- With six million residents, the capital region of Berlin-Brandenburg is the second largest metropolitan area in Germany.
- With its roughly 3.77 million residents, Berlin is the largest city in Germany (49,5% male, 50,5% female).
- In 2019 the population of Berlin has grown by 19,170 residents.
- Berlin is a young city: 55 percent of the population is younger than 45 years of age, the average age was 42.7.
- 39,501 children were born in 2019.
Foreign population of Berlin
- People from more than 190 countries call Berlin home and make this city a truly international metropolis.
- Around 777,345 foreigners were registered as living in Berlin at the end of 2019, with roughly 33,000 of them having been added that year.
- 21% of the population is foreign-born, most of these residents coming from Turkey, Poland, and Syria.
- Workers from western European industrial nations and the states of central and eastern Europe are migrating to Berlin.
(Source: Berlin-Brandenburg office of statistics, 2020 - information for 2019 if not otherwise indicated)