Editing Hanover (section)

==Population==

{{historical populations
|1190|1500
|1435|5000
|1811|16816
|1836|23898
|1855|33148
|1875|106667
|1895|209535
|1905|250632
|1919|321200
|1939|477100
|1945|325841
|1951|469300
|1961|574481|1970|522098|1980|534623|1990|513010|2001|516415|2011|506416|2022|513291|footnote=Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions.}}

[[File:Einwohnerentwicklung Hannover ab 1871 Geschlechter.svg|600px|thumb|Population development of Hanover, Germany, from 1871 with gender breakdown since 31 December 1968]]

Hanover has a population of about 540,000. It is the [[List of cities in Germany by population|largest city]] in [[Lower Saxony]] and is the 13th largest city in Germany. The [[Hanover Region]], a district that surrounds the city of Hanover and cities like [[Langenhagen]], [[Garbsen]] and [[Laatzen]] has a population of about 1,160,000 and is the largest [[Districts of Germany|District (Landkreis)]] in Germany. [[Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region|Hanover metropolitan region]], which includes also cities like [[Braunschweig]], [[Hildesheim]] and [[Göttingen]], has a population of about 3,850,000 and is the 8th largest [[metropolitan area]] in Germany. Hanover passed a population of 100,000 in 1875, and Hanover's population has grown since 1946, when Hanover became the capital of [[Lower Saxony]] state and it grew rapidly in 1950s and 60s due to West German [[Wirtschaftswunder]]. This also saw the growth of a large migrant population, drawn largely from [[Turkey]], [[Greece]] and [[Italy]]. Hanover has also one of the largest [[Vietnamese people in Germany|Vietnamese communities]] in former [[West Germany]] due to its proximity to former [[East Germany]]. The Viên Giác [[pagoda]] in Mittelfeld, southern district of Hanover is the largest Vietnamese pagoda in Germany and one of the largest in Europe. Hanover is one of the liveable cities due to its good location and good population size.

It is the fifth-largest city in the [[Low German]] dialect area after Hamburg, [[Dortmund]], [[Essen]] and Bremen.

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|+ Largest groups of foreign residents<ref>{{cite web |title=Einwohnerstand der LH Hannover Ende 2016 und Einwohnerentwicklung im Jahr 2016 |url=https://www.hannover.de/content/download/644989/15275493/file/2017-01-20-Einwohnerstand+am+31.12.2016+-+Internet.pdf |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427155055/https://www.hannover.de/content/download/644989/15275493/file/2017-01-20-Einwohnerstand%2Bam%2B31.12.2016%2B-%2BInternet.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
! Nationality || Population (31 December 2022)
|-
| {{flag|Turkey}} || 15,600
|-
| {{flag|Poland}} || 8,200
|-
| {{flag|Ukraine}} || 7,300
|-
| {{flag|Syria}} || 6,000
|-
| {{flag|Greece}} || 5,400
|-
| {{flag|Iraq}} || 4,900
|-
| {{flag|Bulgaria}} || 4,300
|-
| {{flag|Italy}} || 3,700
|-
| {{flag|Romania}} || 3,400
|-
| {{flag|Russia}} || 3,000
|-
| {{flag|Spain}} || 2,800
|-
| {{Flag|Vietnam}}|| 2,750
|-
| {{flag|Serbia}} || 2,700
|-
| {{flag|Iran}} || 2,500
|-
| {{flag|Croatia}} || 2,350
|-
| {{Flag|Ghana}}|| 2,150
|-
| {{Flag|Afghanistan}}|| 2,000
|-
| {{Flag|Kosovo}}|| 1,900
|-
| {{Flag|India}}|| 1,850
|-
| {{flag|China}} || 1,400
|-
| {{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}|| 1,200
|}