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Originally Posted by Dan D
Do you mean the estimated 11 million German refugees that were forced to leave countries in Eastern Europe because of the war Hitler Germany started there or do you mean that 11 million people immigrated to Germany in total since 1945?
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No I meant how the total population of Germany was about 68 million in 1950 and now it's over 81 million.
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Anyway, I think Beton has already given a good explanation.
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When old people are getting older then let's say 100 years ago and at the same time the population is shrinking because the birth rate is getting lower, then fewer people have to finance the pensions of a growing number of older people.
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That all makes sense but like I said above your population is not shrinking, it has grown by an eighth in that time. So why is that not enough to sustain you?