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As of 2000, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) made up 18.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) made up 65.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16%. [58] As of 2000, there were 78,666 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 74,205 married individuals, 10,006 widows or widowers and ...
426 – Geneva becomes capital of the Kingdom of the Burgundians. [3] 534 – Franks in power. [4] 563 – Tsunami on Lake Geneva. [5] 773 - Charlemagne (Charles the Great) holds a council of war. [6] 800 – Geneva becomes part of the Carolingian Empire (approximate date). [3] 1032 - Geneva reverts to Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor; 1321 ...
Population of Geneva: 198,979; Area of Geneva: 15.92 km 2 (6.15 sq mi) Atlas of Geneva; Geneva. Geneva. Location within Switzerland. Coordinates: Location of Geneva ...
Historic Population Data [84] Year Total Population Swiss Non-Swiss Population share of total country 1850 64 146 49 004 15 142 2.7% 1880 99 712 63 688 36 024 3.5% 1900 132 609 79 965 52 644 4.0% 1950 202 918 167 726 35 192 4.3% 1970 331 599 219 780 111 819 5.3% 2000 413 673 256 179 157 494 5.7% 2020 506 343: 5.9%
Its population quadrupled over the period 1800 to 1990 (average doubling time 95 years). Population growth was steepest in the period after World War II (1.4% per annum during 1950–1970, doubling time 50 years), it slowed during the 1970s and 1980s but has since increased to 1% during the 2000s (doubling time 70 years).
Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Roman Republic took in 121 BC.. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva to the Jura Mountains in order to block the migration of the Helvetii, who "attempted, sometimes by day, more often by ...
It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present. [2] List. Data are mid-year estimates from the United Nations and are for 2022 and 2023. [2]
Zurich, Geneva and Basel rank among the highest in quality of life, [25] [26] ... in 2023 it had reached a 20-year low of 2%. [166] Population growth (from net ...