Information about the free state Saxony:

Population numbers per year
The number of inhabitants in the free state Saxony

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Population numbers in the free state Saxony for the years 2009 thru 2019.

The number of inhabitants is the number of persons as registered in the population register on January 1st.

Population at the map of Saxony (Sachsen)
Map of the state Saxony with the population per district.. This page shows a lot of information about residents (such as the distribution by age groups, family composition, gender, native or German with an immigration background, ...), homes (numbers, types, price development, use, type of property, ...) and more (car ownership, energy consumption, ...) based on open data from the German Federal Agency for Cartography, the Federal Statistical Office (DESTATIS), the Regional Statistical Offices and various other sources!

Map of the state Saxony with the population per district. The numbers at the map represent the following districts: 1: rural district Nordsachsen, 2: independent city district Leipzig, 3: rural district Bautzen, 4: rural district Meißen, 5: rural district Görlitz ...Show more... Map of the state Saxony with the population per district. The numbers at the map represent the following districts: 1: rural district Nordsachsen, 2: independent city district Leipzig, 3: rural district Bautzen, 4: rural district Meißen, 5: rural district Görlitz, 6: rural district Leipzig, 7: independent city district Dresden, 8: rural district Mittelsachsen, 9: rural district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, 10: independent city district Chemnitz, 11: rural district Zwickau, 12: rural district Erzgebirgskreis, 13: rural district Vogtlandkreis ...Show less...

Population per age group
The percentage of inhabitants per age group in the free state Saxony

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Free state Saxony, 2019, age groups.

Population, age groups: percentage of inhabitants per age category.

The number of rooms per house (dwelling)
The number of rooms of the houses in the free state Saxony

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Free state Saxony, 2019, number of rooms per house.

The percentage shows the relative share of houses per category based on the numer of rooms: 1 to 2 rooms, 3 to 4 rooms or 5 rooms or more. This is based on the total number of rooms as identified for all dwellings in the free state Saxony.

Data about more than 100 topics!

The table below shows data for more than 100 topics as most recently available for the free state Saxony. Select a category to display the related topics:

BusinessValueUnitYear
Businesses3.107Number2017
Active persons281.639Number2017
Gross wages€10.053.871Euro2017
DwellingsValueUnitYear
Houses 1 room76.523Number2019
Houses 2 rooms247.303Number2019
Houses 3 rooms665.499Number2019
Houses 4 rooms708.266Number2019
Houses 5 rooms349.892Number2019
Houses 6 rooms180.629Number2019
Houses 7+ rooms 136.297Number2019
Houses 1-2 rooms323.826Number2019
Houses 3-4 rooms1.373.765Number2019
Houses 5+ rooms666.818Number2019
1-2 rooms14%Percentage2019
3-4 rooms58%Percentage2019
5+ rooms28%Percentage2019
ElectionsValueUnitYear
Voters Bundestag3329550,00Number2017
Voter turnout Bundestag75Number2017
Votes valid Bundestag2.479.404Number2017
Votes Bundestag CDU/CSU665.751Number2017
Votes Bundestag SPD261.105Number2017
Votes Bundestag GRÜNE113.608Number2017
Votes Bundestag FDP203.662Number2017
Votes Bundestag DIE LINKE398.627Number2017
Votes Bundestag AfD669.940Number2017
Votes Bundestag other parties166.711Number2017
Votes Bundestag total2.479.404Number2017
% Votes Bundestag CDU/CSU20%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag SPD8%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag GRÜNE3%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag FDP6%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag DIE LINKE12%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag AfD20%Percentage2017
% Votes Bundestag other parties5%Percentage2017
EmploymentValueUnitYear
Employees1.627.964Number2019
Employees male844.607Number2019
Employees female783.357Number2019
Employees foreigner63.832Number2019
Employees male foreigner41.539Number2019
Employees female foreigner22.293Number2019
Unemployed126.310Number2018
Unemployed foreigners15.283Number2018
Unemployed severely disabled8.115Number2018
Unemployed 15-202.449Number2018
Unemployed 15-259.858Number2018
Unemployed 55-6534.818Number2018
Unemployed long-term46.185Number2018
% Unemployed3%Percentage2018
% Unemployed foreigners0%Percentage of the population2018
% Unemployed severely disabled0%Percentage of the population2018
% Unemployed 15-200%Percentage of the population2018
% Unemployed 15-250%Percentage of the population2018
% Unemployed 55-651%Percentage of the population2018
% Unemployed long-term1%Percentage of the population2018
IncomeValueUnitYear
Income receivers1.855.219Number2015
Income total€57.344.952Euro2015
Income tax€8.499.708Euro2015
PopulationValueUnitYear
Population4.077.937Number2019
Men2.009.619Number2019
Women2.068.318Number2019
% Men49%Percentage2019
% Women51%Percentage2019
0-18638.323Number2019
18-30441.458Number2019
30-45768.052Number2019
45-60874.791Number2019
18-602.084.301Number2019
60-75770.001Number2019
60+1.355.313Number2019
Average age47Average number2019
Average age male45Average number2019
Average age female48Average number2019
Births36.834Number2018
Births male18.807Number2018
Births female18.027Number2018
1K Births9Number per 1000 inhabitants2018
Deaths54.689Number2018
Deaths male26.867Number2018
Deaths female27.822Number2018
1K Deaths13Number2018
0-3111.326Number2019
Girls 0-354.326Number2019
Boys 0-357.000Number2019
3-6112.533Number2019
Girls 3-654.514Number2019
Boys 3-658.019Number2019
6-10145.756Number2019
10-15171.548Number2019
15-1897.160Number2019
18-2068.975Number2019
20-25163.653Number2019
25-30208.830Number2019
30-35273.447Number2019
35-40264.105Number2019
40-45230.500Number2019
45-50251.763Number2019
50-55302.101Number2019
55-60320.927Number2019
60-65289.001Number2019
65-75481.000Number2019
Women 65-70256.934Number2019
Men 65-70224.066Number2019
75+585.312Number2019
Women 75+354.965Number2019
Men 75+230.347Number2019
% 0-109%Percentage2019
% 10-187%Percentage2019
% 18-3011%Percentage2019
% 30-4519%Percentage2019
% 45-6021%Percentage2019
% 60+33%Percentage2019
Real estateValueUnitYear
Property tax A revenueno dataEurono data
Property tax B revenueno dataEurono data
Trade tax actual revenueno dataEurono data
Property tax A basic amountno dataEurono data
Property tax B basic amountno dataEurono data
Trade tax basic amountno dataEurono data
Property tax A rateno dataEurono data
Property tax B rateno dataEurono data
Trade tax rateno dataEurono data
Real tax raising forceno dataEurono data
Trade tax levyno dataEurono data
Trade tax netno dataEurono data
Community share in income taxno dataEurono data
Community share in sales taxno dataEurono data
Tax revenueno dataEurono data
RegionalValueUnitYear
Region code14Code2019
Region code 8 digits14Code14
Sorting code140000000000Code140000000000
Sorting code 8 digits14000000Code14000000
Region nameSaxonyName2019
Regional level2Categorical type2019
Region typeStateCategorical type2019
Region type detailfree stateCategorical type2019
Region name with typefree state SaxonyName2019
Region name in GermanFreistaat SachsenName2019
Direct subregions13Number2019
NUTS codeDEDCode2019
Area18.450Area in km²2019
ReligionValueUnitYear
Roman Catholic church144.144Number2011
Protestant church822.180Number2011
Other or none3.090.475Number2011
% Roman Catholic church4%Percentage2011
% Protestant church20%Percentage2011
% Other or none76%Percentage2011
Roman Catholic church German135.697Number2011
Protestant church German819.622Number2011
Other or none German3.024.219Number2011
% Roman Catholic church German3%Percentage2011
% Protestant church German21%Percentage2011
% Other or none German Foreign76%Percentage2011
Roman Catholic church Foreign8.447Number2011
Protestant church Foreign2.558Number2011
Other or none Foreign66.256Number2011
% Roman Catholic church Foreign11%Percentage2011
% Protestant church Foreign3%Percentage2011
% Other or none Foreign86%Percentage2011
Open data sources used

Data is used from multiple German open data providers. See this description of the sources with the definitions of all regional topics.

Sources & definitions
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Work is in progress to add more information to this page

This page will be further expanded with more topics in clear graphs. This will be done in several iterations in the coming weeks.

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