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. 1950 |
Pop. 1970 |
Pop. 1990 |
Pop. 2010 |
Pop. 2015 |
Area [km2] | Density per km2 |
State (Bundesland) |
Gallery
See also
References
- ↑ 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
Further reading
- "German Empire: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
- "German Empire: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899.
- "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1904. (figures for 1900)
- "German Empire: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908.
- "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1915.
- "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
- Statistisches Bundesamt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1952 ff. (German)
- Staatliche Zentralverwaltung für Statistik (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1955–1989 (German)
External links
- Statistisches Bundesamt - Gemeindeverzeichnis (German)
- List of Top 10 German cities by Population, and others listed alphabetically - Citypopulation.de
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