Population development in Bremerhaven

This article shows the population development of Bremerhaven in tabular and graphic form.

Population development

Population development in Bremerhaven from 1827 to 2018 according to the table below

In 1139 the church villages Geestendorf and Wulsdorf , located in what is now the city of Bremerhaven , and in 1275 the spots of Lehe north of the Geeste were first mentioned. For centuries, the places remained small villages with a few hundred inhabitants. Bremerhaven was founded on May 1, 1827, with 19 residents at the time. The city's population rose over 10,000 by 1871 and doubled to around 20,000 by 1900.

In the south of Bremerhaven, not far from the old Geestendorf settlement, a new settlement with 1,800 inhabitants was founded in 1845. The new system was named Geestemünde on June 26, 1847 . On April 1, 1889, the municipality of Geestendorf was incorporated into Geestemünde ("Hafenort Geestemünde" with around 15,000 inhabitants). Wulsdorf (4830 inhabitants) became a district of the city of Geestemünde on April 1, 1920.

On November 1, 1924, Lehe (38,105 inhabitants 1919) and Geestemünde (24,474 inhabitants 1919) merged to form the new city of Wesermünde with around 70,000 inhabitants. On November 1, 1939, Bremerhaven (26,790 inhabitants in 1939) and Wesermünde (86,041 inhabitants in 1939) merged to form the new city ​​of Wesermünde with 113,000 inhabitants. On January 1, 1947, the city was renamed Bremerhaven . In 1968 the population reached its historic high of 148,931. Since then the population has been decreasing almost continuously. On December 31, 2009, the “ official number of inhabitants ” for Bremerhaven was 114,031 according to the state statistical office in Bremen (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 . Until 1833 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.

Bremerhaven

Until 1970

(respective territorial status)

Year / date Residents 1827 ° 00.019th 1831 ° 00.414 1845 ° 03,000 1850 ° 04.033 December 3, 1858 ¹ 05,500 December 3, 1861 ¹ 06,500 December 3, 1864¹ 07,400 December 1, 1871 ¹ 10,800 December 1, 1875 ¹ 12,296 December 1, 1880¹ 13,743

date Residents December 1, 1885 ¹ 14,900 December 1, 1890¹ 16,414 December 2, 1895 ¹ 18,366 December 1, 1900 ¹ 20,315 December 1, 1905 ¹ 23,991 December 1, 1910¹ 24,165 December 1, 1916 ¹ 17.183 December 5, 1917 ¹ 17,794 October 8, 1919 ¹ 21,839 June 16, 1925 ¹ 23,896

date Residents June 16, 1933 ¹ 025,779 May 17, 1939 ¹ 026,790 December 31, 1944 ° 110,982 December 31, 1945 ° 098,577 October 29, 1946 ¹ 099.208 September 13, 1950 ¹ 114.070 September 25, 1956 ¹ 130,492 June 6, 1961 ¹ 141,849 December 31, 1965 ° 146.220 May 27, 1970 ¹ 143.918

¹ census result

From 1971

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 31, 1971 144.503 December 31, 1972 144.505 December 31, 1973 144,578 December 31, 1974 144,529 December 31, 1975 143,836 December 31, 1976 141,755 December 31, 1977 140.505 December 31, 1978 139,335 December 31, 1979 138,987 December 31, 1980 138,728 December 31, 1981 138.105 December 31, 1982 137,769 December 31, 1983 136,491 December 31, 1984 135,095 December 31, 1985 133,521

date Residents December 31, 1986 132.194 May 25, 1987 ¹ 126,629 December 31, 1987 126.205 December 31, 1988 126,934 December 31, 1989 129,357 December 31, 1990 130,446 December 31, 1991 130.938 December 31, 1992 131,468 December 31, 1993 131,492 December 31, 1994 130,847 December 31, 1995 130,400 December 31, 1996 128,944 December 31, 1997 126,915 December 31, 1998 124,686 December 31, 1999 122,735

date Residents December 31, 2000 120,822 December 31, 2001 118,701 December 31, 2002 119.111 December 31, 2003 118.276 December 31, 2004 117.281 December 31, 2005 116,615 December 31, 2006 116.045 December 31, 2007 115.313 December 31, 2008 114.506 December 31, 2009 114.031 December 31, 2010 113,366 December 31, 2011 112,982 December 31, 2012 108,323 December 31 2013 108,844 December 31, 2014 110.121

date Residents December 31, 2015 114.025 December 31, 2016 113.034 December 31, 2017 113.026 December 31, 2018 113,634

¹ census result

Source: Bremen State Statistical Office

Lehe

(respective territorial status)

See also : Lehe (Bremerhaven) - population development

Year / date Residents 1821 ° 01,545 1831 ° 01,700 1833 ° 01,823 1839 ° 01,920 December 3, 1855² 03,751 December 1, 1875 ¹ 08,072 December 1, 1885 ³ 10,955 December 1, 1890¹ 14,483 December 2, 1895 ¹ 19,151 December 1, 1900 ¹ 24,301 December 1, 1905 ¹ 31,826 December 1, 1910¹ 37,457

Year / date Residents December 1, 1916 ¹ 32,634 December 5, 1917 ¹ 31,653 October 8, 1919 ¹ 38.105 1924 ° 41,000 1974 ° 42,265 1995 ° 40,396 2000 ° 37,782 2005 ° 37,090 2010 ° 36,427 2015 ° 39,310 2018 ° 38,643 0 0

¹ census result
² census result, in 510 residential buildings
³ census result, in 1043 residential buildings

Geestemünde

(respective territorial status)

Year / date Residents 1845 ° 01,800 December 1, 1885 ¹ 04,796 December 1, 1890¹ 15,452 December 2, 1895 ¹ 17,440 December 1, 1900 ¹ 20,116

date Residents December 1, 1905 ¹ 23,621 December 1, 1910¹ 25.102 December 1, 1916 ¹ 21,141 December 5, 1917 ¹ 20,712 October 8, 1919 ¹ 24,474

¹ census result

Wesermünde

(respective territorial status)

date Residents June 16, 1925 ¹ 72,048 June 16, 1933 ¹ 77,479 May 17, 1939 ¹ 86,041

date Residents December 31, 1944 ° 110,982 December 31, 1945 ° 098,577 October 29, 1946 ¹ 099.208

¹ census result

Population forecast

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The Bertelsmann Foundation , Guide to Demographic Change , provides data on the development of the population of 2,959 municipalities in Germany (published January 2006). For Bremerhaven, a population decline of 11.5% (13,660 people) between 2003 and 2020 was predicted.

The absolute population development relates to the years 2003 to 2020 and for Bremerhaven as main residences:

Forecast according to the table opposite compared to the real development from 1990 to 2018

date Residents December 31, 2003 118.276 December 31, 2005 116.222 December 31, 2010 111,771 December 31, 2015 107,972 December 31, 2020 104,616

The forecast also has political and economic consequences because the municipal financial equalization depends on the number of inhabitants. In 2014, the city sued the Bremen Administrative Court because 5000 fewer residents had officially been expelled and the municipality of Bremerhaven received almost half a million euros less per year as a result.

Population structure

In Bremerhaven currently (as of June 30, 2012) 113,524 people live, of which 56,610 are male and 56,914 are female. 102,074 residents are German citizens and 11,450 foreigners. The percentage of foreigners is currently slightly over 10%.

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.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Björn Schwentker: Court judgment: Bremerhaven fails with census lawsuit. In: Spiegel Online . November 11, 2014, accessed June 10, 2018 .