Population on 1 January 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 1960. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Germany, 2025
83,577,140
Change from 2024
+0.1%
European Union, 2025
450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
2nd of 40
Population on 1 January in Germany over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Germany | European 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.
More for Germany
All statistics for Germany
Population
83,491,249 people
2025 · World Bank
Median age of the population
45.5 years
2025 · Eurostat
Immigration
1,078,504e (Estimated) immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
83,577,140 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.8 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
12.1 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat