 In 1998, 782 people were living in Rothselberg, and in 2005 the inhabitants numbered 795.The inhabitants’ voting patterns in earlier years exhibited a moderate conservative tendency, but since then, there has been a strong swing to support for the left-of-centre Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).The following table shows population figures for Rothselberg over the centuries, and in some instances breaks the population down by religious affiliation