Hessen

State in Germany

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1990-12-31	Population Estimate 2001-12-31	Population Census 2011-05-09	Population Census 2022-05-15	Population Estimate 2025-12-31
Hessen [Hesse]	State	5,763,310	6,077,826	5,971,816	6,207,278	6,278,594
Bergstraße	County	249,083	264,695	260,741	271,617	273,353	→
Darmstadt	County-level City	138,920	138,457	143,499	161,767	168,253	→
Darmstadt-Dieburg	County	261,769	288,463	282,601	299,862	301,529	→
Frankfurt am Main	County-level City	644,865	641,076	667,925	743,268	760,656	→
Fulda	County	198,043	218,326	216,179	219,953	222,214	→
Gießen	County	240,136	254,331	251,238	264,705	267,283	→
Groß-Gerau	County	234,845	250,478	251,050	264,354	268,614	→
Hersfeld-Rotenburg	County	129,533	130,010	120,694	118,253	116,906	→
Hochtaunuskreis	County	213,667	226,683	226,130	238,604	241,730	→
Kassel	County	232,067	245,735	234,933	229,935	230,063	→
Kassel Stadt	County-level City	194,268	194,748	190,765	195,012	196,799	→
Lahn-Dill-Kreis	County	248,420	263,043	253,441	251,972	253,439	→
Limburg-Weilburg	County	159,135	175,679	170,696	173,279	172,995	→
Main-Kinzig-Kreis	County	376,035	408,144	400,862	412,094	421,175	→
Main-Taunus-Kreis	County	207,033	221,730	224,059	237,050	238,783	→
Marburg-Biedenkopf	County	241,512	253,500	241,226	240,664	242,751	→
Odenwaldkreis	County	91,685	100,113	96,613	94,576	93,399	→
Offenbach	County	316,956	336,555	332,327	351,706	358,984	→
Offenbach am Main	County-level City	114,992	118,429	113,443	129,479	133,195	→
Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	County	172,148	184,897	180,226	185,308	185,359	→
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	County	183,787	193,404	181,851	178,587	179,411	→
Vogelsbergkreis	County	114,064	118,475	108,509	101,014	100,723	→
Waldeck-Frankenberg	County	158,470	170,430	158,990	154,482	154,437	→
Werra-Meißner-Kreis	County	116,670	113,293	102,124	98,421	97,433	→
Wetteraukreis	County	264,906	296,056	292,573	307,056	310,526	→
Wiesbaden	County-level City	260,301	271,076	269,121	284,260	288,584	→
Deutschland [Germany]	Federal Republic	79,753,227	82,440,309	80,219,695	82,711,282	83,467,117

Source: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland, Statistical Offices of the German States.

Explanation: Border status: December 31, 2024. For privacy reasons, the statistical office skewed the 2022 census numbers by small amounts. To avoid inconsistencies and negative values, further adjustments are applied here. The 2022 total population of Germany exclude 8,258 persons posted abroad.

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Gender (E 2025)
Males	3,098,155
Females	3,180,439

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-17 years	1,061,035
18-64 years	3,834,754
65+ years	1,382,805

Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years	60,713
80-89 years	362,683
70-79 years	539,311
60-69 years	793,106
50-59 years	975,030
40-49 years	773,872
30-39 years	816,142
20-29 years	717,113
10-19 years	581,252
0-9 years	588,057

Religion (C 2022)
Roman Catholics	1,219,970
Protestants	1,871,249
Other / No / Unknown	3,116,057

Citizenship (C 2022)
Germany	5,166,668
EU 27 (2020)	420,154
Other Citizenship	620,456

Citizenship (C 2022)
German	5,166,668
Poland	64,705
Turkey	137,805
Romania	63,616
Ukraine	51,033
Syria	48,909
Italy	63,439
Other country	611,103

Region of Birth (C 2022)
Germany	4,739,925
EU 27 (2020)	501,670
Other country	965,683

Country of Birth (C 2022)
Germany	4,739,925
Poland	142,071
Turkey	142,331
Russia	79,356
Romania	67,876
Kazakhstan	76,664
Ukraine	61,810
Syria	47,888
Italy	47,046
Other country	802,311

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