Germany

Census Results


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

General Information


Official name Federal Republic of Germany
Official name [native] Bundesrepublik Deutschland (die) «German»
Capital Berlin
Capital [native] Berlin «German»
Region Western Europe
ISO code DE
Statistical agency Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland

Name in Chinese 德意志联邦共和国
Name in Arabic جمهورية ألمانيا الاتحادية
Name in Spanish la República Federal de Alemania
Name in Russian Федеративая Республика Германия
Name in French la République fédérale d'Allemagne

Administrative units

codelandcapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1997-12-31
admin.		population
2007-12-31
admin.		population
2011-12-31
admin.
de-08 »Baden-WürttembergStuttgart35,751.4810,396,61010,749,75510,786,227
de-09 »BayernMünchen70,550.1112,055,12312,520,33212,595,891
de-11BerlinBerlin887.703,445,0333,416,2553,501,872
de-12 »BrandenburgPotsdam29,483.132,563,4072,535,7372,495,635
de-04 »BremenBremen419.24676,069663,082661,301
de-02HamburgHamburg755.161,707,3561,770,6291,798,836
de-06 »HessenWiesbaden21,114.916,031,3506,072,5556,092,126
de-13 »Mecklenburg-VorpommernSchwerin23,190.761,812,5061,679,6821,634,734
de-03 »NiedersachsenHannover47,612.887,830,2747,971,6847,913,502
de-05 »Nordrhein-WestfalenDüsseldorf34,092.2517,961,10117,996,62117,841,956
de-07 »Rheinland-PfalzMainz19,854.064,010,0594,045,6433,999,117
de-10 »SaarlandSaarbrücken2,568.751,082,4871,036,5981,013,352
de-14 »SachsenDresden18,419.714,536,1724,220,2004,137,051
de-15 »Sachsen-AnhaltMagdeburg20,449.542,714,2672,412,4722,313,280
de-01 »Schleswig-HolsteinKiel15,799.252,749,3832,837,3732,837,641
de-16 »ThüringenErfurt16,172.502,484,5382,289,2192,221,222
 total 357,121.4182,501,00082,217,83781,843,743
source: statistical bureaus of the Länder and of the State of Germany.

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
München1,256,6381,210,2231,311,573
Köln960,631962,884995,397
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.