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 From thriving businesses and pubs to dance schools, opera singers and education facilities, the Irish community in Germany is wide and far-reaching. But who are they and where do they live? https://www.thelocal.de/20190315/irish-in-germany-how-many-are-there-and-where-do-they-live Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:43:43 +0100 irish-in-germany-how-many-are-there-and-where-do-they-live The number of people living in eastern Germany has fallen back to a level last seen in 1905, while more people now live in the regions that used to make up West Germany than ever before in history. https://www.thelocal.de/20190612/eastern-german-population-dips-to-lowest-level-in-114-years Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:57:38 +0200 eastern-german-population-dips-to-lowest-level-in-114-years Latest official figures show that 117,225 British nationals are registered as living in Germany, a slight increase on 2017. But while there are UK citizens in every state, the spread is far from even. https://www.thelocal.de/20180425/where-in-germany-do-all-the-brits-live Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:28:48 +0200 where-in-germany-do-all-the-brits-live Last year the growth in Germany's foreign population was partly due to a significant increase in immigration from EU countries, particularly eastern European states, according to the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis). https://www.thelocal.de/20180412/growth-in-germanys-foreign-population-driven-by-immigration-from-eastern-europe Thu, 12 Apr 2018 13:09:16 +0200 growth-in-germanys-foreign-population-driven-by-immigration-from-eastern-europe 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 The number of people in Germany who come from immigrant parents or are immigrants themselves has reached a new high of 18.6 million. https://www.thelocal.de/20170801/number-of-german-residents-with-immigrant-roots-reaches-record-high Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:09:10 +0200 number-of-german-residents-with-immigrant-roots-reaches-record-high New figures released on Wednesday show that the years-long trend of women in Germany ending up childless has come to an end, with even university-educated women bringing more babies into the world. https://www.thelocal.de/20170726/trend-of-childlessness-among-german-women-stops-even-for-academicstrend-of-ever-more-childless-german-women-comes-to-halt-even-for-academics Wed, 26 Jul 2017 19:12:01 +0200 trend-of-childlessness-among-german-women-stops-even-for-academicstrend-of-ever-more-childless-german-women-comes-to-halt-even-for-academics A new global poll shows that after the Dutch, the Germans are the most positive about their current economic conditions - but they're also quite pessimistic about the future. https://www.thelocal.de/20170606/germans-among-worlds-happiest-people-about-economic-situation Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:15:59 +0200 germans-among-worlds-happiest-people-about-economic-situation A report released on Monday shows which regions have the youngest average populations in a country that keeps getting older. https://www.thelocal.de/20170523/heres-where-to-find-the-youngest-populations-in-germany Tue, 23 May 2017 10:30:32 +0200 heres-where-to-find-the-youngest-populations-in-germany The latest government figures reveal that Germany has reached its highest fertility rate since the country came back together at the end of the Cold War in 1990. But the Bundesrepublik still lags behind much of Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20170515/germany-sees-highest-birthrate-since-reunification-still-lags-behind-in-europe Mon, 15 May 2017 13:03:12 +0200 germany-sees-highest-birthrate-since-reunification-still-lags-behind-in-europe Germany's ageing population will undermine potential economic growth by the middle of the next decade as more of the baby boomer generation heads for retirement, the country's central bank predicted on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170424/germanys-ageing-baby-boomers-to-be-drain-on-economic-growth-report Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:59:59 +0200 germanys-ageing-baby-boomers-to-be-drain-on-economic-growth-report There are more people living in Germany than ever before, largely thanks to immigration. Here's an explanation of what the new numbers mean. https://www.thelocal.de/20170127/germanys-population-just-hit-a-record-high Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:32:44 +0100 germanys-population-just-hit-a-record-high Germany’s birthrate has increased to over 1.5 children per woman for the first time in 33 years, as around 738,000 newborns arrived in Germany in 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20161017/mini-baby-boom-continues-with-33-year-birthrate-high-children-baby-population Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:46:16 +0200 mini-baby-boom-continues-with-33-year-birthrate-high-children-baby-population Germany has halted a three-decade-long decline in its birth rate, with data showing that the trend has started to reverse, statisticians said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160924/germany-sees-turning-point-in-birth-rate-decline Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:01:14 +0200 germany-sees-turning-point-in-birth-rate-decline German women are having more children than at any time in the last quarter of a century, as for the third year in a row the birth rate in the ageing Bundesrepublik grew, new statistics show. https://www.thelocal.de/20151216/mini-baby-boom-hits-germany Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:08:00 +0100 mini-baby-boom-hits-germany 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 If low birth rates and high death rates continue as they are now, a major decline in Germany’s population is “inevitable,” the federal statistics office (Destatis) reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150428/german-population-could-drop-by-10-million-by-2060 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:13:09 +0200 german-population-could-drop-by-10-million-by-2060 Germany's population grew for the fourth year in a row in 2014 largely due to immigration, the federal statistics office said Wednesday, as the country grapples with a low birth rate and ageing population. https://www.thelocal.de/20150122/immigration-drives-german-population-growth Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:31:38 +0100 immigration-drives-german-population-growth