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Germany

At a glance

  • Germany has a population of about 83.5M; its total GDP of $5.1T ranks #3 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 356,066 km² is about 1.9× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Tourism receipts stands out most against the median: $58.4B — rank #2 of 165 countries with data.

Germany: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 83.5M (2025) #19 / 169 median 11.5M · 7.3×
Population growth -0.0% (2025) #139 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 82.1% (2025) #33 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.3×
Population aged 65+ 23.7% (2025) #7 / 169 median 7.4% · 3.2×
Fertility rate 1.4 (2024) #145 / 169 median 2.1 · 65%
Birth rate 8.1‰ (2024) #150 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 51%
Death rate 12.1‰ (2024) #14 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.7×
Net migration -334.1K (2025) #165 / 169 N/A
Surface area 356,066 km² #65 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 1.9×
Population density derived 234/km² (2025) #25 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 3.2×
Economy
GDP (total) $5.1T (2025) #3 / 168 median $80.7B · 63×
GDP per capita $60,496 (2025) #14 / 168 median $6,834 · 8.9×
GNI per capita $60,200 (2025) #13 / 168 median $6,350 · 9.5×
GDP growth (annual) 0.2% (2025) #152 / 168 median 3.1% · 8%
Inflation rate 2.2% (2025) #109 / 162 median 3.3% · 66%
Unemployment rate 3.7% (2025) #112 / 168 median 5.1% · 72%
Gini index 33.7 (2022) #91 / 153 median 35.3 · 95%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.7% (2022) #105 / 153 median 2.5% · 28%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 40.4% (2025) #66 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.2×
Imports share of GDP 38.1% (2025) #88 / 163 median 40.2% · 95%
Agriculture share of GDP 0.9% (2025) #157 / 168 median 7.2% · 12%
Manufacturing share of GDP 17.6% (2025) #29 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.6×
International tourist arrivals 12.4M (2020) #20 / 162 median 1.1M · 11×
Tourism receipts $58.4B (2019) #2 / 165 median $705M · 83×
Health & education
Life expectancy 80.8 years (2024) #32 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 3.1‰ (2024) #145 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 24%
Under-five mortality 3.7‰ (2024) #144 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 23%
DPT immunization 89.0% (2024) #91 / 166 median 90.5% · 98%
Hospital beds 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) #8 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 3.7×
Health spending share of GDP 12.3% (2024) #5 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.9×
Secondary school enrollment 100.2% (2024) #48 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Education spending share of GDP 5.2% (2022) #43 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.3×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.959 (2023) #5 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.3×
Internet users 93.5% (2024) #30 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 129.2 per 100 (2024) #48 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 45.6 per 100 (2024) #5 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 3.8×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #26 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 6.9 t (2024) #30 / 165 median 2.6 t · 2.6×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 580 Mt (2024) #10 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 27×
Renewable electricity share 39.8% (2021) #75 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.2×
Renewable energy consumption 17.6% (2021) #108 / 169 median 26.9% · 65%
Forest area 32.7% (2023) #81 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.0×
Agricultural land 47.5% (2023) #63 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.1×
Arable land 33.4% (2023) #20 / 168 median 11.0% · 3.0×
PM2.5 exposure 8.8 µg/m³ (2023) #145 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 45%
Military spending 1.9% (2024) #72 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.0×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Germany's true-shape outline

Germany's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 356,066 km².

Germany head-to-head pages

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).