Source
Legal Resettlers and Refugees from the GDR (1961–1990)
|
Year |
Total |
Legal resettlers |
Refugees (via third countries, etc.) |
Escapees (through border fortifications) |
Ransomed political prisoners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1961 |
52,324 |
c. 700 |
43,117 |
8,507 |
-- |
|
1962 |
21,356 |
4,615 |
10,980 |
5,761 |
-- |
|
1963 |
42,632 |
29,665 |
9,275 |
3,692 |
-- |
|
1964 |
41,876 |
30,012 |
8,709 |
3,155 |
884 |
|
1965 |
29,552 |
17,666 |
9,557 |
2,329 |
1,555 |
|
1966 |
24,131 |
15,675 |
6,720 |
1,736 |
407 |
|
1967 |
19,573 |
13,188 |
5,182 |
1,203 |
554 |
|
1968 |
16,036 |
11,134 |
3,767 |
1,135 |
693 |
|
1969 |
16,975 |
11,702 |
4,080 |
1,193 |
880 |
|
1970 |
17,519 |
12,472 |
4,146 |
901 |
888 |
|
1971 |
17,408 |
11,565 |
5,011 |
832 |
1,375 |
|
1972 |
17,164 |
11,627 |
4,292 |
1,245 |
731 |
|
1973 |
15,189 |
8,667 |
4,680 |
1,842 |
631 |
|
1974 |
13,252 |
7,928 |
4,355 |
969 |
1,053 |
|
1975 |
16,285 |
10,274 |
5,338 |
673 |
1,158 |
|
1976 |
15,168 |
10,058 |
4,500 |
610 |
1,439 |
|
1977 |
12,078 |
8,041 |
3,316 |
721 |
1,475 |
|
1978 |
12,117 |
8,271 |
3,385 |
461 |
1,452 |
|
1979 |
12,515 |
9,003 |
1,768 |
463 |
890 |
|
1980 |
12,763 |
8,775 |
2,552 |
424 |
1,036 |
|
1981 |
15,433 |
11,093 |
2,599 |
298 |
1,584 |
|
1982 |
13,208 |
9,113 |
2,282 |
283 |
1,491 |
|
1983 |
11,343 |
7,729 |
2,259 |
228 |
1,105 |
|
1984 |
40,974 |
34,982 |
3,459 |
192 |
2,236 |
|
1985 |
24,912 |
18,752 |
3,324 |
160 |
2,669 |
|
1986 |
26,178 |
19,982 |
4,450 |
210 |
1,450 |
|
1987 |
18,958 |
11,459 |
5,964 |
288 |
1,209 |
|
1988 |
39,832 |
29,033 |
9,115 |
590 |
1,048 |
|
1989 |
343,854 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1,775 |
|
1990 |
238,384 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Source: Hans Hermann Hertle, Konrad H. Jarausch, and Christoph Kleßmann, eds., Mauerbau und Mauerfall. Ursachen—Verlauf—Auswirkungen. Berlin, 2002, pp. 310–14.