Median age of the population in Germany
The median age in Germany was 45.5 years on 1 January 2025.
Germany, 2025
45.5
Change from 2024
0%
European Union, 2025
44.9 yearsep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
43.8 years
Position in 2025
7th of 40
Median age of the population in Germany over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Germany | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.5 years | 44.9 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 45.5 years | 44.7 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 45.7 yearsb (break in time series) | 44.5 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 45.8 years | 44.4 years |
| 2021 | 45.9 years | 44.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 45.9 years | 43.9 yearse (estimated) |
| 2019 | 46.0 years | 43.7 years |
| 2018 | 46.0 years | 43.5 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 45.9 years | 43.2 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 45.8 years | 43.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 45.9 years | 42.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 45.6 yearsb (break in time series) | 42.5 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 45.4 years | – |
| 2012 | 45.0 years | 41.9 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 44.7 yearsb (break in time series) | 41.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 44.2 years | 41.3 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 43.7 years | 41.0 years |
| 2008 | 43.2 years | 40.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 42.8 years | 40.3 years |
| 2006 | 42.3 years | 40.0 years |
| 2005 | 41.8 years | 39.6 years |
| 2004 | 41.4 years | 39.3 years |
| 2003 | 40.9 years | 39.0 years |
| 2002 | 40.6 years | 38.7 years |
| 2001 | 40.2 years | 38.4 yearsb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 45.9 years, the figure has changed by −0.9%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Germany has the 7th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 44.9 years.
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All statistics for Germany
Population aged 65 and over
22.7%
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Old-age dependency ratio
35.9 per 100 working-age people
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Population on 1 January
83,577,140 people
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Population by age and sex
83,577,140 people
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Crude birth rate
7.8 per 1,000 people
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Crude death rate
12.1 per 1,000 people
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