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Jena in figures

Insight into the world of statistical data and facts

Various sources are used. In addition to data from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics, numerous data from municipal registers can also be found. We start with a brief overview of the development of the population in Jena since the beginning of the year.

Current

Since the beginning of 2025, 1,843 residents have registered their main residence in Jena and 1,989 have deregistered. Jena has lost 146 residents as a result. The current population is 107,810 inhabitants with their main residence.

Source: Registration register of the city of Jena; as of 12.5.2025

  • 50°55'34.9" north latitude, 11°35'3.3" east longitude, altitude 155 m above sea level. (Observatory Schillergäßchen)
  • largest extension north-south: 14.7 km, east-west: 12.2 km
  • Total cadastral area: 11 476.6 ha

Official population "Update Census 2022" as at 31.12.2023 from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics (TLS)

  • 110,076 (TLS), of which 53,896 men, 56,180 women
  • Latest available population figure from the TLS: 109,363 (TLS, 30.9.2024)

Population according to population register

  • 108 056 (as of 31.12.2024)
  • of which 53,117 men, 54,939 women
  • of which 93,756 Germans, 14,300 foreigners
  • plus 6,763 residents with secondary residence
  • Statistical private households: 61,332 (31.12.2024, estimate)
  • Apartments: 60,522 ( 31.12.2024)

Further small-scale data can be found in the borough statistics.

  • IHK member companies: 5,431 (as of December 2024)
  • Manufacturing industry: * 65 companies with 9,511 employees
  • Main construction industry: ** 4 companies with 629 employees

* Status: end of September 2022
** TLS monthly average 2022
*/** Companies with 20 and more employees

Further information can be found at the Jena Economic Development Agency.

  • Employees subject to social security contributions who live in Jena: 43 293
  • Employees subject to social security contributions who work in Jena: 61,209
  • Inbound commuters: 29,207, outbound commuters: 11,322 (source: TLS, 30.06.2024)
  • Unemployed: 3,435, including 1,891 men and 1,544 women (April 2025)
  • Unemployment rate (in relation to all civilian labor force): 6.0 %
  • General housing benefit (excluding sub-households entitled to housing benefit) received 2,380 households (TLS , 31.12.2023)
  • Social assistance* received 200 recipients (TLS, 31.12.2023)
  • Asylum seeker benefits received by 560 people (TLS, 31.12.2023)

* Current assistance for living expenses

  • General education schools: 32, with 12,431 pupils (TLS, 21.8.2024)
  • Vocational schools: 6, with 3,708 pupils (TLS, 8.11.2024)
  • Friedrich Schiller University with 16,128 students
  • Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena with 4,328 students (winter semester 2024/25)

Visitor numbers of selected facilities 2024

  • Planetarium 162 424,
  • Volkshaus 30 566,
  • Botanical Garden 53,513,
  • Philharmonic Hall 44,171,
  • Göhre City Museum 23,471,
  • Phyletic Museum 13 461,
  • Theaterhaus 16,645

Tourism - from 2024 including camping

  • Overnight stays in 2024: 383,757 (TLS )
  • Arrivals in 2024: 211,686 (TLS)

Location

Data management and statistics team

Am Anger 28
07745 Jena
Germany

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