Population in Germany compared to Greece: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Germany and Greece: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	Greece	Germany	Greece
1960	72,814,900	8,331,725	-	-
1961	73,377,632	8,398,050	0.77%	0.8%
1962	74,025,784	8,448,233	0.88%	0.6%
1963	74,714,353	8,479,625	0.93%	0.37%
1964	75,318,337	8,510,429	0.81%	0.36%
1965	75,963,695	8,550,333	0.86%	0.47%
1966	76,600,311	8,613,651	0.84%	0.74%
1967	76,951,336	8,684,088	0.46%	0.82%
1968	77,294,314	8,740,765	0.45%	0.65%
1969	77,909,682	8,772,764	0.8%	0.37%
1970	78,169,289	8,792,806	0.33%	0.23%
1971	78,312,842	8,831,036	0.18%	0.43%
1972	78,688,452	8,888,628	0.48%	0.65%
1973	78,936,666	8,929,086	0.32%	0.46%
1974	78,967,433	8,962,022	0.04%	0.37%
1975	78,673,554	9,046,541	-0.37%	0.94%
1976	78,336,950	9,188,150	-0.43%	1.57%
1977	78,159,814	9,308,479	-0.23%	1.31%
1978	78,091,820	9,429,959	-0.09%	1.31%
1979	78,126,350	9,548,258	0.04%	1.25%
1980	78,288,576	9,642,505	0.21%	0.99%
1981	78,407,907	9,729,350	0.15%	0.9%
1982	78,333,366	9,789,513	-0.1%	0.62%
1983	78,128,282	9,846,627	-0.26%	0.58%
1984	77,858,685	9,895,801	-0.35%	0.5%
1985	77,684,873	9,934,300	-0.22%	0.39%
1986	77,720,436	9,967,213	0.05%	0.33%
1987	77,839,920	10,000,595	0.15%	0.33%
1988	78,144,619	10,036,983	0.39%	0.36%
1989	78,751,283	10,089,498	0.78%	0.52%
1990	79,433,029	10,196,792	0.87%	1.06%
1991	80,013,896	10,319,927	0.73%	1.21%
1992	80,624,598	10,399,061	0.76%	0.77%
1993	81,156,363	10,460,415	0.66%	0.59%
1994	81,438,348	10,512,922	0.35%	0.5%
1995	81,678,051	10,562,153	0.29%	0.47%
1996	81,914,831	10,608,800	0.29%	0.44%
1997	82,034,771	10,661,259	0.15%	0.49%
1998	82,047,195	10,720,509	0.02%	0.56%
1999	82,100,243	10,761,698	0.06%	0.38%
2000	82,211,508	10,805,808	0.14%	0.41%
2001	82,349,925	10,862,132	0.17%	0.52%
2002	82,488,495	10,902,022	0.17%	0.37%
2003	82,534,176	10,928,070	0.06%	0.24%
2004	82,516,260	10,955,141	-0.02%	0.25%
2005	82,469,422	10,987,314	-0.06%	0.29%
2006	82,376,451	11,020,362	-0.11%	0.3%
2007	82,266,372	11,048,473	-0.13%	0.26%
2008	82,110,097	11,077,841	-0.19%	0.27%
2009	81,902,307	11,107,017	-0.25%	0.26%
2010	81,776,930	11,121,341	-0.15%	0.13%
2011	80,274,983	11,104,899	-1.84%	-0.15%
2012	80,425,823	11,045,011	0.19%	-0.54%
2013	80,645,605	10,965,211	0.27%	-0.72%
2014	80,982,500	10,892,413	0.42%	-0.66%
2015	81,686,611	10,820,883	0.87%	-0.66%
2016	82,348,669	10,775,971	0.81%	-0.42%
2017	82,657,002	10,754,679	0.37%	-0.2%
2018	82,905,782	10,732,882	0.3%	-0.2%
2019	83,092,962	10,721,582	0.23%	-0.11%
2020	83,160,871	10,698,599	0.08%	-0.21%
2021	83,196,078	10,569,207	0.04%	-1.21%
2022	83,177,813	10,436,882	-0.02%	-1.25%
2023	83,287,273	10,407,351	0.13%	-0.28%
2024	83,516,593	10,405,134	0.28%	-0.02%
2025	83,045,276	10,292,291	-0.56%	-1.08%
2026	82,619,736	10,249,082	-0.51%	-0.42%
2027	82,420,656	10,204,400	-0.24%	-0.44%
2028	82,209,650	10,159,146	-0.26%	-0.44%
2029	81,988,746	10,113,475	-0.27%	-0.45%
2030	81,767,011	10,067,720	-0.27%	-0.45%
2031	81,541,291	10,021,773	-0.28%	-0.46%
2032	81,315,327	9,974,701	-0.28%	-0.47%
2033	81,094,150	9,927,344	-0.27%	-0.47%
2034	80,879,704	9,880,848	-0.26%	-0.47%
2035	80,669,570	9,834,216	-0.26%	-0.47%
2036	80,445,835	9,787,786	-0.28%	-0.47%
2037	80,222,108	9,741,790	-0.28%	-0.47%
2038	80,001,936	9,695,855	-0.27%	-0.47%
2039	79,780,699	9,650,459	-0.28%	-0.47%
2040	79,565,092	9,605,475	-0.27%	-0.47%
2041	79,361,541	9,560,641	-0.26%	-0.47%
2042	79,167,400	9,516,502	-0.24%	-0.46%
2043	78,962,964	9,472,263	-0.26%	-0.46%
2044	78,743,160	9,426,737	-0.28%	-0.48%
2045	78,518,131	9,380,458	-0.29%	-0.49%
2046	78,293,579	9,333,671	-0.29%	-0.5%
2047	78,066,226	9,284,541	-0.29%	-0.53%
2048	77,826,011	9,233,189	-0.31%	-0.55%
2049	77,578,876	9,180,074	-0.32%	-0.58%
2050	77,335,610	9,125,443	-0.31%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while Greece lost 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while Greece's population decreased by -526,889 (a 4.89% decline).

Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th in 2026. Greece was ranked 74th in 2006 and ranked 96th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of Greece will decrease by 11% to 9,125,443 people and rank change from 96th to 106th.