Lower Saxony
Bremen
Hamburg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony
Brandenburg
Berlin
Thuringia
Hesse
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Bavaria
Baden-Württemberg
Saarland
Schleswig-Holstein
State  | Capital | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | Stuttgart | 35,752 | 10,717,000 |
| Bavaria | Munich | 70,549 | 12,444,000 |
| Berlin | Berlin | 892 | 3,400,000 |
| Brandenburg | Potsdam | 29,477 | 2,568,000 |
| Bremen | Bremen | 404 | 663,000 |
| Hamburg | Hamburg | 755 | 1,735,000 |
| Hesse | Wiesbaden | 21,115 | 6,098,000 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Schwerin | 23,174 | 1,720,000 |
| Lower Saxony | Hanover | 47,618 | 8,001,000 |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Düsseldorf | 34,043 | 18,075,000 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz | 19,847 | 4,061,000 |
| Saarland | Saarbrücken | 2,569 | 1,056,000 |
| Saxony | Dresden | 18,416 | 4,296,000 |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg | 20,445 | 2,494,000 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel | 15,763 | 2,829,000 |
| Thuringia | Erfurt | 16,172 | 2,355,000 |
