Further decline in the population expected for 2009
WIESBADEN – According to estimates of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the population of Germany probably declined sligthly again in 2009 on the previous year. The decline is estimated at about 0.3% – from 82.0 million inhabitants at the end of 2008 to 81.8 to 81.7 million at the end of 2009. Hence the decline in the population continued. Since 2003, Germany’s population has been decreasing every year. For further information please call: Reinhold Zahn, tel: +49 611 75 2242,
