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2023
6.2% drop in birth rate to 692,989 children
In 2023, the number of newborns Germany in amounted to 692,989 - this is 6.2% less than the previous year (738,819 births). The number of births fell to the lowest level since 2013, when 682,069 babies were born. Such data are provided in the materials of the Federal Statistical Office Destatis, which TAdviser were reviewed in mid-August 2024.
In the eastern part of Germany, the number of births in 2023 fell by 9.2% compared to 2022 - from 86,227 to about 78.3 thousand. In the western part of the country, the reduction was not so significant and amounted to 5.9% - from 616,863 to 581 thousand babies. In general, for 46.5% of women, the child born became the firstborn. In another 34.8% of cases, the second birth was recorded, in 18.7% - the third or subsequent. The decline in births in 2023 affected all of the listed groups to the same extent.
The study says that the number of first-born mothers in Germany increased especially significantly from 2013 to 2016, but then continuously decreased, with the exception of 2020 and 2021. In 2023, 322 thousand such children were born, which is less than in 2013 (337 175) and is at the lowest level since 2009. At the same time, the rate of birth of third and subsequent children in the family is growing.
It is noted that the total birth rate (the average number of births per woman for her entire life) in Germany in 2023 decreased by 7% - to 1.35 against 1.46 a year earlier. Moreover, in 2022, the value decreased on an annualized basis by 8%. From 2011 to 2016, the birth rate rose from 1.39 to 1.59. In general, in 2022-2023, the drop in the birth rate, which has been observed since 2017, accelerated significantly.[1]
Life expectancy - 82.2 years
The number of deaths exceeded the number of births by 320 thousand people
As in previous years, more people died in Germany than were born in 2023. The excess of the number of deaths over the number of births is 320,000.
Germany's birth rate falls to lowest in more than a decade
The birth rate Germany in 2023 fell to its lowest level in more than a decade.
2022: Excess mortality due to COVID-19 - 8.6%
2021
Fertility rate increased to 1.58 children per woman
In Germany, for the first time since 1946, more than 1 million people died
On January 11, 2022, the Federal Statistical Office Germany published statistics according to which more than 1 million people died in the country in 2021. This figure was exceeded for the first time since 1946.
About 1,017,000 people died in Germany in 2021. The number of annual deaths skyrocketed for the second year in a row, with 939,520 deaths in 2019 and 985,571 deaths in 2020. Compared to 2017-2020, excess mortality is about 7%. Because experience shows that some deaths are reported later, in the first few weeks, the Federal Statistical Office calculated the number for 2021 using the estimation method. The final figure may change slightly in the coming weeks.
According to the Federal Statistical Office, the number of deaths in the territory of the modern Federal Republic of Germany exceeded 1 million for the first time since 1946. The data indicate that this is partially due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The highest mortality rate was in January (25%) and December (22%), that is, in two months, when the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported a sharply increased number of deaths from coronavirus. Thus, in January 2021, about 107 thousand people died, and in the period from 2017 to 2020, on average, there were only about 85 thousand of them. In December 2021, about 100 thousand people died, which is about 18 thousand more than years earlier.
Excess mortality is especially high in those populations most affected by the pandemic. There were about 13% more deaths in the 80-year-old and older age group than the previous year's average, and the figure was 2.8% higher among those under 80. In addition, an astonishing number of people died in regions that reported high incidence rates: in Saxony, excess mortality between January 2021 and mid-December was 13%, and in Thuringia - 16%. In November, almost twice as many people died in these two regions than the average in 2020 and the years before the pandemic.
Some factors should be considered when interpreting the data. At least some of the excess mortality can be attributed to population growth and demographic changes: due to the aging society, statistics expect an increase in mortality of one to two percent each year. Thus, compared with 2019, we could expect from 2% to 4% of mortality, but in fact it was 8%.[2]
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The average age of women at birth of the first child is 29 years and older
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Number of drug deaths per million residents
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The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants
2016: Number of deaths from opioid use disorders
2012: Male-female suicide ratio
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