In 2022, there were over 2.3 million single mothers in Germany, compared to 487,000 single fathers. This statistic shows the number of single parents in Germany from 2000 to 2022, by gender.
Number of single parents in Germany from 2000 to 2022, by gender
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Characteristic
Mothers
Fathers
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* Conversion from survey with fixed reporting week to continuous survey with moving reporting week; methodological variations possible. Extrapolation for the years from the 2011 microcensus onwards using the population extrapolation based on the 2011 census. Extrapolation for previous years is based on the updated results of the 1987 census.
2017: Changeover of the registration of unmarried couples from voluntary information to mandatory information.
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Statistisches Bundesamt. (July 28, 2023). Number of single parents in Germany from 2000 to 2022, by gender (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104898/single-parents-by-gender-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Number of single parents in Germany from 2000 to 2022, by gender (in 1,000s)." Chart. July 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104898/single-parents-by-gender-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. (2023). Number of single parents in Germany from 2000 to 2022, by gender (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104898/single-parents-by-gender-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Number of Single Parents in Germany from 2000 to 2022, by Gender (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104898/single-parents-by-gender-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt, Number of single parents in Germany from 2000 to 2022, by gender (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104898/single-parents-by-gender-germany/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of single parents in Germany from 2000 to 2022, by gender (in 1,000s) [Graph], Statistisches Bundesamt, July 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104898/single-parents-by-gender-germany/