Population development of Cologne
This article shows the population development of Cologne in tabular and graphical form.
On December 31, 2016, the " official population " of Cologne was 1,075,935 according to the information and technology department of North Rhine- Westphalia (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices ). Cologne has been a metropolis again since 2010 after crossing this line for a year in 1975. It is the fourth metropolis in Germany. As of December 31, 2017, the Office for Urban Development and Statistics of the City of Cologne reported a population of 1,084,795.
Population development
In 50 AD Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium , an urban Roman settlement in the area of Cologne, became the administrative capital of Lower Germany. The city had about 30,000 inhabitants at that time. After looting in the 3rd and 4th centuries (the Teutons conquered the city in 275, the Franks 355), the population fell to 15,000. In the High Middle Ages , Cologne gained in importance; alongside Paris, it was at times the most important city in continental Europe. In 1475 Cologne was raised to the status of a Free Imperial City . With around 40,000 inhabitants, it was the largest city in the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation .
During the early modern period , the population grew only slowly and fell again and again because of the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. In 1553 a terrible plague epidemic broke out in Cologne. On individual days 150, 200, 250 and more people died. By Michaelmas (September 29) there were 20,000 dead, by Christmas 25,000. With the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century, Cologne began to experience strong population growth. If the population of the city was around 40,000 in 1807, exactly as high as around 1430, it already exceeded the limit of 100,000 in 1852, making Cologne a major city .
After that, the population of Cologne rose relatively slowly compared to Munich (1880 = 230,000) or cities in the Ruhr area up to around 1880. The reason for this was the medieval fortification ring, which did not allow for greater growth. After its demolition in the 1880s, Cologne was able to make up some of the deficit. Between 1885 and 1895 the population doubled from 160,000 to 320,000 people. The incorporation of almost all suburbs on April 1, 1888 with a total of 85,000 inhabitants contributed to this.
The incorporation of the city of Kalk (1905 = 25,478 inhabitants) and the municipality of Vingst (1905 = 4,819 inhabitants) on April 1, 1910 brought an increase of around 34,000 people. With the incorporation of the suburbs of Mülheim am Rhein (1910 = 53,425 inhabitants) and Merheim (1910 = 23,604 inhabitants) on April 1, 1914, Cologne grew by 81,699 people. In the census of December 5, 1917, a total local population of 609,244 people was determined. According to the economics department of the War Food Office, these included 53,176 military personnel and 4,847 prisoners of war. On April 1, 1922, the mayor's office in Worringen (1919 = 7,034 inhabitants) came to Cologne.
The effects of the Second World War are clearly visible . Large parts of the city were destroyed by area bombing . On May 30, 1942, the first air raid with over 1000 bombers (" Operation Millennium ") was in which 469 people were killed. After a total of 262 air raids, 95 percent of the old town was destroyed by the end of the war. On March 6, 1945, American troops took the city. The population sank in the course of the war from 772,000 in May 1939 to 40,000 in March 1945. The return of the forced evacuees and the influx of refugees and displaced persons from the eastern German regions caused the population to rise rapidly. In 1959, as many people lived in the city as before the war.
In the 1970s, Cologne was briefly met with over a million inhabitants as a result of the incorporation of the “ Cologne Act ” , which was enacted specifically for this purpose : in the course of the last incorporation on January 1, 1975, the population reached one million - until 2012 more historic Peak. After the city of Wesseling was spun off again on July 1, 1976, the number of inhabitants again fell below the million mark. After falling to 914,336 residents in 1986, the city's population increased by 8.9 percent (81,084 people) by 2008. With 995,420 inhabitants, it was fourth among German cities and first within North Rhine-Westphalia. At the end of May 2010, the population then exceeded the million mark again at 1,000,298.
The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1807 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 50 to 1870
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
From 1871 to 1939
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Source: City of Cologne
From 1939 to 1945
(respective territorial status)
The population supplied is shown (mean population). This includes normal consumers, partial and full self-caterers and group caterers, but not including foreigners in camp catering, civil internees, refugees and displaced persons in transit camps and day ticket recipients.
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Source: Office for Urban Development and Statistics of the City of Cologne
The consumer group statistics of the Reich Statistical Office, which were prepared by the Federal Statistical Office and published in 1953, show a more precise process . According to the small consumer group statistics, the civilian population served in Cologne at the beginning of February 1943 comprised 643,634 people (including 20,122 group caterers), at the end of August that year 465,924 (including 31,901 group caterers), at the beginning of February 1944 again 498,029 (including 36,211 group caterers), and in mid-August 449,732 (including 35,525 Communal caterers) and in October / November 1944 454,825 people (including 35,748 communal caterers).
From 1945 to 1989
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
Sources: City of Cologne (until 1970), State Office for Information and Technology NRW (from 1971)
Since 1990
For the graphic representation of the time range, see the graphic in the Population forecast section
(respective territorial status)
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Source: State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia
Population forecast
Bertelsmann Foundation 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, an increase in Cologne's population of 5.8 percent (57,669 people) between 2006 and 2025 is predicted.
Absolute population development 2012–2030 - forecast for Cologne (main residences):
In 2011 there was a follow-up study that also predicted population growth, but a lower one.
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Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
Forecast by the State Statistical Office
On behalf of the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, the State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW) carries out calculations on future population development in North Rhine-Westphalia. In the current model calculation of November 29, 2012 for the city of Cologne, the IT.NRW anticipates a greater increase in the number of inhabitants between 2005 and 2025 (the new model calculation now extends to 2030) than in the previous forecast.
Absolute population development 2005–2025 - forecast for Cologne (main residences):
Estimated increase from 2005 to 2025: 8.4 percent (81,861 people)
Absolute population development 2011-2030 - forecast for Cologne (main residences) from November 29, 2012:
Estimated increase from 2005 to 2025: 12.8 percent (124,191 people)
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(Source: State Office Information and Technology NRW)
Population structure
| population | As of December 31, 2011 (before census adjustment) |
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| Residents with main residence | 1,017,155 |
| of which male | 492,416 |
| Female | 524,739 |
| German | 851.039 |
| of which male | 411.723 |
| Female | 439,316 |
| Foreigners | 166.116 |
| of which male | 80,693 |
| Female | 85,423 |
| Proportion of foreigners in percent | 16.3 |
Source: State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia
Persons without German citizenship
| rank | Country | Population (December 31, 2012) |
population
2017 |
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| 1. | Turkey | 59,282 | 54,575 |
| 2. | Italy | 17,932 | 19,151 |
| 3. | Poland | 9,170 | 9,666 |
| 4th | Serbia | 7,995 | 5,947 |
| 5. | Greece | 5,632 | 5,741 |
| 6th | Russia | 4,385 | 4,721 |
| 7th | Bulgaria | 4.212 | 7,866 |
| 8th. | Iraq | 3.810 | 8,321 |
| 9. | Ukraine | 3,541 | 3,342 |
| 10. | Iran | 3,330 | 4,560 |
| 11. | Spain | 3,321 | 3,904 |
| 12. | Portugal | 3,155 | 3.163 |
| 13. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,069 | 3,790 |
| 14th | France | 2,789 | 2,833 |
| 15th | Croatia | 2,647 | 3,459 |
| 16. | Romania | 2,631 | 4,741 |
| 17th | Netherlands | 2,291 | 2,423 |
| 18th | Austria | 2,278 | 2,286 |
| 19th | United Kingdom | 2,179 | 2,020 |
| 20th | People's Republic of China | 2.130 | 2.406 |
(Source: Office for Urban Development and Statistics of the City of Cologne.)
age structure
The following overview shows the development of the total population and the individual age groups from 1990 to 2007. 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 | 953.551 | 129,434 | 13.57% | 683.186 | 71.65% | 140.931 | 14.78% |
| 1991 | 956.690 | 131,481 | 13.74% | 683.252 | 71.42% | 141,957 | 14.84% |
| 1992 | 960.631 | 133,529 | 13.90% | 684.016 | 71.20% | 143.086 | 14.90% |
| 1993 | 962.517 | 135,088 | 14.03% | 682.938 | 70.95% | 144.491 | 15.01% |
| 1994 | 963.817 | 136,312 | 14.14% | 681.779 | 70.74% | 145.726 | 15.12% |
| 1995 | 963.817 | 136,591 | 14.17% | 680.165 | 70.57% | 147.061 | 15.26% |
| 1996 | 964.346 | 136,745 | 14.18% | 679.851 | 70.50% | 147,750 | 15.32% |
| 1997 | 964.311 | 137.140 | 14.22% | 679.066 | 70.42% | 148.105 | 15.36% |
| 1998 | 962.580 | 136,789 | 14.21% | 677.376 | 70.37% | 148.415 | 15.42% |
| 1999 | 962.507 | 137.026 | 14.24% | 674,526 | 70.08% | 150.955 | 15.68% |
| 2000 | 962.884 | 137.147 | 14.24% | 671.904 | 69.78% | 153,833 | 15.98% |
| 2001 | 967.940 | 137.294 | 14.18% | 672.886 | 69.52% | 157.760 | 16.30% |
| 2002 | 968.639 | 136.136 | 14.05% | 671,433 | 69.32% | 161.070 | 16.63% |
| 2003 | 965.954 | 134,456 | 13.92% | 666,952 | 69.05% | 164,546 | 17.03% |
| 2004 | 969.709 | 132,670 | 13.68% | 667,828 | 68.87% | 169.211 | 17.45% |
| 2005 | 983.347 | 130.909 | 13.31% | 678.013 | 68.95% | 174,425 | 17.74% |
| 2006 | 989.766 | 129.997 | 13.13% | 681.255 | 68.83% | 178,514 | 18.04% |
| 2007 | 995.397 | 129,748 | 13.03% | 684.917 | 68.81% | 180.732 | 18.16% |
| 2008 | 995.420 | 129.991 | 13.06% | 683.039 | 68.62% | 182,390 | 18.32% |
| 2009 | 998.105 | 130,751 | 13.10% | 683.680 | 68.50% | 183,674 | 18.40% |
| 2010 | 1,007,119 | 132,561 | 13.16% | 691.159 | 68.63% | 183,399 | 18.21% |
| 2011 | 1,013,665 | 133,380 | 13.16% | 700.039 | 69.06% | 180.246 | 17.78% |
| 2012 | 1,024,373 | 134,300 | 13.11% | 708.495 | 69.16% | 181,578 | 17.73% |
| 2013 | 1,034,175 | 135,595 | 13.11% | 715.751 | 69.21% | 182,829 | 17.68% |
| 2014 | 1,046,680 | 137,660 | 13.15% | 724.417 | 69.21% | 184,603 | 17.64% |
| 2015 | 1,060,582 | 141.199 | 13.31% | 733.460 | 69.16% | 185.923 | 17.53% |
| 2016 | 1,075,935 | 145.484 | 13.52% | 743,349 | 69.09% | 187.102 | 17.39% |
| 2017 | 1,080,394 | 146.924 | 13.60% | 745.413 | 68.99% | 188.057 | 17.41% |
| 2018 | 1,085,664 | 148,578 | 13.69% | 748.716 | 68.96% | 188,370 | 17.35% |
| 2019 | 1,087,863 | 148.740 | 13.67% | 749.702 | 68.92% | 189,421 | 17.41% |
Source: State Office for Information and Technology in North Rhine-Westphalia
City structure
The city of Cologne is divided into 86 districts, which are combined into nine districts. As of December 31, 2017, 684,445 of the 1,084,795 Cologne residents lived in the left bank of the Rhine and 400,350 in the right bank of the city.
Townships
The population figures refer to December 31, 2007 (main and secondary residences).
| No. | Surname | of inhabitants number |
Number of foreigners |
Foreigners in% |
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| 1 | Downtown | 128,758 | 22,763 | 17.7 |
| 2 | Rodenkirchen | 101,420 | 14,585 | 14.4 |
| 3 | Lindenthal | 138,987 | 14,455 | 10.4 |
| 4th | Ehrenfeld | 103,890 | 20,560 | 19.8 |
| 5 | Trinkets | 110.138 | 20,463 | 18.6 |
| 6th | Chorweiler | 81,762 | 15,279 | 18.7 |
| 7th | Porz | 106,894 | 15,424 | 14.4 |
| 8th | lime | 108,620 | 27.051 | 24.9 |
| 9 | Mülheim | 144,625 | 27.173 | 18.8 |
| Cologne | 1,025,094 | 177.753 | 17.3 |
Source: Office for Urban Development and Statistics of the City of Cologne
Districts
The population figures refer to December 31, 2007 (main and secondary residences).
| No. | Surname | of inhabitants number |
Number of foreigners |
Foreigners in% |
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| 101 | Altstadt-Süd | 27,630 | 5,325 | 19.3 |
| 102 | Neustadt-Süd | 37,985 | 6.174 | 16.3 |
| 103 | Old town north | 18,520 | 4,247 | 22.9 |
| 104 | Neustadt-North | 28,853 | 4,732 | 16.4 |
| 105 | Deutz | 15,770 | 2,285 | 14.5 |
| 201 | Bayenthal | 8,433 | 1,279 | 15.2 |
| 202 | Marienburg | 5,651 | 809 | 14.3 |
| 203 | Raderberg | 5,684 | 1.011 | 17.8 |
| 204 | Raderthal | 4,701 | 459 | 9.8 |
| 205 | Folding rule | 20,808 | 3,049 | 14.7 |
| 206 | Rondorf | 9,646 | 783 | 8.1 |
| 207 | Hahnwald | 2.116 | 238 | 11.2 |
| 208 | Rodenkirchen | 16.051 | 1,808 | 11.3 |
| 209 | White | 5,715 | 444 | 7.8 |
| 210 | Sürth | 10,209 | 900 | 8.8 |
| 211 | Godorf | 2,357 | 404 | 17.1 |
| 212 | Immendorf | 2,060 | 194 | 9.4 |
| 213 | Meschenich | 7,989 | 3,207 | 40.1 |
| 301 | Klettenberg | 10.170 | 796 | 7.8 |
| 302 | Sülz | 36,120 | 3,793 | 10.5 |
| 303 | Lindenthal | 29,811 | 2,941 | 9.9 |
| 304 | Braunsfeld | 10,656 | 1,173 | 11.0 |
| 305 | Müngersdorf | 8,339 | 1,327 | 15.9 |
| 306 | Junkersdorf | 12,451 | 1,356 | 10.9 |
| 307 | Pastures | 16,337 | 1,968 | 12.0 |
| 308 | Lövenich | 8,268 | 545 | 6.6 |
| 309 | Widdersdorf | 6,835 | 556 | 8.1 |
| 401 | Ehrenfeld | 35,407 | 8.205 | 23.2 |
| 402 | Neuehrenfeld | 23,403 | 3,647 | 15.6 |
| 403 | Bickendorf | 16,273 | 3,631 | 22.3 |
| 404 | Vogelsang | 8,151 | 1,024 | 12.6 |
| 405 | Bocklemünd / Mengenich | 10,796 | 2,077 | 19.2 |
| 406 | Ossendorf | 9,860 | 1,976 | 20.0 |
| 501 | Trinkets | 33,130 | 6,400 | 19.3 |
| 502 | Mauenheim | 5,691 | 930 | 16.3 |
| 503 | Riehl | 11,449 | 1,648 | 14.4 |
| 504 | Niehl | 17,610 | 3,720 | 21.1 |
| 505 | Weidenpesch | 13,481 | 2,606 | 19.3 |
| 506 | Longerich | 13,767 | 1,386 | 10.1 |
| 507 | Picture sticks | 15,010 | 3,773 | 25.1 |
| 601 | I remember | 5,713 | 699 | 12.2 |
| 602 | Feeling | 2,098 | 117 | 5.6 |
| 603 | Seeberg | 11,556 | 3,581 | 31.0 |
| 604 | Heimersdorf | 5,997 | 457 | 7.6 |
| 605 | Lindweiler | 3,591 | 538 | 15.0 |
| 606 | Pesch | 7,748 | 544 | 7.0 |
| 607 | Esch / Auweiler | 6,516 | 392 | 6.0 |
| 608 | Volkhoven / hamlet | 6.008 | 1,170 | 19.5 |
| 609 | Chorweiler | 13,418 | 5,061 | 37.7 |
| 610 | Blumenberg | 5,900 | 1,174 | 19.9 |
| 611 | Roggendorf / Thenhoven | 3,898 | 552 | 14.2 |
| 612 | Worringen | 9,319 | 994 | 10.7 |
| 701 | Poll | 10,978 | 1,398 | 12.7 |
| 702 | Westhoven | 4,639 | 473 | 10.2 |
| 703 | Ensen | 6,876 | 888 | 12.9 |
| 704 | Gremberghoven | 2,977 | 1,132 | 38.0 |
| 705 | Hurry | 8,946 | 1,099 | 12.3 |
| 706 | Porz | 13,291 | 2,652 | 20.0 |
| 707 | Urbach | 11,966 | 1,539 | 12.9 |
| 708 | Elsdorf | 1,278 | 80 | 6.3 |
| 709 | Grengel | 5,282 | 627 | 11.9 |
| 710 | Delusional heather | 7,831 | 802 | 10.2 |
| 711 | Delusion | 6.277 | 722 | 11.5 |
| 712 | Lind | 3,394 | 323 | 9.5 |
| 713 | Libur | 1.002 | 32 | 3.2 |
| 714 | Zündorf | 12.303 | 1,175 | 9.6 |
| 715 | Langel | 3,222 | 115 | 3.6 |
| 716 | Finkenberg | 6,632 | 2,367 | 35.7 |
| 801 | Humboldt / Gremberg | 15,036 | 4,589 | 30.5 |
| 802 | lime | 21,796 | 8,262 | 37.9 |
| 803 | Vingst | 10,991 | 3,195 | 29.1 |
| 804 | Höhenberg | 11,924 | 3,708 | 31.1 |
| 805 | Ostheim | 10,690 | 2,904 | 27.2 |
| 806 | Merheim | 8,721 | 1,352 | 15.5 |
| 807 | Bridge | 9,641 | 615 | 6.4 |
| 808 | Rath / Heumar | 11,025 | 724 | 6.6 |
| 809 | Neubrück | 8,796 | 1,702 | 19.3 |
| 901 | Mülheim | 40,916 | 12,202 | 29.8 |
| 902 | Book forest | 7,261 | 1,877 | 25.9 |
| 903 | Buchheim | 11,983 | 2,763 | 23.1 |
| 904 | Wood willow | 20,768 | 3,378 | 16.3 |
| 905 | Dellbrück | 21,130 | 1,692 | 8.0 |
| 906 | Höhenhaus | 15,345 | 1,692 | 11.0 |
| 907 | Thin forest | 11,874 | 1,617 | 13.6 |
| 908 | Stammheim | 7,531 | 1,017 | 13.5 |
| 909 | Flittard | 7,817 | 935 | 12.0 |
| Cologne | 1,025,094 | 177.753 | 17.3 |
Source: Office for Urban Development and Statistics of the City of Cologne
See also
- History of the city of Cologne
- Rhyming chronicle of the city of Cologne
- List of the Lord Mayors of the City of Cologne
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.
- Statistical Office of the City of Cologne (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of the City of Cologne , 1911 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
- ↑ IT.NRW: Population figures in the Cologne administrative district ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2014 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.
- ^ City of Cologne: Cologne figures table
- ↑ Cologne is a metropolis of millions ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press releases from the State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia from September 27, 2010 (accessed on September 27, 2010)
- ↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistical Reports, Work No. VIII / 19/1, The civilian population of the German Empire 1940–1945. Results of the consumer group statistics. Wiesbaden 1953, p. 31
- ^ Bertelsmann Foundation: Population forecast
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook Cologne 2013 . City Cologne. Retrieved on April 9, 2015. Statistical Yearbook Cologne 2018. City of Cologne. Retrieved July 25, 2020
- ↑ a b City of Cologne: Numbers and Statistics
