Population during each mayor's tenure

89 mayors, ranked by how population changed from their first day in office, next to the country over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#	Mayor	City	In office	Total	vs country	Per year
1	VVD Jozias van Aartsen	The Hague	27 Mar 2008 – 17 Mar 2017	+56.5% 2008 → 2016	—	+5.8%/yr
2	PP Luis Barcala	Alicante	19 Apr 2018 – now	+51.8% 2018 → 2024	—	+7.2%/yr
3	PP Ana Botella	Madrid	27 Dec 2011 – 13 Jun 2015	+51.7% 2011 → 2015	—	+11.0%/yr
4	VVD Jan van Zanen	Utrecht	1 Jan 2014 – 1 Jul 2020 from 2014	+38.7% 2014 → 2020	—	+5.6%/yr
5	Kok Jukka Mäkelä	Espoo	1 Jan 2011 – now from 2011	+26.6% 2011 → 2024	—	+1.8%/yr
6	O Eberhard van der Laan	Amsterdam	1 Jan 2010 – 1 Jan 2017 from 2010	+25.1% 2010 → 2016	—	+3.8%/yr
7	SPD Burkhard Jung	Leipzig	29 Mar 2006 – now	+21.7% 2006 → 2025	—	+1.0%/yr
8	S Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh	Malmö	1 Jan 2013 – now from 2013	+18.8% 2013 → 2025	—	+1.4%/yr
9	SPD Peter Feldmann	Frankfurt	1 Jul 2012 – 11 May 2023	+14.3% 2012 → 2023	—	+1.2%/yr
10	O Xavier Trias	Barcelona	1 Jul 2011 – 13 Jun 2015	+13.4% 2011 → 2015	—	+3.2%/yr

Showing 10 of 141 tenures.

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); the country is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. thousands, 1 January · Eurostat Urban Audit (urb_cpop1) · city (Urban Audit boundary) data · as of Jan 2025.