German fertility is at the highest level since reunification because of a 25% increase in foreigner fertility.
>The fertility rate for women with German citizenship increased from 1.43 in 2015 to 1.46 in 2016. The rate for foreign women increased from 1.95 in 2015 to 2.28 in 2016.
>Slightly more than 790,000 babies were born. That was around 54,500 more — a 7 percent increase — compared to 2015.
>German women gave birth to just over 605,000 babies. Foreign women gave birth to just below 185,000 babies.
http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-fertility-rate-hits-43-year-high/a-43163756
Reuters had the audacity to report the increase as being caused by "economic incentives" in the headline, then explain it's pretty much entirely due to migrants having children two short paragraphs later. At least they used Islamic women in the picture
>Women between 30 and 37, who had fewer children when they were younger, are now catching up due to favorable economic conditions and family incentives, it said.
>Germany is enjoying an unusually prolonged growth cycle, now in its ninth year, as record employment and ultra-low borrowing costs propel a consumer-led upswing.
>But while births to German citizens were up 3 percent to around 607,500 babies, the rise was far outstripped by births to citizens of other countries, up a huge 25 percent at 184,660.
>A breakdown of the data showed the number of Syrian babies nearly quadrupled to 18,500, those with Iraqi mothers doubled to 5,500 and those with Afghan mothers tripled to 5,900.
>The overall fertility rate - the average number of children a woman has in her lifetime - rose to 1.59 from 1.50 in the previous year, the highest level since 1973.
>But although the rate among German women edged up slightly to 1.46 children, that among foreign women was more than 50 percent higher at 2.28.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-population/economy-incentives-and-migrants-give-germany-baby-boom-idUSKBN1H41PP