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Published 06/20/2025Published June 20, 2025last updated 06/20/2025last updated June 20, 2025As of the end of 2024, Germany's population stood at just under 83.6 million, an increase of 121,000 compared to the previous year. This marks a slowdown from 2023, when the numbers grew by 338,000. Follow DW for more.
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Germany's population has grown to almost 83.6 million, marking a slowdown from 2023Image: Schoening/imageBROKER/picture allianceWhat you need to know
- Minister wants to see greater German involvement in space exploration
- Economy Minister Katherina Reiche is in the US for tariff talks
- Deutsche Welle is getting a new Director General
- In 2024, Germany's population grew by 0.1%, down on the 0.4% increase witnessed in 2023
Here are the main developments in Germany on Friday, June 20.
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Reiche continues US trip with tariffs high on the agenda
German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche is in the United States, holding talks with the US government and German companies, with a particular focus on President Donald Trump's tariffs proposals.
Reiche's visit to Washington comes quick on the heels of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's trip the the US capital, where he was received by Trump at the White House.
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German population growth slows
In 2024 Germany's population rose by 0.1% which is a drop from the 0.4% growth witnessed the year before, according to preliminary figures released by the Federal Statistical Office on Friday.
As a result, the population for the EU's largest economy now stands at 83.6 million.
The figures showed that, as in previous years, more people died than were born in Germany, but the population growth came about due to immigration.
Population growth concentrated in Germany's western states, which saw an increase of 0.2%, while the eastern states, excluding the city-state of Berlin, recorded a decline of 0.3%.
The largest increase for a state came in Bavaria, with population numbers up by 73,000.
The biggest population losses occurred in the eastern states of Thuringia (down 15,000 or 0.7%), Saxony (down 12,000 or 0.3%), and Saxony-Anhalt (down 9,000 or 0.4%).
The number of people aged 60 to 79 rose by 2.2%, primarily due to the aging of the baby boomer generation. The 80-and-over population also grew slightly, by 0.2%.
As of the end of 2024, 30.5% of Germany's population was aged 60 or older.
The number of foreign nationals living in Germany rose by 2.3% to 12.4 million in 2024, with the largest diaspora being Turkish nationals (1.403 million). The next largest diaspora in Germany, according to the preliminary figures, is the Ukrainian diaspora (1.085 million), followed by nationals from Syria (889,000), Romania (771,000) and Poland (723,000).
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Welcome to our coverage
Guten Morgen from Bonn. Welcome to DW's coverage of developments in Germany on Friday, June 20.
Economy Minister Katherina Reiche is in the United States, speaking to Washington officials, as well as German firms, with Donald Trump's tariffs looming large.
Elsewhere, Deutsche Welle is to reveal its new Director General on Friday.
Stay with us here to keep up with the latest news from Germany.
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