# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by population density, 2024

All 38 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_density`
- Unit: inhabitants per km²
- Definition: Resident population divided by land area in km². World Bank figures use mid-year population and land area excluding inland water.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population density by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_d3dens) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_d3dens/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Population density by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_d3dens). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_d3dens/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-density/germany-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population-density/germany-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | inhabitants per km² |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Berlin | 4,342.6 |
| 2 | Hamburg | 2,615.6 |
| 3 | Bremen | 1,799.9 |
| 4 | Düsseldorf | 1,013.9 |
| 5 | Köln | 614.6 |
| 6 | Darmstadt | 545.2 |
| 7 | Arnsberg | 448 |
| 8 | Karlsruhe | 414.9 |
| 9 | Saarland | 395 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 394.9 |
| 11 | Münster | 384.9 |
| 12 | Detmold | 319 |
| 13 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 305 |
| 14 | Oberbayern | 276.1 |
| 15 | Leipzig | 274.6 |
| 16 | Freiburg | 250.8 |
| 17 | Mittelfranken | 248.6 |
| 18 | Hannover | 236.2 |
| 19 | Tübingen | 219.1 |
| 20 | Chemnitz | 213.7 |
| 21 | Dresden | 204.3 |
| 22 | Braunschweig | 196.7 |
| 23 | Schwaben | 194.9 |
| 24 | Gießen | 193.6 |
| 25 | Schleswig-Holstein | 191.9 |
| 26 | Koblenz | 190.7 |
| 27 | Weser-Ems | 172.5 |
| 28 | Unterfranken | 155 |
| 29 | Oberfranken | 146.3 |
| 30 | Kassel | 145.3 |
| 31 | Thüringen | 130.8 |
| 32 | Niederbayern | 122.4 |
| 33 | Oberpfalz | 116 |
| 34 | Lüneburg | 111.9 |
| 35 | Trier | 107.3 |
| 36 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 105.7 |
| 37 | Brandenburg | 88.1 |
| 38 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 69.8 |