Editing Solingen (section)

==Population==
Solingen's population doubled between the years 1880 and 1890 due to the incorporation of the town of Dorp into Solingen in 1889, at which time the population reached 36,000. The population again received a large boost on 1 August 1929 through the incorporation of Ohligs, Wald, Höhscheid, and Gräfrath into the city limits. This brought the population above the 100,000 mark, which gave Solingen the distinction of being a "large city" (''Großstadt''). The number of inhabitants peaked in 1971 with 177,899 residents, and the 2006 population figure was 163,263.

The following chart shows the population figures within Solingen's city limits at the respective points in time. The figures are derived from census estimates or numbers provided by statistical offices or city agencies, with the exception of figures preceding 1843, which were gathered using inconsistent recording techniques.
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{| class="wikitable"
|- class="Hintergrundfarbe5"
! Year
! Population
|-
| 1747 || style="text-align:right;"| ca. 2,000
|-
| 1804 || style="text-align:right;"| ca. 2,871
|-
| 1818 || style="text-align:right;"| ca. 4,000
|-
| 3 December 1846{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 6,127
|-
| 3 December 1861{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 10,100
|-
| 3 December 1864{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 11,800
|-
| 3 December 1867{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 13,000
|-
| 1 December 1871{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 14,040
|-
| 1 December 1875{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 15,142
|-
| 1 December 1880{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 16,900
|-
| 1 December 1885{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 18,641
|-
| 1 December 1890{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 36,540
|-
| 2 December 1895{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 40,843
|-
| 1 December 1900{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 45,260
|-
| 1 December 1905{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 49,018
|-
| 1 December 1910{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 50,536
|-
| 1 December 1916{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 45,720
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- class="Hintergrundfarbe5"
! Year
! Population
|-
| 5 December 1917{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 47,459
|-
| 8 October 1919{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 48,912
|-
| 16 June 1925{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 52,002
|-
| 16 June 1933{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 140,162
|-
| 17 May 1939{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 140,466
|-
| 31 December 1945 || style="text-align:right;"| 129,440
|-
| 29 October 1946{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 133,001
|-
| 13 September 1950{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 147,845
|-
| 25 September 1956{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 161,353
|-
| 6 June 1961{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 169,930
|-
| 31 December 1965 || style="text-align:right;"| 175,634
|-
| 27 May 1970{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 176,420
|-
| 31 December 1975 || style="text-align:right;"| 171,810
|-
| 31 December 1980 || style="text-align:right;"| 166,085
|-
| 31 December 1985 || style="text-align:right;"| 157,923
|-
| 25 May 1987{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 159,103
|-
| 31 December 1990 || style="text-align:right;"| 165,401
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- class="Hintergrundfarbe5"
! Year
! Population
|-
| 31 December 1995 || style="text-align:right;"| 165,735
|-
| 31 December 2000 || style="text-align:right;"| 164,973
|-
| 31 December 2005 || style="text-align:right;"| 163,581
|-
| 31 December 2006 || style="text-align:right;"| 162,948
|-
| 31 December 2007 || style="text-align:right;"| 162,575
|-
| 31 December 2008 || style="text-align:right;"| 161,779
|-
| 30 April 2009 || style="text-align:right;"| 160,242
|-
| 9 May 2011{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 155,265
|-
| 31 December 2012 || style="text-align:right;"| 155,316
|}
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30.9% of the population of Solingen has foreign roots (statistics 2012).

{| class="wikitable"
|+Largest groups of foreign residents
|-
! Nationality || Population (31 December 2022)
|-
|{{flag|Italy}} || 6,130
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}} || 5,945
|-
|{{flag|Syria}} || 1,854
|-
|{{flag|Poland}} || 1,660
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}} || 1,573
|-
|{{flag|Greece}} || 1,370
|-
|{{flag|Bulgaria}} || 1,227
|-
|{{flag|Morocco}} || 1,093
|-
|{{flag|Romania}} || 971
|-
|{{flag|Serbia}} || 945
|}