Population development of Aachen
This article shows the population development of Aachen in tabular and graphic form.
On December 31, 2015, the “ official number of inhabitants ” for Aachen was 245,885 (only main residences ) according to an update by the State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia .
Population development
In the 19th century, due to industrialization, the population growth in Aachen increased. In 1816 the city still had 32,000 inhabitants, the number of inhabitants exceeded the limit of 100,000 in 1888, making it a major city . On January 1, 1897, was carried incorporation of the district town Burtscheid (15,871 inhabitants in 1895) from the district Aachen , which was the seat of the district administration. In 1939 Aachen had 162,000 inhabitants.
The effects of the Second World War are clearly visible . The Allied air raids destroyed 65 percent of the apartments. Aachen was forced to evacuate on September 11 and 12, 1944 , after which only 6,000 people lived in the city. On October 21, 1944, after six weeks of fighting ( Battle of Aachen ), Aachen was the first West German city to be captured by the Allies. At that time the city had 11,139 inhabitants. But as early as December 1945, the return of the forced evacuees caused the population to exceed 100,000 again.
The city experienced a population increase of around 63,000 people on January 1, 1972 due to several incorporations - the population rose from 177,000 to around 240,000. The increase of 9,000 people in 2003 is due to the fact that the city introduced the second home tax in the same year , which particularly motivated many students to exchange their second home for a main residence with the city administration . In 2006, the city with 258,770 inhabitants was 27th among the major German cities and 13th within North Rhine-Westphalia.
The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1812 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 1834 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 1834, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey methods.
From 1500 to 1870
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
From 1871 to 1944
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¹ census result
Source: City of Aachen
From 1945 to 1989
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Sources: City of Aachen (until 1970), State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia (from 1971)
Since 1990
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¹ census result
Source: State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia
Population forecast
In the study on the population forecast published in July 2015 from the Bertelsmann Foundation's “Wegweiser Kommune” data portal, the numerical development of the population was calculated for cities and municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants and for all rural districts. For Aachen it is predicted that the population will decrease by 3.6% by 2030. According to this current forecast, the number of inhabitants in Aachen will decrease continuously in the next few years and will only be 231,310 in 2030. According to this study, it can also be expected that z. For example, the proportion of the population aged over 75 will roughly double between 2015 and 2030 (one in ten in 2015, one in five in 2030).
Population structure
The largest groups of foreigners legally registered in Aachen on December 31, 2015 came from Turkey (6377), Poland (2095), China (2055), Syria (1817), Greece (1630), the Netherlands (1602), Romania (1508 ), India (1258), Italy (1186), Spain (1167), Bulgaria (1040), Russia (1028), Croatia (984), Belgium (964), Bosnia and Herzegovina (929) and Iran (907). The official statistics do not include naturalized persons and German-born children of foreign origin as foreigners.
| population | As of December 31, 2015 |
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| Eligible population | 253.945 |
| of which male | 131,913 |
| Female | 122.032 |
| German | 211,138 |
| of which male | 108,562 |
| Female | 102,947 |
| Foreigners | 42,807 |
| of which male | 23,351 |
| Female | 19,456 |
| Proportion of foreigners in percent | 16.9 |
age structure
The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2015 (eligible residents). The average age at this point was 40.63 years.
| Age | population | Percentage |
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| 0-5 | 9,914 | 3.9 |
| 5-10 | 9,320 | 3.7 |
| 10-15 | 9,490 | 3.7 |
| 15-20 | 14,038 | 5.5 |
| 20-25 | 29,369 | 11.6 |
| 25-30 | 27,692 | 10.9 |
| 30-35 | 18,846 | 7.4 |
| 35-40 | 14,249 | 5.6 |
| 40-45 | 13,200 | 5.2 |
| 45-50 | 16,853 | 6.6 |
| 50-55 | 17,400 | 6.9 |
| 55-60 | 15,251 | 6.0 |
| 60-65 | 12,994 | 5.1 |
| 65-70 | 11,240 | 4.4 |
| 70-75 | 10,068 | 4.0 |
| 75-80 | 11,108 | 4.4 |
| 80-85 | 6,807 | 2.7 |
| 85-90 | 4.017 | 1.6 |
| 90-95 | 1,739 | 0.7 |
| 95-100 | 311 | 0.1 |
| 100 and more | 39 | 0.02 |
| total | 253.945 | 100.0 |
| Age structure of the inhabitants of the city of Aachen | ||||
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| Age | Residents | |||
| 0-5 | 9,160 | |||
| 5-10 | 9,259 | |||
| 10-14 | 9,623 | |||
| 15-19 | 11,038 | |||
| 20-24 | 25,244 | |||
| 25-29 | 23,965 | |||
| 29-30 | 16,450 | |||
| 35-39 | 13,221 | |||
| 40-44 | 16,557 | |||
| 45-49 | 17,468 | |||
| 50-54 | 15,500 | |||
| 55-59 | 13,380 | |||
| 60-64 | 11,940 | |||
| 65-69 | 10,563 | |||
| 70-74 | 12,512 | |||
| 75-79 | 8,623 | |||
| 80-84 | 6,359 | |||
| 85-89 | 3,935 | |||
| over 90 | 1,623 | |||
| Data source: 2011 census, Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia, May 9, 2011 | ||||
Townships
The population figures refer to December 31, 2015 (eligible population).
| Surname | Area in km² | population | Inhabitants per km² |
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| fire | 13.38 | 17.182 | 1,284 |
| Eilendorf | 6.84 | 15,662 | 2,290 |
| Hair | 8.80 | 12,507 | 1,421 |
| Kornelimünster / Walheim | 37.03 | 15,610 | 422 |
| Laurensberg | 29.97 | 19,600 | 654 |
| center | 51.63 | 164,683 | 3,190 |
| Richterich | 13.18 | 8,701 | 660 |
| Aachen | 160.83 | 253.945 | 1,579 |
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 Foundation (Ed.): Guide to Demographic Change 2020. Analyzes and action plans for cities and municipalities. Bertelsmann Foundation Publishing House, Gütersloh 2006, ISBN 3-89204-875-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ LDS NRW: Population in the administrative district of Cologne ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.wegweiser-kommune.de/
- ↑ Aachener Nachrichten of July 10, 2015, p. 9 ( Is the region losing all along the line? )
- ^ City of Aachen: Statistical yearbook of the city of Aachen
- ^ City of Aachen: Statistical yearbook of the city of Aachen
- ^ City of Aachen: Statistical yearbook of the city of Aachen
- ↑ 2011 Census: Population and Households, City of Aachen from May 9, 2011. (PDF) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ City of Aachen: Statistical yearbook of the city of Aachen
