Szczecin - Demographics

Demographics

Up to the end of World War II the vast majority of the population of Stettin were German Lutheran Protestants.

Number of inhabitants in years
  • 1720: 6,081
  • 1740: 12,360
  • 1756: 13,533
  • 1763: 12,483
  • 1782: 15,372 (no Jews)
  • 1794: 16,700 (no Jews)
  • 1812: 21,255 incl. 476 Catholics and 5 Jews
  • 1816: 21,528, incl. 742 Catholics and 74 Jews.
  • 1831: 27,399, incl. 840 Catholics and 250 Jews
  • 1852: 48,028, incl. 724 Catholics, 901 Jews and 2 Mennonites.
  • 1861: 58,487, incl. 1,065 Catholics and 1,438 Jews, 6 Mennonites, 305 German Catholics and 3 other citizens.
  • 1875: 80,972
  • 1880 91,756
  • 1885 99,543
  • 1905: 224,119 (incl. the military), among them 209,152 Protestants, 8,635 Catholics and 3,010 Jews.
  • 1933: 269,557, mostly Protestant inhabitants.
  • 1939: 268,421 including 233,424 Protestants, 10,845 Catholics, and 1,102 Jews
  • 2009: 406,427

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