A study to mark German reunification has found that over one-third of 35-year-olds in the country have a migration background.

Berlin’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has released a special demographic report on those born in 1990 when East and West Germany were reunited after nearly half a century of separation.

Destatis found that around 1.1 million people were born in the year of reunification, representing 1.4 per cent of the total German population today, broadcaster NTV reported .

A significant cohort of those born in 1990 had an immigration background, meaning that they are either immigrants themselves or have at least one foreign-born parent.

According to the official statistician, 36 per cent of 35-year-olds living in Germany now have a migrant background, 80 per cent

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