Population — national citizens

In 2008, Germany's population decreased by 0.1% compared to 2007, reaching 74,962,442.

Germany ranks 1st out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.3% (from 75,188,729 in 2003).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.