Population development of Potsdam
This article shows the population development of Potsdam in tabular and graphic form.
Population development
Potsdam had only a few hundred inhabitants in the Middle Ages and early modern times . The population grew slowly and fell again and again due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. A major fire devastated parts of the city in 1536. In the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) about half of the residents died. After the Edict of Potsdam in 1685 and the appointment as the royal seat of the Kings of Prussia in 1701, the city experienced a strong increase in population. The population rose from 1,500 to 20,000 between 1713 and 1820.
With industrialization in the 19th century, the population tripled to 60,000 by 1900. In 1936 the city had around 80,000 inhabitants. On April 1, 1939, the population of Potsdam exceeded 100,000 due to the incorporation of the city of Babelsberg (29,229 inhabitants in 1933) and other places, making it a major city . On May 17, 1939 there were 136,056 residents.
The effects of the Second World War are clearly visible . The Allied air strikes and fighting on the ground killed around 3,000 people and large parts of the city were destroyed. Overall, Potsdam lost around 20 percent of its residents (24,763 people) through evacuation, flight, deportations and air strikes. The population fell to 111,000 by December 1945.
In 1984 the city had as many inhabitants as before the war. In 1988 142,862 people lived in Potsdam. Since the transition in the GDR , the population fell by 13,879 people to 128,983 until 1999, then increased by 27,923 people by 2010 due to numerous incorporations and immigration. On December 31, 2010, the " official population " of Potsdam was 156,906 according to the Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics 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 1790 these are mostly estimates, then census results (¹) or official updates from the city administration (until 1944), the state central administration for statistics (1945 to 1989) and the state statistical office (from 1990). From 1871, the information relates to the “local population”, from 1925 to the resident population and since 1966 to the “population at the location of the main residence”. Before 1871, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey procedures.
From 1573 to 1944
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¹ census result
From 1945 to 1989
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¹ census result
Source: State Central Administration for Statistics
Since 1990
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Status: December 31 (1990: October 3)
¹ Official population update (source; Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg), from 2011 based on the 2011 census
² Inhabitants with main residence (source: Statistics and elections of the state capital Potsdam)
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, an increase in the population of 7.1 percent (10,637 people) was predicted for Potsdam between 2006 and 2025.
As in all large cities, the forecast revised in 2011 expects a forecast path above the previous forecast.
In 2014 a new forecast was necessary because the population growth was well above the previous assumptions. In it, the population estimate for 2025 was increased by around 16,000 inhabitants compared to the forecast of 2011 and by around 27,000 compared to the forecast of 2009.
The trend of exceeding the forecasts continues: at the end of June 2016 the population of 168,929 was already higher than the number forecast for the end of December 2016.
Source: Bertelsmann Foundation |
Source: Bertelsmann Foundation |
Source: Statistical Information Service 5/2015 of the City of Potsdam |
Population structure
| population | As of December 31, 2015 |
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| Residents with main residence | 167.505 |
| - male | 81,065 |
| - Female | 86,440 |
| - Germans | 156,668 |
| -- male | 75,224 |
| -- Female | 81,444 |
| - Foreigners | 10,837 |
| -- male | 5,841 |
| -- Female | 4,996 |
| - Proportion of foreigners in percent | 6.47 |
Source: Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office
Districts
The figures relate to residents with their main residence in Potsdam.
| No. | Surname | Population (December 31, 2017) |
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| 11 | Bornim | 3,389 |
| 12 | Nedlitz | 181 |
| 13 | Bornstedt | 12,926 |
| 14th | Sacrow | 142 |
| 15th | Oak | 5,414 |
| 16 | pit | 432 |
| 17th | Golm | 3,031 |
| 21st | Nauen suburb | 5.113 |
| 22nd | Hunter suburb | 2,957 |
| 23 | Berlin suburb | 2,785 |
| 31 | Brandenburg suburb | 11,865 |
| 32 | Potsdam West | 7,854 |
| 33 | wildlife Park | 28 |
| 41 | Northern downtown | 13,345 |
| 42 | South downtown | 8,663 |
| 51 | Klein Glienicke | 565 |
| 52 | Babelsberg North | 11,389 |
| 53 | Babelsberg South | 12,800 |
| 61 | Templin suburb | 1,437 |
| 62 | Teltower suburb | 4,433 |
| 63 | Schlaatz | 9,487 |
| 64 | Waldstadt I | 5,437 |
| 65 | Waldstadt II | 9,969 |
| 66 | Industrial site | 119 |
| 67 | Forest Potsdam South | 61 |
| 71 | star | 16,711 |
| 72 | Drewitz | 6,838 |
| 73 | Kirchsteigfeld | 5,071 |
| 81 | Uetz couples | 449 |
| 82 | Marquardt | 1,190 |
| 83 | Sentence grain | 415 |
| 84 | Fahrland | 5,065 |
| 85 | New Fahrland | 1,572 |
| 86 | Great Glienicke | 4,569 |
| All in all | 175,702 |
Source: Statistics and elections of the state capital Potsdam,
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.
- State Central Administration for Statistics (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of the German Democratic Republic , 1955–1989
- Bertelsmann Stiftung (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
- ^ Historical municipality register of the State of Brandenburg 1875 to 2005. Brandenburg an der Havel, Potsdam, Frankfurt (Oder), Cottbus , pp. 14-17
- ^ Population in the state of Brandenburg from 1991 to 2015 according to independent cities, districts and municipalities . Table 7
- ↑ Population: residents with main and secondary residence since 1992
- ↑ Absolute population development 2012–2030 - Forecast for Potsdam (main residences): Bertelsmann Foundation: Population forecast
- ↑ PNN: Potsdam is growing and growing [1]
- ↑ Statistical Information Service 5/2015 of the City of Potsdam, [2]
- ^ City of Potsdam: residents by district