Folks aged between 15 and 24 accounted for under 10% of Germany’s inhabitants on the finish of 2024, in response to the newest figures from the Federal Statistical Workplace (FSO). Additional decline of the youth inhabitants has been prevented solely by the inflow of migrants and refugees, the company famous.
The traditionally low determine was included in an company factsheet printed forward of the Worldwide Youth Day on August 12. The relative measurement of Germany’s younger inhabitants has remained successfully unchanged since 2021, hovering across the 10% mark, in response to the FSO.
“The truth that it has not fallen additional since then however has stabilized is principally as a result of immigration of predominantly younger folks following Russia’s assault on Ukraine in February 2022,” the company stated.
The share of the cohort “with out immigration historical past” stands at simply 8.6%. The best share, 20.7%, are these born within the nation to oldsters who had each immigrated.
A sharper demographic decline has been noticed in Jap Germany in comparison with the west of the nation, with such states as Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and Saxony-Anhalt having the bottom share of younger folks, at slightly below 9%. The western city-states of Bremen and Hamburg, in addition to the southwestern state of Baden-Wurttemberg, have the strongest 15-24 demographic however even the best of them measured simply over 11%.
The gradual demographic decline places additional pressure on Germany’s economic system, the top of the Federal Employment Company, Andrea Nahles, has warned. “The expert labor scarcity stays a significant problem for Germany as a enterprise location,” she stated.
Over the previous 12 months, Germany’s industrial sector has shed greater than 100,000 jobs and is anticipated to lose 70,000 extra by the tip of 2025, in response to evaluation by consultancy EY printed again in June.
The nation’s auto sector accounted for round 45,400 internet job losses, turning into the hardest-hit section of the economic system.
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