Population development of Düsseldorf
This article gives the population development of Düsseldorf in tabular and graphical form.
Population development
The population of Düsseldorf rose only slowly in the Middle Ages and the early modern period . Due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famines, it kept falling. With the onset of industrialization in the 19th century, the population grew rapidly. If the population of the city was 12,102 in 1800 (without foreign citizenship), it exceeded the limit of 100,000 as early as 1882, making Düsseldorf a major city .
On April 1, 1909, the city of Gerresheim (14,434 inhabitants 1905) and numerous communities with a total of 63,000 inhabitants were incorporated into the urban area. The population increased between 1905 and 1910 by 105,454 people to 359,000 inhabitants.
In the census of December 5, 1917, a total local population of 390,793 people was determined. According to the economics department of the War Food Office, these included 14,339 military personnel and 1,684 prisoners of war. With the incorporation of the city of Kaiserswerth and other communities on August 1, 1929, the population grew by 36,400 to 479,000.
The effects of the Second World War are clearly visible . In 1940 the first bombs fell on Düsseldorf. The Allied air raids claimed more than 5,000 civilians dead by 1945. Around half of the buildings were destroyed and around 90 percent damaged. Overall, Düsseldorf lost around 57 percent of its residents (306,000 people) through evacuation, flight, deportations and air strikes. The population decreased from 541,000 in May 1939 to 235,000 in March 1945.
Afterwards, many people and refugees evacuated to the rural area settled in Düsseldorf. The influx of displaced persons from the eastern German regions also reinforced the rapid increase in the number of residents. In 1951 the city had as many inhabitants as before the war.
In 1962 the population reached its historic high of 705,391. On January 1, 1975, the incorporation of the cities of Monheim am Rhein and Angermund as well as other communities brought an increase in population of 56,920 people, including 37,294 from Monheim alone. The population rose to 675,000. Due to the law on territorial changes in the reorganization area of Düsseldorf, Monheim was spun off again with effect from July 1, 1976 and declared an independent city.
At the end of 2008, the city with 584,217 inhabitants was eighth among the major German cities and fourth within North Rhine-Westphalia. This means that the number of inhabitants has fallen by 17.2 percent (121,174 people) since 1962, but it will increase again in the future: For 2030, the State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia is forecasting an increase to 645,600 inhabitants for Düsseldorf.
The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1804 these are mostly estimates, then census results (¹) or official updates from 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 1555 to 1870
(respective territorial status)
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° Note: the figure given relates to the number of residents in the core city (area within the former city walls); for the entire city area, the official figure for 1816 was “21,090”. This subdivision into “old core city” and “entire urban area” must also be taken into account in the data given until at least the middle of the 19th century. For example, according to another data source, the number of residents in the core city was given as 15,587 for 1817 and for the entire urban area as 22,587. The comparable dates for 1841 are 24,000 and 32,000.
¹ census result
From 1871 to 1944
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Source: City of Düsseldorf
From 1945 to 1989
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Sources: City of Düsseldorf (until 1970), State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia (from 1971)
Since 1990
For a graphical representation of the development since 1990 see section # Population forecast .
(respective territorial status)
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Source: State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia
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 5000 inhabitants in Germany, an increase in the population of 1.5 percent (8934 people) is predicted for Düsseldorf between 2006 and 2025.
The estimates of the city administration of Düsseldorf from 2007 indicate an even stronger growth. For the year 2015 the forecast of the office for statistics and elections is in the model calculation A at 590,000 inhabitants and in the model calculation B at 600,000 inhabitants. The population forecast of the State Office for Information and Technology NRW from 2009 suggests higher growth rates: According to this, the population is expected to rise to 645,600 by 2030, 64,500 more than in 2008, the base year of the forecast.
The population has developed a lot more positively in recent years than in the 1990s, when the population declined by around 7,000. Since 1998 the population has increased continuously, by 2011 by almost 24,000 inhabitants.
Absolute population development 2006–2025 - forecast for Düsseldorf (main residences) (Ref 2012–2030):
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Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
Absolute population development 2009–2030 - forecast for Düsseldorf (main residences) (Ref 2012–2030). During this period, the population is expected to increase by 26,130 inhabitants or 4.5%.
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Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
Population structure
| population | As of December 31, 2010 |
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| Residents with main residence | 588.735 |
| of which male | 280.702 |
| Female | 308.033 |
| German | 481,646 |
| of which male | 228.806 |
| Female | 252.840 |
| Foreigners | 107.089 |
| of which male | 51,896 |
| Female | 55.193 |
| Proportion of foreigners in percent | 18.2 |
Source: State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia
foreign population
The table shows the ten most populous migrant groups in Düsseldorf by country of origin / reference country in 2010.
| rank | Country | Population (December 31, 2010) |
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| 1. |
 Poland
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31,772 |
| 2. |
 Turkey
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23.052 |
| 3. |
 Morocco
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12,618 |
| 4th |
 Greece
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11,484 |
| 5. |
 Russia
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9,857 |
| 6th |
 Italy
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8,733 |
| 7th |
 Serbia
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6,257 |
| 8th. |
 Ukraine
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5,587 |
| 9. |
 Japan
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5,225 |
| 10. |
 North Macedonia
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4,951 |
Source: State capital Düsseldorf
age structure
The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2010 (main residences).
| Age from - to | population | Percentage |
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| 0-4 | 27.163 | 4.6 |
| 5-14 | 47.241 | 8.0 |
| 15-19 | 24,412 | 4.2 |
| 20-24 | 32,799 | 5.6 |
| 25-29 | 43,701 | 7.4 |
| 30-39 | 91,232 | 15.5 |
| 40-49 | 99,572 | 16.9 |
| 50-59 | 74,983 | 12.7 |
| 60-64 | 31,891 | 5.4 |
| over 65 | 115,741 | 19.7 |
| total | 588.735 | 100.0 |
Source: State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia
Townships
The population figures refer to December 31, 2010 (main residences).
| Surname | Area in km² |
of inhabitants number |
Inhabitants per km² |
Number of foreigners |
Share in% |
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| District 1 | 11.31 | 76.009 | 6,697 | 15,823 | 20.8 |
| District 2 | 7.17 | 56,936 | 7,941 | 11,252 | 19.8 |
| District 3 | 24.73 | 110.021 | 4,449 | 23,768 | 21.6 |
| District 4 | 12.59 | 39,975 | 3,175 | 7,604 | 19.0 |
| District 5 | 50.75 | 32,577 | 642 | 3,955 | 12.1 |
| District 6 | 19.62 | 59,018 | 3,008 | 10.127 | 17.2 |
| District 7 | 27.69 | 43,841 | 1,583 | 4,771 | 10.9 |
| District 8 | 20.94 | 56,484 | 2,697 | 8,893 | 15.7 |
| District 9 | 36.54 | 88,926 | 2,434 | 13,376 | 15.0 |
| District 10 | 5.29 | 24,382 | 4,609 | 2,623 | 10.8 |
| Dusseldorf | 216.64 | 588.169 | 2,715 | 102192 | 17.4 |
Source: Office for Statistics and Elections of the State Capital Düsseldorf
See also
- History of the city of Düsseldorf
- List of boroughs of Düsseldorf - A list with an overview of the boroughs of Düsseldorf
- List of districts of Düsseldorf - A list with an overview of the districts of Düsseldorf
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.): 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
- ↑ a b IT.NRW: Population forecast ( memento of the original from March 9, 2013 on WebCite ) 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; 252 kB)
- ↑ in: Official Gazette of the Government of Düsseldorf , No. 2 of April 29, 1816. P. [19] 15. Digitized edition of the ULB Düsseldorf
- ↑ Düsseldorfer Geschichtsverein: in: Festschrift for the 600th anniversary. 1888 , pp. [499] 482 and [510] 493.
- ↑ City of Düsseldorf: Construction areas 2007 for living
- ^ A b Bertelsmann Foundation: Population forecast
- ↑ Source: Statistics.aktuell Düsseldorf: Foreign population 2010 (PDF; 748 kB)
- ^ City of Düsseldorf: total population, female, foreign and population density in the city districts and districts
Web links
- State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia: area, population, households
- City of Düsseldorf: Figures - Data - Facts
- Bertelsmann Foundation: Guide to the community
- Statistical monthly and quarterly reports / ed. by the statistical office of the city of Düsseldorf. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf