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Date: July 22, 2025 Evaluation of the infra-annual mortality figures since 2020

22 July 2025 – How do extraordinary events such as high incidences of respiratory diseases or heat waves impact the current number of deaths? To make first assessments possible, the Federal Statistical Office provides provisional counts of the deaths …

Date: July 22, 2025 Life Expectancy

Table on the subject: Trends in Life Expectancy by Länder Lifetable 2022/2024

Press release No. 258 of 16 July 2025 Mortality figures in 2^nd quarter of 2025 below median values of previous years

Approximately 236,000 people died in Germany in the 2^nd quarter of 2025, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Consequently, death figures in all three months were lower than the median values of the four …

Press release No. 145 of 15 April 2025 Flu wave has strong influence on death figures in 1^st quarter of 2025

282,290 people died in Germany in the 1^st quarter of 2025, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Mortality figures had exceeded the median of the four previous years since the end of January 2025, which …

Press release No. 017 of 14 January 2025 1.0 million deaths in 2024

In 2024, slightly more than 1.0 million people died in Germany, according to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The number of deaths therefore decreased by 2.5%, or roughly 25,500, compared with the previous year.

Press release No. 465 of 10 December 2024 Mortality figures in November 2024: 3% below the median of previous years

86,291 people died in Germany in November 2024, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This was 3% below the median of the years 2020 to 2023 for that month. An examination of individual calendar weeks reveals …

Press release No. 424 of 12 November 2024 Mortality figures in October 2024 around the median of the previous years, at +2%

86,482 people died in Germany in October 2024, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2020 to 2023 median for that month (+2%). An examination of individual calendar weeks …

Press release No. 395 of 15 October 2024 Mortality figures in September 2024 around the median of the previous years, at +2%

78,278 people died in Germany in September 2024, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2020 to 2023 median for that month (+2%).
An examination of individual calendar weeks …

Press release No. 341 of 10 September 2024 Mortality figures in August 2024 around the median of the previous years, at +2%

79,975 people died in Germany in August 2024, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2020 to 2023 median for that month (+2%). Coinciding with heat spikes in large parts of the …

Press release No. 309 of 13 August 2024 Mortality figures in July 2024: 4% above the median of previous years

79,203 people died in Germany in July 2024, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This was 4% above the median of the years 2020 to 2023 for that month. According to data of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), …