Historical Population
Population since 1400:
- 1400: 8,000 inhabitants (Berlin and Cölln)
- 1600: 16,000
- 1618: 10,000
- 1648: 6,000
- 1709: 60,000 (after union with Friedrichswerder, Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichstadt)
- 1755: 100,000
- 1800: 172,100
- 1830: 247,500
- 1850: 418,700
- 1880: 1,124,000
- 1900: 1,888,000
- 1925: 4,036,000 (after 1920 enlargement of the territory)
- 1942: 4,478,102
- 2003: 3,388,477
- 2007: 3,402,312
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