Population in Chemnitz

Chemnitz had 1,386,336 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2011. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Population on 1 January, by region Unit: People Data: 2011 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Chemnitz, 2025 1,386,336 People
Change from 2024 −0.7% 2024: 1,396,049 people
Germany, 2025 83,577,140 people Country total
Position in 2025 154th of 295 See the full ranking

Population in Chemnitz over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population on 1 January, by region (people), 2001 to 2025
Period ChemnitzGermany
2025 1,386,336 people 83,577,140 people
2024 1,396,049 people 83,456,045 people
2023 1,397,272 peopleb (break in time series) 83,118,501 peopleb (break in time series)
2022 1,402,126 people 83,237,124 people
2021 1,413,730 people 83,155,031 people
2020 1,426,380 people 83,166,711 people
2019 1,436,445 people 83,019,213 people
2018 1,444,953 people 82,792,351 people
2017 1,454,144 people 82,521,653 people
2016 1,465,612 people 82,175,684 people
2015 1,463,341 people 81,197,537 people
2014 1,468,954 people 80,767,463 people
2012 1,491,442 people 80,327,900 people
2011 1,505,254 peopleb (break in time series) 80,222,065 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 – 81,802,257 people
2009 – 82,002,356 people
2008 – 82,217,837 people
2007 – 82,314,906 people
2006 – 82,437,995 people
2005 – 82,500,849 people
2004 – 82,531,671 people
2003 – 82,536,680 people
2002 – 82,440,309 people
2001 – 82,259,540 people

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7% from 1,396,049 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1,463,341 people, the figure has changed by −5.3%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
  • Among the 295 regions with data for 2025, Chemnitz has the 154th highest value.
  • The figure for Germany in 2025 was 83,577,140 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_r_d2jan · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=TOTAL unit=NR
Observation period
2011 to 2025 for Chemnitz
Provider update
28 August 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat