Köln has a population of 1,024,621, making it the 4th largest place we list in Germany. It is in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Köln holds 1.2% of Germany's 83,644,258 people. Berlin, the largest place we list there, is 3.3 times its size.
1,024,621
population
#4
in Germany
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | State of Berlin | 3,426,354 |
| Hamburg | Hamburg | 1,973,896 |
| Munich | Bavaria | 1,505,005 |
| Frankfurt am Main | Hesse | 650,000 |
| Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | 618,685 |
| Stuttgart | Baden-Wurttemberg | 612,663 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.