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Date: June 15, 2020 Explanatory notes on migration statistics

Migration statistics are based on a complete count and cover all registered arrivals and departures across municipal or federal borders involving a transfer of the main or sole residence. Their statistical unit is the migration move, not the migrant …

Date: April 20, 2020 East-west migration

Different demographic developments are observed in eastern and western Germany. The reasons are complex, but the migration patterns of the two regions have a major impact.

Press release No. N010 of 16 February 2023 1.1 million arrivals of people from Ukraine in 2022

Since Russia attacked Ukraine on 24 February 2022, millions of people have left the country. Roughly 1.1 million arrivals of people from Ukraine were recorded in Germany in 2022. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the …

Press release No. 026 of 19 January 2023 Population increased to 84.3 million in 2022

According to a first estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany had a minimum of 84.3 million inhabitants at the end of 2022. This was the highest number of inhabitants ever recorded at the end of a year. The population grew by …

Press release No. 511 of 2 December 2022 4 million more people aged 67 or over will live in Germany in 2035

The number of people at retirement age (67 years or over) in Germany will rise by roughly 4 million to at least 20.0 million until the middle of the 2030s. The number of those aged 80 or over will remain relatively stable until the middle of the …

Press release No. N 069 of 29 November 2022 Forced migration has contributed to population growth in Germany since the end of 2014

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 …

Press release No. 428 of 10 October 2022 952,000 arrivals from Ukraine from February to August 2022

From February to August 2022, 952,000 arrivals of people from Ukraine were recorded in Germany. Most of them occurred in March (431,000) and April (198,000), which are the first two months after Russia’s attack on Ukraine started. Based on …

Press release No. 268 of 28 June 2022 Migration in 2021: immigration exceeding emigration by 329,000 people

In the second Covid-19 year 2021, the number of people who immigrated to Germany exceeded the number of those who emigrated by roughly 329,000. Compared with the previous year, when the number of immigrants exceeded the number of emigrants by roughly …

Press release No. 188 of 4 May 2022 Migration across Germany’s borders markedly down in first year of Covid-19 pandemic

In 2020, the first Covid-19 year, the number of people immigrating from abroad to Germany was down by 24%, and that of people emigrating from Germany down 22%, year on year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the changes in …

Press release No. N 011 of 1 March 2022 Russia and Ukraine in the focus: foreign population in Germany

Roughly 10.6 million foreigners were living in Germany at the end of 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that slightly more than one in ten people (12.7%) living in Germany had no German citizenship on reference day 31 December …

Press release No. N004 of 31 January 2022 On the eve of the Olympic Games: Importance of China as a trading partner increased again in 2021

The People's Republic of China is expected to remain Germany’s most important trading partner also in 2021 – for the sixth time in a row. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that goods to the value of 222.3 billion euros were traded …

Press release No. 027 of 20 January 2022 Once again no population growth expected for 2021

According to a first estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 83.2 million people were living in Germany at the end of 2021, which was roughly the same number as at the end of both 2020 and 2019. In 2021, the stagnating population was …

Press release No. 485 of 14 October 2021 German cities no longer grew in 2020

At the end of 2020, just under 24.5 million people were living in cities not attached to an administrative district with 100,000 or more inhabitants. They represented about 29.4% of the total population. At the end of 2011 the proportion was 28.7%. …

Press release No. 459 of 30 September 2021 Number of people aged 67 or over will grow 22% by 2035

There will be considerably more people of retirement age in Germany by 2035. Based on results of the first medium-term population projection, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that, between 2020 and 2035, the number of people aged 67 …

Press release No. 306 of 29 June 2021 Migration 2020: strong decline in registered arrivals and departures

In 2020, the number of people who immigrated to Germany exceeded the number of those who emigrated by roughly 220,000. Compared with the previous year when the number of immigrants exceeded the number of emigrants by roughly 327,000, net immigration …

Press release No. 016 of 12 January 2021 No population growth expected for 2020

According to a first estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 83.2 million people were living in Germany at the end of 2020. Due to lower net immigration, higher mortality and an expected slightly smaller number of births compared with …

Press release No. N 068 of 26 October 2020 United States’ popularity as a destination for emigration has declined: less Germans moving to the USA

The result of the 59th US presidential election on 3 November is eagerly awaited. In the past few years, however, the United States have no longer been the most popular country of destination for German emigrants. The Federal Statistical Office …

Press release No. 384 of 1 October 2020 Strong decrease in registered arrivals and departures in 1^st half of 2020

According to provisional results of migration statistics, there were roughly 529,000 arrivals and 455,000 departures across Germany's borders in the first half of 2020 in Germany. This results in net immigration of 74,000 people. The Federal …

Press release No. 237 of 29 June 2020 Migration in 2019: immigration exceeding emigration by 327,000

In 2019, the number of people who immigrated to Germany exceeded the number of those who emigrated by roughly 327,000. In 2018, there were roughly 400,000 more arrivals than departures. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that net …

Press release No. 271 of 16 July 2019 Immigration 2018: Germany grew by 400,000 people

In 2018, the number of people who immigrated to Germany exceeded the number of those who emigrated by roughly 400,000. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that arrivals from abroad totalled 1,585,000 in 2018, while the number of …