Foreign Births Now Majority as German Fertility Hits Record Low
18th July 2025
Germany’s native birth rate has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 30 years, while births to foreign mothers now account for over half of all newborns, according to new official data.
The figures, published by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, confirm a trend that for years was dismissed as a conspiracy theory: the German people are on their way to becoming a minority in their homeland, thanks to the collapse in birth rates among German citizens, coupled with the steady increase in births among foreign women and mass immigration.
According to the latest official data, only 677,117 children were born in Germany last year, a 2% drop compared to the previous year. The figure alone is alarming, but it becomes even more so when broken down by the mother’s origin: women with German citizenship have a fertility rate of just 1.23 children per woman, the lowest in nearly three decades. Meanwhile, women with foreign citizenship maintain a rate of 1.84.