- Berlin population statistics
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Berlin is the second most populous city in the European Union, as calculated by city-proper population (not metropolitan area).
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Population by borough
in Kreuzberg
Berliners at the TiergartenBorough Population
30 September 2010Area
in km²Largest Non-German ethnic groups Mitte 332,100 39.47 Turks, Arabs, Kurds, many Asians, Africans and Western Europeans. Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg 268,831 20.16 Turks, Arabs, African, Kurds, Chinese Pankow 368,956 103.01 Poles, Italians, French, American, Vietnamese, Brits Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 320,014 64.72 Turks, Africans, Russians, Arabs, others. Spandau 225,420 91.91 Turks, Africans, Russians, Arabs, others. Steglitz-Zehlendorf 293,989 102.50 Poles, Turks, Croats, Serbs, Koreans Tempelhof-Schöneberg 335,060 53.09 Turks, Croats, Serbs, Koreans, Africans Neukölln 310,283 44.93 Arabs, Turks, Kurds, Russians, Africans, Poles Treptow-Köpenick 241,335 168.42 Russians, Poles, Ukrainians, Vietnamese Marzahn-Hellersdorf 248,264 61.74 Russians, Vietnamese, several other Eastern Europeans. Lichtenberg 259,881 52.29 Vietnamese, Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Chinese Reinickendorf 240,454 89.46 Turks, Poles, Serbs, Croats, Arabs, Italians Total Berlin 3,450,889 891.82 Turks, Arabs, Russians, Vietnamese, Poles, Africans Historical development of Berlin's population
Chart showing Berlin's population fluctuations since 1880Year Population 1250 1,200 1307 7,000 1400 8,500 1576 12,000 1600 9,000 1631 8,100 1648 6,000 1685 17,500 1709 57,000 1750 113,289 1775 136,137 1800 172,132 1825 219,968 December 3, 1840 ¹ 322,626 December 3, 1846 ¹ 408,500 December 3, 1849 ¹ 418,733 Year Population December 3, 1852 ¹ 426,600 December 3, 1855 ¹ 442,500 December 3, 1858 ¹ 463,600 December 3, 1861 ¹ 524,900 December 3, 1864 ¹ 632,700 December 3, 1867 ¹ 702,400 December 1, 1871 ¹ 826,341 December 1, 1875 ¹ 969,050 December 1, 1880 ¹ 1,122,330 December 1, 1885 ¹ 1,315,287 December 1, 1890 ¹ 1,578,794 December 2, 1895 ¹ 1,678,924 December 1, 1900 ¹ 1,888,848 December 1, 1905 ¹ 2,042,402 December 1, 1910 ¹ 2,071,257 December 1, 1916 ¹ 1,712,679 Year Population December 5, 1917 ¹ 1,681,916 October 8, 1919 ¹ 1,902,509 June 16, 1925 ¹ 4,024,286 June 16, 1933 ¹ 4,242,501 May 17, 1939 ¹ 4,338,756 August 12, 1945 ¹ 2,807,405 October 29, 1946 ¹ 3,170,832 December 31, 1950 3,336,026 December 31, 1960 3,274,016 December 31, 1970 3,208,719 December 31, 1980 3,048,759 December 31, 1990 3,433,695 December 31, 2000 3,382,169 September 30, 2005 3,394,000 September 30, 2010 3,450,889 December 31, 2010 3,460,725 The spike in population in 1920 is a result of the Greater Berlin Act.
Population by nationality
On 31 December 2010 the largest groups by foreign nationality were citizens from Turkey (104,556), Poland (40,988), Serbia (19,230), Italy (15,842), Russia (15,332), United States (12,733), France (13,262), Vietnam (13,199), Croatia (10,104), Bosnia and Herzegovina (10,198), UK (10,191), Greece (9,301), Austria (9,246), Ukraine (8,324), Lebanon (7,078), Spain (7,670), Bulgaria (9,988), the People's Republic of China (5,632), Thailand (5,037).[1] There is also a large Arabic community, mostly from Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq. Additionally, Berlin has one of the largest Vietnamese communities outside Vietnam, with about 83,000 people of Vietnamese origin.[2]
Country of origin Population Turkey 250,000-300,000[3] (see: Turks in Berlin) Russia (including Russian-Germans) est.200,000[4] Poland est.200,000[5] Arab World est.70,000[6] (see: Arabs in Berlin) Vietnam est. 20,000-40,000 (with Residence permission or German citizenship/without Residence permission)[7] Ghana est. 20,000 (estimations vary from 15,000-25,000). Actually there are about 1,800 Ghanaian citizens residing in Berlin, however, there are many Germans of Ghanaian and other West-African origin or with one parent being German and the other being from Ghana.[8] China, Croatia, Serbia, United States, Italy, Bosnia, Iran, Greece almost or at least 20,000[9] See also
- Demographics of Cologne
- Demographics of Hamburg
- Demographics of Munich
References
- ^ http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/pms/2011/11-02-04.pdf
- ^ http://www.asia-pacific-times.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=559&Itemid=19
- ^ http://www.havetravelfun.com/germany/berlin/berlin-information.htm
- ^ http://www.rbb-online.de/zibb/archiv/wie_leben_russen_in.html
- ^ http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/unter-nachbarn/1803622.html
- ^ http://www.schule-ohne-rassismus.org/fileadmin/pdf/stadt_der_vielfalt_bf.pdf
- ^ http://www.rbb-online.de/stilbruch/archiv/stilbruch_vom_18_11/vietnamesen_in_berlin.html
- ^ http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/publikationen/Stat_Berichte/2010/SB_A1-6_hj2-09_BE.pdf
- ^ http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,533366,00.html
External links
- Berlin State Statistical Office
- Berlin State Statistical Office (old homepage)
- Schwenk, Herbert, Berliner Stadtentwicklung von A bis Z: Kleines Handbuch zum Werden und Wachsen der deutschen Hauptstadt, 2nd edition. Berlin: Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein, 1998.
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