Indicator	Value
Total population	83,500,000–84,600,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 84,550,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 83,520,000 people
Median age	45.3 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	80.8–81.4 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 80.79 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 81.38 years
Ethnic groups	German 85.4%, Turkish 1.8%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Syrian 1.1%, Romanian 1%, Poland 1%, other/stateless/unspecified 8.3% (2022 est.); note: data represent population by nationalityCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
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 languagesCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Roman Catholic 24.8%, Protestant 22.6%, Muslim 3.7%, other 5.1%, none 43.8% (2022 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	77.8% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	0.275 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	8.1 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	12.1 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	82 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Balkan Romani Bavarian Central Alemannic Central East Middle German Central Romani Danish Dutch Eastern Low German Eastphalian Ems-Weser Frisian German German Northern Low Saxon German Sign Language Gronings Jutish Kölsch Limburgan Lower Silesian Lower Sorbian Middle High German Middle Low German Moselle Franconian Northern Frisian Old High German (ca. 750-1050) Old Saxon Ostfränkisch Pfaelzisch-Lothringisch Polabian Polish Sinte-Manus Romani Swabian Upper Sorbian Vlax Romani Volapük WW2 Pidgin German Western Yiddish Westphalic Yeniche Glottolog [2026]