Germany

Did you know

Germany is the only EU, OECD and G20 country with roads, stretches of its autobahns, that have no speed limit at all. (source)

Elders in numbers

of people are 65 or older

23.7%

people aged 65 or older

19.8M

will be 65 or older in 2050

30.3%

is how long people live after 60, on average

23.6 years

of people 65+ live alone

32.7%

women 40.8%, men 22.8%

of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like

4.3%

Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022; UN, 2011 census

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Languages

30 languages, 20 of them endangered

• East FrisianDefinitely endangered
• JutlandicDefinitely endangered
• Lower SorbianDefinitely endangered
• North FrisianDefinitely endangered
• YenishDefinitely endangered
• BavarianVulnerable
• East Low GermanVulnerable
• EastphalianVulnerable
• German Northern Low SaxonVulnerable
• GroningsVulnerable
• KölschVulnerable
• LimburgishVulnerable

Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.

UNESCO intangible heritage

• Knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production2023
• Midwifery: knowledge, skills and practices2023
• Traditional irrigation: knowledge, technique, and organization2023
• The practice of Modern Dance in Germany2022
• Timber rafting2022
• Falconry, a living human heritage2021
• Craft techniques and customary practices of cathedral workshops, or Bauhütten, in Europe, know-how, transmission, development of knowledge and innovation2020
• Blaudruck/Modrotisk/Kékfestés/Modrotlač, resist block printing and indigo dyeing in Europe2018

List and years: ich.unesco.org