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History of the Census in Germany

Our timeline gives you an overview of former population censuses in Germany. Please click on the individual years on top to learn more about the respective census and selected results.

Population censuses in Germany

1956

1956

Population figures, too, were collected in the 1956 Census of Dwellings held in the Federal Republic of Germany. The Federal Republic had 53.3 million inhabitants then.

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