What is the population of Frankfurt am Main?
Frankfurt am Main has a city population of 650,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Frankfurt am Main
At 113 m above sea level, this city of 650,000 is the largest in Hesse and ranks fifth among German cities by population. It lies 424 km from Berlin. Offenbach, with 119,192 residents, sits 6 km away; Bad Vilbel (35,961) and Neu-Isenburg (35,293) are each 8 km distant, while Mühlheim am Main (28,534) and Eschborn (22,403) lie 11 km and 9 km away respectively.
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
#1of 89
Elevation
113 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
50.116, 8.684
Record updated
2026-04-16
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 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 650K |
Frankfurt am Main Population FAQ
Where is Frankfurt am Main?
Frankfurt am Main is in Hesse, Germany, 424 km from the capital, Berlin. Its coordinates are 50.116, 8.684.
How big is Frankfurt am Main compared with other cities in Germany?
It is the 5th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, holding 0.8% of the national population.