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Press release No. 124 of 30 March 2023 Long-term care projection: 1.8 million more people in need of long-term care expected until 2055
The number of people in need of long-term care in Germany will go up by 37% until 2055 just because the population is ageing. Their number will increase from roughly 5.0 million at the end of 2021 to approximately 6.8 million in 2055, according to …
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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. 027 of 20 January 2022 Once again no population growth expected for 2021
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 …
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Press release No. 459 of 30 September 2021 Number of people aged 67 or over will grow 22% by 2035
There will be considerably more people of retirement age in Germany by 2035. Based on results of the first medium-term population projection, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that, between 2020 and 2035, the number of people aged 67 …
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Press release No. 016 of 12 January 2021 No population growth expected for 2020
According to a first estimate of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 83.2 million people were living in Germany at the end of 2020. Due to lower net immigration, higher mortality and an expected slightly smaller number of births compared with …
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Press release No. 436 of 2 November 2020 In 2030, there will be more over 65 year olds in employment than under 20 year olds
For 2030, it is expected that the labour force will comprise more people aged 65 to 74 than people under 20. According to the 2020 labour force projection, 1.5 to 2.4 million people in the labour force will be aged between 65 and 74 years at the …
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Press release No. 069 of 2 March 2020 In 2040, one in four people in Germany will probably live alone
The number of one-person households will increase from 17.3 million in 2018 to 19.3 million in 2040, according to the new household projection. This means that 24% of all people living in private households will live alone. In 2018, the proportion …
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Press release No. 022 of 17 January 2020 Population growth in 2019 expected to be lowest since 2012
According to first estimates of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), approximately 200,000 more people were living in Germany at the end of 2019 than a year earlier. Standing at 83.2 million, the country’s population reached another record …
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Press release No. 242 of 27 June 2019 Working-age population expected to decrease by 4 to 6 million by 2035
Population ageing in Germany will continue to increase despite high net immigration and growing birth rates. In the next 20 years, the current age structure will definitely lead to a decrease in the working-age population and to an increase in the …
