Press release No. 396 of 23 August 2021
WIESBADEN – Approximately 315,000 children were born from January to May 2021 according to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The number of births rose slightly by 1.4% on the same period of the previous year. A marked increase in the number of births was observed only in March 2021 when roughly 3,700 babies more (+6%) were born than in March 2020. The development was unremarkable in the other months of the beginning coronavirus pandemic.
