24 World Bank indicators, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Iraq. Each tile shows the annual series since 1960 and the latest known value for each country. Hover a chart to read a given year.
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Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Population growth
SP.POP.GROW · %
Latest known value by country
Germany-0.03%2025
United Kingdom0.3%2025
Italy-0.06%2025
Spain1.03%2025
Netherlands0.52%2025
United States0.52%2025
China-0.17%2025
Iraq2.1%2025
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage.
Urban population
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
Germany82.14%2025
United Kingdom83.32%2025
Italy69.68%2025
Spain80.51%2025
Netherlands95.94%2025
United States80.19%2025
China66.34%2025
Iraq69.94%2025
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices.
Life expectancy
SP.DYN.LE00.IN · yrs
Latest known value by country
Germany80.79 yrs2024
United Kingdom81.39 yrs2024
Italy83.95 yrs2024
Spain83.89 yrs2024
Netherlands81.97 yrs2024
United States78.89 yrs2024
China78.02 yrs2024
Iraq72.42 yrs2024
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Life expectancy (male)
SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN · yrs
Latest known value by country
Germany78.5 yrs2024
United Kingdom79.54 yrs2024
Italy82 yrs2024
Spain81.4 yrs2024
Netherlands80.6 yrs2024
United States76.5 yrs2024
China75.25 yrs2024
Iraq70.5 yrs2024
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Life expectancy (female)
SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN · yrs
Latest known value by country
Germany83.2 yrs2024
United Kingdom83.33 yrs2024
Italy86 yrs2024
Spain86.5 yrs2024
Netherlands83.4 yrs2024
United States81.4 yrs2024
China80.97 yrs2024
Iraq74.18 yrs2024
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Fertility rate
SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · births/woman
Latest known value by country
Germany1.36 births/woman2024
United Kingdom1.55 births/woman2024
Italy1.18 births/woman2024
Spain1.1 births/woman2024
Netherlands1.43 births/woman2024
United States1.63 births/woman2024
China1.01 births/woman2024
Iraq3.22 births/woman2024
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the...
Net migration
SM.POP.NETM · people
Latest known value by country
Germany-334,072 people2025
United Kingdom389,911 people2025
Italy75,448 people2025
Spain96,630 people2025
Netherlands104,681 people2025
United States1.23 m people2025
China-268,126 people2025
Iraq-1,064 people2025
Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens.
Pop. 65+ years
SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
Germany23.7%2025
United Kingdom19.7%2025
Italy25.1%2025
Spain21.64%2025
Netherlands20.87%2025
United States18.39%2025
China14.91%2025
Iraq3.45%2025
Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population.
Pop. 0-14 years
SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
Germany13.89%2025
United Kingdom16.96%2025
Italy11.66%2025
Spain12.62%2025
Netherlands14.93%2025
United States17.1%2025
China15.41%2025
Iraq36.03%2025
Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population.
Infant mortality
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · ‰
Latest known value by country
Germany3.1 ‰2024
United Kingdom4.1 ‰2024
Italy2.3 ‰2024
Spain2.6 ‰2024
Netherlands3.4 ‰2024
United States5.5 ‰2024
China4.1 ‰2024
Iraq20.1 ‰2024
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Under-5 mortality
SH.DYN.MORT · ‰
Latest known value by country
Germany3.7 ‰2024
United Kingdom4.7 ‰2024
Italy2.7 ‰2024
Spain3.2 ‰2024
Netherlands3.9 ‰2024
United States6.5 ‰2024
China5.7 ‰2024
Iraq21.8 ‰2024
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Adult mortality (male)
SP.DYN.AMRT.MA · ‰
Latest known value by country
Germany85.01 ‰2020
United Kingdom90.74 ‰2022
Italy64.69 ‰2022
Spain65.66 ‰2023
Netherlands64.15 ‰2023
United States146.89 ‰2023
China111.02 ‰2024
Iraq153.92 ‰2024
Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the...
Adult mortality (female)
SP.DYN.AMRT.FE · ‰
Latest known value by country
Germany46.2 ‰2020
United Kingdom56.4 ‰2022
Italy36.62 ‰2022
Spain34.23 ‰2023
Netherlands43.63 ‰2023
United States82.42 ‰2023
China55.97 ‰2024
Iraq109.26 ‰2024
Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the...
Urban growth
SP.URB.GROW · %
Latest known value by country
Germany0.11%2025
United Kingdom0.39%2025
Italy0.05%2025
Spain1.28%2025
Netherlands0.83%2025
United States0.61%2025
China0.51%2025
Iraq2.18%2025
Annual urban population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear urban population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage.
Population density
EN.POP.DNST · p/km²
Latest known value by country
Germany238.35 p/km²2023
United Kingdom283.25 p/km²2023
Italy199.46 p/km²2023
Spain96.76 p/km²2023
Netherlands530.95 p/km²2023
United States36.81 p/km²2023
China150.26 p/km²2023
Iraq103.83 p/km²2023
Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers.
Birth rate
SP.DYN.CBRT.IN · ‰
Latest known value by country
Germany8.1 ‰2024
United Kingdom9.89 ‰2024
Italy6.3 ‰2024
Spain6.5 ‰2024
Netherlands9.2 ‰2024
United States10.6 ‰2024
China6.77 ‰2024
Iraq25.58 ‰2024
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear.
Death rate
SP.DYN.CDRT.IN · ‰
Latest known value by country
Germany12.1 ‰2024
United Kingdom9.7 ‰2024
Italy11 ‰2024
Spain8.9 ‰2024
Netherlands9.6 ‰2024
United States9 ‰2024
China7.76 ‰2024
Iraq4.17 ‰2024
Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear.
Pop. 15-64 years
SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
Germany62.41%2025
United Kingdom63.33%2025
Italy63.24%2025
Spain65.74%2025
Netherlands64.2%2025
United States64.51%2025
China69.68%2025
Iraq60.52%2025
Total population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total population.
Female share
SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
Germany50.62%2025
United Kingdom50.75%2025
Italy51.09%2025
Spain50.91%2025
Netherlands50.31%2025
United States49.75%2025
China49.09%2025
Iraq49.78%2025
Female population is the percentage of the population that is female.
Adolescent fertility
SP.ADO.TFRT · ‰
Latest known value by country
Germany5.24 ‰2024
United Kingdom7.82 ‰2024
Italy2.87 ‰2024
Spain4.85 ‰2024
Netherlands1.75 ‰2024
United States12.41 ‰2024
China5.2 ‰2024
Iraq57.31 ‰2024
Adolescent fertility rate is the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19.
Dependency ratio
SP.POP.DPND · %
Latest known value by country
Germany60.23%2025
United Kingdom57.9%2025
Italy58.12%2025
Spain52.12%2025
Netherlands55.77%2025
United States55.01%2025
China43.51%2025
Iraq65.22%2025
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64.
Migrant stock
SM.POP.TOTL.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
Germany19.8%2024
United Kingdom17.1%2024
Italy11%2024
Spain18.5%2024
Netherlands16.2%2024
United States15.2%2024
China0.1%2024
Iraq0.8%2024
International migrant stock (% of population) is the proportion of people at mid-year born in a country other than that in which they live.
Rural population
SP.RUR.TOTL.ZS · %
Latest known value by country
Germany17.86%2025
United Kingdom16.68%2025
Italy30.32%2025
Spain19.49%2025
Netherlands4.06%2025
United States19.81%2025
China33.66%2025
Iraq30.06%2025
Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices.