Population development in Zwickau

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

Population development

 

Population development in Zwickau according to the data given in the tables. Above from 1470 to 2018. Below an excerpt from 1871

Breakdown of the Zwickau population by district (as of May 2009)

The population of Zwickau rose only slowly in the Middle Ages and the early modern period . Due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famines, it kept falling. When the plague broke out in 1472, over 1,600 people died, and in 1611 the plague claimed 1,100 deaths. As a result of the Thirty Years' War between 1618 and 1648, the population decreased significantly. In 1633 the plague hit Zwickau again. This time 1,900 people died. In 1682, the plague claimed over 1,000 lives. It was not until industrialization in the 19th century that population growth accelerated. While around 4,000 people lived in the city around 1800, by 1900 there were already 56,000.

The population of the city of Zwickau exceeded the limit of 100,000 on January 1, 1944, when Planitz (22,513 inhabitants in 1939) and Oberhohndorf were incorporated , making it a major city . Around 1950 the population reached its historic high of around 140,000.

Since the end of 1989 Zwickau has been affected by a sharp decline in the number of inhabitants. The city lost more than 25 percent of its population between 1990 and 2009, based on the current territorial status. Despite numerous incorporations of rural places in the 1990s - the area of ​​the urban area increased by around 80 percent between 1992 and 2000 - the negative population trend could not be stopped, so that the population of the city fell below the number in 1998 and then again in October 2003 Limit of 100,000 fell.

The annual population decline between 2000 and 2008 averaged around 1,000 inhabitants. In population forecasts (as of 2006), the State Statistical Office of Saxony assumes that only between 82,000 and 85,000 people will live in the city in 2020 (based on the current area of ​​102.54 km ² ).

On June 30, 2009, the “ official population ” of Zwickau was exactly 94,400 according to the state statistical office of the Free State of Saxony (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices).

The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1800 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 place of the main residence”. Before 1871, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey procedures.

From 1470 to 1944

Year / date Residents 1470 3,500 1530 7,700 1611 6,300 1631 5,400 1640 2.983 1660 2,866 1723 3,753 1755 4.151 1800 4.189 December 1, 1834 ¹ 6,701 December 1, 1840 ¹ 9,740 December 3, 1855 ¹ 16.052

date Residents December 3, 1858 ¹ 17,878 December 3, 1861 ¹ 20,492 December 3, 1864¹ 22,400 December 3, 1867 ¹ 24,509 December 1, 1871 ¹ 27,322 December 1, 1875 ¹ 31,490 December 1, 1880¹ 35.005 December 1, 1885 ¹ 39,243 December 1, 1890¹ 44.198 December 2, 1895 ¹ 50.391 December 1, 1900 ¹ 55,825 December 1, 1905 ¹ 68.502

date Residents December 1, 1910¹ 73,542 December 1, 1916 ¹ 62,482 December 5, 1917 ¹ 62,095 October 8, 1919 ¹ 69,600 December 31, 1920 71,753 June 16, 1925 ¹ 80,664 December 31, 1930 85,685 June 16, 1933 ¹ 84,701 December 31, 1935 84.059 May 17, 1939 ¹ 85.198 December 31, 1940 85,400

¹ census result

From 1945 to 1989

date Residents December 1, 1945 ¹ 115.780 October 29, 1946 ¹ 122,862 August 31, 1950 ¹ 138,844 December 31, 1955 135,751 December 31, 1956 133,580 December 31, 1957 129,953 December 31, 1958 129,069 December 31, 1959 129,394 December 31, 1960 129,138 December 31, 1961 128,723 December 31, 1962 128,935 December 31, 1963 129,389 December 31, 1964 ¹ 128,431

date Residents December 31, 1965 128,678 December 31, 1966 128.184 December 31, 1967 127,795 December 31, 1968 127,459 December 31, 1969 127.395 December 31, 1970 ¹ 126,988 December 31, 1971 125,892 December 31, 1972 124,796 December 31, 1973 123.830 December 31, 1974 123.069 December 31, 1975 122,496 December 31, 1976 122.168 December 31, 1977 122,640

date Residents December 31, 1978 123,446 December 31, 1979 122,988 December 31, 1980 122.129 December 31, 1981 ¹ 121.283 December 31, 1982 120,605 December 31, 1983 120,486 December 31, 1984 122,886 December 31, 1985 120.206 December 31, 1986 120,923 December 31, 1987 121,870 December 31, 1988 121,749 December 31, 1989 118.914

¹ census result

Source: State Central Administration for Statistics

Since 1990

date Residents December 31, 1990 114,632 December 31, 1991 112,565 December 31, 1992 110,583 December 31, 1993 107,988 December 31, 1994 104,921 December 31, 1995 102,563 December 31, 1996 102,752 December 31, 1997 101.130 December 31, 1998 98,840 December 31, 1999 104,146

date Residents December 31, 2000 103.008 December 31, 2001 101,726 December 31, 2002 100,892 December 31, 2003 99,846 December 31, 2004 98,742 December 31, 2005 97,832 December 31, 2006 96,786 December 31, 2007 95,841 December 31, 2008 94,887 December 31, 2009 94.029

date Residents December 31, 2010 93,750 December 31, 2011 ¹ 92,826 December 31, 2012 92.227 December 31 2013 91,564 December 31, 2014 91,066 December 31, 2015 91.123 December 31, 2016 90,515 December 31, 2017 90.192 December 31, 2018 89,540 December 31, 2019 88,690

Source: State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony

¹ Population extrapolation based on the census results from May 9, 2011

Population forecast

The Bertelsmann Foundation , Guide to Demographic Change , provides data on the development of the population of 2,959 municipalities in Germany (published January 2006). For Zwickau, a population decline of 11.6 percent (11,602 people) between 2003 and 2020 is predicted.

Absolute population development 2003–2020, forecast for Zwickau (main residences):

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

date Residents December 31, 2003 99,846 December 31, 2005 97.917 December 31, 2010 93,921 December 31, 2015 91,045 December 31, 2020 88,244

Source: Bertelsmann Foundation

Population structure

population	As of June 30, 2007
Eligible population	99,695
of which male	48,059
Female	51,636
Residents with main residence	96,342
of which male	46.263
Female	50,079
Residents with secondary residence	3,353
of which male	1,796
Female	1,557
Germans with main residence	94,575
of which male	45.251
Female	49,324
Foreigners with main residence	1,767
of which male	1.012
Female	755
Proportion of foreigners in percent	1.83

Source: Office for Statistics and Elections of the City of Zwickau

age structure

Population pyramid for Zwickau (data source: 2011 census)

The following overview shows the development of the total population and the individual age groups from 1990 to 2008. All data are from January 1st of each year.

year	Total population	Age: 0-14	Age: 15 to 64	Age: from 65
1990	118.914	20,373	80,675	17,866
1991	115,434	19,818	77,755	17,861
1992	112,919	19,478	75.710	17,731
1993	110,583	18,540	74,435	17.608
1994	107,988	17,448	72,830	17,710
1995	104,921	16,064	70,871	17,986
1996	102,563	14,894	69,639	18,030
1997	102,752	14,222	70,080	18,450
1998	101.130	13,312	69,363	18,455
1999	105,365	13,294	72,531	19,540
2000	104,146	12,633	71,651	19,862
2001	103.008	12,027	70,723	20,258
2002	101,726	11,318	69,699	20,709
2003	100,892	10,658	69.106	21,128
2004	99,950	10.182	68.131	21,637
2005	98,954	9,759	66,900	22,295
2006	97.934	9,378	65,656	22,900
2007	95,841	9,169	62,650	24,022
2008	94,887	9,249	61.119	24,519

Source: Office for Statistics and Elections of the City of Zwickau

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.
• State Central Administration for Statistics (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of the German Democratic Republic , 1955–1989

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony: Statistics - Population. "Population figures 2011 by municipalities - based on 2011 census [Download, *. Pdf, 0.06 MB]"; Retrieved January 26, 2018.
2. ^ Database census 2011, Zwickau, city, age + gender