Population development of Karlsruhe
This article shows the development of the population of Karlsruhe in tabular and graphical form.
Population development
In the decades after the city was founded in 1715, Karlsruhe only had a few thousand inhabitants. With the onset of industrialization , population growth accelerated. In 1800 only 7,275 people lived in the city, in 1895 there were already 84,000. In 1901 the population of the city of Karlsruhe exceeded the limit of 100,000, making it a major city .
The city's population also grew through incorporation. Between 1907 and 1910 Beiertheim, Rintheim, Rüppurr, Grünwinkel and Daxlanden were incorporated. At the census on December 1, 1910, Karlsruhe already had 134,313 inhabitants. Bulach came to Karlsruhe in 1929 and Knielingen in 1935. The incorporation of Durlach and Hagsfeld on April 1, 1938 brought an increase from 21,775 people to 186,350 inhabitants.
The effects of the Second World War are clearly visible . Karlsruhe was the target of numerous Allied air raids. The most severe occurred between September 5 and December 4, 1944. The war totaled 1,745 dead, 3,508 injured and 13,720 destroyed or damaged residential buildings. Overall, Karlsruhe - like all other large cities - temporarily lost a significant number of inhabitants through evacuation, flight, deportations and air raids, especially shortly before the end of the war. At the end of the war (April 4, 1945 in Karlsruhe) this was around 68 percent (130,000 people). The population fell from 190,000 in May 1939 to 60,000 on April 30, 1945, but rose again to 101,000 within a few weeks, so that one cannot speak of a real decline in the population. At the end of 1945 there were again over 143,000.
With the return of the evacuees and the influx of refugees and displaced persons from the German eastern areas, the population rose very quickly. In 1948 the prewar level was reached again. In 1963, more than 250,000 people lived in Karlsruhe. Between 1972 and 1975 the incorporation of the surrounding areas (Stupferich, Hohenwettersbach, Wolfartsweier, Grötzingen, Wettersbach and Neureut) brought an increase from 22,000 people to 280,000 inhabitants.
The population development has been shaped by the birth deficits of the German residents for a long time . Although Karlsruhe recorded sustained migration losses to the surrounding cities and municipalities, migration gains have also been made by foreign and German citizens in recent years. On December 31, 2011, the “ official population ” for Karlsruhe was 300,711 according to an update by the Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices) - a historic high.
The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1830 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 1837 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 1837 the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey methods.
From 1719 to 1900
(respective territorial status)
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¹ census result
From 1905 to 1944
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¹ census result
From 1945 to 1970
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¹ census result
Source: Karlsruhe City Council
From 1971
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¹ census result
Source: Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office
Population forecast
In its 2006 Guide to Demographic Change 2020, in which the Bertelsmann Foundation provides data on the development of the population of 2,959 municipalities in Germany, Karlsruhe's population was predicted to increase by 2.2 percent between 2003 and 2020 (6,161 people) .
| date | Residents |
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| December 31, 2003 | 282,595 |
| December 31, 2005 | 285,624 |
| December 31, 2010 | 290.195 |
| December 31, 2015 | 291.038 |
| December 31, 2020 | 288,756 |
Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
Population structure
The largest groups of foreigners legally registered in Karlsruhe, i.e. persons with exclusively foreign citizenship, came from Turkey (5,851), Romania (4,515), Italy (4,441), Poland (2,961), Croatia (2,502), China (1,917), France (1,795), Russia (1,704) and Syria (1,509).
| population | As of December 31, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Residents with main residence | 307,755 |
| of which male | 156.686 |
| Female | 151,069 |
| German | 252.277 |
| of which male | 126.040 |
| Female | 126,237 |
| Foreigners | 55,478 |
| of which male | 30,646 |
| Female | 24,832 |
| Proportion of foreigners in percent | 18.0 |
Source: Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office
age structure
The following overview shows the development of the total population and the individual age groups from 1990 to 2015. All data are from December 31 of each year.
| year | Total population | Age: 0-14 | Age: 15 to 64 | Age: from 65 |
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| 1990 | 275.061 | 33,682 | 194,290 | 47,089 |
| 1991 | 278,579 | 34,741 | 196,400 | 47,438 |
| 1992 | 279,329 | 35,339 | 196.175 | 47,815 |
| 1993 | 277.998 | 35,736 | 194.166 | 48.096 |
| 1994 | 277.011 | 35,935 | 192.734 | 48,342 |
| 1995 | 275,690 | 36,011 | 191.128 | 48,551 |
| 1996 | 277.191 | 36,400 | 192.146 | 48,645 |
| 1997 | 276,571 | 36,659 | 191,366 | 48,546 |
| 1998 | 276,536 | 36,778 | 191,250 | 48.508 |
| 1999 | 277.204 | 36,869 | 191,541 | 48,794 |
| 2000 | 278,558 | 37,071 | 192.034 | 49,453 |
| 2001 | 279,578 | 37.004 | 192.459 | 50.115 |
| 2002 | 281,334 | 36,813 | 193,535 | 50,986 |
| 2003 | 282,595 | 36,636 | 194.099 | 51,860 |
| 2004 | 284.163 | 36,518 | 194,370 | 53,275 |
| 2005 | 285.263 | 36,214 | 194,581 | 54,468 |
| 2006 | 286,327 | 35,806 | 194,842 | 55,679 |
| 2007 | 288.917 | 35,604 | 197,235 | 56,078 |
| 2008 | 290.736 | 35,442 | 198,755 | 56,539 |
| 2009 | 291,959 | 35,171 | 199,840 | 56,948 |
| 2010 | 294,761 | 35,357 | 202,768 | 56,636 |
| 2011 | 291.995 | 35,742 | 200,840 | 55,413 |
| 2012 | 296.033 | 35,724 | 204,774 | 55,535 |
| 2013 | 299.103 | 36,024 | 207.153 | 55,926 |
| 2014 | 300.051 | 36,172 | 207,495 | 56,384 |
| 2015 | 307,755 | 37,282 | 213,687 | 56,786 |
Source: Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office
Districts
The population figures refer to December 31, 2006 (main residences).
| Surname | Area in km² |
of inhabitants number |
Inhabitants per km² |
Number of foreigners |
Foreigners in% |
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| Beiertheim-Bulach | 2.86 | 6,406 | 2,244 | 598 | 9.3 |
| Daxlanden | 10.92 | 11,786 | 1,079 | 916 | 7.8 |
| Durlach | 22.94 | 29,511 | 1,286 | 4,004 | 13.6 |
| Grötzingen | 11.34 | 9,362 | 826 | 731 | 7.8 |
| Grünwettersbach | 6.03 | 4,005 | 664 | 130 | 3.2 |
| Green angle | 4.41 | 10.143 | 2,300 | 1,226 | 12.1 |
| Hagsfeld | 7.18 | 6,990 | 974 | 767 | 11.0 |
| Hohenwettersbach | 4.13 | 2,739 | 663 | 123 | 4.5 |
| Downtown East | 1.60 | 5,562 | 3,474 | 1,651 | 29.7 |
| Downtown West | 2.40 | 8,430 | 3,508 | 2,355 | 27.9 |
| Knee lenghts | 20.64 | 8,842 | 428 | 1,059 | 12.0 |
| Muhlburg | 5.26 | 15,699 | 2,982 | 3,003 | 19.1 |
| Neureut | 19.18 | 16,246 | 847 | 1,444 | 8.9 |
| North city | 2.67 | 9,277 | 3,470 | 1,087 | 11.7 |
| Northwest town | 3.76 | 10,725 | 2,853 | 1,246 | 11.6 |
| Oberreut | 2.42 | 9,931 | 4,100 | 1,279 | 12.9 |
| East town | 5.19 | 16,929 | 3,264 | 4,357 | 25.7 |
| Palmbach | 1.38 | 1,699 | 1,236 | 62 | 3.6 |
| Rintheim | 3.33 | 5,562 | 1,671 | 672 | 12.1 |
| Rueppurr | 7.03 | 10.178 | 1,448 | 562 | 5.5 |
| Stupferich | 6.50 | 2,730 | 420 | 113 | 4.1 |
| Südstadt | 2.20 | 14,528 | 6,589 | 4.148 | 28.6 |
| Southwest town | 2.97 | 18,326 | 6.178 | 2,620 | 14.3 |
| Waldstadt | 10.35 | 12.184 | 1,177 | 1,457 | 12.0 |
| Weiherfeld-Dammerstock | 3.04 | 6,017 | 1,978 | 428 | 7.1 |
| West town | 1.73 | 18,583 | 10,772 | 3,499 | 18.8 |
| Wolfartsweier | 2.01 | 3,239 | 1,615 | 215 | 6.6 |
| Karlsruhe | 173.46 | 275,629 | 1,589 | 39,752 | 14.4 |
Source: City of Karlsruhe
See also
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.
- 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
- ↑ a b City of Karlsruhe: City of Karlsruhe - Statistical Yearbook 2015