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Bremen

Bremen · Germany
City population
546,501
#11
in Germany
#1
in Bremen
#1,024
worldwide
BerlinBremen
53.076, 8.807 · 315 km from Berlin
City population
546,501
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Germany
#11
of 960 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,024
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Germany
0.7%
of the national population

About Bremen

Ranked 1,024th in the world, Bremen holds 546,501 people and stands as Germany's 11th-largest city. Located 315 km from Berlin, it accounts for 0.7% of the national population. Delmenhorst lies 12 km away with a population of 75,893, while Stuhr (32,507) sits 6 km distant.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Germany
#11of 960
LargestSmallest
Position in Bremen
#1of 2
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Germany
Region
Bremen
Rank in region
#1of 2
Distance to capital
315 km
to Berlin
Elevation
17 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
53.076, 8.807
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 960 in Germany

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

12KMDelmenhorst76K people16KMAchim33K people17KMOsterholz-Scharmbeck31K people18KMGanderkesee31K people18KMSyke24K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Bremen547K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Bremen compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Bremen547K

Bremen Population FAQ

What is the population of Bremen?

Bremen has a city population of 546,501. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Bremen?

Bremen is in Bremen, Germany, 315 km from the capital, Berlin. Its coordinates are 53.076, 8.807.

How big is Bremen compared with other cities in Germany?

It is the 11th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, holding 0.7% of the national population.

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