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Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald

City population
52,731
#175
in Germany
#5
in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
#10,873
worldwide
BerlinUniversitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald
54.089, 13.402 · 174 km from Berlin
City population
52,731
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Germany
#175
of 960 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#10,873
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Germany
0.1%
of the national population

About Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald

Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany with a population of 52,731. It is the 175th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, and the 10,873rd largest worldwide. It lies 174 km from Berlin.

Position in Germany
#175of 960
LargestSmallest
Position in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
#5of 11
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Rank in region
#5of 11
Distance to capital
to Berlin
Elevation
2 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
54.089, 13.402
Record updated
2025-06-12
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.

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