Population development in Dessau-Roßlau

This article shows the development of the population of Dessau-Roßlau in a table and graph.

On December 31, 2012, the “ official population ” of Dessau-Roßlau was 84,606 according to an update by the Saxony-Anhalt State Statistical Office (only main residences and after comparison with the other State Offices ).

Population development in Dessau-Roßlau

 

Population development in Dessau-Roßlau. Above from 1600 to Jan. 2018. Below an excerpt from 1871

In the late Middle Ages and early modern times , only a few thousand people lived in Dessau, and only a few hundred in Roßlau . The population grew slowly and fell again and again due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. With the onset of industrialization in the 19th century, population growth accelerated. In 1830 only 10,000 people lived in Dessau, by 1900 there were already 50,000. The population in Roßlau increased tenfold between 1807 (1074 inhabitants) and 1900 (10,059 inhabitants). On October 1, 1923, several surrounding communities were incorporated into Dessau. The population grew to over 70,000.

With the incorporation of Roßlau on April 1, 1935, the population of the city of Dessau exceeded the limit of 100,000, making it a major city . In 1940 the population reached its historic high of 131,400. Due to the severe destruction in World War II and the spin-off of Roßlau on April 1, 1945, the population of Dessau fell again below the limit of 100,000 and was 85,663 in December 1945. In Roßlau the population reached its historical high of 17,473 in 1946.

In 1972 Dessau's population again exceeded the 100,000 mark. Since the political change in the GDR , the population has fallen by a quarter, so that the city is now far from the city limits. Due to the migration to the southwest and demographic aging, the number of inhabitants fell to less than 80,000 by 2006. On December 31, 2006, the “ official population number ” according to an update by the Saxony-Anhalt State Statistical Office was 77,394 for Dessau and 13,849 for Roßlau (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices).

On July 1, 2007, the cities of Dessau and Roßlau merged to form the new city of Dessau-Roßlau with 91,243 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2006). At the end of 2008 the city had 88,693 inhabitants. In order to counteract the trend of emigration and demographic aging, incorporations are being prepared. Lt. Forecast by the Bertelsmann Foundation from 2011, however, a further population decline of 22% to 68,380 inhabitants is to be expected by 2030.

The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1830 these are estimates, then census results (¹) or official updates of the city administration (until 1944), the state central administration for statistics (1945 to 1989) and the state statistical office (from 1990). From 1871, the information relates to the “local population”, from 1925 to the resident population and since 1966 to the “population at the place of the main residence”. Before 1871, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey procedures.

From 1600 to 1944

(respective territorial status)

Year / date Residents 1600 2,500 1787 7,787 1830 10,612 3 December 1852 1 13,861 3 December 1858 1 15,071 3 December 1861 1 15,613 3 December 1864 1 16,300 3 December 1867 1 16,900 December 1, 1871 1 17,459

date Residents December 1, 1875 1 19,643 December 1, 1880 1 23,266 December 1, 1885 1 27,766 December 1, 1890 1 34,658 December 2, 1895 1 42,375 1 December 1900 1 50,851 December 1, 1905 1 55.134 December 1, 1910 1 56,605 December 1, 1916 1 51,860

date Residents December 5, 1917 1 51,082 October 8, 1919 1 57,700 December 31, 1920 59,684 June 16, 1925 1 71,272 December 31, 1930 83,200 June 16, 1933 1 78,593 December 31, 1935 2 105.211 May 17, 1939 1 119.165 December 31, 1940 131,400

Footnotes

¹ Census result
² Incorporation of Roßlaus on April 1, 1935

From 1945 to 1989

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 1, 1945 1,2 85,663 October 29, 1946 1 88.139 August 31, 1950 1 91,973 December 31, 1955 94,301 December 31, 1956 93,485 December 31, 1957 92,455 December 31, 1958 92,773 December 31, 1959 93.273 December 31, 1960 93,459 December 31, 1961 93,968 December 31, 1962 95.167 December 31, 1963 95,730 December 31, 1964 1 95,452

date Residents December 31, 1965 95,682 December 31, 1966 96,298 December 31, 1967 96,833 December 31, 1968 97.048 December 31, 1969 97.811 December 31, 1970 1 98,402 December 31, 1971 99,571 December 31, 1972 100.188 December 31, 1973 100,441 December 31, 1974 100,820 December 31, 1975 100,662 December 31, 1976 100,726 December 31, 1977 101.064

date Residents December 31, 1978 101,322 December 31, 1979 101.411 December 31, 1980 102,529 December 31, 1981 1 103.194 December 31, 1982 103,581 December 31, 1983 103,738 December 31, 1984 103.816 December 31, 1985 103,569 December 31, 1986 103,538 December 31, 1987 103.831 December 31, 1988 103,867 December 31, 1989 101,262

Footnotes

¹ Census result
² Roßlaus parish on April 1, 1946

Source: State Central Administration for Statistics

Since 1990

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 31, 1990 96,754 December 31, 1991 95.097 December 31, 1992 94,528 December 31, 1993 93.287 December 31, 1994 92,535 December 31, 1995 90,945 December 31, 1996 90.131 December 31, 1997 88,607 December 31, 1998 86,623 December 31, 1999 85,000

date Residents December 31, 2000 83.153 December 31, 2001 80.965 December 31, 2002 79,449 December 31, 2003 78,380 December 31, 2004 77,393 December 31, 2005 78,360 December 31, 2006 77,394 December 31, 2007 1 89,934 December 31, 2008 88,693 December 31, 2009 87,764

date Residents December 31, 2010 86.906 December 31, 2011 85,488 December 31, 2012 84,606 December 31 2013 83,616 December 31, 2014 83,061 December 31, 2015 82,919 December 31, 2016 82.505 December 31, 2017 82,634 December 31, 2018 81,809 December 31, 2019 80.103

footnote

¹ Merger of Roßlaus with Dessau on July 1, 2007

Source: State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt & City Administration Dessau

Population development of Roßlau

 

Population development of Roßlau (Elbe). Above from 1551 to 2006. Below a detail from 1871

(respective territorial status)

From 1935 to 1945 Roßlau was part of the city of Dessau.

Year / date Residents 1551 300 1753 855 1807 1,074 1818 1,268 December 3, 1849 ¹ 2,067 December 3, 1852 ¹ 2,437 December 3, 1861 ¹ 3,502 December 1, 1871 ¹ 3,772 December 1, 1875 ¹ 4,729 December 1, 1880¹ 5,384 December 1, 1890¹ 7,628 December 1, 1900 ¹ 10,059

date Residents December 1, 1905 ¹ 11,026 December 1, 1910¹ 11,354 December 1, 1916 ¹ 10,225 December 5, 1917 ¹ 10,324 October 8, 1919 ¹ 11,535 June 16, 1925 ¹ 12,512 June 16, 1933 ¹ 12,830 October 29, 1946 ¹ 17,473 August 31, 1950 ¹ 17,288 December 31, 1955 16,763 December 31, 1960 16,042 December 31, 1964 ¹ 16,315

date Residents January 1, 1971 ¹ 17,254 December 31, 1975 16,189 December 31, 1981 ¹ 14,733 December 31, 1985 14,469 December 31, 1988 15,122 December 31, 1990 14,642 December 31, 1995 14,453 December 31, 2000 14,141 December 31, 2005 13,979 December 31, 2006 13,849

¹ census result

Population forecast

In 2007 the State Statistical Office published the 4th regionalized population forecast for Saxony-Anhalt. It is expected for Dessau-Roßlau between 2005 and 2025 with a decrease in population of 14.8 percent (13,658 people). The 5th regionalized population forecast assumes a decrease of 21.1 percent (18,672 people) between the new base year 2008 (88,693 inhabitants) and the year 2025 (70,021 inhabitants).

Absolute population development 2005–2025 - forecast for Dessau-Roßlau (main residences):

date	Residents
December 31, 2008	88,693
December 31, 2010	86,392
December 31, 2015	81,309
December 31, 2020	75,963
December 31, 2025	70.021

Source: State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt

Population structure

population	December 31, 2008	September 30, 2016
Residents with main residence	88,693	82,664
of which male	42,684	40.187
Female	46.009	42,477
German	86,638	78,864
Foreigners	2,055	3,800
Proportion of foreigners in percent	2.3	4.6

Source: State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt

age structure

The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2008 (main residences).

Age	population	Percentage
00-15	8,596	9.7
16-17	1,089	1.2
18 - 24	7,342	8.3
25 - 34	8,807	9.9
35-44	11,741	13.2
45 - 59	21,497	24.2
over 60	29,621	33.4
total	88,693	100.0

Source: State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt

Birth and migration balance

Birth balance and migration balance according to the respective territorial status (until 2006 without Roßlau).

year	Born	Died	Birth balance	Immigration	Departures	Migration balance	Population balance
1989	1094	1262	−168	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.
1990	981	1250	−269	1862	5631	−3769	−4038
1991	535	1156	−621	1697	2737	−1040	−1661
1992	500	1080	−580	2423	2417	6th	−574
1993	453	1042	−589	2038	2698	−660	−1249
1994	404	988	−584	2391	3127	−736	−1320
1995	441	981	−540	2445	3495	−1050	−1590
1996	530	1039	−509	2870	3175	−305	−814
1997	484	917	−433	2470	3561	−1091	−1524
1998	543	1020	−477	2428	3928	−1500	−1977
1999	499	941	−442	2460	3641	−1181	−1623
2000	569	889	−320	2402	3929	−1527	−1847
2001	520	949	−429	2301	4060	−1759	−2188
2002	489	922	−433	2506	3589	−1083	−1516
2003	487	869	−382	2628	3315	−687	−1069
2004	493	818	−325	2523	2785	−262	−587
2005	484	905	−420	2552	3400	−848	−1268
2006	515	909	−394	2342	2914	−572	−966
2007	602	1152	−550	2446	3206	−760	−1309
2008	588	1180	−592	2580	3231	−651	−1241
2009	595	1156	−561	2697	3068	−371	−932
2010	604	1193	−589	2655	2923	−268	−858
2011	575	1231	−656	2721	3135	−414	−1070
2012	587	1215	−628	2730	2977	−247	−875
2013	566	1248	−682	2520	2834	−314	−996
2014	558	1236	−678	2947	2836	111	−567
2015	590	1287	−697	3650	3102	548	−149
2016	630	1334	−704	3431	3118	313	−391

Source: State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt

Townships

The city of Dessau-Roßlau is divided into 2 districts, each of which forms the areas of the former cities of Dessau and Roßlau (Elbe), as well as 25 districts. The population figures refer to December 31 of each year (main residences).

No.	Surname	1991	1995	2000	2005	2007	2010	2015	2018	Development 1991-2018 in%
01	Inner-city area north	13,178	11,463	11,487	11,391	11,193	11,175	10,872	10,468	−20.6
02	Inner city center	14,527	13,786	11,197	9,802	9,626	9,488	9,361	9,519	−34.5
03	Inner-city area south	15,225	13,911	10,703	9,208	8,519	7,736	6,904	6,293	−58.7
04	south	12,796	11,621	8,869	6,804	6,584	6.228	6,472	6,391	−50.1
05	Haideburg	1,395	1,386	1,382	1,365	1,359	1.310	1,280	1,212	−13.1
06	Killing	2,557	2,594	2,715	2,630	2,587	2,516	2,428	2,375	−7.1
07	Mildensee	1.932	2.023	2,228	2.140	2.129	2,050	1,990	1,983	2.6
08	Waldersee	2,575	2.712	2,816	2,654	2,631	2,626	2,479	2,448	−4.9
09	Ziebigk	5,928	5,826	6.333	6,193	6,034	5,880	5,805	5,670	−4.4
10	settlement	5,385	5,878	5,453	4,919	4,848	4,764	4,701	4,835	−10.2
11	Großkühnau	1,018	1,016	1,080	1,044	1.002	953	923	925	−9.1
12	Kleinkühnau	1,843	1,852	1,894	1,801	1,732	1,638	1,631	1,678	−9.0
13	west	2,692	2,303	753	1,081	1,034	1.010	971	1.004	−62.7
14th	Old people	4,857	4,680	4,606	4,264	4,197	4,001	3,875	3,783	−22.1
15th	Kochstedt	1,368	1,548	3,671	4,337	4,338	4,320	4.187	4.122	201.3
16	Mosigkau	2,066	2,185	2,310	2.234	2.172	2.110	2.013	1,976	−4.4
17th	Zoberberg	5,335	5,588	4,507	3,864	3,657	3,250	2,385	2,326	−56.4
18th	Kleutsch	...	297	440	435	427	402	413	397	_
19th	Sollnitz	...	281	279	271	266	244	212	199	_
20th	Brambach	...	...	...	392	381	363	334	336	_
21st	Rodleben	...	...	...	1,597	1,578	1,490	1,381	1,336	_
22nd	Rosslau	...	...	...	...	11,508	11,162	10,664	10,503	_
23	Meinsdorf	...	...	...	...	1,662	1,612	1,542	1,532	_
24	Muhlstedt	...	...	...	...	189	185	171	179	_
25th	Streetz / Natho	...	...	...	...	348	327	310	319	_
	total	94,677	90,973	82,723	78,426	90.001	86,840	83,304	81,809

Source: City of Dessau-Roßlau

See also

• History of the city of Dessau

literature

• Georg Wilhelm von Viebahn: Statistics of the United Customs and Northern Germany , Georg Reimer Verlag, Berlin, 1858–1868, 3 volumes
• Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the German Empire , 1880–1918
• Statistisches Reichsamt (Ed.): Statistical yearbook for the German Reich , 1919–1941 / 42
• German Association of Cities (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of German Communities , 1890 ff.
• State Central Administration for Statistics (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of the German Democratic Republic , 1955–1989
• Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.): Guide to Demographic Change 2020. Analyzes and action plans for cities and municipalities. Bertelsmann Stiftung Publishing House, Gütersloh 2006, ISBN 3-89204-875-4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt: Territory and Elections ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ City of Dessau-Roßlau . City of Dessau-Roßlau accessdate = 2019-03-24.
3. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Saxony-Anhalt: 5. Regionalized population forecast ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ State Statistical Office of Saxony-Anhalt: Population statistics
5. ↑ City of Dessau-Roßlau: Elections and Statistics ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• City of Dessau-Roßlau: Elections and statistics
• Bertelsmann Stiftung: Guide to the community