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Bremen population 2026

Q: What is the population of Bremen in 2026?

The latest official figure is 704,881, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Bremen would have about 708 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Bremen has 704,881 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 2,226 more than a year earlier (+0.32%). It is 16th of Germany’s 16 states by population, home to 0.8% of Germany’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 708 thousand by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Bremen in numbers

Population: 705 thousand 1 January 2025
Change in a year: +0.32% +2,226 people
Change since 2020: +3.48% from 681 thousand
Share of Germany: 0.8% 16th of 16 states
Population density: 1,681per km² 419 km²

That is about as many people as Luxembourg (687 thousand).

Population of Bremen by year

705k

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2012	652,182
2014	657,391
2015	661,888
2016	671,489
2017	678,753
2018	681,032
2019	682,986
2020	681,202
2021	680,130
2022	676,463
2023	695,758
2024	702,655
2025	704,881

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	704,881	+2,226	+0.32%
2024	702,655	+6,897	+0.99%
2023	695,758	+19,295	+2.85%
2022	676,463	−3,667	−0.54%
2021	680,130	−1,072	−0.16%
2020	681,202	−1,784	−0.26%
2019	682,986	+1,954	+0.29%
2018	681,032	+2,279	+0.34%
2017	678,753	+7,264	+1.08%
2016	671,489	+9,601	+1.45%
2015	661,888	+4,497	+0.68%
2014	657,391	–	–
2012	652,182	–	–

Bremen among Germany’s states

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States of Germany by population
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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 Bremen

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Bremen546,501
Bremerhaven118,610

Questions

What is the population of Bremen in 2026?

The latest official figure is 704,881, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Bremen would have about 708 thousand people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Is Bremen’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 2,226 people (+0.32%) in the latest year, and has changed +3.48% since 2020.

How does Bremen rank in Germany?

Bremen is 16th of Germany’s 16 states, with 0.8% of the people. North Rhine-Westphalia is the largest, with 18 million.

What is the population density of Bremen?

About 1,681 people per km², on 419 km². Total area, Wikidata.

What is the largest city in Bremen?

Bremen, with about 547 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

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: Bremen population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/germany/bremen/

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