parent nodes: Daten
Einwohnerentwicklung der Stadt Kiel
| Jahr | Einwohner | Zuwachs |
| 1300. | 1000 | 1000 |
| 1450 | 2000 | 1000 |
| 1682 | 3310 | 1310 |
| 1750 | 4500 | 1190 |
| 1768 | 5268 | 768 |
| 1773 | 5430 | 162 |
| 1781 | 5739 | 309 |
| 1803 | 7075 | 1336 |
| 1825 | 10035 | 2960 |
| 1830 | 10833 | 798 |
| 1835 | 11622 | 789 |
| 1840 | 12344 | 722 |
| 1844 | 13328 | 246 |
| 1845 | 13572 | 1228 |
| 1846 | 13842 | 270 |
| 1848 | 14383 | 270 |
| 1849 | 14652 | 270 |
| 1850 | 14922 | 270 |
| 1851 | 15192 | 270 |
| 1852 | 15462 | 270 |
| 1853 | 15732 | 270 |
| 1855 | 16274 | 2702 |
| 1860 | 17541 | 1267 |
| 1861 | 17848 | 307 |
| 1863 | 18462 | 307 |
| 1864 | 18770 | 1229 |
| 1865 | 20585 | 1815 |
| 1867 | 24216 | 5446 |
| 1868 | 26103 | 1887 |
| 1871 | 31764 | 7548 |
| 1875 | 37246 | 5482 |
| 1876 | 38516 | 1270 |
| 1877 | 39786 | 1270 |
| 1880 | 43594 | 6348 |
| 1885 | 51707 | 8113 |
| 1887 | 58693 | 3493 |
| 1890 | 69172 | 17465 |
| 1891 | 72471 | 3299 |
| 1892 | 75770 | 3299 |
| 1893 | 79069 | 3299 |
| 1895 | 85666 | 16494 |
| 1900 | 107977 | 22311 |
| 1902 | 130295 | 11159 |
| 1904 | 152613 | 11159 |
| 1905 | 163772 | 55795 |
| 1906 | 173343 | 9571 |
| 1907 | 182914 | 9571 |
| 1908 | 192485 | 9571 |
| 1909 | 202056 | 9571 |
| 1910 | 211627 | 47855 |
| 1914 | 221639 | 2503 |
| 1916 | 226645 | 15018 |
| 1917 | 224869 | -1776 |
| 1919 | 207031 | -17838 |
| 1920 | 206714 | -317 |
| 1921 | 205548 | -1166 |
| 1922 | 212931 | 7383 |
| 1923 | 215401 | 2470 |
| 1924 | 222340 | 6939 |
| 1925 | 215692 | -6648 |
| 1926 | 215791 | 99 |
| 1927 | 216001 | 210 |
| 1928 | 217857 | 1856 |
| 1929 | 217437 | -420 |
| 1930 | 219256 | 1819 |
| 1931 | 220308 | 1052 |
| 1932 | 219944 | -364 |
| 1933 | 218335 | -1609 |
| 1934 | 221953 | 3618 |
| 1935 | 233497 | 11544 |
| 1936 | 241211 | 7714 |
| 1937 | 250033 | 8822 |
| 1938 | 250800 | 767 |
| 1939 | 272198 | 21398 |
| 1940 | 299300 | 27102 |
| 1942 | 306452 | 7152 |
| 1945 | 199579 | -106873 |
| 1946 | 214335 | 14756 |
| 1947 | 234807 | 20472 |
| 1948 | 242863 | 8056 |
| 1949 | 249488 | 6625 |
| 1950 | 256112 | 13249 |
| 1951 | 259629 | 3517 |
| 1952 | 261294 | 1665 |
| 1953 | 259920 | -1374 |
| 1954 | 258642 | -1278 |
| 1955 | 258635 | -7 |
| 1956 | 259518 | 883 |
| 1957 | 262428 | 2910 |
| 1958 | 266089 | 3661 |
| 1959 | 269209 | 3120 |
| 1960 | 271610 | 2401 |
| 1961 | 271959 | 349 |
| 1962 | 271234 | -725 |
| 1963 | 270646 | -588 |
| 1964 | 270867 | 221 |
| 1965 | 270415 | -452 |
| 1966 | 270309 | -106 |
| 1967 | 270098 | -211 |
| 1968 | 269414 | -684 |
| 1969 | 267890 | -1524 |
| 1970 | 270125 | 2235 |
| 1971 | 269437 | -688 |
| 1972 | 268840 | -597 |
| 1973 | 265587 | -3253 |
| 1974 | 264290 | -1297 |
| 1975 | 262164 | -2126 |
| 1976 | 259403 | -2761 |
| 1977 | 256512 | -2891 |
| 1978 | 253967 | -2545 |
| 1979 | 250750 | -3217 |
| 1980 | 250062 | -688 |
| 1981 | 249786 | -276 |
| 1982 | 248733 | -1053 |
| 1983 | 248288 | -445 |
| 1984 | 245751 | -2537 |
| 1985 | 245682 | -69 |
| 1986 | 243626 | -2056 |
| 1987 | 238306 | -5320 |
| 1988 | 240675 | 2369 |
| 1989 | 243579 | 2904 |
| 1990 | 245567 | 1988 |
| 1991 | 247107 | 1540 |
| 1992 | 249199 | 2092 |
| 1993 | 248931 | -268 |
| 1994 | 246586 | -2345 |
| 1995 | 246033 | -553 |
| 1996 | 243728 | -2305 |
| 1997 | 240516 | -3212 |
| 1998 | 237337 | -3179 |
| 1999 | 233795 | -3542 |
| 2000 | 232612 | -1183 |
| 2001 | 232242 | -370 |
| 2002 | 233270 | 1028 |
| 2003 | 233039 | -231 |
| 2004 | 233329 | 290 |
| 2005 | 234433 | 1104 |
| 2006 | 235366 | 933 |
| 2007 | 236903 | 1537 |
| 2008 | 237579 | 676 |
| 2009 | 238281 | 702 |