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Brandenburg population 2026
Brandenburg has 2,556,747 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 2,283 more than a year earlier (+0.09%). It is 10th of Germany’s 16 states by population, home to 3.1% of Germany’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 2.6 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Brandenburg in numbers
- Population
- 2.6 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- +0.09% +2,283 people
- Change since 2020
- +1.38% from 2.5 million
- Share of Germany
- 3.1% 10th of 16 states
- Population density
- 87per km² 29,479 km²
That is about as many people as Botswana (2.6 million).
Population of Brandenburg by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,453,180 |
| 2014 | 2,449,193 |
| 2015 | 2,457,872 |
| 2016 | 2,484,826 |
| 2017 | 2,494,648 |
| 2018 | 2,504,040 |
| 2019 | 2,511,917 |
| 2020 | 2,521,893 |
| 2021 | 2,531,071 |
| 2022 | 2,537,868 |
| 2023 | 2,545,159 |
| 2024 | 2,554,464 |
| 2025 | 2,556,747 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,556,747 | +2,283 | +0.09% |
| 2024 | 2,554,464 | +9,305 | +0.37% |
| 2023 | 2,545,159 | +7,291 | +0.29% |
| 2022 | 2,537,868 | +6,797 | +0.27% |
| 2021 | 2,531,071 | +9,178 | +0.36% |
| 2020 | 2,521,893 | +9,976 | +0.40% |
| 2019 | 2,511,917 | +7,877 | +0.31% |
| 2018 | 2,504,040 | +9,392 | +0.38% |
| 2017 | 2,494,648 | +9,822 | +0.40% |
| 2016 | 2,484,826 | +26,954 | +1.10% |
| 2015 | 2,457,872 | +8,679 | +0.35% |
| 2014 | 2,449,193 | – | – |
| 2012 | 2,453,180 | – | – |
Brandenburg 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 |
Largest cities in Brandenburg
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Potsdam184,754
- Cottbus84,754
- Brandenburg an der Havel59,826
- Frankfurt (Oder)57,107
- Eberswalde41,980
- Oranienburg40,793
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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: Brandenburg population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/germany/brandenburg/
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