New data shows: Germany is getting younger again due to immigration. Migrants are better educated. And stabilize the pension fund.
Germany, soon to be a country of old people: That was the common story a few years ago. But Current data from the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) show that the demographic ratio of old and young people is becoming more and more similar. Population growth in Germany is stable due to immigration.
If you visualize the data like in the graphic above, you can immediately see the so-called baby boomer bump: those born in 1964, who turns 60 this year, is the highest birth rate in the history of the Federal Republic. A particularly large number of people were born in the years before and after 1964; together they form the boomer bump.