population_german_states: Population of the German states (2023)
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population_german_states

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Population of the German states (2023)

Description

German Population data by state in 2023

Usage

population_german_states

Format

A data frame with 2912 rows and 5 columns:

reporting_date: Date: Always "2023-12-31"
state: Character: Name of the German state
age: Numeric: Age from 0 to 89. Age 90 includes "90 and above"
sex: Factor: "female" or "male"
n: Numeric: Population size

Source

© Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), Genesis-Online, 2025: Bevölkerung: Bundesländer, Stichtag, Geschlecht, Altersjahre (12411-0013). Data licence Germany (dl-de/by-2-0) https://www-genesis.destatis.de/datenbank/online/statistic/12411/table/12411-0013

Examples

# Age pyramid
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
population_german_states |>
  filter(age < 90) |>
  ggplot(aes(y = age, fill = sex, weight = n)) +
  geom_bar_diverging(width = 1) +
  geom_vline(xintercept = 0) +
  scale_x_continuous_diverging() +
  facet_wrap(~state, scales = "free_x") +
  theme_bw(base_size = 8) +
  theme_mod_legend_top()

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