Population in Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein had 2,959,517 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.
Schleswig-Holstein, 2025
2,959,517
Change from 2024
+0.2%
Germany, 2025
83,577,140 people
Position in 2025
51st of 295
Population in Schleswig-Holstein over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Schleswig-Holstein | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,959,517 people | 83,577,140 people |
| 2024 | 2,953,202 people | 83,456,045 people |
| 2023 | 2,939,283 peopleb (break in time series) | 83,118,501 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2022 | 2,922,005 people | 83,237,124 people |
| 2021 | 2,910,875 people | 83,155,031 people |
| 2020 | 2,903,773 people | 83,166,711 people |
| 2019 | 2,896,712 people | 83,019,213 people |
| 2018 | 2,889,821 people | 82,792,351 people |
| 2017 | 2,881,926 people | 82,521,653 people |
| 2016 | 2,858,714 people | 82,175,684 people |
| 2015 | 2,830,864 people | 81,197,537 people |
| 2014 | 2,815,955 people | 80,767,463 people |
| 2012 | 2,802,266 people | 80,327,900 people |
| 2011 | 2,800,134 peopleb (break in time series) | 80,222,065 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 2,832,027 people | 81,802,257 people |
| 2009 | 2,834,260 people | 82,002,356 people |
| 2008 | 2,837,373 people | 82,217,837 people |
| 2007 | 2,834,254 people | 82,314,906 people |
| 2006 | 2,832,950 people | 82,437,995 people |
| 2005 | 2,828,760 people | 82,500,849 people |
| 2004 | 2,823,171 people | 82,531,671 people |
| 2003 | 2,816,507 people | 82,536,680 people |
| 2002 | 2,804,249 people | 82,440,309 people |
| 2001 | 2,789,761 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 2,953,202 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2,830,864 people, the figure has changed by +4.5%. 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, Schleswig-Holstein has the 51st highest value.
- The figure for Germany in 2025 was 83,577,140 people.