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The Mean Age in Germany (2021 - 2029, years)

  • The Mean age in Germany attained a value of 44.00 years in 2024

  • The indicator recorded a historical growth (CAGR) of 0.15% between 2021 to 2024, and is expected to grow by...

  • GlobalData projects the figure to grow at a CAGR of ...

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The Mean Age in Germany (2021 - 2029, years)

Published: Apr 2025
Source: GlobalData

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Mean Age

Mean age is the average age of the total population in a country for a given period. The term "mean age" describes the average age of a person or a group of people. The mean age is used to compare a group of people with another group of people who are in a different age group.

Mean Age in Germany

The Mean Age in Germany is 43.7 years in 2021. The mean age in Germany was highest in 2021 at 43.7 years and was lowest in 2018 at 43.5 years, between 2018 and 2021. It recorded a growth of 0.2% in 2021 compared to the previous year. Between 2018-2021, the mean age in Germany increased by 0.5%.

Germany Population Distribution in 2021, by Age

The population of Germany reached 83.3 million in 2021. Germany had the largest population group with 64.2% (53.5 million) of the population falling into the working-age group of 15-64 years. 65 years and above, was the second-largest population group in Germany with 22.0% (18.3 million) of the population. Below 15 years was the third largest population group with 13.8% (11.5 million) of the total population in 2021.

Germany’s aging population is a risk to the economy. As a result, the country is expected to slide into a negative worker-replacement ratio, whereby more people retire from the workplace than enter it.

Mean Age: Global Scenario

According to GlobalData, Samoa had the highest mean age in 2021 at 61 years, followed by Monaco (50 years), Japan (47 years), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (45 years), Italy (45 years), Martinique (45 years), Portugal (44 years), and Hong Kong (44 years).

Countries with the lowest mean age in 2021 are Niger (20 years), Uganda (20 years), Chad (20 years), Angola (21 years) and Benin (21 years), Mali (21 years), Mozambique (21 years), Zambia (22 years), and Guinea-Bissau (22 years).

 

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