Holger Zschaepitz(@Schuldensuehner):Good Morning from Germany, where the fertility rate has fallen to 1.32 children per woman, the lowest since 1996. Only 654,241 babies were born in 2025, the fewest in postwar history. Even Lower Saxony, Germany’s most fertile state, slipped below 1.4.

Holger Zschaepitz

@Schuldensuehner

Holger Zschäpitz is market maniac @Welt and Author of 'Schulden ohne Sühne?' a book on states' addiction to debt. Pics:

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Holger Zschaepitz@Schuldensuehner

2026.07.01 08:23

Good Morning from Germany, where the fertility rate has fallen to 1.32 children per woman, the lowest since 1996. Only 654,241 babies were born in 2025, the fewest in postwar history. Even Lower Saxony, Germany’s most fertile state, slipped below 1.4.