Declining Birth Rates (1950-1990) With the end of the baby boom in the late 1960s, birthrates declined dramatically in both German states. Both governments responded with a series of social policy measures for families and mothers, but it was only in East Germany that birthrates eventually increased.
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page 1 of 1 Births and Deaths in the Federal Republic in Thousands Year Live births Deaths Surplus of births (+) or deaths (-) Former FRG Territory of former GDR Former FRG Territory of former GDR Former FRG Territory of former GDR 1950 813 304 529 220 284 84 1960 969 293 643 234 326 59 1965 1,044 281 678 230 367 51 1970 811 237 735 241 76 -4 1971 779 235 731 235 48 0 1972 701 200 731 234 -30 -34 1973 636 180 731 232 -95 -52 1974 626 179 728 229 -101 -50 1975 601 182 749 240 -149 -59 1976 603 195 733 234 -130 -38 1977 582 223 705 226 -123 -3 1978 576 232 723 232 -147 0 1979 582 235 712 233 -130 2 1980 621 245 714 238 -93 7 1981 625 238 722 232 -98 5 1982 621 240 716 228 -95 12 1983 594 234 718 223 -124 11 1984 584 228 696 221 -112 7 1985 586 228 704 225 -118 2 1986 624 222 700 224 -76 -1 1987 642 226 687 214 -45 12 1988 677 216 688 213 -10 3 1989 681 199 698 206 -16 -7 1990* 727 175 713 201 14 -26 * Preliminary results Source: Federal Office of Statistics [Statistisches Bundesamt], ed., Datenreport 1992. Zahlen und Fakten über die Bundesrepublik Deutschland [Data Report 1992. Numbers and Facts about the Federal Republic of Germany]. Bonn, 1992, p. 48.
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