Maryland · Census place 2406800

Berlin, Maryland

Berlin is a town in Worcester County, Maryland with an estimated 5,349 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 43rd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,349
#43 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
+5.6%
+285 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,583 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: Berlin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

Berlin population, 2020 to 2024

Berlin added 285 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.6%. In the latest year it moved by -1. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Berlin is 53% of it.

5,06420205,12120215,28420225,35020235,3492024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,038. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Berlin covers 3.38 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,583 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Berlin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Berlin is in

All of Berlin's residents live in Worcester County, which had 54,337 residents in 2024. Berlin holds 9.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Berlin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Berlin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21811. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Berlin is

The Census internal point of Berlin is at 38.331500, -75.215400. Annapolis, the capital, is 82.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ocean City, MD (6,884 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 100.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.331500, -75.215400
DMS
38°19'53.40"N 75°12'55.44"W
UTM
18N 481173.9E 4242618.6N
Geohash
dqfd06jc4
Plus code
87C68QJM+JR

Daylight in Berlin

At 38.33° N, Berlin gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Berlin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Willards, 8.4 miles away, with 1,005 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Berlin, MD?

5,349 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 285 (5.6%) from 5,064 in July 2020.

What county is Berlin in?

Worcester County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Berlin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21811.

How far is Berlin from Annapolis?

82.1 miles (132.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Berlin.

What is the nearest larger city to Berlin?

Ocean City, MD, with 6,884 residents, 8.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.