The population of Germany is expected to decrease by 98,000 in 2025 and reach 81,699,000 in 2026. Migration (including immigration and emigration) increases population by 200,000 people yearly. On average there are 731,783 births and 963,359 deaths in Germany per year. The population density of Germany has changed from 224.2 in 1980 to 236.9 in 2023.
| Current population | 81,767,625 people at present (Sunday 27th of April 2025) | |
| Median Age | 45.6 years |
| Life expectancy | 82.5 years | |
| Population density | 236.6 per km2 |
| Year | Population | Year change | Migrants | Median age | Fertility rate | Density (Ppl/km2) | Urban population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81,800,000 | -98,000 (-0.1%) | 200,000 | 45.6 | 1.52 | 237 | 63,375,000 (77.5%) |
| 2024 | 81,898,000 | -97,000 (-0.1%) | 200,000 | 45.5 | 237 | 63,267,000 (77.3%) | |
| 2023 | 81,995,000 | -95,000 (-0.1%) | 200,000 | 45.4 | 237 | 63,159,000 (77.0%) | |
| 2022 | 82,090,000 | -96,000 (-0.1%) | 200,000 | 45.2 | 237 | 63,050,000 (76.8%) | |
| 2021 | 82,186,000 | -96,000 (-0.1%) | 200,000 | 45.1 | 237 | 62,943,000 (76.6%) | |
| 2020 | 82,282,000 | -97,000 (-0.1%) | 200,000 | 45.0 | 1.49 | 237 | 62,836,000 (76.4%) |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | 370,000 | 44.8 | 1.49 | 237 | 62,731,000 (76.2%) |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | 370,000 | 44.7 | 1.49 | 236 | 62,633,000 (75.9%) |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | 370,000 | 44.6 | 1.50 | 236 | 62,531,000 (75.7%) |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | 370,000 | 44.4 | 1.50 | 236 | 62,422,369 (75.5%) |
| 2015 | 81,686,611 | 704,111 (0.9%) | 370,000 | 44.2 | 1.50 | 234 | 61,510,835 (75.3%) |
| 2010 | 81,776,930 | -125,377 (-0.2%) | 355,425 | 43.4 | 1.39 | 235 | 60,752,899 (74.3%) |
| 2005 | 82,469,422 | -46,838 (-0.1%) | 8,617 | 42.1 | 1.34 | 236 | 60,495,445 (73.4%) |
| 2000 | 82,211,508 | 111,265 (0.1%) | 160,922 | 40.9 | 1.38 | 236 | 60,069,483 (73.1%) |
| 1995 | 81,678,051 | 239,703 (0.3%) | 139,183 | 39.8 | 1.25 | 234 | 59,858,576 (73.3%) |
| 1990 | 79,433,029 | 681,746 (0.9%) | 531,940 | 39.3 | 1.45 | 228 | 58,079,842 (73.1%) |
| 1985 | 77,684,873 | -173,812 (-0.2%) | 342,937 | 38.7 | 1.37 | 223 | 56,485,448 (72.7%) |
| 1980 | 78,288,576 | 162,226 (0.2%) | 5 | 37.8 | 1.44 | 224 | 57,028,530 (72.8%) |
| 1975 | 78,673,554 | -293,879 (-0.4%) | 45,779 | 36.9 | 1.45 | 225 | 57,085,531 (72.6%) |
| 1970 | 78,169,289 | 259,607 (0.3%) | 142,831 | 36.2 | 2.03 | 224 | 56,496,072 (72.3%) |
| 1965 | 75,963,695 | 645,358 (0.9%) | 173,515 | 36.1 | 2.50 | 218 | 54,659,677 (72.0%) |
| 1960 | 72,814,900 | 562,732 (0.8%) | 133,392 | 36.2 | 2.37 | 211 | 51,978,188 (71.4%) |
In 2024 the population of Germany was 81,898,000 and the average age increased from 36.2 in 1960 to 45.5. Urban population has increased from 60,069,483 (73.1%) in 2000 to 63,375,000 (77.5%) in the current year. The population density of Germany has changed from 224.2 in 1980 to 236.9 in 2023.
| Year | Population | Year change | Migrants | Median age | Fertility rate | Density (Ppl/km2) | Urban population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | 200,000 | 45.0 | 1.49 | 237 | 62,836,000 (76.4%) |
| 2025 | 81,800,000 | -98,000 (-0.1%) | 200,000 | 45.6 | 1.52 | 237 | 63,375,000 (77.5%) |
| 2030 | 81,250,000 | -122,000 (-0.2%) | 200,000 | 46.3 | 1.55 | 236 | 63,873,000 (78.6%) |
| 2035 | 80,466,000 | -185,000 (-0.2%) | 200,000 | 47.0 | 1.58 | 235 | 64,179,000 (79.8%) |
| 2040 | 79,314,000 | -259,000 (-0.3%) | 200,000 | 47.6 | 1.60 | 233 | 64,151,000 (80.9%) |
| 2045 | 77,835,000 | -318,000 (-0.4%) | 200,000 | 48.1 | 1.62 | 230 | 63,792,000 (82.0%) |
| 2050 | 76,178,000 | -339,000 (-0.5%) | 200,000 | 48.2 | 1.64 | 227 | 63,217,000 (83.0%) |
The life expectancy at birth should reach 86.0 (84.4 years for male and 87.6 years for females). Population density will go down to 227.3 people per square kilometer.
The demographics of Germany constitutes of 41,375,000 women and 40,425,000 men, which means there are 977 men per 1000 women. As far as age distribution goes, 17.8% of population (14,584,940) is 19 or younger, 58.1% of population (47,525,800) is between age 20 and 64 and 24.1% of population (19,681,080) is over 65.