Population

The term population is used as a term for the human population within geographical boundaries and differs from lineage -related groups such as tribe, people and ethnicity.

In science, the population is the primary object of investigation of demographics, the approaches using statistical methods the structure and development of the population. The spatial distribution of the population in a given space is examined both by demographics as well as the population geography, the historical development of populations of the population history.

Until the 18th century the population did not mean the population survey, but was a Germanized form of the derived from the French term Peuplierung (orig. peuplement, also: Pöblierung ) of the population accumulation, compaction and conversion as a demographic process in general and as an object the (mostly absolutist embossed ) Population policy in particular designated.

Germany 's population by public law

After the public law of the Federal Republic of Germany, a person is considered a resident of Germany, who in a community or territorial unit is permanently resident or is living there right; this includes the registered foreigners.

However, this can be several different population concepts, which are explained in somewhat more detail. Depending on the concept of a community or region used in the naming of the population figures, it can thus come to very different total numbers. In particular, one term used as inhabitants of many cities, which is the highest population of the city.

Present local population

This term now usually no longer used includes all residents who have stayed at a specified date in the relevant place. This leads to problems, especially in people who were traveling and were thus occasionally counted both their whereabouts and often even at their actual place of residence ( double counting ).

Resident population

Among the resident population refers to all residents at the critical place their sole dwelling or in a population who have multiple residences, only those engaged by the relevant place of their work or training. It includes only those persons as residents who have most of their stay at the critical location. The question of whether this is the main or secondary residence is not relevant here. As in university towns, students were mostly reported only a secondary residence, this was irrelevant. They counted with in the resident population, because in the university town have most of their stay in the rule. The resident population is no longer found in the applicable registration law.

Population at the main place of residence

This term now used by most statistical offices includes all residents who have their sole residence at the critical place, or in a population with several apartments, the main dwelling. It is therefore assumed that the main dwelling is also the " vast residence " of a person being hereafter no longer in demand. All persons with secondary dwellings are therefore not counted. Since students - run like the term " resident population " - often only have a second home in the university town, it thus does not belong to the residents to do so. Therefore many cities try with other special offers (such as cost-effective driving with public transportation) the students to persuade them that they declare their residence to the main dwelling.

The " official " population numbers are determined by the statistical offices of the Länder. The determination of population figures is based on the Law on Statistics of population change and the update of the population level in the version published on 14 March 1980 ( Federal Law Gazette I, p 308) as last amended by Article 2 of the Law amending the reporting Framework Act and other laws 25 March 2002 (Federal Law Gazette I p 1186 ), based on the census of 25 May 1987 on the results of the statistics of natural population movement and migration statistics. Survey documents the statistics of natural population movement are the messages of the registry offices include births and deaths; Survey documents the migration statistics are the communications from the registration offices on entries and departures, as well as status changes. For the classification of people with multiple homes of main place of residence is decisive. Main residence is in accordance with § 12 of the reporting framework law of 16 August 2001 (Federal Law Gazette I p 1429) and according to § 16 of the Registration Act for the state of North Rhine -Westphalia on 13 July 1982 ( GV. NRW. P. 474 ), as amended by the Act of 14 March 1988 ( GV. NRW. p. 160) for married people who do not live permanently separated from her family, who mainly used the family home, with all other persons whose mainly used apartment.

Eligible residential population

This most extensive term includes all residents who are registered with major and minor flats at the critical place, because all those residents officially registered and thus " entitled " are to dwell in this place. However, these population figures give a completely false picture of the total population because people are having more than one residence and accordingly counted more than once. If one were to add the appropriate number of inhabitants of all cities and towns of a country, it would have this much larger population. Nevertheless, many cities use the term residents within the meaning of " residential population eligible " to increase the total number of inhabitants accordingly. In large cities that can sometimes mean several thousand inhabitants more.

Foreign population

This term includes those persons who are recorded in the central register, but do not have the domestic but foreign nationals.

Graphic: Foreign population in Germany