The current population of Germany is 83,039,665 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 83,510,950 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Germany is ranked 19/197 by population and was ranked 13th in 2005.
- Germany's population peaked in 2023 at 83.9M people and has been in decline since.
- Germany accounts for 1% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 82.5M people to 83M (0.69% growth in 20 years).
- The UN estimates that Germany's population is going to decline by -6.88% to 77.3M people by 2050.
- For the last 20 years, Germany has had an average growth rate of 0.03% per year.
Germany population clock
Germany
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
83039665
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 19/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 1% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.34 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
45.3 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
30.6 seconds
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -1,071 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -390,973 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.47% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 184/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
14.2 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +36,954 | N/A |
Germany population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 72,814,900 | - |
| 1961 | 73,377,632 | 0.77% |
| 1962 | 74,025,784 | 0.88% |
| 1963 | 74,714,353 | 0.93% |
| 1964 | 75,318,337 | 0.81% |
| 1965 | 75,963,695 | 0.86% |
| 1966 | 76,600,311 | 0.84% |
| 1967 | 76,951,336 | 0.46% |
| 1968 | 77,294,314 | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 77,909,682 | 0.8% |
| 1970 | 78,169,289 | 0.33% |
| 1971 | 78,312,842 | 0.18% |
| 1972 | 78,688,452 | 0.48% |
| 1973 | 78,936,666 | 0.32% |
| 1974 | 78,967,433 | 0.04% |
| 1975 | 78,673,554 | -0.37% |
| 1976 | 78,336,950 | -0.43% |
| 1977 | 78,159,814 | -0.23% |
| 1978 | 78,091,820 | -0.09% |
| 1979 | 78,126,350 | 0.04% |
| 1980 | 78,288,576 | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 78,407,907 | 0.15% |
| 1982 | 78,333,366 | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 78,128,282 | -0.26% |
| 1984 | 77,858,685 | -0.35% |
| 1985 | 77,684,873 | -0.22% |
| 1986 | 77,720,436 | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 77,839,920 | 0.15% |
| 1988 | 78,144,619 | 0.39% |
| 1989 | 78,751,283 | 0.78% |
| 1990 | 79,433,029 | 0.87% |
| 1991 | 80,013,896 | 0.73% |
| 1992 | 80,624,598 | 0.76% |
| 1993 | 81,156,363 | 0.66% |
| 1994 | 81,438,348 | 0.35% |
| 1995 | 81,678,051 | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 81,914,831 | 0.29% |
| 1997 | 82,034,771 | 0.15% |
| 1998 | 82,047,195 | 0.02% |
| 1999 | 82,100,243 | 0.06% |
| 2000 | 82,211,508 | 0.14% |
| 2001 | 82,349,925 | 0.17% |
| 2002 | 82,488,495 | 0.17% |
| 2003 | 82,534,176 | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 82,516,260 | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 82,469,422 | -0.06% |
| 2006 | 82,376,451 | -0.11% |
| 2007 | 82,266,372 | -0.13% |
| 2008 | 82,110,097 | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 81,902,307 | -0.25% |
| 2010 | 81,776,930 | -0.15% |
| 2011 | 80,274,983 | -1.84% |
| 2012 | 80,425,823 | 0.19% |
| 2013 | 80,645,605 | 0.27% |
| 2014 | 80,982,500 | 0.42% |
| 2015 | 81,686,611 | 0.87% |
| 2016 | 82,348,669 | 0.81% |
| 2017 | 82,657,002 | 0.37% |
| 2018 | 82,905,782 | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 83,092,962 | 0.23% |
| 2020 | 83,160,871 | 0.08% |
| 2021 | 83,196,078 | 0.04% |
| 2022 | 83,797,985 | 0.72% |
| 2023 | 83,901,923 | 0.12% |
| 2024 | 83,510,950 | -0.47% |
| 2025 | 83,039,665 | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 82,614,154 | -0.51% |
| 2027 | 82,415,087 | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 82,204,095 | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 81,983,207 | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 81,761,486 | -0.27% |
| 2031 | 81,535,782 | -0.28% |
| 2032 | 81,309,833 | -0.28% |
| 2033 | 81,088,671 | -0.27% |
| 2034 | 80,874,239 | -0.26% |
| 2035 | 80,664,119 | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 80,440,400 | -0.28% |
| 2037 | 80,216,687 | -0.28% |
| 2038 | 79,996,530 | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 79,775,309 | -0.28% |
| 2040 | 79,559,716 | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 79,356,179 | -0.26% |
| 2042 | 79,162,051 | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 78,957,628 | -0.26% |
| 2044 | 78,737,840 | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 78,512,825 | -0.29% |
| 2046 | 78,288,289 | -0.29% |
| 2047 | 78,060,952 | -0.29% |
| 2048 | 77,820,753 | -0.31% |
| 2049 | 77,573,634 | -0.32% |
| 2050 | 77,330,385 | -0.31% |
Germany has a population of 83M as of 2025, compared to 81.7M in 2015, 82.5M in 2005, and 81.7M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.17% per year. Germany is ranked 153rd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Germany will have 78,512,825 people (-5.45% decline) with a rank change from 19th to 22nd.
By the year 2100, Germany's population is projected to decline by 15.7% to 70M people.
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Germany population statistics
|
Germany
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 45 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 619 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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