 | This article needs to be updated. (November 2017) |
| Demographics of Hamburg | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Hamburg in 2022 | |
| Population | 1,787,408 (2015) |
| Year | Pop. |
|---|---|
| 950 | 500 |
| 1200 | 1,500 |
| 1430 | 16,000 |
| 1600 | 40,000 |
| 1650 | 60,000 |
| 1800 | 130,000 |
| 1840 | 136,956 |
| 1871 | 240,251 |
| 1900 | 705,738 |
| 1910 | 931,035 |
| 1925 | 1,079,126 |
| 1939 | 1,711,877 |
| 1946 | 1,403,300 |
| 1956 | 1,751,289 |
| 1961 | 1,832,346 |
| 1970 | 1,793,640 |
| 1975 | 1,717,383 |
| 1980 | 1,645,095 |
| 1985 | 1,579,884 |
| 1990 | 1,652,363 |
| 1995 | 1,707,901 |
| 2000 | 1,715,392 |
| 2005 | 1,743,627 |
| 2010 | 1,786,448 |
| 2015 | 1,787,408 |
| Note: Years 950–1800[citation needed] Years 1840–1961[citation needed] Years 1970–2006, source:[1] | |
The German city of Hamburg is the most populous city in the European Union which is not a national capital. The city contains an approximate 1.8 million people.
The figures since 1970 are published by the Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig Holstein, based on the information of several state authorities.[1]