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Hamburg population 2026
Hamburg has 1,862,565 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 10,969 more than a year earlier (+0.59%). It is 13th of Germany’s 16 states by population, home to 2.2% of Germany’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 1.9 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Hamburg in numbers
- Population
- 1.9 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- +0.59% +10,969 people
- Change since 2020
- +0.83% from 1.8 million
- Share of Germany
- 2.2% 13th of 16 states
- Population density
- 2,467per km² 755 km²
That is about as many people as Latvia (1.8 million).
Population of Hamburg by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,718,187 |
| 2014 | 1,746,342 |
| 2015 | 1,762,791 |
| 2016 | 1,787,408 |
| 2017 | 1,810,438 |
| 2018 | 1,830,584 |
| 2019 | 1,841,179 |
| 2020 | 1,847,253 |
| 2021 | 1,852,478 |
| 2022 | 1,853,935 |
| 2023 | 1,832,675 |
| 2024 | 1,851,596 |
| 2025 | 1,862,565 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,862,565 | +10,969 | +0.59% |
| 2024 | 1,851,596 | +18,921 | +1.03% |
| 2023 | 1,832,675 | −21,260 | −1.15% |
| 2022 | 1,853,935 | +1,457 | +0.08% |
| 2021 | 1,852,478 | +5,225 | +0.28% |
| 2020 | 1,847,253 | +6,074 | +0.33% |
| 2019 | 1,841,179 | +10,595 | +0.58% |
| 2018 | 1,830,584 | +20,146 | +1.11% |
| 2017 | 1,810,438 | +23,030 | +1.29% |
| 2016 | 1,787,408 | +24,617 | +1.40% |
| 2015 | 1,762,791 | +16,449 | +0.94% |
| 2014 | 1,746,342 | – | – |
| 2012 | 1,718,187 | – | – |
Hamburg 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 Hamburg 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: Hamburg population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/germany/hamburg/
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