Frankfurt, Germany Population 2024

Frankfurt's 2024 population is now estimated at 800,529In 1950, the population of Frankfurt was 532,413Frankfurt has grown by 4,092 in the last year, which represents a 0.51% annual change.These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. These estimates represent the Urban agglomeration of Frankfurt, which typically includes Frankfurt's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas.

Frankfurt is the largest city in the German state of Hesse. It's also the fifth-largest city in the whole of Germany, with 731,095 people living within its administrative boundaries and 2.3 million in its urban area in 2015.

City Size and Population Density

The city of Frankfurt has a population density of approximately 3,000 per square kilometer (7,600/square mile). The total surface area the city claims comes to 248.3 square kilometers (about 95 square miles).

Frankfurt Population Demographics

The city of Frankfurt is culturally and ethnically diverse, with 51.2% of the population having an immigrant background in 2015. For the first time in the city's history, the majority of its residents had a non-German background. What's more, three-quarters of children under six had immigrant backgrounds, and 27.7% of those living in the city had foreign citizenship. Home to as many as 180 nationalities, Frankfurt is very much a multicultural city. It has large immigrant populations from countries such as Turkey, Italy, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Russia, Macedonia, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Spain France, China, the United States, Japan, Austria, the UK, Morocco, Pakistan and India. Frankfurt also has the second-largest Korean community in the whole of Europe, as well as Germany's largest Sri Lankan Tamil community.

Historically, Protestants dominated frankfurt. However, throughout the 19th century, more and more Catholics moved to the city, overtaking the number of Protestants. The Jewish community in Frankfurt dates to Medieval times and has always ranked among the largest in Germany. Frankfurt also has a sizeable Muslim community due to growing immigration starting in the 1960s. As of 2013, Roman Catholicism (22.7% of the population) and Protestantism (19.4%) were the most significant Christian denominations. It's estimated that the share of Muslim inhabitants in the city is approximately 12% (2006).

Population Growth

Central Frankfurt has been classed as a Großstadt (a city with a minimum of 100,000 residents) since 1875. It had 414,576 residents in 1910, making it the ninth-largest city in Germany, and as many as 553,464 before the start of World War II. At the end of the war in 1945, this number fell to 358,000 but soon climbed to a high of 691,257. The population dropped again in 1986 but has increased in the years since. Demographic forecasts predict that central Frankfurt will have a population of nearly 825,000 within its administrative boundaries in 2020 and as many as 2.5 million residents living in its urban area.

During the 1970s, Hesse's state government had wanted to include the whole urban area in its administrative boundaries. This would have made Frankfurt the second-largest city in the country after Berlin, with nearly 3 million residents. However, because the local authorities didn't give their agreement, the administrative territory remains a lot smaller than the urban area.

Country
Germany
Growth Rate
0.51%

86 Rows

Year
Population
2035821,121
2034819,589
2033818,082
2032816,598
2031815,123
2030813,634
2029812,071
2028810,382
2027808,515
2026806,365
2025803,758
2024800,529
2023796,437
2022791,232
2021784,780
2020777,156
2019768,616
2018759,657
2017748,738
2016737,975
2015727,367
2014716,927
2013706,636
2012696,507
2011688,100
2010681,370
2009674,706
2008668,116
2007661,572
2006655,102
2005649,382
2004645,158
2003643,579
2002642,396
2001643,815
2000645,184
1999643,839
1998643,662
1997645,389
1996648,678
1995651,236
1994656,107
1993661,880
1992658,997
1991649,443
1990639,976
1989630,171
1988610,913
1987618,148
1986593,882
1985597,493
1984604,916
1983615,209
1982622,771
1981627,366
1980631,219
1979634,928
1978638,654
1977642,402
1976646,166
1975649,964
1974653,778
1973657,614
1972661,468
1971665,355
1970669,259
1969670,978
1968672,464
1967673,958
1966675,453
1965676,951
1964678,450
1963679,957
1962681,466
1961682,977
1960668,441
1959653,030
1958637,995
1957623,307
1956608,976
1955594,936
1954581,238
1953567,856
1952554,800
1951542,009
1950532,413

86 Rows

Year
Population
Change
Growth
1950532,4130%0
1951542,0091.8%9,596
1952554,8002.36%12,791
1953567,8562.35%13,056
1954581,2382.36%13,382
1955594,9362.36%13,698
1956608,9762.36%14,040
1957623,3072.35%14,331
1958637,9952.36%14,688
1959653,0302.36%15,035
1960668,4412.36%15,411
1961682,9772.17%14,536
1962681,466-0.22%-1,511
1963679,957-0.22%-1,509
1964678,450-0.22%-1,507
1965676,951-0.22%-1,499
1966675,453-0.22%-1,498
1967673,958-0.22%-1,495
1968672,464-0.22%-1,494
1969670,978-0.22%-1,486
1970669,259-0.26%-1,719
1971665,355-0.58%-3,904
1972661,468-0.58%-3,887
1973657,614-0.58%-3,854
1974653,778-0.58%-3,836
1975649,964-0.58%-3,814
1976646,166-0.58%-3,798
1977642,402-0.58%-3,764
1978638,654-0.58%-3,748
1979634,928-0.58%-3,726
1980631,219-0.58%-3,709
1981627,366-0.61%-3,853
1982622,771-0.73%-4,595
1983615,209-1.21%-7,562
1984604,916-1.67%-10,293
1985597,493-1.23%-7,423
1986593,882-0.6%-3,611
1987618,1484.09%24,266
1988610,913-1.17%-7,235
1989630,1713.15%19,258
1990639,9761.56%9,805
1991649,4431.48%9,467
1992658,9971.47%9,554
1993661,8800.44%2,883
1994656,107-0.87%-5,773
1995651,236-0.74%-4,871
1996648,678-0.39%-2,558
1997645,389-0.51%-3,289
1998643,662-0.27%-1,727
1999643,8390.03%177
2000645,1840.21%1,345
2001643,815-0.21%-1,369
2002642,396-0.22%-1,419
2003643,5790.18%1,183
2004645,1580.25%1,579
2005649,3820.65%4,224
2006655,1020.88%5,720
2007661,5720.99%6,470
2008668,1160.99%6,544
2009674,7060.99%6,590
2010681,3700.99%6,664
2011688,1000.99%6,730
2012696,5071.22%8,407
2013706,6361.45%10,129
2014716,9271.46%10,291
2015727,3671.46%10,440
2016737,9751.46%10,608
2017748,7381.46%10,763
2018759,6571.46%10,919
2019768,6161.18%8,959
2020777,1561.11%8,540
2021784,7800.98%7,624
2022791,2320.82%6,452
2023796,4370.66%5,205
2024800,5290.51%4,092
2025803,7580.4%3,229
2026806,3650.32%2,607
2027808,5150.27%2,150
2028810,3820.23%1,867
2029812,0710.21%1,689
2030813,6340.19%1,563
2031815,1230.18%1,489
2032816,5980.18%1,475
2033818,0820.18%1,484
2034819,5890.18%1,507
2035821,1210.19%1,532

Frankfurt Population Data (Urban Area)

Name
2024 Pop.
2024 Growth
Berlin3,576,8700.08%
Hamburg1,787,280-0.01%
Munich1,584,5100.51%
Cologne1,149,0100.46%
Frankfurt800,5290.51%
Duesseldorf641,4510.26%
Stuttgart636,1500.1%
Leipzig606,9200.46%
Dresden592,0300.49%
Dortmund590,1200.03%
Essen580,543-0.03%
Bremen568,3820.1%
Hannover538,3790.06%
Duisburg527,2670.41%
Nurenberg511,8470.01%
Bochum381,3620.25%
Wuppertal348,117-0.05%
Mannheim345,8040.72%
Westfalen340,4260.54%
Bielefeld334,4900.01%

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