| Population | 80,594,017 (July 2017 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 12.82% (male 5,304,341/female 5,028,776) 15-24 years: 10.09% (male 4,145,486/female 3,986,302) 25-54 years: 40.45% (male 16,467,975/female 16,133,964) 55-64 years: 14.58% (male 5,834,179/female 5,913,322) 65 years and over: 22.06% (male 7,822,221/female 9,957,451) (2017 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 52.1 youth dependency ratio: 19.9 elderly dependency ratio: 32.1 potential support ratio: 3.1 (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 47.1 years male: 46 years female: 48.2 years (2017 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.16% (2017 est.) |
| Birth rate | 8.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
| Death rate | 11.7 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 75.7% of total population (2017) rate of urbanization: 0.12% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) |
| Major cities - population | BERLIN (capital) 3.563 million; Hamburg 1.831 million; Munich 1.438 million; Cologne 1.037 million (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 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: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 29.4 years (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.8 years male: 78.5 years female: 83.3 years (2017 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.45 children born/woman (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA (2016 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| 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 rural: 99% of population total: 99.2% of population unimproved: urban: 0.7% of population rural: 1% of population total: 0.8% of population (2015 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: German(s) adjective: German |
| Ethnic groups | German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Polish, Italian, Romanian, Syrian, and Greek) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 29%, Protestant 27%, Muslim 4.4%, Orthodox Christian 1.9%, other 1.7%, none or members of unrecorded religious groups 36% (2015 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 (2015) |
| Education expenditures | 4.9% of GDP (2013) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 11.3% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 4.13 physicians/1,000 population (2014) |
| Hospital bed density | 8.2 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 22.3% (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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