The Growth of Major German Cities* (Cities with a Population Greater than 200,000 in 1910)
| | 1875-1910 | 1875-1890 | 1890-1910 | Population in | Population growth rate 1875-1910 in % | 1875 | 1890 | 1910 | Berlin | 966,859 | 1,587,794 | 2,071,257 | 114.2 | 64.2 | 30.4 | Bremen | 102,532 | 125,684 | 217,437 | 112.1 | 22.6 | 73.0 | Breslau | 239,050 | 335,186 | 512,105 | 114.2 | 40.2 | 52.8 | Charlottenburg | 25,847 | 76,859 | 305,978 | 1 083.8 | 197.4 | 298.1 | Chemnitz | 78,209 | 138,954 | 287,807 | 268.0 | 77.7 | 107.1 | Cologne | 135,371 | 281,681 | 516,527 | 281.6 | 108.1 | 83.4 | Dortmund | 57,742 | 89,663 | 214,226 | 271.0 | 55.3 | 138.9 | Dresden | 197,295 | 276,522 | 548,308 | 177.9 | 40.2 | 98.3 | Düsseldorf | 80,695 | 144,642 | 358,728 | 344.5 | 79.2 | 148.0 | Duisburg | 37,380 | 59,285 | 229,438 | 513.8 | 58.6 | 287.0 | Essen/Ruhr | 54,790 | 78,706 | 294,653 | 437.8 | 43.7 | 274.4 | Frankfurt/M. | 103,136 | 179,985 | 414,576 | 302.0 | 74.5 | 130.3 | Hamburg | 264,675 | 323,923 | 931,035 | 251.8 | 22.4 | 187.4 | Hannover | 106,677 | 163,593 | 302,375 | 183.4 | 53.4 | 84.8 | Kiel | 37,246 | 69,172 | 211,627 | 468.2 | 85.7 | 205.9 | Königsberg | 122,636 | 161,666 | 245,994 | 100.6 | 31.8 | 52.2 | Leipzig | 127,387 | 295,025 | 589,850 | 363.0 | 131.6 | 99.9 | Magdeburg | 87,925 | 202,234 | 279,629 | 218.0 | 130.0 | 38.3 | Munich | 193,024 | 349,024 | 596,467 | 209.0 | 80.8 | 70.9 | Nuremberg | 91,018 | 142,590 | 333,142 | 266.0 | 56.7 | 133.6 | Stettin | 80,972 | 116,228 | 236,113 | 191.6 | 43.5 | 103.1 | Stuttgart | 107,273 | 139,817 | 286,218 | 166.8 | 30.3 | 104.7 | Number of cities with more than 10,000 residents | 271 | 394 | 576 | 112.5 | 45.4 | 46.2 | * The selection criterion of more than 200,000 inhabitants does not accord with the definition of a large city at the time, which included all cities with a population exceeding 100,000.
Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich [Statistical Almanac for the German Reich]; 1881, pp. 3ff (for 1875); 1893, pp. 9ff (for 1890); 1914, pp. 12ff (for 1910). Original German table reprinted in Gerd Hohorst, Jürgen Kocka, and Gerhard Ritter, eds., Sozialgeschichtliches Arbeitsbuch: Materialien zur Statistik des Kaiserreichs 1870-1914 [Social History Workbook: Materials on Kaiserreich Statistics 1870-1914], vol. 2. Munich: C.H. Beck, 1975, pp. 45-46. Translation: Thomas Dunlap
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