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
1933
The economic crisis made it impossible to return to the five-year cycle as had been intended after the 1925 Census. It took eight years until the next census was held on 16 June 1933; that was the first population census after the National Socialists’ assumption of power. 65.2 million people were counted at the time.
