👥 German States by Population

Population of the 16 states at the end of 2023.

📅 2023📏 million people16 entries🇩🇪 See all of this country’s rankings →

North Rhine-Westphalia22%

Bavaria16%

Baden-Württemberg13%

Lower Saxony9.6%

Hesse7.5%

Rhineland-Palatinate4.9%

Saxony4.9%

Berlin4.4%

Schleswig-Holstein3.5%

Brandenburg3.1%

Saxony-Anhalt2.6%

Thuringia2.5%

Hamburg

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Saarland

Bremen

Each tile’s area is its share of the combined total of 83.46M (16 entries). Stronger colour means a higher rank.

North Rhine-Westphalia

18.02M

Bavaria

13.18M

Baden-Württemberg

11.23M

Lower Saxony

8.01M

Hesse

6.27M

Rhineland-Palatinate

4.13M

Saxony

4.05M

Berlin

3.66M

Schleswig-Holstein

2.95M

Brandenburg

2.55M

Saxony-Anhalt

2.14M

Thuringia

2.11M

Hamburg

1.85M

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

1.58M

Saarland

1.01M

Bremen

0.70M

Highlights

Within Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia ranks first in 2023 with 18.02M, followed by Bavaria (13.18M) and Baden-Württemberg (11.23M).

Across 16 entries, values run from 18.02M (North Rhine-Westphalia) to 0.70M (Bremen), with a median of 3.31M.

Source: Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 31 Dec 2023 (via Wikipedia), 2023. Unit: million people.

Source: Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 31 Dec 2023 (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026