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Old Posted Sep 1, 2013, 1:54 PM
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Here is the population growth of the largest German metro areas in 2012, based on the latest German population estimates published last Tuesday. I'm using Chrissib's definition of the German metro areas (see map below). I'll calculate the population growth for the smaller metro areas (in Eastern Germany in particular) if Chrissib provides the map with those (Dresden, Leipzig, Karlsruhe, etc.).



Population on Jan. 1, 2013:
- Rhine-Ruhr (10,820 km²/4,178 mi²): 11,165,197
- Berlin (17,389 km²/6,714 mi²): 4,951,687
- Rhine-Main (7,566 km²/2,921 mi²): 4,078,272
- Hamburg (7,304 km²/2,820 mi²): 3,152,229
- Stuttgart (3,654 km²/1,411 mi²): 2,647,134
- Munich (4,697 km²/1,813 mi²): 2,616,383

Surprising that the Stuttgart metro area is more populated than the Munich metro area. And in a smaller territory at that (in fact Stuttgart appears to have as many inhabitants as Warsaw in the same land area, which is slightly insane considering the status of both cities). The Berlin metro area was also downgraded to below 5 million people in light of the results of the 2011 census.

Absolute population growth in 2012:
- Berlin: +53,537 people
- Munich: +39,769
- Rhine-Main: +30,517
- Hamburg: +22,047
- Stuttgart: +20,270
- Rhine-Ruhr: +10,282

For comparison, the Paris metro area grew by 266,607 people between Jan. 2006 and Jan. 2010, i.e. +66,652 people per year. The Lyon metro area grew by 80,678 people between Jan. 2006 and Jan. 2010, i.e. +20,170 people per year. The Toulouse metro area grew by 62,533 people between Jan. 2006 and Jan. 2010, i.e. +15,633 people per year.

Relative population growth in 2012:
- Munich: +1.54%
- Berlin: +1.09%
- Stuttgart: +0.77%
- Rhine-Main: +0.75%
- Hamburg: +0.70%
Germany: +0.24%
- Rhine-Ruhr: +0.09%

Those are impressive population growth rates for Germany. In 2012, Munich grew almost as fast as the fastest growing French metro areas. Let's keep in mind, however, that these growth figures are just for one year, and not for a decennial period. One swallow doesn't make a summer. We'll have to see how these rates evolve in the coming years.

Another observation: the large German metro areas (except Rhine-Ruhr) have population growth rates far higher than Germany as a whole. This suggests brutal population decline in the rest of Germany outside of the big metro areas.
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