#sources: federal statistical office and faz

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Population in Germany reached all-time high in 2022

The population in Germany increased significantly in 2022 by 1.3 % (1.1 million), having reached an all-time high of 84.4 million. Net immigration reached 1.455 million, mainly due to refugees from Ukraine.

Without immigration, the German population would have decreased. 327,000 deaths were not compensated by births. The year before, the gap was only at 228,000.

72 million German nationals were joined by 12.3 million residents with a foreign passport. The biggest minority are still the 1.34 million holders of the Turkish passport, followed by 1.05 million Ukrainians, whose number has increased more than six-fold in 2022. Siginficant numbers of immigrants also came from Afghanistan (61,000) and Syria (48,000).