# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by population, 2025

All 38 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/germany-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/germany-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Düsseldorf | 5,244,379 |
| 2 | Oberbayern | 4,764,548 |
| 3 | Köln | 4,486,282 |
| 4 | Stuttgart | 4,167,550 |
| 5 | Darmstadt | 4,039,611 |
| 6 | Berlin | 3,685,265 |
| 7 | Arnsberg | 3,571,898 |
| 8 | Schleswig-Holstein | 2,959,517 |
| 9 | Karlsruhe | 2,848,413 |
| 10 | Münster | 2,659,034 |
| 11 | Weser-Ems | 2,569,485 |
| 12 | Brandenburg | 2,556,747 |
| 13 | Freiburg | 2,325,856 |
| 14 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 2,135,597 |
| 15 | Hannover | 2,123,689 |
| 16 | Thüringen | 2,100,277 |
| 17 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 2,073,778 |
| 18 | Detmold | 2,072,861 |
| 19 | Schwaben | 1,933,313 |
| 20 | Tübingen | 1,904,079 |
| 21 | Hamburg | 1,862,565 |
| 22 | Mittelfranken | 1,795,909 |
| 23 | Lüneburg | 1,721,892 |
| 24 | Braunschweig | 1,589,423 |
| 25 | Dresden | 1,584,687 |
| 26 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1,573,597 |
| 27 | Koblenz | 1,530,208 |
| 28 | Chemnitz | 1,386,336 |
| 29 | Unterfranken | 1,318,817 |
| 30 | Niederbayern | 1,259,204 |
| 31 | Kassel | 1,200,892 |
| 32 | Oberpfalz | 1,121,379 |
| 33 | Leipzig | 1,071,399 |
| 34 | Oberfranken | 1,055,758 |
| 35 | Gießen | 1,040,290 |
| 36 | Saarland | 1,012,141 |
| 37 | Bremen | 704,881 |
| 38 | Trier | 525,583 |