The number of sex workers registered with the German government rose to roughly 30,600 at the end of 2023, an 8 percent increase from the previous year in a sign that the paid intimacy industry is recovering slowly but steadily to it's pre-COVID pandemic levels, DPA reports.
There were 40,400 registered prostitutes in the country at the end of 2019, back in the days when a head cold and maybe herpes were the main health hazards of paid copulation. This year's data reveals that the vast majority of registered prostitutes – 75 percent – were between the ages of 21 and 45, while 21 percent were over 45 and 4 percent were between 18 and 25. German officials did not disclose the gender makeup of the registrants and are not legally required to do so.