Population

A population bubble.

A player's population is the heart of cities in all Anno titles, providing a city's workforce and tax income. As city populations grow from small beginnings, more social classes (residential tiers) evolve.

The number of inhabitants settled in a game is displayed in the right of the control panel, at the top of the screen.

An interface bubble fills up as more individuals of each population tier settle.

Control Panel showing treasury, income and population.

Population Tiers

Please note: at the moment, only Farmers, Workers, Artisans, Jornaleros, and Obreros are available in the closed Beta. Any information about Engineers or Investors beyond what has been published in the dev blogs is unconfirmed at this time.

In Anno 1800, there are five population (residential) tiers. Each live in 3x3 houses and have different needs.

Farmers
	Farmers are the first residential tier. When you build new houses, farmers move in. They have the most basic needs of all the tiers.
Workers
	Workers represent the bulk of the population in the 19th century. They provide significant manual labour, working in factories.
Artisans
	Belonging to the third residential tier, Artisans are the educated middle class who not only focus on providing industry and commerce, but specialised craft.
Engineers
	Engineers are the educated elite, seeking to push the world into a modern age through technological revolution.
Investors
	The fifth and final tier, Investors are the wealthy elite, members of an upper class who have built fortunes off inheritances or their wit and bare hands.
Jornaleros
	Low tier of New World' population - workers on plantation, woodcutters, etc.
Obreros
	High tier of New World' population - plantators, businessmen, etc.

Needs

In Anno 1800 population needs are divided into two categories: basic needs and luxury needs.

Fulfilling basic needs increases the number of inhabitants in each house. Houses have to be full in order to advance them to higher population tiers.

Fulfilling luxury needs makes population happier and they pay higher taxes in return.

Old World

Farmers needs

	Farmers' Needs
	Need	Consumption rate (per 1 inhabitant per 1 minute)	Number of people moving in:	Happiness	Income	Population requirement
Basic Needs:	Market		5	-
	Fish	0,0025000002	3	-		50
	Work Clothes	0,003076926	2	-		150
Luxury Needs:	Schnapps	0,003333336	-	8		100
	Pub		-	12		150

Workers needs

	Workers' Needs
	Need	Consumption rate (per 1 inhabitant per 1 minute)	Number of people moving in:	Happiness	Income	Population requirement
Basic Needs:	Market		5	-
	Fish	0,0025000002	3	-
	Work Clothes	0,003076926	2	-
	Sausages	0,001000002	3	-		1
	Bread	0,00090909	3	-		150
	Soap	0,000416667	2	-		300
	School		2	-		750
Luxury Needs:	Schnapps	0,003333336	-	4
	Pub		-	6
	Church		-	7		150
	Beer	0,00076923	-	3		500

Artisans needs

	Artisans' Needs
	Need	Consumption rate (per 1 inhabitant per 1 minute)	Number of people moving in:	Happiness	Income	Population requirement
Basic Needs:	Sausages	0,001333334	6	-
	Bread	0,001212122	6	-
	Soap	0,000555556	6	-
	School		4	-
	Canned Food	0,00034188	4	-		1
	Sewing Machines	0,00095238	2	-		250
	Fur Coats	0,000888888	2	-		900
	University		2	-		1500
Luxury Needs:	Church		-	7
	Beer	0,001025642	-	3
	Variety Theatre		-	6		250
	Rum	0,001904762	-	4		500

Engineers needs

	Engineers' Needs
	Need	Consumption rate (per 1 inhabitant per 1 minute)	Number of people moving in:	Happiness	Income	Population requirement
Basic Needs:	Canned Food	0,00051282	12	-
	Sewing Machines	0,0014285715	6	-
	Fur Coats	0,0013333335	6	-
	University		6	-
	Glasses	0,000222222	4	-		1
	Coffee	0,001176471	2	-
	File:Electric works oil 0.pngElectricity		2	-
	Light Bulbs	0,0003124995	2	-
Luxury Needs:	Variety Theatre			6
	Rum	0,002857143		4
	High Wheelers	0,0006250005		5		1000
	Pocket Watches	0,0001960785		3		1750
	Bank			2		3000

Investors needs

	Investors' Needs
	Need	Consumption rate (per 1 inhabitant per 1 minute)	Number of people moving in:	Happiness	Income	Population requirement
Basic Needs:	Glasses	0,0003555552	16	-
	Coffee	0,0018823524	8	-
	File:Electric works oil 0.pngElectricity		8	-
	Light Bulbs	0,000499992	8	-
	File:Champagne 0.pngChampagne	0,0004704	2	-		1
	Cigars	0,000444444	2	-		750
	Chocolate	0,0010666668	2	-		1750
	Steam Carriages	0,000133332	4	-		5000
Luxury Needs:	High Wheelers	0,0009999996	-	4
	Pocket Watches	0,0003137256	-	3
	Bank		-	2
	Club House		-	5		750
	Jewlery	0,0004210524	-	2		1750
	Gramophones	0,00010524	-	4		3000

New World

Jornaleros needs

	Jornaleros' Needs
	Buildings / Goods	Amount	Money	Supply Weight / Happiness Value	Full Weight Population Count	No Weight Population Count
Basic Needs:	Market			5
	Fried Bananas	0.00047619	25	3	100	49
	Ponchos	0.000416667	25	2	300	199
Luxury Needs:	Rum	0.000238095	25	6	200	99
	Chapel			14	300	299

Obreros needs

	Obreros' Nuildings
	Buildings / Goods	Amount	Money	Supply Weight / Happiness Value	Full Weight Population Count	No Weight Population Count
Basic Needs:	Market			5
	Fried Bananas	0.000952381	25	3
	Ponchos	0.000833333	25	2
	Borrito	0.00047619	10	4	300
	Coffee	0.000196079	10	2	600	299
	Bombín	0.000444444	10	2	1000	599
	Sewing Machines	0.000416667	25	2	1500	599
Luxury Needs:	Rum	0.000476191	25	3
	Chapel			7
	Boxing Arena		10	4	600	299
	Beer	0.000444444	30	4	1000	599
	Cigars	0.000185185	35	2	1500	999

Happiness

People don't need to be happy in order to advance to the next tier, only their basic needs have to be fulfilled. Happy population pays higher taxes, is less likely to riot and can organise festivals which boost city attractiveness. Happiness is influenced by five factors:

• Luxury - people want to be supplied with luxury goods like schnapps for farmers and have access to certain public buildings like church for workers
• Island peace - people are happy when the island is safe and there is no war. When island is under attack happiness gets lower and lower the longer a war goes on.
• Working conditions - it's possible to exploit your workers and make them work harder which negatively impacts their happiness; you can also shorten their working time to make them happy
• Pollution - Heavy industry factories generate pollution which lowers both population's happiness and city attractiveness
• News - Newspaper Articles can influence the Happiness of your people. For example, if a fire breaks out, there could be an Article about it which has negative influence on the happiness. However you do have control over those Articles, and can change them if you want, but this may result in protests or even Riots.