List of German states by population
This is a list of German states by population according to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.
State | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2018 |
| 7,726,859 | 8,953,607 | 9,258,947 | 9,822,027 | 10,524,415 | 10,753,880 | 10,879,618 | 11,069,533 |
| 9,494,939 | 10,561,110 | 10,928,151 | 11,448,823 | 12,230,255 | 12,538,696 | 12,843,514 | 13,076,721 |
| 2,202,241 | 2,115,311 | 1,896,230 | 3,433,695 | 3,382,169 | 3,460,725 | 3,520,031 | 3,644,826 |
| | | | 2,578,312 | 2,601,962 | 2,503,273 | 2,484,826 | 2,511,917 |
| 704,287 | 735,452 | 693,846 | 681,665 | 660,225 | 660,706 | 671,489 | 682,986 |
| 1,836,958 | 1,793,640 | 1,645,095 | 1,652,363 | 1,715,392 | 1,786,448 | 1,787,408 | 1,841,179 |
| 4,783,352 | 5,424,529 | 5,601,031 | 5,763,310 | 6,068,129 | 6,067,021 | 6,176,172 | 6,265,809 |
| 6,576,137 | 7,121,824 | 7,256,386 | 7,387,245 | 7,926,193 | 7,918,293 | 7,926,599 | 7,982,448 |
| | | | 1,923,959 | 1,775,703 | 1,642,327 | 1,612,362 | 1,609,675 |
| 15,852,476 | 17,004,851 | 17,058,193 | 17,349,651 | 18,009,865 | 17,845,154 | 17,865,516 | 17,932,651 |
| 3,411,170 | 3,658,932 | 3,642,482 | 3,763,510 | 4,034,557 | 4,003,745 | 4,052,803 | 4,084,844 |
| 1,060,493 | 1,121,300 | 1,066,299 | 1,072,963 | 1,068,703 | 1,017,567 | 995,597 | 990,509 |
| | | | 4,764,301 | 4,425,581 | 4,149,477 | 4,084,851 | 4,077,937 |
| | | | 2,873,957 | 2,615,375 | 2,335,006 | 2,245,470 | 2,208,321 |
| 2,309,409 | 2,510,608 | 2,611,285 | 2,626,127 | 2,789,761 | 2,834,259 | 2,858,714 | 2,896,712 |
| | | | 2,611,319 | 2,431,255 | 2,235,025 | 2,170,714 | 2,143,145 |
| 55,958,321 | 61,001,164 | 61,657,945 | 79,753,227 | 82,259,540 | 81,751,602 | 82,175,684 | 83,019,213 |