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Nordrhein-Westfalen

State in Germany

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NameStatusPopulation
Estimate
1990-12-31		Population
Estimate
2001-12-31		Population
Census
2011-05-09		Population
Census
2022-05-15
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]State17,349,65118,052,09217,538,25117,890,489
BielefeldCounty-level City319,037323,373326,870330,072
BochumCounty-level City396,486390,087362,286354,288
BonnCounty-level City292,234306,016305,765321,544
BorkenCounty320,580362,834363,755374,418
BottropCounty-level City118,936120,780117,311117,921
CoesfeldCounty184,241216,805215,269222,953
DortmundCounty-level City599,055589,240571,143598,246
DuisburgCounty-level City535,447512,030488,468501,415
DürenCounty244,297271,074258,760275,392
DüsseldorfCounty-level City575,794570,765586,291611,258
Ennepe-Ruhr-KreisCounty349,412349,988326,049314,154
EssenCounty-level City626,973591,889566,201571,039
EuskirchenCounty170,112190,581187,940197,836
GelsenkirchenCounty-level City293,714276,740258,766264,130
GüterslohCounty303,829347,954350,420359,571
HagenCounty-level City214,449202,060187,944189,614
HammCounty-level City179,639183,805176,037179,070
HeinsbergCounty220,602252,275248,161258,975
HerfordCounty238,231255,393250,704254,008
HerneCounty-level City178,132174,018155,160155,446
HochsauerlandkreisCounty268,627281,480266,509260,512
HöxterCounty146,238155,518145,678138,447
KleveCounty269,149301,861300,989315,361
KölnCounty-level City953,551967,9401,005,7751,017,355
KrefeldCounty-level City244,020239,559222,247230,666
LeverkusenCounty-level City160,919160,829158,984166,356
LippeCounty340,202364,990348,681348,030
Märkischer KreisCounty443,026457,079423,819409,960
MettmannCounty499,372509,023477,778488,128
Minden-LübbeckeCounty298,771323,055312,169319,456
MönchengladbachCounty-level City259,436262,963255,188264,089
Mülheim an der RuhrCounty-level City177,681172,332166,865171,435
MünsterCounty-level City259,438267,197289,576303,772
Oberbergischer KreisCounty263,276289,518273,011272,744
OberhausenCounty-level City223,840221,619210,216212,127
OlpeCounty130,471141,705136,491132,230
PaderbornCounty249,096292,961294,602313,102
RecklinghausenCounty651,588656,053619,382618,350
RemscheidCounty-level City123,155118,753110,708113,743
Rhein-Erft-KreisCounty419,414458,430451,514471,257
Rheinisch-Bergischer KreisCounty260,695276,525278,183282,677
Rhein-Kreis NeussCounty420,374445,683437,393454,412
Rhein-Sieg-KreisCounty504,274583,051578,252600,286
Siegen-WittgensteinCounty288,922295,787276,834273,746
SoestCounty277,333307,809296,875298,067
SolingenCounty-level City165,401165,032155,265164,621
Städteregion AachenCounty535,951553,714539,516577,572
SteinfurtCounty390,945437,545433,659443,690
UnnaCounty406,434430,269396,060393,393
ViersenCounty271,742302,795296,175294,485
WarendorfCounty257,028282,286273,477279,209
WeselCounty444,422476,240460,419453,093
WuppertalCounty-level City383,660364,784342,661356,768
Deutschland [Germany]Federal Republic79,753,22782,440,30980,219,69582,711,282

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

Explanation: States and counties in the boundaries of 31 December 2022. For privacy reasons, the statistical office skewed the 2022 census numbers by small amounts. To avoid inconsistencies and negative values, further adjustments are applied here. The 2022 total population of Germany exclude 8,258 persons posted abroad.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2022)
Males8,771,293
Females9,119,196
Age Groups (C 2022)
0-17 years3,024,274
18-64 years11,011,017
65+ years3,855,198
Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years185,824
80-89 years1,084,891
70-79 years1,524,026
60-69 years2,365,701
50-59 years2,838,593
40-49 years2,129,366
30-39 years2,311,794
20-29 years2,083,706
10-19 years1,673,442
0-9 years1,693,151
Religion (C 2022)
Roman Catholic6,090,492
Protestant3,902,160
Other/No/Unknown7,897,834
Citizenship (C 2022)
Germany15,322,409
EU 27 (2020)913,590
Other Citizenship1,654,490
Citizenship (C 2022)
German15,322,409
Poland183,326
Turkey427,496
Romania133,286
Ukraine127,904
Syria232,789
Italy124,854
Other country1,338,425
Region of Birth (C 2022)
Germany14,164,486
EU 27 (2020)1,276,826
Other country2,449,177
Country of Birth (C 2022)
Germany14,164,486
Poland580,323
Turkey441,651
Russia274,450
Romania139,928
Kazakhstan210,767
Ukraine155,111
Syria219,463
Italy91,935
Other country1,612,375

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