German abortions and live births by state, 1976-2024

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 13 September 2025

Reported abortions by state of residence, 1976-2024

state 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 state

Baden-Wurttemberg Baden-Wurttemberg 2,078 8,517 10,958 10,135 11,350 10,660 10,094 9,221 7,910 7,093 6,337 6,440 5,412 4,701 4,260 5,390 7,715 9,838 10,167 9,847 14,728 14,654 14,513 13,738 14,373 14,541 14,214 14,385 14,300 13,455 13,119 12,359 12,020 11,539 11,828 11,882 11,809 11,176 10,452 10,667 9,661 9,505 9,937 10,145 10,208 8,974 9,862 10,531 11,075 Baden-Wurttemberg

Bayern Bavaria 1,320 5,889 6,196 5,645 5,998 5,457 7,213 5,995 5,011 6,160 6,088 6,947 5,844 4,668 5,053 5,721 5,234 6,285 9,772 9,643 12,726 14,768 15,838 15,681 16,603 16,464 15,885 15,563 16,155 14,294 13,593 13,364 12,736 12,054 11,696 12,325 12,040 11,886 12,102 11,821 11,483 12,143 11,868 12,131 12,487 11,344 12,046 12,637 12,235 Bavaria

Berlin Berlin 1,381 4,511 5,164 5,311 4,027 2,712 3,457 2,590 2,883 2,423 2,998 4,947 4,256 4,197 10,089 5,025 4,487 8,220 9,678 8,619 11,762 11,741 11,396 11,949 11,955 11,605 11,344 10,881 10,994 10,637 10,024 9,621 9,648 9,402 9,503 9,393 9,269 8,800 8,643 8,494 8,871 9,289 9,525 9,645 9,790 8,770 10,007 9,824 10,280 Berlin

(East Berlin) x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 5,197 5,025 4,487 (East Berlin)

(West Berlin) 1,381 4,511 5,164 5,311 4,027 2,712 3,457 2,590 2,883 2,423 2,998 4,947 4,256 4,197 4,892 (West Berlin)

Brandenburg Brandenburg x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 10,917 8,828 7,143 5,562 5,056 4,928 5,654 5,401 5,557 5,532 5,072 4,963 4,549 4,483 4,580 4,356 4,185 4,113 4,066 3,988 3,859 3,742 3,497 3,464 3,170 3,283 3,343 3,287 3,416 3,352 3,366 3,091 3,066 3,168 3,110 Brandenburg

Bremen Bremen 114 900 1,447 4,230 5,082 5,178 6,592 6,839 6,279 5,978 5,649 5,429 5,008 5,095 4,951 4,619 4,727 3,861 3,280 3,090 1,908 1,599 1,776 1,740 1,757 1,819 1,648 1,763 1,861 1,717 1,648 1,682 1,551 1,630 1,599 1,630 1,578 1,537 1,421 1,544 1,484 1,467 1,457 1,219 1,334 2,220 2,405 2,423 2,350 Bremen

Hamburg Hamburg 1,106 4,224 5,234 5,788 5,547 5,355 5,529 5,069 5,680 5,920 5,671 6,722 6,268 5,488 5,697 4,771 4,628 4,127 3,518 3,466 3,877 3,657 3,983 3,861 4,238 4,486 4,256 4,141 4,269 3,824 3,849 4,011 3,882 3,838 4,300 3,969 3,867 3,638 3,318 2,939 3,090 3,302 3,372 3,573 3,347 3,954 4,334 3,519 4,160 Hamburg

Hessen Hesse 1,516 8,559 12,732 15,300 16,791 16,858 15,972 16,991 19,420 19,900 20,275 20,472 22,315 19,510 22,368 17,944 16,108 14,728 10,336 9,638 10,391 10,078 10,062 9,711 10,796 10,683 10,573 11,130 10,773 10,613 9,586 9,334 9,288 8,731 8,676 8,533 8,745 8,224 8,173 8,087 7,984 8,321 8,374 8,122 7,974 8,150 9,233 9,685 9,090 Hesse

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 8,573 6,996 6,436 3,968 3,161 2,742 4,118 3,675 3,646 3,465 3,818 3,760 3,642 3,490 3,358 3,460 3,192 3,094 3,111 3,134 3,124 2,991 2,970 2,831 2,633 2,614 2,774 2,463 2,395 2,309 2,313 2,046 2,244 2,276 2,185 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Niedersachsen Lower Saxony 2,421 7,581 8,507 8,911 8,722 8,673 8,507 7,520 6,811 5,147 4,272 4,410 3,818 3,397 3,237 3,219 4,062 5,132 5,033 4,751 10,047 9,651 10,089 10,281 10,933 10,854 10,599 10,439 10,745 10,642 10,547 9,997 9,734 9,134 9,089 8,887 8,558 8,166 7,895 7,727 7,830 8,308 8,301 8,220 8,627 7,190 7,604 7,581 7,585 Lower Saxony

Nordrhein-Westfalen North Rhine-Westphalia 1,768 10,017 18,019 22,476 24,559 27,244 27,583 25,883 25,280 24,798 26,926 26,667 25,289 23,053 22,773 22,753 22,973 21,631 20,231 19,260 26,415 27,220 26,613 26,895 27,481 27,429 26,840 26,038 26,072 25,271 24,967 24,500 24,120 23,143 22,897 22,231 21,866 20,939 20,105 20,783 21,041 21,869 21,378 21,552 20,705 20,225 22,750 23,551 23,815 North Rhine-Westphalia

Rheinland-Pfalz Rhineland-Palatinate 111 587 1,008 1,232 1,301 1,243 1,812 1,790 2,105 1,759 1,706 1,836 1,238 1,170 1,472 1,286 1,383 1,947 2,203 2,131 4,350 4,706 4,716 4,586 4,773 4,768 4,632 4,458 4,647 4,525 4,541 4,444 4,471 4,533 4,280 3,920 3,933 4,011 3,816 3,984 3,801 3,759 3,726 3,592 3,213 2,635 2,962 3,324 3,270 Rhineland-Palatinate

Saarland Saarland 149 401 539 573 285 256 337 654 375 323 492 949 1,125 1,258 1,295 1,154 1,171 1,179 1,387 1,433 1,330 1,287 1,193 1,288 1,477 1,327 1,397 1,459 1,428 1,400 1,257 1,380 1,336 1,278 1,322 1,217 1,177 1,168 1,216 1,196 1,164 1,311 1,203 1,242 1,351 1,974 2,251 2,150 2,165 Saarland

Sachsen Saxony x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 18,843 14,719 12,570 9,559 7,287 6,822 8,464 7,507 7,420 6,875 6,584 7,509 6,853 6,580 6,642 6,624 6,490 6,353 6,199 6,027 5,884 5,903 5,594 5,506 5,420 5,083 5,368 5,580 5,250 5,160 5,084 5,208 5,760 5,897 5,570 Saxony

Sachsen-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 11,811 9,909 9,189 7,255 5,746 5,261 6,080 5,822 5,748 5,619 5,370 5,554 5,127 4,725 4,935 4,777 4,510 4,389 4,338 4,217 4,078 4,066 3,891 3,633 3,474 3,566 3,399 3,310 3,304 3,346 3,276 3,022 3,082 3,106 3,100 Saxony-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein 1,080 3,123 3,744 4,189 4,040 3,899 3,968 3,977 4,544 4,037 3,860 3,721 3,211 2,760 2,810 2,689 2,368 2,112 1,774 1,920 3,271 3,476 3,683 3,764 3,949 3,820 3,733 3,675 3,855 3,693 3,487 3,708 3,609 3,612 3,634 3,536 3,487 3,352 3,210 3,139 3,314 3,248 3,329 3,261 3,294 2,947 3,246 3,396 3,400 Schleswig-Holstein

Thuringen Thuringia x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 11,118 9,354 8,415 5,832 4,957 4,386 5,210 5,205 5,139 5,054 5,061 4,881 4,633 4,289 4,553 4,218 4,206 3,966 3,655 3,777 3,737 3,636 3,446 3,379 3,417 3,200 3,166 2,984 3,070 2,935 2,997 2,846 3,075 3,150 3,060 Thuringia

GERMANY 13,044 54,309 73,548 83,790 87,702 87,535 91,064 86,529 86,298 83,538 84,274 88,540 83,784 75,297 145,267 124,377 118,609 111,236 103,586 97,937 130,331 130,447 131,372 130,039 134,240 134,463 129,925 127,499 129,167 123,506 119,201 116,315 113,764 110,037 109,506 107,861 105,727 101,710 98,465 98,127 97,773 100,146 99,905 99,804 99,366 94,596 103,927 106,218 106,450 GERMANY

OTHER COUNTRIES 2,982 568 443 423 432 369 501 462 531 483 517 509 556 720 657 925 1,006 1,088 1,092 1,250 1,200 948 1,063 1,081 1,089 582 OTHER COUNTRIES

TOTAL 100,919 130,899 130,890 131,795 130,471 134,609 134,964 130,387 128,030 129,650 124,023 119,710 116,871 114,484 110,694 110,431 108,867 106,815 102,802 99,715 99,327 98,721 101,209 100,986 100,893 99,948 TOTAL

Reported live births by state, 1990-2024

state 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 state

Baden-Wurttemberg Baden-Wurttemberg 95,492 90,981 89,924 92,425 99,721 100,673 100,268 95,447 94,414 94,442 101,616 103,590 110,627 111,600 118,579 117,528 117,559 117,982 113,398 112,459 114,657 116,419 111,056 107,973 106,182 101,366 99,604 97,596 96,655 94,279 91,955 92,823 91,909 89,678 90,695 88,823 89,477 91,505 95,632 100,269 107,487 107,375 108,919 108,985 108,024 113,534 104,549 98,419 97,507 Baden-Wurttemberg

Bayern Bavaria 108,995 106,633 106,145 107,667 114,451 116,576 111,183 118,439 119,623 126,409 127,029 136,122 134,400 133,946 133,897 127,828 125,995 129,376 130,517 126,529 123,244 120,765 115,964 113,818 111,536 111,164 107,308 104,822 106,870 106,298 103,710 105,251 103,668 107,039 109,562 113,935 118,228 125,686 126,187 127,616 128,227 128,764 134,321 124,897 116,505 114,365 Bavaria

Berlin Berlin 18,536 17,799 18,688 19,554 20,980 21,159 37,596 30,562 29,667 28,724 28,503 28,648 29,905 30,369 29,612 29,856 29,695 28,624 28,801 28,723 29,446 28,976 29,627 31,174 31,936 32,104 33,393 33,075 34,678 35,038 37,368 38,030 41,086 40,160 40,203 39,503 38,693 39,168 35,729 34,120 33,749 Berlin

Brandenburg Brandenburg x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 29,238 17,215 13,469 12,238 12,443 13,494 15,140 16,370 17,146 17,928 18,444 17,692 17,704 17,970 18,148 17,910 17,883 18,589 18,808 18,537 18,954 18,279 18,482 18,355 19,339 19,112 20,934 20,337 19,881 19,329 18,998 19,029 17,439 15,885 15,154 Brandenburg

Bremen Bremen 5,945 5,240 5,745 5,773 6,420 6,513 6,895 6,789 6,757 6,656 6,288 6,429 6,623 6,644 6,360 6,096 6,070 5,831 5,484 5,577 5,442 5,489 5,506 5,591 5,569 5,481 5,599 5,388 5,639 5,749 6,211 6,509 7,136 7,000 7,163 7,149 6,968 6,971 6,720 6,615 6,251 Bremen

Hamburg Hamburg 13,601 12,987 12,616 12,722 13,580 13,494 13,262 12,818 12,407 12,711 13,404 14,259 15,359 15,335 16,693 16,503 16,497 16,257 16,201 15,872 16,594 16,970 16,235 16,034 16,159 15,786 15,707 15,916 16,103 16,179 16,089 16,727 16,751 16,779 17,377 17,125 17,706 18,137 19,039 19,768 21,480 21,133 21,126 20,940 20,431 21,018 19,054 18,264 17,553 Hamburg

Hessen Hesse 54,535 49,844 52,587 54,814 57,643 58,803 62,026 61,324 61,146 61,610 60,565 59,858 62,391 63,124 60,567 58,996 58,817 56,228 55,324 54,400 54,332 53,369 51,404 52,616 51,752 50,744 51,742 51,479 51,607 52,185 54,631 56,889 60,731 60,988 61,012 60,062 59,389 61,546 57,360 53,685 53,089 Hesse

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 23,503 13,635 10,875 9,432 8,934 9,878 11,088 12,046 12,246 12,589 13,319 12,968 12,504 12,782 13,045 12,357 12,638 12,786 13,098 13,014 13,337 12,638 12,715 12,560 12,830 13,298 13,442 13,081 13,032 12,630 12,061 11,845 10,820 9,671 9,157 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Niedersachsen Lower Saxony 71,752 66,803 67,229 71,226 73,037 76,036 76,696 82,452 83,122 83,669 84,579 81,520 80,994 83,655 85,907 82,207 80,483 79,436 75,239 73,193 70,563 70,371 66,993 65,327 65,326 64,887 62,228 63,130 61,280 61,478 62,879 66,406 67,183 75,215 73,020 73,652 73,286 74,119 76,441 71,289 67,162 65,646 Lower Saxony

Nordrhein-Westfalen North Rhine-Westphalia 166,128 160,940 158,478 159,378 169,828 169,704 169,191 161,589 158,309 159,713 171,891 177,109 185,877 186,714 199,294 198,436 196,899 194,156 186,079 182,393 188,493 190,386 182,287 176,578 175,144 167,752 163,434 159,883 158,054 153,372 149,925 151,168 150,007 145,029 147,333 143,097 145,755 146,417 155,102 160,468 173,274 171,979 173,150 170,391 170,038 175,386 164,496 155,515 152,688 North Rhine-Westphalia

Rheinland-Pfalz Rhineland-Palatinate 34,544 34,129 34,346 34,805 37,253 37,402 37,132 35,422 35,504 34,899 37,181 37,778 39,850 39,650 42,732 42,311 42,722 42,291 40,539 39,684 40,926 41,677 39,639 38,190 37,826 35,781 34,741 34,083 33,421 32,592 31,755 32,536 32,223 30,881 31,574 31,081 31,169 31,989 33,427 34,946 37,518 37,443 37,647 37,173 37,632 38,647 36,731 34,493 33,606 Rhineland-Palatinate

Saarland Saarland 9,601 9,876 9,574 9,787 10,511 10,496 10,287 9,918 9,696 9,800 10,493 10,517 10,748 10,661 11,210 11,052 10,954 10,653 10,028 9,727 9,976 9,987 9,111 8,941 8,783 8,196 7,879 7,598 7,660 7,484 7,222 7,274 7,158 6,927 7,066 7,088 6,878 6,848 7,328 7,511 8,215 8,313 8,149 8,006 8,155 8,339 7,814 7,769 7,566 Saarland

Sachsen Saxony x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 49,672 31,278 25,298 23,423 22,734 24,004 27,006 29,008 30,190 31,383 33,139 31,943 31,518 32,079 33,044 32,581 32,556 33,858 34,411 34,093 35,091 34,423 34,686 34,800 35,935 36,466 37,940 36,833 35,890 34,491 33,383 32,548 29,331 26,194 24,697 Saxony

Sachsen-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 31,837 19,459 16,284 14,610 14,280 14,568 16,152 17,194 17,513 18,176 18,723 18,073 17,617 16,889 17,337 17,166 16,927 17,387 17,697 17,144 17,300 16,837 16,888 16,797 17,064 17,415 18,092 17,837 17,410 16,618 16,113 16,024 14,506 13,550 12,526 Saxony-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein 24,861 23,366 23,185 22,810 24,545 24,650 24,481 23,470 22,958 23,099 24,693 25,956 27,310 27,377 29,046 28,935 28,757 28,632 27,542 27,430 28,766 29,080 27,729 27,351 26,920 25,681 24,915 24,215 24,090 23,027 22,686 22,961 22,678 21,923 22,578 21,331 22,005 21,822 22,793 23,549 25,420 25,066 25,236 24,653 24,385 25,298 23,953 22,190 21,760 Schleswig-Holstein

Thuringen Thuringia x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 28,780 17,470 14,615 13,307 12,721 13,788 15,265 16,475 16,607 16,926 17,577 17,351 17,007 16,911 17,310 16,713 16,402 17,176 17,332 16,854 17,527 17,073 17,342 17,426 17,887 17,934 18,475 18,132 17,437 16,647 15,991 15,377 14,131 12,952 11,803 Thuringia

GERMANY 602,851 582,344 576,468 581,984 620,657 624,557 621,173 594,177 584,157 586,155 625,963 642,010 677,259 681,537 905,675 830,019 809,114 798,447 769,603 765,221 796,013 812,173 785,034 770,744 766,999 734,475 719,250 706,721 705,622 685,795 672,724 684,862 682,514 665,126 677,947 662,685 673,544 682,069 714,927 737,575 792,131 784,884 787,523 778,090 773,144 795,492 738,819 692,989 677,117 GERMANY

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state		1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	state
Baden-Wurttemberg	Baden-Wurttemberg	2,078	8,517	10,958	10,135	11,350	10,660	10,094	9,221	7,910	7,093	6,337	6,440	5,412	4,701	4,260	5,390	7,715	9,838	10,167	9,847	14,728	14,654	14,513	13,738	14,373	14,541	14,214	14,385	14,300	13,455	13,119	12,359	12,020	11,539	11,828	11,882	11,809	11,176	10,452	10,667	9,661	9,505	9,937	10,145	10,208	8,974	9,862	10,531	11,075	Baden-Wurttemberg
Bayern	Bavaria	1,320	5,889	6,196	5,645	5,998	5,457	7,213	5,995	5,011	6,160	6,088	6,947	5,844	4,668	5,053	5,721	5,234	6,285	9,772	9,643	12,726	14,768	15,838	15,681	16,603	16,464	15,885	15,563	16,155	14,294	13,593	13,364	12,736	12,054	11,696	12,325	12,040	11,886	12,102	11,821	11,483	12,143	11,868	12,131	12,487	11,344	12,046	12,637	12,235	Bavaria
Berlin	Berlin	1,381	4,511	5,164	5,311	4,027	2,712	3,457	2,590	2,883	2,423	2,998	4,947	4,256	4,197	10,089	5,025	4,487	8,220	9,678	8,619	11,762	11,741	11,396	11,949	11,955	11,605	11,344	10,881	10,994	10,637	10,024	9,621	9,648	9,402	9,503	9,393	9,269	8,800	8,643	8,494	8,871	9,289	9,525	9,645	9,790	8,770	10,007	9,824	10,280	Berlin
(East Berlin)		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	5,197	5,025	4,487																																	(East Berlin)
(West Berlin)		1,381	4,511	5,164	5,311	4,027	2,712	3,457	2,590	2,883	2,423	2,998	4,947	4,256	4,197	4,892																																			(West Berlin)
Brandenburg	Brandenburg	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	10,917	8,828	7,143	5,562	5,056	4,928	5,654	5,401	5,557	5,532	5,072	4,963	4,549	4,483	4,580	4,356	4,185	4,113	4,066	3,988	3,859	3,742	3,497	3,464	3,170	3,283	3,343	3,287	3,416	3,352	3,366	3,091	3,066	3,168	3,110	Brandenburg
Bremen	Bremen	114	900	1,447	4,230	5,082	5,178	6,592	6,839	6,279	5,978	5,649	5,429	5,008	5,095	4,951	4,619	4,727	3,861	3,280	3,090	1,908	1,599	1,776	1,740	1,757	1,819	1,648	1,763	1,861	1,717	1,648	1,682	1,551	1,630	1,599	1,630	1,578	1,537	1,421	1,544	1,484	1,467	1,457	1,219	1,334	2,220	2,405	2,423	2,350	Bremen
Hamburg	Hamburg	1,106	4,224	5,234	5,788	5,547	5,355	5,529	5,069	5,680	5,920	5,671	6,722	6,268	5,488	5,697	4,771	4,628	4,127	3,518	3,466	3,877	3,657	3,983	3,861	4,238	4,486	4,256	4,141	4,269	3,824	3,849	4,011	3,882	3,838	4,300	3,969	3,867	3,638	3,318	2,939	3,090	3,302	3,372	3,573	3,347	3,954	4,334	3,519	4,160	Hamburg
Hessen	Hesse	1,516	8,559	12,732	15,300	16,791	16,858	15,972	16,991	19,420	19,900	20,275	20,472	22,315	19,510	22,368	17,944	16,108	14,728	10,336	9,638	10,391	10,078	10,062	9,711	10,796	10,683	10,573	11,130	10,773	10,613	9,586	9,334	9,288	8,731	8,676	8,533	8,745	8,224	8,173	8,087	7,984	8,321	8,374	8,122	7,974	8,150	9,233	9,685	9,090	Hesse
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	8,573	6,996	6,436	3,968	3,161	2,742	4,118	3,675	3,646	3,465	3,818	3,760	3,642	3,490	3,358	3,460	3,192	3,094	3,111	3,134	3,124	2,991	2,970	2,831	2,633	2,614	2,774	2,463	2,395	2,309	2,313	2,046	2,244	2,276	2,185	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Niedersachsen	Lower Saxony	2,421	7,581	8,507	8,911	8,722	8,673	8,507	7,520	6,811	5,147	4,272	4,410	3,818	3,397	3,237	3,219	4,062	5,132	5,033	4,751	10,047	9,651	10,089	10,281	10,933	10,854	10,599	10,439	10,745	10,642	10,547	9,997	9,734	9,134	9,089	8,887	8,558	8,166	7,895	7,727	7,830	8,308	8,301	8,220	8,627	7,190	7,604	7,581	7,585	Lower Saxony
Nordrhein-Westfalen	North Rhine-Westphalia	1,768	10,017	18,019	22,476	24,559	27,244	27,583	25,883	25,280	24,798	26,926	26,667	25,289	23,053	22,773	22,753	22,973	21,631	20,231	19,260	26,415	27,220	26,613	26,895	27,481	27,429	26,840	26,038	26,072	25,271	24,967	24,500	24,120	23,143	22,897	22,231	21,866	20,939	20,105	20,783	21,041	21,869	21,378	21,552	20,705	20,225	22,750	23,551	23,815	North Rhine-Westphalia
Rheinland-Pfalz	Rhineland-Palatinate	111	587	1,008	1,232	1,301	1,243	1,812	1,790	2,105	1,759	1,706	1,836	1,238	1,170	1,472	1,286	1,383	1,947	2,203	2,131	4,350	4,706	4,716	4,586	4,773	4,768	4,632	4,458	4,647	4,525	4,541	4,444	4,471	4,533	4,280	3,920	3,933	4,011	3,816	3,984	3,801	3,759	3,726	3,592	3,213	2,635	2,962	3,324	3,270	Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland	Saarland	149	401	539	573	285	256	337	654	375	323	492	949	1,125	1,258	1,295	1,154	1,171	1,179	1,387	1,433	1,330	1,287	1,193	1,288	1,477	1,327	1,397	1,459	1,428	1,400	1,257	1,380	1,336	1,278	1,322	1,217	1,177	1,168	1,216	1,196	1,164	1,311	1,203	1,242	1,351	1,974	2,251	2,150	2,165	Saarland
Sachsen	Saxony	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	18,843	14,719	12,570	9,559	7,287	6,822	8,464	7,507	7,420	6,875	6,584	7,509	6,853	6,580	6,642	6,624	6,490	6,353	6,199	6,027	5,884	5,903	5,594	5,506	5,420	5,083	5,368	5,580	5,250	5,160	5,084	5,208	5,760	5,897	5,570	Saxony
Sachsen-Anhalt	Saxony-Anhalt	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	11,811	9,909	9,189	7,255	5,746	5,261	6,080	5,822	5,748	5,619	5,370	5,554	5,127	4,725	4,935	4,777	4,510	4,389	4,338	4,217	4,078	4,066	3,891	3,633	3,474	3,566	3,399	3,310	3,304	3,346	3,276	3,022	3,082	3,106	3,100	Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	1,080	3,123	3,744	4,189	4,040	3,899	3,968	3,977	4,544	4,037	3,860	3,721	3,211	2,760	2,810	2,689	2,368	2,112	1,774	1,920	3,271	3,476	3,683	3,764	3,949	3,820	3,733	3,675	3,855	3,693	3,487	3,708	3,609	3,612	3,634	3,536	3,487	3,352	3,210	3,139	3,314	3,248	3,329	3,261	3,294	2,947	3,246	3,396	3,400	Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringen	Thuringia	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	11,118	9,354	8,415	5,832	4,957	4,386	5,210	5,205	5,139	5,054	5,061	4,881	4,633	4,289	4,553	4,218	4,206	3,966	3,655	3,777	3,737	3,636	3,446	3,379	3,417	3,200	3,166	2,984	3,070	2,935	2,997	2,846	3,075	3,150	3,060	Thuringia
GERMANY		13,044	54,309	73,548	83,790	87,702	87,535	91,064	86,529	86,298	83,538	84,274	88,540	83,784	75,297	145,267	124,377	118,609	111,236	103,586	97,937	130,331	130,447	131,372	130,039	134,240	134,463	129,925	127,499	129,167	123,506	119,201	116,315	113,764	110,037	109,506	107,861	105,727	101,710	98,465	98,127	97,773	100,146	99,905	99,804	99,366	94,596	103,927	106,218	106,450	GERMANY
OTHER COUNTRIES																					2,982	568	443	423	432	369	501	462	531	483	517	509	556	720	657	925	1,006	1,088	1,092	1,250	1,200	948	1,063	1,081	1,089	582					OTHER COUNTRIES
TOTAL																					100,919	130,899	130,890	131,795	130,471	134,609	134,964	130,387	128,030	129,650	124,023	119,710	116,871	114,484	110,694	110,431	108,867	106,815	102,802	99,715	99,327	98,721	101,209	100,986	100,893	99,948					TOTAL

state		1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	state
Baden-Wurttemberg	Baden-Wurttemberg	95,492	90,981	89,924	92,425	99,721	100,673	100,268	95,447	94,414	94,442	101,616	103,590	110,627	111,600	118,579	117,528	117,559	117,982	113,398	112,459	114,657	116,419	111,056	107,973	106,182	101,366	99,604	97,596	96,655	94,279	91,955	92,823	91,909	89,678	90,695	88,823	89,477	91,505	95,632	100,269	107,487	107,375	108,919	108,985	108,024	113,534	104,549	98,419	97,507	Baden-Wurttemberg
Bayern	Bavaria	108,995	106,633	106,145	107,667	114,451		116,576		111,183		118,439	119,623	126,409	127,029	136,122	134,400	133,946	133,897	127,828	125,995	129,376	130,517	126,529	123,244	120,765	115,964	113,818	111,536	111,164	107,308	104,822	106,870	106,298	103,710	105,251	103,668	107,039	109,562	113,935	118,228	125,686	126,187	127,616	128,227	128,764	134,321	124,897	116,505	114,365	Bavaria
Berlin	Berlin					18,536				17,799		18,688	19,554	20,980	21,159	37,596	30,562	29,667	28,724	28,503	28,648	29,905	30,369	29,612	29,856	29,695	28,624	28,801	28,723	29,446	28,976	29,627	31,174	31,936	32,104	33,393	33,075	34,678	35,038	37,368	38,030	41,086	40,160	40,203	39,503	38,693	39,168	35,729	34,120	33,749	Berlin
Brandenburg	Brandenburg	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	29,238	17,215	13,469	12,238	12,443	13,494	15,140	16,370	17,146	17,928	18,444	17,692	17,704	17,970	18,148	17,910	17,883	18,589	18,808	18,537	18,954	18,279	18,482	18,355	19,339	19,112	20,934	20,337	19,881	19,329	18,998	19,029	17,439	15,885	15,154	Brandenburg
Bremen	Bremen					5,945				5,240		5,745	5,773	6,420	6,513	6,895	6,789	6,757	6,656	6,288	6,429	6,623	6,644	6,360	6,096	6,070	5,831	5,484	5,577	5,442	5,489	5,506	5,591	5,569	5,481	5,599	5,388	5,639	5,749	6,211	6,509	7,136	7,000	7,163	7,149	6,968	6,971	6,720	6,615	6,251	Bremen
Hamburg	Hamburg	13,601	12,987	12,616	12,722	13,580	13,494	13,262	12,818	12,407	12,711	13,404	14,259	15,359	15,335	16,693	16,503	16,497	16,257	16,201	15,872	16,594	16,970	16,235	16,034	16,159	15,786	15,707	15,916	16,103	16,179	16,089	16,727	16,751	16,779	17,377	17,125	17,706	18,137	19,039	19,768	21,480	21,133	21,126	20,940	20,431	21,018	19,054	18,264	17,553	Hamburg
Hessen	Hesse					54,535				49,844		52,587	54,814	57,643	58,803	62,026	61,324	61,146	61,610	60,565	59,858	62,391	63,124	60,567	58,996	58,817	56,228	55,324	54,400	54,332	53,369	51,404	52,616	51,752	50,744	51,742	51,479	51,607	52,185	54,631	56,889	60,731	60,988	61,012	60,062	59,389	61,546	57,360	53,685	53,089	Hesse
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	23,503	13,635	10,875	9,432	8,934	9,878	11,088	12,046	12,246	12,589	13,319	12,968	12,504	12,782	13,045	12,357	12,638	12,786	13,098	13,014	13,337	12,638	12,715	12,560	12,830	13,298	13,442	13,081	13,032	12,630	12,061	11,845	10,820	9,671	9,157	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Niedersachsen	Lower Saxony					71,752				66,803	67,229	71,226	73,037	76,036	76,696	82,452	83,122	83,669	84,579	81,520	80,994	83,655	85,907	82,207	80,483	79,436	75,239	73,193	70,563	70,371	66,993	65,327	65,326	64,887	62,228	63,130	61,280	61,478	62,879	66,406	67,183	75,215	73,020	73,652	73,286	74,119	76,441	71,289	67,162	65,646	Lower Saxony
Nordrhein-Westfalen	North Rhine-Westphalia	166,128	160,940	158,478	159,378	169,828	169,704	169,191	161,589	158,309	159,713	171,891	177,109	185,877	186,714	199,294	198,436	196,899	194,156	186,079	182,393	188,493	190,386	182,287	176,578	175,144	167,752	163,434	159,883	158,054	153,372	149,925	151,168	150,007	145,029	147,333	143,097	145,755	146,417	155,102	160,468	173,274	171,979	173,150	170,391	170,038	175,386	164,496	155,515	152,688	North Rhine-Westphalia
Rheinland-Pfalz	Rhineland-Palatinate	34,544	34,129	34,346	34,805	37,253	37,402	37,132	35,422	35,504	34,899	37,181	37,778	39,850	39,650	42,732	42,311	42,722	42,291	40,539	39,684	40,926	41,677	39,639	38,190	37,826	35,781	34,741	34,083	33,421	32,592	31,755	32,536	32,223	30,881	31,574	31,081	31,169	31,989	33,427	34,946	37,518	37,443	37,647	37,173	37,632	38,647	36,731	34,493	33,606	Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland	Saarland	9,601	9,876	9,574	9,787	10,511	10,496	10,287	9,918	9,696	9,800	10,493	10,517	10,748	10,661	11,210	11,052	10,954	10,653	10,028	9,727	9,976	9,987	9,111	8,941	8,783	8,196	7,879	7,598	7,660	7,484	7,222	7,274	7,158	6,927	7,066	7,088	6,878	6,848	7,328	7,511	8,215	8,313	8,149	8,006	8,155	8,339	7,814	7,769	7,566	Saarland
Sachsen	Saxony	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	49,672	31,278	25,298	23,423	22,734	24,004	27,006	29,008	30,190	31,383	33,139	31,943	31,518	32,079	33,044	32,581	32,556	33,858	34,411	34,093	35,091	34,423	34,686	34,800	35,935	36,466	37,940	36,833	35,890	34,491	33,383	32,548	29,331	26,194	24,697	Saxony
Sachsen-Anhalt	Saxony-Anhalt	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	31,837	19,459	16,284	14,610	14,280	14,568	16,152	17,194	17,513	18,176	18,723	18,073	17,617	16,889	17,337	17,166	16,927	17,387	17,697	17,144	17,300	16,837	16,888	16,797	17,064	17,415	18,092	17,837	17,410	16,618	16,113	16,024	14,506	13,550	12,526	Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein	Schleswig-Holstein	24,861	23,366	23,185	22,810	24,545	24,650	24,481	23,470	22,958	23,099	24,693	25,956	27,310	27,377	29,046	28,935	28,757	28,632	27,542	27,430	28,766	29,080	27,729	27,351	26,920	25,681	24,915	24,215	24,090	23,027	22,686	22,961	22,678	21,923	22,578	21,331	22,005	21,822	22,793	23,549	25,420	25,066	25,236	24,653	24,385	25,298	23,953	22,190	21,760	Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringen	Thuringia	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	28,780	17,470	14,615	13,307	12,721	13,788	15,265	16,475	16,607	16,926	17,577	17,351	17,007	16,911	17,310	16,713	16,402	17,176	17,332	16,854	17,527	17,073	17,342	17,426	17,887	17,934	18,475	18,132	17,437	16,647	15,991	15,377	14,131	12,952	11,803	Thuringia
GERMANY		602,851	582,344	576,468	581,984	620,657	624,557	621,173	594,177	584,157	586,155	625,963	642,010	677,259	681,537	905,675	830,019	809,114	798,447	769,603	765,221	796,013	812,173	785,034	770,744	766,999	734,475	719,250	706,721	705,622	685,795	672,724	684,862	682,514	665,126	677,947	662,685	673,544	682,069	714,927	737,575	792,131	784,884	787,523	778,090	773,144	795,492	738,819	692,989	677,117	GERMANY