Germany population aged 18 and over
Germany population aged 18 and over stood at 69,591,153 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population at year-end | 83,467,117 | 83,577,140 | 83,456,045 | 83,118,501 | 83,237,124 | 83,155,031 | 83,166,711 | 83,019,213 | 82,792,351 | 82,521,653 | |
| Population aged 18 and over | 69,591,153 | 69,602,098 | 69,481,875 | 69,202,552 | 69,373,865 | 69,411,087 | 69,488,809 | 69,421,785 | 69,254,205 | 69,051,391 | |
| Population under age 18 | 13,875,964 | 13,975,042 | 13,974,170 | 13,915,949 | 13,863,259 | 13,743,944 | 13,677,902 | 13,597,428 | 13,538,146 | 13,470,262 |
Understanding germany population aged 18 and over
Legal adults form the exclusive scope of this aggregate, which enumerates all registered inhabitants aged 18 and over on the final calendar day of the year. It represents the exhaustive complement to the minor population under age 18, so summing both categories yields the total year-end population of the country. Unlike narrower adult groupings in the table—such as working-age inhabitants or retirement-age seniors—this series has no upper age ceiling, combining young adults, prime-age workers, and elderly pensioners into a single civic total.
Because this indicator covers all residents past the age of majority, its annual trajectory is shaped by teenage maturation, adult net migration, and adult mortality. Each annual update absorbs seventeen-year-olds turning age 18 alongside net cross-border arrivals of adult workers and family members, balanced against deaths occurring across all adult ages. Analysts evaluating civic data must not mistake this count for the eligible voting electorate, since resident foreign nationals included here cannot vote in federal elections. Additionally, post-census register corrections typically fall heavily on adult cohorts, removing individuals who emigrated without deregistering at local administrative offices.
Frequently asked questions
- How does this adult figure relate to the total eligible voting electorate?
- While all adult domestic citizens are included, the total also contains non-citizen adult residents who are not eligible to vote in national elections.
- What is the relationship between this row and the under-18 population row?
- The two rows form a mutually exclusive partition of the total population, summing precisely to the national year-end headcount.
- Why might adult register figures undergo downward adjustments after a census?
- Censuses uncover individuals who moved abroad without deregistering at their local town hall, leading to administrative deregistrations.