Demographics of Hamburg
The German city of Hamburg is the most populous city in the European Union which is not a national capital. The city contains an approximate 1.8 million people. The figures since 1970 are published by the Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig Holstein, based on the information of several state authorities. Historic population data Hamburg was by far the most populated German City after the Thirty Years' War. Due to its , which had been finished 1625, the city was never conquered and many people fled into it. Population On December 31, 2006 there were 1,754,182 registered people living in Hamburg (up from 1,652,363 in 1990). The population density was . There were 856,132 males and 898,050 females in Hamburg. For every 1,000 males there were 1,049 females. In 2006 there were 16,089 births in Hamburg, of which 33.1% were given by unmarried women, 6,921 marriages and 4,583 divorces. In 2006, 198 registered partnerships took place at the civil registration office (Standesamt). 40 partnerships were dissolved by court order since 2001. The age distribution was 15.7% under the age of 18, and 18.8% were 65 or older. In 2006, there were 257,060 foreign residents were living in Hamburg (14.8% of the population). The largest group being Turkish nationals at 58,154 (22.6% of foreign residents ), followed by 20,743 Polish nationals. 4,046 people were from the United Kingdom and 4,369 were from the United States. According to GTZ, 22,000 immigrants living in Hamburg are from Afghanistan, thus forming the largest Afghan community in Germany and Europe. After a descent of the population in the 1970s, Hamburg has constantly grown since 1999. However, the number of deaths were greater than the number of births until 2010. Households On 31 December 2016, there were 1,860,759 people registered as living in Hamburg in an area of . The population density was . The metropolitan area of the Hamburg region (Hamburg Metropolitan Region) is home to 5,107,429 living in an area of at a density of . There were 915,319 women and 945,440 men in Hamburg. For every 1,000 males, there were 1,033 females. In 2015, there were 19,768 births in Hamburg (of which 38.3% were to unmarried women); 6422 marriages and 3190 divorces, and 17,565 deaths. The age distribution was 16.1% under the age of 18, and 18.3% were 65 or older. 356 People in Hamburg were over the age of 100. According to the Statistical Office of the State of Hamburg, the number of people with a migrant background is at 34% (631,246). Immigrants come from 180 different countries. 5891 people have acquired German citizenship in 2016. In 2016, there were 1,021,666 households, of which 17.8% had children under the age of 18; 54.4% of households were made up of singles. 25.6% of households with children were single parent households. The average household size was 1.8. Quarters and boroughs In 2008 Wandsbek was the most populous borough in Hamburg. Until February 2008 the Harburg borough was the second-most. Through the change of the