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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
Estimate
2021-12-31
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]State17,349,65118,052,09217,538,25117,924,591
BielefeldCounty-level City319,037323,373326,870334,002
BochumCounty-level City396,486390,087362,286363,441
BonnCounty-level City292,234306,016305,765331,885
BorkenCounty320,580362,834363,755373,582
BottropCounty-level City118,936120,780117,311117,311
CoesfeldCounty184,241216,805215,269221,352
DortmundCounty-level City599,055589,240571,143586,852
DuisburgCounty-level City535,447512,030488,468495,152
DürenCounty244,297271,074258,760266,771
DüsseldorfCounty-level City575,794570,765586,291619,477
Ennepe-Ruhr-KreisCounty349,412349,988326,049322,143
EssenCounty-level City626,973591,889566,201579,432
EuskirchenCounty170,112190,581187,940194,701
GelsenkirchenCounty-level City293,714276,740258,766260,126
GüterslohCounty303,829347,954350,420366,104
HagenCounty-level City214,449202,060187,944188,713
HammCounty-level City179,639183,805176,037179,238
HeinsbergCounty220,602252,275248,161258,306
HerfordCounty238,231255,393250,704250,635
HerneCounty-level City178,132174,018155,160156,621
HochsauerlandkreisCounty268,627281,480266,509258,615
HöxterCounty146,238155,518145,678139,994
KleveCounty269,149301,861300,989314,676
KölnCounty-level City953,551967,9401,005,7751,073,096
KrefeldCounty-level City244,020239,559222,247227,050
LeverkusenCounty-level City160,919160,829158,984163,851
LippeCounty340,202364,990348,681346,151
Märkischer KreisCounty443,026457,079423,819406,793
MettmannCounty499,372509,023477,778484,411
Minden-LübbeckeCounty298,771323,055312,169311,214
MönchengladbachCounty-level City259,436262,963255,188261,001
Mülheim an der RuhrCounty-level City177,681172,332166,865170,739
MünsterCounty-level City259,438267,197289,576317,713
Oberbergischer KreisCounty263,276289,518273,011271,621
OberhausenCounty-level City223,840221,619210,216208,752
OlpeCounty130,471141,705136,491133,120
PaderbornCounty249,096292,961294,602309,380
RecklinghausenCounty651,588656,053619,382612,801
RemscheidCounty-level City123,155118,753110,708111,770
Rhein-Erft-KreisCounty419,414458,430451,514471,891
Rheinisch-Bergischer KreisCounty260,695276,525278,183283,429
Rhein-Kreis NeussCounty420,374445,683437,393452,496
Rhein-Sieg-KreisCounty504,274583,051578,252600,732
Siegen-WittgensteinCounty288,922295,787276,834274,342
SoestCounty277,333307,809296,875302,298
SolingenCounty-level City165,401165,032155,265158,957
Städteregion AachenCounty535,951553,714539,516556,673
SteinfurtCounty390,945437,545433,659450,176
UnnaCounty406,434430,269396,060393,063
ViersenCounty271,742302,795296,175298,761
WarendorfCounty257,028282,286273,477278,176
WeselCounty444,422476,240460,419460,433
WuppertalCounty-level City383,660364,784342,661354,572
Deutschland [Germany]Federal Republic79,753,22782,440,30980,219,69583,237,124

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

Explanation: States and counties in the boundaries of 31 December 2022.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2021)
Males8,795,533
Females9,129,058
Age Groups (E 2021)
0-17 years3,040,732
18-64 years11,020,362
65+ years3,863,497
Age Distribution (E 2021)
90+ years185,973
80-89 years1,103,254
70-79 years1,526,349
60-69 years2,336,691
50-59 years2,851,114
40-49 years2,115,803
30-39 years2,282,408
20-29 years2,129,848
10-19 years1,674,386
0-9 years1,718,765
Citizenship (E 2021)
German15,383,925
Foreign Citizenship2,540,666
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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