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Gelsenkirchen

County-level City in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)

Contents: Population

The population development of Gelsenkirchen as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

NameStatusPopulation
Estimate
1990-12-31		Population
Estimate
2001-12-31		Population
Census
2011-05-09		Population
Census
2022-05-15
GelsenkirchenCounty-level City293,714276,740258,766264,130
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)
Males130,216
Females133,914
Age Groups (C 2022)
0-17 years49,756
18-64 years160,788
65+ years53,586
Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years2,719
80-89 years14,192
70-79 years21,246
60-69 years33,903
50-59 years39,244
40-49 years31,938
30-39 years34,425
20-29 years31,372
10-19 years26,926
0-9 years28,164
Religion (C 2022)
Roman Catholic71,030
Protestant58,897
Other/No/Unknown134,205
Citizenship (C 2022)
Germany204,557
EU 27 (2020)19,800
Other Citizenship39,773
Citizenship (C 2022)
German204,557
Poland3,802
Turkey16,308
Romania5,997
Ukraine1,446
Syria8,054
Italy1,688
Other country22,278
Region of Birth (C 2022)
Germany196,994
EU 27 (2020)24,082
Other country43,054
Country of Birth (C 2022)
Germany196,994
Poland10,798
Turkey15,593
Russia1,654
Romania4,588
Kazakhstan1,680
Ukraine1,649
Syria6,841
Italy1,455
Other country22,878

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