What is the population of Leipzig?
Leipzig has a city population of 504,971. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Leipzig
Ranked 1,134th by population worldwide, this city of roughly 505,000 is Germany's 14th largest and Saxony's second. It lies 150 km from Berlin. Several towns cluster nearby: Markkleeberg at 7 km with 25,331 people, Delitzsch 21 km away with 25,895, and three others between 12 and 25 km distant, each under 19,000.
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
#2of 49
Elevation
116 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
51.340, 12.371
Record updated
2026-02-23
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 |
| Leipzig | 505K |
Leipzig Population FAQ
Where is Leipzig?
Leipzig is in Saxony, Germany, 150 km from the capital, Berlin. Its coordinates are 51.340, 12.371.
How big is Leipzig compared with other cities in Germany?
It is the 14th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, holding 0.6% of the national population.