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🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇷🇺 Russia

Russia has 60M more people — 143,513,328 against 83,491,249. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇩🇪 Germany
83,491,249
Europe · rank #19 · −0.03%
World Bank, 2025
🇷🇺 Russia
143,513,328
Europe · rank #9 · −0.11%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorGermanyRussia
Population83,491,24919th of 240143,513,3289th of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.03%190th of 240−0.11%198th of 240
Population Density/km²238/km²63rd of 2409/km²221st of 240
Land Areakm²349,430 km²64th of 24016,376,870 km²1st of 240
Urban Population82.1%60th of 24075.3%86th of 240
GDP per Capita$60,49625th of 240$17,547100th of 240
GDP Growth+0.2%190th of 210+1.0%172nd of 210
Life Expectancyyears80.8 years56th of 24073.4 years141st of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.36 births per woman205th of 2401.42 births per woman193rd of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0008.1 per 1,000185th of 2138.4 per 1,000176th of 213
Death Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,00016th of 21312.4 per 1,00015th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births3.1 per 1,000 live births166th of 1944.1 per 1,000 live births152nd of 194
Unemployment Rate3.7%124th of 1862.1%169th of 186
Inflation Rate2.2%124th of 1918.7%29th of 191
Poverty Rate14.8%124th of 1647.2%149th of 164
Gini Index33.7101st of 17033.0111th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP12.3% of GDP9th of 1927.0% of GDP85th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0004.53 per 1,00015th of 2065.11 per 1,0008th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0007.55 per 1,00010th of 1996.81 per 1,00012th of 199
Literacy Rate99.0%29th of 17599.9%4th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.2% of GDP54th of 2024.2% of GDP100th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary100.2% gross, secondary63rd of 20792.5% gross, secondary95th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption17.6% of final consumption115th of 2113.5% of final consumption172nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area32.7% of land area100th of 21149.8% of land area53rd of 211
Internet Penetration93.5%42nd of 21194.4%35th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people129.2 per 100 people61st of 212186.1 per 100 people9th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births4 per 100,000 live births172nd of 1939 per 100,000 live births150th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.89% of GDP74th of 1637.05% of GDP6th of 163
Protected Areasof land area39.2% of land area18th of 21111.5% of land area147th of 211
Median Ageyears45.5 years20th of 24040.3 years59th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears13.1 years6th of 14811.6 years36th of 148
Human Development Index0.9595th of 1920.83263rd of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.88/ 1017th of 1645.83/ 1082nd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita6.77 tonnes per capita43rd of 21212.30 tonnes per capita19th of 212
Obesity Rate24.5%99th of 19821.2%117th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

GermanyRussia
020M40M60M80M100M120M140M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Germany and Russia population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Germany195069.8M
Germany197578.7M
Germany200081.8M
Germany202584.1M
Germany205078.3M
Germany207572.8M
Germany210070.9M
Russia1950103.4M
Russia1975134.1M
Russia2000146.7M
Russia2025144M
Russia2050136.1M
Russia2075128.6M
Russia2100126.4M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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