Statistical data
City of Aachen
Aachen at a glance
Here you will find a brief summary of important key data for Aachen. The number of inhabitants can be found in the current population figures. As a university city, we always keep an eye on the number of students in Aachen as a university location. Our location map shows how centrally located Aachen is in the heart of Europe and which European centers are in the immediate vicinity. We publish detailed figures in the Statistical Yearbook, among other publications. Do you need more figures? Please contact us at!
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Current population / Employment and economy / Students / Location
Aachen population
Aachen has more than a quarter of a million inhabitants. The exact figure can be found in our current population status. Detailed figures at district level can be found in the OpenData portal. In addition, the annual demographic monitoring provides comprehensive analyses of the population structure, population movements and households. Our population forecast provides you with an estimate of the future development of the population in Aachen. Do you need more figures? Contact us at !
Population statistics on the OpenData portal
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Coordinated citizen survey
On behalf of the Statistics and Elections Department of the city's Citizens' Dialogue and Administrative Management Division, the city of Aachen took part in the "Life Satisfaction in German Cities" citizen survey for the third time after 2018 and 2021, which is offered every three years. The focus is on general questions about the city's public tasks, local conditions, personal satisfaction, public transport, the environment and safety.
The aim of the study is to determine life satisfaction in the participating cities. A comparison of the cities makes it possible to differentiate between general municipal developments and specific features of one's own city. This provides the 16 participating cities with important information on the areas in which citizens are satisfied with their city - but also where there are still deficits. The results should help to support current municipal planning and further improve living conditions in the city.
The survey was organized by the IFAK Institute (market and social research) on behalf of the community of cities. Respondents were selected at random on the basis of the population register. The 2,300 Aachen residents determined in this way, who represent the cross-section of the Aachen population, were contacted and were able to participate from 26.08.2024 to 22.10.2024. 886 people took part. This corresponds to an adjusted participation rate of 40.8% (undeliverables are not included). This high participation rate is very pleasing and we would like to thank all citizens who took part in the survey.
Here you can find the answers of Aachen residents on life satisfaction: The 2024 results report contains the results of the other 15 German cities that also took part in the survey for comparison.
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Aachen in figures
Here, the Statistics and Urban Research team from the Department of Economics, Science, Digitalization and Europe regularly presents typical facts and figures about the city of Aachen. There will be everything from weighty topics to the humor factor.
Demographic monitoring
This annual collection of data describes in detail the population structure and development, the composition of age groups and their distribution and development, and illustrates them with thematic maps and other graphics.
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2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013
Statistical yearbooks
The Statistical Yearbook of the City of Aachen provides an insight into the various facets of city life based on well-founded figures. The figures illustrate the characteristic features of Aachen as a university city with a focus on technical degree courses, as a border city with Belgium and the Netherlands and as a traditional attraction for national and international visitors.
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2023 / 2022 / 2020-2021 / 2018-2019 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2012-2013 / 2010-2011
Living situation of households
In order to make the administration's data more accessible to the population, the municipal statistics office of the city of Aachen is planning to publish dashboards on various topics. The dashboard on the living situation of Aachen residents provides insights into the distribution of different types of households in the basic districts of the city of Aachen.
Dashboards offer the opportunity to make data interactively accessible. Users have the option of making their own adjustments to graphical representations of data. They can thus explore the data themselves and gain their own insights.
In this dashboard, individual factors can be selected via buttons on the dashboard and the individual districts can be accessed via the interactive map for closer inspection. The breakdown of the data into the spatially finely structured basic districts allows precise insights to be generated.
For the city of Aachen, the dashboard shows, among other things, the influence of the high proportion of students in some districts and the differences between city districts and outlying districts. For example, there are many, predominantly young, single-person households in the city center. Families with children and older single-person households are mainly located in the outer districts.