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Political, physical and population maps of Germany with its 16 first-level divisions, the capital Berlin and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Germany

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 16 units

Germany is divided into 16 first-level administrative divisions:

Baden-WürttembergBayernBerlinBrandenburgBremenHamburgHessenMecklenburg-VorpommernNiedersachsenNordrhein-WestfalenRheinland-PfalzSaarlandSachsenSachsen-AnhaltSchleswig-HolsteinThüringen

Largest cities in Germany

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1BerlinCapital3,406,000
2Stuttgart2,944,700
3Frankfurt2,895,000
4Mannheim2,362,000
5Hamburg1,757,000
6Essen1,742,135
7Duisburg1,276,757
8Munich1,275,000
9Düsseldorf1,220,000
10Cologne1,004,000

Berlin is the largest urban area in Germany with about 3,406,000 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Germany: ≈ 2,944 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Rhein
  • Oder
  • Rhin
  • Rhine
  • Elbe
  • Donau
  • Mosel
  • Weser
  • Inn
  • Main
  • Ems
  • Maas

🏞️ Lakes

  • Bodensee
  • Lake
  • Müritz
  • Schweriner See

Ethnic groups in Germany

CIA World Factbook · 2022
German
85.4%Turkish
1.8%Ukrainian
1.4%Syrian
1.1%Romanian
1%Poland
1%other/stateless/unspecified
8.3%

German 85.4%, Turkish 1.8%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Syrian 1.1%, Romanian 1%, Poland 1%, other/stateless/unspecified 8.3% (2022 est.)

Regionally, German is the most common ethnic group across most of the 16 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2022 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Germany

CIA World Factbook · 2022
Roman Catholic
24.8%Protestant
22.6%Muslim
3.7%other
5.1%none
43.8%

Roman Catholic 24.8%, Protestant 22.6%, Muslim 3.7%, other 5.1%, none 43.8% (2022 est.)

Regionally, none is the most common religious group across most of the 16 divisions, while Roman Catholic predominates in 5 divisions (Bayern, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Baden-Württemberg); Protestant predominates in 3 divisions (Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen, Hessen).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2022 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Germany

CIA World Factbook

German (official); note - Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages

Regionally, German is the most common language group across most of the 16 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.