According to official statistics released Tuesday by the Federal Statistical Office, the country's population increased by 1.12 million in 2022, compared to just 0.1% the previous year. All of Germany's 16 states saw their populations grow, with the most significant proportional increases being in the country's two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg, which both saw rises of 2.1%.
At the end of last year, Germany was home to 12.3 million people with only foreign citizenship. Of those, 1.34 million Turkish citizens, who have been a substantial minority in the country for decades, made up the largest single group. The number of Ukrainians in Germany also increased significantly, with 1.05 million Ukrainians, an increase of 915,000 compared to 2021, and 883,000 Syrians, an increase of 48,000.
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The number of foreign citizens in Germany increased by 1.4 million, while German nationals declined by 309,000, mainly due to more deaths than births. As a result, the population without German citizenship rose from 13.1% to 14.6%.
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