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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	Spain	Germany	Spain
1960	72,814,900	30,455,000	-	-
1961	73,377,632	30,739,250	0.77%	0.93%
1962	74,025,784	31,023,366	0.88%	0.92%
1963	74,714,353	31,296,651	0.93%	0.88%
1964	75,318,337	31,609,195	0.81%	1%
1965	75,963,695	31,954,292	0.86%	1.09%
1966	76,600,311	32,283,194	0.84%	1.03%
1967	76,951,336	32,682,947	0.46%	1.24%
1968	77,294,314	33,113,134	0.45%	1.32%
1969	77,909,682	33,441,054	0.8%	0.99%
1970	78,169,289	33,814,531	0.33%	1.12%
1971	78,312,842	34,224,490	0.18%	1.21%
1972	78,688,452	34,604,469	0.48%	1.11%
1973	78,936,666	34,988,947	0.32%	1.11%
1974	78,967,433	35,373,335	0.04%	1.1%
1975	78,673,554	35,757,900	-0.37%	1.09%
1976	78,336,950	36,137,812	-0.43%	1.06%
1977	78,159,814	36,511,638	-0.23%	1.03%
1978	78,091,820	36,864,898	-0.09%	0.97%
1979	78,126,350	37,191,330	0.04%	0.89%
1980	78,288,576	37,491,165	0.21%	0.81%
1981	78,407,907	37,758,631	0.15%	0.71%
1982	78,333,366	37,986,012	-0.1%	0.6%
1983	78,128,282	38,171,525	-0.26%	0.49%
1984	77,858,685	38,330,364	-0.35%	0.42%
1985	77,684,873	38,469,512	-0.22%	0.36%
1986	77,720,436	38,584,624	0.05%	0.3%
1987	77,839,920	38,684,815	0.15%	0.26%
1988	78,144,619	38,766,939	0.39%	0.21%
1989	78,751,283	38,827,764	0.78%	0.16%
1990	79,433,029	38,867,322	0.87%	0.1%
1991	80,013,896	38,966,376	0.73%	0.25%
1992	80,624,598	39,157,685	0.76%	0.49%
1993	81,156,363	39,361,262	0.66%	0.52%
1994	81,438,348	39,549,108	0.35%	0.48%
1995	81,678,051	39,724,050	0.29%	0.44%
1996	81,914,831	39,889,852	0.29%	0.42%
1997	82,034,771	40,057,389	0.15%	0.42%
1998	82,047,195	40,223,509	0.02%	0.41%
1999	82,100,243	40,386,875	0.06%	0.41%
2000	82,211,508	40,567,864	0.14%	0.45%
2001	82,349,925	40,850,412	0.17%	0.7%
2002	82,488,495	41,431,558	0.17%	1.42%
2003	82,534,176	42,187,645	0.06%	1.82%
2004	82,516,260	42,921,895	-0.02%	1.74%
2005	82,469,422	43,653,155	-0.06%	1.7%
2006	82,376,451	44,397,319	-0.11%	1.7%
2007	82,266,372	45,226,803	-0.13%	1.87%
2008	82,110,097	45,954,106	-0.19%	1.61%
2009	81,902,307	46,362,946	-0.25%	0.89%
2010	81,776,930	46,576,897	-0.15%	0.46%
2011	80,274,983	46,742,697	-1.84%	0.36%
2012	80,425,823	46,773,055	0.19%	0.06%
2013	80,645,605	46,604,197	0.27%	-0.36%
2014	80,982,500	46,460,733	0.42%	-0.31%
2015	81,686,611	46,422,303	0.87%	-0.08%
2016	82,348,669	46,458,139	0.81%	0.08%
2017	82,657,002	46,571,232	0.37%	0.24%
2018	82,905,782	46,782,011	0.3%	0.45%
2019	83,092,962	47,118,501	0.23%	0.72%
2020	83,160,871	47,359,424	0.08%	0.51%
2021	83,196,078	47,443,821	0.04%	0.18%
2022	83,177,813	47,786,102	-0.02%	0.72%
2023	83,287,273	48,352,528	0.13%	1.19%
2024	83,516,593	48,848,840	0.28%	1.03%
2025	83,045,276	48,827,866	-0.56%	-0.04%
2026	82,619,736	48,787,930	-0.51%	-0.08%
2027	82,420,656	48,738,456	-0.24%	-0.1%
2028	82,209,650	48,683,694	-0.26%	-0.11%
2029	81,988,746	48,619,674	-0.27%	-0.13%
2030	81,767,011	48,542,955	-0.27%	-0.16%
2031	81,541,291	48,454,221	-0.28%	-0.18%
2032	81,315,327	48,362,482	-0.28%	-0.19%
2033	81,094,150	48,271,264	-0.27%	-0.19%
2034	80,879,704	48,177,551	-0.26%	-0.19%
2035	80,669,570	48,077,695	-0.26%	-0.21%
2036	80,445,835	47,970,911	-0.28%	-0.22%
2037	80,222,108	47,860,116	-0.28%	-0.23%
2038	80,001,936	47,747,343	-0.27%	-0.24%
2039	79,780,699	47,629,540	-0.28%	-0.25%
2040	79,565,092	47,504,152	-0.27%	-0.26%
2041	79,361,541	47,373,061	-0.26%	-0.28%
2042	79,167,400	47,234,914	-0.24%	-0.29%
2043	78,962,964	47,092,497	-0.26%	-0.3%
2044	78,743,160	46,942,712	-0.28%	-0.32%
2045	78,518,131	46,778,501	-0.29%	-0.35%
2046	78,293,579	46,604,170	-0.29%	-0.37%
2047	78,066,226	46,421,312	-0.29%	-0.39%
2048	77,826,011	46,230,109	-0.31%	-0.41%
2049	77,578,876	46,024,720	-0.32%	-0.44%
2050	77,335,610	45,808,469	-0.31%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.