Person entitled to vote
The final number of persons entitled to vote in an election is determined by counting the names in the voters’ registers. At the beginning of an election year, the Federal Returning Officer publishes the estimated number of persons entitled to vote by sex and age groups in a press release.
| Bundestag election | European election | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Election year | number | Election year | number |
| 1949 1 | 31,207,620 | ||
| 1953 1 | 33,120,940 | ||
| 1957 | 35,400,923 | ||
| 1961 | 37,440,715 | ||
| 1965 | 38,510,395 | ||
| 1969 | 38,677,235 | ||
| 1972 2 | 41,446,302 | ||
| 1976 | 42,058,015 | ||
| 1979 | 42,751,940 | ||
| 1980 | 43,231,741 | ||
| 1983 | 44,088,935 | ||
| 1984 | 44,465,989 | ||
| 1987 | 45,327,982 | ||
| 1989 |
45,773,179 |
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| 1990 3 | 60,436,560 | ||
| 1994 | 60,452,009 | 1994 | 60,473,927 |
| 1998 | 60,762,751 | ||
| 1999 | 60,786,904 | ||
| 2002 | 61,432,868 | ||
| 2004 | 61,682,394 | ||
| 2005 | 61,870,711 | ||
| 2009 | 62,168,489 | 2009 | 62,222,873 |
| 2013 | 61,946,900 | ||
| 2014 | 61,998,824 | ||
| 2017 | 61,688,485 | ||
| 2019 | 61,600,263 | ||
| 2021 | 61,181,072 | ||
| 2024 | 61,963,020 | ||
1 Without Saarland.
2 Since 1972: Age of entitlement to vote from the completion of the 18th year of age. Previously from the completion of the 21st year of age.
3 Since 1990: Territory of the Federal Republic of Germany as of 3 October 1990.
Last update: 15 July 2024