Editing Dresden (section)

==Demographics==

{{Historical populations
|source={{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}
<br>Source for 2001–2022: <ref>{{cite web |title=Germany: States and Major Cities|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/germany/cities/}}</ref>
|1501|2,500
|1603|14,793
|1699|21,298
|1727|46,472
|1755|63,209
|1772|44,760
|1800|61,794
|1813|51,175
|1830|61,886
|1840|82,014
|1852|104,199
|1861|128,152
|1871|177,089
|1880|220,818
|1890|276,522
|1900|396,146
|1905|516,996
|1910|548,308
|1916|528,732
|1920|540,900
|1925|619,157
|1930|633,441
|1933|649,252
|1935|637,052
|1940|626,900
|1944|566,738
|1945|368,519
|1946|467,966
|1950|494,187
|1955|496,548
|1960|493,603
|1965|508,119
|1970|502,432
|1975|509,331
|1980|516,225
|1985|519,769
|1990|490,571
|1995|469,110
|2001|478,631|2011|512,354|2022|557,782}}

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;"
|+Top 10 non-German populations<ref>{{cite web|title=Bevölkerung und Haushalte 2017|url=https://www.dresden.de/media/pdf/onlineshop/statistikstelle/Broschuere_Bevoelkerung_und_Haushalte_2016.pdf|access-date=19 June 2018|archive-date=19 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619163605/https://www.dresden.de/media/pdf/onlineshop/statistikstelle/Broschuere_Bevoelkerung_und_Haushalte_2016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Nationality||Population (31 December 2022)
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}}||8,961
|-
|{{flag|Syria}}||2,395
|-
|{{flag|Russia}}||2,342
|-
|{{flag|Vietnam}}||2,230
|-
|{{flag|Poland}}||1,943
|-
|{{flag|China}}||1,739
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}||1,549
|-
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}||1,276
|-
|{{flag|Romania}}||1,126
|-
|{{flag|India}}||1,078
|}

The population of Dresden grew to 100,000 inhabitants in 1852, making it one of the first German cities after [[Hamburg]], Berlin and [[Wrocław|Breslau]] (Wrocław) to reach that number. The population peaked at 649,252 in 1933, and dropped to 368,519 in 1945 because of World War II, during which large residential areas of the city were destroyed. After large incorporations and city restoration, the population grew to 522,532 again between 1946 and 1983.<ref>Dresden: [http://dresden.de/de/02/06/c_020_Einwohnerzahl.php Einwohnerzahl] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912224206/http://dresden.de/de/02/06/c_020_Einwohnerzahl.php|date=12 September 2008}}</ref>

Since [[German reunification]], demographic development has been very unsteady. The city has struggled with migration and suburbanisation. During the 1990s the population increased to 480,000 because of several incorporations, and decreased to 452,827 in 1998. Between 2000 and 2010, the population grew quickly by more than 45,000 inhabitants (about 9.5%) due to a stabilised economy and re-urbanisation. Along with [[Munich]] and [[Potsdam]], Dresden is one of the ten fastest-growing cities in Germany.<ref name="List of cities in Germany with more than 100"/>

{{As of|2019}} the population of the city of Dresden was 557,075,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/bevoelkerung/aktuell_statistik-sachsen_a-I-1_einwohnerzahlen-monat.pdf |title=Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden |website=statistik.sachsen.de |language=de |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603134947/https://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/bevoelkerung/aktuell_statistik-sachsen_a-I-1_einwohnerzahlen-monat.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> the population of the Dresden agglomeration was 790,400 {{As of|2018|lc=y}},<ref name="citypopulation.de quoting Federal Statistics Office"/> and {{As of|2019|lc=y}} the population of the Dresden metropolitan area, which includes the neighbouring districts of [[Meißen (district)|Meißen]], [[Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]], [[Bautzen (district)|Bautzen]] and [[Görlitz (district)|Görlitz]], was 1,343,305.<ref name="Eurostat"/>

As of 2018 about 50.0% of the population was female.<ref name="dresden.de">{{cite web|url=https://www.dresden.de/de/leben/stadtportrait/statistik/bevoelkerung-gebiet/Bevoelkerungsbestand.php|title=Dresden – Bevölkerungsbestand|website=dresden.de|language=de|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527151719/https://www.dresden.de/de/leben/stadtportrait/statistik/bevoelkerung-gebiet/Bevoelkerungsbestand.php|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2007}} the mean age of the population was 43 years, which is the lowest among the urban districts in Saxony.<ref>Statistical office of the Free State of Saxony: [http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/12/pressearchiv/archiv2007/pm15907.htm "Sachsen sind im Durchschnitt 45 Jahre alt&nbsp;– Dresdner am jüngsten, Hoyerswerdaer am ältesten"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411203814/http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/12/pressearchiv/archiv2007/pm15907.htm |date=11 April 2008 }} (German: "Saxons are on average 45 years old – those from Dresden the youngest, those from Hoyerswerda the oldest")</ref> {{As of|2018|12|31}} there were 67,841 people with a [[migration background]] (12.1% of the population, increased from 7.2% in 2010), and about two-thirds of these, 44,665 or about 8.0% of all Dresden citizens were foreigners.<ref name="dresden.de" /> This percentage increased from 4.1% in 2010.{{fact|date=January 2025}}