Overview
- The Amt für Statistik Berlin‑Brandenburg reports that Brandenburg recorded 35,743 deaths and 14,495 births in 2025, producing its largest natural population decline since 1990.
- Berlin reached a record low fertility of 1.18 children per woman in 2025 with 33,230 births, and only Friedrichshain‑Kreuzberg, Mitte and Pankow had more births than deaths.
- Potsdam had the highest birth rate in the region at 7.3 births per 1,000 residents and the smallest death surplus, while peripheral counties such as Elbe‑Elster, Prignitz and Spree‑Neiße faced the highest death rates.
- Women without German citizenship in Brandenburg bucked the overall trend with a fertility rate of 1.82 in 2025, while the average age of mothers in Berlin rose to 32.3 years.
- Demographers say the combined fall in births and sustained excess deaths will force municipalities to plan for higher healthcare and long‑term care demand, shrinking local workforces in rural areas, and continued reliance on migration to sustain Berlin’s population.