Demographics of Germany

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	20 Feb 2025

As of 2025, the population of Germany is projected at 84.08 million, compared to 84.55 million in 2024. It is the second-most populous country in Europe and ranks 19th in the world. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at -0.79 percent, the 219th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 41.52 million males and 42.56 million females in Germany. The percentage of the male population is 49.38%, compared to 50.62% of the female population. Germany has 1.04 million more females than males, the 14th highest in the world. The sex ratio in Germany in 2025 will be 97.557 males per 100 females. Germany is in the 96th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Germany population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	31,764,475	38,083,308	69,847,782	-0.20	83.408
1955	32,435,128	37,899,024	70,334,152	0.36	85.583
1960	33,867,219	38,944,421	72,811,640	0.84	86.963
1965	35,751,618	40,215,346	75,966,964	0.99	88.900
1970	37,021,109	41,183,993	78,205,102	-0.26	89.892
1975	37,350,439	41,351,426	78,701,865	-0.53	90.324
1980	37,278,122	41,037,253	78,315,375	0.29	90.840
1985	37,189,107	40,674,317	77,863,424	-0.02	91.431
1990	38,478,255	41,229,704	79,707,959	0.83	93.327
1995	39,891,641	42,128,249	82,019,890	0.35	94.691
2000	39,811,059	41,986,200	81,797,258	0.12	94.819
2005	39,892,039	42,154,691	82,046,731	-0.07	94.633
2010	39,383,812	41,447,113	80,830,924	-0.07	95.022
2015	40,401,847	41,675,704	82,077,550	1.19	96.943
2020	41,291,235	42,337,474	83,628,708	-0.01	97.529
2021	41,319,353	42,377,729	83,697,083	0.18	97.503
2022	41,511,584	42,574,643	84,086,227	0.75	97.503
2023	41,745,842	42,802,389	84,548,231	0.35	97.532
2024	41,753,037	42,799,204	84,552,242	-0.34	97.556
2025	41,517,745	42,557,329	84,075,075	-0.79	97.557

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	66.811	32.919	2.194
1955	68.341	33.184	2.158
1960	69.251	33.718	2.381
1965	70.625	33.450	2.487
1970	70.678	33.216	2.024
1975	71.516	34.420	1.477
1980	73.088	35.677	1.556
1985	74.492	35.926	1.378
1990	75.341	36.600	1.460
1995	76.552	37.292	1.262
2000	78.056	39.015	1.386
2005	79.254	40.950	1.344
2010	80.081	43.265	1.400
2015	80.566	44.813	1.501
2020	81.004	44.876	1.531
2021	81.106	44.923	1.577
2022	80.580	45.024	1.460
2023	81.378	45.147	1.441
2024	81.539	45.287	1.448
2025	81.707	45.491	1.455

Total
Crude

Germany death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	716,873	1,205,774	10.263	17.263
1955	765,263	1,103,419	10.880	15.688
1960	865,396	1,267,948	11.885	17.414
1965	902,050	1,313,787	11.874	17.294
1970	975,762	1,045,534	12.477	13.369
1975	990,756	780,663	12.589	9.919
1980	953,173	859,436	12.171	10.974
1985	931,664	814,943	11.965	10.466
1990	923,338	907,502	11.584	11.385
1995	888,212	775,950	10.829	9.461
2000	842,093	765,246	10.295	9.355
2005	834,529	692,239	10.171	8.437
2010	861,871	676,779	10.663	8.373
2015	931,619	732,501	11.350	8.925
2020	990,849	775,194	11.848	9.269
2021	956,992	795,669	11.434	9.507
2022	1,082,760	730,553	12.877	8.688
2023	1,034,140	719,249	12.231	8.507
2024	1,040,859	717,268	12.310	8.483
2025	1,041,599	707,972	12.389	8.421

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Germany

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	47,537,530	22,428,713	67.944
1955	49,855,283	21,682,254	69.691
1960	52,406,122	21,008,305	71.384
1965	54,869,782	21,386,144	71.955
1970	56,788,207	21,784,777	72.274
1975	57,225,423	21,641,075	72.560
1980	57,036,935	21,263,715	72.844
1985	56,509,433	21,207,998	72.711
1990	57,849,875	21,268,451	73.118
1995	60,054,511	21,186,093	73.922
2000	61,087,413	20,400,344	74.965
2005	62,053,609	19,617,625	75.980
2010	62,261,612	18,633,173	76.966
2015	63,078,413	18,629,376	77.200
2020	63,930,305	18,610,145	77.453
2021	64,044,372	18,546,497	77.544
2022	64,130,933	18,460,833	77.648
2023	64,200,283	18,356,449	77.765
2024	64,268,012	18,238,127	77.895

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Germany population by Age Group (2025)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,912,931	1,813,153	3,726,084	4.43	105.503
05-09	2,092,738	1,987,723	4,080,461	4.85	105.283
10-14	1,987,275	1,880,762	3,868,037	4.60	105.663
15-19	1,989,875	1,879,073	3,868,948	4.60	105.897
20-24	2,130,003	1,992,989	4,122,992	4.90	106.875
25-29	2,458,610	2,235,240	4,693,850	5.58	109.993
30-34	2,634,506	2,444,883	5,079,388	6.04	107.756
35-39	2,900,544	2,739,924	5,640,467	6.71	105.862
40-44	2,731,285	2,661,088	5,392,374	6.41	102.638
45-49	2,546,873	2,530,659	5,077,532	6.04	100.641
50-54	2,624,179	2,621,034	5,245,213	6.24	100.120
55-59	3,325,459	3,319,787	6,645,246	7.90	100.171
60-64	3,319,957	3,386,044	6,706,001	7.98	98.048
65-69	2,688,858	2,873,262	5,562,120	6.62	93.582
70-74	2,129,950	2,466,577	4,596,527	5.47	86.352
75-79	1,566,554	1,904,965	3,471,519	4.13	82.235
80-84	1,286,438	1,737,133	3,023,572	3.60	74.055
85-89	882,068	1,401,975	2,284,044	2.72	62.916
90-94	258,949	526,401	785,350	0.93	49.192
95-99	47,533	138,342	185,875	0.22	34.359
100+	3,160	16,315	19,476	0.02	19.369
Total	41,517,745	42,557,329	84,075,076		97.557