Disabled persons

7.6 million severely disabled people are living in Germany

At the end of 2015, roughly 7.6 million severely disabled people were living in Germany. This was an increase of around 67,000 or 0.9% compared with the end of 2013. Accordingly, 9.3% of Germany's total population were severely disabled in 2015.

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Number of disabled people at over 10 million in 2013



In 2013, 10.2 million people with an officially recognised disability - on the basis of microcensus results - were living in Germany. On average, more than one in eight inhabitants (13%) was disabled.

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