March 31, 2026 | Defo News

Schrumpfende Bevölkerungen, Lebenszufriedenheit und soziale Integration

The new issue (No. 01/2026) of Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand, the popular science newsletter with latest research results from demography, has been released.

The Newsletter is available in German only.

The topics of the new issue are:

DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE

Germany’s population could shrink by a quarter

Rostock Centre for Research on Demographic Change (RZ)

Even if Germany’s birth rate were to rise immediately to replacement level, the population would shrink by almost 25 per cent over the next 50 years without immigration.

CLIMATE CHANGE, PANDEMIC, WAR

Life satisfaction in times of multiple crises

Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB)

COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, inflation – we have experienced numerous crises in recent years. This has a negative impact on life satisfaction.

SOCIAL INTEGRATION

Socially isolated

Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)

Women over 50 are less socially integrated than men in the same age group. The reason for this is likely the unequal distribution of care work.

"Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand" is a joint publication of the Max Planck Institute for demographic Research (MPIDR), the Rostocker Zentrum zur Erforschung des Demografischen Wandels (RZ), the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID), the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital and the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB).

The newsletter is released four times a year and is available electronically and as a printed version and is free of charge.