Population development of Hanover
This article shows the population development of Hanover in tabular and graphical form.
On December 31, 2011, the “ official population ” for Hanover was 509,485 based on the 2011 census based on updates by the Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices ). On December 31, 2015, it was 532,163.
Population development
The population of Hanover grew only slowly in the Middle Ages and fell again and again due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. In 1435 the city had about 5,000 inhabitants, by 1766 this number had doubled to 11,874. With industrialization in the 19th century, population growth accelerated. In 1811 only 16,816 people lived in the city, in 1861 there were already 60,120. The incorporation of surrounding places in 1859, which brought an increase in population of around 20,000 people, contributed to this.
In 1875 the population of the city of Hanover exceeded the limit of 100,000, making it a major city . In 1901 Hanover had 250,000 inhabitants. Through numerous incorporations in 1907 and 1909, the population rose to over 300,000 in 1910. In the census of December 5, 1917, a total local population of 287,072 people was determined. According to the economics department of the War Food Office, these included 27,217 military personnel and 2,505 prisoners of war. On January 1, 1920, the city of Linden (73,379 inhabitants 1919) was incorporated. The population rose to over 400,000 by the end of 1920.
The effects of the Second World War are clearly visible . The air raids on Hanover began in 1940 and destroyed large parts of the city. 4,748 residents were killed and 250,000 left homeless. The city lost more than half of its population in the course of the war through evacuation ( "Extended Kinderlandverschickung" ), flight, deportation of Jews and air raids. The population fell from 471,000 in May 1939 to 217,000 in April 1945. After that, many people and refugees who had been evacuated to the rural area settled in Hanover. The influx of displaced persons from the eastern German regions also reinforced the rapid increase in the number of residents.
In 1952, as many people lived in the city as before the war, in 1954 there were already half a million. In 1962 the population reached its historic high of 574,754. On March 1, 1974, the incorporation of the city of Misburg (21,721 inhabitants 1972) and other places in the area brought a population increase of 64,711 people. Hannover has been one of the 15 largest German cities every year since 1960 at the latest. At the end of 2010, the city with 522,686 inhabitants ranked 13th among the major German cities .
The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1823 these are mostly estimates, then census results (¹) or official updates by the city administration (until 1970) and the State Statistical Office (from 1971). From 1855 the information relates to the “customs clearance population”, from 1871 to the “local population”, from 1925 to the resident population and since 1987 to the “population at the place of the main residence”. Before 1855, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey methods.
From 1190 to 1870
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
From 1871 to 1944
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Source: City of Hanover
From 1945 to 1989
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Sources: City of Hanover (until 1970), State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony (from 1971)
Since 1990
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Source: State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony
Population forecast
In their 2009 publication “Who, where, how many? - Population in Germany 2025 ”, in which the Bertelsmann Foundation provides data on the development of the population for all municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants in Germany, a 0.2 percent decrease in Hanover (985 people) is predicted between 2006 and 2025.
Absolute population development 2006-2025 - forecast for Hanover (main residences):
| date | Residents |
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| December 31, 2006 | 516,343 |
| December 31, 2010 | 516,594 |
| December 31, 2015 | 517.385 |
| December 31, 2020 | 517,301 |
| December 31, 2025 | 515.358 |
Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
Absolute population development 2009–2030 - forecast for Hanover (main residences). During this period, the population is expected to increase by 7,890 inhabitants or 1.5%.
| date | Residents |
|---|---|
| December 31, 2009 | 520,470 |
| December 31, 2015 | 528,540 |
| December 31, 2020 | 532.200 |
| December 31, 2025 | 532.150 |
| December 31, 2030 | 528.360 |
Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
Absolute population development 2012–2030 - forecast for Hanover (main residences). During this period, the population is expected to increase by 23,140 inhabitants or 4.5%.
| date | Residents |
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| December 31, 2012 | 513.610 |
| December 31, 2015 | 523.780 |
| December 31, 2020 | 533.220 |
| December 31, 2025 | 537.160 |
| December 31, 2030 | 536,750 |
Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
Population structure
| population | As of December 31, 2008 |
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| Residents with main residence | 519.619 |
| of which male | 250,069 |
| Female | 269,550 |
| German | 444.214 |
| of which male | 212,489 |
| Female | 231.725 |
| Foreigners | 75,405 |
| of which male | 37,580 |
| Female | 37,825 |
| Proportion of foreigners in percent | 14.5 |
Source: State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony
foreign population
The table shows the largest groups of foreigners legally registered in Hanover (main residence).
| rank | Country | Population on January 1, 2015 |
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| 1. | Turkey | 16,621 |
| 2. | Poland | 7,772 |
| 3. | Greece | 4,333 |
| 4th | Ukraine | 3,461 |
| 5. | Russia | 3.115 |
| 6th | Italy | 2,880 |
| 7th | Serbia | 2,810 |
| 8th. | Bulgaria | 2.711 |
| 9. | Spain | 2,708 |
| 10. | Iraq | 2.211 |
| 11. | Romania | 1,825 |
| 12. | Iran | 1,669 |
| 13. | Croatia | 1,637 |
| 14th | China | 1,632 |
| 15th | Syria | 1,502 |
Of the 82,653 inhabitants without German citizenship, 29,771 were from EU countries, 16,621 from Turkey, 8,709 from former CIS countries , 13,654 from (other) Asian countries, 6,243 from (other) European countries, 4,652 from African countries and 3,003 from others States.
In addition to the foreigners, there were 64,487 German residents who had a second citizenship: including 19,765 from EU countries, 9,000 from Turkey, 15,251 from former CIS countries, 10,842 from (other) Asian countries, 3,395 from (other) European countries, 3,960 from African countries and 2,074 from other countries.
Source: State capital Hanover, elections and statistics
age structure
The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2006 (main residences).
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Source: State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony
Townships
The population figures refer to January 1st, 2008 (main residences).
| No. |
Surname |
Area in km² |
of inhabitants number |
Inhabitants per km² |
Number of foreigners |
Foreigners in% |
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| 01 | center | 10.75 | 33,363 | 3,104 | 5,517 | 16.5 |
| 02 | Vahrenwald list | 8.23 | 66,762 | 8,112 | 9,451 | 14.2 |
| 03 | Bothfeld-Vahrenheide | 30.69 | 47,513 | 1,548 | 6,621 | 13.9 |
| 04 | Buchholz-Kleefeld | 13.96 | 43,140 | 3,089 | 6,268 | 14.5 |
| 05 | Misburg-Anderten | 28.11 | 31,806 | 1,131 | 2,558 | 8.0 |
| 06 | Kirchrode-Bemerode-Wülferode | 23.85 | 28,832 | 1,209 | 2,569 | 8.9 |
| 07 | Südstadt-Bult | 7.18 | 41,328 | 5,756 | 3,898 | 9.4 |
| 08 | Döhren-Wülfel | 16.51 | 33,535 | 2,031 | 3,803 | 11.3 |
| 09 | Ricklingen | 14.73 | 43,400 | 2,946 | 6.262 | 14.4 |
| 10 | Linden Limmer | 8.18 | 43,488 | 5,316 | 9,479 | 21.8 |
| 11 | Ahlem-Badenstedt-Davenstedt | 9.85 | 31,644 | 3.213 | 3,875 | 12.2 |
| 12 | Herrenhausen sticks | 21.13 | 34,878 | 1,651 | 7.179 | 20.6 |
| 13 | North | 10.84 | 29,947 | 2,761 | 6,763 | 22.6 |
| Hanover | 204.01 | 509,636 | 2,498 | 74,243 | 14.6 |
Source: Population register of the state capital Hanover
The population figures refer to January 1, 2014 (main residences).
| No. |
Surname |
Area in km² |
of inhabitants number |
Inhabitants per hectare |
Population share in% aged | Number of foreigners |
Foreigners in% |
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Years |
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| 01 | center | 10.73 | 35,081 | 33 | 10.9 | 70.2 | 18.9 | 6,049 | 17.2 |
| 02 | Vahrenwald list | 8.27 | 69,320 | 84 | 14.0 | 64.3 | 21.7 | 10,075 | 14.5 |
| 03 | Bothfeld-Vahrenheide | 30.76 | 48,258 | 16 | 18.3 | 52.8 | 28.9 | 7.123 | 14.8 |
| 04 | Buchholz-Kleefeld | 13.97 | 44,115 | 32 | 15.4 | 55.8 | 28.8 | 6,501 | 14.7 |
| 05 | Misburg-Anderten | 28.11 | 32,529 | 12 | 15.5 | 56.2 | 28.4 | 3,147 | 9.7 |
| 06 | Kirchrode-Bemerode-Wülferode | 23.81 | 31,188 | 13 | 19.9 | 53.8 | 26.3 | 2,743 | 8.8 |
| 07 | Südstadt-Bult | 7.20 | 42,439 | 59 | 11.5 | 66.7 | 21.8 | 3,913 | 9.2 |
| 08 | Döhren-Wülfel | 16.56 | 33,671 | 20th | 14.9 | 57.9 | 27.2 | 4.126 | 12.3 |
| 09 | Ricklingen | 14.72 | 44.113 | 30th | 15.3 | 56.3 | 28.4 | 7,313 | 16.6 |
| 10 | Linden Limmer | 8.18 | 44,095 | 54 | 14.4 | 68.8 | 16.8 | 8,960 | 20.3 |
| 11 | Ahlem-Badenstedt-Davenstedt | 9.85 | 32,725 | 33 | 16.5 | 54.6 | 28.9 | 4,527 | 13.8 |
| 12 | Herrenhausen sticks | 21.14 | 35,920 | 17th | 14.7 | 60.1 | 25.3 | 7,594 | 21.1 |
| 13 | North | 10.92 | 30,996 | 18th | 15.2 | 66.5 | 18.3 | 7.097 | 22.9 |
| Hanover | 204.01 | 524,450 | 26th | 15.0 | 60.5 | 24.5 | 79,168 | 15.1 | |
Source: State capital Hanover
See also
literature
- 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.
- Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany , 1952 ff.
- Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.): Who, where, how many? - Population in Germany 2025. Practical knowledge for municipalities. Bertelsmann Stiftung publishing house, Gütersloh 2009, ISBN 978-3-86793-042-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony: Census results 2011 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 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. PDF file, 41 kB
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, regional database, population update, table K1020014
- ↑ Bertelsmann Foundation: Population forecast ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2008 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. (Data can no longer be called up, not even in the web archive)
- ↑ Bertelsmann Foundation: Absolute Population Development 2009-2030 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Data can no longer be called up, not even in the web archive)
- ↑ Bertelsmann Foundation: Absolute Population Development 2012-2030
- ^ City of Hanover: Selected data on the structure of the population
- ↑ a b City of Hanover: structural data for the city districts and city districts
