Population development of Dortmund
This article shows the population development of Dortmund in tabular and graphical form.
On December 31, 2018, the " official population " of Dortmund was 587,010 (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices ) according to the information and technology of North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW ).
Population development
Around 1300, during the time of the Hanseatic League , Dortmund and the neighboring cities of Cologne and Soest were considered to be one of the largest cities in what is now the Federal Republic of Germany. Sometimes a population of up to 15,000 is mentioned. But this number is not historically certain. Historians assume a population between 6,000 and 10,000. In the course of the Middle Ages , the population fell to around 4,000 as a result of wars and feuds as well as plague epidemics . In 1793 Dortmund had 4,500 inhabitants.
From the middle of the 19th century, the rise of Dortmund and the change to an industrial city began with coal mining and steel processing. Since the opening of the Cöln-Minden Railway in 1847, Dortmund has become an important transport hub in the Ruhr area. Another significant contribution to economic development was made in 1899 when the Dortmund-Ems Canal and with it the port were opened.
Dortmund was a city of immigration as early as the Middle Ages, with the beginning of industrialization , the influx increased enormously. Among these immigrants were also many Poles and thus, for the first time, a large group of non-German-speaking people with a different religion, who ultimately assimilated. The need for labor led to enormous population growth. In 1849 the city only had 10,532 inhabitants, in 1890 there were already 90,000.
In 1904, the population of the city of Dortmund exceeded the limit of 100,000, making it a major city . After the incorporation of the city of Hörde (1925 = 34,575 inhabitants) and the districts of Dortmund and Hörde, around 538,000 people lived in the city in 1929. The census of May 17, 1939 identified 542,261 people.
The Second World War depopulated the destroyed Dortmund. Between May 5, 1943 and March 12, 1945, the British Royal Air Force carried out a total of 105 air raids on the city. Eight major attacks destroyed 70 percent of the existing living space. According to official statistics, 6,341 people died in the nights of the bombing. In April 1945 only 341,000 people lived in the city, a decrease of 37.1 percent compared to May 1939.
After the war, many people evacuated to the rural area, as well as refugees and displaced persons from the eastern German regions, settled in Dortmund. The population grew rapidly. In 1965 an all-time high was reached with 657,804 citizens. City planners dreamed of a metropolis of millions, but things turned out differently. By 2000, the population had dropped to 588,994. In 2006, the city with 587,624 inhabitants was seventh among the major German cities and second within North Rhine-Westphalia, until after decades of publication of the official population figures on June 30, 2009, it had to leave these rankings to the city of Düsseldorf again, which in the In contrast to the big cities in the Ruhr area, there was a steady increase in population.
According to its own statement, the city once again exceeded the 600,000 mark in terms of population in 2016. According to Dortmund statistics, 602,566 people lived in Dortmund at the end of 2018.
Since the 2011 IT.NRW census, the population has grown by 2.7%. Up to 2016 the number has grown steadily. Between 2017 and 2018 the population grew by 0.1% to 587,010; In 2017 there were 586,600 inhabitants. So the city is bigger than it was in 2007.
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 1300 to 1870
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¹ census result
From 1871 to 1944
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¹ census result
Source: City of Dortmund
From 1945 to 1989
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¹ census result
Sources: City of Dortmund (until 1970), State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia (from 1971)
Since 1990
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Source: State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia
Population projections
In 2009, IT.NRW predicted a decline in Dortmund's population to 571,900 by 2030 in its “forecast of population development in North Rhine-Westphalia”.
In its "Guide to Commune" published in 2006, in which the Bertelsmann Foundation provided data on the development of the population of 2,927 municipalities in Germany, a population decline of 2.3 percent (13,706 people) was predicted for Dortmund between 2006 and 2025.
In their 2009 publication “Who, where, how many? - Population in Germany 2025 ”, in which the Bertelsmann Foundation provided data on the development of the population for all municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants in Germany, a 5.2 percent decline in Dortmund's population between 2009 and 2030 (30,460 people) was predicted .
If you compare the IT.NRW forecast from 2009 with the Bertelsmann Foundation's forecast for 2030, which was corrected in 2009, these two already differ by four percent (IT.NRW 571,900 inhabitants compared to Bertelsmann 550,460 inhabitants, which is an effective difference already 21,440 inhabitants).
In 2015 IT.NRW corrected its own forecast. An increase of 25,300 inhabitants by 2025 (period 10 years) has now been predicted. By the year 2040, the population was forecast to rise by 5.1% to 604,100 people. This revised IT.NRW's own forecast from 2009 (only six years ago), which had forecast a decline to around 575,000 inhabitants.
Absolute population development for Dortmund (main residences) - forecasts from 2006 and 2009 (Ref 2012–2030):
date | Residents |
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December 31, 2006 | 587.624 |
December 31, 2010 | 586,618 |
December 31, 2015 | 584.001 |
December 31, 2020 | 579,849 |
December 31, 2025 | 573.918 |
Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
date | Residents |
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December 31, 2009 | 580.920 |
December 31, 2015 | 576.020 |
December 31, 2020 | 569,340 |
December 31, 2025 | 560.770 |
December 31, 2030 | 550,460 |
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 influx of refugees . For Dortmund, a population decline of 2.56% is predicted from 2015 to 2030 despite the influx of refugees.
Population structure
According to the city's own statistics, the largest groups of foreigners legally registered in Dortmund on December 31, 2018 are from Turkey, Syria, Poland, Romania, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Morocco, Iraq, Croatia, Ukraine and Macedonia. The proportion of foreigners on December 31, 2018 was 18.2%. The official statistics do not include naturalized persons and German-born children of foreign origin as foreigners.
population | As of December 31, 2018 |
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Residents with main residence | 602,566 |
of which male | 298,434 |
Female | 304.132 |
German | 492.845 |
of which male | 239.739 |
Female | 253.106 |
Foreigners | 109,721 |
of which male | 58,695 |
Female | 51,026 |
Proportion of foreigners in percent | 18.2 |
Source: City of Dortmund
nationality | Population (Dec 31, 2018) |
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Turkey | 21,689 |
Syria | 9,906 |
Poland | 9,806 |
Romania | 5.114 |
Spain | 4,248 |
Greece | 4.185 |
Bulgaria | 3,925 |
Italy | 3,731 |
Morocco | 3,256 |
Iraq | 2,707 |
Croatia | 2,372 |
Ukraine | 2,328 |
North Macedonia | 2,199 |
Serbia | 2.156 |
Russia | 1.932 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,891 |
Portugal | 1,831 |
People's Republic of China | 1,605 |
Kosovo | 1,480 |
Hungary | 1,327 |
Source: City of Dortmund
age structure
The following overview shows the development of the total population and the individual age groups from 1990 to 2009. All data are from December 31 of the respective year.
year | Total population | Age: 0-14 | Age: 15 to 64 | Age: from 65 |
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1990 | 599.055 | 83.154 | 419.001 | 96,900 |
1991 | 601.007 | 84,853 | 418.137 | 98.017 |
1992 | 600,669 | 86,031 | 415,470 | 99.168 |
1993 | 601.966 | 87,361 | 413,790 | 100,815 |
1994 | 600.918 | 87,867 | 410.841 | 102.210 |
1995 | 598,840 | 87,772 | 407,333 | 103.735 |
1996 | 597.024 | 87,923 | 404.783 | 104,318 |
1997 | 594,866 | 87,760 | 402,596 | 104,510 |
1998 | 591.733 | 87,256 | 399.841 | 104,636 |
1999 | 590.213 | 86,845 | 397.182 | 106.186 |
2000 | 588.994 | 86,586 | 394,460 | 107,948 |
2001 | 589.240 | 86,036 | 392,999 | 110.205 |
2002 | 590.831 | 85.175 | 393,435 | 112.221 |
2003 | 589,661 | 84.126 | 391.174 | 114,361 |
2004 | 588,680 | 82,916 | 388.705 | 117.059 |
2005 | 588.168 | 81,574 | 387,409 | 119.185 |
2006 | 587.624 | 80.140 | 386.464 | 121.020 |
2007 | 586.909 | 78,851 | 386.413 | 121,645 |
2008 | 584.412 | 77,719 | 384.710 | 121,983 |
2009 | 581,308 | 76,686 | 382,405 | 122.217 |
Source: State database NRW of the State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia
year | population | Age: 0-6 | Age: 6-18 | Age: 18-40 | Age: 40-65 | Age: 65 and older |
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2010 | 576.704 | 28,443 | 64,048 | 160,691 | 204.955 | 118,567 |
2011 | 578.126 | 28,286 | 63.251 | 161,519 | 206,625 | 118,445 |
2012 | 579.012 | 28,363 | 62,619 | 162,979 | 206,792 | 118.259 |
2013 | 583,658 | 28,928 | 62,527 | 166,683 | 206,968 | 118,552 |
2014 | 589.283 | 29,956 | 62,885 | 170,444 | 206.381 | 119,617 |
2015 | 596,575 | 31,184 | 63,288 | 175,795 | 206,429 | 119,879 |
2016 | 601.150 | 32,265 | 64.122 | 178.102 | 206,590 | 120,071 |
2017 | 601.780 | 33,245 | 63,753 | 178.252 | 205.858 | 120,672 |
2018 | 602,566 | 33,941 | 63,688 | 178,618 | 205.113 | 121.206 |
Source: City of Dortmund
Townships
The population figures refer to December 31, 2017 (main residences).
Borough | population | Area in km² | Population density | Number of foreigners | Foreigner % |
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Aplerbeck | 55,569 | 24.98 | 2,225 | 4,347 | 7.8 |
Brackel | 56,110 | 30.88 | 1,817 | 5,976 | 10.7 |
Eving | 38,237 | 22.89 | 1,670 | 9,127 | 23.9 |
Hombruch | 57.003 | 34.98 | 1,630 | 5,703 | 10.0 |
Hear | 56.014 | 29.79 | 1,880 | 7,931 | 14.2 |
Huckarde | 36,508 | 15.1 | 2,418 | 5,843 | 16.0 |
Downtown north | 59,479 | 14.42 | 4.128 | 31,069 | 53.1 |
Downtown East | 56,776 | 11.27 | 5,040 | 8,713 | 15.3 |
Downtown West | 52,970 | 13.76 | 3,850 | 9,608 | 18.1 |
Lütgendortmund | 48,840 | 22.44 | 2.176 | 6,628 | 13.6 |
Amount of money | 38,909 | 28.77 | 1,353 | 6,633 | 17.0 |
Scharnhorst | 46.128 | 31.44 | 1,467 | 8,143 | 17.7 |
Dortmund | 602,566 | 280.71 km² | 2,147 inhabitants / km² | 109,721 | 18.2 |
Source: City of Dortmund
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ IT.NRW: Press release from August 29, 2014 ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ IT.NRW: Official population update as of June 30, 2009 ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (Administrative region of Arnsberg)
- ↑ IT.NRW: Official population update as of June 30, 2009 ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (District of Düsseldorf)
- ↑ a b c Population by gender and age group on December 31. (PDF) City of Dortmund, Dortmund statistics, accessed on July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ IT.NRW: Press release from May 13, 2009: New forecast of population development in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2011 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.
- ↑ IT.NRW: Forecast of the population from 2008 to 2030/2050 in NRW ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ IT.NRW: Population development in the independent cities and districts of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2008 to 2030 ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2013 on WebCite ) 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. (PDF; 258 kB)
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ^ Bertelsmann Foundation: Population forecast
- ↑ 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
- ↑ a b c d Population according to selected nationalities. (PDF) City of Dortmund, Statistics Department, accessed on July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Population by gender and nationality in the statistical districts. (PDF) City of Dortmund, Statistics Department, accessed on July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ State database NRW: population according to age group of 5 - municipalities - reference date (data query)