Population in Köln
Köln had 4,486,282 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.
Köln, 2025
4,486,282
Change from 2024
+0.2%
Germany, 2025
83,577,140 people
Position in 2025
18th of 295
Population in Köln over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Köln | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,486,282 people | 83,577,140 people |
| 2024 | 4,478,118 people | 83,456,045 people |
| 2023 | 4,461,422 peopleb (break in time series) | 83,118,501 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2022 | 4,472,956 people | 83,237,124 people |
| 2021 | 4,475,530 people | 83,155,031 people |
| 2020 | 4,478,847 people | 83,166,711 people |
| 2019 | 4,468,904 people | 83,019,213 people |
| 2018 | 4,454,228 people | 82,792,351 people |
| 2017 | 4,439,416 people | 82,521,653 people |
| 2016 | 4,422,371 people | 82,175,684 people |
| 2015 | 4,361,724 people | 81,197,537 people |
| 2014 | 4,333,015 people | 80,767,463 people |
| 2012 | 4,299,064 people | 80,327,900 people |
| 2011 | 4,282,911 peopleb (break in time series) | 80,222,065 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 4,383,044 people | 81,802,257 people |
| 2009 | 4,386,271 people | 82,002,356 people |
| 2008 | 4,391,062 people | 82,217,837 people |
| 2007 | 4,384,669 people | 82,314,906 people |
| 2006 | 4,378,622 people | 82,437,995 people |
| 2005 | 4,363,797 people | 82,500,849 people |
| 2004 | 4,350,368 people | 82,531,671 people |
| 2003 | 4,331,419 people | 82,536,680 people |
| 2002 | 4,309,953 people | 82,440,309 people |
| 2001 | 4,281,548 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 +0.2% from 4,478,118 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4,361,724 people, the figure has changed by +2.9%. 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, Köln has the 18th highest value.
- The figure for Germany in 2025 was 83,577,140 people.