Land area (sq. km) in Germany was reported at 349360 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Germany - Land area (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on May of 2025.

Surface area (sq. km) in Germany was reported at 357600 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Germany - Surface area (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Germany DE: Population Density: People per Square Km data was reported at 238.017 Person/sq km in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 237.823 Person/sq km for 2019. Germany DE: Population Density: People per Square Km data is updated yearly, averaging 228.349 Person/sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2020, with 60 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 238.017 Person/sq km in 2020 and a record low of 210.173 Person/sq km in 1961. Germany DE: Population Density: People per Square Km data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.;Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.;Weighted average;

Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Germany was reported at 240 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Germany - Population density (people per sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Germany DE: Urban Land Area data was reported at 36,996.444 sq km in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 36,535.102 sq km for 2000. Germany DE: Urban Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 36,535.102 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36,996.444 sq km in 2015 and a record low of 34,563.291 sq km in 1990. Germany DE: Urban Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.;Sum;

Germany Land Use: Land Area: Arable Land and Permanent Crops data was reported at 118,600.000 sq km in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 118,620.000 sq km for 2020. Germany Land Use: Land Area: Arable Land and Permanent Crops data is updated yearly, averaging 121,450.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2021, with 61 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 127,240.000 sq km in 1961 and a record low of 117,080.000 sq km in 1992. Germany Land Use: Land Area: Arable Land and Permanent Crops data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.OECD.ESG: Environmental: Land Use: OECD Member: Annual.

Russia is the largest country in Europe, and also the largest in the world, its total size amounting to 17 million square kilometers (km2). It should be noted, however, that over three quarters of Russia is located in Asia, and the Ural mountains are often viewed as the meeting point of the two continents in Russia; nonetheless, European Russia is still significantly larger than any other European country. Ukraine, the second largest country on the continent, is only 603,000 km2, making it about 28 times smaller than its eastern neighbor, or seven times smaller than the European part of Russia. France is the third largest country in Europe, but the largest in the European Union. The Vatican City, often referred to as the Holy Sea, is both the smallest country in Europe and in the world, at just one km2. Population Russia is also the most populous country in Europe. It has around 144 million inhabitants across the country; in this case, around three quarters of the population live in the European part, which still gives it the largest population in Europe. Despite having the largest population, Russia is a very sparsely populated country due to its size and the harsh winters. Germany is the second most populous country in Europe, with 83 million inhabitants, while the Vatican has the smallest population. Worldwide, India and China are the most populous countries, with approximately 1.4 billion inhabitants each. Cities Moscow in Russia is ranked as the most populous city in Europe with around 13 million inhabitants, although figures vary, due to differences in the methodologies used by countries and sources. Some statistics include Istanbul in Turkey* as the largest city in Europe with its 15 million inhabitants, bit it has been excluded here as most of the country and parts of the city is located in Asia. Worldwide, Tokyo is the most populous city, with Jakarta the second largest and Delhi the third.

Agricultural land (sq. km) in Germany was reported at 165910 sq. Km in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Germany - Agricultural land (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Germany: Agricultural land, sq. km.: The latest value from 2021 is 165910 sq. km., a decline from 165950 sq. km. in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 245857 sq. km., based on data from 193 countries. Historically, the average for Germany from 1961 to 2021 is 178448 sq. km.. The minimum value, 165910 sq. km., was reached in 2021 while the maximum of 195340 sq. km. was recorded in 1965.

Germany DE: Land Area data was reported at 349,360.000 sq km in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 349,390.000 sq km for 2021. Germany DE: Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 349,130.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2022, with 62 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 349,390.000 sq km in 2021 and a record low of 348,540.000 sq km in 2012. Germany DE: Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Sum;

Forest area (sq. km) in Germany was reported at 114190 sq. Km in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Germany - Forest area (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Germany DE: Surface Area data was reported at 357,590.000 sq km in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 357,580.000 sq km for 2019. Germany DE: Surface Area data is updated yearly, averaging 356,970.000 sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2020, with 60 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 357,590.000 sq km in 2020 and a record low of 356,970.000 sq km in 1992. Germany DE: Surface Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.;Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.;Sum;

In 2023, Germany had 52,074 square kilometers of settlement and traffic areas. This was an increase compared to the year before. Coverage generally increased during the whole timespan shown here.

In 2022, the total amount of forest area in Germany did not change in comparison to the previous year. The total amount of forest area remained at 114,190 square kilometers. Forest area is defined as land with natural or planted trees of five meters or more in height, excluding agricultural land and urban parks and gardens.Find more key insights for the total amount of forest area in countries like Austria and Switzerland.

Germany DE: Rural Land Area data was reported at 316,383.480 sq km in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 316,844.822 sq km for 2000. Germany DE: Rural Land Area data is updated yearly, averaging 316,844.822 sq km from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 318,816.632 sq km in 1990 and a record low of 316,383.480 sq km in 2015. Germany DE: Rural Land Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Environmental: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.;Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.;Sum;

238.0 (people per sq. km) in 2020. Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers.

Historical chart and dataset showing Germany population density by year from 1961 to 2022.

This is NOT a raw population dataset. We use our proprietary stack to combine detailed 'WorldPop' UN-adjusted, sex and age structured population data with a spatiotemporal OD matrix.

The result is a dataset where each record indicates how many people can be reached in a fixed timeframe (90 Mins in this case) from that record's location.

The dataset is broken down into sex and age bands at 5 year intervals, e.g - male 25-29 (m_25) and also contains a set of features detailing the representative percentage of the total that the count represents.

The dataset provides 76174 records, one for each sampled location. These are labelled with a h3 index at resolution 7 - this allows easy plotting and filtering in Kepler.gl / Deck.gl / Mapbox, or easy conversion to a centroid (lat/lng) or the representative geometry of the hexagonal cell for integration with your geospatial applications and analyses.

A h3 resolution of 7, is a hexagonal cell area equivalent to: - ~1.9928 sq miles - ~5.1613 sq km

Higher resolutions or alternate geographies are available on request.

More information on the h3 system is available here: https://eng.uber.com/h3/

WorldPop data provides for a population count using a grid of 1 arc second intervals and is available for every geography.

More information on the WorldPop data is available here: https://www.worldpop.org/

One of the main use cases historically has been in prospecting for site selection, comparative analysis and network validation by asset investors and logistics companies. The data structure makes it very simple to filter out areas which do not meet requirements such as: - being able to access 70% of the German population within 4 hours by Truck and show only the areas which do exhibit this characteristic.

Clients often combine different datasets either for different timeframes of interest, or to understand different populations, such as that of the unemployed, or those with particular qualifications within areas reachable as a commute.

Parts II and III of the Treaty of Versailles dealt with Germany's territorial losses as a result of the First World War. In mainland Europe, Germany's borders shrank, reducing the country's size by approximately 65,000 square kilometers, and roughly 7 million people (13 and 12 percent of their respective totals).The loss of all of this territory also meant that Germany's industrial and agricultural output was drastically affected, particularly iron output, of which Germany lost 48%.

Loss of territory in Europe

In Europe, Germany seceded territory to seven countries in total, including Czechoslovakia, Lithuania and Poland, none of which existed as independent states before the First World War. Poland was given a "route to the sea" that separated Eastern Prussia from the rest of Germany, and this "route" also included Danzig (Gdańsk), which was made a "free city" under the League of Nations' administration. The area of Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by France, who Germany had taken it from in 1870, and the coal-rich area of the Saar (Saarland) was under a French-led League of Nations control. Smaller areas were also ceded to other neighboring nations, which meant that millions of ethnic Germans became minorities overnight. In addition to changing borders, five of Germany's major rivers were made international, and were regulated by international committees, of which German representatives never made a majority.

The end of the Second Reich

Part IV of the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of all overseas possessions, and distributed them primarily between Britain and France as League of Nations mandates (along with all former Ottoman territories). This meant that Germany lost vast amounts of land in Africa (over 4.5 million square kilometers; also linking several of Britain's colonies, which now stretched continuously from Egypt to South Africa), as well as all Asian and Pacific colonies (over 250,000 square kilometers), bringing an end to Germany's overseas empire.

Land impacted by inundation due to sea level rise is projected to rise in Germany under various Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP). Under the SSP1-2.6 low emission scenario the mean projected area affected by sea level rise in Germany is just over 260 square kilometers in the next decade relative to the historic baseline. This number grows to approximately 567 square kilometers at midcentury and reaches almost, 1265 square kilometers of land affected by the end of the century under the same SSP.