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AT A GLANCE
DEMOGRAPHICS
With regard to demographic developments
LIFE EXPECTANCY
82 years / 77 years
Women
Men
there are three clear trends in Germany: a
low birth rate, rising life expectancy, and an
aging society. With 1.357 million new born
babies, Germany registered its highest birth
rate in 1964, since when the country has been
at a low as far as births are concerned (in 2014
there were 715,000 new babies born). Since
1975 the average number of births, allowing
IMMIGRANTS IN 2013
1,226,000
for slight fluctuations, has been about 1.3
children per woman. As such, for 35 years the
generation of children has been about a third
smaller than that of its parents – nowadays
there are twice as many 50-year olds as there
are newborn babies. At the same time life
expectancy is rising. For men it is on average
77 years, for women 82 years.
EMIGRANTS IN 2013
The demographic changes and the serious
impact this has on economic development
789,000
and the welfare systems is being cushioned
by immigration. A total of 20.3 percent of the
people living in Germany (16.4 million) have
a migration background: 9.2 million of them
have a German passport, 7.2 million are foreigners. Members of four national minorities
are recognized as having long-established
roots and enjoy special protection and sup-
HOUSEHOLDS
port: the Danish minority (50,000) and the
40.2 m
Friesian ethnic group (60,000) in north Germany, the Lusatian Sorbs (60,000) along the
German-Polish border, and the German Sinti
and Roma (70,000).