Facts & Figures

Located in southeastern Germany, Bavaria shares borders with Austria, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. With about 70,550 km2, Bavaria is the largest state in Germany by area and almost twice the size of Switzerland (41,000 km2).
About 13.1 million people (as of 2019) live in Bavaria, of which about 1.5 million in the state capital, Munich. Other major Bavarian cities include Nuremberg, Augsburg, Regensburg, Ingolstadt, Würzburg, Erlangen and Fürth. The rural regions, which make up about 85% of the Free State, also shape Bavaria’s daily life and economy and provide jobs for nearly 8 million people (about 60% of the Bavarian population).

Bavaria is an excellent site to develop new markets and a gateway to other countries in Central and Eastern Europe.

In addition to its pivotal geographic position, the state’s infrastructure plays a key role. Bavaria counts two international airports (Munich and Nuremberg), a road network with a total length of 42,000 km, a rail network of 6,120 km and 4 freight transport centres.

Numerous world-renowned research institutes have their headquarters in Bavaria, including the Max Planck Society, the Fraunhofer Society, the Helmholtz Association, and the Leibniz Association.

Furthermore, the State of Bavaria offers excellent training opportunities and a wide range of study programs: Bavarian students benefit from 10 universities, 24 universities of applied sciences, the Academy of Television and Film Munich, as well as numerous private institutions of higher education.