Table 2 Estimates* for the regional population size of MSM in Federal States and largest cities in Germany
From: Estimating the regional distribution of men who have sex with men (MSM) based on Internet surveys
Source for estimate | KABaSTI (online) 2006 | GMA-2007 | GayRomeo User Profiles 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
German Federal States, in alphabetical order (postal code regions) | MSM total (20–60 y) | ||
Baden-Wuerttemberg (68 – 79, 88, 89) | 69,000 | 62,000 | 71,000 |
Stuttgart (70, 71) | 15,000 | 13,000 | 19,000 |
Bavaria (80 – 87, 90–97) | 64,000 | 66,000 | 85,000 |
Munich (80 – 81) | 19,000 | 23,000 | 37,000 |
Berlin (10 – 14) | 81,000 | 80,000 | 77,000 |
Brandenburg (14 – 17) | 8,000 | 7,000 | 7,000 |
Bremen (27, 28) | 10,000 | 10,000 | 9,000 |
Hamburg (20 – 22) | 29.000 | 33.000 | 33.000 |
Hesse (34–36, 60 – 65) | 50,000 | 49,000 | 48,000 |
Frankfurt (60 – 61) | 16,000 | 17,000 | 26,000 |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (17 – 19) | 8,000 | 9,000 | 8,000 |
Lower Saxony (26,29–31, 37,38,49) | 42,000 | 44,000 | 39,000 |
Hanover (30) | 10,000 | 10,000 | 13,000 |
North Rhine- Westphalia (32, 33, 40–48, 50 – 53) | 150,000 | 159,000 | 139,000 |
Cologne (50,51) | 34,000 | 37,000 | 37,000 |
Duesseldorf (40) | 10,000 | 14,000 | 15,000 |
Rhineland-Palatina (54 – 58, 67) | 17,000 | 18,000 | 19,000 |
Saarland (66) | 8,000 | 7,000 | 8,000 |
Saxony (01–04, 08,09) | 29,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Leipzig (04) | 11,000 | 9,000 | 9,000 |
Saxony-Anhalt (39, 06) | 11,000* | 10,000 | 10,000* |
Schleswig-Holstein (22–25) | 14,000 | 14,000& | 11,000& |
Thuringia (07, 98,99) | 9,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |