https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A new study shows that people in the southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have particularly long life-expectancies. One comparison is particularly striking. https://www.thelocal.de/20200720/want-to-live-a-long-life-move-to-the-south-of-germany Mon, 20 Jul 2020 19:29:01 +0200 want-to-live-a-long-life-move-to-the-south-of-germany Just under a quarter of residents of the Bundesrepublik have foreign roots, up 4.4 percent year-on-year, government statistics show. https://www.thelocal.de/20180801/one-in-every-four-german-residents-now-has-migrant-background Wed, 01 Aug 2018 19:07:18 +0200 one-in-every-four-german-residents-now-has-migrant-background Despite a death rate higher than its birth rate, Germany managed to grow by two million people in two years due to high levels of immigration, statistics released on Tuesday showed. https://www.thelocal.de/20180313/german-population-has-grown-by-two-million-since-2015-due-to-immigration Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:50:33 +0100 german-population-has-grown-by-two-million-since-2015-due-to-immigration A report published by a US think tank on Thursday projects that Muslims could make up between 9 and 20 percent of the German population by the middle of the century. https://www.thelocal.de/20171201/muslims-set-to-make-up-bigger-proportion-of-german-population Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:00:38 +0100 muslims-set-to-make-up-bigger-proportion-of-german-population Most expert predictions in recent years have made gloomy predictions about a massive drop in the German population size. But researchers in Cologne have come to a rather different conclusion. https://www.thelocal.de/20171004/german-population-will-grow-over-coming-decades-after-all-experts-reckon Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:22:05 +0200 german-population-will-grow-over-coming-decades-after-all-experts-reckon New figures show that the number of people who identify as Muslim in Germany has grown - though not nearly by as much as Germans think. https://www.thelocal.de/20161214/this-is-how-many-muslims-actually-live-in-germany Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:06:00 +0100 this-is-how-many-muslims-actually-live-in-germany Last year saw the highest level of inward migration in German history. Thanks partly to the refugee influx, more than two million people moved to the Bundesrepublik in 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20160715/record-over-2-million-migrated-to-germany-in-2015 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:38:53 +0200 record-over-2-million-migrated-to-germany-in-2015 Statistics show that unlike other industrial nations, more highly-educated Germans avoid social networks than people with little or no education. The Local uncovers the facts behind the figures. https://www.thelocal.de/20151222/why-do-educated-germans-avoid-twitter Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:17:45 +0100 why-do-educated-germans-avoid-twitter The German population rose by almost half a million in 2014, the biggest increase in almost a quarter century, the Federal Office of Statistics (destatis) reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150924/migrants-spur-german-population-surge Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:38:20 +0200 migrants-spur-german-population-surge A wide-ranging demographic study released on Wednesday projects that large sections of Germany's more peripheral populations are set to disappear by 2030. https://www.thelocal.de/20150708/germany-regions-being-strangled-of-life-study Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:25:44 +0200 germany-regions-being-strangled-of-life-study The Berlin senate revealed on Monday that the capital is growing at double the pace that city planners had previously expected. But after decades of stagnation the growth is seen as positive. https://www.thelocal.de/20150707/politicians-struggle-to-keep-pace-with-berlins-growth Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:52:49 +0200 politicians-struggle-to-keep-pace-with-berlins-growth There are just two workers left for every pensioner in rapidly-ageing Germany, according to government figures published on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140619/germany-has-just-two-workers-for-every-pensioner Thu, 19 Jun 2014 10:05:00 +0200 germany-has-just-two-workers-for-every-pensioner Germans reckon the baby drought is because it's simply just too expensive to start a family - and people worry about disrupting their careers or losing their independence, a poll released on Thursday suggested. https://www.thelocal.de/20130801/51171 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:30:00 +0200 51171 Germany has revised down its population by 1.5 million to 80.2 million in the first census since before the country's 1990 reunification, the federal statistics office said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130531/50037 Fri, 31 May 2013 14:09:00 +0200 50037 A struggling western German secondary school is reportedly paying €500 ($664) to parents to enroll their children, as Germany struggles with one of Europe's lowest birthrates. https://www.thelocal.de/20130225/48183 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:42:00 +0100 48183 Germany will need large numbers of highly skilled immigrants in the coming years to compensate for its rapidly ageing population, according to a new report released by the OECD on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130204/47743 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:26:00 +0100 47743 Germans choose not to have babies because they have not found a suitable mother or father for their child rather than due to financial concerns, a government report released on Wednesday suggests. https://www.thelocal.de/20130117/47395 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:15:00 +0100 47395 Immigration pushed Germany's population higher in 2012, official statistics showed on Monday, the second gain in two years despite the country's rapidly ageing society. https://www.thelocal.de/20130114/47323 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:25:00 +0100 47323 Despite generous child subsidies, tax breaks and parental leave, fewer Germans want to start a family. Is Germany really such an inhospitable place to have kids? Have your say. https://www.thelocal.de/20121218/46833 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:48:00 +0100 46833 Germany's birth rate has been low for years, but a new study released on Monday revealed the country is becoming a less attractive place to have children due to difficulties balancing family with work. https://www.thelocal.de/20121217/46817 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:22:00 +0100 46817