France vs Germany: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

France

11.15 million people

in 2023

Germany

11.77 million people

in 2023

France rank

38th

Germany rank

37th

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Germany currently reports 11.77 million people against 11.15 million people in France, a difference of 613,800 people.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Germany ahead.

France ranks 38th and Germany ranks 37th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.