| Year | Total | Germans | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | male | female | total | male | female | |
| 1 Winter term. The results may differ slightly from those previously published because institutions of higher education that were unable to provide detailed data are excluded. 2 Until 1989: former territory of the Federal Republic. |
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| 2010 | 80,574 | 31,182 | 49,392 | 71,509 | 26,800 | 44,709 |
| 2009 | 79,929 | 30,907 | 49,022 | 71,074 | 26,563 | 44,511 |
| 2008 | 79,376 | 30,732 | 48,644 | 70,805 | 26,546 | 44,259 |
| 2007 | 78,545 | 30,608 | 47,937 | 69,828 | 26,367 | 43,461 |
| 2006 | 80,499 | 31,728 | 48,771 | 71,383 | 27,348 | 44,035 |
| 2005 | 79,847 | 32,025 | 47,822 | 70,696 | 27,610 | 43,086 |
| 2004 | 79,866 | 32,927 | 46,939 | 70,913 | 28,616 | 42,297 |
| 2003 | 80,991 | 34,360 | 46,631 | 72,013 | 30,007 | 42,006 |
| 2002 | 80,192 | 35,118 | 45,074 | 71,444 | 30,758 | 40,686 |
| 2001 | 80,035 | 36,228 | 43,807 | 71,502 | 31,898 | 39,604 |
| 2000 | 80,200 | 37,440 | 42,760 | 71,924 | 33,169 | 38,755 |
| 1999 | 80,609 | 39,115 | 41,494 | 72,249 | 34,729 | 37,520 |
| 1998 | 82,333 | 41,188 | 41,145 | 74,139 | 36,768 | 37,371 |
| 1997 | 81,994 | 42,022 | 39,972 | 74,283 | 37,796 | 36,487 |
| 1996 | 83,471 | 43,527 | 39,944 | 75,783 | 39,212 | 36,571 |
| 1995 | 84,958 | 44,992 | 39,966 | 77,659 | 40,813 | 36,846 |
| 1994 | 87,357 | 47,015 | 40,342 | 80,380 | 43,012 | 37,368 |
| 1993 | 90,600 | 49,183 | 41,417 | 83,832 | 45,180 | 38,652 |
| 1992 | 93,198 | 51,011 | 42,187 | 86,998 | 47,258 | 39,740 |
| 1991 | 82,868 | 46,017 | 36,851 | 77,507 | 42,809 | 34,698 |
| 1990 | 84,700 | 47,212 | 37,488 | 79,380 | 43,984 | 35,396 |
| 1989 | 85,091 | 47,210 | 37,881 | 79,888 | 44,061 | 35,827 |
| 1988 | 86,683 | 48,406 | 38,277 | 81,537 | 45,316 | 36,221 |
| 1987 | 86,217 | 48,436 | 37,781 | 81,197 | 45,428 | 35,769 |
| 1986 | 85,181 | 48,464 | 36,717 | 80,296 | 45,509 | 34,787 |
| 1985 | 84,063 | 48,178 | 35,885 | 79,233 | 45,255 | 33,978 |
| 1984 | 82,055 | 47,797 | 34,258 | 77,301 | 44,897 | 32,404 |
| 1983 | 79,540 | 47,506 | 32,034 | 74,847 | 44,597 | 30,250 |
| 1982 | 76,518 | 46,919 | 29,599 | 71,859 | 44,008 | 27,851 |
| 1981 | 73,345 | 45,944 | 27,401 | 68,802 | 43,047 | 25,755 |
| 1980 | 68,773 | 43,990 | 24,783 | 64,455 | 41,182 | 23,273 |
| 1979 | 64,861 | 42,394 | 22,467 | 60,680 | 39,617 | 21,063 |
| 1978 | 60,807 | 40,766 | 20,041 | 56,772 | 38,013 | 18,759 |
| 1977 | 54,229 | 36,984 | 17,245 | 50,492 | 34,416 | 16,076 |
| 1976 | 47,878 | 33,254 | 14,624 | 44,401 | 30,831 | 13,570 |
| 1975 | 43,368 | 30,801 | 12,567 | 40,144 | 28,488 | 11,656 |
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