Population development of Saarbrücken
This article shows the population development of Saarbrücken in tabular and graphical form.
Population development
In the Middle Ages and early modern times , only a few hundred people lived in Saarbrücken. The population grew very slowly and kept falling due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. Due to the devastation of the Thirty Years' War , the population fell from 2,732 in 1628 to only 70 in 1637. Only with the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century did population growth accelerate. In 1802 the city only had 3,110 inhabitants, in 1900 there were already over 23,000.
After the unification of the cities of Malstatt-Burbach (38,554 inhabitants in 1905), Saarbrücken (26,944 inhabitants in 1905) and Sankt Johann (24,140 inhabitants in 1905), the population of the city exceeded the limit of 100,000 on April 1, 1909, making it a major city . At the census of May 17, 1939, there were 133,345 people in Saarbrücken.
During the Second World War , the city was badly damaged by numerous Allied air raids, killing a total of 1,234 people. During the heaviest attack on October 5, 1944, an association of 325 “Lancaster” bombers threw around 2,500 high-explosive bombs and over 350,000 stick bombs on Alt-Saarbrücken, Malstatt and part of Burbach in three waves . In the subsequent firestorm , 361 people died and 45,000 were left homeless. On December 6, 1944, the city, which at that time still had 6,000 inhabitants, was evacuated. When US troops took Saarbrücken on March 21, 1945, the city was almost deserted. The pre-war level was not reached again until 1964.
The incorporation of the city of Dudweiler (28,933 inhabitants in 1972) and other municipalities on January 1, 1974 brought an increase of 86,098 people to the historic high of 209,104 inhabitants. On December 31, 2006, the “ official population ” for Saarbrücken was 177,870 according to the Saarland statistical office (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices ).
The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1818 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 1871, the information relates to the “local population”, from 1927 to the resident population and since 1987 to the “population at the location of the main residence”. Before 1871, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey procedures.
From 1628 to 1970
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Source: Saarbrücken City Administration
From 1971
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Source: Saarland Statistical Office
Population forecast
In their 2006 “Guide to Demographic Change 2020”, in which the Bertelsmann Foundation provides data on the development of the population of 2,959 municipalities in Germany, Saarbrücken's population is predicted to decrease by 3.0 percent between 2003 and 2020 (5,437 people).
Absolute population development 2003–2020 - forecast for Saarbrücken (main residences):
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Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
In March 2016, Deutsche Postbank AG published a study conducted by Michael Bräuninger, professor at Helmut Schmidt University , entitled Housing Atlas 2016 - Living in the City , in which a population forecast for 36 major German cities for the year 2030 is carried out. It also explicitly takes into account the immigration in the context of the refugee crisis in Germany from 2015 . For Saarbrücken, a population decline of 4.47% is predicted from 2015 to 2030 despite the influx of refugees.
Population structure
| population | As of December 31, 2006 |
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| Residents with main residence | 180,515 |
| of which male | 87,354 |
| Female | 93.161 |
| German | 156,525 |
| of which male | 75,118 |
| Female | 81,407 |
| Foreigners | 23,990 |
| of which male | 12,236 |
| Female | 11,754 |
| Proportion of foreigners in percent | 13.3 |
Source: Saarbrücken city register
age structure
The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2006 (main residences).
| Age from - to | population | Percentage |
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| 0 - 5 | 8,279 | 4.6 |
| 6 - 9 | 5,894 | 3.3 |
| 10-14 | 7,777 | 4.3 |
| 15-17 | 5,227 | 2.9 |
| 18 - 24 | 15,882 | 8.8 |
| 25-44 | 51,645 | 28.6 |
| 45 - 59 | 39,409 | 21.8 |
| 60-64 | 9,071 | 5.0 |
| over 65 | 37,331 | 20.7 |
| All in all | 180,515 | 100.0 |
Source: Saarbrücken city register
See also
literature
- Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Dieterici (ed.): Communications from the Statistical Bureau in Berlin , 1848–1861
- 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.): Guide to Demographic Change 2020. Analyzes and action plans for cities and municipalities. Bertelsmann Stiftung Publishing House, Gütersloh 2006, ISBN 3-89204-875-4
Web links
- Saarland statistical office: area and population
- City administration Saarbrücken: Statistical information
- Bertelsmann Stiftung: Guide to Demographic Change
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release Deutsche Post AG: Postbank study "Housing Atlas 2016 - Living in the City": Where population growth causes prices to rise , published on March 3, 2016, accessed on March 3, 2016