The latest officially reported population of Germany was 83,510,950 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Germany's population is 83,039,665 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 1.19 times bigger than the United Kingdom's.
- Germany is ranked the 19th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
- The countries together account for 1.85% of the world: 1% for Germany vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
- For the last 10 years, Germany has had an average growth rate of +0.32% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
- Since 2005, the population of Germany has increased from 82.5M people to 83M (0.69% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
- The United Kingdom is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 76.2M people, while Germany's population already peaked in 2023 at 83.9M people and is projected to decrease to 70M people by 2100.
Germany vs United Kingdom: live population counter
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| Current population |
83039665
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69945462
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| Population rank | 19/197 | 22/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1% | 0.85% |
| One net population change |
1.34 minutes
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43 seconds
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| One birth every |
45.3 seconds
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45.9 seconds
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| One death every |
30.6 seconds
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48.4 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
14.2 minutes
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1.26 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +36,954 | +417,114 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,071 | +2,011 |
| Annual growth/decline | -390,973 | +734,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.47% | +1.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 184/197 | 99/197 |
Germany and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 72,814,900 | 52,400,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 73,377,632 | 52,800,000 | 0.77% | 0.76% |
| 1962 | 74,025,784 | 53,250,000 | 0.88% | 0.85% |
| 1963 | 74,714,353 | 53,650,000 | 0.93% | 0.75% |
| 1964 | 75,318,337 | 54,000,000 | 0.81% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 75,963,695 | 54,348,050 | 0.86% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 76,600,311 | 54,648,500 | 0.84% | 0.55% |
| 1967 | 76,951,336 | 54,943,600 | 0.46% | 0.54% |
| 1968 | 77,294,314 | 55,211,700 | 0.45% | 0.49% |
| 1969 | 77,909,682 | 55,441,750 | 0.8% | 0.42% |
| 1970 | 78,169,289 | 55,663,250 | 0.33% | 0.4% |
| 1971 | 78,312,842 | 55,896,223 | 0.18% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 78,688,452 | 56,086,065 | 0.48% | 0.34% |
| 1973 | 78,936,666 | 56,194,527 | 0.32% | 0.19% |
| 1974 | 78,967,433 | 56,229,974 | 0.04% | 0.06% |
| 1975 | 78,673,554 | 56,225,800 | -0.37% | -0.007% |
| 1976 | 78,336,950 | 56,211,968 | -0.43% | -0.02% |
| 1977 | 78,159,814 | 56,193,492 | -0.23% | -0.03% |
| 1978 | 78,091,820 | 56,196,504 | -0.09% | 0.005% |
| 1979 | 78,126,350 | 56,246,951 | 0.04% | 0.09% |
| 1980 | 78,288,576 | 56,314,216 | 0.21% | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 78,407,907 | 56,333,829 | 0.15% | 0.03% |
| 1982 | 78,333,366 | 56,313,641 | -0.1% | -0.04% |
| 1983 | 78,128,282 | 56,332,848 | -0.26% | 0.03% |
| 1984 | 77,858,685 | 56,422,072 | -0.35% | 0.16% |
| 1985 | 77,684,873 | 56,550,268 | -0.22% | 0.23% |
| 1986 | 77,720,436 | 56,681,396 | 0.05% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 77,839,920 | 56,802,050 | 0.15% | 0.21% |
| 1988 | 78,144,619 | 56,928,327 | 0.39% | 0.22% |
| 1989 | 78,751,283 | 57,076,711 | 0.78% | 0.26% |
| 1990 | 79,433,029 | 57,247,586 | 0.87% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 80,013,896 | 57,424,897 | 0.73% | 0.31% |
| 1992 | 80,624,598 | 57,580,402 | 0.76% | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 81,156,363 | 57,718,614 | 0.66% | 0.24% |
| 1994 | 81,438,348 | 57,865,745 | 0.35% | 0.25% |
| 1995 | 81,678,051 | 58,019,030 | 0.29% | 0.26% |
| 1996 | 81,914,831 | 58,166,950 | 0.29% | 0.25% |
| 1997 | 82,034,771 | 58,316,954 | 0.15% | 0.26% |
| 1998 | 82,047,195 | 58,487,141 | 0.02% | 0.29% |
| 1999 | 82,100,243 | 58,682,466 | 0.06% | 0.33% |
| 2000 | 82,211,508 | 58,892,514 | 0.14% | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 82,349,925 | 59,119,673 | 0.17% | 0.39% |
| 2002 | 82,488,495 | 59,370,479 | 0.17% | 0.42% |
| 2003 | 82,534,176 | 59,647,577 | 0.06% | 0.47% |
| 2004 | 82,516,260 | 59,987,905 | -0.02% | 0.57% |
| 2005 | 82,469,422 | 60,401,206 | -0.06% | 0.69% |
| 2006 | 82,376,451 | 60,846,820 | -0.11% | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 82,266,372 | 61,322,463 | -0.13% | 0.78% |
| 2008 | 82,110,097 | 61,806,995 | -0.19% | 0.79% |
| 2009 | 81,902,307 | 62,276,270 | -0.25% | 0.76% |
| 2010 | 81,776,930 | 62,766,365 | -0.15% | 0.79% |
| 2011 | 80,274,983 | 63,258,810 | -1.84% | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 80,425,823 | 63,711,000 | 0.19% | 0.71% |
| 2013 | 80,645,605 | 64,139,000 | 0.27% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 80,982,500 | 64,620,000 | 0.42% | 0.75% |
| 2015 | 81,686,611 | 65,088,000 | 0.87% | 0.72% |
| 2016 | 82,348,669 | 65,607,000 | 0.81% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 82,657,002 | 65,966,000 | 0.37% | 0.55% |
| 2018 | 82,905,782 | 66,289,000 | 0.3% | 0.49% |
| 2019 | 83,092,962 | 66,631,000 | 0.23% | 0.52% |
| 2020 | 83,160,871 | 66,744,000 | 0.08% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 83,196,078 | 66,984,000 | 0.04% | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 83,797,985 | 67,604,000 | 0.72% | 0.93% |
| 2023 | 83,901,923 | 68,492,000 | 0.12% | 1.31% |
| 2024 | 83,510,950 | 69,226,000 | -0.47% | 1.07% |
| 2025 | 83,039,665 | 69,639,673 | -0.56% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 82,614,154 | 70,020,350 | -0.51% | 0.55% |
| 2027 | 82,415,087 | 70,382,853 | -0.24% | 0.52% |
| 2028 | 82,204,095 | 70,732,699 | -0.26% | 0.5% |
| 2029 | 81,983,207 | 71,061,482 | -0.27% | 0.46% |
| 2030 | 81,761,486 | 71,377,535 | -0.27% | 0.44% |
| 2031 | 81,535,782 | 71,678,351 | -0.28% | 0.42% |
| 2032 | 81,309,833 | 71,959,934 | -0.28% | 0.39% |
| 2033 | 81,088,671 | 72,234,509 | -0.27% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 80,874,239 | 72,497,650 | -0.26% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 80,664,119 | 72,749,096 | -0.26% | 0.35% |
| 2036 | 80,440,400 | 72,990,847 | -0.28% | 0.33% |
| 2037 | 80,216,687 | 73,218,850 | -0.28% | 0.31% |
| 2038 | 79,996,530 | 73,441,349 | -0.27% | 0.3% |
| 2039 | 79,775,309 | 73,658,392 | -0.28% | 0.3% |
| 2040 | 79,559,716 | 73,868,334 | -0.27% | 0.29% |
| 2041 | 79,356,179 | 74,074,316 | -0.26% | 0.28% |
| 2042 | 79,162,051 | 74,275,779 | -0.24% | 0.27% |
| 2043 | 78,957,628 | 74,475,035 | -0.26% | 0.27% |
| 2044 | 78,737,840 | 74,667,284 | -0.28% | 0.26% |
| 2045 | 78,512,825 | 74,848,605 | -0.29% | 0.24% |
| 2046 | 78,288,289 | 75,020,949 | -0.29% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 78,060,952 | 75,184,478 | -0.29% | 0.22% |
| 2048 | 77,820,753 | 75,337,543 | -0.31% | 0.2% |
| 2049 | 77,573,634 | 75,476,141 | -0.32% | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 77,330,385 | 75,600,588 | -0.31% | 0.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Germany decreased by 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Germany gained 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).
Germany was ranked 13th most populous country in 2005 and is 19th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Berlin | 3.78M |
| Hamburg | 1.91M |
| Munich | 1.51M |
| Cologne | 1.09M |
| Frankfurt | 776K |
| Stuttgart | 633K |
| Dusseldorf | 631K |
| Leipzig | 620K |
| Dortmund | 595K |
| Essen | 587K |
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| City | Population |
| London | 8.8M |
| Birmingham | 1.14M |
| Glasgow | 626K |
| Manchester | 548K |
| Leeds | 536K |
| Sheffield | 518K |
| Liverpool | 513K |
| Edinburgh | 488K |
| Bristol | 472K |
| Leicester | 464K |
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Population differences between Germany and the United Kingdom
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| Life expectancy | 81.7 years | 81.6 years |
| Average age | 45 years | 41.4 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 41 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 619 ppl/mi² | 741 ppl/mi² |
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