Freiburg im Breisgau — UN urban centre
Freiburg im Breisgau: 234,311 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,504 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2814; territory: Germany (DEU). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 48.0006, 7.8381. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 151,801 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 155,530 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 159,761 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 164,862 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 185,401 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 186,968 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 196,733 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 196,498 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 199,614 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 229,908 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 234,311 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 232,372 | Projection |
| 2035 | 231,340 | Projection |
| 2040 | 230,288 | Projection |
| 2045 | 229,244 | Projection |
| 2050 | 227,803 | Projection |
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