Germany’s total fertility rate (TFR) fell to 1.32 children per woman in 2025, the lowest level since 1997, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The TFR declined 2.7 % from 1.35 births per woman in 2024 and has been falling steadily since 2022. The last time a similar low was recorded was roughly 20 years ago, when the rate was 1.33 in 2006; the all‑time low was 1.24 in the mid‑1990s. In 2025, 654,241 children were born in Germany, the lowest post‑war birth figure on record. The highest TFR in 2025 was in Niedersachsen (1.38), while Sachsen had the lowest at 1.16. Women born in 1976 had an average of 1.58 children.
© Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) 2025.
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