Local time
Fri, 2:56 AM GMT+1Europe/BerlinCityCapital
Berlin
52.52° N, 13.40° E
- Population
- 3,406,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- 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.
- Founded
- 1244
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 34 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 891 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
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
