Benchmark Study 1

IPP BENCHMARK REPORT
V. 1.0
1. Key Regional Data
o Area: 2 044 770 ha = 20.447,7 km²
o Population: 2.356219,00 1
o Population Density: 115 /km²
o GDP : 49.976,00 million €
o GDP / Capita: (21.300,00) € / capita
o Employment Rate: 69,5 %
o Activity Rate: 80,1 %
o Unemployment Rate: 13,7 %
2. Location and Geography
Saxony-Anhalt is one of 16 federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was first established
as one of the new East German federal states in October 1990. In respect of its surface and population,
it is the eighth largest state in Germany, and has the tenth largest population in Germany.
The area of Saxony-Anhalt has a total of 20 445 square kilometres (5.7 percent of the German
territory), where live about 2.52 million inhabitants (3.5 percent of the total German population). While
the northern parts of the state are sparsely populated, the population density in different parts of the
central and southern part of the state is over 150 inhabitants per square kilometre. The national average
is about 123.5 inhabitants per square kilometres. The state capital and seat of government is
Magdeburg.
Magdeburg is the second largest city in the state with a population of 229.725, after Halle/Saale with
about 234.802 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2007).2
1 STALA http://www.stala.sachsen-
anhalt.de/Internet/Home/Daten_und_Fakten/1/12/124/12411/Bevoelkerungsentwicklung_Sachsen-
Anhalts_seit_1966.html
2 http://www.sachsen-anhalt.de/LPSA/index.php?id=6909, downloaded on 10 November
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