Lower Saxony
StateDE-NIState of Germany.
EuropeCapital: HanoverSub-region: West GermanyLanguage: German
Population
8.0M
Metros tracked
7
11.0M in metros (137%)
Composite score
59.4
Sum across tracked metros
Type
State
ISO 3166-2: DE-NI
At a glance
- Endonym
- Niedersachsen
- Established
- 1946
- Area
- 47,614 km²
- Population density
- 168 /km²
- Highest point
- Wurmberg (968 m (3,176 ft))
- Legislature
- Landtag of Lower Saxony
- Human Development Index
- 0.945 (2023)
- Bundesrat votes
- 6
- Rank in Germany
- 6th of 16 by composite score
- Area rank
- 2nd of 16 by area
- Largest tracked metro
- Hamburg
Civic facts via Wikidata.
Lower Saxony metro footprint
7 metrosLoading map…
Global CapitalContinental MetroMajor MetroRegional HubEstablishedEmergingLocal
Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted. Some metro footprints may extend beyond the state border where the metropolitan area spans state lines.
7 tracked metros
#108Hamburg
27.34.8MMajor Metro
20.0
3.2MMajor Metro
#345Bremen
7.6#637Göttingen
3.4154KEmerging Metro
#1472Osnabrück
0.8292KLocal Metro
#2753Meppen
0.337KLocal Metro
#3977Emden
0.049KLocal Metro
| Rank | Metro | Population | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #108 | Hamburg | 4.8M | 27.3 | Major Metro |
| #148 | Hannover-Brunswick | 3.2M | 20.0 | Major Metro |
| #345 | Bremen | 2.5M | 7.6 | Established Metro |
| #637 | Göttingen | 154K | 3.4 | Emerging Metro |
| #1472 | Osnabrück | 292K | 0.8 | Local Metro |
| #2753 | Meppen | 37K | 0.3 | Local Metro |
| #3977 | Emden | 49K | 0.0 | Local Metro |