Local time
Sun, 9:39 PM GMT+2Europe/BerlinCityCapital
Berlin
52.52° N, 13.40° E
- Population
- 3,406,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 58
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 58 cities of Germany in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Germany, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Berlin, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Berlin have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name's origin is unclear, but it may be related to the Old Slavic (Polabian) word "berl" or "birl," meaning "swamp." The word referred to the original settlement site by the Spree River.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person