Demographics of Hamburg

Historical populations
Year	Pop.
950	500
1200	1,500
1430	16,000
1600	40,000
1800	130,000
1840	136,956
1871	240,251
1900	705,738
1910	931,035
1925	1,079,126
1939	1,711,877
1946	1,403,300
1956	1,751,289
1961	1,832,346
1970	1,793,640
1975	1,717,383
1980	1,645,095
1985	1,579,884
1990	1,652,363
1995	1,707,901
2000	1,715,392
2005	1,743,627
Note: Years 950–1800, source: estimated[1] Years 1840–1961, source: census [1] Years 1970–2006, source:[2]

The German city of Hamburg is the most populous city in the European Union which is not a national capital. The city contains an approximate 1.8 million people.

The figures since 1970 are published by the Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig Holstein, based on the information of several state authorities.^[2]

Population

On December 31, 2006 there were 1,754,182 registered people living in Hamburg (up from 1,652,363 in 1990). The population density was 2,322 /km² (6,010 /sq mi).^[2]

There were 856,132 males and 898,050 females in Hamburg. For every 1,000 males there were 1,049 females. In 2006 there were 16,089 births in Hamburg, of which 33.1% were given by unmarried women, 6,921 marriages and 4,583 divorces. In 2006, 198 registered partnerships took place at the civil registration office (Standesamt). 40 partnerships were dissolved by court order since 2001.^[3] In the city the population was spread out with 15.7% under the age of 18, and 18.8% were 65 years of age or older.^[2] 257,060 resident aliens were living in Hamburg (14.8% of the population). The largest group are with only Turkish citizenship with 58,154 (22.6% of the resident aliens), followed by 20,743 with only Polish citizenship. 4,046 people were from the United Kingdom and 4,369 were from the United States.^[2] According to GTZ, 22,000 immigrants living in Hamburg are from Afghanistan, thus forming the largest Afghan community in Germany and Europe.^[4]

Population based on age December 31, 2006[2]

Age Total Percentage Male Percentage Female Percentage Females / 1,000 males Below 1 15,908 0.9 8,255 1.0 7,653 0.9 927 1–3 31,195 1.8 15,916 1.9 15,279 1.7 960 3–5 29,909 1.7 15,310 1,8 14,599 1.6 954 5–10 74,060 4.2 37,970 4.4 36,090 4,0 950 10–15 73,864 4.2 37,929 4.4 35,935 4.0 947 15–18 48,319 2.8 24,818 2.9 23,501 2.6 947 18–21 53,293 3.0 26,486 3.1 26,807 3.0 1,012 21–25 90,536 5.2 43,483 5.1 47,053 5.2 1,082 25–30 137,695 7.8 67,281 7.9 70,414 7.8 1,047 30–35 135,858 7.7 70,219 8.2 65,639 7.3 935 35–40 154,995 8.8 82,097 9.6 72,898 8.1 888 40–45 157,594 9.0 82,862 9.7 74,732 8.3 902 45–55 230,492 13.1 116,172 13.6 114,320 12.7 984 55–60 100,065 5.7 48,745 5.7 51,320 5.7 1,053 60–65 94,760 5.4 46,567 5.4 48,193 5.4 1,035 65–75 183,263 10.4 84,612 9.9 98,651 11.0 1,166 75 and older 142,376 8.1 47,410 5.5 94.966 10.6 2,003 Total 1,754,182 100 856,132 100 898,050 100 1,049

Demographics (German graphic)

After a descent of the population in the 1970s, Hamburg has constantly grown since 1999. Although the numbers of death are higher than the births given.

Fluctuations 1970–2006[2]

Year Birthsd[›] Deaths Move in Move out Balance 1970 18,390 26,561 83,366 80,947 -5,752 1975 13,192 26,099 66,557 70,069 -16,419 1980 13,580 23,726 66,496 64,298 -7,948 1985 12,711 22,266 56,784 59,792 -12,563 1990 16,693 21,199 94,215 63,566 +26,143 1991 16,503 21,434 79,052 57,727 +16,394 1992 16,497 20,444 91,383 67,408 +20,028 1993 16,257 20,703 89,208 70,660 +14,102 1994 16,201 20,241 77,523 70,498 +2,985 1995 15,872 20,276 75,104 68,671 +2,029 1996 16,594 20,196 73,908 70,221 +85 1997 16,970 19,328 73,648 74,545 -3,255 1998 16,235 19,228 74,880 76,529 -4,642 1999 16,034 18,561 78,652 71,479 +4,646 2000 16,159 18,210 82,424 69,716 +10,657 2001 15,786 17,869 82,352 68,916 +11,353 2002 15,707 18,424 80,335 74,921 +2,697 2003 15,916 18,072 79,481 71,829 +5,496 2004 16,103 17,562 84,590 82,139 +992 2005 16,179 17,374 81,726 71,602 +8,929 2006 16,089 17,101 82,443 70,713 +10,718

Households

In 1999 there were 910,304 households, out of which 18.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 47.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.9.^[5]

Quarters and boroughs

In 2008 Wandsbek was the most populous borough in Hamburg. Until February 2008 the Harburg borough was the second-most. Through the change of the borders in Hamburg,^[6] the quarter Wilhelmsburg merged into Hamburg-Mitte, and Hamburg-Mitte became the second-most populous borough.

Population in the quarters (December 31, 2006)[2]

Quarter Borough Total thereof under the age of 18 in % thereof 65 and older in % Hamburg-Altstadt 1,949 8.9 11.2 Neustadt 11,747 10.7 13.4 St. Pauli 27,612 11.9 9.3 St. Georg 10,551 9.2 13.2 Klostertor and Hammerbrook 1,708 8.1 5.2 Borgfelde 6,591 8.6 17.4 Hamm-Nord 21,420 9.3 19.3 Hamm-Mitte 10,714 12.1 16.2 Hamm-Süd 3,851 15.3 17.5 Horn 36,490 15.6 18.1 Billstedt 68,573 19.8 17.3 Billbrook 1,235 26.5 8.1 Rothenburgsort 8,241 16.0 17.3 Veddel 4,927 22.9 7.1 Kleiner Grasbrook and Steinwerder 1,351 13.2 8.1 Waltershof and Finkenwerder 11,634 18.9 19.8 Hamburg-Mittec[›] 233,114 14.9 15.6 Altona-Altstadt 27,738 13.7 13.5 Altona-Nord 21,406 15.1 9.8 Ottensen 32,757 14.3 12.7 Bahrenfeld 26,434 14.8 15.5 Groß Flottbek 11,078 18.1 20.5 Othmarschen 12,169 16.7 22.9 Lurup 33,459 19.7 19.6 Osdorf 25,106 18.0 23.7 Nienstedten 6,783 18.7 24.4 Blankenese 13,011 16.7 24.2 Iserbrook 10,558 16.5 26.5 Sülldorf 8,980 19.6 21.0 Rissen 14,493 16.5 28.7 Altona 243,972 16.4 18.6 Eimsbüttel 54,702 10.6 12.5 Rotherbaum 16,853 11.3 13.7 Harvestehude 17,049 13.1 18.4 Hoheluft-West 12,788 10.8 13.5 Lokstedt 24,893 14.9 21.1 Niendorf 39,690 15.2 24.8 Schnelsen 27,617 19.8 18.0 Eidelstedt 30,204 16.3 22.8 Stellingen 22,291 12.5 21.6 Eimsbüttel 246,087 13.9 18.6 Hoheluft-Ost 9,270 11.5 14.1 Eppendorf 22,967 11.6 16.5 Groß Borstel 7,919 14.4 21.8 Alsterdorf 12,955 14.2 20.2 Winterhude 49,018 10.7 14.8 Uhlenhorst 15,720 9.5 20.7 Hohenfelde 8,946 10.0 16.3 Barmbek-Süd 30,862 8.8 17.9 Dulsberg 17,599 13.8 14.1 Barmbek-Nord 37,687 9.1 16.7 Ohlsdorf 14,208 14.4 18.5 Fuhlsbüttel 11,890 14.6 20.5 Langenhorn 40,457 17.1 22.3 Hamburg-Nord 279,498 12.0 17.8 Eilbek 20,265 9.8 21.4 Wandsbek 32,350 11.7 21.9 Marienthal 11,734 12.6 25.1 Jenfeld 25,145 19.6 18.0 Tonndorf 12,785 14.7 19.1 Farmsen-Berne 33,315 17.3 20.3 Bramfeld 50,303 14.9 22.1 Steilshoop 19,361 19.2 17.0 Wellingsbüttel 9,726 15.7 26.8 Sasel 22,424 17.7 23.6 Poppenbüttel 21,930 14.5 30.4 Hummelsbüttel 17,101 17.2 21.4 Lemsahl-Mellingstedt 6,750 20.7 15.5 Duvenstedt 6,203 27.9 17.0 Wohldorf-Ohlstedt 4,402 21.4 20.4 Bergstedt 9,532 20.0 21.8 Volksdorf 20,032 20.8 23.7 Rahlstedt 86,413 17.4 22.5 Wandsbek 409,771 16.5 22.0 Lohbrügge 38,343 16.4 24.8 Bergedorf 40,678 19.0 16.2 Curslack 3,951 20.9 14.6 Altengamme 2,198 19.3 19.7 Neuengamme 3,435 18.9 19.6 Kirchwerder 8,922 19.3 19.0 Ochsenwerder 2,363 18.5 21.0 Reitbrook 479 13.8 25.5 Allermöhe 15,143 27.9 6.7 Billwerder 1,299 15.0 19.8 Moorfleet 1,144 19.5 14.9 Tatenberg 514 19.5 18.1 Spadenland 473 20.7 17.3 Bergedorf 118,942 19.3 18.2 Harburg 21,193 14.3 14.1 Neuland and Gut Moor 1,356 19.2 18.0 Wilstorf 15,769 15.9 22.2 Rönneburg 3,014 20.0 17.8 Langenbek 4,221 18.8 21.2 Sinstorf 3,244 20.2 20.7 Marmstorf 8,731 15.6 30.0 Eißendorf 23,215 15.8 23.3 Heimfeld 20,118 17.7 17.9 Wilhelmsburg 49,132 22.6 14.4 Altenwerder and Moorburg 782 20.2 13.4 Hausbruch 17,216 22.5 18.0 Neugraben-Fischbek 27,103 19.0 21.4 Francop 639 16.7 18.2 Neuenfelde 4,614 22.2 14.9 Cranz 772 16.5 18.7 Harburg 201,119 18.9 18.7

Sexual orientation

Further information: Demographics of sexual orientation

The Hamburg Institute for Sexual Research conducted a survey over the sexual behavior of young people in 1970, and repeated it in 1990. Whereas in 1970 18% of the boys aged 16 and 17 reported to have had at least one same-sex sexual experience, the number had dropped to 2% by 1990.^[7] "Ever since homosexuality became publicly argued to be an innate sexual orientation, boys' fear of being seen as gay has, if anything, increased," the director of the institute, Volkmar Sigusch, suggested in a 1998 article for a German medical journal.^[8]

See also

• Demographics of Berlin
• Demographics of Cologne
• Demographics of Munich

Notes

^ a: The total figures for area and population are taken from the Wikipedia site.

^ b: The total figures for area and population include only European portions of transcontinental countries. The precision of these figure is compromised by the ambiguous geographical extend of Europe and the lack of references for European portions of transcontinental countries.

^ c: The total figures include the island Neuwerk and people living on ships.

^ d: Only liveborn without later correction.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Wikipedia" ("2008"), Einwohnerentwicklung von Hamburg, Wikipedia, http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Einwohnerentwicklung_von_Hamburg&oldid=47330357, retrieved 2008-08-20  (German)
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein: Statistisches Jahrbuch 2007/2008, 2007, Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg ISSN 1614-8045
3. ^ Senate of Hamburg (2007-02-07), Schriftliche Kleine Anfrage und Antwort des Senats 18/5735, Hamburg, Germany: Hamburgische Bürgerschaft, http://www.buergerschaft-hh.de/Parldok/tcl/PDDocView.tcl?mode=show&dokid=22614&page=0, retrieved 2008-08-21  (German)
4. ^ GTZ - Migration and development: Afghans in Germany
5. ^ Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein: Regionalergebnisse Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (German) (Source: Residents registration office) Retrieved on June 16, 2008
6. ^ Gesetz über die räumliche Gliederung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (RäumGiG) "Act of the areal organisation", HmbGVBl. 2006 (Senate of Hamburg): 397, 2006-07-06, http://hh.juris.de/hh/gesamt/RGlG_HA.htm Gesetz über die räumliche Gliederung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (RäumGiG)  (German)
7. ^ Schmidt, Gunter (2001-03-17) (reprint), Gibt es Heterosexualität? (Does homosexuality exist?), Die tageszeitung, Lesbische und Schwule Basiskirche Basel, http://www.lsbk.ch/articles/gunter_schmidt.asp, retrieved 2008-10-01  (German)
8. ^ Sigusch, Prof. Dr. med. Volkmar (1998-05-15), "Jugendsexualität - Veränderungen in den letzten Jahrzehnten" (reprint), Deutsches Ärzteblatt 95 (Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag) 20: A–1240, http://www.bvvp.de/artikel/jugendsex.html, retrieved 2008-10-01, "Seitdem die Homosexualität als eine eigene Sexualform öffentlich verhandelt wird, kommt die Befürchtung der Jungen hinzu, womöglich als "Schwuler" angesehen zu werden."  (German)