Germany's population suffers first decline since 2010

For the first time since 2010, Germany's population has fallen as a result of limited migration due to the coronary pandemic, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden announced today.

“At the end of June, 83.1 million people lived in Germany, which is 40,000 less than late last year,” said the Federal Statistics Office.

The last time Germany's population decreased was 2010, and since then it has registered a steady increase.

The largest flag of residents experienced Germany in 2015, when the number of residents increased by 700,000.

The decline of the population is associated with a significant slowdown in migration rates. A few weeks ago, statistics were published that immigration in the first half of this year fell by 42 percent because of the coronary pandemic.

The biggest differences in population trends were recorded in Berlin. Here the population in the first half of this year decreased by 0.2 percent, while in the same period last year, the population grew by the same amount.

At the same time, the Statistics Office warns that this number is not final, as many state institutions delay in processing new recruit apps due to pandemic, so the actual number may be visible only at the end of the year.