page_title: Old states of Germany
section_title: Demographic development
hierarchical_section_title: Old states of Germany / Demographic development
context_page_description: The old states of Germany are the 10 states in West Germany.
  Since the reunification, Germany thus consists of 16 states with equal legal statuses. Yet the process of the "inner reunification" between the former Eastern and Western Germany is still ongoing.
  The Old States are:
  Baden-Württemberg
  Bavaria
  Bremen
  Hamburg
  Hesse
  Lower Saxony
  North Rhine-Westphalia
  Rhineland-Palatinate
  Saarland
  Schleswig-Holstein
  Whether West Berlin is considered an "old state" depends on the context, since it was closely associated with the Federal Republic of Germany, but its status was disputed because of the Four Power Agreement on Berlin.
  The old states are colloquially referred to as Former West Germany, although the name West Germany has additional meanings.
context_section_description: In the old states the average age is lower than in the east.
caption: The population density of the new German states is lower than that of the old states.
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