page_title: Johanngeorgenstadt
section_title: Population development
hierarchical_section_title: Johanngeorgenstadt / History / Population development
caption_attribution_description: Einwohnerentwicklung von Johanngeorgenstadt, selbst gezeichnet.
context_page_description: Johanngeorgenstadt is a mining town in Saxony’s Ore Mountains, 17 km south of Aue, and 27 km northwest of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, on the border with the Czech Republic, is a state-recognized health resort, and calls itself Stadt des Schwibbogens. Its population decline since the 1950s has been extremely severe falling from 45,000 residents in 1953 to only about one tenth of that now.
context_section_description: Development of population figures (from 1955 31 December):
  1815 to 1946
  1815 –  2,979
  1834 –  3,433
  1871 –  4,083
  1890 –  5,124
  1910 –  6,188
  1938 –  7,111
  1939 –  8,861
  1946 –  6,559 1
  1950 to 1971
  1950 – 32,870 2
  1953 – ca. 45,000
  1955 – 21,480
  1957 – 12,106
  1959 – 10,763
  1961 – 10,661
  1964 – 10,849
  1971 – 10,797
  1974 to 2006
  1974 – 10,328
  1976 – 10,025
  1998 –  6,834
  2000 –  6,306
  2001 –  6,100
  2002 –  5,928
  2003 – 5,748
  2004 – 5,566
  2005 – 5,408
  2006 – 5,199
   Source from 1946 to 1976 (except 1953): Statistische Jahrbücher der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
   Source from 1998: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen
  1 29 October
  2 31 August
  Of the 5,748 inhabitants on 31 December 2003, 2,751 were male and 2,997 female.
caption: Population development
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