Demographic profile
Germany is the 19th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 1.01% of everyone alive. Within Western Europe, it ranks 1 of 9.
Each day brings roughly 1,975 births and 2,779 deaths — a net decline of about 293,654 people a year. At -0.35% annually, the population would halve in roughly 200 years if the trend held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Saxony, holding an estimated 24.7% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 16 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 99.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 22.7%, with life expectancy at about 77.4 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Germany in 2026? Approximately 83,888,736 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Germany shrinking? About -0.35% per year — roughly 1,975 births and 2,779 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Germany? Around 1.01% — ranked 19 worldwide by population.
