Population development of Bremen

This article shows the population development of Bremen in tabular and graphical form.

On December 31, 2019, the " official population " for Bremen was 567,559 according to an update by the Bremen State Statistical Office (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices ).

Population development

Population development in Bremen according to the adjacent tables. Above from 1350 to 2018. Below an excerpt from 1871

In the Middle Ages and early modern times , the population of Bremen grew only slowly and fell again and again due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. The plague epidemic of 1350 halved the population to around 5,000. In 1382 the plague hit the city again.

The first census is from 1744. However, only married couples and other "sedentary" people were counted. According to this, there were 28,000 inhabitants in Bremen, 22,000 of them in the old town and 6,000 in the new town. The next count of 1807 resulted in 36,052 people, of which 20,888 in the old town, 7,993 in the suburbs and 7,171 in the new town.

With the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century, Bremen began to experience strong population growth. While the population was 35,806 in 1812, it exceeded the 100,000 mark in 1875, making Bremen a major city . In the census of December 5, 1917, a total local population of 234,369 people was determined. According to the economics department of the War Food Office, these included 10,706 military personnel and 969 prisoners of war. The statistics do not include 2,778 temporarily absent military personnel.

On November 1, 1939, the population increased by 68,515 people due to the incorporation of the city of Vegesack and other communities. On December 31, 1939, 431,800 people lived in Bremen. During the Second World War , many districts were severely damaged by the Allied air raids. The heaviest bomb attack took place on the night of August 18-19, 1944. 1,054 people died and 8,248 residential buildings were completely destroyed. Overall, Bremen lost around a third of its residents through evacuation, flight, deportations and air strikes. The population decreased to 289,221 by July 1945.

After that, many people and refugees evacuated to the rural area settled in Bremen. The influx of displaced persons from the eastern German regions also reinforced the rapid increase in the number of residents. In 1947 the city had 400,000 inhabitants again, and in 1956 it had half a million. In 1969 the city's population reached its historic high of 607,184. Since then the population has fallen again. In 2006 the city with 547,934 inhabitants ranked tenth among the major German cities .

The following table shows the number of inhabitants of Bremen to the respective territorial status. Until 1842 it is mostly an estimate, then census results (¹) or official updates from the State Statistical Office. From 1871, the information relates to the “local population”, from 1925 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 1350 to 1867

(respective territorial status)

year Residents 1350 10,000 1352 5,000 1550 15,000 1650 25,000 1744 28,000 1790 30,000 1807 36,041 1811 36,630 1812 35,392 1818 37,029

Year / date Residents 1823 39,493 1831 44,286 1842 49,700 December 3, 1845 ¹ 53,156 December 3, 1849 ¹ 53,478 December 3, 1852 ¹ 57,055 December 3, 1855 ¹ 60,087 February 16, 1862¹ 66,938 December 3, 1864¹ 70,692 December 3, 1867 ¹ 74,574

¹ census result

From 1871 to 1944

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 1, 1871 ¹ 82,969 December 31, 1874 88,980 December 1, 1875 ¹ 102,499 December 1, 1880¹ 112,453 December 1, 1885 ¹ 118,395 December 1, 1890¹ 125,684 December 2, 1895 ¹ 141.133 December 1, 1900 ¹ 161.184 December 31, 1901 165.864 December 31, 1902 192.352 December 31, 1903 199,620 December 31, 1904 206.928 December 1, 1905 ¹ 214,953 December 31, 1906 216,624 December 31, 1907 226.725 December 31, 1908 233,826 December 31, 1909 240,927

date Residents December 1, 1910¹ 247,437 December 31, 1911 250,526 December 31, 1912 259,407 December 31, 1913 265.711 December 1, 1916 ¹ 222,895 December 5, 1917 ¹ 234,369 October 8, 1919 ¹ 257.923 December 31, 1919 262,767 December 31, 1920 266.311 December 31, 1921 282,622 December 31, 1922 284.027 December 31, 1923 277,652 December 31, 1924 279.171 June 16, 1925 ¹ 294,966 December 31, 1925 295,585 December 31, 1926 296.937 December 31, 1927 299,988

date Residents December 31, 1928 302.949 December 31, 1929 304,490 December 31, 1930 306.471 December 31, 1931 309.352 December 31, 1932 313.993 June 16, 1933 ¹ 323,331 December 31, 1933 324.189 December 31, 1934 326.113 December 31, 1935 331.266 December 31, 1936 336,801 December 31, 1937 341.124 December 31, 1938 353.100 May 17, 1939 ¹ 354.109 December 31, 1939 431,800 December 31, 1940 441,800

¹ census result

Source: City of Bremen

From 1945 to 1989

(respective territorial status)

date Residents July 31, 1945 289.221 December 31, 1945 366,427 October 29, 1946 ¹ 385.266 December 31, 1947 405.624 September 13, 1950 ¹ 444,549 December 31, 1951 463.049 December 31, 1952 472,962 December 31, 1953 483,539 September 25, 1956 ¹ 507,952 June 6, 1961 ¹ 564,517 December 31, 1961 569,862 December 31, 1962 575.220 December 31, 1963 580,956 December 31, 1964 587.941

date Residents December 31, 1965 596.100 December 31, 1966 601.884 December 31, 1967 603,600 December 31, 1968 604.997 December 31, 1969 607.184 May 27, 1970 ¹ 582,277 December 31, 1970 592,533 December 31, 1971 594,591 December 31, 1972 589.825 December 31, 1973 584.265 December 31, 1974 579.430 December 31, 1975 572,969 December 31, 1976 568.217 December 31, 1977 562,664

date Residents December 31, 1978 558.942 December 31, 1979 556.128 December 31, 1980 555.118 December 31, 1981 553.261 December 31, 1982 547.619 December 31, 1983 540,442 December 31, 1984 530,520 December 31, 1985 526.377 December 31, 1986 521.976 May 25, 1987 ¹ 533.455 December 31, 1987 532,686 December 31, 1988 535.058 December 31, 1989 544,327

¹ census result

Source: Bremen State Statistical Office

Since 1990

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 31, 1990 551.219 December 31, 1991 552.746 December 31, 1992 554.377 December 31, 1993 551,604 December 31, 1994 549.182 December 31, 1995 549.357 December 31, 1996 548,826 December 31, 1997 546.968 December 31, 1998 543.279 December 31, 1999 540,330

date Residents December 31, 2000 539.403 December 31, 2001 540,834 December 31, 2002 542.987 December 31, 2003 544.853 December 31, 2004 545.932 December 31, 2005 546.852 December 31, 2006 547.934 December 31, 2007 547,769 December 31, 2008 547.360 December 31, 2009 547,685

date Residents December 31, 2010 547.340 May 9, 2011 ¹ 542,707 December 31, 2011 544.043 December 31, 2012 546.451 December 31 2013 548,547 December 31, 2014 551,767 December 31, 2015 557.464 December 31, 2016 565.719 December 31, 2017 568.006 December 31, 2018 569.352

¹ census result

Source: Bremen State 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, an increase in Bremen's population of 0.7 percent (3,615 people) between 2003 and 2020 is predicted .

Absolute population development 2012–2030 - forecast for Bremen (main residences):

The forecast opposite compared to the real development from 1990 to 2018

date Residents 2012 546.110 2020 558,540 2025 557.720 2030 554.100

Source: Bertelsmann Foundation

Population structure

The largest groups of foreigners legally registered in Bremen on December 31, 2006 came from Turkey (23,995), Poland (5812), Serbia (3817), Russia (2281), Italy (1592), Iran (1488), Ukraine (1330 ), China (1278), Lebanon (1153), Greece (1118), Portugal (1084), Ghana (1051) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1029). The official statistics do not include naturalized persons and German-born children of foreign origin as foreigners.

population	As of December 31, 2006
Residents with main residence	547.934
of which male	265.061
Female	282.873
German	477,477
of which male	228.783
Female	248,694
Foreigners	70,457
of which male	36,278
Female	34,179
Proportion of foreigners in percent	12.9

Source: Bremen State Statistical Office

age structure

The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2006 (main residences).

Age from - to	population	Percentage
0-14	69,520	12.7
15-17	15,700	2.9
18-19	11,533	2.1
20-29	74,264	13.6
30-39	77,806	14.2
40-49	84,543	15.4
50 - 59	69,818	12.7
60-64	31,432	5.7
over 65	113,318	20.7
total	547.934	100.0

Source: Bremen State Statistical Office

City structure

Townships

The population figures refer to December 31, 2006 (main residences).

No.	Borough	Area in km²	of inhabitants number	Inhabitants per km²	Number of foreigners	Foreigners in%
1	center	39.33	17,045	433	2,994	17.6
2	south	66.02	123.408	1,869	16,516	13.4
3	east	107.97	218,895	2,027	25,751	11.8
4th	west	53.03	88,827	1,675	15,086	17.0
5	North	60.37	99,759	1,652	11,567	11.6
	Bremen	326.72	547.934	1,677	71,914	13.1

Source: Bremen State Statistical Office

Districts

The population figures refer to December 31, 2006 (main residences).

No.	district	Area in km²	of inhabitants number	Inhabitants per km²	Number of foreigners	Foreigners in%
11	center	3.12	16.808	5,387	2,916	17.3
12	Ports	36.21	237	7th	78	32.9
21st	Neustadt	14.87	43.192	2,905	6,810	15.8
23	Obervieland	14.27	35,480	2,486	3,910	11.0
24	Huchting	13.70	29,398	2.146	4.121	14.0
25th	Woltmershausen	5.02	13,752	2,739	1,610	11.7
26th	Seehausen	10.94	1,130	103	52	4.6
27	electricity	7.22	456	63	13	2.9
31	Eastern suburb	3.31	29,744	8,986	3,359	11.3
32	Schwachhausen	8.86	37,672	4,252	2,659	7.1
33	Vahr	4.36	27,120	6.220	4,278	15.8
34	Horn Lehe	13.88	24,363	1,755	2,355	9.7
35	Borgfeld	16.59	7,693	464	319	4.1
36	Oberneuland	18.37	12,686	691	684	5.4
37	Osterholz	12.89	37,883	2,939	5,935	15.7
38	Hemelingen	29.71	41,734	1.405	6.162	14.8
41	Blockland	30.57	399	13	16	4.0
42	Findorff	4.33	26,046	6.015	2,534	9.7
43	Walle	8.47	27,469	3,243	4,404	16.0
44	Groepelingen	9.66	34,913	3,614	8,132	23.3
51	Burglesum	25.91	33,427	1,290	2,950	8.8
52	Vegesack	11.85	34,271	2,892	4,853	14.2
53	Blumenthal	22.61	32,061	1,418	3,764	11.7
	Bremen	326.72	547.934	1,677	71,914	13.1

Source: Bremen State Statistical Office

See also

• History of the city of Bremen
• List of administrative levels in Bremen

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 , 1890ff.
• Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany , 1952ff.
• 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 Bremen: data query - query result. Retrieved March 16, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Hans Ludwig Schaefer: Bremen's population in the first half of the nineteenth century , in publications from the State Archives of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, issue 25, 1957, p. 35
3. ↑ Klaus Schwarz: The situation of the journeymen in Bremen during the 18th century. In: Publications from the State Archives of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Vol. 44, 1975, p. 107, note 298 and table p. 112.
4. ↑ Current statistical reports . State Statistical Office Bremen. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
5. ↑ Bertelsmann Foundation: Population projection 2012–2030
6. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Bremen: Statistisches Jahrbuch
7. ^ ^{A b} State Statistical Office Bremen: Districts of the city of Bremen

Web links

• Bremen State Statistical Office: data and facts
• Bertelsmann Foundation: Guide to the community