Census in Germany

A national census in Germany (German: Volkszählung) was held every five years from 1875 to 1910. After the World Wars only a few full population censuses have been held, the last in 1987. The most recent census, though not a national census, was the 2011 European Union census.

Early history

Nuremberg in 1471 held a census, to be prepared in case of a siege. Brandenburg-Prussia in 1683 began to count its rural population. The first systematic population survey on the European continent was taken in 1719 in the Mark Brandenburg of the Kingdom of Prussia, in order to prepare the first general census of 1725.

In Habsburg ruled Austria, a population count had been introduced in 1754, but due to resistance by nobility and clerics, no full census was held after 1769. A century and many political changes later, census resumed in 1869, and were held also in 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, in the same years as the German Empire census. Between the wars, census were held in 1920, 1923, 1934 and 1939, to be resumed in 1951 with a ten-year occurrence.

2011 German Census

According to the 2011 German Census there are 80.2 million German citizens.

There is also a drop of citizen's by 1.5 million citizens.

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