Regions in Germany

Germany is made up of 16 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Germany. Information on all primary administrative regions in Germany.

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Primary administrative regions in Germany

There are 16 regions in Germany in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Germany
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Berlin Land Berlin1.3,677,472Berlin Berlin3,426,354
Hamburg Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg2.1,906,411Hamburg Hamburg1,845,229
Bavaria Bavaria3.13,124,737Munich Munich1,260,391
Baden-Wurttemberg Baden-Württemberg4.11,111,496Stuttgart Stuttgart630,305
North Rhine-Westphalia Nordrhein-Westfalen5.18,077,762Duesseldorf Düsseldorf620,523
Saxony Saxony6.4,077,937Dresden Dresden556,227
Bremen Bremen7.680,130Bremen Bremen546,501
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony8.8,003,421Hannover Hannover515,140
Hesse Hessen9.6,243,262Wiesbaden Wiesbaden278,609
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein10.2,920,850Kiel Kiel246,601
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt11.2,169,253Magdeburg Magdeburg235,775
Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinland-Pfalz12.4,093,903Mainz Mainz217,123
Thuringia Thuringia13.2,120,237Erfurt Erfurt213,692
Brandenburg Brandenburg14.2,520,198Potsdam Potsdam182,112
Saarland Saarland15.990,509Saarbruecken Saarbrücken179,349
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania16.1,609,675Schwerin Schwerin96,641