Demographics of Cologne

Cologne (German: Köln) is Germany's fourth-largest city and the largest city in the Rhineland. As of 31 December 2011, there were officially 1,017,155 residents.[1] The city is center of the Cologne/Bonn Region with around 3 million inhabitants (including the neighboring cities of Bonn, Hürth, Leverkusen, and Bergisch Gladbach).

Population by district

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Districts of Cologne
District Population
Population
(1990)
Population
(1995)
Population
(2000)
Population
(2005)
Population
(2009)
Population
(2025)estimated
1. Innenstadt 137.283 138.637   133.454   129.496   126.301   128.400  
2. Rodenkirchen 91.284 94.582   97.790   100.490   100.827   110.500  
3. Lindenthal 134.823 135.276   139.026   139.803   137.870   145.300  
4. Ehrenfeld 95.243 95.552   97.396   102.939   103.708   105.900  
5. Nippes 111.133 109.481   108.206   109.235   111.141   111.000  
6. Chorweiler 74.481 79.073   83.215   82.865   80.459   77.700  
7. Porz 100.695 105.433   107.447   106.647   106.533   107.000  
8. Kalk 108.769 108.185   106.377   107.194   109.045   105.800  
9. Mülheim 142.889 141.877   144.321   144.432   144.419   140.300  
    Cologne 998.590   1.008.848   1.017.721   1.023.101   1.020.303   1.031.800  
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German)

Population by migration background

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Keupstraße in the district of Mülheim is a centre of the Turkish community in Cologne.
District Population (2009) German citizens Foreign citizens

(total)
German citizens
w/o migration backgr.
German citizens
w/ migration backgr.

(total)
from
inside the EU1
from
Turkey    
from
elsewhere in Europe
from
Africa2    
from
the Americas
from
Asia3    
from
elsewhere
1. Innenstadt 126.301 104.945 92.946 11.999 21.356 9.524 4.502 2.532 924 1.287 2.460 127
2. Rodenkirchen 100.827 86.823 74.938 11.885 14.004 5.717 3.298 1.850 827 505 1.747 60
3. Lindenthal 137.870 124.943 111.586 13.357 12.927 6.034 1.600 1.646 627 762 2.146 112
4. Ehrenfeld 103.708 83.614 69.749 13.865 20.094 6.824 7.960 2.394 970 459 1.367 120
5. Nippes 111.141 91.048 77.230 13.818 20.093 5.876 9.584 2.131 857 409 1.146 90
6. Chorweiler 80.459 65.770 46.806 18.964 14.689 3.216 6.989 2.589 456 96 1.252 91
7. Porz 106.533 91.368 71.409 19.959 15.165 4.802 4.412 3.178 653 196 1.850 75
8. Kalk 109.045 82.012 61.387 20.625 27.033 6.867 10.865 4.287 1.772 280 1.772 108
9. Mülheim 144.419 116.935 93.804 23.131 27.484 6.642 12.480 3.885 1.750 443 2.202 82
    Cologne 1.020.303 847.458 699.855 147.603 172.845 55.502 61.690 24.492 8.835 4.437 17.024 865

1 largest groups from Italy, Poland and Greece
2 largest groups from Morocco and Algeria
3 largest group from Iran

Population by age

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District Population (2004)
Population
(total)
Population
age < 18
Population
age 18 < 35
Population
age 35 < 65
Population
age > 65
1. Innenstadt 129.047   12.091  
2. Rodenkirchen 100.325   15.828  
3. Lindenthal 139.233   17.700  
4. Ehrenfeld 102.264   16.780  
5. Nippes 109.009   17.172  
6. Chorweiler 83.332   17.979  
7. Porz 107.437   19.180  
8. Kalk 107.036   19.246  
9. Mülheim 144.944   26.229  
    Cologne 1.022.627   162.205   257.218  
source: Statistisches Jahrbuch Köln 2004 (in German)
District Population (2006)
Population
(total)
Population
age < 18
Population
age 18 < 35
Population
age 35 < 65
Population
age > 65
1. Innenstadt 129.318   11.660   44.706 54.820 18.132
2. Rodenkirchen 101.309   15.760   21.461 44.631 19.457
3. Lindenthal 139.507   17.668   37.927 59.504 24.408
4. Ehrenfeld 103.205   16.522   28.472 42.404 15.807
5. Nippes 109.413   17.136   25.194 46.766 20.317
6. Chorweiler 82.161   17.042   16.548 34.358 14.213
7. Porz 106.567   18.566   21.325 46.803 19.873
8. Kalk 108.146   19.205   26.351 42.844 19.746
9. Mülheim 144.720   25.589   32.871 59.631 26.629
    Cologne 1.024.346   159.148   254.855   431.761 178.582
source: Bevölkerungsprognose Kölner Stadtteile 2006/2025 (in German)
District Population (2009)
Population
(total)
Population
age < 18
Population
age 18 < 35
Population
age 35 < 65
Population
age > 65
1. Innenstadt 126.301   11.254   18.139  
2. Rodenkirchen 100.827   15.946   20.332  
3. Lindenthal 137.870   18.693   25.302  
4. Ehrenfeld 103.708   16.065   16.163  
5. Nippes 111.141   17.246   20.650  
6. Chorweiler 80.459   15.798   14.947  
7. Porz 106.533   18.011   21.112  
8. Kalk 109.045   19.415   20.029  
9. Mülheim 144.419   25.152   26.793  
    Cologne 1.020.303   157.580   253.964   425.292   183.467  
source: Die Kölner Stadtteile in Zahlen 2010 (in German)

Historic population data

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Roman Cologne

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The walls of Colonia Agrippina covered an area of 96.8 hectares,[2] but the population density within the walls remains uncertain.

Date Population
50 30.000[citation needed]
150 50.000[citation needed]
250 15.000[citation needed]
350 15.000[citation needed]

Medieval Cologne

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Woodcut of Cologne from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493

Since the construction of the Medieval wall in 1180, the area of the old imperial city of Cologne has not changed for more than 600 years and was only extended over the old city walls in 1794, just short before the arrival of French troops and Cologne's incorporation into the First French Empire.

Date Population
900
1000
1140 20.000
1180 40.000[3]
1200
Date Population
1300
1400
1430 40.000
1500

Modern Cologne

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16th through 19th century

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Copper engraving of Cologne by Hollar von Prachna, Wenceslaus, 1636
 
Coloured drawing of Cologne, ca. 1700

After 1815, the Kingdom of Prussia enforced the construction of fortifications which again hindered any growth for the city. Only with the acquisition of these fortifications in 1881, the city of Cologne had the possibility of a gradual territorial expansion. On 12. November 1883 a strip of territory from parts of the municipalities of Ehrenfeld, Kriel, Longerich, Müngersdorf and Rondorf was added to the city. Since 1886, the Cologne City Council intensified negotiations with the surrounding communities, and on 1 April 1888 ended in a first major incorporation.

Date Population
1501
1600 40.000
1670 37.000[4]
1700 39.000
Date Population
1701
1714 42.015
1735 44.568
1794 44.512
1800
Date Population
1801 42.024  
1810 45.029  
1. December 1816 ¹ 49.276  
1. December 1819 ¹ 55.355  
1. December 1822 ¹ 56.527  
1. December 1825 ¹ 59.049  
1. December 1828 ¹ 61.059  
1. December 1831 ¹ 65.953  
3. December 1834 ¹ 67.302  
3. December 1837 ¹ 72.237  
3. December 1840 ¹ 75.858  
3. December 1843 ¹ 83.418  
3. December 1849 ¹ 94.789  
3. December 1850 95.500  
Date Population
3. December 1851
3. December 1852 ¹ 101.091  
3. December 1855 ¹ 106.852  
3. December 1858 ¹ 114.477  
3. December 1861 ¹ 120.568  
3. December 1864 ¹ 122.162  
3. December 1867 ¹ 125.172  
1. December 1871 ¹ 129.233  
1. December 1875 ¹ 135.371  
1. December 1880 ¹ 144.772  
1. December 1885 ¹ 161.401  
1. December 1890 ¹ 281.681  
2. December 1895 ¹ 321.564  
1. December 1900 ¹ 372.229  

20th century

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The territorial expansion, beginning in the late 19th century, were significant marks for the city's population growth. Major communal reorganizations took place in 1910, 1914, 1922 and 1975.

Date Population
31. December 1901 380.518  
31. December 1902 392.882  
31. December 1903 406.420  
31. December 1904 417.480  
1. December 1905 ¹ 428.722  
31. December 1906 440.376  
31. December 1907 451.134  
31. December 1908 461.891  
31. December 1909 472.649  
1. December 1910 ¹ 516.527  
31. December 1911 525.671  
31. December 1912 538.302  
31. December 1913 550.540  
31. December 1914 642.848  
31. December 1915
1. December 1916 ¹ 595.853  
5. December 1917 ¹ 609.244  
31. December 1918
31. December 1919 644.206  
31. December 1920 657.175  
Date Population
31. December 1921 665.629  
31. December 1922 683.363  
31. December 1923 690.605  
31. December 1924 696.168  
31. December 1925 705.477  
31. December 1926 713.633  
31. December 1927 723.753  
31. December 1928 733.075  
31. December 1929 736.914  
31. December 1930 740.082  
31. December 1931 739.726  
31. December 1932 741.283  
31. December 1933 759.648  
31. December 1934 760.422  
31. December 1935 761.263  
31. December 1936 762.154  
31. December 1937 765.468  
31. December 1938 767.102  
31. December 1939 767.222  
December 1940 733.500  
Date Population
December 1941 690.000  
December 1942 648.200  
December 1943 561.600  
December 1944 472.900  
31. December 1945 453.566  
31. December 1946 494.815  
31. December 1947 515.355  
31. December 1948 543.765  
31. December 1949 573.557  
31. December 1950 603.283  
31. December 1951 630.232  
31. December 1952 647.540  
31. December 1953 670.031  
31. December 1954 688.765  
31. December 1955 712.561  
31. December 1956 718.722  
31. December 1957 737.991  
31. December 1958 756.203  
31. December 1959 773.280  
31. December 1960 803.616  
Date Population
31. December 1961 816.542  
31. December 1962 827.659  
31. December 1963 835.832  
31. December 1964 842.061  
31. December 1965 854.479  
31. December 1966 860.200  
31. December 1967 854.717  
31. December 1968 855.886  
31. December 1969 864.754  
31. December 1970 847.037  
31. December 1971 846.479  
31. December 1972 841.537  
31. December 1973 832.396  
31. December 1974 825.792  
31. December 1975 1.013.771  
31. December 1976 981.021  
31. December 1977 976.761  
31. December 1978 976.534  
31. December 1979 976.136  
31. December 1980 976.694  
Date Population
31. December 1981 971.403  
31. December 1982 961.777  
31. December 1983 940.663  
31. December 1984 922.286  
31. December 1985 916.153  
31. December 1986 914.336  
31. December 1987 930.907  
31. December 1988 937.482  
31. December 1989 946.280  
31. December 1990 953.551  
31. December 1991 956.690  
31. December 1992 960.631  
31. December 1993 962.517  
31. December 1994 963.817  
31. December 1995 965.697  
31. December 1996 964.346  
31. December 1997 964.311  
31. December 1998 962.580  
31. December 1999 962.507  
31. December 2000 962.884  

21st century

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Date Population
31. December 2001 967.940  
31. December 2002 968.639  
31. December 2003 965.954  
31. December 2004 969.709  
31. December 2005 983.347  
31. December 2006 989.766  
31. December 2007 995.397  
31. December 2008 995.420  
31. December 2009 998.105  
31. December 2010 1.007.119  
Date Population
31. December 2011 1.013.665  
31. December 2012 1.024.373  
31. December 2013 1.034.175  
31. December 2014 1.046.680  
31. December 2015 1.060.582  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Information und Technik NRW. "Bevölkerung im Regierungsbezirk Köln". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  2. ^ J.C. Russell, "Late Ancient and Medieval Population," in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 48, part 3, table 89.
  3. ^ City of Cologne, Köln ist Millionenstadt Archived 2014-08-24 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  4. ^ City of Cologne, Köln ist Millionenstadt Archived 2014-08-24 at the Wayback Machine (in German)