List of cities in Germany by population

As defined by the German Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development, a Großstadt (large city) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants.[1] As of December 31, 2015, 79 cities fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations.

General map of Germany

Population density

List

The following table lists the 79 cities in Germany with a population of at least 100,000 on December 31, 2015, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.[2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the state. The table below contains the following information:

1. The city rank by population as of December 31, 2015, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany[3]
2. The city name[3]
3. The name of the state in which the city lies[4]
4. The city population as of December 31, 2015, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany[3]
5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census[4]
6. The city percent population change from May 9, 2011 to December 31, 2015
7. The city land area as of December 31, 2015[3]
8. The city population density as of December 31, 2015 (residents per unit of land area)[3]
9. The city latitude and longitude coordinates.

2015 rank	City	State	2015 estimate	2011 census	Change	2015 land area	2015 population density	Location
1	Berlin	Berlin	3,520,031	3,292,365	+6.91%	891.68 km^2 344.28 sq mi	3,948/km^2 10,230/sq mi	52°31′N 13°23′E
2	Hamburg	Hamburg	1,787,408	1,706,696	+4.73%	755.3 km^2 291.6 sq mi	2,366/km^2 6,130/sq mi	53°33′N 10°0′E
3	Munich (München)	Bavaria	1,450,381	1,348,335	+7.57%	310.7 km^2 120.0 sq mi	4,668/km^2 12,090/sq mi	48°8′N 11°34′E
4	Cologne (Köln)	North Rhine-Westphalia	1,060,582	1,005,775	+5.45%	405.02 km^2 156.38 sq mi	2,619/km^2 6,780/sq mi	50°56′N 6°57′E
5	Frankfurt am Main	Hesse	732,688	667,925	+9.70%	248.31 km^2 95.87 sq mi	2,951/km^2 7,640/sq mi	50°7′N 8°41′E
6	Stuttgart	Baden-Württemberg	623,738	585,890	+6.46%	207.35 km^2 80.06 sq mi	3,008/km^2 7,790/sq mi	48°47′N 9°11′E
7	Düsseldorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	612,178	586,291	+4.42%	217.41 km^2 83.94 sq mi	2,816/km^2 7,290/sq mi	51°14′N 6°47′E
8	Dortmund	North Rhine-Westphalia	586,181	571,143	+2.63%	280.71 km^2 108.38 sq mi	2,088/km^2 5,410/sq mi	51°31′N 7°28′E
9	Essen	North Rhine-Westphalia	582,624	566,201	+2.90%	210.34 km^2 81.21 sq mi	2,770/km^2 7,200/sq mi	51°27′N 7°1′E
10	Leipzig	Saxony	560,472	502,979	+11.43%	297.8 km^2 115.0 sq mi	1,882/km^2 4,870/sq mi	51°20′N 12°23′E
11	Bremen	Bremen	557,464	542,707	+2.72%	326.18 km^2 125.94 sq mi	1,709/km^2 4,430/sq mi	53°5′N 8°48′E
12	Dresden	Saxony	543,825	512,354	+6.14%	328.48 km^2 126.83 sq mi	1,656/km^2 4,290/sq mi	51°2′N 13°44′E
13	Hanover (Hannover)	Lower Saxony	532,163	506,416	+5.08%	204.14 km^2 78.82 sq mi	2,607/km^2 6,750/sq mi	52°22′N 9°43′E
14	Nuremberg (Nürnberg)	Bavaria	509,975	486,314	+4.87%	186.38 km^2 71.96 sq mi	2,736/km^2 7,090/sq mi	49°27′N 11°5′E
15	Duisburg	North Rhine-Westphalia	491,231	488,468	+0.57%	232.8 km^2 89.9 sq mi	2,110/km^2 5,500/sq mi	51°26′N 6°46′E
16	Bochum	North Rhine-Westphalia	364,742	362,286	+0.68%	145.66 km^2 56.24 sq mi	2,504/km^2 6,490/sq mi	51°29′N 7°13′E
17	Wuppertal	North Rhine-Westphalia	350,046	342,661	+2.16%	168.39 km^2 65.02 sq mi	2,079/km^2 5,380/sq mi	51°16′N 7°11′E
18	Bielefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	333,090	326,870	+1.90%	258.82 km^2 99.93 sq mi	1,287/km^2 3,330/sq mi	52°1′N 8°32′E
19	Bonn	North Rhine-Westphalia	318,809	305,765	+4.27%	141.06 km^2 54.46 sq mi	2,260/km^2 5,900/sq mi	50°44′N 7°6′E
20	Münster	North Rhine-Westphalia	310,039	289,576	+7.07%	303.28 km^2 117.10 sq mi	1,022/km^2 2,650/sq mi	51°58′N 7°38′E
21	Karlsruhe	Baden-Württemberg	307,755	289,173	+6.43%	173.46 km^2 66.97 sq mi	1,774/km^2 4,590/sq mi	49°0′N 8°24′E
22	Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg	305,780	290,117	+5.40%	144.96 km^2 55.97 sq mi	2,109/km^2 5,460/sq mi	49°29′N 8°28′E
23	Augsburg	Bavaria	286,374	267,767	+6.95%	146.86 km^2 56.70 sq mi	1,950/km^2 5,100/sq mi	48°22′N 10°54′E
24	Wiesbaden	Hesse	276,218	269,121	+2.64%	203.93 km^2 78.74 sq mi	1,354/km^2 3,510/sq mi	50°5′N 8°14′E
25	Gelsenkirchen	North Rhine-Westphalia	260,368	258,766	+0.62%	104.94 km^2 40.52 sq mi	2,481/km^2 6,430/sq mi	51°31′N 7°6′E
26	Mönchengladbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	259,996	255,188	+1.88%	170.47 km^2 65.82 sq mi	1,525/km^2 3,950/sq mi	51°12′N 6°26′E
27	Braunschweig	Lower Saxony	251,364	242,537	+3.64%	192.18 km^2 74.20 sq mi	1,308/km^2 3,390/sq mi	52°16′N 10°31′E
28	Chemnitz	Saxony	248,645	240,253	+3.49%	221.05 km^2 85.35 sq mi	1,125/km^2 2,910/sq mi	50°50′N 12°55′E
29	Kiel	Schleswig-Holstein	246,306	235,782	+4.46%	118.65 km^2 45.81 sq mi	2,076/km^2 5,380/sq mi	54°20′N 10°8′E
30	Aachen	North Rhine-Westphalia	245,885	236,420	+4.00%	160.85 km^2 62.10 sq mi	1,529/km^2 3,960/sq mi	50°47′N 6°5′E
31	Halle (Saale)	Saxony-Anhalt	236,991	229,153	+3.42%	135.02 km^2 52.13 sq mi	1,755/km^2 4,550/sq mi	51°29′N 11°58′E
32	Magdeburg	Saxony-Anhalt	235,723	228,144	+3.32%	201 km^2 78 sq mi	1,173/km^2 3,040/sq mi	52°8′N 11°37′E
33	Freiburg im Breisgau	Baden-Württemberg	226,393	209,628	+8.00%	153.06 km^2 59.10 sq mi	1,479/km^2 3,830/sq mi	47°59′N 7°51′E
34	Krefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	225,144	222,247	+1.30%	137.77 km^2 53.19 sq mi	1,634/km^2 4,230/sq mi	51°20′N 6°34′E
35	Lübeck	Schleswig-Holstein	216,253	210,305	+2.83%	214.21 km^2 82.71 sq mi	1,010/km^2 2,600/sq mi	53°52′N 10°41′E
36	Oberhausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	210,934	210,216	+0.34%	77.09 km^2 29.76 sq mi	2,736/km^2 7,090/sq mi	51°28′N 6°51′E
37	Erfurt	Thuringia	210,118	200,868	+4.61%	269.91 km^2 104.21 sq mi	778/km^2 2,020/sq mi	50°59′N 11°2′E
38	Mainz	Rhineland-Palatinate	209,779	200,344	+4.71%	97.74 km^2 37.74 sq mi	2,146/km^2 5,560/sq mi	50°0′N 8°16′E
39	Rostock	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	206,011	200,265	+2.87%	181.26 km^2 69.98 sq mi	1,137/km^2 2,940/sq mi	54°5′N 12°8′E
40	Kassel	Hesse	197,984	190,765	+3.78%	106.78 km^2 41.23 sq mi	1,854/km^2 4,800/sq mi	51°19′N 9°30′E
41	Hagen	North Rhine-Westphalia	189,044	187,944	+0.59%	160.45 km^2 61.95 sq mi	1,178/km^2 3,050/sq mi	51°22′N 7°29′E
42	Hamm	North Rhine-Westphalia	179,397	176,037	+1.91%	226.43 km^2 87.43 sq mi	792/km^2 2,050/sq mi	51°41′N 7°49′E
43	Saarbrücken	Saarland	178,151	175,853	+1.31%	167.09 km^2 64.51 sq mi	1,066/km^2 2,760/sq mi	49°14′N 7°0′E
44	Mülheim an der Ruhr	North Rhine-Westphalia	169,278	166,865	+1.45%	91.28 km^2 35.24 sq mi	1,854/km^2 4,800/sq mi	51°26′N 6°53′E
45	Potsdam	Brandenburg	167,745	156,021	+7.51%	188.26 km^2 72.69 sq mi	891/km^2 2,310/sq mi	52°24′N 13°4′E
46	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	Rhineland-Palatinate	164,718	157,584	+4.53%	77.55 km^2 29.94 sq mi	2,124/km^2 5,500/sq mi	49°29′N 8°26′E
47	Oldenburg	Lower Saxony	163,830	157,267	+4.17%	102.99 km^2 39.76 sq mi	1,591/km^2 4,120/sq mi	53°8′N 8°13′E
48	Leverkusen	North Rhine-Westphalia	163,487	158,984	+2.83%	78.87 km^2 30.45 sq mi	2,073/km^2 5,370/sq mi	51°2′N 6°59′E
49	Osnabrück	Lower Saxony	162,403	153,699	+5.66%	119.8 km^2 46.3 sq mi	1,356/km^2 3,510/sq mi	52°17′N 8°3′E
50	Solingen	North Rhine-Westphalia	158,726	155,265	+2.23%	89.54 km^2 34.57 sq mi	1,773/km^2 4,590/sq mi	51°10′N 7°5′E
51	Heidelberg	Baden-Württemberg	156,267	146,751	+6.48%	108.84 km^2 42.02 sq mi	1,436/km^2 3,720/sq mi	49°25′N 8°43′E
52	Herne	North Rhine-Westphalia	155,851	155,160	+0.45%	51.42 km^2 19.85 sq mi	3,031/km^2 7,850/sq mi	51°33′N 7°13′E
53	Neuss	North Rhine-Westphalia	155,414	150,568	+3.22%	99.52 km^2 38.42 sq mi	1,562/km^2 4,050/sq mi	51°12′N 6°42′E
54	Darmstadt	Hesse	155,353	143,499	+8.26%	122.09 km^2 47.14 sq mi	1,272/km^2 3,290/sq mi	49°52′N 8°39′E
55	Paderborn	North Rhine-Westphalia	148,126	142,365	+4.05%	179.59 km^2 69.34 sq mi	825/km^2 2,140/sq mi	51°43′N 8°46′E
56	Regensburg	Bavaria	145,465	135,403	+7.43%	80.7 km^2 31.2 sq mi	1,803/km^2 4,670/sq mi	49°1′N 12°5′E
57	Ingolstadt	Bavaria	132,438	124,927	+6.01%	133.37 km^2 51.49 sq mi	993/km^2 2,570/sq mi	48°46′N 11°26′E
58	Würzburg	Bavaria	124,873	124,297	+0.46%	87.63 km^2 33.83 sq mi	1,425/km^2 3,690/sq mi	49°47′N 9°56′E
59	Fürth	Bavaria	124,171	115,613	+7.40%	63.35 km^2 24.46 sq mi	1,960/km^2 5,100/sq mi	49°28′N 11°0′E
60	Wolfsburg	Lower Saxony	124,045	119,984	+3.38%	204.09 km^2 78.80 sq mi	608/km^2 1,570/sq mi	52°25′23″N 10°47′14″E
61	Offenbach am Main	Hesse	123,734	113,443	+9.07%	44.89 km^2 17.33 sq mi	2,756/km^2 7,140/sq mi	50°6′N 8°48′E
62	Ulm	Baden-Württemberg	122,636	116,761	+5.03%	118.69 km^2 45.83 sq mi	1,033/km^2 2,680/sq mi	48°24′N 9°59′E
63	Heilbronn	Baden-Württemberg	122,567	116,059	+5.61%	99.88 km^2 38.56 sq mi	1,227/km^2 3,180/sq mi	49°9′N 9°13′E
64	Pforzheim	Baden-Württemberg	122,247	114,411	+6.85%	98 km^2 38 sq mi	1,247/km^2 3,230/sq mi	48°54′N 8°43′E
65	Göttingen	Lower Saxony	118,914	115,843	+2.65%	116.89 km^2 45.13 sq mi	1,017/km^2 2,630/sq mi	51°32′N 9°56′E
66	Bottrop	North Rhine-Westphalia	117,143	117,311	−0.14%	100.61 km^2 38.85 sq mi	1,164/km^2 3,010/sq mi	51°31′29″N 6°55′22″E
67	Trier	Rhineland-Palatinate	114,914	105,671	+8.75%	117.13 km^2 45.22 sq mi	981/km^2 2,540/sq mi	49°45′N 6°38′E
68	Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	114,330	115,958	−1.40%	66.5 km^2 25.7 sq mi	1,719/km^2 4,450/sq mi	51°35′6″N 7°9′43″E
69	Reutlingen	Baden-Württemberg	114,310	109,799	+4.11%	87.06 km^2 33.61 sq mi	1,313/km^2 3,400/sq mi	48°29′N 9°13′E
70	Bremerhaven	Bremen	114,025	108,156	+5.43%	93.66 km^2 36.16 sq mi	1,217/km^2 3,150/sq mi	53°33′N 8°35′E
71	Koblenz	Rhineland-Palatinate	112,586	107,825	+4.42%	105.16 km^2 40.60 sq mi	1,071/km^2 2,770/sq mi	50°21′35″N 7°35′52″E
72	Bergisch Gladbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	111,366	108,878	+2.29%	83.09 km^2 32.08 sq mi	1,340/km^2 3,500/sq mi	51°6′N 7°7′E
73	Jena	Thuringia	109,527	105,739	+3.58%	114.76 km^2 44.31 sq mi	954/km^2 2,470/sq mi	50°55′38″N 11°35′10″E
74	Remscheid	North Rhine-Westphalia	109,499	110,708	−1.09%	74.52 km^2 28.77 sq mi	1,469/km^2 3,800/sq mi	51°11′N 7°12′E
75	Erlangen	Bavaria	108,336	103,719	+4.45%	76.95 km^2 29.71 sq mi	1,408/km^2 3,650/sq mi	49°35′N 11°1′E
76	Moers	North Rhine-Westphalia	104,529	104,009	+0.50%	67.68 km^2 26.13 sq mi	1,544/km^2 4,000/sq mi	51°27′33″N 6°37′11″E
77	Siegen	North Rhine-Westphalia	102,355	99,187	+3.19%	114.69 km^2 44.28 sq mi	892/km^2 2,310/sq mi	50°53′N 8°1′E
78	Hildesheim	Lower Saxony	101,667	99,554	+2.12%	92.18 km^2 35.59 sq mi	1,103/km^2 2,860/sq mi	52°9′N 9°57′E
79	Salzgitter	Lower Saxony	101,079	98,895	+2.21%	223.92 km^2 86.46 sq mi	451/km^2 1,170/sq mi	52°9′N 10°20′E

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  1. Berlin
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  2. Hamburg
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  3. Munich
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  4. Cologne
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  5. Frankfurt
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  6. Stuttgart
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  7. Düsseldorf
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  8. Dortmund
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  9. Essen
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  10. Leipzig
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  11. Bremen
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  12. Dresden
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  13. Hanover
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  14. Nuremberg
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  15. Duisburg

See also

• List of cities and towns in Germany
• List of towns and cities in Germany by historical population
• List of municipalities in Germany
• Metropolitan regions in Germany

References

1. "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen" (in German). Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
2. https://www.destatis.de/EN/Homepage.html
3. "Städte in Deutschland nach Fläche und Bevölkerung auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011 und Bevölkerungsdichte: Gebietsstand 31.12.2015" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. December 13, 2016.
4. "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. April 10, 2014.