Population in Germany compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Germany and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	United Kingdom	Germany	United Kingdom
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	83,177,813	67,604,000	-0.02%	0.93%
2023	83,287,273	68,492,000	0.13%	1.31%
2024	83,516,593	69,226,000	0.28%	1.07%
2025	83,045,276	69,639,673	-0.56%	0.6%
2026	82,619,736	70,020,350	-0.51%	0.55%
2027	82,420,656	70,382,853	-0.24%	0.52%
2028	82,209,650	70,732,699	-0.26%	0.5%
2029	81,988,746	71,061,482	-0.27%	0.46%
2030	81,767,011	71,377,535	-0.27%	0.44%
2031	81,541,291	71,678,351	-0.28%	0.42%
2032	81,315,327	71,959,934	-0.28%	0.39%
2033	81,094,150	72,234,509	-0.27%	0.38%
2034	80,879,704	72,497,650	-0.26%	0.36%
2035	80,669,570	72,749,096	-0.26%	0.35%
2036	80,445,835	72,990,847	-0.28%	0.33%
2037	80,222,108	73,218,850	-0.28%	0.31%
2038	80,001,936	73,441,349	-0.27%	0.3%
2039	79,780,699	73,658,392	-0.28%	0.3%
2040	79,565,092	73,868,334	-0.27%	0.29%
2041	79,361,541	74,074,316	-0.26%	0.28%
2042	79,167,400	74,275,779	-0.24%	0.27%
2043	78,962,964	74,475,035	-0.26%	0.27%
2044	78,743,160	74,667,284	-0.28%	0.26%
2045	78,518,131	74,848,605	-0.29%	0.24%
2046	78,293,579	75,020,949	-0.29%	0.23%
2047	78,066,226	75,184,478	-0.29%	0.22%
2048	77,826,011	75,337,543	-0.31%	0.2%
2049	77,578,876	75,476,141	-0.32%	0.18%
2050	77,335,610	75,600,588	-0.31%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.