Population development of Göttingen

This article gives the population development of Göttingen in tabular and graphical form.

Population development

 

Population development in Göttingen according to the table below. Above from 1393 to 2018. Below an excerpt from 1871

The population development of Göttingen showed only slight growth in the Middle Ages and at the beginning of the modern era and fell again and again due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. The city had to cope with several outbreaks of plague in 1597, 1611 and finally in 1626 . The population, which was 6,000 in 1400, fell to below 3,000 in 1680. Since the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century, population growth has accelerated rapidly.

In 1827 for the first time more than 10,000 people lived in the city, in 1895 there were already 25,000. By 1939 that number had doubled to 50,000. On July 3, 1964, the day Geismar, Grone, Nikolausberg and Weende were incorporated, the population of Göttingen exceeded the limit of 100,000, making it a major city . On May 24, 1987, according to official updates, the population reached its historical high of 134,217.

The decrease in the number of inhabitants by almost 20,000 to 114,698 in the census on May 25, 1987 results on the one hand from an incorrect update due to the long period since the last census in 1970 and on the other hand from the introduction of the term "population at the place of the main residence". Since students often only have a second residence in the university town, the statistical offices do not count these as residents of the relevant location, in contrast to the definition of “ resident population ”. On December 31, 2010, the “ official population ” of Göttingen was 121,060 according to an update by the State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices). In 2013 there was a further decrease of around 5000 people, as the census figures were used. In the meantime, a large number of students had not deregistered when they left and were still registered as main residents.

The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status . Up to 1830 it is mostly an estimate, then census results (¹) or official updates from the State Statistical Office. From 2013 the census figure is used. 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 1393 to 1944

(respective territorial status)

year Residents 1393 6,000 1503 5,000 1600 4,000 1700 3,100 1737 5,200 1812 8,957 1815 8,854 1820 9,148 1825 9,895 1826 9,877 1827 10,319 1830 10,741 July 1, 1833 ¹ 9,968

year Residents July 1, 1836 ¹ 10,471 July 1, 1839 ¹ 10,521 July 1, 1842 ¹ 10,278 July 1, 1845 ¹ 9,782 July 1, 1848 ¹ 9,789 December 3, 1852 ¹ 10,425 December 3, 1855 ¹ 10,588 December 3, 1858 ¹ 12,012 December 3, 1861 ¹ 12,452 December 3, 1864¹ 12,674 December 3, 1867 ¹ 14,534 December 1, 1871 ¹ 15,847 December 1, 1875 ¹ 17,038

year Residents December 1, 1880¹ 19,963 December 1, 1885 ¹ 21,561 December 1, 1890¹ 23,689 December 2, 1895 ¹ 25.506 December 1, 1900 ¹ 30,234 December 1, 1905 ¹ 34,081 December 1, 1910¹ 37,594 December 1, 1916 ¹ 39,387 December 5, 1917 ¹ 36,162 October 8, 1919 ¹ 41,246 June 16, 1925 ¹ 41,228 June 16, 1933 ¹ 47,149 May 17, 1939 ¹ 51.214

¹ census result

Source: City of Göttingen

From 1945 to 1989

(respective territorial status)

year Residents December 31, 1945 68,079 October 29, 1946 ¹ 68,577 September 13, 1950 ¹ 78,680 September 25, 1956 ¹ 78,448 December 31, 1959 77,699 December 31, 1960 77,785 June 6, 1961 ¹ 80,377 December 31, 1961 81.005 December 31, 1962 81,178 December 31, 1963 82,639 December 31, 1964 109,856 December 31, 1965 111,288 December 31, 1966 112.172

year Residents December 31, 1967 112,381 December 31, 1968 113,338 December 31, 1969 115.227 May 27, 1970 ¹ 108.991 December 31, 1970 109,892 December 31, 1971 111,288 December 31, 1972 112.281 December 31, 1973 120,435 December 31, 1974 122,428 December 31, 1975 123.797 December 31, 1976 123.932 December 31, 1977 124,982 December 31, 1978 126,865

year Residents December 31, 1979 128.118 December 31, 1980 129,656 December 31, 1981 131.264 December 31, 1982 132,537 December 31, 1983 133,894 December 31, 1984 132,454 December 31, 1985 133.394 December 31, 1986 133,796 May 25, 1987 ¹ 114,698 December 31, 1987 116,438 December 31, 1988 118.073 December 31, 1989 120,242

¹ census result

Source: State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony

Since 1990

(respective territorial status)

year Residents December 31, 1990 121,831 December 31, 1991 124,331 December 31, 1992 128,299 December 31, 1993 128,419 December 31, 1994 127,519 December 31, 1995 126.253 December 31, 1996 126,451 December 31, 1997 127,366 December 31, 1998 125,984 December 31, 1999 124,775 December 31, 2000 124.132 December 31, 2001 123.822 December 31, 2002 123,698 December 31, 2003 122,883 December 31, 2004 122.187

year Residents December 31, 2005 121,884 December 31, 2006 121,581 December 31, 2007 121,513 December 31, 2008 121,455 December 31, 2009 121,457 December 31, 2010 121.060 December 31, 2011 116.052 December 31, 2012 116,650 December 31 2013 116,891 December 31, 2014 117,665 December 31, 2015 118.914 December 31, 2016 119.177 December 31, 2017 119,529 December 31, 2018 119,801 December 31, 2019 118,911

¹ Census result Source: State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony

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 5,000 inhabitants in Germany, a decline in the population of Göttingen between 2009 and 2030 of 8.6 percent (10,440 people) is predicted.

Absolute population development 2009–2030 and 2012–2030 - forecasts for Göttingen (main residences):

The forecasts on the right compared to the real development from 1990 to 2018

Forecast 2009 year Residents 2009 121,370 2015 118,680 2020 116,260 2025 113.710 2030 110.930

Forecast 2012 year Residents 2012 116,620 2020 118,870 2025 118.050 2030 116,640

Source: Bertelsmann Foundation

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.
• Dietrich Denecke , Helga-Maria Kühn (ed.): Göttingen. History of a university town. 3 vol., Göttingen 1987-2002, ISBN 3-525-36196-3

Web links

• State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony: State in Figures
• Göttingen Statistical Information System (GÖSIS)
• Bertelsmann Foundation: Guide to the community

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bertelsmann Foundation: Population forecast