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Nordrhein-Westfalen

State in Germany

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NameStatusPopulation
Census
1987-05-25		Population
Estimate
1995-12-31		Population
Estimate
2001-12-31		Population
Census
2011-05-09		Population
Estimate
2018-12-31
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]State16,711,84517,893,04518,052,09217,538,25117,932,651
BielefeldCounty-level City305,566324,066323,373326,870333,786
BochumCounty-level City386,271400,395390,087362,286364,628
BonnCounty-level City276,653291,431306,016305,765327,258
BorkenCounty307,778342,688362,834363,755370,676
BottropCounty-level City114,640120,642120,780117,311117,383
CoesfeldCounty176,193202,218216,805215,269219,929
DortmundCounty-level City584,089598,840589,240571,143587,010
DuisburgCounty-level City525,378535,250512,030488,468498,590
DürenCounty233,840258,565271,074258,760263,722
DüsseldorfCounty-level City563,531571,030570,765586,291619,294
Ennepe-Ruhr-KreisCounty339,385352,069349,988326,049324,296
EssenCounty-level City623,427614,861591,889566,201583,109
EuskirchenCounty162,820182,177190,581187,940192,840
GelsenkirchenCounty-level City287,508291,164276,740258,766260,654
GüterslohCounty287,883329,043347,954350,420364,083
HagenCounty-level City209,363212,003202,060187,944188,814
HammCounty-level City171,170183,408183,805176,037179,111
HeinsbergCounty212,745238,627252,275248,161254,322
HerfordCounty227,548250,768255,393250,704250,783
HerneCounty-level City174,238179,897174,018155,160156,374
HochsauerlandkreisCounty260,265283,857281,480266,509260,475
HöxterCounty140,653154,401155,518145,678140,667
KleveCounty261,032288,071301,861300,989310,974
KölnCounty-level City928,309965,697967,9401,005,7751,085,664
KrefeldCounty-level City232,261249,606239,559222,247227,020
LeverkusenCounty-level City154,692162,252160,829158,984163,838
LippeCounty318,404360,471364,990348,681348,391
Märkischer KreisCounty421,321458,221457,079423,819412,120
MettmannCounty479,749504,698509,023477,778485,684
Minden-LübbeckeCounty282,588316,139323,055312,169310,710
MönchengladbachCounty-level City249,587266,702262,963255,188261,454
Mülheim an der RuhrCounty-level City176,423176,530172,332166,865170,880
MünsterCounty-level City246,186265,061267,197289,576314,319
Oberbergischer KreisCounty245,391280,914289,518273,011272,471
OberhausenCounty-level City220,286224,397221,619210,216210,829
OlpeCounty125,142138,115141,705136,491134,775
PaderbornCounty230,717278,020292,961294,602306,890
RecklinghausenCounty631,024662,931656,053619,382615,261
RemscheidCounty-level City120,132122,260118,753110,708110,994
Rhein-Erft-KreisCounty399,751442,356458,430451,514470,089
Rheinisch-Bergischer KreisCounty249,742269,541276,525278,183283,455
Rhein-Kreis NeussCounty403,764435,656445,683437,393451,007
Rhein-Sieg-KreisCounty476,453546,670583,051578,252599,780
Siegen-WittgensteinCounty279,700299,336295,787276,834278,210
SoestCounty266,693298,677307,809296,875301,902
SolingenCounty-level City159,103165,735165,032155,265159,360
Städteregion AachenCounty515,706550,353553,714539,516555,465
SteinfurtCounty378,416416,252437,545433,659447,614
UnnaCounty387,429422,662430,269396,060394,782
ViersenCounty261,697288,450302,795296,175298,935
WarendorfCounty247,447272,534282,286273,477277,783
WeselCounty426,094465,454476,240460,419459,809
WuppertalCounty-level City365,662381,884364,784342,661354,382
Deutschland [Germany]Federal Republic77,718,00081,817,49982,440,30980,219,69583,019,213

Source: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web), Statistical Offices of the German States (web).

Explanation: States and counties in the boundaries of 31 December 2018.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2017)
Males8,787,579
Females9,124,555
Age Groups (E 2017)
0-17 years2,987,834
18-64 years11,185,866
65+ years3,738,434
Age Distribution (C 2011)
0-9 years1,516,977
10-19 years1,872,888
20-29 years2,075,654
30-39 years2,046,750
40-49 years2,949,487
50-59 years2,517,871
60-69 years1,875,133
70-79 years1,754,230
80+ years929,262
Citizenship (E 2017)
Germany15,340,130
EU 28999,765
Europe (other)320,780
Turkey497,625
Syria190,360
Other563,475
Country of Birth (C 2011)
Germany14,573,609
EU 27985,163
Europe (other)905,736
Other country687,806
Unknown385,938
Religion (C 2011)
Roman Catholic7,164,962
Protestant4,745,176
Other/No/Unknown5,628,114

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