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At its peak (in the early 40s) it had 4.5M people living in it, and only has about 3.5M people living there now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_population

At its peak (in the early 40s) it had 4.5M people living in it, and only has about 3.5M people living there now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_population_statistics#/media/File:Berlin_population2.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_population_statistics#/... The city was built for a population bigger than its current population.

pantalaimon 8y ago
Most of which was destroyed in WW2 and the urban redevelopment programs of the 60ies and 70ies. Today we have a housing shortage and the fastest rent increase in Germany.