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Gumtow
Municipality
Church in Vehlow
Location of Gumtow within Prignitz district
Location of Gumtow
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Coordinates: 52°58′59″N 12°15′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Prignitz
Subdivisions	16 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2024–32)	Oliver Nitschke
Area
• Total	211.66 km2 (81.72 sq mi)
Elevation	61 m (200 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)
• Total	3,183
• Density	15.04/km2 (38.95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	16866
Dialling codes	033977
Vehicle registration	PR
Website	www.gemeinde-gumtow.de

Gumtow is a municipality in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

Demography

• 
  Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
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  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Gumtow: Population development
within the current boundaries (2020)

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1875	7,023	—
1890	6,822	−0.19%
1910	6,741	−0.06%
1925	6,731	−0.01%
1939	6,117	−0.68%
1950	9,754	+4.33%
1964	6,921	−2.42%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1971	6,421	−1.07%
1981	4,990	−2.49%
1985	4,884	−0.54%
1990	4,712	−0.71%
1995	4,449	−1.14%
2000	4,344	−0.48%
2005	3,996	−1.66%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2010	3,668	−1.70%
2015	3,438	−1.29%
2016	3,404	−0.99%
2017	3,370	−1.00%
2018	3,338	−0.95%
2019	3,327	−0.33%
2020	3,312	−0.45%