The population in major German cities is growing – with the exception of Hanover, Bremen and Essen. The population in Bremen fell by 1,800 in 2019, in Hanover by 1,100 and in Essen by 350, as the city of Hanover announced on Thursday in its situation report on urban development 2020. In Hanover, however, a “major” adjustment of the population register for the 2019 EU election had a clear impact. In the longer-term period between 2011 and 2019 there was a population increase of 5.4 percent in Hanover.
The balance of deaths and births was balanced in Hanover in 2019 as in the past, Bremen had a birth deficit of 310. The birth surplus was highest in Munich (6300), followed by Berlin (4800) and Hamburg (3500), which was the birth deficit highest in Essen (1100). In the past ten years Hanover had an average birth deficit of over 60 – Munich achieved an average birth increase of 5,600 per year during the period.
More unemployed people, fewer passers-by in the city centers and less tourism – the corona pandemic hit German cities noticeably: The Ruhr area cities of Duisburg (12.4 percent), Dortmund (11.8 percent) and Essen (11.4 percent) the highest unemployment rates in June 2020, the lowest rates were in Munich (5.3 percent), Stuttgart (5.7 percent) and Dresden (6.5 percent). Hanover ended up in the middle with 9.5 percent, Bremen came to 11.0 percent. The number of passers-by in Hanover’s Georgstrasse was 16,100 per day up to and including April – after an average of 63,000 per day throughout 2019.
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