Heideland is a municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Heideland (Eichholz, Drößig and Fischwasser) were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, they were part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. On 31 December 2001, the municipality of Heideland was formed by merging the municipalities of Eichholz-Drößig and Fischwasser.

Heideland: Population development
within the current boundaries (2017)

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1875 854 —     1890 838 −0.13% 1910 881 +0.25% 1925 918 +0.27% 1933 864 −0.75% 1939 855 −0.17% 1946 1,157 +4.42% 1950 1,085 −1.59% 1964 849 −1.74% 1971 782 −1.17% 1981 666 −1.59% 1985 662 −0.15% 1989 649 −0.49% 1990 648 −0.15%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1991 619 −4.48% 1992 611 −1.29% 1993 613 +0.33% 1994 629 +2.61% 1995 625 −0.64% 1996 609 −2.56% 1997 608 −0.16% 1998 615 +1.15% 1999 604 −1.79% 2000 624 +3.31% 2001 629 +0.80% 2002 618 −1.75% 2003 616 −0.32% 2004 622 +0.97%

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2005 610 −1.93% 2006 593 −2.79% 2007 593 +0.00% 2008 599 +1.01% 2009 579 −3.34% 2010 560 −3.28% 2011 554 −1.07% 2012 554 +0.00% 2013 557 +0.54% 2014 544 −2.33% 2015 532 −2.21% 2016 530 −0.38% 2017 524 −1.13%