Overview

• Germany counted about 43.8 million dwellings at the end of 2024, up 0.5% or 238,500 from a year earlier.
• Total living area rose over the decade to 4.1 billion square meters, with an average home size of 94.0 m² and 49.2 m² per person.
• More than half of dwellings (54.8% or 23.5 million) are in multi-family buildings, with roughly 3.5 million such buildings averaging 6.7 apartments.
• The figures are based on the 2022 census rebasing, which recalculated the housing stock to the start of 2022 for annual updates.
• Despite the higher stock, experts cite a shortage in high-demand cities, and the Ifo Institute expects only 205,000 completions in 2025 after about 252,000 in 2024, with strong demand pushing rents higher.