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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Hamburg]]|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Hamburg in 2022|size_of_population=1,787,408 (2015)|image=File:Hamburg population pyramid in 2022.svg}}{{Historical populations
|width = 10em
|shading = off
|percentages = off
|950 |500
|1200 |1500
|1430 |16000
|1600 |40000
|1650 |60000
|1800 |130000
|1840 |136956
|1871 |240251
|1900 |705738
|1910 |931035
|1925 |1079126
|1939 |1711877
|1946 |1403300
|1956 |1751289
|1961 |1832346
|1970 |1793640
|1975 |1717383
|1980 |1645095
|1985 |1579884
|1990 |1652363
|1995 |1707901
|2000 |1715392
|2005 |1743627
|2010 |1786448
|2015 |1787408 
|footnote=Note:<br /><small>Years 950–1800{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}<br />Years 1840–1961{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}<br />Years 1970–2006, source:<ref name="fact2006buch"/></small>
}}
The [[Germany|German]] city of [[Hamburg]] is [[Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits|the most populous city in the European Union which is not a national capital]]. The city contains an approximate 1.88 million people.

The figures since 1970 are published by the Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig Holstein, based on the information of several state authorities.<ref name="fact2006buch"/>

==Population==
On December 31, 2006 there were 1,754,182 registered people living in Hamburg (up from 1,652,363 in 1990). The population density was {{convert|2322|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="fact2006buch">Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein: ''Statistisches Jahrbuch 2007/2008'', 2007, Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg {{ISSN|1614-8045}}</ref>

There were 856,132 males and 898,050 females in Hamburg. For every 1,000 males there were 1,049 females. In 2006 there were 16,089 births in Hamburg, of which 33.1% were given by unmarried women, 6,921 marriages and 4,583 divorces. In 2006, 198 [[registered partnership]]s took place at the civil registration office (''[[Standesamt]]''). 40 partnerships were dissolved by court order since 2001.<ref>{{Citation |author=[[Government of Hamburg|Senate of Hamburg]] |title=''Schriftliche Kleine Anfrage und Antwort des Senats 18/5735'' |location=[[Hamburg]], Germany |publisher=[[Government of Hamburg|Hamburgische Bürgerschaft]] |url=http://www.buergerschaft-hh.de/Parldok/tcl/PDDocView.tcl?mode=show&dokid=22614&page=0 |date=2007-02-07| access-date=2008-08-21 |language=de}}</ref> The age distribution was 15.7% under the age of 18, and 18.8% were 65 or older.<ref name="fact2006buch"/> In 2006, there were 257,060 foreign residents were living in Hamburg (14.8% of the population). The largest group being Turkish nationals at 58,154 (22.6% of foreign residents ), followed by 20,743 Polish nationals. 4,046 people were from the [[United Kingdom]] and 4,369 were from the [[United States]].<ref name="fact2006buch"/> According to [[Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit|GTZ]], 22,000 immigrants living in Hamburg are from [[Afghanistan]], thus forming the largest Afghan community in Germany and Europe.<ref>GTZ - Migration and development: [http://www2.gtz.de/migration-and-development/konferenz-2/english/afghans.htm Afghans in Germany] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927172739/http://www2.gtz.de/migration-and-development/konferenz-2/english/afghans.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>

{|class="collapsible collapsed wikitable"
!'''Population based on age<br />December 31, 2006'''<ref name="fact2006buch"/>
|-
|
{| class="wikitable"
|Age
|Total
|Percentage
|Male
|Percentage
|Female
|Percentage
|Females / 1,000 males
|-
|Below  1
| 15,908
| 0.9
| 8,255
| 1.0
| 7,653
| 0.9
| 927
|-
|1–3
| 31,195
| 1.8
| 15,916
| 1.9
| 15,279
| 1.7
| 960
|-
|3–5
| 29,909
| 1.7
| 15,310
| 1,8
| 14,599
| 1.6
| 954
|-
|5–10
| 74,060
| 4.2
| 37,970
| 4.4
| 36,090
| 4,0
| 950
|-
|10–15
| 73,864
| 4.2
| 37,929
| 4.4
| 35,935
| 4.0
| 947
|-
|15–18
| 48,319
| 2.8
| 24,818
| 2.9
| 23,501
| 2.6
| 947
|-
|18–21
| 53,293
| 3.0
| 26,486
| 3.1
| 26,807
| 3.0
| 1,012
|-
|21–25
| 90,536
| 5.2
| 43,483
| 5.1
| 47,053
| 5.2
| 1,082
|-
|25–30
| 137,695
| 7.8
| 67,281
| 7.9
| 70,414
| 7.8
| 1,047
|-
|30–35
| 135,858
| 7.7
| 70,219
| 8.2
| 65,639
| 7.3
| 935
|-
|35–40
| 154,995
| 8.8
| 82,097
| 9.6
| 72,898
| 8.1
| 888
|-
|40–45
| 157,594
| 9.0
| 82,862
| 9.7
| 74,732
| 8.3
| 902
|-
|45–55
| 230,492
| 13.1
| 116,172
| 13.6
| 114,320
| 12.7
| 984
|-
|55–60
| 100,065
| 5.7
| 48,745
| 5.7
| 51,320
| 5.7
| 1,053
|-
|60–65
| 94,760
| 5.4
| 46,567
| 5.4
| 48,193
| 5.4
| 1,035
|-
|65–75
| 183,263
| 10.4
| 84,612
| 9.9
| 98,651
| 11.0
| 1,166
|-
|75 and older
| 142,376
| 8.1
| 47,410
| 5.5
| 94.966
| 10.6
| 2,003
|-
|Total
| 1,754,182
| 100
| 856,132
| 100
| 898,050
| 100
| 1,049
|}
|}

[[Image:Hamburg Bevoelkerungsentwicklung 01 KMJ.png|thumb|left|Demographics (German graphic)]]
After a descent of the population in the 1970s, Hamburg has constantly grown since 1999. However, the number of deaths were greater than the number of births until 2010.

{|class="collapsible collapsed wikitable"
!Fluctuations 1970–2015<ref name="fact2006buch"/>
|-
|
{|class="wikitable"
|Year
|Births{{Cref|d}}
|Deaths
|Move in
|Move out
|Balance
|-
|1970
| 18,390
| 26,561
| 83,366
| 80,947
| -5,752
|-
|1975
| 13,192
| 26,099
| 66,557
| 70,069
| -16,419
|-
|1980
| 13,580
| 23,726
| 66,496
| 64,298
| -7,948
|-
|1985
| 12,711
| 22,266
| 56,784
| 59,792
| -12,563
|-
|1990
| 16,693
| 21,199
| 94,215
| 63,566
| +26,143
|-
|1991
| 16,503
| 21,434
| 79,052
| 57,727
| +16,394
|-
|1992
| 16,497
| 20,444
| 91,383
| 67,408
| +20,028
|-
|1993
| 16,257
| 20,703
| 89,208
| 70,660
| +14,102
|-
|1994
| 16,201
| 20,241
| 77,523
| 70,498
| +2,985
|-
|1995
| 15,872
| 20,276
| 75,104
| 68,671
| +2,029
|-
|1996
| 16,594
| 20,196
| 73,908
| 70,221
| +85
|-
|1997
| 16,970
| 19,328
| 73,648
| 74,545
| -3,255
|-
|1998
| 16,235
| 19,228
| 74,880
| 76,529
| -4,642
|-
|1999
| 16,034
| 18,561
| 78,652
| 71,479
| +4,646
|-
|2000
| 16,159
| 18,210
| 82,424
| 69,716
| +10,657
|-
|2001
| 15,786
| 17,869
| 82,352
| 68,916
| +11,353
|-
|2002
| 15,707
| 18,424
| 80,335
| 74,921
| +2,697
|-
|2003
| 15,916
| 18,072
| 79,481
| 71,829
| +5,496
|-
|2004
| 16,103
| 17,562
| 84,590
| 82,139
| +992
|-
|2005
| 16,179
| 17,374
| 81,726
| 71,602
| +8,929
|-
|2006
| 16,089
| 17,101
| 82,443
| 70,713
| +10,718
|-
|2007
| 16,727
| 17,036
| 82,103
| 65,324
| +16,470
|-
|2008
| 16,751
| 17,091
| 85,859
| 84,108
| +1,411
|-
|2009
| 16,779
| 17,188
| 86,879
| 84,411
| +2,059
|-
|2010
| 17,377
| 17,060
| 87,538
| 75,668
| +12,187
|-
|2011
| 17,125
| 17,060
| 93,466
| 81,231
| +12,300
|-
|2012
| 17,706
| 17,012
| 94,346
| 79,335
| +15,705
|-
|2013
| 18,137
| 17,258
| 96,782
| 84,823
| +12,838
|-
|2014
| 19,039
| 16,780
| 91,594
| 78,218
| +15,635
|-
|2015
| 19,768
| 17,565
| 110,070
| 90,072
| +22,201
|}
|}

==Households==
On 31 December 2016, there were 1,860,759 people registered as living in Hamburg in an area of {{convert|755.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. The population density was {{convert|2464|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Hamburger Melderegister">{{Citation |author=Staff |publisher=Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein) |title=Hamburger Melderegister|year=2016 |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Statistische_Berichte/bevoelkerung/A_I_S_1_j_H/A_I_S1_j16.pdf |language=de}}</ref> The metropolitan area of the Hamburg region ([[Hamburg Metropolitan Region]]) is home to 5,107,429 living in an area of {{convert|26000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} at a density of {{convert|196|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Tabellen%2C_Tabellenb%C3%A4nde%2C_Brosch%C3%BCren/Metropolregion_Hamburg/T01_Bev%C3%B6lkerung.xlsx |format=PDF|title=Hamburg Metropolitan Area fact sheet |publisher=Office of Statistics for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein) |access-date=25 July 2017}}</ref>

There were 915,319 women and 945,440 men in Hamburg. For every 1,000 males, there were 1,033 females. In 2015, there were 19,768 births in Hamburg (of which 38.3% were to unmarried women); 6422 marriages and 3190 divorces, and 17,565 deaths. The age distribution was 16.1% under the age of 18, and 18.3% were 65 or older.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} 356 People in Hamburg were over the age of 100.<ref name="Statistikamt Nord">https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Statistische_Berichte/bevoelkerung/A_I_S_1_j_H/A_I_S1_j16.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

According to the Statistical Office of the State of Hamburg, the number of people with a migrant background is at 34% (631,246).<ref name="statistik-nord.de">https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Statistik_informiert_SPEZIAL/SI_SPEZIAL_V_2017_Korrektur.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> Immigrants come from 180 countries. 5891 people have acquired German citizenship in 2016.<ref name="statistik-nord.de 2">https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Jahrb%C3%BCcher/Hamburg/JB16HH_Gesamt_Internet_min.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

In 2016, there were 1,021,666 households, of which 17.8% had children under the age of 18; 54.4% of households were made up of singles. 25.6% of households with children were single parent households. The average household size was 1.8.<ref name="Haushalte nach Stadtteilen in Hamburg am 31.12.2016">Selectable data base: {{Citation |author=Source: Residents registration office |publisher=Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Statistik_informiert_SPEZIAL/SI_SPEZIAL_VI_2017_Korrektur.pdf |title=Regionalergebnisse |access-date=25 July 2016|language=de}}</ref>

==Quarters and boroughs==
In 2008 Wandsbek was the most populous borough in Hamburg. Until February 2008 the Harburg borough was the second-most. Through the change of the borders in Hamburg,<ref>{{Citation|publisher=[[Government of Hamburg|Senate of Hamburg]] |title=Act of the areal organisation |url=http://hh.juris.de/hh/gesamt/RGlG_HA.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070813163835/http://hh.juris.de/hh/gesamt/RGlG_HA.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-13 |date=2006-07-06 |periodical=HMBGVBL. 2006 |page=397 |language=de }}</ref> the quarter Wilhelmsburg merged into Hamburg-Mitte, and Hamburg-Mitte became the second-most populous borough.

{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:80%;"
!Population in the quarters (December 31, 2006)<ref name="fact2006buch"/>
|-
|
{|class="wikitable sortable"
| Quarter<br />'''Borough'''
|Total
|thereof<br /> under the age of 18 in %
|thereof<br /> 65 and older in %
|-
|Hamburg-Altstadt
| 1,949
| 8.9
| 11.2
|-
|Neustadt
| 11,747
| 10.7
| 13.4
|-
|St. Pauli
| 27,612
| 11.9
| 9.3
|-
|St. Georg
| 10,551
| 9.2
| 13.2
|-
|Klostertor and Hammerbrook
| 1,708
| 8.1
| 5.2
|-
|Borgfelde
| 6,591
| 8.6
| 17.4
|-
|Hamm-Nord
| 21,420
| 9.3
| 19.3
|-
|Hamm-Mitte
| 10,714
| 12.1
| 16.2
|-
|Hamm-Süd
| 3,851
| 15.3
| 17.5
|-
|Horn
| 36,490
| 15.6
| 18.1
|-
|Billstedt
| 68,573
| 19.8
| 17.3
|-
|Billbrook
| 1,235
| 26.5
| 8.1
|-
|Rothenburgsort
| 8,241
| 16.0
| 17.3
|-
|Veddel
| 4,927
| 22.9
| 7.1
|-
|Kleiner Grasbrook and Steinwerder
| 1,351
| 13.2
| 8.1
|-
|Waltershof and Finkenwerder
| 11,634
| 18.9
| 19.8
|-
|'''Hamburg-Mitte'''{{Cref|c}}
| 233,114
| 14.9
| 15.6
|-
|Altona-Altstadt
| 27,738
| 13.7
| 13.5
|-
|Altona-Nord
| 21,406
| 15.1
| 9.8
|-
|Ottensen
| 32,757
| 14.3
| 12.7
|-
|Bahrenfeld
| 26,434
| 14.8
| 15.5
|-
|Groß Flottbek
| 11,078
| 18.1
| 20.5
|-
|Othmarschen
| 12,169
| 16.7
| 22.9
|-
|Lurup
| 33,459
| 19.7
| 19.6
|-
|Osdorf
| 25,106
| 18.0
| 23.7
|-
|Nienstedten
| 6,783
| 18.7
| 24.4
|-
|Blankenese
| 13,011
| 16.7
| 24.2
|-
|Iserbrook
| 10,558
| 16.5
| 26.5
|-
|Sülldorf
| 8,980
| 19.6
| 21.0
|-
|Rissen
| 14,493
| 16.5
| 28.7
|-
|'''Altona'''
| 243,972
| 16.4
| 18.6
|-
|Eimsbüttel
| 54,702
| 10.6
| 12.5
|-
|Rotherbaum
| 16,853
| 11.3
| 13.7
|-
|Harvestehude
| 17,049
| 13.1
| 18.4
|-
|Hoheluft-West
| 12,788
| 10.8
| 13.5
|-
|Lokstedt
| 24,893
| 14.9
| 21.1
|-
|Niendorf
| 39,690
| 15.2
| 24.8
|-
|Schnelsen
| 27,617
| 19.8
| 18.0
|-
|Eidelstedt
| 30,204
| 16.3
| 22.8
|-
|Stellingen
| 22,291
| 12.5
| 21.6
|-
|'''Eimsbüttel'''
| 246,087
| 13.9
| 18.6
|-
|Hoheluft-Ost
| 9,270
| 11.5
| 14.1
|-
|Eppendorf
| 22,967
| 11.6
| 16.5
|-
|Groß Borstel
| 7,919
| 14.4
| 21.8
|-
|Alsterdorf
| 12,955
| 14.2
| 20.2
|-
|Winterhude
| 49,018
| 10.7
| 14.8
|-
|Uhlenhorst
| 15,720
| 9.5
| 20.7
|-
|Hohenfelde
| 8,946
| 10.0
| 16.3
|-
|Barmbek-Süd
| 30,862
| 8.8
| 17.9
|-
|Dulsberg
| 17,599
| 13.8
| 14.1
|-
|Barmbek-Nord
| 37,687
| 9.1
| 16.7
|-
|Ohlsdorf
| 14,208
| 14.4
| 18.5
|-
|Fuhlsbüttel
| 11,890
| 14.6
| 20.5
|-
|Langenhorn
| 40,457
| 17.1
| 22.3
|-
|'''Hamburg-Nord'''
| 279,498
| 12.0
| 17.8
|-
|Eilbek
| 20,265
| 9.8
| 21.4
|-
|Wandsbek
| 32,350
| 11.7
| 21.9
|-
|Marienthal
| 11,734
| 12.6
| 25.1
|-
|Jenfeld
| 25,145
| 19.6
| 18.0
|-
|Tonndorf
| 12,785
| 14.7
| 19.1
|-
|Farmsen-Berne
| 33,315
| 17.3
| 20.3
|-
|Bramfeld
| 50,303
| 14.9
| 22.1
|-
|Steilshoop
| 19,361
| 19.2
| 17.0
|-
|Wellingsbüttel
| 9,726
| 15.7
| 26.8
|-
|Sasel
| 22,424
| 17.7
| 23.6
|-
|Poppenbüttel
| 21,930
| 14.5
| 30.4
|-
|Hummelsbüttel
| 17,101
| 17.2
| 21.4
|-
|Lemsahl-Mellingstedt
| 6,750
| 20.7
| 15.5
|-
|Duvenstedt
| 6,203
| 27.9
| 17.0
|-
|Wohldorf-Ohlstedt
| 4,402
| 21.4
| 20.4
|-
|Bergstedt
| 9,532
| 20.0
| 21.8
|-
|Volksdorf
| 20,032
| 20.8
| 23.7
|-
|Rahlstedt
| 86,413
| 17.4
| 22.5
|-
|'''Wandsbek'''
| 409,771
| 16.5
| 22.0
|-
|Lohbrügge
| 38,343
| 16.4
| 24.8
|-
|Bergedorf
| 40,678
| 19.0
| 16.2
|-
|Curslack
| 3,951
| 20.9
| 14.6
|-
|Altengamme
| 2,198
| 19.3
| 19.7
|-
|Neuengamme
| 3,435
| 18.9
| 19.6
|-
|Kirchwerder
| 8,922
| 19.3
| 19.0
|-
|Ochsenwerder
| 2,363
| 18.5
| 21.0
|-
|Reitbrook
| 479
| 13.8
| 25.5
|-
|Allermöhe
| 15,143
| 27.9
| 6.7
|-
|Billwerder
| 1,299
| 15.0
| 19.8
|-
|Moorfleet
| 1,144
| 19.5
| 14.9
|-
|Tatenberg
| 514
| 19.5
| 18.1
|-
|Spadenland
| 473
| 20.7
| 17.3
|-
|'''Bergedorf'''
| 118,942
| 19.3
| 18.2
|-
|Harburg
| 21,193
| 14.3
| 14.1
|-
|Neuland and Gut Moor
| 1,356
| 19.2
| 18.0
|-
|Wilstorf
| 15,769
| 15.9
| 22.2
|-
|Rönneburg
| 3,014
| 20.0
| 17.8
|-
|Langenbek
| 4,221
| 18.8
| 21.2
|-
|Sinstorf
| 3,244
| 20.2
| 20.7
|-
|Marmstorf
| 8,731
| 15.6
| 30.0
|-
|Eißendorf
| 23,215
| 15.8
| 23.3
|-
|Heimfeld
| 20,118
| 17.7
| 17.9
|-
|Wilhelmsburg
| 49,132
| 22.6
| 14.4
|-
|Altenwerder and Moorburg
| 782
| 20.2
| 13.4
|-
|Hausbruch
| 17,216
| 22.5
| 18.0
|-
|Neugraben-Fischbek
| 27,103
| 19.0
| 21.4
|-
|Francop
| 639
| 16.7
| 18.2
|-
|Neuenfelde
| 4,614
| 22.2
| 14.9
|-
|Cranz
| 772
| 16.5
| 18.7
|-
|'''Harburg'''
| 201,119
| 18.9
| 18.7
|}
|}

==Ethnic groups==
In 2008 Hamburg had the highest [[Afghans in Germany|Afghan diasporic population]] of any city in the continent, with 7,000 German citizens of Afghan origin and 14,000<!--20,000 minus 7,000--> other residents of Afghan origin. The city has therefore been nicknamed by some as ''Little [[Kabul]]''.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13602000802547898 | doi=10.1080/13602000802547898 | title=Hyphenating ''Afghaniyat''(Afghan-ness) in the Afghan Diaspora | year=2008 | last1=Sadat | first1=Mir Hekmatullah | journal=Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs | volume=28 | issue=3 | pages=329–342 | s2cid=143899844 | url-access=subscription }}</ref> Immigration began with the start of the [[Soviet–Afghan War]] in 1979 and additional immigration came after its end. Due to the differing origins and political affiliations of the emigrés, {{ill|Jochen-Martin Dutsch|de}} et al. wrote in ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' that "Hamburg's Afghan community was relatively loose-knit and was rarely perceived as an ethnic group, partly because these immigrants had been so deeply divided at home that there was little left to unite them as a community abroad."<ref name=Gutschetalp1>{{cite web|author=Gutsch, Jochen-Martin|author-link=Jochen-Martin Gutsch<!--German article available: :de Jochen-Martin Gutsch -->|author2=Per Hinrichs|author3=Susanne Koelbl|author4=Gunther Latsch|author5=Sven Röbel|author6=Andreas Ulrich|translator=Christopher Sultan|url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-high-price-of-freedom-honor-killing-victim-wanted-to-live-like-other-german-girls-a-555667.html|title=The High Price of Freedom|work=[[Der Spiegel]]|date=2008-05-27|page=1|access-date=2019-11-30}}<!--Older URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20080528033737/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,555667,00.html --> - Original German version: {{cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-57119339.html|title=Eigentum des Mannes|newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=25 May 2008 |last1=Gutsch |first1=Jochen-Martin |last2=Hinrichs |first2=Per |last3=Koelbl |first3=Susanne |last4=Latsch |first4=Gunther |last5=Röbel |first5=Sven |last6=Ulrich |first6=Andreas }} - [https://magazin.spiegel.de/EpubDelivery/spiegel/pdf/57119339 PDF page]</ref> Therefore the residents focused internally on their own families and keeping them together.<ref name=Gutschetalp1/> [[Afghan Museum]] was in Hamburg.

In 1963 there were 800 Japanese people in [[Hamburg]], including 50 children.<ref name="Kolarczyk">Kolarczyk, Arne. "[http://www.abendblatt.de/region/pinneberg/article117045954/Japaner-feiern-Jubilaeum.html Japaner feiern Jubiläum]." ''[[Hamburger Abendblatt]]''. 12 June 2013. Retrieved on 2 January 2016. "1963 lebten 800 Japaner in Hamburg. Darunter waren 50 Kinder."</ref> In 1985 the city had a Japanese community, though it was not the largest in Germany as by then [[Japanese community of Düsseldorf|Düsseldorf had the largest one]].<ref name="Heinrich">Heinrich, Mark. "Corporate Japanese colony sprouts in West German city." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Sunday November 224, 1985. Page 1, Section 4. Available from [[NewsBank]], Record Number HSC112453511. Available online from the [[Houston Public Library]] with a library card. "About 16,500 Japanese live in West Germany. Smaller communities reside in Frankfurt, center of international banking in West Germany, and in Hamburg, hub for import-export and shipping firms."</ref> [[Japanese School in Hamburg]] is in nearby [[Halstenbek]].

==Sexual orientation==
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The Hamburg Institute for Sexual Research conducted a survey over the sexual behavior of young people in 1970, and repeated it in 1990. Whereas in 1970 18% of the boys aged 16 and 17 reported to have had at least one same-sex sexual experience, the number had dropped to 2% by 1990.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.lsbk.ch/articles/gunter_schmidt.asp |title=Gibt es Heterosexualität? (Does homosexuality exist?) |first=Gunter |last=Schmidt |date=2001-03-17 |publisher=[[Die tageszeitung]], Lesbische und Schwule Basiskirche Basel |access-date=2008-10-01 |format=reprint |language=de |archive-date=2013-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024160109/http://www.lsbk.ch/articles/gunter_schmidt.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''"Ever since homosexuality became publicly argued to be an innate sexual orientation, boys' fear of being seen as gay has, if anything, increased,"'' the director of the institute, Volkmar Sigusch, suggested in a 1998 article for a German medical journal.<ref>{{Citation |quote=Seitdem die Homosexualität als eine eigene Sexualform öffentlich verhandelt wird, kommt die Befürchtung der Jungen hinzu, womöglich als "Schwuler" angesehen zu werden. |author=Sigusch, Prof. Dr. med. Volkmar |date=1998-05-15 |title=Jugendsexualität - Veränderungen in den letzten Jahrzehnten |journal=Deutsches Ärzteblatt |volume=20 |pages=A–1240 |publisher=Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag |url=http://www.bvvp.de/artikel/jugendsex.html |access-date=2008-10-01 |format=reprint |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913232019/http://www.bvvp.de/artikel/jugendsex.html |archive-date=2008-09-13 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Demographics of Berlin]]
*[[Demographics of Cologne]]
*[[Demographics of Munich]]

==Notes==
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:{{Cnote|a|The total figures for area and population are taken from the Wikipedia site.}}
:{{Cnote|b|The total figures for area and population include only European portions of transcontinental countries. The precision of these figure is compromised by the ambiguous geographical extend of Europe and the lack of references for European portions of transcontinental countries.}}
:{{Cnote|c|The total figures include the island Neuwerk and people living on ships.}}
:{{Cnote|d|Only liveborn without later correction.}}
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==References==
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