Germany population rises after migrant crisis: Figures to increase by 2035
Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) forecasts Germany's population is going to increase to 83.1 million by 2035 despite previous reports suggesting the population will dip.
And it is believed the rise is due to the record number of immigrants and asylum seekers which arrived in the country in 2015.
The figure goes against analysis by the federal statistics office, which in 2015 reported the current 82 million population of Germany could drop by more than 10 million over the next 40 years.
The IW report read: “The long-expected decrease in the German population clearly isn’t going to happen in the coming decades.”