One in every 191 babies born in the world today is born in Germany. Germany has about 690,000 births a year, around 0.5% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
690,000
Share of world births
0.5%
Birth odds
1/191
Life expectancy
81 years
Risk of dying before age 5
0.4%
Income per person, PPP
US$66,000
Children per woman
1.4
Urban population
78%

Life expectancy in Germany is 81 years, which is 8 years longer than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 4 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.

Income per person is about US$66,000 in purchasing power. That is 2.9 times the world average.

On average a woman has 1.4 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 78% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 22% chance of being born in the countryside.

Born in Germany: long lives, few births

Life expectancy in West Germany was around 69 in the 1960s and is 81 in reunified Germany today. Universal health insurance, a strong hospital network and rising average incomes supported the increase. Fertility was above 2.5 children per woman in the mid-1960s, fell quickly in the early 1970s and has stayed below the replacement level ever since. Today the figure is 1.4.

Immigration is the main factor that keeps the population from shrinking faster, and a notable share of residents were born abroad or have a migrant background. The gap between East and West was a major topic of debate after reunification in 1990. In the eastern states fertility dropped very low for a while after unification, while the gap in life expectancy largely closed over the years. Today a baby's chances depend more on the family's income and education and on the economic situation of the region. In Germany the type of school a child goes to after primary school is decided early, and the choice is closely tied to the parents' level of education.

Religious makeup

  • Christianity56%
  • No religion38%
  • Islam6%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Leon · Paul · Finn · Daan · Emilia · Mia · Hannah · Lina

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.