Press release No. 259 of 17 July 2025
- Fertility rate in 2024 at 1.35 children per woman, 2% lower than in the previous year
- Highest fertility rate in 2024 recorded in Niedersachsen (1.42 children per woman), lowest in Berlin (1.21 children per woman)
- Fertility rate of women holding German citizenship drops to a level last seen 30 years ago
WIESBADEN - The total fertility rate, often referred to as the birth rate, fell to 1.35 children per woman in 2024. It was therefore 2% lower than in 2023, when the fertility rate stood at 1.38 children per woman, taking into account the corrected population count from the 2022 Census. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that there was therefore a marked slowdown in the decline in the fertility rate in 2024. In 2022 and 2023, the fertility rate was down 8% and 7%, respectively, on the preceding year.
Basic data and long time series are available in tables Birth statistics (12612) in the GENESIS-Online database.
Important technical information regarding the GENESIS-Online database:
Changes to the web service interface of our GENESIS-Online database have been in effect since 15 July 2025. POST methods of the RESTful/JSON interface can be used instead of GET methods and the SOAP/XML interface. Please verify that your processes are set up to use POST requests to communicate with the RESTful/JSON interface. Detailed technical documentation and more information about the changeover can be found on the info page on the web service interface.
