Population in Hamburg

Hamburg had 1,862,565 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000. 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: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Hamburg, 2025 1,862,565 People
Change from 2024 +0.6% 2024: 1,851,596 people
Germany, 2025 83,577,140 people Country total
Position in 2025 106th of 295 See the full ranking

Population in Hamburg 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 HamburgGermany
2025 1,862,565 people 83,577,140 people
2024 1,851,596 people 83,456,045 people
2023 1,832,675 peopleb (break in time series) 83,118,501 peopleb (break in time series)
2022 1,853,935 people 83,237,124 people
2021 1,852,478 people 83,155,031 people
2020 1,847,253 people 83,166,711 people
2019 1,841,179 people 83,019,213 people
2018 1,830,584 people 82,792,351 people
2017 1,810,438 people 82,521,653 people
2016 1,787,408 people 82,175,684 people
2015 1,762,791 people 81,197,537 people
2014 1,746,342 people 80,767,463 people
2012 1,718,187 people 80,327,900 people
2011 1,705,700 peopleb (break in time series) 80,222,065 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 1,774,224 people 81,802,257 people
2009 1,772,100 people 82,002,356 people
2008 1,770,629 people 82,217,837 people
2007 1,754,182 people 82,314,906 people
2006 1,743,627 people 82,437,995 people
2005 1,734,830 people 82,500,849 people
2004 1,734,083 people 82,531,671 people
2003 1,728,806 people 82,536,680 people
2002 1,726,363 people 82,440,309 people
2001 1,715,392 people 82,259,540 people

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

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6% from 1,851,596 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1,762,791 people, the figure has changed by +5.7%. 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, Hamburg has the 106th 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
2000 to 2025 for Hamburg
Provider update
28 August 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat