Germany - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Germany was 83,160,870 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83,160,870 in 2020 and a minimum value of 72,814,900 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 72,814,900
1961 73,377,630
1962 74,025,780
1963 74,714,350
1964 75,318,340
1965 75,963,700
1966 76,600,310
1967 76,951,340
1968 77,294,310
1969 77,909,680
1970 78,169,290
1971 78,312,840
1972 78,688,450
1973 78,936,660
1974 78,967,430
1975 78,673,550
1976 78,336,950
1977 78,159,820
1978 78,091,820
1979 78,126,350
1980 78,288,580
1981 78,407,900
1982 78,333,370
1983 78,128,280
1984 77,858,690
1985 77,684,870
1986 77,720,430
1987 77,839,920
1988 78,144,620
1989 78,751,280
1990 79,433,030
1991 80,013,900
1992 80,624,600
1993 81,156,360
1994 81,438,350
1995 81,678,050
1996 81,914,830
1997 82,034,770
1998 82,047,190
1999 82,100,240
2000 82,211,500
2001 82,349,930
2002 82,488,500
2003 82,534,180
2004 82,516,260
2005 82,469,420
2006 82,376,450
2007 82,266,370
2008 82,110,100
2009 81,902,300
2010 81,776,930
2011 80,274,980
2012 80,425,820
2013 80,645,610
2014 80,982,500
2015 81,686,610
2016 82,348,670
2017 82,657,000
2018 82,905,780
2019 83,092,960
2020 83,160,870

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population