Population by age and sex in Germany

Germany had 83,577,140 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Population by age group and sex Unit: People Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Germany, 2025 83,577,140 People
Change from 2024 +0.1% 2024: 83,456,045 people
European Union, 2025 450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Position in 2025 2nd of 40 See the full ranking

Population by age and sex in Germany over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population by age group and sex (people), 2001 to 2025
Period GermanyEuropean Union
2025 83,577,140 people 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 83,456,045 people 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 83,118,501 peopleb (break in time series) 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 83,237,124 people 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2021 83,155,031 people 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 83,166,711 people 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated)
2019 83,019,213 people 446,149,924 people
2018 82,792,351 people 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated)
2017 82,521,653 people 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 82,175,684 people 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated)
2015 81,197,537 people 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2014 80,767,463 people 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 80,523,746 people 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series)
2012 80,327,900 people 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 80,222,065 peopleb (break in time series) 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 81,802,257 people 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series)
2009 82,002,356 people 440,047,892 people
2008 82,217,837 people 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series)
2007 82,314,906 people 437,227,496 people
2006 82,437,995 people 435,816,236 people
2005 82,500,849 people 434,416,272 people
2004 82,531,671 people 432,762,039 people
2003 82,536,680 people 431,190,184 people
2002 82,440,309 people 429,723,142 people
2001 82,259,540 people 429,240,746 peopleb (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 a change of +0.1% from 83,456,045 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 81,197,537 people, the figure has changed by +2.9%. 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 2nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.

Population pyramid, Germany, 1 January 2025

Men on the left, women on the right. Source: Eurostat.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_pjangroup · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=NR
Observation period
1990 to 2025 for Germany
Provider update
25 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat