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Germany: Population

Millions of people · 1500–2025 · 229 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
84.8 millionpeople
Change on 2024
−0.0%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.4%a year

Population

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10M20M30M40M50M60M70M80M90M150016001700180019002000GermanyGermany, 1500: 11.2 millionGermany, 1600: 14.9 millionGermany, 1700: 14 millionGermany
ForecastPeople

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203183.9Forecast
203084.0Forecast
202984.2Forecast
202884.4Forecast
202784.6Forecast
202684.8Forecast
202584.8
202484.8
202384.5
202283.8
202183.2
202083.2
201983.1
201882.9
201782.7
201682.3

Sources

  • Maddison Project Database1500–2022
  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Piketty & Zucman1870–2010
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1871–2014
  • Deutsche Bundesbank1876–1944
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Bordo1880–1997
  • Ritschl & Spoerer1901–1944
  • Deutsche Bundesbank1948–1996
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1991–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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