Population — national citizens

In 2025, Germany's population decreased by 0.2% compared to 2024, reaching 71,184,865.

Germany accounts for 17.5% of the EU-27 total of 405,729,577.

Germany ranks 1st out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.2% (from 72,768,689 in 2020).

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