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color:black;"> </span> 2015–2024</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00ff00; color:black;"> </span> 2005–2014</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000ff; color:white;"> </span> 1995–2004</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff0000; color:black;"> </span> 1985–1994</div></figcaption></figure> <p>A national <b>census in Germany</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Volkszählung</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈfɔlksˌt͡sɛːlʊŋ]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/3\/36\/De-Volksz%C3%A4hlung.ogg\/De-Volksz%C3%A4hlung.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"De-Volksz\u00e4hlung.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/De-Volksz%C3%A4hlung.ogg/De-Volksz%C3%A4hlung.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:De-Volksz%C3%A4hlung.ogg" title="File:De-Volkszählung.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>) was held every five years from 1875 to 1910. After the <a href="/wiki/World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wars">World Wars</a>, only a few full population <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">censuses</a> have been held, the last in 1987. The most recent census, though not a national census, was the <a href="/wiki/2011_European_Union_census" title="2011 European Union census">2011 European Union census</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Germany&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Nuremberg" title="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</a> in 1471<sup id="cite_ref-Kersten_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kersten-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> held a census, to be prepared in case of a siege. <a href="/wiki/Brandenburg-Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Brandenburg-Prussia">Brandenburg-Prussia</a> in 1683 began to count its rural population. The first systematic population survey on the European continent was taken in 1719 in the <a href="/wiki/Margraviate_of_Brandenburg" title="Margraviate of Brandenburg">Mark Brandenburg</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a>, in order to prepare the first general census of 1725. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Habsburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Habsburg">Habsburg</a> ruled Austria, a population count had been introduced in 1754, but due to resistance by nobility and clerics, no full census was held after 1769. A century and many political changes later, census resumed in 1869, and were held also in 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, in the same years as the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> census. Between the wars, census were held in 1920, 1923, 1934 and 1939, to be resumed in 1951 with a ten-year occurrence. </p><p>For 1806, a population of 24,241,000 for several <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Circle">Imperial Circles</a> is quoted in the "Statistik des deutschen Reiches",<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> even though the old <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> had fallen apart, and a new German Empire did not exist yet as a political entity. By 1821, the population within the newly founded <a href="/wiki/German_Confederation" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a> had grown to over 30 million.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="German_Zollverein_(1834–1867)"><span id="German_Zollverein_.281834.E2.80.931867.29"></span>German Zollverein (1834–1867)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Germany&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: German Zollverein (1834–1867)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:German_unified_1815_1871.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/German_unified_1815_1871.svg/200px-German_unified_1815_1871.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/German_unified_1815_1871.svg/300px-German_unified_1815_1871.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/German_unified_1815_1871.svg/400px-German_unified_1815_1871.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="708" data-file-height="1074" /></a><figcaption>Zollverein and <a href="/wiki/German_unification" class="mw-redirect" title="German unification">German unification</a></figcaption></figure> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/German_Confederation" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a> had been founded in 1815, some states had been anxious to prove they had a small population in order to contribute fewer soldiers to the Federal Army. On the other hand, when the first custom union between southern states were formed, they wanted to show they had a large population in order to claim a larger share of the custom revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German Customs Union, the <a href="/wiki/Zollverein" title="Zollverein">Zollverein</a>, conducted population counts from 1834 to 1867, every three years on 3 December, in order to share its revenue among the member states accordingly. The date of 3 December was chosen as most people of the „Zollabrechnungsbevölkerung“, the <i>custom accounting population</i>, were expected to be at home then. The Eastern parts of Prussia remained outside of the Confederation for most of the time, but the whole of Prussia was part of the Zollverein. While most states joined the Zollverein sooner or later, the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a> never did until the German Confederation and the Zollverein broke up in the civil war of 1866. The Zollverein regrouped and held another census in 1867, but the census of 1870 was postponed due to the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Franco-German_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-German War">Franco-German War</a> and the foundation of the German Empire. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Date </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Area in km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Population </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Pop. per km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Area changes </th></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1834</td> <td>420,301</td> <td>23,478,120</td> <td>56</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1837</td> <td>439,420</td> <td>26,008,973</td> <td>59</td> <td align="center">since 1835 including Land <a href="/wiki/Baden" title="Baden">Baden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Nassau" title="Duchy of Nassau">Herzogtum Nassau</a>, since 1836 including Freie Stadt Frankfurt </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1840</td> <td>439,420</td> <td>27,142,116</td> <td>62</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1843</td> <td>447,507</td> <td>28,498,136</td> <td>64</td> <td align="center">since 1841 including <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brunswick" title="Duchy of Brunswick">Herzogtum Braunschweig</a>, since 1842 including <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1846</td> <td>447,507</td> <td>29,461,381</td> <td>66</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1849</td> <td>447,507</td> <td>29,800,063</td> <td>67</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1852</td> <td>447,507</td> <td>30,492,792</td> <td>68</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1855</td> <td>492,621</td> <td>32,721,344</td> <td>66</td> <td align="center">since 1854 including <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hanover" title="Kingdom of Hanover">Königreich Hannover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Oldenburg" title="Grand Duchy of Oldenburg">Großherzogtum Olenburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Schaumburg-Lippe" class="mw-redirect" title="Schaumburg-Lippe">Schaumburg-Lippe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1858</td> <td>492,621</td> <td>33,542,352</td> <td>68</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1861</td> <td>492,621</td> <td>34,670,277</td> <td>70</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1864</td> <td>492,621</td> <td>35,886,302</td> <td>73</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1867</td> <td>510,628</td> <td>37,512,005</td> <td>73</td> <td align="center">since 1867 including <a href="/wiki/Free_City_of_L%C3%BCbeck" class="mw-redirect" title="Free City of Lübeck">Fürstentum Lübeck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Schwerin" class="mw-redirect" title="Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Strelitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="German_Empire,_Weimar_Republic_and_Nazi_Germany_(1871–1945)"><span id="German_Empire.2C_Weimar_Republic_and_Nazi_Germany_.281871.E2.80.931945.29"></span>German Empire, Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany (1871–1945)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Germany&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: German Empire, Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany (1871–1945)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting in 1871, the census resumed in the newly united <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>, continuing every five years from 1875 to 1910. The first large-scale census in the German Empire took place in 1895 (see German census of 1895). The last pre-war census was held on 1 December 1910. The 1915 census was canceled, but two war censuses were held on 5 December 1916 and 1917 to organize the sharing of food. Regular censuses resumed during the <a href="/wiki/Weimar_Republic" title="Weimar Republic">Weimar Republic</a>, being held on 8 October 1919 and 16 June 1925. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Population_density_in_Germany_by_district,_1925.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Population density in the 1925 census"><img alt="Population density in the 1925 census" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Population_density_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg/120px-Population_density_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Population_density_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg/180px-Population_density_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Population_density_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg/240px-Population_density_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="1179" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Population density in the 1925 census</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Occupation_in_Germany_by_district,_1925.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Occupation in the 1925 census"><img alt="Occupation in the 1925 census" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Occupation_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg/120px-Occupation_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Occupation_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg/180px-Occupation_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Occupation_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg/240px-Occupation_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6021" data-file-height="4735" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Occupation in the 1925 census</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Religion_in_Germany_by_district,_1925.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Religion in the 1925 census"><img alt="Religion in the 1925 census" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Religion_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg/120px-Religion_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Religion_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg/180px-Religion_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Religion_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg/240px-Religion_in_Germany_by_district%2C_1925.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6021" data-file-height="4735" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Religion in the 1925 census</div> </li> </ul> <p>The 1930 census was delayed until 1933 by the Depression, and another one was carried out in 1939, with both being affected by the bias of the <a href="/wiki/Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi">Nazi</a> government. Initially planned for 1937, the 1939 census now also included the areas of <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sudetenland" title="Sudetenland">Sudetenland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Memelland" class="mw-redirect" title="Memelland">Memelland</a>. About 750,000 counters covered 22 million households and roughly 80 million inhabitants. Made in an atmosphere of terror, attacks on members of the Polish minority, and the demolition of Polish businesses, the census resulted in many Poles living in Germany giving their nationality as German, out of fear of losing their lives or the well-being of their families being endangered.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Second World War, the occupying powers started to count the population in their zones, first the Soviets on 1 December 1945, then the French on 26 January 1946. On 29 October 1946, a census was held in all four zones. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Germany_sex_by_age_1933_06_16.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Germany_sex_by_age_1933_06_16.png/350px-Germany_sex_by_age_1933_06_16.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Germany_sex_by_age_1933_06_16.png/525px-Germany_sex_by_age_1933_06_16.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Germany_sex_by_age_1933_06_16.png/700px-Germany_sex_by_age_1933_06_16.png 2x" data-file-width="977" data-file-height="639" /></a><figcaption>Population of Germany by аge and sex (demographic pyramid) as of 16 June 1933</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Germany_Sex_By_Age_1939.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Germany_Sex_By_Age_1939.png/350px-Germany_Sex_By_Age_1939.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Germany_Sex_By_Age_1939.png/525px-Germany_Sex_By_Age_1939.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Germany_Sex_By_Age_1939.png/700px-Germany_Sex_By_Age_1939.png 2x" data-file-width="978" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Population of Germany (includes Austria) by age and sex (demographic pyramid) as of 17 May 1939</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Germany_sex_by_age_1946_10_29.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Germany_sex_by_age_1946_10_29.png/350px-Germany_sex_by_age_1946_10_29.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Germany_sex_by_age_1946_10_29.png/525px-Germany_sex_by_age_1946_10_29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Germany_sex_by_age_1946_10_29.png/700px-Germany_sex_by_age_1946_10_29.png 2x" data-file-width="977" data-file-height="639" /></a><figcaption>Population of Germany (excludes Saar) by аge and sex (demographic pyramid) as on 29 October 1946. Many former German soldiers didn't participate.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Germany_sex_by_age_1950_12_31.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Germany_sex_by_age_1950_12_31.png/350px-Germany_sex_by_age_1950_12_31.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Germany_sex_by_age_1950_12_31.png/525px-Germany_sex_by_age_1950_12_31.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Germany_sex_by_age_1950_12_31.png/700px-Germany_sex_by_age_1950_12_31.png 2x" data-file-width="977" data-file-height="639" /></a><figcaption>Population of Germany by аge and sex (demographic pyramid) as of 31 December 1950</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Date </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Area in km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Pop. </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Pop. % Growth </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Pop. per km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Area changes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1871</td> <td>541,561</td> <td>41,058,792</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>76</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1875</td> <td>539,829</td> <td>42,727,360</td> <td>4.06%</td> <td>79</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1880</td> <td>540,522</td> <td>45,234,061</td> <td>5.87%</td> <td>84</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1885</td> <td>540,597</td> <td>46,855,704</td> <td>3.59%</td> <td>87</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1890</td> <td>540,504</td> <td>49,428,470</td> <td>5.49%</td> <td>91</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/German_census_of_1895" class="mw-redirect" title="German census of 1895">2 December 1895</a></td> <td>540,658</td> <td>52,279,901</td> <td>5.768%</td> <td>97</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1900</td> <td>540,743</td> <td>56,367,178</td> <td>7.81%</td> <td>104</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1905</td> <td>540,778</td> <td>60,641,489</td> <td>7.58%</td> <td>112</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1910</td> <td>540,858</td> <td>64,925,993</td> <td>7.07%</td> <td>120</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 December 1916</td> <td>540,858</td> <td>62,272,185</td> <td>-4.09%</td> <td>115</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 December 1917</td> <td>540,858</td> <td>62,615,275</td> <td>0.55%</td> <td>116</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 October 1919</td> <td>474,304</td> <td>60,898,584</td> <td>-2.74%</td> <td>128</td> <td>since 1919 without <a href="/wiki/Elsa%C3%9F-Lothringen" class="mw-redirect" title="Elsaß-Lothringen">Elsaß-Lothringen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Provinz_Posen" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinz Posen">Provinz Posen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westpreu%C3%9Fen" class="mw-redirect" title="Westpreußen">Westpreußen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 June 1925</td> <td>468,718</td> <td>62,410,619</td> <td>2.48%</td> <td>133</td> <td>since 1920 without Memelland, <a href="/wiki/Nordschleswig" class="mw-redirect" title="Nordschleswig">Nordschleswig</a>, Ostbelgien and <a href="/wiki/Saargebiet" class="mw-redirect" title="Saargebiet">Saargebiet</a>, since 1922 without Ostoberschlesien </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 June 1933</td> <td>468,787</td> <td>65,362,115</td> <td>4.73%</td> <td>139</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 May 1939</td> <td>583,370</td> <td>79,375,281</td> <td>21.44%</td> <td>136</td> <td>since 1935 with Saargebiet, since 1938 with <a href="/wiki/Ostmark_(Austria)" title="Ostmark (Austria)">Ostmark</a> and Sudetenland, since March 1939 with Memelland </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 May 1942 <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 March 1943 <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 October 1946</td> <td>353,460</td> <td>65,137,274</td> <td>-17.94%</td> <td>184</td> <td>since 1945 without <a href="/wiki/Ostgebiete" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostgebiete">Ostgebiete</a> des Deutschen Reiches, since 1946 without <a href="/wiki/Saarland" title="Saarland">Saarland</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_minorities_in_1900">Ethnic minorities in 1900</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Germany&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ethnic minorities in 1900"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the census of 1900, among the total population of 56,367,178 there were 51,883,131 with the <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German language</a> as their first and only language, plus 252,918 bilingual Germans. The largest minority was the Polish, with 3,086,489 (not including 142,049 <a href="/wiki/Masurians" title="Masurians">Masurians</a> and 100,213 <a href="/wiki/Kashubians" title="Kashubians">Kashubians</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The census results also listed the districts with a minority larger than 5%, including many districts in which German speakers were a minority.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of these areas would later become part of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic" title="Second Polish Republic">Second Polish Republic</a> as a result of <a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Germany#Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Territorial evolution of Germany">German territorial losses in the Treaty of Versailles</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="East_Germany_(1949–1990)"><span id="East_Germany_.281949.E2.80.931990.29"></span>East Germany (1949–1990)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Germany&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: East Germany (1949–1990)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/German_Democratic_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="German Democratic Republic">German Democratic Republic</a> held four census during its existence, of which only the 1964 results were published in full. Unlike most European countries, which saw <a href="/wiki/Baby_boom" title="Baby boom">a significant growth of their populations</a>, the GDR suffered a drop. Until the building of the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a> in 1961, over three million<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germans had <a href="/wiki/Republikflucht" title="Republikflucht">defected from the GDR</a> to <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>. As many young adults had chosen to leave, this also affected the numbers of babies born in the following decades. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Date </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Area in km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Pop. </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Pop. per km<sup>2</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>31 August 1950</td> <td>107,862</td> <td>18,388,172</td> <td>170 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 December 1964</td> <td>108,304</td> <td>17,003,655</td> <td>157 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 January 1971</td> <td>108,178</td> <td>17,068,318</td> <td>158 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 December 1981</td> <td>108,333</td> <td>16,705,635</td> <td>154 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_Republic_of_Germany_(formerly_known_as_West_Germany)_(since_1949)"><span id="Federal_Republic_of_Germany_.28formerly_known_as_West_Germany.29_.28since_1949.29"></span>Federal Republic of Germany (formerly known as West Germany) (since 1949)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Germany&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Federal Republic of Germany (formerly known as West Germany) (since 1949)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zensus_2022_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Zensus_2022_Logo.svg/220px-Zensus_2022_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Zensus_2022_Logo.svg/330px-Zensus_2022_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Zensus_2022_Logo.svg/440px-Zensus_2022_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="86" /></a><figcaption>Census 2022 logo</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Date </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Area in km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Pop. </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Pop. per km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th align="center" style="background:#efefef;">Area changes </th></tr> <tr> <td>13 September 1950</td> <td>245,770</td> <td>49,842,624</td> <td>203</td> <td>since 1949 without East Germany, <a href="/wiki/East_Berlin" title="East Berlin">East Berlin</a> and Saarland, with <a href="/wiki/West_Berlin" title="West Berlin">West Berlin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 September 1956</td> <td>245,860</td> <td>52,195,100</td> <td>212</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 June 1961</td> <td>248,456</td> <td>56,174,826</td> <td>226</td> <td>since 1957 with Saarland </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 May 1970</td> <td>248,469</td> <td>60,650,584</td> <td>244</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 May 1987</td> <td>248,626</td> <td>61,077,042</td> <td>246</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 May 2011</td> <td>357,168</td> <td>80,200,000<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>225</td> <td>since 1990 with East Germany and East Berlin </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>In the 1980s, attempts at introducing a census in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> sparked strong popular resentment since some felt that the questions to be asked were quite personal. Comparisons to <a href="/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" title="Nineteen Eighty-Four">Orwell's <i>1984</i></a> were drawn. Some campaigned for a boycott, or for intentional false statements. The <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional Court">Constitutional Court</a> stopped the census in 1983, and required a revision of the process. The modified census was eventually held in 1987. </p><p>For 1991 a concurrent census in both West and East Germany had been planned,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it was canceled due to reunification, and replaced by a "micro census" <a href="/wiki/Sampling_(statistics)" title="Sampling (statistics)">population sample</a> among 1 percent of house holds. Due to reunification and immigration from former Eastern Bloc states and the war-torn Balkans, the population has grown to c. 82 million in the 1990s, but no census has been held since 1987. As of July 2017 The <a href="/wiki/CIA_Factbook" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA Factbook">CIA Factbook</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> estimates the population at 80,159,662, and ranks Germany as 19th <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the world. Former population censuses in Germany were complete enumerations obtained directly from the entire population in personal interviews or by questionnaire. For the 1987 population census, some 500 000 enumerators were required and for 2011, a change in methodology was planned, and the costs of the largely register-based census were expected to be only about one third of the expenditure of a traditional population census. Mainly the data already stored in the registers of the administrative authorities, in the population registers of the municipalities and the registers of the Federal Employment Agency was used. Additional data, like information on education, training and occupation, would be collected by an interview-based sample survey. The data on buildings and dwellings, for which there are no registers in Germany, would be collected by mail from all owners.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Germany&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statistisches_Bundesamt" class="mw-redirect" title="Statistisches Bundesamt">Statistisches Bundesamt</a> (Destatis)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Germany" title="Demographics of Germany">Demographics of Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judenz%C3%A4hlung" title="Judenzählung">Judenzählung</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Germany&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt (Hrsg.): <i>Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich</i>, 1880–1918</li> <li>Statistisches Reichsamt (Hrsg.): <i>Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich</i>, 1919–1941/42</li> <li>Statistisches Bundesamt (Hrsg.): <i>Statistisches Jahrbuch für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland</i>, 1952 ff.</li> <li>Staatliche Zentralverwaltung für Statistik (Hrsg.): <i>Statistisches Jahrbuch der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik</i>, 1955–1989</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Germany&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Kersten-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kersten_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kersten Krüger: <i>Historische Statistik</i>, in: <i>Formung der frühen Moderne - 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Albania" title="Census in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Andorra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Andorra (page does not exist)">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Armenia" title="Census in Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Austria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Austria (page does not exist)">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Azerbaijan" title="Census in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Belarus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Belarus (page does not exist)">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Belgium (page does not exist)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a 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exist)">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in the Republic of Ireland (page does not exist)">Ireland</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Italy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Italy (page does not exist)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Kazakhstan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Kazakhstan (page does not exist)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Latvia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Latvia (page does not exist)">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Liechtenstein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Liechtenstein (page does not exist)">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Lithuania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Lithuania (page does not exist)">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Luxembourg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Luxembourg (page does not exist)">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Malta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Malta (page does not exist)">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Moldova" class="mw-redirect" title="Census in Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Monaco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Monaco (page does not exist)">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Montenegro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Montenegro (page does not exist)">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_the_Netherlands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in the Netherlands (page does not exist)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in North Macedonia (page does not exist)">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Norway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Norway (page does not exist)">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Poland" title="Census in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Portugal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Portugal (page does not exist)">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Census in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Census in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_San_Marino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in San Marino (page does not exist)">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Census in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Slovakia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Slovakia (page does not exist)">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Slovenia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Slovenia (page does not exist)">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Census in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_in_Sweden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census in Sweden (page does not exist)">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Switzerland" title="Census in Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Turkey" title="Census in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Census in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Census in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States with limited<br />recognition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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