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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	United States	Germany	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	72,814,900	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	73,377,632	183,691,481	0.77%	1.67%
1962	74,025,784	186,537,737	0.88%	1.55%
1963	74,714,353	189,241,798	0.93%	1.45%
1964	75,318,337	191,888,791	0.81%	1.4%
1965	75,963,695	194,302,963	0.86%	1.26%
1966	76,600,311	196,560,338	0.84%	1.16%
1967	76,951,336	198,712,056	0.46%	1.09%
1968	77,294,314	200,706,052	0.45%	1%
1969	77,909,682	202,676,946	0.8%	0.98%
1970	78,169,289	205,052,174	0.33%	1.17%
1971	78,312,842	207,660,677	0.18%	1.27%
1972	78,688,452	209,896,021	0.48%	1.08%
1973	78,936,666	211,908,788	0.32%	0.96%
1974	78,967,433	213,853,928	0.04%	0.92%
1975	78,673,554	215,973,199	-0.37%	0.99%
1976	78,336,950	218,035,164	-0.43%	0.95%
1977	78,159,814	220,239,425	-0.23%	1.01%
1978	78,091,820	222,584,545	-0.09%	1.06%
1979	78,126,350	225,055,487	0.04%	1.11%
1980	78,288,576	226,542,250	0.21%	0.66%
1981	78,407,907	229,465,744	0.15%	1.29%
1982	78,333,366	231,664,432	-0.1%	0.96%
1983	78,128,282	233,792,014	-0.26%	0.92%
1984	77,858,685	235,824,908	-0.35%	0.87%
1985	77,684,873	237,923,734	-0.22%	0.89%
1986	77,720,436	240,132,831	0.05%	0.93%
1987	77,839,920	242,288,936	0.15%	0.9%
1988	78,144,619	244,499,004	0.39%	0.91%
1989	78,751,283	246,819,222	0.78%	0.95%
1990	79,433,029	250,131,894	0.87%	1.34%
1991	80,013,896	253,492,503	0.73%	1.34%
1992	80,624,598	256,894,189	0.76%	1.34%
1993	81,156,363	260,255,352	0.66%	1.31%
1994	81,438,348	263,435,673	0.35%	1.22%
1995	81,678,051	266,557,091	0.29%	1.18%
1996	81,914,831	269,667,391	0.29%	1.17%
1997	82,034,771	272,911,760	0.15%	1.2%
1998	82,047,195	276,115,288	0.02%	1.17%
1999	82,100,243	279,294,713	0.06%	1.15%
2000	82,211,508	282,162,411	0.14%	1.03%
2001	82,349,925	284,968,955	0.17%	0.99%
2002	82,488,495	287,625,193	0.17%	0.93%
2003	82,534,176	290,107,933	0.06%	0.86%
2004	82,516,260	292,805,298	-0.02%	0.93%
2005	82,469,422	295,516,599	-0.06%	0.93%
2006	82,376,451	298,379,912	-0.11%	0.97%
2007	82,266,372	301,231,207	-0.13%	0.96%
2008	82,110,097	304,093,966	-0.19%	0.95%
2009	81,902,307	306,771,529	-0.25%	0.88%
2010	81,776,930	309,327,143	-0.15%	0.83%
2011	80,274,983	311,583,481	-1.84%	0.73%
2012	80,425,823	313,877,662	0.19%	0.74%
2013	80,645,605	316,059,947	0.27%	0.7%
2014	80,982,500	318,386,329	0.42%	0.74%
2015	81,686,611	320,738,994	0.87%	0.74%
2016	82,348,669	323,071,755	0.81%	0.73%
2017	82,657,002	325,122,128	0.37%	0.63%
2018	82,905,782	326,838,199	0.3%	0.53%
2019	83,092,962	328,329,953	0.23%	0.46%
2020	83,160,871	331,526,933	0.08%	0.97%
2021	83,196,078	331,893,745	0.04%	0.11%
2022	83,177,813	333,271,411	-0.02%	0.42%
2023	83,287,273	334,914,895	0.13%	0.49%
2024	83,516,593	340,110,988	0.28%	1.55%
2025	83,045,276	341,931,772	-0.56%	0.54%
2026	82,619,736	343,664,369	-0.51%	0.51%
2027	82,420,656	345,331,185	-0.24%	0.49%
2028	82,209,650	346,981,137	-0.26%	0.48%
2029	81,988,746	348,601,982	-0.27%	0.47%
2030	81,767,011	350,176,974	-0.27%	0.45%
2031	81,541,291	351,725,612	-0.28%	0.44%
2032	81,315,327	353,249,060	-0.28%	0.43%
2033	81,094,150	354,749,644	-0.27%	0.42%
2034	80,879,704	356,234,239	-0.26%	0.42%
2035	80,669,570	357,694,316	-0.26%	0.41%
2036	80,445,835	359,119,002	-0.28%	0.4%
2037	80,222,108	360,517,853	-0.28%	0.39%
2038	80,001,936	361,895,407	-0.27%	0.38%
2039	79,780,699	363,229,908	-0.28%	0.37%
2040	79,565,092	364,512,364	-0.27%	0.35%
2041	79,361,541	365,753,139	-0.26%	0.34%
2042	79,167,400	366,969,419	-0.24%	0.33%
2043	78,962,964	368,146,925	-0.26%	0.32%
2044	78,743,160	369,258,123	-0.28%	0.3%
2045	78,518,131	370,318,770	-0.29%	0.29%
2046	78,293,579	371,328,255	-0.29%	0.27%
2047	78,066,226	372,299,116	-0.29%	0.26%
2048	77,826,011	373,230,539	-0.31%	0.25%
2049	77,578,876	374,119,803	-0.32%	0.24%
2050	77,335,610	374,986,259	-0.31%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.