Facts and figures
Further information provided by the Statistical Office of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Population:
1,573,685 (as of 31 December 2025)
Administrative districts:
Nordwestmecklenburg (county seat: Wismar), Ludwigslust-Parchim (Parchim), Rostock (Güstrow), Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (Neubrandenburg), Vorpommern-Rügen (Stralsund) and Vorpommern-Greifswald (Greifswald)
District-free cities:
Rostock and Schwerin (state capital)
Area:
23,293 km^2
Population density:
67 inhabitants per km^2
Gross domestic product:
EUR 63.58 billion Euro (2025)
Borders:
Republic of Poland (78 km), Brandenburg (448 km), Lower Saxony (80 km) and Schleswig-Holstein (137 km)
Landscape:
significantly affected by the ice age in the west, about 20% forest cover, 5.9% of the territory is covered by water
Coast:
377 km coastline, 1,568 km long shoreline along boddens and lagoons with islands and peninsulas
Islands:
Five Baltic Sea islands are larger than 15 km^2 , including Rügen (930 km^2 ), the largest island in Germany
Lakes:
Ten lakes in the state are 10 km^2 and larger, including Lake Müritz (at 109 km^2 Germany's largest lake), Lake Schwerin (62 km^2 ) and Plauer Lake (38 km^2 )
Longest river:
the Elde (209 km in MV, 184 km of that navigable)
Nature conservation areas:
three national parks, seven nature parks, three biosphere reserves, 271 nature reserves