Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region

Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Metropolregion Berlin-Brandenburg
Urban area
From top, left to right: Skyline of Berlin, the largest city in the metropolitan area, Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg, Reichstag building, seat of the German parliament, Seat of Deutsche Bahn, the largest railway company in the world and Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region
Country	Germany
States	Berlin  Brandenburg
Largest cities	Berlin Potsdam Cottbus
Airports	Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Area
• Metro	30,370 km2 (11,730 sq mi)
Population  (2020[1])
• Metro	6,144,600
• Metro density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Metro	€290.696 billion (2023)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Website	Official website

The Berlin/Brandenburg metropolitan region (German: Metropolregion Berlin-Brandenburg) or capital region (German: Hauptstadtregion Berlin-Brandenburg) is one of eleven metropolitan regions of Germany, consisting of the entire territories of the state of Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg. The region covers an area of 30,545 square kilometres (11,793 sq mi) with a total population of about 6.2 million.^[3][4]

The metropolitan region should be distinguished from Berlin's immediate agglomeration, dubbed Berliner Umland (English: Berlin's surrounding countryside or Berlin's countryside) which comprises the city and the nearby Brandenburg municipalities. Berliner Umland is significantly smaller and much more densely populated than the metropolitan region, accounting for the vast majority of the region's population over a fraction of its total land area.