Table 1.

Trends in the number of births in Germany, by month in 2021–22.

Source Own calculations based on Germany’s birth statistic, 2018–21: Statistisches Bundesamt (2023b, 2023c)

	Live births 2021	Live births 2022	Change 2021 vs. 2020 (in %)	Change 2022 vs. 2021 (in %)	Change 2021 vs. mean 2016–20 (in %)	Change 2022 vs. mean 2016–20 (in %)
January	64,325	58,406	0.96	− 9.20	0.94	− 8.35
February	60,595	53,727	3.23	− 11.33	3.26	− 8.45
March	67,060	58,135	7.76	− 13.31	6.74	− 7.47
April	63,601	57,450	3.86	− 9.67	3.42	− 6.58
May	64,748	65,084	0.07	0.52	− 1.73	− 1.22
June	65,985	64,664	− 0.19	− 2.00	− 1.23	− 3.21
July	72,267	68,385	1.70	− 5.37	− 0.23	− 5.59
August	72,542	67,948	4.09	− 6.33	1.49	− 4.93
September	71,362	66,935	2.74	− 6.20	1.54	− 4.76
October	68,822	63,375	4.25	− 7.91	2.71	− 5.42
November	62,895	57,829	5.70	− 8.05	2.92	− 5.37
December	61,290	56,918	0.95	− 7.13	− 0.23	− 7.34