Germany

Official name:
Federal Republic of Germany
Name in native language:
Deutschland
Capital:
Berlin
ISO country code
DE
Nat. statistical agency:
Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland
Region:
Western Europe

Census Results

1871-12-01 : 41,058,792
1875-12-01 : 42,727,360
1880-12-01 : 45,234,061
1885-12-01 : 46,855,704
1890-12-01 : 49,428,470
1895-12-02 : 52,279,901
1900-12-01 : 56,367,178
1905-12-01 : 60,641,489
1910-12-01 : 64,925,993
1919-10-08 : 59,189,678
1925-06-16 : 62,410,619
1933-06-16 :
1939-05-17 :
1946-10-29 :
1950-09-13 : 49,842,624
1950-08-31 : 18,388,172
1961-06-06 : 56,174,826
1964-12-31 : 17,011,931
1970-05-27 : 60,650,584
1981-12-31 : 16,705,635
1987-05-25 : 61,077,042

the Federal Republic of Germany

Administrative units

codelandcapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1997-12-31
admin.
population
2007-12-31
admin.
population
2008-12-31
admin.
source: statistical bureaus of the Länder and of the State of Germany.
de-08 »Baden-WürttembergStuttgart35,751.4810,396,61010,749,75510,749,506
de-09 »BayernMünchen70,551.5812,055,12312,520,33212,519,728
de-11  BerlinBerlin891.543,445,0333,416,2553,431,675
de-12 »BrandenburgPotsdam29,480.972,563,4072,535,7372,522,493
de-04 »BremenBremen404.28676,069663,082661,866
de-02  HamburgHamburg755.161,707,3561,770,6291,772,100
de-06 »HessenWiesbaden21,114.756,031,3506,072,5556,064,953
de-13 »Mecklenburg-VorpommernSchwerin23,186.291,812,5061,679,6821,664,356
de-03 »NiedersachsenHannover47,626.607,830,2747,971,6847,947,244
de-05 »Nordrhein-WestfalenDüsseldorf34,088.4317,961,10117,996,62117,933,064
de-07 »Rheinland-PfalzMainz19,853.704,010,0594,045,6434,028,351
de-10 »SaarlandSaarbrücken2,568.651,082,4871,036,5981,030,324
de-14 »SachsenDresden18,419.484,536,1724,220,2004,192,801
de-15 »Sachsen-AnhaltMagdeburg20,447.642,714,2672,412,4722,381,872
de-01 »Schleswig-HolsteinKiel15,799.222,749,3832,837,3732,834,260
de-16 »ThüringenErfurt16,172.142,484,5382,289,2192,267,763
 total 357,111.9182,501,00082,217,83782,002,356

Main cities

namepopulation
1992-12-31
admin.
population
2000-12-31
admin.
population
2007-12-31
admin.
Berlin3,465,7483,382,1693,416,255
Hamburg1,688,7851,715,3921,770,629
München [EN Munich]1,256,6381,210,2231,311,573
Köln [EN Cologne]960,631962,884995,397
Frankfurt am Main663,952646,550659,021
Essen627,269595,243582,140
Dortmund600,669588,994586,909
Stuttgart599,415582,443597,176
Düsseldorf578,135569,364581,122
Bremen554,377539,403547,769
Hannover523,627515,001518,069
Duisburg539,094514,915496,665
Leipzig496,647493,208510,512
Nürnberg500,198488,400503,110
Dresden481,676477,807507,513
Bochum400,356391,147381,542
Wuppertal388,102366,434356,420
Bielefeld324,287321,758324,912
Mannheim318,446307,730309,795
Bonn298,227302,247316,416
Gelsenkirchen295,368278,695264,765
Karlsruhe279,329277,204288,917
Wiesbaden268,069270,109275,849
Münster267,072265,609272,951
Mönchengladbach265,069263,014260,018
Augsburg264,852254,982262,992
Aachen245,627244,386259,030
source: statistical bureaus of the Länder and of the State of Germany.