Population development of Emden
This article shows the population development of Emden .
Population development
history
According to estimates, around 15,000 people lived in Emden when the seaport city was at its peak around 1600. This made Emden a city with a remarkable number of inhabitants at that time. For comparison: Hamburg and Cologne, the two largest cities of those days, had around 40,000 inhabitants. Today, however, the population of Hamburg is 34 times that of Emden, and Cologne's 19 times. The reason for this short-term enormous population increase were the Dutch displaced and persecuted by the Spanish , who found refuge in the seaport city during the Eighty Years' War . By 1744 the population decreased to around 7,000 and rose to around 13,400 by 1880. Due to industrialization and the expansion of the Emden port , the city grew to 37,000 inhabitants by 1940. After the Second World War , Emden experienced a further boost in development through the incorporation of suburbs. Since the 1960s, apart from a few years, the population has been consistently over 50,000. Since the 1980s, several larger building areas have been designated in the urban area, including a completely new district in Constantia . The city of Emden has thus been able to cushion the previously noticeable trend towards migration from Emdern to the surrounding area. In addition, the Emden city administration tries to persuade the students of the university to register with their main residence in Emden.
Population numbers
The numbers for 1600 and 1744 are estimates. The population up to 1970 has been taken from the East Frisian landscape . The figures since 1972 are the official population figures. The more recent figures since 1972 refer to the main residences.
Population up to 1970
(respective territorial status)
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Population figures from 1975
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Source: Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics
Population projections
The Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics forecasts that the city of Emden will have a population of 52,763 in 2020 (an increase of 2.4% compared to 2004). In contrast, the Bertelsmann Foundation's study “Germany in Demographic Change 2030”, published in 2011, shows a slight decline in the number of inhabitants. The city of Emden is forecast to have a population of 51,090 in 2020, and a population of 50,230 in 2030.
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Population structures
| population | As of June 30, 2015 |
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| Eligible population | 53,777 |
| Residents with main residence | 50,226 |
| Residents with secondary residence | 3,551 |
| Germans with main residence | 46,606 |
| Foreigners with main residence | 3,620 |
| Proportion of foreigners in percent | 7.2 |
Source: City of Emden
Districts
Most of the residents live in the city center , Barenburg, Port Arthur / Transvaal and Borssum districts. The districts Logumer Vorwerk, Uphusen / Marienwehr, Harsweg and Friesland have the fewest inhabitants, each with less than two percent of the total population.
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Source: Evaluation of the population register of the city of Emden (as of June 30, 2015)
Age structure / gender distribution
Of the 50,226 inhabitants, 9,398 (18.71 percent) are younger than 20 years. At the same time, 10,527 Emder are 65 years or older - this corresponds to a share of 20.96 percent. Women are (also) in the majority in Emden: Currently there are 25,371 women, which corresponds to 50.5 percent of all residents. This means that the value is slightly below the national German average of 51.1 percent. The excess of women is mainly due to the age group over 65 years. In some cases there is a clear surplus of men in the age cohorts between 25 and 49 years of age. In those three five-year cohorts in which families are mostly founded (between 20 and 34 years of age), men also predominate (excess: 564). This can be attributed not least to the university of applied sciences, which has almost 3500 students. For the most part, it offers technical courses that are still a male domain. A second reason is likely to have something to do with the educational offer: Since there is no university with humanities subjects in Emden, young women who want to study are forced to leave the city. This of course also applies to young men, but women make up a (sometimes very clear) majority in many humanities courses.
Proportion of foreigners
In a national comparison, Emden has a below-average proportion of foreigners: it is 7.2 percent - in absolute figures: 3620 residents do not have a German passport. However, the proportion of people with a migration background is higher due to naturalization and repatriates from Eastern Europe. In an inner-city comparison, the proportion of foreigners is above average in the four largest districts of Emden, the city center, Barenburg, Borssum and Port Arthur / Transvaal, and in the district of Früchteburg , where the university has a larger student residence. In all other parts of the city the proportion of foreigners is below the urban average - lowest in Logumer Vorwerk , where only one of 228 inhabitants does not have a German passport . The quota there is less than half a percent.
Births and deaths / migrations
In 1997 there was a birth surplus of 70 people in Emden for the last time . Since then, more people have died in the city than are born. In 2010 there were 572 deaths compared to 470 births, which results in a death surplus of 102 people. Since 2001 this number has always been in three digits, so far the highest in 2002 with a death surplus of 177 people. The birth rate is still above average in comparison to other urban districts as well as in a national comparison and is 1.53 children per woman of childbearing age (status: 2003), according to a study by the Berlin Institute for Population and Development . Nevertheless, the number of inhabitants has grown almost every year in recent years, which is due to immigration . For up to seven years, the city of Emden has recorded migration gains every year since 1989 and has thus more than compensated for the birth deficit that has been observed since 1998. In 2010 the balance was 426 people, which overcompensated the surplus deaths of that year by 324 people.
Family status
As of June 30, 2015, a total of 21,410 people in Emden were married / LPS , 21,131 were single, 3,949 residents were divorced and 3,735 widowed.
Denominations
On June 30, 2015, 14,806 residents were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church , 14,001 citizens were members of the Reformed Church , and 4,332 were members of the Roman Catholic Church . 17,087 residents belonged to other denominations or were non-denominational.
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- Eckart Krömer: Small economic history of East Frisia and Papenburg. Verlag Soltau-Kurier, Norden 1991, ISBN 3-922365-93-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ostfriesische Landschaft: Emden, (PDF; 1.8 MB) , Ostfriesische Landschaft , accessed on July 31, 2012
- ^ City of Emden - Statistics Office: Demographic Change in Emden , accessed on January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Bertelsmann Stiftung: Guide to Commune ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2016 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. , accessed January 22, 2016.
- ↑ emden.de: Statistics Info 3/2015: Status of residence in the city districts ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2016 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. , accessed January 22, 2016.
- ↑ emden.de: Statistics Info 3/2015: District information ( Memento of the original from December 8, 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. , accessed January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 5, 2016 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.
