Fast drop in the number of youth in the East. According to the Bertelsmann Foundation, eastern Länder will be most badly hit by this demographic evolution, which is a result of the drop in birth rate after the reunification in October 1990, among other things. By 2015, the number of 19-24 year-olds will this decrease by 51.89% in Mecklenburg, 50.08% in Thuringia, 49.34% in Saxony-Anhalt, 48.87% in Saxony, 44.29% in Brandenburg and 24.54% in Berlin. The west isn’t going to be spared by this phenomenon but it will be more integral and slower depending on the regions. Thus, by 2025, the number of 19-24 year-olds will drop by 26% in Saarland, 19% in Rhineland-Palatinate, 18% in Bremen and 17% in North Rhine-Westphalia. Other Lander such as Bavaria, Hessen, Bade-Wurttemberg or Hamburg should be less affected. Meanwhile, the number of older people will highly increase. Thus, by 2025, the number of active 45-64 year-olds will increase by around 1.4 million while the number of active 25-44 year-olds will decline by 3.7 million.
be more integral and slower depending on the regions. Thus, by 2025, the number of 19-24 year-olds will drop by 26% in Saarland, 19% in Rhineland-Palatinate, 18% in Bremen and 17% in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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