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Press release No. 474 of 12 December 2023 Mortality figures in November 2023 (+1%) around the median of the previous years
88,017 people died in Germany in November 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2019 to 2022 median for that month (+1%). An examination of individual calendar weeks …
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Date: December 6, 2023 Migration (internal migration, external migration, total migration) - 2022 (Summary)
day of moving in or out or of changing housing status, old and new place of residence (municipality if the place of residence is in the domestic territory, country if the place of residence is abroad), housing status (main or sole residence), sex, …
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Date: December 6, 2023 Migration (internal migration, external migration, total migration) - 2022
Pursuant to Section 4 of the Population Statistics Act, the following variables are continuously covered for migration
statistics:
- day of moving into the new dwelling or moving out of the old dwelling
- housing status (main or second residence)
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Date: December 5, 2023 Professionals from abroad - stay rates of international students and people with a Blue Card
Demographic change and the increasing skilled labour shortage have an impact on Germany’s economic development. For that reason, international students and university-educated professionals from non-EU countries are a focus of German migration and …
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Press release No. 439 of 14 November 2023 Mortality figures in October 2023 (+1%) around the median of the previous years
83,540 people died in Germany in October 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2019 to 2022 median for that month (+1%). An examination of individual calendar weeks …
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Press release No. 403 of 10 October 2023 Mortality figures in September 2023 around the median of the previous years
76,358 people died in Germany in September 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2019 to 2022 median for that month (271 more cases). An examination of individual …
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Press release No. 361 of 12 September 2023 Mortality figures in August 2023 (+1%) around the median of the previous years
78,521 people died in Germany in August 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2019 to 2022 median for that month (+1%). An examination of individual calendar weeks …
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Date: August 24, 2023 Migration (internal migration, external migration, total migration) - 2021
Pursuant to Section 4 of the Population Statistics Act, the following variables are continuously covered for migration
statistics:
- day of moving into the new dwelling or moving out of the old dwelling
- housing status (main or second residence)
…
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Press release No. 322 of 15 August 2023 Mortality figures in July 2023 around the median of the previous years, at -1%
75,686 people died in Germany in July 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2019 to 2022 median for that month (-1%). An examination of individual calendar weeks reveals …
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Press release No. 290 of 21 July 2023 Fertility rate down to 1.46 children per woman in 2022
In 2022, the number of children born in Germany was 738,819. This represented a drop of 56,673, or 7%, compared with 2021, the year with the highest number of births (795,492 newborns) since 1997. Based on final results, the Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. 277 of 11 July 2023 Mortality figures in June 2023 close to the median of the previous years, at +2%
76,630 people died in Germany in June 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2019 to 2022 median for that month (+2%). An examination of individual calendar weeks reveals, …
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Press release No. 235 of 20 June 2023 Germany's population grew by 1.3% in 2022
Germany's population grew by 1.3% (+1,122,000 people) in 2022, after a small increase of only 0.1% in the previous year (+82,000 people). A good 84.4 million people were living in Germany at the end of 2022, according to the Federal Statistical …
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Date: June 20, 2023 Population by nationality and sex
Tables on the subject: Population by nationality and sex.
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Press release No. 226 of 14 June 2023 Rate of childlessness has remained constant at 20% for ten years
In 2022, the rate of childlessness in Germany stood at 20%. This rate refers to the share of women who have not borne children in all women aged between 45 and 49 in 2022 (1973-1977 birth cohorts). Based on the results of the 2022 microcensus, the …
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Press release No. 227 of 14 June 2023 Level of births remains low in first quarter of 2023
In 2022, around 739,000 children were born in Germany, according to provisional results. The number of births was therefore 5.6% lower compared with the average for the years 2019 to 2021, and was down 7.1% from 2021, a year marked by a high number …
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Press release No. 225 of 13 June 2023 Death figures in May 2023 4% above the median of previous years
81,114 people died in Germany in May 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This is 4%, or 2,758 cases, above the median of the years 2019 to 2022 for that month. Coinciding with flu waves, death figures …
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Press release No. 191 of 16 May 2023 Mortality figures in April 2023 (+1%) around the median of the previous years
83,503 people died in Germany in April 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2019 to 2022 median for that month (+1%). Coinciding with a high incidence of respiratory …
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Press release No. 165 of 27 April 2023 Sharp rise in labour migration in 2022
At the end of 2022, approximately 351,000 people from countries outside the European Union (EU) who had a temporary residence title for employment purposes were registered in Germany in the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR). The Federal …
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Press release No. 158 of 20 April 2023 24.3% of the population had a history of immigration in 2022
In 2022, 20.2 million people with a history of immigration were living in Germany. Based on microcensus results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 1.2 million, or 6.5%, compared with the previous year …
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Press release No. 154 of 18 April 2023 Mortality figures in March 2023: 8% above the median of previous years
Approximately 94,000 people died in Germany in March 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This is 8%, or roughly 7,000 cases, above the median of the years 2019 to 2022 for that month. In February …
