In 2024, the most populated federal state in Germany is North Rhine-Westphalia in the west, with a population of almost 18 million. The state capital is Düsseldorf. Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in the south rounded up the top three, both with over 10 million inhabitants.

In 2023, **** percent of Berlin's population were foreigners. Therefore, among all German federal states, Berlin had the highest foreigner share, followed by Bremen and Hamburg. On the other side of the spectrum, only ***** percent of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania were non-Germans.

Among all 16 German federal states, the city-state Hamburg in the north has the highest share of population members aged 15 to 64 years, with **** percent. Berlin, also a city-state, followed and the northern German state of Bremen took third place.

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Hubert, Michel (1998): Deutschland im Wandel. Geschichte der deutschen Bevölkerung seit 1815. Stuttgart: Steiner.

Köbler, Gerhard (2007): Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder. Die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. München: Beck.

Königlich Preußisches Statistisches Landesamt: Statistisches Jahrbuch für den Preußischen Staat, 13. Jahrgang, Berlin 1916 und 16. Jahrgang, Berlin 1920.

Königlich Statistisches Bureau in Berlin: Preußische Statistik (Amtliches Quellenwerk), Heft 139. Die Sterblichkeit nach Todesursachen und Altersklassen der Gestorbenen sowie die Selbstmorde und die tödlichen Verunglückungen im preußischen Staate während des Jahres 1894. Berlin, 1896.

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Oltmer, Jochen (2005): Migration und Politik in der Weimarer Republik. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht.

Preußisches Statistisches Landesamt: Statistisches Jahrbuch für den Freistaat Preußen, Statistisches Jahrbuch für den Freistaat Preußen, 17. Band, 1921 und 29. Band, 1933.

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Stat. Reichsamt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich, verschiedene Jahrgänge: Jg. 1880 bis Jg. 1941/42.

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Trevisiol, O.: Die Einbürgerungspraxis im Deutschen Reich 1871-1945. Diss. 2004. Tab. 1, S. 20 und Tab. 4, S. 24. KOPS – Das institutionelle Repositorium der Universität Konstanz, Suche im Bestand ‘Geschichte und Soziologie‘, WEB: http://d-nb.info/974206237/34

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Bade, Klaus J. (2002): Europa in Bewegung. Migration vom späten 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. München: Beck.

Gosewinkel, Dieter (2001): Einbürgern und Ausschließen. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Oltmer, Jochen (2012): Globale Migration. Geschichte und Gegenwart. München: Beck.

Oltmer, Jochen (2013): Migration im 19. Und 20. Jahrhundert. München: Oldenbourg.

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About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the North Germany township population over the last 20 plus years. It lists the population for each year, along with the year on year change in population, as well as the change in percentage terms for each year. The dataset can be utilized to understand the population change of North Germany township across the last two decades. For example, using this dataset, we can identify if the population is declining or increasing. If there is a change, when the population peaked, or if it is still growing and has not reached its peak. We can also compare the trend with the overall trend of United States population over the same period of time.

Key observations

In 2023, the population of North Germany township was 297, a 0.34% increase year-by-year from 2022. Previously, in 2022, North Germany township population was 296, an increase of 1.37% compared to a population of 292 in 2021. Over the last 20 plus years, between 2000 and 2023, population of North Germany township decreased by 31. In this period, the peak population was 338 in the year 2007. The numbers suggest that the population has already reached its peak and is showing a trend of decline. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP).

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP).

Data Coverage:

• From 2000 to 2023

Variables / Data Columns

• Year: This column displays the data year (Measured annually and for years 2000 to 2023)
• Population: The population for the specific year for the North Germany township is shown in this column.
• Year on Year Change: This column displays the change in North Germany township population for each year compared to the previous year.
• Change in Percent: This column displays the year on year change as a percentage. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

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This dataset is a part of the main dataset for North Germany township Population by Year. You can refer the same here

In 1800, the region of Germany was not a single, unified nation, but a collection of decentralized, independent states, bound together as part of the Holy Roman Empire. This empire was dissolved, however, in 1806, during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras in Europe, and the German Confederation was established in 1815. Napoleonic reforms led to the abolition of serfdom, extension of voting rights to property-owners, and an overall increase in living standards. The population grew throughout the remainder of the century, as improvements in sanitation and medicine (namely, mandatory vaccination policies) saw child mortality rates fall in later decades. As Germany industrialized and the economy grew, so too did the argument for nationhood; calls for pan-Germanism (the unification of all German-speaking lands) grew more popular among the lower classes in the mid-1800s, especially following the revolutions of 1948-49. In contrast, industrialization and poor harvests also saw high unemployment in rural regions, which led to waves of mass migration, particularly to the U.S.. In 1886, the Austro-Prussian War united northern Germany under a new Confederation, while the remaining German states (excluding Austria and Switzerland) joined following the Franco-Prussian War in 1871; this established the German Empire, under the Prussian leadership of Emperor Wilhelm I and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. 1871 to 1945 - Unification to the Second World War The first decades of unification saw Germany rise to become one of Europe's strongest and most advanced nations, and challenge other world powers on an international scale, establishing colonies in Africa and the Pacific. These endeavors were cut short, however, when the Austro-Hungarian heir apparent was assassinated in Sarajevo; Germany promised a "blank check" of support for Austria's retaliation, who subsequently declared war on Serbia and set the First World War in motion. Viewed as the strongest of the Central Powers, Germany mobilized over 11 million men throughout the war, and its army fought in all theaters. As the war progressed, both the military and civilian populations grew increasingly weakened due to malnutrition, as Germany's resources became stretched. By the war's end in 1918, Germany suffered over 2 million civilian and military deaths due to conflict, and several hundred thousand more during the accompanying influenza pandemic. Mass displacement and the restructuring of Europe's borders through the Treaty of Versailles saw the population drop by several million more.

Reparations and economic mismanagement also financially crippled Germany and led to bitter indignation among many Germans in the interwar period; something that was exploited by Adolf Hitler on his rise to power. Reckless printing of money caused hyperinflation in 1923, when the currency became so worthless that basic items were priced at trillions of Marks; the introduction of the Rentenmark then stabilized the economy before the Great Depression of 1929 sent it back into dramatic decline. When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi government disregarded the Treaty of Versailles' restrictions and Germany rose once more to become an emerging superpower. Hitler's desire for territorial expansion into eastern Europe and the creation of an ethnically-homogenous German empire then led to the invasion of Poland in 1939, which is considered the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. Again, almost every aspect of German life contributed to the war effort, and more than 13 million men were mobilized. After six years of war, and over seven million German deaths, the Axis powers were defeated and Germany was divided into four zones administered by France, the Soviet Union, the UK, and the U.S.. Mass displacement, shifting borders, and the relocation of peoples based on ethnicity also greatly affected the population during this time. 1945 to 2020 - Partition and Reunification In the late 1940s, cold war tensions led to two distinct states emerging in Germany; the Soviet-controlled east became the communist German Democratic Republic (DDR), and the three western zones merged to form the democratic Federal Republic of Germany. Additionally, Berlin was split in a similar fashion, although its location deep inside DDR territory created series of problems and opportunities for the those on either side. Life quickly changed depending on which side of the border one lived. Within a decade, rapid economic recovery saw West Germany become western Europe's strongest economy and a key international player. In the east, living standards were much lower, although unemployment was almost non-existent; internationally, East Germany was the strongest economy in the Eastern Bloc (after the USSR), though it eventually fell behind the West by the 1970s. The restriction of movement between the two states also led to labor shortages in t...

germany - Population for Germany was 577.00000 Mil. of Persons in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, germany - Population for Germany reached a record high of 1402.00000 in February of 2021 and a record low of -235.00000 in May of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for germany - Population for Germany - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Aggregate data from documents from the state bureaus of the census

The work of Kraus represents a collection of material on population, on population movement and on population structure according to age and sex. The study is subdivided into the individual member states of the German Confederation on the area of the future German Reich, the provinces of Prussia as well as the German Reich in total. The values to the variables inhabitants, marriages, number of births, number of deaths without stillborn ones, number of deaths are to be found in the a-tables. The number of inhabitants according to sex and the age groups of the inhabitants according to sex are to be found in the b-tables. A- and b-tables both contain absolute and relative numbers. Subjects: Tables in the ZA-Online-Database HISTAT: Tables of Population figure and population movement and tables of the distribution by age and sex for the German countries: - Kingdom of Wuerttemberg (Königreich Württemberg) (1815-1875) - Grand Duchy Baden (Großherzogtum Baden) (1815-1875) - Duchy of Braunschweig (Herzogtum Braunschweig) (1816-1875) - Kingdom of Saxony (Königreich Sachsen) (1815-1875) - Grand Duchy of Hesse (Großherzogtum Hessen) (1815-1875) - Kongdom of Bavaria (Königreich Bayern (mit Pfalz)) (Population figure and -movement: 1816-1875; Distribution by age and sex: 1834-1875) - Bavaria to the west of the Rhine: Palatinate (Pfalz) (1818-1875) - Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, including the principality of Ratzeburg (Großherzogtum Mecklenburg-Strelitz, einschließlich des Fürstentums Ratzeburg) (1815-1875) - Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Großherzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin) (1815-1875) - Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (Großherzogtum Oldenburg) (1855-1875) - Kingdom of Hannover, since 1966 prussian province (Königreich Hannover, ab 1866 preußische Provinz Hannover) (1815-1875) - The various prussian administrative districts and provinces (1815-1875) - The Free Hanseatic Cities Hamburg, Luebeck and Bremen Tables of Population figure and population movement - The German Empire without Alsace-Lorraine (Deutsches Reich (ohne Elsaß-Lothringen)) (1841-1875) - The German Empire with Alsace-Lorraine (Deutsches Reich (mit Elsaß-Lothringen)) (1840-1875) - Alsace-Lorraine (Elsaß-Lothringen) (1821-1875)

germany - Population Growth for Germany was -0.62005 % Chg. at Annual Rate in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, germany - Population Growth for Germany reached a record high of 0.72088 in January of 2022 and a record low of -0.62005 in January of 2023. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for germany - Population Growth for Germany - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Subject of the datacompilation is the description of the natural and geographical population movement in modern german history.

Topics

Time Series Data in the downloadsystem HISTAT:

Population and Population Structure A.1 Size of Population and Population Growth A.2 Population Development in international comparison A.3 Population by age-groups A.4 Population by sex A.5 Population by municipal size A.6 Population by social characteristics (Family Status, Religious Denomination) A.7 Population by State/region (German States of FRG, GDR)

B. Population movement B.1 Marriages and Devorces B.2 Birth Statistics and Fertility Statistics B.3 Mortality B.4 Infant Mortality Statistics

C. Migration Statistics

D. Household Size and Family Structure

Among all 16 German federal states, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has the highest share of population members aged between 65 and 79 years, at around **** percent. Saxony had the highest share of residents aged 80 and older.

About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the German Flatts town population over the last 20 plus years. It lists the population for each year, along with the year on year change in population, as well as the change in percentage terms for each year. The dataset can be utilized to understand the population change of German Flatts town across the last two decades. For example, using this dataset, we can identify if the population is declining or increasing. If there is a change, when the population peaked, or if it is still growing and has not reached its peak. We can also compare the trend with the overall trend of United States population over the same period of time.

Key observations

In 2023, the population of German Flatts town was 12,079, a 0.29% decrease year-by-year from 2022. Previously, in 2022, German Flatts town population was 12,114, a decline of 0.76% compared to a population of 12,207 in 2021. Over the last 20 plus years, between 2000 and 2023, population of German Flatts town decreased by 1,577. In this period, the peak population was 13,656 in the year 2000. The numbers suggest that the population has already reached its peak and is showing a trend of decline. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP).

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP).

Data Coverage:

• From 2000 to 2023

Variables / Data Columns

• Year: This column displays the data year (Measured annually and for years 2000 to 2023)
• Population: The population for the specific year for the German Flatts town is shown in this column.
• Year on Year Change: This column displays the change in German Flatts town population for each year compared to the previous year.
• Change in Percent: This column displays the year on year change as a percentage. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

Recommended for further research

This dataset is a part of the main dataset for German Flatts town Population by Year. You can refer the same here

The study’s subject: The data on natural population movement has been compiled on the basis of the German Empires official statistics, which published an overview on population development and it’s vital series: marriages, births, marital births, stillbirths, and deaths (Statistik des Dt. Reichs N.F. 44, 1892, pp. 2-48: Table I.A: General-Uebersicht über Stand und Bewegung der Bevölkerung des Deutschen Reichs).

The special feature of these data series is their beginning of the year 1841, i.e. 30 years before the founding of the German Empire. The period of the German Empire until 1819 was characterizes by fundamental demographic, economic and social changes that affected to a considerable extent, culture and politics. Especially the process of high industrialization played an important role. Thus the Empire transformed economically as well as social-structurally in the last decades of the 19th Century from an agrarian to an industrialized country. An indicator for the change was the enormous growth of the population. In 1871 the German Empire had 41 million inhabitants, in 1886 there were over 46 million and in 1910 it had almost 65 million inhabitants.

The German Empire included 25 states (Federal states) - including the three republican written Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck, and additional the kingdom land of Alsace-Lorraine.

For each of these German federal states, the average annual population and the vitality seriea are reproduced from the year 1841 until 1886 in its respective borders.

Data-tables in HISTAT (Topic: Population): Two data tables have been compiled for the German Reich and it’s states and country-parts: - Mean population and vital series (marriages, births, marital births, stillbirths, deaths) per year - Mean population and vital series (marriages, births, marital births, stillbirths, deaths), for the decades 1841-1850 / 1851-1860 / 1861-1870 / 1871-1880.

Publication: Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt (Hrsg.): Statistik des Deutschen Reichs. Neue Folge. Band 44. Berlin, 1892. (Royal Statistical Office (ed.): Statistics of the German Empire. New Edition. Issue 44. Berlin, 1892)

Territory under investigation: German Empire and it’s 25 states and country-parts in it’s respective borders since 1841. The single German states, provinces and principalities.

Sources: Official Statistics: Statistics of the German Empire = Statistik des Deutschen Reichs. Neue Folge. Band 44. Berlin, 1892.

Germany DE: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data was reported at 14.879 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 14.429 % for 2010. Germany DE: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 11.828 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.879 % in 2015 and a record low of 7.518 % in 1990. Germany DE: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.;United Nations Population Division, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2008 Revision.;Weighted average;

Data from https://www.deutschlandatlas.de : Average development of the population between 2016 and 2021 per year in %. The population development reflects both the number of inflows and outflows as well as the natural population change due to births and deaths of a municipality. It is striking that between 2016 and 2021, municipalities in West German federal states experienced predominantly a population increase, whereas municipalities in East German federal states predominantly recorded declining population figures.

Germany Population: East data was reported at 16,147.618 Person th in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16,163.795 Person th for 2020. Germany Population: East data is updated yearly, averaging 16,722.586 Person th from Dec 1950 (Median) to 2021, with 72 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18,388.172 Person th in 1950 and a record low of 15,119.530 Person th in 2000. Germany Population: East data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistisches Bundesamt. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.G001: Population.

The study at hand is a pioneer work of compiling statistical materials on the German national income in a comparable form for a period of more than 100 years. This is meant to be a cornerstone of the detailed analysis of the growth process of the German national economy. As a matter of fact, the structural changes of the German economy within the last 100 years can be presented by means of cross-sectional analysises for certain points of time. Thus essential facts as related to economic history are arranged in a systematic order as well. In addition, time series are analysed in order to make the explanation of the underlying development possible. Consequently, the findings resulting from this study could offer a primary basis for the verification of theories on growth, and for the judgment of future chances of development. Due to considerable efforts in this regard, such estimated figures on the national income are disposable for several countries. In this context, the study in hand closes the gap in the German statistical reports in the mentioned field. The study proves that, in this field of research, many difficulties have to be overcome; above all, it must be stated that the statistical materials are partly incomplete and make the realisation of such a project appear venturesome. However, the results prove that taking the risk pays off in the end. So the authors pin their hopes on an ensuing evaluation, as far as feasible, of the obtained data. Additionally, they would appreciate if these data were completed by means of criticism and new research, whereby different methods could be applied as well. According to its purpose, the study in hand is limited to the presentation of statistical materials without interpreting them. The attempt to evaluate the results of this study in order to provide an analysis on the growth rate of the German national economy seems premature yet; the work accomplished so far is simply not sufficient. Apart from the lack of absolute figures on the national income, a detailed structural analysis of the German national income has still not been completed for this purpose. In fact, the focus of the analysis lies on the determination of nominal values for the national income. Details on the real income, on the other hand, are restricted to a brief analysis, as the authors are of the opinion that the disposible price series are insufficient as regards a study on the real income. It is beyond doubt that they cannot imply all major components, in particularly those of earlier periods. The named long-term work has been made possible by the financial support of the Social Science Research Council and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; the latter has also contribute to the printing costs. In their turn, the authors would like to express their gratefulness for the generous assistance on the part of these two institutions.” (W.G. Hoffmann / J.H. Müller (1959), S. V-VI). Classification of tables:A. Germany, overwiewB. PrussiaC. State or region A. Overview: German national income per type of income (1851-1957)A. Overview: national income in Germany and in single federal states (1871-1936)A. Overview: the national income per capita in Germany and in single federal states (1871-1936)B. The national income in Prussia (1851-1913)C. Uncorrected income per capita of the population and national income per capita of the population in selected years (1900-1913)C. The national income in Hamburg and Bremen (1871-1913)C The national income in Hesse (1872-1913)C. The national income in Saxony (1874-1913)C. The national income in Baden (1885-1913)C. The national income in Württemberg (1904-1913)C. The national income in Bavaria (1911-1913)

Analysis unit

Persons, households, and dwellings East Germany

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: yes - Vacant Units: no - Households: yes - Individuals: yes - Group quarters: yes

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: A dwelling is defined as a group of connected rooms, which are built as living quarters, have a separate entrance directly from a stair well or directly from the outside, and have a kitchen or a kitchenette. - Households: A household is a group of persons who live and keep house together. A person living alone forms a household. Persons occupying several dwellings are assigned to one household in each dwelling. - Group quarters: Collective dwellings, for the purpose of the census, are hostels, establishments for the care of children and youth, for health services, or for social welfare to provide care and accommodations to persons who lived there for reasons of working, occupational training, studying or for special education and treatment.

Universe

Persons who live permanently in the GDR, excluding members of foreign embassies and consular offices, and military and civil members of the Soviet Union military and their families

Kind of data

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: Central State Office for Statistics

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 4278563.

SAMPLE DESIGN: 25% sample of households drawn by the Federal Statistical Office. Sample method unknown

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

There are 3 forms: (1) household list; (2) person list which contains information on all persons living in the household; and (3) housing list which contains information on the rooms of residence

Abstract: The German Local Population Database (GPOP) includes historical population figures for all administrative units of Germany. The GPOP database includes total population in 1871, 1910, 1939, 1946, 1961, 1987, 1996, 2011, and 2019 for the universe of all German municipalities, counties, and states at consistent contemporary boundaries (31 December 2019). The database was hand-collected and assembled from more than 50 sources. The data reflect 150 years of regional development and disparities in Germany.