With Immigration Put To A Halt, Population Of Germany A Tad Lower

The population of a country is a very important factor in terms of its growth, economy, and the like. Without people doing the needed jobs, a country just may not exist anymore. That is why there are countries like Germany that may be experiencing low birth rates and an aging population and so they rely on immigration to help address these problems.

 

Recently though, Germany has experienced a lower population. Experts who have looked into this matter have said that this is because of the pandemic brought about by the novel coronavirus that causes the disease known as COVID-19. With the virus that causes the disease is spread from person to person, lockdowns have been put in place and non-essential travel not allowed. This means that immigration has also had to be put to a halt to make sure that the virus does not spread even further and affect even more people not only in Germany but in many countries around the world as well.

 

A lower population

 

For the first time in almost ten years, the population of Germany has gone lower. It is not a really huge dip but it is significant enough to be noted by experts looking at the data. There were a lot fewer immigrants coming to the country because of the pandemic as travel was not allowed especially during the earlier months of the lockdown. Aside from that, people who may have been planning on becoming immigrants in the country may have put their plans on pause for the meantime since traveling and interacting with people can be a way for them to contract the disease.

 

At the end of June 2020, there were around 83.1 million individuals living in the country. This number is definitely lower by 0.05% (or should be around 40,000 individuals) as compared to the year before. This is for the first six months of the year, as per data from the Federal Statistical Office. The last time that this happened was for the last six months of 2010. After that, the population of Germany had slowly risen especially for the last six months of 2015, when the country experienced around 717,000 increase in people.

 

The start of the decline

 

According to the statistics agency of Germany, they noted that the decline started in March when the pandemic had found its way to Europe. From March until May, the decline was quite significant that it amounted to around 59,000. With the borders closed and people put under lockdown, it is definitely understandable that the population and the immigration rate would definitely go down. However, it is most definite that when things are better and are under control, immigration would start to work its way up again in the country.

 

 

 

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