Press release No. N 069 of 29 November 2022
- The population grew by 2.9 million between the end of 2014 and 30 June 2022, but the number of people with German citizenship has decreased
- The working-age population as a proportion of the total population declined in the same period; this development has slowed down due to immigration
- Net immigration in the first half of 2022 at highest level since German unification
- Labour force participation of foreign population groups also depends on their educational background
WIESBADEN – Germany's population has grown since 2014, but the proportion of the working-age population has decreased. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this development has slowed down due to immigration. On 30 June 2022, 2,882,000 more people lived in Germany than at the end of 2014. This increase was mainly due to forced migration in connection with war and violence in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq in 2015/2016 and after Russia's attack on Ukraine. Constant immigration is, however, also observed from the EU countries Romania, Bulgaria and Poland. Accordingly, the number of people with foreign citizenship increased between 31 December 2014 and 30 June 2022 (+4,341,000), while the number of German citizens declined (-1,458,000).
