China News Service, June 16th. According to the "Central News Agency" report, the German Statistics Office stated on the 15th that during the new crown epidemic, Germany's birth rate was contrary to the trend of global birth rate decline. The number of births in March jumped by 10%, and the number of newborns Reached the highest level since 1998.
Data map: On the evening of April 2, local time, the German capital Berlin began to implement a "quasi-curfew".
The picture shows the inaccessibility of the Brandenburg Gate.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
The number of births in Germany in February has risen by 6%.
According to the German Statistics Office, the number of births in March was 65,903, an increase of about 5,900 over the same period last year, and it was the first time since 1998 that it exceeded 65,000.
In May 2020, the first wave of the epidemic in Germany began to slow down, the first blockade measures were also relaxed, and the number of births showed an upward trend.
According to the German Statistics Office, the birth rates of Spain, France, or Belgium, which were more severely affected by the first wave of the epidemic, have stabilized, and the birth rates in other European countries have also increased in March, especially in Eastern European countries.
In 2020, the number of births in Germany fell by only 0.6% and remained stable in January 2021, which means that the first lockdown will have minimal impact on fertility decisions.
Population experts attribute the contrarian growth in the number of births in Germany to family-friendly policies and the increase in the number of immigrants, as well as the timely release of policies in Germany to ensure that people who cannot work during the blockade receive bailout payments from the state.