Germany female population aged 47
Germany female population aged 47 stood at 506,225 persons in 2025, according to Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis). It is one of the indicators in the Population and demographic structure table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1990 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Population and demographic structure table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | |||||||||||
| Age 47 | 506,225 | 498,734 | 488,580 | 472,709 | 477,017 | 480,118 | 516,858 | 565,711 | 584,985 | 624,889 | |
| Age 48 | 498,324 | 489,125 | 473,929 | 478,422 | 480,436 | 517,210 | 566,218 | 585,955 | 625,809 | 654,117 |
Understanding germany female population aged 47
Capturing the exact midpoint of the late forties, this record tallies female residents of Germany who have attained completed age 47 at year-end. The measure encompasses all female persons registered with a main domicile in a German municipality, including both citizens and foreign nationals. It excludes male inhabitants, female individuals of any other single year of age, and residents living abroad. Temporary travelers, cross-border commuters without local registration, and foreign diplomatic personnel are omitted. By isolating this single year of life, the series separates female inhabitants at completed age 47 from multi-year demographic groupings and from the corresponding male figures reported across the demographic table.
Published annually at the close of the calendar year, the metric captures an annual balance that does not disclose intra-year seasonal fluctuations. Annual updates incorporate registered vital events, updating the resident stock for survival outcomes and net external migration. Periodic census benchmarks provide baseline recalibrations, which can create level shifts across historical time series when municipal registers are realigned. Interpreting consecutive annual figures on this row provides insight into cohort replacement between adjacent generations reaching completed age 47. Analysts examining longitudinal cohort survival must observe the subsequent single-year row in the following annual report.
Frequently asked questions
- What factors cause annual changes in the number of female residents at completed age 47?
- Year-to-year shifts on this row stem from differences in initial birth cohort sizes combined with historical survival and net migration across successive generations.
- Does this series include institutionalized female residents at completed age 47?
- Yes, registered residents living in collective living quarters and institutional households are included alongside those in private households.
- How does this single-year measure handle dual citizens at completed age 47?
- Individuals holding German and foreign citizenship are counted as residents provided they maintain an officially registered primary domicile in the country.