| Birth order for all the children born alive to the woman | total | Live births (parents are married to each other) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | of whom ... were children of the present marriage | |||||
| total | ||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th or further | |||
1: The child born alive in the reference year is included in the birth order for all the children born alive to the woman. - = No figures or magnitude zero. | ||||||
| Germany | ||||||
| 1st child | 322,796 | 194,650 | 194,650 | - | - | - |
| 2nd child | 241,593 | 177,587 | 6,145 | 171,442 | - | - |
| 3rd child | 84,055 | 61,414 | 1,920 | 2,951 | 56,543 | - |
| 4th or further child | 44,545 | 30,123 | 647 | 1,228 | 1,291 | 26,957 |
| Total | 692,989 | 463,774 | 203,362 | 175,621 | 57,834 | 26,957 |
| Former territory of the Federal Republic2 | ||||||
| 1st child | 271,250 | 173,550 | 173,550 | - | - | - |
| 2nd child | 203,170 | 156,983 | 4,945 | 152,038 | - | - |
| 3rd child | 69,999 | 53,516 | 1,490 | 2,301 | 49,725 | - |
| 4th or further child | 36,198 | 25,636 | 495 | 943 | 965 | 23,233 |
| Total | 580,617 | 409,685 | 180,480 | 155,282 | 50,690 | 23,233 |
| New Länder2 | ||||||
| 1st child | 34,584 | 12,666 | 12,666 | - | - | - |
| 2nd child | 27,307 | 14,004 | 951 | 13,053 | - | - |
| 3rd child | 10,196 | 5,617 | 347 | 553 | 4,717 | - |
| 4th or further child | 6,165 | 3,330 | 125 | 246 | 289 | 2,670 |
| Total | 78,252 | 35,617 | 14,089 | 13,852 | 5,006 | 2,670 |
As at 17 July 2024