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Federal States (Bundesländer)

The population of the German states according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Estimate (E) 1990-12-31	Population Estimate (E) 2001-12-31	Population Census (C) 2011-05-09	Population Census (C) 2022-05-15	Population Estimate (E) 2025-12-31
Baden-Württemberg	BW	BL	Stuttgart	35,748	9,822,027	10,600,906	10,486,660	11,104,040	11,238,761	3574800	→
Bayern [Bavaria]	BY	BL	München	70,542	11,448,823	12,329,714	12,397,614	13,038,724	13,245,503	7054200	→
Berlin	BE	BL	Berlin	891	3,433,695	3,388,434	3,292,365	3,596,999	3,700,577	89100	→
Brandenburg	BB	BL	Potsdam	29,654	2,589,504	2,593,040	2,455,780	2,534,075	2,551,889	2965400	→
Bremen	HB	BL	Bremen	420	681,665	659,651	650,863	693,204	706,915	42000	→
Hamburg	HH	BL	Hamburg	755	1,652,363	1,726,363	1,706,696	1,808,846	1,869,473	75500	→
Hessen [Hesse]	HE	BL	Wiesbaden	21,116	5,763,310	6,077,826	5,971,816	6,207,278	6,278,594	2111600	→
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]	MV	BL	Schwerin	23,295	1,906,710	1,759,877	1,609,982	1,570,817	1,573,685	2329500	→
Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony]	NI	BL	Hannover	47,710	7,393,302	7,956,416	7,777,992	7,943,265	8,000,826	4771000	→
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]	NW	BL	Düsseldorf	34,112	17,349,651	18,052,092	17,538,251	17,890,489	17,986,214	3411200	→
Rheinland-Pfalz [Rhineland-Palatinate]	RP	BL	Mainz	19,858	3,763,510	4,049,066	3,989,808	4,094,169	4,123,022	1985800	→
Saarland	SL	BL	Saarbrücken	2,572	1,072,963	1,066,470	999,623	1,006,864	1,007,342	257200	→
Sachsen [Saxony]	SN	BL	Dresden	18,450	4,775,873	4,384,192	4,056,799	4,038,131	4,026,599	1845000	→
Sachsen-Anhalt [Saxony-Anhalt]	ST	BL	Magdeburg	20,555	2,873,957	2,580,626	2,287,040	2,146,443	2,120,252	2055500	→
Schleswig-Holstein	SH	BL	Kiel	15,804	2,626,127	2,804,249	2,800,119	2,927,542	2,958,519	1580400	→
Thüringen [Thuringia]	TH	BL	Erfurt	16,202	2,599,747	2,411,387	2,188,589	2,110,396	2,078,946	1620200	→
Germany	DEU	Fed Rep	Berlin	357,684	79,753,227	82,440,309	80,219,695	82,711,282	83,467,117		→

The 2022 total population of Germany exclude 8,258 persons posted abroad.
Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2025-12-31
1	Berlin	BE	3,700,577
2	Hamburg	HH	1,869,473
3	München	BY	1,505,036
4	Köln	NW	1,025,523
5	Frankfurt am Main	HE	760,656
6	Düsseldorf	NW	619,444
7	Leipzig	SN	615,932
8	Stuttgart	BW	609,365
9	Dortmund	NW	600,880
10	Bremen	HB	588,413
11	Essen	NW	573,618
12	Dresden	SN	562,764

Contents: Cities

The population of all cities in Germany with more than 50,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 1990-12-31	Population Estimate (E) 2001-12-31	Population Census (C) 2011-05-09	Population Census (C) 2022-05-15	Population Estimate (E) 2025-12-31	Area
Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle]	City	NW	241,861	245,778	236,420	261,178	263,703	16085	→
Aalen	City	BW	64,781	66,559	66,318	67,139	67,675	14658	→
Ahlen	City	NW	54,169	55,481	52,280	52,669	52,387	12313	→
Arnsberg	City	NW	75,864	77,396	74,383	74,861	74,479	19372	→
Aschaffenburg	CityCR	BY	64,098	68,361	67,359	71,692	73,326	6245	→
Augsburg	CityCR	BY	256,877	257,836	267,767	294,647	301,786	14685	→
Baden-Baden	CityCR	BW	51,849	53,084	52,314	55,887	56,952	14019	→
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe	City	HE	51,820	52,858	51,370	54,795	56,938	5114	→
Bad Kreuznach	City	RP	44,562	43,265	43,244	53,062	54,347	5556	→
Bad Oeynhausen	City	NW	46,475	49,850	48,623	50,394	50,515	6483	→
Bad Salzuflen	City	NW	53,771	55,088	52,285	53,889	53,807	10005	→
Bamberg	CityCR	BY	70,521	69,396	70,635	72,764	77,218	5462	→
Bayreuth	CityCR	BY	72,345	74,519	70,808	72,289	72,919	6689	→
Bergheim	City	NW	58,146	63,591	58,922	61,449	61,976	9634	→
Bergisch Gladbach	City	NW	104,037	105,569	108,878	110,898	111,174	8309	→
Berlin	CityCR	BE	3,433,695	3,388,434	3,292,365	3,596,999	3,700,577	89112	→
Bielefeld	CityCR	NW	319,037	323,373	326,870	330,072	331,419	25883	→
Böblingen	City	BW	44,903	45,940	44,859	50,705	51,204	3904	→
Bocholt	City	NW	68,936	72,701	71,256	71,985	73,048	11941	→
Bochum	CityCR	NW	396,486	390,087	362,286	354,288	358,880	14566	→
Bonn	CityCR	NW	292,234	306,016	305,765	321,544	323,587	14106	→
Bottrop	CityCR	NW	118,936	120,780	117,311	117,921	118,482	10061	→
Brandenburg an der Havel	CityCR	BB	92,491	77,245	71,569	73,552	73,945	22973	→
Braunschweig [Brunswick]	CityCR	NI	258,833	245,516	242,537	252,816	252,811	19270	→
Bremen	CityCR	HB	551,219	540,950	542,707	575,071	588,413	32617	→
Bremerhaven	CityCR	HB	130,446	118,701	108,156	118,133	118,502	9377	→
Castrop-Rauxel	City	NW	79,037	78,471	74,629	72,839	72,353	5168	→
Celle	City	NI	72,260	71,949	69,001	66,610	66,930	17602	→
Chemnitz	CityCR	SN	315,277	255,798	240,253	240,078	247,252	22103	→
Cottbus (Chóśebuz)	CityCR	BB	134,246	111,125	99,984	93,926	95,140	16561	→
Darmstadt	CityCR	HE	138,920	138,457	143,499	161,767	168,253	12207	→
Delmenhorst	CityCR	NI	75,154	76,284	73,322	80,845	81,274	6245	→
Dessau-Roßlau	CityCR	ST	114,130	97,627	86,030	75,938	75,035	24578	→
Detmold	City	NW	70,074	73,771	73,743	74,486	74,438	12939	→
Dinslaken	City	NW	65,313	71,005	67,853	66,606	66,869	4766	→
Dormagen	City	NW	58,260	63,295	62,208	64,259	63,619	8550	→
Dorsten	City	NW	78,035	81,293	76,860	74,257	74,783	17120	→
Dortmund	CityCR	NW	599,055	589,240	571,143	598,246	600,880	28071	→
Dresden	CityCR	SN	511,110	478,631	512,354	557,782	562,764	32848	→
Duisburg	CityCR	NW	535,447	512,030	488,468	501,415	500,810	23284	→
Düren	City	NW	86,508	92,292	88,789	94,149	94,539	8501	→
Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf]	CityCR	NW	575,794	570,765	586,291	611,258	619,444	21741	→
Elmshorn	City	SH	43,689	47,603	47,459	51,248	51,375	2136	→
Erfurt	CityCR	TH	224,461	200,126	200,868	218,200	217,159	26991	→
Erlangen	CityCR	BY	102,440	101,912	103,719	112,220	116,450	7696	→
Eschweiler	City	NW	54,675	55,257	54,671	57,093	57,573	7575	→
Essen	CityCR	NW	626,973	591,889	566,201	571,039	573,618	21034	→
Esslingen am Neckar	City	BW	91,685	90,905	86,885	94,442	95,419	4643	→
Euskirchen	City	NW	49,654	54,047	55,414	58,697	59,977	13949	→
Flensburg	CityCR	SH	86,977	84,480	82,258	95,015	95,568	5673	→
Frankfurt (Oder)	CityCR	BB	86,131	70,308	59,140	55,841	56,586	14785	→
Frankfurt am Main	CityCR	HE	644,865	641,076	667,925	743,268	760,656	24831	→
Frechen	City	NW	44,360	47,382	49,657	51,863	51,927	4506	→
Freiburg im Breisgau	CityCR	BW	191,029	208,294	209,628	233,040	238,299	15304	→
Friedrichshafen	City	BW	54,129	57,538	56,937	61,780	62,781	6993	→
Fulda	City	HE	56,289	62,819	64,414	64,688	65,755	10405	→
Fürth	CityCR	BY	103,362	111,257	115,613	130,126	131,344	6335	→
Garbsen	City	NI	60,776	63,271	59,499	59,534	60,007	7949	→
Gelsenkirchen	CityCR	NW	293,714	276,740	258,766	264,130	266,199	10494	→
Gera	CityCR	TH	134,116	109,926	96,067	93,120	95,162	15218	→
Gießen	City	HE	74,497	73,295	74,776	87,217	88,544	7261	→
Gladbeck	City	NW	80,267	77,460	73,974	75,515	75,647	3597	→
Göppingen	City	BW	54,957	57,536	55,037	57,809	58,678	5921	→
Görlitz	City	SN	75,991	60,264	54,441	54,664	55,065	6753	→
Göttingen	City	NI	121,831	123,822	115,843	124,548	130,521	11702	→
Greifswald	City	MV	66,251	53,533	55,447	55,617	56,154	5081	→
Grevenbroich	City	NW	60,835	65,039	61,741	65,230	65,605	10252	→
Gronau (Westf.)	City	NW	40,687	45,290	45,494	49,506	50,349	7882	→
Gummersbach	City	NW	50,965	53,355	49,951	51,327	51,332	9541	→
Gütersloh	City	NW	86,807	95,459	94,172	99,344	99,854	11202	→
Hagen	CityCR	NW	214,449	202,060	187,944	189,614	189,983	16045	→
Halle (Saale)	CityCR	ST	310,234	243,045	229,153	226,586	226,186	13556	→
Hamburg	CityCR	HH	1,652,363	1,726,363	1,706,696	1,808,846	1,869,473	75509	→
Hameln	City	NI	58,539	59,052	56,756	58,123	58,152	10253	→
Hamm	CityCR	NW	179,639	183,805	176,037	179,070	179,108	22643	→
Hanau	City	HE	86,913	88,801	86,803	93,632	98,582	7628	→
Hannover [Hanover]	City	NI	513,010	516,415	506,416	513,291	522,803	20430	→
Hattingen	City	NW	58,241	58,023	54,253	52,758	52,969	7167	→
Heidelberg	CityCR	BW	136,796	141,509	146,751	153,809	156,092	10883	→
Heidenheim an der Brenz	City	BW	50,532	50,963	46,085	49,964	50,612	10709	→
Heilbronn	CityCR	BW	115,843	120,163	116,059	128,303	132,516	9989	→
Herford	City	NW	63,893	65,097	65,213	66,985	67,074	7915	→
Herne	CityCR	NW	178,132	174,018	155,160	155,446	156,266	5142	→
Herten	City	NW	69,245	66,495	61,505	61,062	60,707	3733	→
Hilden	City	NW	54,782	56,615	54,390	55,085	54,859	2595	→
Hildesheim	City	NI	105,291	103,717	99,554	97,716	98,207	9229	→
Hürth	City	NW	50,808	54,095	55,082	61,209	61,732	5122	→
Ibbenbüren	City	NW	44,643	49,485	50,569	50,618	51,596	10887	→
Ingolstadt	CityCR	BY	105,489	117,311	124,927	136,468	140,799	13335	→
Iserlohn	City	NW	96,314	98,865	94,630	91,941	91,317	12549	→
Jena	CityCR	TH	105,610	101,157	105,739	110,369	109,353	11477	→
Kaiserslautern	CityCR	RP	99,351	99,794	96,340	99,689	100,247	13970	→
Karlsruhe	CityCR	BW	275,061	279,578	289,173	305,408	309,247	17342	→
Kassel	CityCR	HE	194,268	194,748	190,765	195,012	196,799	10679	→
Kempten (Allgäu)	CityCR	BY	61,906	61,505	64,078	65,050	67,916	6328	→
Kerpen	City	NW	57,337	63,652	63,273	65,763	66,377	11396	→
Kiel	CityCR	SH	245,567	232,242	235,782	249,132	251,842	11865	→
Kleve	City	NW	45,963	49,031	47,438	52,208	53,094	9776	→
Koblenz	CityCR	RP	108,733	107,730	107,825	112,963	113,020	10525	→
Köln [Cologne]	CityCR	NW	953,551	967,940	1,005,775	1,017,355	1,025,523	40502	→
Konstanz	City	BW	75,089	79,240	77,796	86,437	86,691	5412	→
Krefeld	CityCR	NW	244,020	239,559	222,247	230,666	230,738	13778	→
Lahr/Schwarzwald	City	BW	34,719	43,080	42,517	49,103	51,208	6984	→
Landshut	CityCR	BY	59,066	59,513	63,544	67,880	71,922	6583	→
Langenfeld (Rheinland)	City	NW	53,455	58,757	56,829	59,650	59,821	4115	→
Langenhagen	City	NI	47,432	49,506	50,821	53,711	54,059	7197	→
Leipzig	CityCR	SN	556,754	493,052	502,979	598,899	615,932	29780	→
Leverkusen	CityCR	NW	160,919	160,829	158,984	166,356	168,299	7887	→
Lingen (Ems)	City	NI	49,137	51,362	51,821	55,092	56,539	17619	→
Lippstadt	City	NW	62,345	67,231	65,886	68,100	68,383	11368	→
Lörrach	City	BW	42,500	46,272	47,602	49,541	51,274	3937	→
Lübeck	CityCR	SH	214,758	213,496	210,305	215,958	217,061	21419	→
Lüdenscheid	City	NW	79,401	80,509	73,762	71,688	70,810	8702	→
Ludwigsburg	City	BW	82,343	87,502	86,139	91,810	93,002	4334	→
Ludwigshafen am Rhein	CityCR	RP	162,173	162,458	157,584	172,889	177,355	7743	→
Lüneburg	City	NI	61,870	68,234	69,905	72,870	74,502	7050	→
Lünen	City	NW	87,845	92,005	86,010	85,234	85,844	5939	→
Magdeburg	CityCR	ST	280,536	229,755	228,144	241,517	244,494	20168	→
Mainz	CityCR	RP	179,486	185,293	200,344	220,386	223,888	9773	→
Mannheim	CityCR	BW	310,411	308,385	290,117	313,693	319,536	14497	→
Marburg	City	HE	74,146	77,556	71,683	72,768	73,571	12391	→
Marl	City	NW	91,467	92,628	84,782	85,684	86,899	8776	→
Meerbusch	City	NW	52,104	55,172	54,313	56,999	56,947	6440	→
Menden (Sauerland)	City	NW	56,527	59,183	54,495	52,434	52,121	8610	→
Minden	City	NW	78,145	82,898	80,121	83,743	83,598	10112	→
Moers	City	NW	104,595	107,421	104,009	100,465	101,298	6764	→
Mönchengladbach	CityCR	NW	259,436	262,963	255,188	264,089	267,176	17047	→
Mülheim an der Ruhr	CityCR	NW	177,681	172,332	166,865	171,435	171,674	9128	→
München [Munich]	CityCR	BY	1,229,026	1,227,958	1,348,335	1,478,638	1,505,036	31070	→
Münster	CityCR	NW	259,438	267,197	289,576	303,772	306,368	30328	→
Neubrandenburg	City	MV	89,284	71,723	64,111	59,794	59,494	8612	→
Neumünster	CityCR	SH	80,743	79,646	77,249	79,625	80,145	7166	→
Neuss	City	NW	147,019	150,957	150,568	153,079	153,767	9952	→
Neustadt an der Weinstraße	CityCR	RP	51,988	53,822	52,164	52,778	52,882	11709	→
Neu-Ulm	City	BY	46,264	50,709	52,706	60,597	62,843	8095	→
Neuwied	City	RP	62,075	67,011	64,144	66,125	67,201	8650	→
Norderstedt	City	SH	68,450	72,016	73,913	80,316	83,196	5810	→
Nordhorn	City	NI	49,359	52,479	52,029	55,724	57,372	14986	→
Nürnberg [Nuremberg]	CityCR	BY	493,692	491,307	486,314	522,554	531,159	18644	→
Oberhausen	CityCR	NW	223,840	221,619	210,216	212,127	213,178	7709	→
Offenbach am Main	CityCR	HE	114,992	118,429	113,443	129,479	133,195	4488	→
Offenburg	City	BW	52,964	58,280	57,228	62,220	63,437	7837	→
Oldenburg (Oldb)	CityCR	NI	143,131	155,908	157,267	172,759	177,055	10309	→
Osnabrück	CityCR	NI	163,168	164,195	153,699	164,898	166,257	11980	→
Paderborn	City	NW	120,680	140,869	142,365	155,516	155,906	17959	→
Passau	CityCR	BY	50,328	50,669	48,649	51,907	53,523	6956	→
Peine	City	NI	46,654	49,499	48,582	50,276	51,005	11984	→
Pforzheim	CityCR	BW	112,944	118,002	114,411	133,110	134,422	9799	→
Plauen	City	SN	76,677	71,155	64,468	64,674	64,893	10211	→
Potsdam	CityCR	BB	147,279	141,907	156,021	182,806	185,137	18824	→
Pulheim	City	NW	49,353	53,441	52,929	55,199	55,979	7215	→
Rastatt	City	BW	42,376	46,264	46,648	50,546	50,753	5898	→
Ratingen	City	NW	91,007	91,793	86,967	88,425	88,914	8874	→
Ravensburg	City	BW	45,650	47,974	48,393	49,896	50,549	9205	→
Recklinghausen	City	NW	125,060	124,587	115,958	115,216	114,851	6650	→
Regensburg	CityCR	BY	121,691	127,198	135,403	145,901	151,517	8086	→
Remscheid	CityCR	NW	123,155	118,753	110,708	113,743	113,333	7452	→
Reutlingen	City	BW	103,687	111,338	109,799	116,925	119,040	8704	→
Rheine	City	NW	70,452	75,925	72,749	76,344	77,552	14500	→
Rosenheim	CityCR	BY	56,340	59,310	59,329	63,284	65,808	3722	→
Rostock	CityCR	MV	248,088	198,964	200,265	203,470	204,929	18138	→
Rüsselsheim am Main	City	HE	59,430	59,551	58,765	64,517	66,028	5829	→
Saarbrücken	City	SL	191,694	182,858	175,853	179,296	182,859	16752	→
Salzgitter	CityCR	NI	114,355	111,696	98,895	104,215	104,433	22448	→
Sankt Augustin	City	NW	51,886	55,539	53,850	55,985	56,033	3422	→
Schwäbisch Gmünd	City	BW	60,081	61,873	58,105	63,449	63,930	11381	→
Schweinfurt	CityCR	BY	54,483	54,568	52,143	53,242	54,539	3570	→
Schwerin	CityCR	MV	127,447	99,978	91,293	96,447	97,922	13052	→
Siegen	City	NW	109,174	108,397	99,187	102,275	102,450	11469	→
Sindelfingen	City	BW	58,805	60,878	60,534	60,545	61,428	5083	→
Solingen	CityCR	NW	165,401	165,032	155,265	164,621	164,621	8954	→
Stolberg (Rhld.)	City	NW	57,231	58,718	56,206	57,165	57,678	9848	→
Stralsund	City	MV	72,780	59,970	56,729	53,996	55,481	5459	→
Stuttgart	CityCR	BW	579,988	587,152	585,890	610,458	609,365	20733	→
Trier	CityCR	RP	97,835	100,024	105,671	102,727	105,054	11706	→
Troisdorf	City	NW	64,430	73,282	72,408	75,335	75,742	6200	→
Tübingen	City	BW	80,372	82,444	82,511	90,499	92,607	10807	→
Ulm	CityCR	BW	110,529	118,347	116,761	127,116	130,288	11868	→
Unna	City	NW	61,552	70,117	59,149	59,515	57,961	8856	→
Velbert	City	NW	89,253	89,823	81,303	82,319	82,166	7490	→
Viersen	City	NW	77,453	77,259	74,941	76,146	78,227	9110	→
Villingen-Schwenningen	City	BW	78,218	81,691	80,123	87,478	89,766	16553	→
Waiblingen	City	BW	48,387	52,536	51,552	57,280	57,186	4275	→
Weimar	CityCR	TH	64,246	63,522	62,764	65,494	65,566	8447	→
Wesel	City	NW	59,631	62,151	60,335	59,988	60,717	12256	→
Wetzlar	City	HE	51,737	52,657	50,826	53,116	54,865	7565	→
Wiesbaden	CityCR	HE	260,301	271,076	269,121	284,260	288,584	20387	→
Wilhelmshaven	CityCR	NI	90,561	84,994	77,451	75,366	75,324	10711	→
Witten	City	NW	105,403	103,158	96,382	91,735	91,474	7240	→
Wolfenbüttel	City	NI	52,032	54,517	51,756	51,750	52,511	7874	→
Wolfsburg	CityCR	NI	128,510	121,887	119,984	127,145	129,813	20462	→
Worms	CityCR	RP	76,503	80,625	79,207	84,986	86,921	10873	→
Wuppertal	CityCR	NW	383,660	364,784	342,661	356,768	357,243	16839	→
Würzburg	CityCR	BY	127,777	129,915	124,297	131,316	133,753	8760	→
Zwickau	City	SN	122,979	101,726	93,081	87,020	86,405	10258	→

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland, Statistische Landesämter.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	41,184,322
Females	42,282,795

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-17 years	13,875,964
18-64 years	50,271,770
65+ years	19,319,383

Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years	841,461
80-89 years	5,199,708
70-79 years	7,338,931
60-69 years	11,058,980
50-59 years	12,924,530
40-49 years	9,998,829
30-39 years	10,853,861
20-29 years	9,157,791
10-19 years	7,579,401
0-9 years	7,757,794

Religion (C 2022)
Roman Catholics	20,746,952
Protestants	19,127,353
Other / No / Unknown	42,836,966

Citizenship (C 2022)
Germany	71,797,936
EU 27 (2020)	4,306,992
Other Citizenship	6,606,354

Citizenship (C 2022)
German	71,797,936
Poland	722,892
Turkey	1,298,957
Romania	730,512
Ukraine	645,389
Syria	790,422
Italy	575,829
Other country	6,149,345

Region of Birth (C 2022)
Germany	67,123,975
EU 27 (2020)	5,665,079
Other country	9,922,228

Country of Birth (C 2022)
Germany	67,123,975
Poland	1,811,808
Turkey	1,349,212
Russia	1,072,943
Romania	914,149
Kazakhstan	884,814
Ukraine	763,412
Syria	756,895
Italy	438,414
Other country	7,595,660