Population development of Flensburg

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

Population development

 

Population development of Flensburg. Above from 1436 to 2017. Below an excerpt from 1871

With the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century, Flensburg began to experience strong population growth. While around 12,000 people lived in the city in 1835, by 1900 there were already around 50,000. During the Second World War , the city suffered almost no war damage. After the war, over 30,000 refugees and displaced persons streamed into the city within a few months and the population exceeded the limit of 100,000 in December 1945 and made Flensburg a major city for a few years .

After the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany, Flensburg increasingly benefited from the targeted settlement of military facilities that were intended to compensate for the city's peripheral location. In 1949 the population reached its all-time high of 105,585. In 1952 the number fell back below 100,000 and has continued to fall since then. Since German reunification in 1990, the number of soldiers has decreased by over 8,000. As of December 31, 2006, the “ official population ” according to an update by the Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein State Statistical Office was 86,630 (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices).

, The following table shows the number of inhabitants of Flensburg for the respective territorial status. Up to 1792 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 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 1436 to 1944

(respective territorial status)

Year / date Residents 1436 3,000 1600 6,000 1769 6,842 1792 11,500 February 13, 1803 ¹ 13,109 February 1, 1835 ¹ 12,438 February 1, 1840¹ 12,561 February 1, 1860¹ 19,682 December 3, 1867 ¹ 21,999 December 1, 1871 ¹ 21,325 December 1, 1875 ¹ 26,474

date Residents December 1, 1880¹ 31,330 December 1, 1885 ¹ 33,313 December 1, 1890¹ 36,894 December 2, 1895 ¹ 40,840 December 1, 1900 ¹ 48,922 December 1, 1905 ¹ 53,771 December 1, 1910¹ 60,922 December 1, 1916 ¹ 53,072 December 5, 1917 ¹ 52,464 October 8, 1919 ¹ 60,941 June 16, 1925 ¹ 63.139

date Residents December 31, 1930 67,042 June 16, 1933 ¹ 66,580 December 31, 1935 66,629 May 17, 1939 ¹ 70,871 December 31, 1940 68.907 December 31, 1941 68,899 December 31, 1942 68.209 December 31, 1943 67,425 December 31, 1944 67,464

¹ census result

Source: Flensburg City Administration

From 1945 to 1970

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 31, 1945 101.157 October 29, 1946 ¹ 101,577 December 31, 1947 102,973 December 31, 1948 103,720 December 31, 1949 105,585 August 31, 1950 ¹ 102,832 December 31, 1951 100,963 December 31, 1952 99,891 December 31, 1953 97.082 December 31, 1954 95,313

date Residents December 31, 1955 94.283 September 25, 1956 ¹ 93.293 December 31, 1957 94.132 December 31, 1958 95,765 December 31, 1959 97.055 December 31, 1960 97,899 June 6, 1961 ¹ 98,464 December 31, 1961 98.128 December 31, 1962 97,543 December 31, 1963 96,871

date Residents December 31, 1964 96,248 December 31, 1965 96,457 December 31, 1966 96,690 December 31, 1967 96.243 December 31, 1968 95,682 December 31, 1969 95.206 May 27, 1970 ¹ 95,476 December 31, 1970 95,366

¹ census result

Source: Flensburg City Administration

From 1971

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 31, 1971 94,989 December 31, 1972 94.113 December 31, 1973 93,617 December 31, 1974 94,528 December 31, 1975 93.213 December 31, 1976 91,551 December 31, 1977 90.036 December 31, 1978 89,313 December 31, 1979 88,810 December 31, 1980 87,862 December 31, 1981 87,563 December 31, 1982 86,601 December 31, 1983 86,486 December 31, 1984 86,873 December 31, 1985 86,779

date Residents December 31, 1986 85.714 May 25, 1987 ¹ 86,554 December 31, 1987 86,128 December 31, 1988 85,830 December 31, 1989 86,582 December 31, 1990 86,977 December 31, 1991 87.241 December 31, 1992 87,526 December 31, 1993 87.994 December 31, 1994 87,939 December 31, 1995 87.276 December 31, 1996 86,630 December 31, 1997 85,547 December 31, 1998 84,742 December 31, 1999 84,449

date Residents December 31, 2000 84.281 December 31, 2001 84,480 December 31, 2002 84,704 December 31, 2003 85,300 December 31, 2004 85,762 December 31, 2005 86,080 December 31, 2006 86,630 December 31, 2007 87,792 December 31, 2008 88,718 December 31, 2011 89,357 December 31, 2012 83,462 December 31, 2015 85,942 December 31, 2016 87,432 December 31, 2017 88,519

¹ census result

Source: Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein

Population forecast

The Bertelsmann Foundation , Guide to Demographic Change , provides data on the development of the population of 2959 municipalities in Germany (published January 2006). For Flensburg, an increase in the population between 2003 and 2020 of 0.4 percent (358 people) is predicted.

Absolute population development 2003-2020 - forecast for Flensburg (main residences):

Forecast up to 2020 compared to the real development from 1990 to 2017

date Residents December 31, 2003 85,300 December 31, 2005 85,707 December 31, 2010 86,135 December 31, 2015 86,148 December 31, 2020 85,658

Source: Bertelsmann Foundation

Population structure

population	As of December 31, 2005
Residents with main residence	86,080
of which male	41,968
Female	44.112
German	78,998
Foreigners	7,082
Proportion of foreigners in percent	8.2

Source: Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein

age structure

The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2005 (main residences).

Age from - to	population	Percentage
00-17	14,323	16.5
18-29	15,927	18.3
30-44	19,241	22.2
45-64	21,215	24.4
65-79	11,835	13.6
over 80	4,306	5.0
All in all	86,847	100.0

Source: Citizens' Office of the City of Flensburg

Districts

The population figures refer to December 31, 2005 (main residences).

Surname Area in km² population Inhabitants per km² Old town (city center) 0.57 3,265 5,728 Engelsby 3.70 7,845 2.120 Frisian mountain 4.26 6,534 1,534 Fruerlund 2.49 6,248 2,509 Juergensby 1.35 7,557 5,598 Mürwik 6.58 14,086 2.141 Neustadt 0.47 3,921 8,343 North city 4.05 10,465 2,584 Sandberg 2.31 5,842 2,529 Südstadt 5.17 3,758 727 Tarup 5.04 3,551 705 Soft 7.99 5,958 746 West elevation 4.68 7,865 1,681 Flensburg ¹ 56.38 86,895 1,541

¹ including 7.72 km² of port areas and areas of the Flensburg Fjord, some of which are federally owned

Source: Citizens' Office of the City of Flensburg

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.