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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Press release No. N 061 of 29 September 2022 More than one quarter of pensioners have a monthly net income of under 1,000 euros
The third relief package of the Federal Government will support pensioners through a one-time energy price allowance. The focus is on those with lower income. 4.9 million pensioners had a personal monthly net income of under 1,000 euros in 2021, as …
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Press release No. 410 of 27 September 2022 Germany's population grew strongly in the 1st half of 2022
In the first half of 2022, the number of inhabitants in Germany exceeded 84 million for the first time. On 30 June 2022, the number of people living in Germany was by 843,000 higher than at the end of 2021, which is a population increase of 1.0%. The …
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Press release No. N 046 of 25 July 2022 Number and proportion of young people aged between 15 and 24 years at all-time low
The number of young people living in Germany is lower than ever. At the end of 2021, just over 8.3 million people were between 15 and 24 years old. This is a proportion of 10.0% of the total population, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office ( …
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Press release No. N036 of 20 June 2022 World Refugee Day: at least 3.3 million refugees and expellees in Germany
The experience of refugees during and after earlier refugee movements is receiving more attention because of the war in Ukraine. In 2021, before the outbreak of that war, at least 3.3 million people were living in Germany who immigrated into Germany …
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Press release No. 251 of 20 June 2022 Germany's population grew slightly in 2021
Germany’s population rose by 0.1%, or 82,000 people in 2021 after having remained almost unchanged a year earlier (-12,000 people). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports on the basis of intercensal population updates that just over …
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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 …
