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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	Portugal	Germany	Portugal
1960	72,814,900	8,857,716	-	-
1961	73,377,632	8,929,316	0.77%	0.81%
1962	74,025,784	8,993,985	0.88%	0.72%
1963	74,714,353	9,030,355	0.93%	0.4%
1964	75,318,337	9,035,365	0.81%	0.06%
1965	75,963,695	8,998,595	0.86%	-0.41%
1966	76,600,311	8,930,990	0.84%	-0.75%
1967	76,951,336	8,874,520	0.46%	-0.63%
1968	77,294,314	8,836,650	0.45%	-0.43%
1969	77,909,682	8,757,705	0.8%	-0.89%
1970	78,169,289	8,680,431	0.33%	-0.88%
1971	78,312,842	8,643,756	0.18%	-0.42%
1972	78,688,452	8,630,430	0.48%	-0.15%
1973	78,936,666	8,633,100	0.32%	0.03%
1974	78,967,433	8,754,365	0.04%	1.4%
1975	78,673,554	9,093,470	-0.37%	3.87%
1976	78,336,950	9,355,810	-0.43%	2.88%
1977	78,159,814	9,455,675	-0.23%	1.07%
1978	78,091,820	9,558,250	-0.09%	1.08%
1979	78,126,350	9,661,265	0.04%	1.08%
1980	78,288,576	9,766,312	0.21%	1.09%
1981	78,407,907	9,851,362	0.15%	0.87%
1982	78,333,366	9,911,771	-0.1%	0.61%
1983	78,128,282	9,957,865	-0.26%	0.47%
1984	77,858,685	9,996,232	-0.35%	0.39%
1985	77,684,873	10,023,613	-0.22%	0.27%
1986	77,720,436	10,032,734	0.05%	0.09%
1987	77,839,920	10,030,031	0.15%	-0.03%
1988	78,144,619	10,019,610	0.39%	-0.1%
1989	78,751,283	10,005,000	0.78%	-0.15%
1990	79,433,029	9,983,218	0.87%	-0.22%
1991	80,013,896	9,960,235	0.73%	-0.23%
1992	80,624,598	9,952,494	0.76%	-0.08%
1993	81,156,363	9,964,675	0.66%	0.12%
1994	81,438,348	9,991,525	0.35%	0.27%
1995	81,678,051	10,026,176	0.29%	0.35%
1996	81,914,831	10,063,945	0.29%	0.38%
1997	82,034,771	10,108,977	0.15%	0.45%
1998	82,047,195	10,160,196	0.02%	0.51%
1999	82,100,243	10,217,828	0.06%	0.57%
2000	82,211,508	10,289,898	0.14%	0.71%
2001	82,349,925	10,362,722	0.17%	0.71%
2002	82,488,495	10,419,631	0.17%	0.55%
2003	82,534,176	10,458,821	0.06%	0.38%
2004	82,516,260	10,483,861	-0.02%	0.24%
2005	82,469,422	10,503,330	-0.06%	0.19%
2006	82,376,451	10,522,288	-0.11%	0.18%
2007	82,266,372	10,542,964	-0.13%	0.2%
2008	82,110,097	10,558,177	-0.19%	0.14%
2009	81,902,307	10,568,247	-0.25%	0.1%
2010	81,776,930	10,573,100	-0.15%	0.05%
2011	80,274,983	10,557,560	-1.84%	-0.15%
2012	80,425,823	10,514,844	0.19%	-0.4%
2013	80,645,605	10,457,295	0.27%	-0.55%
2014	80,982,500	10,401,062	0.42%	-0.54%
2015	81,686,611	10,358,076	0.87%	-0.41%
2016	82,348,669	10,325,452	0.81%	-0.31%
2017	82,657,002	10,300,300	0.37%	-0.24%
2018	82,905,782	10,283,822	0.3%	-0.16%
2019	83,092,962	10,286,263	0.23%	0.02%
2020	83,160,871	10,297,081	0.08%	0.11%
2021	83,196,078	10,361,831	0.04%	0.63%
2022	83,797,985	10,434,332	0.72%	0.7%
2023	83,901,923	10,578,174	0.12%	1.38%
2024	83,510,950	10,701,636	-0.47%	1.17%
2025	83,039,665	10,687,819	-0.56%	-0.13%
2026	82,614,154	10,670,917	-0.51%	-0.16%
2027	82,415,087	10,653,073	-0.24%	-0.17%
2028	82,204,095	10,632,868	-0.26%	-0.19%
2029	81,983,207	10,611,484	-0.27%	-0.2%
2030	81,761,486	10,591,436	-0.27%	-0.19%
2031	81,535,782	10,571,418	-0.28%	-0.19%
2032	81,309,833	10,549,456	-0.28%	-0.21%
2033	81,088,671	10,526,482	-0.27%	-0.22%
2034	80,874,239	10,502,882	-0.26%	-0.22%
2035	80,664,119	10,478,843	-0.26%	-0.23%
2036	80,440,400	10,454,630	-0.28%	-0.23%
2037	80,216,687	10,430,128	-0.28%	-0.23%
2038	79,996,530	10,404,947	-0.27%	-0.24%
2039	79,775,309	10,377,968	-0.28%	-0.26%
2040	79,559,716	10,349,515	-0.27%	-0.27%
2041	79,356,179	10,321,577	-0.26%	-0.27%
2042	79,162,051	10,294,106	-0.24%	-0.27%
2043	78,957,628	10,264,596	-0.26%	-0.29%
2044	78,737,840	10,233,543	-0.28%	-0.3%
2045	78,512,825	10,201,832	-0.29%	-0.31%
2046	78,288,289	10,168,932	-0.29%	-0.32%
2047	78,060,952	10,135,159	-0.29%	-0.33%
2048	77,820,753	10,101,419	-0.31%	-0.33%
2049	77,573,634	10,066,064	-0.32%	-0.35%
2050	77,330,385	10,029,252	-0.31%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Germany decreased by 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Germany gained 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Germany was ranked 13th most populous country in 2005 and is 19th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.