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
North Rhine-Westphalia Nordrhein-Westfalen1.18,077,762Duesseldorf Düsseldorf620,523
Bavaria Bavaria2.13,124,737Munich Munich1,260,391
Baden-Wurttemberg Baden-Württemberg3.11,111,496Stuttgart Stuttgart630,305
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony4.8,003,421Hannover Hannover515,140
Hesse Hessen5.6,243,262Wiesbaden Wiesbaden278,609
Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinland-Pfalz6.4,093,903Mainz Mainz217,123
Saxony Saxony7.4,077,937Dresden Dresden556,227
Berlin Land Berlin8.3,677,472Berlin Berlin3,426,354
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein9.2,920,850Kiel Kiel246,601
Brandenburg Brandenburg10.2,520,198Potsdam Potsdam182,112
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt11.2,169,253Magdeburg Magdeburg235,775
Thuringia Thuringia12.2,120,237Erfurt Erfurt213,692
Hamburg Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg13.1,906,411Hamburg Hamburg1,845,229
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania14.1,609,675Schwerin Schwerin96,641
Saarland Saarland15.990,509Saarbruecken Saarbrücken179,349
Bremen Bremen16.680,130Bremen Bremen546,501