Migration drives German population to record high in 2022

FILE PHOTO: Children ride bikes at a home for refugees who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion of the country, in Berlin, Germany June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's population rose to an all-time high of 84.3 million people in 2022, after stagnating over the past three years, as Ukrainian refugees came to Germany fleeing the war.

In 2022 there were 1.l million more people living in Germany than in the previous year, the federal statistics office said on Thursday. Immigrants more than compensated for a low birth rate and ageing population.