IPR Praha: Population

Prague – Vienna – Copenhagen – Munich – Amsterdam – Milan – Budapest – Zurich – Warsaw – Barcelona

The population of large cities is constantly growing. It is determined by the roles of cities in these settlement, economic, political and cultural structures of their hinterlands as well as the definition of the administrative areas of the cities themselves.

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Number of Inhabitants

The urbanization process has continued over the past decade. However, in some cities, such as Barcelona, Budapest and Warsaw, population growth was less intense. Prague initially reported a population growth of over 10%, yet the results of the Census of Population, Houses and Flats resulted in a recalculation of the relative increase to 7%.

Chart: Number of inhabitants

Year: 2012-2021

Area: City territory

*Source: Eurostat, Czech Statistical Office, statistik.at, stadt.muenchen.de, bdl.stat.gov.pl, ksh.hu, statbank.dk, ajuntament.barcelona.cat, stadt-zuerich.ch, opendata.cbs.nl, statline,dati.istat.it

Population density

The population density in Prague is the lowest in the sample, a fact influenced by Prague’s large peripheral areas with below-average urban concentrations. The extremely high values depicted for Barcelona and Milan are due to the specific definition of the area of the “city”. In the case of the NUTS 3 regional level, where in many cases the surrounding areas are also associated with the core city, the density differences are much lower and often comparable. Indicator differences at the NUTS 2 level (in the case of Barcelona, Munich and Milan) are due to the administrative organization within the country, often derived from the size of the country itself.

Chart: Number of inhabitants per square kilometer

Year: 2021

Area: City territory, NUTS 3

*Source: Eurostat, Czech Statistical Office, statistik.at, stadt.muenchen.de, bdl.stat.gov.pl, ksh.hu, statbank.dk, ajuntament.barcelona.cat, stadt-zuerich.ch, opendata.cbs.nl, statline,dati.istat.it

Population by Age

The age structures of many cities show significant differences for certain age groups. Prague is rather average in most age groups, with about 25% of the population aged under 24, 40% aged 25 to 49, and 35% over 50. Copenhagen has an exceptionally favorable population structure, with almost 30% aged under 24 and about 27% over 50. Milan, on the other hand, is aging and has an above-average proportion of people in the older age groups, for example, 45% are aged over 50.

Chart: Share of age group in total population

Year: 2021

Area: NUTS 3

*Source: Eurostat

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