Press release No. 027 of 20 January 2022
WIESBADEN – 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 due to the increased number of deaths, which clearly exceeded the number of births. The gap between births and deaths, however, was filled by higher net immigration. In 2020, net immigration had decreased.
