Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Germany

Population aged 15–64 in Germany in 2025 — 52,107,640 people. Ranked 19 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.4%.

2025 52.11M people −0.8% vs 2024
World rank 19of 217
Period maximum 56.01M people1997
Period minimum 48.88M people1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Germany, 1960–202548M50M52M54M56M58M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48,961,004 people1962: 48,904,067 people1964: 49,027,873 people1966: 49,253,859 people1968: 49,037,363 people1970: 49,385,918 people1972: 49,673,022 people1974: 50,120,326 people1976: 50,150,085 people1978: 50,613,515 people1980: 51,626,675 people1982: 52,986,317 people1984: 53,853,384 people1986: 54,034,199 people1988: 54,247,174 people1990: 54,845,248 people1992: 55,414,133 people1994: 55,747,142 people1996: 55,953,020 people1998: 55,985,323 people2000: 55,809,834 people2002: 55,656,966 people2004: 55,269,541 people2006: 54,610,222 people2008: 54,085,629 people2010: 53,759,044 people2012: 53,058,157 people2014: 53,336,851 people2016: 53,970,091 people2018: 53,878,496 people2020: 53,550,233 people2022: 52,924,847 people2024: 52,527,137 people2025: 52,107,640 people
Change over the period: +3.15M (+6.43%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Germany

Germany 52.11M people
World 5.36B people
Europe & Central Asia 600M people
Western Europe computed 126M people
High-income countries computed 895M people
Population aged 15–64 — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 52.11M −419,497 −0.8%
2024 52.53M −189,031 −0.36%
2023 52.72M −208,679 −0.39%
2022 52.92M −327,075 −0.61%
2021 53.25M −298,311 −0.56%
2020 53.55M −218,400 −0.41%
2019 53.77M −109,863 −0.2%
2018 53.88M −54,653 −0.1%
2017 53.93M −36,942 −0.07%
2016 53.97M +272,143 +0.51%
2015 53.7M +361,097 +0.68%
2014 53.34M +147,470 +0.28%
2013 53.19M +131,224 +0.25%
2012 53.06M +157,350 +0.3%
2011 52.9M −858,237 −1.6%
2010 53.76M −68,149 −0.13%
2009 53.83M −258,436 −0.48%
2008 54.09M −229,499 −0.42%
2007 54.32M −295,094 −0.54%
2006 54.61M −354,104 −0.64%
2005 54.96M −305,215 −0.55%
2004 55.27M −249,863 −0.45%
2003 55.52M −137,562 −0.25%
2002 55.66M −64,455 −0.12%
2001 55.72M −88,413 −0.16%
2000 55.81M −111,607 −0.2%
1999 55.92M −63,882 −0.11%
1998 55.99M −21,501 −0.04%
1997 56.01M +53,804 +0.1%
1996 55.95M +124,976 +0.22%
1995 55.83M +80,902 +0.15%
1994 55.75M +66,881 +0.12%
1993 55.68M +266,128 +0.48%
1992 55.41M +332,653 +0.6%
1991 55.08M +236,232 +0.43%
1990 54.85M +303,495 +0.56%
1989 54.54M +294,579 +0.54%
1988 54.25M +133,823 +0.25%
1987 54.11M +79,152 +0.15%
1986 54.03M +76,183 +0.14%
1985 53.96M +104,632 +0.19%
1984 53.85M +328,805 +0.61%
1983 53.52M +538,262 +1.02%
1982 52.99M +646,246 +1.23%
1981 52.34M +713,396 +1.38%
1980 51.63M +599,009 +1.17%
1979 51.03M +414,151 +0.82%
1978 50.61M +281,713 +0.56%
1977 50.33M +181,717 +0.36%
1976 50.15M +48,552 +0.1%
1975 50.1M −18,793 −0.04%
1974 50.12M +165,744 +0.33%
1973 49.95M +281,560 +0.57%
1972 49.67M +269,980 +0.55%
1971 49.4M +17,124 +0.03%
1970 49.39M +70,045 +0.14%
1969 49.32M +278,510 +0.57%
1968 49.04M −68,343 −0.14%
1967 49.11M −148,153 −0.3%
1966 49.25M +108,687 +0.22%
1965 49.15M +117,299 +0.24%
1964 49.03M +31,848 +0.07%
1963 49M +91,958 +0.19%
1962 48.9M +28,500 +0.06%
1961 48.88M −85,437 −0.17%
1960 48.96M

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.