| Population | 80,457,737 (July 2018 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 12.83% (male 5,299,798 /female 5,024,184) 15-24 years: 9.98% (male 4,092,901 /female 3,933,997) 25-54 years: 39.87% (male 16,181,931 /female 15,896,528) 55-64 years: 14.96% (male 5,989,111 /female 6,047,449) 65 years and over: 22.36% (male 7,930,590 /female 10,061,248) (2018 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 52.1 (2015 est.) youth dependency ratio: 19.9 (2015 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 32.1 (2015 est.) potential support ratio: 3.1 (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 47.4 years (2018 est.) male: 46.2 years female: 48.5 years |
| Population growth rate | -0.17% (2018 est.) |
| Birth rate | 8.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
| Death rate | 11.8 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 77.4% of total population (2019) rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 3.557 million BERLIN (capital), 1.791 million Hamburg, 1.521 million Munich, 1.108 million Cologne (2019) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2018 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 29.4 years (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.) male: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.9 years (2018 est.) male: 78.6 years female: 83.4 years |
| Total fertility rate | 1.46 children born/woman (2018 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 80.3% (2011) note: percent of women aged 18-49 |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.1% (2018 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 87,000 (2018 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <500 (2018 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.3% of population (2015 est.) rural: 99% of population (2015 est.) total: 99.2% of population (2015 est.) unimproved: urban: 0.7% of population (2015 est.) rural: 1% of population (2015 est.) total: 0.8% of population (2015 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: German(s) adjective: German |
| Ethnic groups | German 87.2%, Turkish 1.8%, Polish 1%, Syrian 1%, other 9% (2017 est.) note: data represent population by nationality |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 28.2%, Protestant 26%, Muslim 5%, Orthodox 1.9%, other Christian 1.1%, other .9%, none 37% (2017 est.) |
| Languages | German (official) note: Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2016) |
| Education expenditures | 4.8% of GDP (2015) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 11.2% (2015) |
| Physicians density | 4.21 physicians/1,000 population (2016) |
| Hospital bed density | 8.3 beds/1,000 population (2013) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 22.3% (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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