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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	India	Germany	India
1960	72,814,900	435,990,338	-	-
1961	73,377,632	446,564,729	0.77%	2.43%
1962	74,025,784	457,283,090	0.88%	2.4%
1963	74,714,353	468,138,575	0.93%	2.37%
1964	75,318,337	479,229,598	0.81%	2.37%
1965	75,963,695	490,140,146	0.86%	2.28%
1966	76,600,311	500,740,247	0.84%	2.16%
1967	76,951,336	511,606,372	0.46%	2.17%
1968	77,294,314	522,716,889	0.45%	2.17%
1969	77,909,682	533,880,544	0.8%	2.14%
1970	78,169,289	545,864,268	0.33%	2.24%
1971	78,312,842	558,096,387	0.18%	2.24%
1972	78,688,452	570,482,142	0.48%	2.22%
1973	78,936,666	583,465,598	0.32%	2.28%
1974	78,967,433	597,041,391	0.04%	2.33%
1975	78,673,554	611,309,535	-0.37%	2.39%
1976	78,336,950	625,861,883	-0.43%	2.38%
1977	78,159,814	640,801,103	-0.23%	2.39%
1978	78,091,820	655,728,229	-0.09%	2.33%
1979	78,126,350	671,155,747	0.04%	2.35%
1980	78,288,576	687,354,025	0.21%	2.41%
1981	78,407,907	703,696,250	0.15%	2.38%
1982	78,333,366	720,313,473	-0.1%	2.36%
1983	78,128,282	737,372,681	-0.26%	2.37%
1984	77,858,685	754,875,449	-0.35%	2.37%
1985	77,684,873	772,647,793	-0.22%	2.35%
1986	77,720,436	790,689,978	0.05%	2.34%
1987	77,839,920	808,931,270	0.15%	2.31%
1988	78,144,619	827,342,990	0.39%	2.28%
1989	78,751,283	846,039,529	0.78%	2.26%
1990	79,433,029	864,972,221	0.87%	2.24%
1991	80,013,896	883,927,600	0.73%	2.19%
1992	80,624,598	902,957,070	0.76%	2.15%
1993	81,156,363	922,118,387	0.66%	2.12%
1994	81,438,348	941,163,767	0.35%	2.07%
1995	81,678,051	960,301,044	0.29%	2.03%
1996	81,914,831	979,678,458	0.29%	2.02%
1997	82,034,771	999,133,762	0.15%	1.99%
1998	82,047,195	1,018,665,080	0.02%	1.95%
1999	82,100,243	1,038,225,823	0.06%	1.92%
2000	82,211,508	1,057,922,733	0.14%	1.9%
2001	82,349,925	1,077,898,575	0.17%	1.89%
2002	82,488,495	1,097,600,380	0.17%	1.83%
2003	82,534,176	1,116,803,006	0.06%	1.75%
2004	82,516,260	1,135,991,513	-0.02%	1.72%
2005	82,469,422	1,154,676,322	-0.06%	1.64%
2006	82,376,451	1,172,878,890	-0.11%	1.58%
2007	82,266,372	1,190,676,021	-0.13%	1.52%
2008	82,110,097	1,207,930,964	-0.19%	1.45%
2009	81,902,307	1,225,524,753	-0.25%	1.46%
2010	81,776,930	1,243,481,564	-0.15%	1.47%
2011	80,274,983	1,261,224,954	-1.84%	1.43%
2012	80,425,823	1,278,674,502	0.19%	1.38%
2013	80,645,605	1,295,829,511	0.27%	1.34%
2014	80,982,500	1,312,277,191	0.42%	1.27%
2015	81,686,611	1,328,024,498	0.87%	1.2%
2016	82,348,669	1,343,944,296	0.81%	1.2%
2017	82,657,002	1,359,657,400	0.37%	1.17%
2018	82,905,782	1,374,659,064	0.3%	1.1%
2019	83,092,962	1,389,030,312	0.23%	1.05%
2020	83,160,871	1,402,617,695	0.08%	0.98%
2021	83,196,078	1,414,203,896	0.04%	0.83%
2022	83,797,985	1,425,423,212	0.72%	0.79%
2023	83,901,923	1,438,069,596	0.12%	0.89%
2024	83,510,950	1,450,935,791	-0.47%	0.89%
2025	83,039,665	1,463,865,531	-0.56%	0.89%
2026	82,614,154	1,476,625,576	-0.51%	0.87%
2027	82,415,087	1,489,164,679	-0.24%	0.85%
2028	82,204,095	1,501,432,748	-0.26%	0.82%
2029	81,983,207	1,513,423,737	-0.27%	0.8%
2030	81,761,486	1,525,138,852	-0.27%	0.77%
2031	81,535,782	1,536,540,604	-0.28%	0.75%
2032	81,309,833	1,547,607,126	-0.28%	0.72%
2033	81,088,671	1,558,324,087	-0.27%	0.69%
2034	80,874,239	1,568,688,356	-0.26%	0.67%
2035	80,664,119	1,578,694,799	-0.26%	0.64%
2036	80,440,400	1,588,325,366	-0.28%	0.61%
2037	80,216,687	1,597,537,009	-0.28%	0.58%
2038	79,996,530	1,606,300,646	-0.27%	0.55%
2039	79,775,309	1,614,639,243	-0.28%	0.52%
2040	79,559,716	1,622,580,052	-0.27%	0.49%
2041	79,356,179	1,630,119,374	-0.26%	0.46%
2042	79,162,051	1,637,235,363	-0.24%	0.44%
2043	78,957,628	1,643,915,269	-0.26%	0.41%
2044	78,737,840	1,650,186,610	-0.28%	0.38%
2045	78,512,825	1,656,067,585	-0.29%	0.36%
2046	78,288,289	1,661,548,400	-0.29%	0.33%
2047	78,060,952	1,666,628,151	-0.29%	0.31%
2048	77,820,753	1,671,309,727	-0.31%	0.28%
2049	77,573,634	1,675,619,893	-0.32%	0.26%
2050	77,330,385	1,679,589,268	-0.31%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Germany decreased by 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline), while India gained 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Germany gained 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth), while India's population increased by 146,090,905 (a 11% growth).

Germany was ranked 13th most populous country in 2005 and is 19th in 2025. India was ranked 2nd in 2005 and ranked 1st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Germany's population will shrink by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of India will increase by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.