Germany international emigration, aged under 5
Germany international emigration, aged under 5 stood at 50,484 persons in 2025, according to Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) and Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF). It is one of the indicators in the International migration table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2025 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the International migration table
| Indicator | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 5 | ||
| Emigration | 50,484 | |
| Net international migration | 8,935 |
Understanding germany international emigration, aged under 5
Official deregistrations filed when children under 5 leave Germany to establish residence in another country define this outbound flow series. Covering both boys and girls across all citizenship categories, the count isolates departures occurring before a child reaches their fifth birthday. Moves from one German municipality to another are omitted, as are vacations, temporary visits abroad, and cross-border departures of school-aged children. Within the broader migration accounts, this measure records the outward drain rather than the inward flow tracked by the immigration row, ignores incoming arrivals unlike the net migration series, and reflects dependent relocations undertaken alongside parents or guardians rather than self-directed migration.
Evaluating annual changes requires awareness that outward migration is particularly vulnerable to deregistration lags, as families do not always notify local authorities immediately upon moving abroad. Administrative adjustments, including official deregistrations initiated by municipal registries when residents are discovered to have left without notice, can generate uneven reporting across successive calendar years. Comparing whole calendar years offers the most dependable view because it averages out seasonal departure cycles linked to school or work schedules. Analysts should not conflate these outbound figures with infant mortality or domestic population decline, since the series records cross-border departures exclusively.
Frequently asked questions
- What happens if parents move abroad with a young child without deregistering?
- The departure remains uncounted until municipal authorities detect the absence and remove the registration administratively.
- Does this emigration count include children moving to another German city?
- No, internal moves within national borders are omitted from international emigration figures.
- Are foreign and German citizens separated in this specific series?
- No, this total row combines all departing children under 5 regardless of citizenship.