Population development of Ludwigshafen am Rhein

This article shows the population development of Ludwigshafen am Rhein in tabular and graphic form.

Population development

Population development in Ludwigshafen 1843–2018

The population in the Ludwigshafen area was less than a hundred in the Middle Ages and early modern times . It grew only slowly and went back again and again through the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. By 1852 the population had risen to 1,520, which caused King Maximilian II to grant Ludwigshafen the rights of a community. On November 8, 1859, the community of Ludwigshafen was raised to the city.

On May 8, 1865, the BASF company received the concession to settle, which has shaped the face of the city and its history to this day. With the beginning of industrialization , the city's population grew very quickly. In 1867 there were just 5,000 people living in the city; in 1900 there were already 62,000. In 1921, the city's population exceeded 100,000, making it a major city . Incorporation on April 1, 1938 brought an increase of around 27,000 people to 135,503 inhabitants.

During the Second World War , Ludwigshafen was one of the most bombed metropolitan areas in southern Germany with its war industries. Over 80 percent of the buildings in the inner city area were completely destroyed by the 124 air strikes, some of which were devastating, by the Allied forces. On March 23, 1945, American troops took the city. On July 10, 1945 these were replaced by the French occupying forces. The population decreased in the course of the war from 144,425 in May 1939 to 55,480 in May 1945.

In 1956 the town had as many inhabitants again as before the war due to war returnees and refugees. In 1965 the population reached its historic high of 179,155. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ludwigshafen was the largest city in Rhineland-Palatinate before Mainz , but the difference in the 1970 census was only 3,836 (Mainz had 172,195 inhabitants on the reference date). On December 31, 2011, the “ official number of inhabitants ” for Ludwigshafen was 165,560 according to an update by the Rhineland-Palatinate statistical office (only main residences and after comparison with the other regional offices).

The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. These are census results (¹) or official updates from the city administration (until 1970) and the State Statistical Office (from 1971). From 1843 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”.

From 1843 to 1944

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 3, 1843 ¹ 90 December 3, 1852 ¹ 1,520 December 3, 1861 ¹ 3,300 December 3, 1864¹ 3,900 December 3, 1867 ¹ 4,887 December 1, 1871 ¹ 7,830 December 1, 1875 ¹ 12.093 December 1, 1880¹ 15,012 December 1, 1885 ¹ 21,042 December 1, 1890¹ 28,768 December 2, 1895 ¹ 39,799 December 1, 1900 ¹ 61,914 December 1, 1905 ¹ 72.286 December 1, 1910¹ 83,301

date Residents December 1, 1916 ¹ 86,295 December 5, 1917 ¹ 87,125 October 8, 1919 ¹ 90,721 December 31, 1919 92,790 December 31, 1920 96,354 December 31, 1921 100.281 December 31, 1922 104,448 December 31, 1923 104,445 December 31, 1924 107,747 June 16, 1925 ¹ 101,869 December 31, 1925 102,473 December 31, 1926 103.313 December 31, 1927 104,732 December 31, 1928 106,491

date Residents December 31, 1929 107,451 December 31, 1930 108,520 December 31, 1931 109,238 December 31, 1932 109,670 June 16, 1933 ¹ 107,344 December 31, 1933 107,000 December 31, 1934 107,530 December 31, 1935 107,560 December 31, 1936 107.710 December 31, 1937 108,650 December 31, 1938 143,500 May 17, 1939 ¹ 144,425 December 31, 1939 149,400 December 31, 1940 145,700

¹ census result

The results of the consumer group statistics , which were obtained from the food allocation data and published by the Federal Statistical Office in 1953, provide a more realistic assessment of the population development in World War II . According to the small consumer group statistics, the civilian population served in Ludwigshafen at the beginning of February 1943 comprised 134,816 people (including 3,575 group caterers), at the beginning of February 1944 109,061 (including 19,520 group caterers) and at the end of August 1944 100,812 people (including 19,600 group caterers).

From 1945 to 1970

(respective territorial status)

date Residents March 23, 1945 61,372 May 6, 1945 55,480 December 31, 1945 101.001 October 29, 1946 ¹ 106,556 December 31, 1947 108,743 September 13, 1950 ¹ 123,869 December 31, 1951 131,855 December 31, 1952 135.392 December 31, 1953 139,529 September 25, 1956 ¹ 147,557 June 6, 1961 ¹ 165.761

date Residents December 31, 1961 167,407 December 31, 1962 170.200 December 31, 1963 174,700 December 31, 1964 177.412 December 31, 1965 179,155 December 31, 1966 178,937 December 31, 1967 174,767 December 31, 1968 174,301 December 31, 1969 175,738 May 27, 1970 ¹ 176.031 December 31, 1970 178,375

¹ census result

Source: Ludwigshafen city administration

From 1971

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 31, 1971 175.401 December 31, 1972 174,932 December 31, 1973 174.141 December 31, 1974 173.976 December 31, 1975 170.374 December 31, 1976 166.083 December 31, 1977 163,671 December 31, 1978 161,854 December 31, 1979 160,479 December 31, 1980 159,399 December 31, 1981 158,755 December 31, 1982 158.117 December 31, 1983 156.697 December 31, 1984 155.311 December 31, 1985 153,654 December 31, 1986 152.162

date Residents May 25, 1987 ¹ 156.601 December 31, 1987 157.002 December 31, 1988 158,478 December 31, 1989 159,567 December 31, 1990 162.173 December 31, 1991 165.368 December 31, 1992 167,541 December 31, 1993 168.130 December 31, 1994 167.883 December 31, 1995 167.369 December 31, 1996 167,098 December 31, 1997 166.159 December 31, 1998 164,645 December 31, 1999 163,771 December 31, 2000 162,233 December 31, 2001 162,458

date Residents December 31, 2002 162,436 December 31, 2003 162,836 December 31, 2004 163.383 December 31, 2005 163,343 December 31, 2006 163,560 December 31, 2007 163,777 December 31, 2008 163,467 December 31, 2009 163,340 December 31, 2010 164.351 December 31, 2011 165,560 December 31, 2015 164.718 December 31, 2016 166,621 December 31, 2017 168.497 December 31, 2018 171,061 December 31, 2019 172.253

¹ census result

Source: State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate

Population forecast

In their 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, a population decline of 3.6 percent (5,825 people) is forecast for Ludwigshafen between 2003 and 2020.

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

The forecast opposite compared to the real development from 1990 to 2018

date Residents December 31, 2003 162,836 December 31, 2005 162,372 December 31, 2010 161.106 December 31, 2015 159,376 December 31, 2020 157.011

Source: Bertelsmann Foundation

Population structure

The largest groups of foreigners legally registered in Ludwigshafen on December 31, 2006 came from Turkey (10,312), Italy (5,960), Serbia (2,383), Greece (2,121), Poland (1,488), Iraq (1,422) and Croatia (1,302 ).

population	As of December 31, 2006
Residents with main residence	163,560
of which male	81.503
Female	82,057
German	129.003
Foreigners	34,557
Proportion of foreigners in percent	21.1

Source: State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate

age structure

The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2006 (main residences).

Age from - to population Percentage 0 - 5 8,903 5.4 6-17 19,502 11.9 18 - 24 13,637 8.3 25-29 10,378 6.3 30-39 23,098 14.1 40-49 26,910 16.5 50 - 59 20,563 12.6 60-64 8,397 5.1 over 65 32,172 19.7 total 163,560 100.0

Source: State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate

Districts

The population figures refer to December 31 of each year (main and secondary residences).

district	Population (1990)	Foreigners in%	Population (2000)	Foreigners in%	Population (2007)	Foreigners in%
Edigheim	8,388	5.0	8,537	6.7	8,257	6.9
Friesenheim	18,372	18.4	16,626	21.5	18,440	19.9
Garden city	19,039	5.5	17,860	9.4	17,654	10.2
Maudach	4,982	8.8	7,259	9.7	7,228	9.3
center	10,243	20.4	10,356	36.1	11,456	36.8
Mundenheim	13,646	12.0	12,817	18.5	12,747	20.5
North / Hemshof	17,013	40.4	16,501	47.0	16,663	41.8
Oggersheim	23,769	10.3	24.004	14.1	23,189	14.5
Oppau	9,740	9.7	9,831	13.7	9,723	14.2
Pentecostal willow	8,219	12.8	6,962	18.6	6.276	14.9
Rheingönheim	6.240	11.0	6.384	11.7	7,472	12.3
Ruchheim	3,841	10.8	6.151	8.6	6,175	7.7
south	18,967	13.5	17,934	22.4	18,285	23.5
west	4,816	22.0	4,414	27.2	4,652	26.0
Ludwigshafen	167.196	14.9	165,636	19.9	168.217	19.7

Source: City of Ludwigshafen

Natural population development

The following overview shows the development of births and deaths in Ludwigshafen in selected years since 1995.

year	Born	Died	Balance sheet
1995	1,628	1,880	−252
2000	1,553	1,671	−118
2005	1,525	1,627	−102
2006	1,484	1,612	−128
2007	1,619	1,583	36

Source: State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate

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

1. ↑ 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. 33
2. ^ City of Ludwigshafen: Annual Statistical Report ( Memento from January 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ City of Ludwigshafen: Inhabitants by district ( Memento from December 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Population and area
• City administration Ludwigshafen: urban development (including residents)
• Bertelsmann Stiftung: Guide to Demographic Change