State of Germany
Bremen
Bremen is a state of Germany. It covers about 386 km² (149 mi²), the 16th largest of the 16 states in Natural Earth’s file for Germany, and 1.05× the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. About 693,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2022).
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- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Facts
| Area, measured | 386 km²149 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 419 km²Wikidata · 8.0% above our measure |
| Share of Germany | 0.1%of the area of the 16 states |
| Rank by area | 16th of 16states of Germany |
| Population | 693,000Wikidata, 2022 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 1,797 people per km² |
| Capital | Bremen |
| Latitude range | 53°N to 54°N |
| Type | StateDE-HB |
What the numbers say about Bremen
- Bremen covers 0.1% of the area of Germany and ranks 16th of 16 by both area and population.
- It would take 927 states the size of Bremen to cover Germany.
- Bremen holds 0.8% of the 83.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2022 figures give for the 16 states together: about 1 in 120.
- The largest, Bavaria, is 182× the size of Bremen, the smallest of the 16.
- Closest in size within Germany: Hamburg (774 km², 2.01×) and Berlin (889 km², 2.31×).
- Counted as a country, Bremen would be larger than 37 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 203rd by area, between Heard Island and McDonald Islands (395 km²) and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
- With 693,000 people it would rank 166th of 238 by population.
- Bremen has 1,797 people per km², about the density of Bangladesh, which has 1,252 per km².
- That makes Bremen the 3rd most densely populated of the 16 states, 7.74× the average for Germany (232 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 53°N is drawn about 2.8× too large in area, so Bremen looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Bremen stretches about 66 km north to south and 33 km east to west.
- Our measured 386 km² is 8.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 419 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Bremen is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 43 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
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Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- United StatesAreanone within 2×PeopleWashington, D.C.1.01× · 690,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaPuducherry73% · 526 km²PeopleSikkim1.05× · 658,000 (2011)
- FranceAreaMayotte0.98× · 395 km²PeopleRéunion (France)79% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleBasilicata1.23× · 563,000 (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleNavarre1.02× · 678,000 (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleKochi1.01× · 689,000 (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleAmapá0.94× · 734,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNew Brunswick89% · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.28× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleColima0.95× · 731,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreaSamut Songkhram0.93× · 415 km²PeopleKamphaeng Phet0.97× · 714,000 (2020)
Where Bremen sits in Germany
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2022. Germany’s units share the 2022 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12