Berlin population statistics


is the most populous city in the European Union, as calculated by city-proper population.

Demographics

Population by borough

BoroughPopulation
30 September 2010
Area
in km2
Largest Non-German ethnic groups
Mitte332,10039.47Turks, Arabs, Kurds, many Asians, Africans and Western Europeans.
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg268,83120.16Turks, Arabs, African, Kurds, Chinese
Pankow368,956103.01Poles, Italians, French, Americans, Vietnamese, British
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf320,01464.72Turks, Africans, Russians, Arabs, others.
Spandau225,42091.91Turks, Africans, Russians, Arabs, others.
Steglitz-Zehlendorf293,989102.50Poles, Turks, Croats, Serbs, Koreans
Tempelhof-Schöneberg335,06053.09Turks, Croats, Serbs, Koreans, Africans
Neukölln310,28344.93Arabs, Turks, Kurds, Russians, Africans, Poles
Treptow-Köpenick241,335168.42Russians, Poles, Ukrainians, Vietnamese
Marzahn-Hellersdorf248,26461.74Russians, Vietnamese, several other Eastern Europeans.
Lichtenberg259,88152.29Vietnamese, Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Chinese
Reinickendorf240,45489.46Turks, Poles, Serbs, Croats, Arabs, Italians
Total Berlin3,450,889891.82Turks, Arabs, Russians, Vietnamese, Poles, Africans

Historical development of Berlin's population


The spike in population in 1920 is a result of the Greater Berlin Act.

Population by nationality

Berlin has a large population of a migration background. On 31 December 2010 the largest groups by foreign nationality were citizens from Turkey, Poland, Serbia, Italy, Russia, United States, France, Vietnam, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, Greece, Austria, Ukraine, Lebanon, Spain, Bulgaria, the People's Republic of China, Thailand. There is also a large Arabic community, mostly from Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq. Additionally, Berlin has one of the largest Vietnamese communities outside Vietnam, with about 83,000 people of Vietnamese origin.