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Berlin population 2026
Berlin has 3,685,265 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 22,884 more than a year earlier (+0.63%). It is 8th of Germany’s 16 states by population, home to 4.4% of Germany’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 3.7 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Berlin in numbers
- Population
- 3.7 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- +0.63% +22,884 people
- Change since 2020
- +0.43% from 3.7 million
- Share of Germany
- 4.4% 8th of 16 states
- Population density
- 4,136per km² 891 km²
That is about as many people as Eritrea (3.7 million).
Population of Berlin by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,326,002 |
| 2014 | 3,421,829 |
| 2015 | 3,469,849 |
| 2016 | 3,520,031 |
| 2017 | 3,574,830 |
| 2018 | 3,613,495 |
| 2019 | 3,644,826 |
| 2020 | 3,669,491 |
| 2021 | 3,664,088 |
| 2022 | 3,677,472 |
| 2023 | 3,632,853 |
| 2024 | 3,662,381 |
| 2025 | 3,685,265 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,685,265 | +22,884 | +0.62% |
| 2024 | 3,662,381 | +29,528 | +0.81% |
| 2023 | 3,632,853 | −44,619 | −1.21% |
| 2022 | 3,677,472 | +13,384 | +0.37% |
| 2021 | 3,664,088 | −5,403 | −0.15% |
| 2020 | 3,669,491 | +24,665 | +0.68% |
| 2019 | 3,644,826 | +31,331 | +0.87% |
| 2018 | 3,613,495 | +38,665 | +1.08% |
| 2017 | 3,574,830 | +54,799 | +1.56% |
| 2016 | 3,520,031 | +50,182 | +1.45% |
| 2015 | 3,469,849 | +48,020 | +1.40% |
| 2014 | 3,421,829 | – | – |
| 2012 | 3,326,002 | – | – |
Berlin among Germany’s states
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Rhine-Westphalia | 18,034,454 | +0.09% | 21.6% | 529 |
| 2 | Bavaria | 13,248,928 | +0.55% | 15.9% | 188 |
| 3 | Baden-Württemberg | 11,245,898 | +0.14% | 13.5% | 315 |
| 4 | Lower Saxony | 8,004,489 | −0.05% | 9.6% | 168 |
| 5 | Hesse | 6,280,793 | +0.21% | 7.5% | 298 |
| 6 | Rhineland-Palatinate | 4,129,569 | +0.11% | 4.9% | 208 |
| 7 | Saxony | 4,042,422 | −0.30% | 4.8% | 220 |
| 8 | Berlin | 3,685,265 | +0.63% | 4.4% | 4,136 |
| 9 | Schleswig-Holstein | 2,959,517 | +0.21% | 3.5% | 187 |
| 10 | Brandenburg | 2,556,747 | +0.09% | 3.1% | 87 |
| 11 | Saxony-Anhalt | 2,135,597 | −0.42% | 2.6% | 104 |
| 12 | Thuringia | 2,100,277 | −0.69% | 2.5% | 130 |
| 13 | Hamburg | 1,862,565 | +0.59% | 2.2% | 2,467 |
| 14 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1,573,597 | −0.28% | 1.9% | 68 |
| 15 | Saarland | 1,012,141 | −0.19% | 1.2% | 394 |
| 16 | Bremen | 704,881 | +0.32% | 0.8% | 1,681 |
Air quality in Berlin today
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Source and method
Eurostat, population on 1 January by NUTS region (demo_r_d2jan). Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0). Total area, Wikidata. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Germany, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.
Cite this page: Berlin population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/germany/berlin/
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