Germany: Population Up by 2.8 Million Due to Forced Immigration But Working-Age Population Is Decreasing
According to Destatis, the Federal Statistical Office, the population in Germany has increased by 2.8 million since 2014, when a considerably high number of arrivals flooded Europe and Germany on that case, AtoZSerwisPlus.de reports.
The increase in population is attributed to forced migration in connection with war and violence in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, as well as the Russian war in Ukraine. In addition, higher scales of constant immigration are noticed from EU countries, too, such as Poland, Bulgaria and Romania.
Additionally, the number of people with foreign citizenship in Germany rose to 4.5 million between December 2014 and June 2022, while the number of German citizens dropped by 1.4 million.
Currently, Ukrainians represent the largest nationality group in Germany – a total of 887,405, followed by Syrians (46,307) while Romanians, with a total of 825,990 nationals, account for the largest group of nationals in Germany from other EU countries. The remaining nationalities include Poles (781,145), Bulgarians (399,194) and Afghans (295,027).
Almost all of these nationalities experienced an increase in 2022, however, the highest surge was noticed among Ukrainians as the number of these nationals in Germany rose by 542 per cent – from merely 138,000 nationals recorded in 2021.
Furthermore, Afghans are the second nationality to experience an increase in population living in Germany, rising by 10.5 per cent – from 266,858 to 295,027, followed by Romanians, who scored a 3.9 per cent increase in the last year. On the other hand, a 1.3 and one per cent increase were recorded among Poles and Syrians, respectively.
However, Destatis points out that the population in Germany has indeed increased since 2014 but the proportion of the working-age population has dropped, emphasising the effects of immigration.
In 2022, the working-age population as a proportion of the total population stood at 83 per cent for Poles, followed by Romanians (81 per cent), Bulgarians (78 per cent), Afghans (70 per cent), Syrians (66 per cent) and Germans (62 per cent).
Poles account for the highest employment rates in Germany, as in 2021, 78 per cent of them were registered as employed, followed by Germans (72.2 per cent), and Romanians (75.1 per cent).
Bulgarians and Ukrainians follow the list with 64.1 per cent and 63.5 per cent of these nationals being employed in Germany, respectively, while the lowest employment rates were recorded among Afghans (45.2 per cent) and Syrians (35.1 per cent).
