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🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇺🇸 United States

United States has 258.3M more people — 341,784,857 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
🇺🇸 United States
341,784,857
North America · rank #3 · +0.52%
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.
IndicatorGermanyUnited States
Population83,491,24919th of 240341,784,8573rd of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.03%190th of 240+0.52%143rd of 240
Population Density/km²238/km²63rd of 24037/km²180th of 240
Land Areakm²349,430 km²64th of 2409,147,420 km²3rd of 240
Urban Population82.1%60th of 24080.2%65th of 240
GDP per Capita$60,49625th of 240$90,02712th of 240
GDP Growth+0.2%190th of 210+2.2%136th of 210
Life Expectancyyears80.8 years56th of 24078.9 years75th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.36 births per woman205th of 2401.63 births per woman148th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0008.1 per 1,000185th of 21310.6 per 1,000143rd of 213
Death Rateper 1,00012.1 per 1,00016th of 2139.0 per 1,00060th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births3.1 per 1,000 live births166th of 1945.5 per 1,000 live births141st of 194
Unemployment Rate3.7%124th of 1864.2%117th of 186
Inflation Rate2.2%124th of 1913.0%96th of 191
Poverty Rate14.8%124th of 16411.4%141st of 164
Gini Index33.7101st of 17041.836th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP12.3% of GDP9th of 19216.7% of GDP3rd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0004.53 per 1,00015th of 2063.68 per 1,00039th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0007.55 per 1,00010th of 1992.68 per 1,00084th of 199
Literacy Rate99.0%29th of 17599.0%29th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP5.2% of GDP54th of 2025.4% of GDP43rd of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary100.2% gross, secondary63rd of 20797.5% gross, secondary74th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption17.6% of final consumption115th of 21110.9% of final consumption142nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area32.7% of land area100th of 21133.9% of land area95th of 211
Internet Penetration93.5%42nd of 21194.7%31st of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people129.2 per 100 people61st of 212113.2 per 100 people110th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births4 per 100,000 live births172nd of 19317 per 100,000 live births127th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.89% of GDP74th of 1633.42% of GDP24th of 163
Protected Areasof land area39.2% of land area18th of 21112.9% of land area140th of 211
Median Ageyears45.5 years20th of 24038.5 years79th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears13.1 years6th of 14813.3 years4th of 148
Human Development Index0.9595th of 1920.93817th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.88/ 1017th of 1646.82/ 1023rd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita6.77 tonnes per capita43rd of 21214.20 tonnes per capita12th of 212
Obesity Rate24.5%99th of 19841.8%18th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

GermanyUnited States
0100M200M300M400M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Germany and United States population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Germany195069.8M
Germany197578.7M
Germany200081.8M
Germany202584.1M
Germany205078.3M
Germany207572.8M
Germany210070.9M
United States1950154.2M
United States1975219.1M
United States2000281.5M
United States2025347.3M
United States2050380.8M
United States2075402.9M
United States2100421.3M

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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