Skip to main content
Home › Compare › Germany vs United Kingdom › Health & Population

Germany vs United Kingdom: Health & Population

This page compares Germany and United Kingdom across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

See the full comparison overview or all indicators.

Indicator Germany United Kingdom Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 36.88 30.80 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 80.79 81.39 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 85.01 90.74 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 82.02 83.24 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.62 50.76 Compare →
Population, male 41.24M 34.09M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.38 49.24 Compare →
Rural population 15.02M 11.60M Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 17.98 16.76 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.42 1.17 Compare →
Urban population 68.50M 57.63M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.36 1.55 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 46.20 56.40 Compare →
Population, total 83.52M 69.23M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 23.20 19.50 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 13.91 17.19 Compare →
Net migration -334,072.00 389,911.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 5.24 7.82 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 8.10 9.89 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 12.10 9.70 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 83.20 83.33 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 78.50 79.54 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 92.36 91.60 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 86.35 87.07 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 5.65M 5.80M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 13.37 16.50 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 5.96M 6.10M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 14.46 17.90 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 11.62M 11.90M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 25.84M 22.00M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 61.13 62.61 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 26.68M 21.83M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.70 64.05 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 52.53M 43.83M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 62.89 63.32 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 10.78M 7.34M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 25.50 20.90 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 8.59M 6.16M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 20.84 18.06 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 19.37M 13.50M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.06 1.06 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 59.00 57.94 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 22.12 27.14 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.27 1.07 Compare →
Population, female 42.27M 35.14M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 19.80 17.10 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 16.75M 11.85M Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 100.00 100.00 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 99.23 99.10 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 7.80 7.40 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) -0.38 0.57 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 853.00 701.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 348.00 417.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 3.10 4.10 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.50 0.40 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.20 1.20 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 1.60 1.90 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 3.40 4.20 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 4.00 5.20 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2.30 3.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2.90 3.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.30 4.60 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 3.70 4.70 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 352.00 277.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 346.00 383.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 951.00 1,007.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,352.00 1,526.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 2,238.00 2,835.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 2,691.00 3,213.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 1,647.00 2,081.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.40 0.30 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.00 0.01 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 4.53 3.30 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 4.00 8.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 26.00 57.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 21,635.00 8,751.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 12.27 11.13 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 87.00 88.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 96.00 89.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 32.38 40.46 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 89.00 92.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 15.40 14.30 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 14.00 13.60 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 13.90 13.50 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 15.10 15.50 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 3.80 3.20 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 7.55 2.42 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 85.00 92.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 18.63 16.83 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 5.30 4.88 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 11.84 10.73 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 11.60 11.00 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.40 0.33 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.23 0.28 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.58 0.38 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 18.36 14.65 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 12.90 9.55 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 7.58 4.60 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 10.71 16.97 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 4.26 3.36 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 85.03 79.68 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 8.50 9.10 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 14.70 13.00 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 21.10 16.80 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 14.70 13.40 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 9.60 10.50 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 3.20 6.10 Compare →
← Back to Germany vs United Kingdom overview

Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.