | 8,321,496 | 82,110,097 | 0.31% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 8,343,323 | 81,902,307 | 0.26% | -0.25% |
| 2010 | 8,363,404 | 81,776,930 | 0.24% | -0.15% |
| 2011 | 8,391,643 | 80,274,983 | 0.34% | -1.84% |
| 2012 | 8,429,991 | 80,425,823 | 0.46% | 0.19% |
| 2013 | 8,479,823 | 80,645,605 | 0.59% | 0.27% |
| 2014 | 8,546,356 | 80,982,500 | 0.78% | 0.42% |
| 2015 | 8,642,699 | 81,686,611 | 1.13% | 0.87% |
| 2016 | 8,736,668 | 82,348,669 | 1.09% | 0.81% |
| 2017 | 8,797,566 | 82,657,002 | 0.7% | 0.37% |
| 2018 | 8,840,521 | 82,905,782 | 0.49% | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 8,879,920 | 83,092,962 | 0.45% | 0.23% |
| 2020 | 8,916,864 | 83,160,871 | 0.42% | 0.08% |
| 2021 | 8,955,797 | 83,196,078 | 0.44% | 0.04% |
| 2022 | 9,041,851 | 83,797,985 | 0.96% | 0.72% |
| 2023 | 9,131,761 | 83,901,923 | 0.99% | 0.12% |
| 2024 | 9,178,482 | 83,510,950 | 0.51% | -0.47% |
| 2025 | 9,171,198 | 83,039,665 | -0.08% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 9,164,846 | 82,614,154 | -0.07% | -0.51% |
| 2027 | 9,159,036 | 82,415,087 | -0.06% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 9,153,783 | 82,204,095 | -0.06% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 9,147,235 | 81,983,207 | -0.07% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 9,137,754 | 81,761,486 | -0.1% | -0.27% |
| 2031 | 9,126,423 | 81,535,782 | -0.12% | -0.28% |
| 2032 | 9,113,762 | 81,309,833 | -0.14% | -0.28% |
| 2033 | 9,100,660 | 81,088,671 | -0.14% | -0.27% |
| 2034 | 9,086,498 | 80,874,239 | -0.16% | -0.26% |
| 2035 | 9,071,197 | 80,664,119 | -0.17% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 9,056,140 | 80,440,400 | -0.17% | -0.28% |
| 2037 | 9,039,487 | 80,216,687 | -0.18% | -0.28% |
| 2038 | 9,023,097 | 79,996,530 | -0.18% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 9,007,376 | 79,775,309 | -0.17% | -0.28% |
| 2040 | 8,990,550 | 79,559,716 | -0.19% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 8,973,934 | 79,356,179 | -0.18% | -0.26% |
| 2042 | 8,956,944 | 79,162,051 | -0.19% | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 8,939,342 | 78,957,628 | -0.2% | -0.26% |
| 2044 | 8,920,544 | 78,737,840 | -0.21% | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 8,900,652 | 78,512,825 | -0.22% | -0.29% |
| 2046 | 8,879,996 | 78,288,289 | -0.23% | -0.29% |
| 2047 | 8,857,554 | 78,060,952 | -0.25% | -0.29% |
| 2048 | 8,833,340 | 77,820,753 | -0.27% | -0.31% |
| 2049 | 8,807,087 | 77,573,634 | -0.3% | -0.32% |
| 2050 | 8,779,494 | 77,330,385 | -0.31% | -0.31% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Austria increased by 414,870 people (a 5.04% growth), while Germany lost 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Austria gained 528,499 (a 6.11% growth), while Germany's population increased by 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth).
Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2005 and is 99th in 2025. Germany was ranked 13th in 2005 and ranked 19th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Austria's population will shrink by 4.27% to 8,779,494 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. The population of Germany will decrease by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.
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Population differences between Austria and Germany
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| Life expectancy | 82.3 years | 81.7 years |
| Average age | 43.7 years | 45 years |
| Median age | 44.4 years | 46.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
| Population density | 288.1 ppl/mi² | 619 ppl/mi² |
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