What is the population of Duisburg?
Duisburg has a city population of 504,358. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Germany · Europe
Duisburg
City population
504,358
#15
in Germany
#5
in North Rhine-Westphalia
#1,137
worldwide
51.432, 6.765 · 471 km from Berlin
About Duisburg
At rank 1137 in the world, Duisburg holds 504,358 people and ranks fifteenth among German cities. The city sits 471 km from Berlin. Three cities of over 100,000 people lie within 9 km: Mülheim (173,050), Oberhausen (219,176), and Moers (103,487).
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#5of 268
Elevation
38 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
51.432, 6.765
Record updated
2019-09-05
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 GermanyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Duisburg | 504K |
Duisburg Population FAQ
Where is Duisburg?
Duisburg is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 471 km from the capital, Berlin. Its coordinates are 51.432, 6.765.
How big is Duisburg compared with other cities in Germany?
It is the 15th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, holding 0.6% of the national population.