On 30.09.2023, 2.8 million people lived in the Stuttgart region, which corresponds to around 25% of the population of Baden-Württemberg. At 21.1%, the proportion of foreigners was well above the state average of 17.8% (as at 31.12.2022). Demographic change is also having a lasting impact on the age structure in the Stuttgart region. There are more and more older people, while the number of younger people is declining.

With the exception of the pandemic years, the population has developed positively in recent years. Migration in particular has played a part in this. However, natural population development also contributed to this. With the exception of 2012, 2013 and 2022, there has always been a birth surplus in the last 20 years.

With a population density of 771 inhabitants per square kilometer, the Stuttgart Region is much more densely populated than other regions in Germany, such as the Munich Region with around 534 inhabitants per square kilometer. Even in a European comparison, only a few regions (for example Zuid Holland with The Hague or Île-de-France with Paris) have a higher population density than the Stuttgart Region.

Data source: Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg; Planungsverband Äußerer Wirtschaftsraum München; Eurostat.

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