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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 2026, 1,809 residents have registered their main residence in Jena and 2,139 have deregistered. Jena has lost 330 residents due to people moving in and out. The current population is 107,170 inhabitants with their main residence.

Source: Registration register of the city of Jena; as of 25.5.2026

  • 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 31.12.2025 from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics (TLS)

  • 109,353 (TLS), of which 53,582 men, 55,771 women
  • Latest available population figure from the TLS: 109,353 (TLS, 31.12.2025)

Population according to population register

  • 107 658 (as of 31.12.2025)
  • of which 52,909 men, 54,749 women
  • of which 93,395 Germans, 14,263 foreigners
  • plus 6,798 eligible residents with secondary residence
  • Statistical private households: 61,583 (31.12.2025, estimate)
  • Apartments: 60,635 ( 31.12.2025)

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

  • IHK member companies: 5,457 (as of December 2025)
  • Manufacturing industry: * 63 companies with 10,037 employees
  • Main construction industry: ** 5 companies with 626 employees

* Status: end of September 2024
** TLS monthly average 2024
*/** 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: 43,447
  • Employees subject to social security contributions who work in Jena: 60,457
  • Inbound commuters: 28,595, outbound commuters: 11,616 (source: TLS, 30.06.2025)
  • Unemployed: 3,634, including 2,017 men and 1,617 women (May 2026)
  • Unemployment rate (in relation to all civilian labor force): 6.3 %
  • General housing benefit (excluding sub-households receiving housing benefit) received 2,435 households (TLS , 31.12.2024)
  • Social assistance* received 200 recipients (TLS, 31.12.2024)
  • 700 people received asylum seeker benefits (TLS, 31.12.2024)

* Current assistance for living expenses

  • General education schools: 32, with 12,505 pupils (TLS, 27.8.2025)
  • Vocational schools: 6, with 3,870 pupils (TLS, 5.11.2025)
  • Friedrich Schiller University with 16,146 students
  • Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena with 4,159 students (winter semester 2025/26)

Visitor numbers of selected facilities 2025

  • Planetarium 148 751,
  • Volkshaus 38,292,
  • Botanical Garden 72,015, including approx. 20,000 visitors to the "Garden of Lights" in December
  • Philharmonic Hall 42,425,
  • Göhre City Museum 24,453,
  • Phyletic Museum 10,389,
  • Theaterhaus 14,046

Tourism - from 2023 including camping

  • Overnight stays in 2025: 384,570 (TLS )
  • Arrivals in 2025: 204,609 (TLS)

Location

Data management and statistics team

Am Anger 28
07745 Jena
Germany

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