Germany births, deaths, marriages and divorces, annual

Name: Germany births, deaths, marriages and divorces, annual
Creator: Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis)
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The demographic events behind German population change: live births and the total fertility rate, deaths and life expectancy, the natural balance between them, and marriages and divorces.

Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis)Last updated: Sep 15, 2026, 17:10Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972	1971	1970	1969	1968	1967	1966	1965	1964	1963	1962	1961	1960	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955	1954	1953	1952	1951	1950	1949	1948	1947	1946
Births and deaths2
Counts5
Live births2	654,241	677,117	692,989	738,819	795,492	773,144	778,090	787,523	784,901	792,141	737,575	714,927	682,069	673,544	662,685	677,947	665,126	682,514	684,862	672,724	685,795	705,622	706,721	719,250	734,475	766,999	770,744	785,034	812,173	796,013	765,221	769,603	798,447	809,114	830,019	905,675	880,459	892,993	867,969	848,232	813,803	812,292	827,933	861,275	862,100	865,789	817,217	808,619	805,496	798,334	782,310	805,500	815,969	901,657	1,013,396	1,047,737	1,142,366	1,214,968	1,272,276	1,318,303	1,325,386	1,357,304	1,355,595	1,316,534	1,313,505	1,261,614	1,243,922	1,175,870	1,165,555	1,137,169	1,113,408	1,109,743	1,095,029	1,105,084	1,106,380	1,116,701	1,106,825	1,049,385	1,028,696	921,677
Male live births	336,121	347,717	355,299	379,111	408,474	397,385	399,292	404,052	402,510	405,585	378,478	366,835	349,820	345,629	339,899	347,237	341,249	349,862	351,839	345,816	351,757	362,017	362,709	369,277	377,586	393,323	396,296	402,865	417,006	409,213	392,729	395,869	410,071	414,807	426,098	465,379	451,586	459,051	446,671	434,901	417,248	417,247	425,439	442,759	442,540	444,148	419,590	415,866	414,649	409,749	402,790	413,510	418,899	463,472	521,361	537,922	587,443	624,373	653,649	677,053	682,200	698,046	696,986	677,283	675,417	648,928	641,377	607,095	602,041	586,127	575,079	572,559	564,929	571,152	571,699	578,191	573,204	545,001	532,767	478,592
Female live births	318,118	329,400	337,690	359,708	387,018	375,759	378,798	383,471	382,374	386,546	359,097	348,092	332,249	327,915	322,786	330,710	323,877	332,652	333,023	326,908	334,038	343,605	344,012	349,973	356,889	373,676	374,448	382,169	395,167	386,800	372,492	373,734	388,376	394,307	403,921	440,296	428,873	433,942	421,298	413,331	396,555	395,045	402,494	418,516	419,560	421,641	397,627	392,753	390,847	388,585	379,520	391,990	397,070	438,185	492,035	509,815	554,923	590,595	618,627	641,250	643,186	659,258	658,609	639,251	638,088	612,686	602,545	568,775	563,514	551,042	538,329	537,184	530,100	533,932	534,681	538,510	533,621	504,384	495,929	443,085
Live births to unmarried parents	207,388	219,629	229,215	247,858	260,742	255,808	258,835	266,896	272,724	281,132	257,903	250,074	237,562	232,383	224,744	225,472	217,758	218,887	211,053	201,519	200,122	197,129	190,641	187,961	183,816	179,574	170,634	157,117	145,833	135,700	122,876	118,460	118,284	120,448	125,187	138,755	136,582	140,106	136,462	136,332	132,032	129,545	127,345	123,066	110,115	102,921	87,590	80,397	72,851	69,947	66,114	68,455	68,040	74,885	80,769	75,802	75,142	74,379	74,001	74,626	76,543	80,631	83,277	86,677	93,758	95,321	98,773	95,492	100,192	101,042	102,555	107,644	108,006	111,926	117,577	117,934	110,076	113,316	129,976	156,407
Stillbirths	2,857	2,900	3,007	3,247	3,420	3,162	3,180	3,030	3,003	2,914	2,787	2,597	2,556	2,400	2,387	2,466	2,338	2,412	2,371	2,420	2,487	2,728	2,699	2,700	2,881	3,084	3,118	3,190	3,510	3,573	3,405	3,113	2,467	2,660	2,741	3,202	3,247	3,474	3,602	3,547	3,601	3,803	4,107	4,409	4,855	4,954	4,972	5,297	5,486	5,882	6,120	6,848	7,324	8,415	10,010	10,853	12,302	13,505	14,364	15,569	16,566	17,565	18,276	18,748	19,387	19,814	19,741	19,470	20,448	21,309	22,060	22,512	22,382	23,768	24,698	24,857	25,260	23,566	23,305	22,538
Deaths3	1,006,588	1,007,758	1,028,206	1,066,341	1,023,687	985,572	939,520	954,874	932,272	910,902	925,200	868,356	893,825	869,582	852,328	858,768	854,544	844,439	827,155	821,627	830,227	818,271	853,946	841,686	828,541	838,797	846,330	852,382	860,389	882,843	884,588	884,661	897,270	885,443	911,245	921,445	903,441	900,627	901,291	925,426	929,649	917,299	941,032	943,832	954,436	952,371	944,474	955,550	931,155	966,873	989,649	956,573	962,988	965,689	965,623	975,664	988,092	976,521	914,417	911,984	907,882	870,319	895,070	878,814	850,300	876,721	835,402	818,418	840,195	812,111	795,938	775,291	790,654	767,639	752,697	748,329	770,852	804,839	932,663	1,001,571
Male deaths	500,083	502,796	514,230	532,333	515,559	492,797	465,885	470,032	457,756	448,304	449,512	422,225	429,645	416,423	407,628	409,022	404,969	397,651	391,139	385,940	388,554	383,388	396,270	389,116	383,887	388,981	390,742	393,443	398,313	408,082	410,663	409,375	415,874	410,583	421,818	425,093	417,098	417,428	418,712	427,946	433,752	430,859	443,055	446,365	453,247	455,924	453,496	461,723	451,686	468,081	481,191	466,355	473,694	476,166	475,685	482,696	492,798	486,547	459,058	459,150	459,097	443,114	455,128	448,131	432,908	446,999	426,160	417,137	430,465	415,159	404,123	392,610	400,373	387,003	380,155	375,323	388,801	414,126	487,085	520,831
Female deaths	506,505	504,962	513,976	534,008	508,128	492,775	473,635	484,842	474,507	462,595	475,688	446,131	464,180	453,159	444,700	449,746	449,575	446,788	436,016	435,687	441,673	434,883	457,676	452,570	444,654	449,816	455,588	458,939	462,076	474,761	473,925	475,286	481,396	474,860	489,427	496,352	486,343	483,199	482,579	497,480	495,897	486,440	497,977	497,467	501,189	496,447	490,978	493,827	479,469	498,792	508,458	490,218	489,294	489,523	489,938	492,968	495,294	489,974	455,359	452,834	448,785	427,205	439,942	430,683	417,392	429,722	409,242	401,281	409,730	396,952	391,815	382,681	390,281	380,636	372,542	373,006	382,051	390,713	445,578	480,740
Deaths in the first year of life1	2,040	2,245	2,189	2,345	2,368	2,373	2,485	2,505	2,566	2,698	2,405	2,284	2,250	2,202	2,408	2,322	2,334	2,414	2,656	2,579	2,696	2,918	2,990	3,036	3,163	3,362	3,496	3,666	3,951	3,962	4,053	4,309	4,665	4,992	5,711	6,385	6,582	6,822	7,287	7,408	7,419	7,925	8,605	9,523	10,180	10,779	10,894	11,526	11,942	13,233	14,760	16,076	17,375	19,444	22,371	23,547	26,011	27,069	28,703	30,936	31,907	35,289	37,869	39,218	42,231	44,105	44,540	44,576	44,918	46,180	48,614	49,944	53,073	56,710	62,204	67,175	70,576	76,868	94,399	91,336
Deaths in the first seven days of life	1,239	1,331	1,292	1,330	1,375	1,359	1,437	1,410	1,406	1,516	1,352	1,310	1,173	1,176	1,250	1,175	1,220	1,220	1,424	1,324	1,330	1,446	1,494	1,507	1,498	1,594	1,685	1,677	1,779	1,867	1,839	1,853	1,891	2,039	2,101	2,488	2,723	2,825	3,222	3,252	3,287	3,656	4,001	4,381	5,008	5,582	5,746	6,072	6,612	7,625	8,727	9,917	10,807	12,410	14,744	15,958										24,900	24,301
Natural population change	-352,347	-330,641	-335,217	-327,522	-228,195	-212,428	-161,430	-167,351	-147,379	-118,768	-187,625	-153,429	-211,756	-196,038	-189,643	-180,821	-189,418	-161,925	-142,293	-148,903	-144,432	-112,649	-147,225	-122,436	-94,066	-71,798	-75,586	-67,348	-48,216	-86,830	-119,367	-115,058	-98,823	-76,329	-81,226	-15,770	-22,982	-7,634	-33,322	-77,194	-115,846	-105,007	-113,099	-82,557	-92,336	-86,582	-127,257	-146,931	-125,659	-168,539	-207,339	-151,073	-147,019	-64,032	47,773	72,073	154,274	238,447	357,859	406,319	417,504	486,985	460,525	437,720	463,205	384,893	408,520	357,452	325,360	325,058	317,470	334,452	304,375	337,445	353,683	368,372	335,973	244,546	96,033	-79,894
Rates and fertility9
Live births per 1,000 inhabitants	7.8	8.1	8.3	9	9.7	9.4	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9	8.8	8.5	8.4	8.3	8.3	8.1	8.3	8.3	8.2	8.3	8.5	8.6	8.7	8.9	9.3	9.4	9.6	9.9	9.7	9.4	9.5	9.8	10	10.4	11.4	11.2	11.4	11.2	10.9	10.5	10.4	10.6	11	11	11	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.2	9.9	10.2	10.3	11.4	12.9	13.5	14.8	15.8	16.7	17.3	17.5	18.1	18.2	17.8	17.9	17.3	17.2	16.4	16.4	16	15.8	15.9	15.7	15.9	16.1	16.3	16.3	15.5	15.6	14.3
Deaths per 1,000 inhabitants	12.1	12	12.3	12.9	12.5	12	11.4	11.6	11.4	11.1	11.3	10.7	11.1	10.8	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.3	10.1	10	10.1	9.9	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.2	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.8	10.8	10.9	11.1	11	11.4	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.9	12	11.8	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.2	11.9	12.3	12.6	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.6	12.8	12.7	12	12	12	11.6	12	11.9	11.6	12	11.6	11.4	11.8	11.5	11.3	11.1	11.4	11.1	10.9	10.9	11.3	11.9	14.2	15.5
Natural population change per 1,000 inhabitants	-4.2	-3.9	-4	-4	-2.8	-2.6	-2	-2	-1.8	-1.4	-2.3	-1.9	-2.6	-2.4	-2.4	-2.2	-2.3	-2	-1.7	-1.8	-1.8	-1.4	-1.8	-1.5	-1.1	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	-0.6	-1.1	-1.5	-1.4	-1.2	-0.9	-1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-1	-1.5	-1.3	-1.4	-1.1	-1.2	-1.1	-1.6	-1.9	-1.6	-2.1	-2.6	-1.9	-1.9	-0.8	0.6	0.9	2	3.1	4.7	5.3	5.5	6.5	6.2	5.9	6.3	5.3	5.7	5	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.8	4.4	4.9	5.1	5.4	4.9	3.6	1.5	-1.2
Live births to unmarried parents per 1,000 live births	317	324.4	330.8	335.5	327.8	330.9	332.7	338.9	347.5	354.9	349.7	349.8	348.3	345	339.1	332.6	327.4	320.7	308.2	299.6	291.8	279.4	269.8	261.3	250.3	234.1	221.4	200.1	179.6	170.5	160.6	153.9	148.1	148.9	150.8	153.2	155.1	156.9	157.2	160.7	162.2	159.5	153.8	142.9	127.7	118.9	107.2	99.4	90.4	87.6	84.5	85	83.4	83.1	79.7	72.3	65.8	61.2	58.2	56.6	57.8	59.4	61.4	65.8	71.4	75.6	79.4	81.2	86	88.9	92.1	97	98.6	101.3	106.3	105.6	99.5	108	126.4	169.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.1	3	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.9	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.7	4.8	5	5.3	5.6	5.8	6.1	6.7	7.1	7.5	7.7	8.4	8.8	9.1	9.8	10.4	11.1	11.8	12.4	13.3	14.3	14.8	16.6	18.9	20	21.3	21.6	22.1	22.5	22.8	22.3	22.6	23.5	24.1	26	27.9	29.8	32.2	35	35.8	37.9	38.5	40.6	43.7	45	48.5	51.3	56.2	60.2	63.8	73.3	91.8	99.1
Deaths in first seven days per 1,000 live births	1.9	2	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.8	2.1	2	1.9	2	2.1	2.1	2	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.7	3.1	3.2	3.7	3.8	4	4.5	4.8	5.1	5.8	6.4	7	7.5	8.2	9.6	11.2	12.3	13.2	13.8	14.5	15.2										19.7	19.5
Stillbirths per 1,000 total births	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.1	4.1	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.9	4	4	4	4.3	4.5	4.4	4	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.5	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.4	4.7	4.9	5.1	5.6	5.7	6	6.5	6.8	7.3	7.8	8.4	8.9	9.2	9.8	10.3	10.7	11	11.2	11.7	12.3	12.8	13.3	14	14.5	15.5	15.6	16.3	17.2	18.4	19.4	19.9	20	21.1	21.8	21.8	22.3	22	22.2	23.9
Male live births per 1,000 female live births	1,057	1,056	1,052	1,054	1,055	1,058	1,054	1,054	1,053	1,049	1,054	1,054	1,053	1,054	1,053	1,050	1,054	1,052	1,057	1,058	1,053	1,054	1,054	1,055	1,058	1,053	1,058	1,054	1,055	1,058	1,054	1,059	1,056	1,052	1,055	1,057	1,053	1,058	1,060	1,052	1,052	1,056	1,057	1,058	1,055	1,053	1,055	1,059	1,061	1,054	1,061	1,055	1,055	1,058	1,060	1,055	1,059	1,057	1,057	1,056	1,061	1,059	1,058	1,059	1,059	1,059	1,064	1,067	1,068	1,064	1,068	1,066	1,066	1,070	1,069	1,074	1,074	1,081	1,074	1,080
Total fertility rate	1,316	1,352	1,385	1,488	1,610	1,554	1,563	1,584	1,584	1,603	1,510	1,480	1,422	1,407	1,391	1,393	1,358	1,376	1,370	1,331	1,340	1,355	1,340	1,341	1,349	1,378	1,361	1,355	1,369	1,316	1,249	1,243	1,278	1,292	1,332	1,454
Marriages and divorces2
Counts2
Marriage dissolutions3	510,398	513,986	525,256	549,904	547,730	531,032	520,398	523,665	521,775	525,901	530,497	515,265	527,118	528,700	531,845	532,792	529,714	532,762	523,766	524,598	538,236	546,566	557,002	543,428	532,719	533,967	531,587	537,543	536,748	531,975	528,378	524,068	519,692	494,163	504,679	527,134	543,138	547,120	552,209	554,980	565,953	567,550	568,958	571,528	566,662	551,859	535,971	493,507	528,559	579,628	587,544	569,043	563,377	558,716	549,132	549,406	555,494	541,788	515,449	509,205	507,083	489,517	487,747	478,351	466,835	474,407	456,126	445,217	456,674	440,718	436,534	430,821	441,727	438,024	439,279	468,945
Divorces	130,053	129,337	129,008	137,353	142,751	143,801	149,010	148,066	153,501	162,397	163,335	166,199	169,833	179,147	187,640	187,027	185,817	191,948	187,072	190,928	201,693	213,691	213,975	204,214	197,498	194,408	190,590	192,416	187,802	175,550	169,425	166,052	156,425	135,010	136,317	154,786	176,691	178,109	180,490	174,882	179,364	181,064	170,941	168,348	158,087	141,016	124,225	75,758	117,795	153,061	148,461	140,199	128,708	121,380	111,275	103,927	101,200	93,985	91,158	86,693	85,304	83,196	75,489	74,421	75,394	73,418	73,121	71,217	69,650	69,450	74,013	78,884	84,846	90,255	102,119	134,600
Marriage annulments	32	47	36	62	60	92	96	91	96	118	169	155	200	201	260	221	222	200	249	281	379	371	299	392	252	222	170
Marriage dissolutions through death	380,313	384,602	396,212	412,489	404,919	387,139	371,292	375,508	368,178	363,386	366,993	348,911	357,085	349,352	343,945	345,544	343,675	340,614	336,445	333,389	336,164	332,504	342,728	338,822	334,969	339,337	340,827	344,589	348,265	355,772	358,378	357,572	363,046	358,984	368,195	372,176	366,281	368,843	371,559	379,960	386,445	386,336	397,859	403,054	408,450	410,714	411,634	417,633	410,676	426,462	438,980	428,734	434,542	437,216	437,682	445,288	454,077	447,569	424,030	422,242	421,468	406,036	411,946	403,557	391,070	400,542	382,527	373,513	386,521	370,733	361,938	351,317	356,179	346,952	336,091	332,744
Marriages	348,813	349,216	360,979	390,743	357,785	373,304	416,324	449,466	407,466	410,426	400,115	385,952	373,655	387,423	377,816	382,047	378,439	377,055	368,922	373,681	388,451	395,992	382,911	391,963	389,591	418,550	430,674	417,420	422,776	427,297	430,534	440,244	442,605	453,428	454,291	516,388	529,597	534,903	523,847	509,320	496,175	498,040	495,392	486,856	487,832	496,603	481,707	469,278	505,889	510,318	528,811	516,081	532,022	548,707	562,235	575,233	571,737	563,826	600,247	606,133	621,130	642,037	655,974	696,317	699,339	689,028	665,844	648,471	632,659	630,932	617,228	605,392	620,121	659,779	718,166	750,452	696,874	707,857	645,988	525,425
Rates3
Divorces per 1,000 inhabitants	1.56	1.54	1.55	1.66	1.74	1.75	1.81	1.8	1.87	1.98	2.01	2.06	2.11	2.22	2.34	2.29	2.27	2.33	2.27	2.32	2.45	2.58	2.59	2.48	2.4	2.36	2.32	2.35	2.29	2.14	2.07	2.04	1.93	1.67	1.7	1.95	2.25	2.28	2.32	2.25	2.31	2.32	2.19	2.15	2.02	1.8	1.59	0.97	1.51	1.95	1.89	1.78	1.63	1.54	1.42	1.34	1.3	1.21	1.18	1.13	1.12	1.1	1.01	1.01	1.03	1.01	1.01	0.99	0.98	0.97	1.05	1.11	1.21	1.29	1.47	1.97
Marriages per 1,000 inhabitants	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.7	4.4	4.5	5.1	5.5	5	5	4.9	4.8	4.6	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.8	4.6	4.8	4.7	5.1	5.2	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.7	6.5	6.7	6.8	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.2	6	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.5	6.7	7	7.2	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.9	8	8.2	8.5	8.8	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.2	9.1	8.9	8.9	8.8	8.7	8.9	9.5	10.4	11	10.2	10.5	9.8	8.1
Total divorce rate	284	280	277	292.5	309	308.3	320.4	318.5	328.6	346.3	347.1	353.6	357.1	374.9	391	389	380.9	391	379.4	384.9	403.7	424.9	424.1	401.2	383.6	373.1	362.1	362.5	350.4	323.8	308.6	299	278.4	239.3	240.1	273.8

Latest reading

Live births stood at 654,241 Count in 2025. That is −3.4% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 1946 to 2025. Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis).

Latest: 654,241 Count; 2025
vs previous period: −3.4%; 2024

About this data

The demographic events behind German population change: live births and the total fertility rate, deaths and life expectancy, the natural balance between them, and marriages and divorces. Series run from 1946 where the source publishes them. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt.