What is the population of Nuremberg?
Nuremberg has a city population of 515,543. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Nuremberg
Germany's 12th-largest city, Nuremberg has a population of 515,543 and accounts for 0.6% of the national total. It sits 378 km from Berlin. Fürth, with 132,036 residents, lies 7 km away; four other cities of 16,000 to 39,000 people are within 14 km.
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 114
Elevation
300 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
49.454, 11.078
Record updated
2026-05-07
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 |
| Nuremberg | 516K |
Nuremberg Population FAQ
Where is Nuremberg?
Nuremberg is in Bavaria, Germany, 378 km from the capital, Berlin. Its coordinates are 49.454, 11.078.
How big is Nuremberg compared with other cities in Germany?
It is the 12th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, holding 0.6% of the national population.