Characteristics of population distribution in Germany

The population distribution in Germany is very uneven. After reunification, the population of Berlin has increased rapidly, reaching more than 4.3 million at present. The population of industrial zones along the Rhine and Ruhr rivers with dense cities exceeds 65,438+0,654,380+0,000. Other densely populated areas include the Rhine-Main area where big cities such as Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Mainz are located, the industrial zone in the Rhine-Neckar Valley, the economic zone centered on Stuttgart, and cities such as Bremen, Dresden, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich and Nuremberg and their affiliated areas. But in the northern German lowlands, Ayffre, Bavarian forest areas, Upper Valts, Brandenburg border areas and most parts of mecklenburg-Prebaum County, the population is sparse. The population density in western Germany is obviously higher than that in eastern Germany, and four of the 20 cities with a population of over 300,000 are in eastern Germany.

The annual birth rate in Germany is 10.5 births/1000 people, which has always been one of the countries with the lowest birth rate in the world, with an average of only 1.8 children per couple. After World War II, Germany's population growth mainly depended on immigrants.