German Population Sees Biggest Jump in 30 Years on Ukraine War
Volunteers wait to assist refugees from Ukraine arriving in Berlin in March 2022.
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Germany’s population grew by 1.3% to 84.4 million, the biggest annual jump since the country’s reunification more than three decades ago.
The increase of 1.12 million people was solely down to foreigners moving to Germany, statistics office Destatis said Tuesday in a statement. Net immigration hit 1.46 million — up from 329,000 a year earlier — “mainly caused by the refugee movements from Ukraine.”