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Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · DEU

Germany

Europe · Western Europe

Germany is recorded at 84.55m people in 2024, with total annual change of -286,642 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 276 · DEU

Germany

DEU · DE
SHRINKING
population 84.55m
annual change -286,642
natural change -323,591
fertility 1.45
migrant share 19.8%

Shrinkage · peak 2024 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 16.75m

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Germany in 2024
Births 717,268
Deaths -1,040,859
Natural change -323,591
Net migration +36,954
Total change -286,642
time anchors

-13,652,379

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Germany
This year -286,642
Since peak +0 since 2024
Projected 2100 70.90m
Vanishing Point

2319

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

19.8%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 84.55m

Germany 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 11.77m, ages 15-64 53.51m, ages 65+ 19.27m.

0-14
11.77m
15-64
53.51m
65+
19.27m
2050 2050 78.29m

Germany 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 10.28m, ages 15-64 44.31m, ages 65+ 23.71m.

0-14
10.28m
15-64
44.31m
65+
23.71m
2100 2100 70.90m

Germany 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 9.69m, ages 15-64 39.10m, ages 65+ 22.11m.

0-14
9.69m
15-64
39.10m
65+
22.11m
stage

Shrinkage

Stage since 1950.

crossover

1972

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

2.71

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 1997.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 84.55m -286,642 717.3k 1.04m 1.45
2030 82.78m -219,784 655.7k 1.04m 1.48
2050 78.29m -244,838 690.6k 1.11m 1.54
2080 72.11m -127,411 641.2k 920.7k 1.58
2100 70.90m -34,584 609.7k 785.7k 1.60