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Germany — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Germany, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.03%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -103.9% since 1961
Population growth for Germany was -0.03% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 0.93% in 1963. The lowest was -1.85% in 2011 (about 61.1× the latest value).
Germany ranks 170 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 78%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Germany sits below it. It peaked in 1963 and has fallen 103% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 104%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.03%
First (1961)
0.77%
Change
-103.9%
Highest
0.93%
in 1963
Lowest
-1.85%
in 2011
Average
0.21%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.03% |
| 2024 | 0.27% |
| 2023 | 0.13% |
| 2022 | -0.02% |
| 2021 | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 0.08% |
| 2019 | 0.23% |
| 2018 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.37% |
| 2016 | 0.81% |
| 2015 | 0.87% |
| 2014 | 0.42% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.