Germany's Dating Pool Skews Male Under 30, Female After 65
WIESBADEN -- September 01, 2026 -- Germans in their twenties face starkly different dating odds depending on their age, according to new population data released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). At the end of 2025, there were only 912 women for every 1,000 men aged 18 to 29 nationwide, the sharpest gender gap of any age group. That imbalance flips dramatically later in life: among people 65 and older, there were 1,260 women for every 1,000 men.
The pattern holds for younger age brackets too. Among those under 18, there were 947 women per 1,000 men, and among 30- to 49-year-olds, 969 women per 1,000 men. Destatis attributed part of the gap to biology -- about 5% more boys than girls are born each year -- and part to migration patterns, since somewhat more men than women have moved to Germany.