Overview
- Women accounted for 83.8% of Germans aged 100 and over at the end of 2024, reflecting higher female longevity.
- By absolute numbers, the largest centenarian populations were in North Rhine-Westphalia (3,900), Bavaria (2,400) and Baden-Württemberg (2,300).
- On a per-capita basis, Hamburg led with 2.9 people aged 100-plus per 10,000 residents, ahead of other states.
- Destatis notes the 2011 and 2024 counts are based on different census frames (2011 vs. 2022), cautioning against direct comparison though deeming both robust.
- UN estimates indicate about 587,000 centenarians worldwide in 2024, with the highest totals in Japan (121,000), the United States (70,000) and China (43,000).