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Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government. Civil Administration Division. / Population changes, 1947 : U.S. Zone Germany
(1948)
Section II: major factors affecting growth of population, pp. 8-10
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POPULATION CHANGES 1947. SECTION II Major Factors Affecting Growth of Population A. For the Year 1947 In 1947 within the U.S. Zone of Germany not only the rate of popu- lation increase, but also the causes or sources of the increase were far from "normal". In "normal' times the population of highly-industrialised and densely-populated European countries Increases almost exclusively through an excess of births over deaths; migration, either immigration or emigration, is only a minor factor in population growth. Within the U.S. Zone, Including Land Bremen, more than two-thirds of the increase for 1947 was due to migration. The number of births exceed- ed the number of deaths by 107,000. The net balance of immigration over emi- gration was 239,000. If there had been no immigration, population would have increased 0.62 percent. As population actually increased 1.99 percent, net immigration alone resulted in an increase of 1.37 percent. See Table III and Appendix "B" for data by Laender. TABLE III ANALYSIS OF POPULATION INCREASE FOR 1947 BY MAJOR FACTORS B. Comnarison of 1947 with Other Periods The unusual relationship in 1947 between natural causes and migra- tion as factors in population increase is shown clearly by a comparison with figures of prewar times (Table IV). In the period of depression between 1925 and 1933 in the whole of Germany as well as in the territory of the U.S. Zone, the number of people leaving the country was greater than the number entering, and therefore the yearly increase was loss than the excess of births over deaths. During this period In the U.S. Zone, for instance, there was an average annual excess of births over deaths of 82,600. But the total population increased by only 71,200. because of the loss through emigration. In the period 1933 through 1939 there was an average yearly excess of immigration over emigration of 29,300. But oven at that time the net gain by migration affected the rate of Increase in only a minor way. The decisive factor in population increase was still the excess of births over deaths, av- eraging at that time 96,200 annually. 8 Excess of Births Excess Immigration Area Total Increase Over Deaths Over Emigration. Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent U.S. Zone (excluding Bremen) 325,000 1.92 104,000 0.62 221,000 1.30 U.S. Zone (including Bremen) 346,000 1.99 107,000 0.62 239,000 1.37 U.S. Area of Control (including Berlin Sector) 353,000 1.92 97.000 0.52 256,000 1.40 nvii anumirTpAnniq nivmniq _. . ._ W.l _ . | And ._|. He- _ . . _ . . _ . ... .. _ . . .. .. . _ _ . _ . _
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