Berlin population statistics

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Berlin is the most populous city in the European Union, as calculated by city-proper population (not metropolitan area).

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Demographics

Population by borough

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in Kreuzberg
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Berliners at the Tiergarten
Borough Population
30 September 2010
Area
in km2
Largest Non-German ethnic groups
Mitte 332,10039.47 Turks, Arabs, Kurds, many Asians, Africans and Western Europeans.
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg 268,83120.16 Turks, Arabs, African, Kurds, Chinese
Pankow 368,956103.01 Poles, Italians, French, Americans, Vietnamese, British
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 320,01464.72 Turks, Africans, Russians, Arabs, others.
Spandau 225,42091.91 Turks, Africans, Russians, Arabs, others.
Steglitz-Zehlendorf 293,989102.50 Poles, Turks, Croats, Serbs, Koreans
Tempelhof-Schöneberg 335,06053.09 Turks, Croats, Serbs, Koreans, Africans
Neukölln 310,28344.93 Arabs, Turks, Kurds, Russians, Africans, Poles
Treptow-Köpenick 241,335168.42 Russians, Poles, Ukrainians, Vietnamese
Marzahn-Hellersdorf 248,26461.74 Russians, Vietnamese, several other Eastern Europeans.
Lichtenberg 259,88152.29 Vietnamese, Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Chinese
Reinickendorf 240,45489.46 Turks, Poles, Serbs, Croats, Arabs, Italians
Total Berlin 3,450,889891.82 Turks, Arabs, Russians, Vietnamese, Poles, Africans

Historical development of Berlin's population

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Berlin's population development since 1920
YearPopulation
12501,200
13077,000
14008,500
157612,000
16009,000
16318,100
16486,000
168517,500
170957,000
1750113,289
1775136,137
1800172,132
1825219,968
December 3, 1840 ¹322,626
December 3, 1846 ¹408,500
December 3, 1849 ¹418,733
YearPopulation
December 3, 1852 ¹426,600
December 3, 1855 ¹442,500
December 3, 1858 ¹463,600
December 3, 1861 ¹524,900
December 3, 1864 ¹632,700
December 3, 1867 ¹702,400
December 1, 1871 ¹826,341
December 1, 1875 ¹969,050
December 1, 1880 ¹1,122,330
December 1, 1885 ¹1,315,287
December 1, 1890 ¹1,578,794
December 2, 1895 ¹1,678,924
December 1, 1900 ¹1,888,848
December 1, 1905 ¹2,042,402
December 1, 1910 ¹2,071,257
December 1, 1916 ¹1,712,679
YearPopulation
December 5, 1917 ¹1,681,916
October 8, 1919 ¹1,902,509
June 16, 1925 ¹4,024,286
June 16, 1933 ¹4,242,501
May 17, 1939 ¹4,338,756
August 12, 1945 ¹2,807,405
October 29, 1946 ¹3,170,832
December 31, 19503,336,026
December 31, 19603,274,016
December 31, 19703,208,719
December 31, 19803,048,759
December 31, 19903,433,695
December 31, 20003,382,169
September 30, 20053,394,000
December 31, 20103,460,725
December 31, 20203,664,088

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 originPopulation
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2,525,000 [3]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (incl. Russian-Germans)Est. 300,000 [4] [5]
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 250,000–300,000 [6] (see: Turks in Berlin)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Est. 300,000- 340.000 [7]
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Est. 83,000 [8]
Flag of the Arab League.svg  Arab League Est. 70,000 [9] (see: Arabs in Berlin)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Est. 20,000 (estimations vary from 15,000 to 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. [10]
Almost or at least 20,000 [11]

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