Population development of Zittau

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This article shows the population development of the city of Zittau in tabular and graphical form.

historical development

Diagram showing the population development of Zittau from 1790 to 2017
Population pyramid for Zittau (data source: 2011 census)

With industrialization, the population rose sharply. After the First World War there was a decline, which from the mid-1940s onwards was compensated by the refugees from the eastern regions. As a result, the population of Zittau reached its historic high of around 47,000 in 1950. Since then the population has been decreasing continuously. This trend continues even after the fall of the Wall in the GDR due to high unemployment and the decline in the birth rate. On December 31, 2006, the " official population " for Zittau was 24,984 according to the state statistical office of the Free State of Saxony (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices). A further decline in the population to only 22,000 people by 2025 is expected.

The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Until 1820 it is an estimate, then census results or official updates of 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 place of the main residence”. Before 1871, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey procedures.

Year / date Residents
1790 7,334
1820 7,372
December 1, 1834 9,100
December 1, 1837 8,674
December 3, 1849 10,056
December 3, 1861 13,361
December 3, 1864 14,300
December 3, 1867 15,600
December 1, 1871 17,869
December 1, 1875 20,417
December 1, 1880 22,473
December 1, 1885 23,215
December 1, 1890 25,394
date Residents
December 2, 1895 28,132
December 1, 1900 30,921
December 1, 1905 34,719
December 1, 1910 37.084
December 1, 1916 30,795
December 5, 1917 30,147
October 8, 1919 34,200
June 16, 1925 38,521
June 16, 1933 39,719
May 17, 1939 38,628
December 1, 1945 43,968
October 29, 1946 45.084
August 31, 1950 46,692
date Residents
December 31, 1955 46.103
December 31, 1960 43,241
December 31, 1964 42,850
1st January 1971 43,321
December 31, 1975 42,048
December 31, 1981 41,122
December 31, 1985 39,731
December 31, 1988 38.144
December 31, 1990 34,465
December 31, 1995 29,584
December 31, 2000 27,454
December 31, 2005 25,277
December 31, 2006 24,984
date Residents
December 31, 2010 28,212
December 31, 2011 27,845
December 31, 2012 26,206
December 31 2013 25,950
December 31, 2014 25,792
December 31, 2015 25,712
December 31, 2016 25,723
December 31, 2017 25,575

Population forecast

The three forecasts opposite compared to the real development from 1990 to 2017

The Bertelsmann Stiftung's “ Demographic Change ” guide provides data on the development of population figures in many municipalities in Germany:

Forecasts of the population development (main residences) for Zittau
Date
(5-year steps in bold) 		Residents
(as of 2006 or earlier ) a 		Residents
(as of 2006 or later ) b 		Inhabitants
(as of 2013) c
December 31, 2003 26.096 - -
December 31, 2005 25.186 - -
December 31, 2006 - 29,835 -
December 31, 2010 23,389 28,331 -
December 31, 2012 - - 26,210
December 31, 2015 22,172 26,446 -
December 31, 2020 21,136 24,820 23,830
December 31, 2025 - 23,359 22,590
December 31, 2030 - - 21,430

empirica ranks Zittau among the eight medium-sized towns in Saxony that are clearly shrinking.

aThe January 2006 publication contains data from 2,959 municipalities in Germany. It predicted a population decline of 19.0 percent (4,960 people) between 2003 and 2020 for Zittau.
bThe incorporations of 2007 ( Hirschfelde and Wittgendorf ) are taken into account in an updated population forecast . For Zittau, a population decline of 21.7 percent (6,476 people) between 2006 and 2025 is predicted.
c In a further update of the forecast for the years 2012 to 2030, a decrease of 18.2 percent (4,780 inhabitants) is assumed for Zittau's population.

literature

  • Christian Adolf Pescheck : Handbuch der Geschichte von Zittau , Zittau 1839, Volume 1, Page 305.
  • 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.
  • German City Book, Volume II, Central Germany, Stuttgart 1941, page 238 ff.
  • State Central Administration for Statistics (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of the German Democratic Republic , 1955–1989.

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ Database census 2011, Zittau, city, age + gender
  2. ↑ a b estimate
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa census result, census
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m State Statistical Office Saxony, for the year 2015 see current population of Saxony by municipalities , help on this
  5. ↑ Press release on the empirica study "Swarm Behavior in Saxony" from June 23, 2016
  6. ^ Bertelsmann Stiftung: Guide to Commune - Absolute Population Development 2006-2025 Zittau . wegweiser-kommune.de. Retrieved on August 22, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wegweiser-kommune.de  
  7. ^ Bertelsmann Stiftung: Zittau - Statistical Data - Population Projection, Population Structure by 2030 . wegweiser-kommune.de. Retrieved August 2, 2017.