Ageing Germany set to get smaller and older, says stats office


Two elderly persons walk in Berlin, Germany, March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

BERLIN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Ageing Germany's population could shrink by almost 10 million people, to around 75 million, by 2070 as the baby boomer generation gives way to much smaller cohorts, thestatistics office said.

In its latest population forecast, published on Thursday, the office said it expected one in four people in Germany to be aged over 67 in a decade'stime.

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