List of cities in Germany by population

This is a list of cities in Germany by population. In Germany, a city (Großstadt) is officially defined as an administration unit with a population greater than 100,000.[1]

List

Federal capital
State capital
Rank City Pop.
1950
Pop.
1970
Pop.
1990
Pop.
2010
Pop.
2015
Area [km2]
Density
per km2
State (Bundesland)
1  Berlin 3,336,026 3,208,719 3,433,695 3,460,725 3,520,031 887.70 3,965  Berlin
2  Hamburg 1,605,606 1,793,640 1,652,363 1,786,448 1,787,408 755.16 2,366  Hamburg
3  Munich 831,937 1,311,978 1,229,026 1,353,186 1,450,381 310.69 4,355  Bavaria
4  Cologne 594,941 849,451 953,551 1,007,119 1,060,582 405.17 2,618  North Rhine-Westphalia
5  Frankfurt 532,037 666,179 644,865 679,664 732,688 248.31 2,737  Hesse
6  Stuttgart 496,490 634,202 579,988 606,588 623,738 207.35 2,925  Baden-Württemberg
7  Düsseldorf 500,516 660,963 588,735 588,735 612,178 217.22 2,710  North Rhine-Westphalia
8  Dortmund 507,349 640,642 599,055 580,444 586,181 280.71 2,068  North Rhine-Westphalia
9  Essen 605,411 696,419 626,973 574,635 582,624 210.32 2,732  North Rhine-Westphalia
10  Leipzig 617,574 583,885 511,079 522,883 560,472 297.36 1,758  Saxony
11  Bremen 444,549 592,533 551,219 547,340 557,464 325.42 1,682  Bremen
12  Dresden 494,187 502,432 490,571 523,058 543,825 328.31 1,593  Saxony
13  Hanover 444,296 521,003 513,010 522,686 532,163 204.14 2,560  Lower Saxony
14  Nuremberg 362,459 478,181 493,692 505,664 509,975 186.38 2,713  Bavaria
15  Duisburg 410,783 452,721 535,447 489,599 491,231 232.83 2,103  North Rhine-Westphalia
16  Bochum 289,804 343,809 396,486 374.737 364,742 145.66 2,573  North Rhine-Westphalia
17  Wuppertal 363,224 417,694 383,660 349,721 350,046 168.39 2,077  North Rhine-Westphalia
18  Bielefeld 153,613 168,609 319,037 323,270 333,090 257.92 1,253  North Rhine-Westphalia
19  Bonn 115,394 275,722 292,234 324,899 318,809 141.22 2,301  North Rhine-Westphalia
20  Münster 118,496 198,878 259,438 279,803 310,039 302.96 924  North Rhine-Westphalia
21  Karlsruhe 198,840 259,091 275,061 294,761 307,755 173.46 1,699  Baden-Württemberg
22  Mannheim 245,634 332,378 310,411 313,174 305,780 144.96 2,160  Baden-Württemberg
23  Augsburg 185,183 213,230 256,877 264,708 286,374 146.84 1,803  Bavaria
24  Wiesbaden 220,741 250,715 260,301 275,976 276,218 203.93 1,353  Hesse
25  Gelsenkirchen 315,460 347,074 293,714 257,981 260,368 104.94 2,458  North Rhine-Westphalia
26  Mönchengladbach 124,879 151,085 259,436 257,993 259,996 170.45 1,514  North Rhine-Westphalia
27  Braunschweig 223,760 223,275 258,833 248,867 251,364 192.15 1,295  Lower Saxony
28  Chemnitz 293,373 299,411 294,244 243,248 248,645 220.84 1,101  Saxony
29  Kiel 254,449 271,070 245,567 239,526 246,306 118.65 2,019  Schleswig-Holstein
30  Aachen 129,811 175,451 241,861 258,664 245,885 160.84 1,608  North Rhine-Westphalia
31  Halle 289,119 257,261 310,234 232,963 236,991 135.02 1,725  Saxony-Anhalt
32  Magdeburg 260,305 272,237 278,807 231,549 235,723 200.99 1,152  Saxony-Anhalt
33  Freiburg 109,717 163,568 191,029 224,191 226,393 153.06 1,465  Baden-Württemberg
34  Krefeld 171,875 222,666 244,020 235,076 225,144 137.75 1,707  North Rhine-Westphalia
35  Lübeck 238,276 239,955 214,758 210,232 216,253 214.21 981  Schleswig-Holstein
36  Oberhausen 202,808 246,199 223,840 212,945 210,934 77.11 2,762  North Rhine-Westphalia
37  Erfurt 188,650 196,528 208,989 204,994 210,118 269.14 762  Thuringia
38  Mainz 88,369 174,858 179,486 199,237 209,779 97.74 2,038  Rhineland-Palatinate
39  Rostock 133,109 198,636 248,088 202,735 206,011 181.26 1,118  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
40  Kassel 162,132 214,785 194,268 195,530 197,984 106.78 1,831  Hesse
41  Hagen 146,401 201,042 214,449 188,526 189,044 160.35 1,176  North Rhine-Westphalia
42  Hamm 59,866 84,629 179,639 181,783 179,397 226.25 803  North Rhine-Westphalia
43  Saarbrücken 111,450 128,251 191,694 175,741 178,151 167.09 1,052  Saarland
44  Mülheim an der Ruhr 149,589 192,183 177,681 167,344 169,278 91.29 1,833  North Rhine-Westphalia
45  Potsdam 118,180 111,336 139,794 156,906 167,745 188.25 891  Brandenburg
46  Ludwigshafen am Rhein 123,869 176,257 162,233 164,177 164,718 77.55 2,117  Rhineland-Palatinate
47  Oldenburg 122,809 131,545 143,131 162,173 163,830 102.98 1,575  Lower Saxony
48  Leverkusen 65,531 107,626 160,919 160,772 163,487 78.87 2,038  North Rhine-Westphalia
49  Osnabrück 109,538 144,864 163,168 164,119 162,403 119.80 1,370  Lower Saxony
50  Solingen 147,845 177,124 165,401 159,927 158,726 89.54 1,786  North Rhine-Westphalia
Rank City Pop.
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1970
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1990
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2010
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2015
Area [km2] Density
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State (Bundesland)

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References

  1. Propositions pour arriver à une comparabilité internationale des ouvrages de recensement, M. Körösi, Bulletin de l'Institut international de statistique, 1887, Vol. 2, Number 1, page 212, retrieved 10 May 2014

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