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Germany
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#13out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

69 M65 M62 M58 M55 M196019932025Germany · 2025: 68.58MGermany

Analytical takeaways

  • Germany records 68.58M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #13 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 55.12M in 1960 to 68.58M in 2025, a gain of 13.46M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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