Current population

On 31 December 2009 Germany had about 81,802,000 inhabitants. That was 200,000 or 0.2% less than a year earlier. The development of the number of inhabitants is obtained by balancing births and deaths as well as migration movements (arrivals and departures across Germany’s borders). The population decrease in 2009 is due to a birth deficit of 189,000 people, combined with a net migration loss of 13,000 people. Since German unification, there have been more deaths than births each year in Germany. However, the population increased until 2002, with the exception of 1998, as a result of high net inward migration. In the subsequent years, net inward migration could no longer offset the birth deficit.
In 2008, negative net migration was observed for the first time since unification. It should be noted, however, that the number of departures determined for 2008 and 2009 is higher than reality due to adjustments performed. The numbers of departures are obtained on the basis of data on deregistrations with the residents’ registration offices. In the context of the Germany-wide introduction of a personal tax identification number for all inhabitants of Germany, far-reaching adjustments of the population registers were performed in 2008 and 2009, including many ex officio deregistrations, which are partly reflected by the statistics.
The population decrease was distributed between the new (-92,000 or -0.7%) and the old Länder (-119,000 or -0.2%). Only Berlin recorded a population increase of 11,000 people.
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