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==Purpose and use of the template==

The template "Population Germany" is used by the infoboxes {{tl|Infobox German location}} and {{tl|Infobox German district}} to retrieve population data for subdivisions of Germany from a central database. The template can also be used outside those infoboxes. The template uses codes for the subdivisions that have been defined by the federal statistics office of Germany (see [https://www.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnis this link for codes]). There is a separate database for each federal state of Germany. The databases are updated regularly, see below.

===Parameters===

The template is called as follows:

*the population of a city, town or municipality: <nowiki>{{Population Germany|key=15088220}}</nowiki>, result: {{Population Germany|key=15088220}} (for Merseburg)
*the population of a district: <nowiki>{{Population Germany|key=15088}}</nowiki>, result: {{Population Germany|key=15088}} (for Saalekreis)
*the population of a region (''Regierungsbezirk''): <nowiki>{{Population Germany|key=053}}</nowiki>, result: {{Population Germany|key=053}} (for Cologne region)
*the population of a state: <nowiki>{{Population Germany|key=15}}</nowiki>, result: {{Population Germany|key=15}} (for Saxony-Anhalt)
*the date for which the population data apply: <nowiki>{{Population Germany|key=15|datref=STAND}}</nowiki>, result: {{Population Germany|key=15|datref=STAND}} (for Saxony-Anhalt), or <nowiki>{{Population Germany|key=06634005|datref=STAND}}</nowiki>, result: {{Population Germany|key=06634005|datref=STAND}} (for Fritzlar, Hesse)
*the reference for the population: <nowiki>{{Population Germany|key=15|datref=QUELLE}}</nowiki>, result: {{Population Germany|key=15|datref=QUELLE}} (for Saxony-Anhalt)

Note: the template Population Germany does not accept codes in which the numbers are grouped, e.g. 15 0 88 220. Use the template {{tl|replace}} for this: 
*<nowiki>{{Population Germany|key={{replace|15 0 88 220| |}} }}</nowiki> = {{((}}Population Germany|key={{replace|15 0 88 220| |}}{{))}} = {{Population Germany|key={{replace|15 0 88 220| |}} }}.

==Updating the database==

The data are copied from German Wikipedia. [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spezial:%C3%84nderungen_an_verlinkten_Seiten&limit=500&days=30&target=Kategorie%3AVorlage%3AMetadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE This link] shows changes to the database templates in German Wikipedia in the last 30 days. If there is a significant change, that hasn't been implemented in English Wikipedia yet (see the table below, and compare with the [[:de:Benutzer Diskussion:Markussep|dates in German Wikipedia]]), you can update the files at English Wikipedia. Open the German file (e.g. [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vorlage:Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-SL&action=edit Saarland]), and copy the part between the first line with "STAND" in it and the last line with a municipality code in it (in this case "Tholey") to the corresponding part in the English file (in this case {{tl|Metadata Population DE-SL}}). If you don't feel confident editing templates, just leave a note at [[Template talk:Infobox German place]]. Several experienced editors watch that talk page.  

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! State !! Database !! Data as of 
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|Baden-Württemberg || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-BW}} || {{Metadata Population DE-BW||STAND}} 
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|Bavaria || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-BY}} || {{Metadata Population DE-BY||STAND}} 
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|Berlin || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-BE}} || {{Metadata Population DE-BE||STAND}} 
|-
|Brandenburg || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-BB}} || {{Metadata Population DE-BB||STAND}} 
|-
|Bremen || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-HB}} || {{Metadata Population DE-HB||STAND}} 
|-
|Hamburg || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-HH}} || {{Metadata Population DE-HH||STAND}} 
|-
|Schleswig-Holstein || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-SH}} || {{Metadata Population DE-SH||STAND}} 
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|Hesse || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-HE}} || {{Metadata Population DE-HE||STAND}} 
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|Lower Saxony || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-NI}} || {{Metadata Population DE-NI||STAND}} 
|-
|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-MV}} || {{Metadata Population DE-MV||STAND}} 
|-
|North Rhine-Westphalia || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-NW}} || {{Metadata Population DE-NW||STAND}}
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|Rhineland-Palatinate || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-RP}} || {{Metadata Population DE-RP||STAND}} 
|-
|Saarland || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-SL}} || {{Metadata Population DE-SL||STAND}} 
|-
|Saxony || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-SN}} || {{Metadata Population DE-SN||STAND}} 
|-
|Saxony-Anhalt || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-ST}} || {{Metadata Population DE-ST||STAND}} 
|-
|Thuringia || {{tl|Metadata Population DE-TH}} || {{Metadata Population DE-TH||STAND}} 
|}
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