List of cities in Germany by population explained

As defined by the German Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development, a German: Großstadt (large city) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants.[1] As of today, 80 cities in Germany 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 or metropolitan areas.

List

The following table lists the 80 cities in Germany with a population of at least 100,000 each on 31 December 2021, 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 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany
  2. The city name
  3. The name of the state in which the city lies[3]
  4. The city population as of 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany
  5. The city population as of 31 December 2015, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany[4]
  6. The city percentage population change from 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2021
  7. The change in city rank by population from 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2021
  8. The city land area as of 31 December 2021
  9. The city population density as of 31 December 2021 (residents per unit of land area)
  10. The city latitude and longitude coordinates.

Schwerin is the only state capital not listed.

2021
rank		CityState2021
estimate		2015
estimate		GrowthRank
change		data-sort-type="number"2021
land area		data-sort-type="number"2021
population
density		Location
1 0891.3abbr=onNaNabbr=on4126abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.5167°N 36°W
2 0755.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on2524abbr=onNaNabbr=on53.55°N 10°W
3 (München) 0310.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on4788abbr=onNaNabbr=on48.1333°N 45°W
4 (Köln) 0405.15abbr=onNaNabbr=on2648abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.9333°N 63°W
5 0248.31abbr=onNaNabbr=on3057abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.1167°N 49°W
6 0207.33abbr=onNaNabbr=on3020abbr=onNaNabbr=on48.7833°N 20°W
7 0217.41abbr=onNaNabbr=on2849abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.2333°N 53°W
8 2297.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on2024abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.3333°N 35°W
9 1280.71abbr=onNaNabbr=on2091abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.5167°N 35°W
10 1210.34abbr=onNaNabbr=on2755abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.45°N 8°W
11 Bremen 0326.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on1724abbr=onNaNabbr=on53.0833°N 56°W
12 0328.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on1689abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.0333°N 57°W
13 Hanover (Hannover) 0204abbr=onNaNabbr=on2627abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.3667°N 52°W
14 (Nürnberg) 0186.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on2739abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.45°N 16°W
15 0232.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on2127abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.4333°N 52°W
16 0145.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on2500abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.4833°N 20°W
17 0168.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on2105abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.2667°N 18°W
18 Bielefeld 0257.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on1296abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.0167°N 40°W
19 0141.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on2353abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.7333°N 13°W
20 0302.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on1049abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.9667°N 45°W
21 1145abbr=onNaNabbr=on2151abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.4833°N 36°W
22 1173.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on1767abbr=onNaNabbr=on49°N 32°W
23 0146.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on2019abbr=onNaNabbr=on48.3667°N 64°W
24 0203.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on1368abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.0833°N 22°W
25 1170.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on1531abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.2°N 32°W
26 1104.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on2481abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.5167°N 13°W
27 Aachen 3160.85abbr=onNaNabbr=on1548abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.7833°N 11°W
28 1192.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on1295abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.2667°N 41°W
29 0118.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on2076abbr=onNaNabbr=on54.3333°N 18°W
30 2220.85abbr=onNaNabbr=on1101abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.8333°N 67°W
31 Halle (Saale) 0135abbr=onNaNabbr=on1763abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.4833°N 69°W
32 Magdeburg 0201abbr=onNaNabbr=on1175abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.1333°N 48°W
33 Freiburg im Breisgau 0153.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on1514abbr=onNaNabbr=on47.9833°N 58°W
34 Krefeld 0137.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on1649abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.3333°N 40°W
35 Mainz 397.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on2226abbr=onNaNabbr=on50°N 24°W
36 1214.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on1010abbr=onNaNabbr=on53.8667°N 51°W
37 0269.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on792abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.9833°N 13°W
38 277abbr=onNaNabbr=on2710abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.4667°N 57°W
39 0181.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on1149abbr=onNaNabbr=on54.0833°N 20°W
40 0107abbr=onNaNabbr=on1873abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.3167°N 39°W
41 0160.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on1177abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.3667°N 36°W
42 3187.3abbr=onNaNabbr=on978abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.4°N 17°W
43 Saarbrücken 0167.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on1075abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.2333°N 7°W
44 2226.3abbr=onNaNabbr=on792abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.6833°N 56°W
45 Ludwigshafen am Rhein 177.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on2216abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.4833°N 34°W
46 Mülheim an der Ruhr 291.3abbr=onNaNabbr=on1871abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.4333°N 59°W
47 Oldenburg 0103abbr=onNaNabbr=on1655abbr=onNaNabbr=on53.1333°N 21°W
48 Osnabrück 1119.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on1378abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.2833°N 11°W
49 178.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on2078abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.0333°N 65°W
50 Darmstadt 4122.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on1306abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.8667°N 47°W
51 Heidelberg 0108.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on1463abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.4167°N 51°W
52 289.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on1777abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.1667°N 12°W
53 Herne 151.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on3047abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.55°N 20°W
54 Regensburg 280.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on1901abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.0167°N 17°W
55 Neuss 299.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on1535abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.2°N 48°W
56 1179.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on850abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.7167°N 54°W
57 0133.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on1035abbr=onNaNabbr=on48.7667°N 37°W
58 Offenbach am Main 344.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on2924abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.1°N 56°W
59 Fürth 063.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on2038abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.4667°N 11°W
60 Ulm 2118.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on1070abbr=onNaNabbr=on48.4°N 68°W
61 Würzburg 387.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on1449abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.7833°N 65°W
62 Heilbronn 199.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on1258abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.15°N 22°W
63 Pforzheim 198abbr=onNaNabbr=on1281abbr=onNaNabbr=on48.9°N 51°W
64 Wolfsburg 4204abbr=onNaNabbr=on608abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.4231°N 10.7872°W
65 1100.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on1165abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.5247°N 6.9228°W
66 Göttingen 1116.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on997abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.5333°N 65°W
67 Reutlingen 287.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on1338abbr=onNaNabbr=on48.4833°N 22°W
68 3105abbr=onNaNabbr=on1082abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.3597°N 7.5978°W
69 Erlangen 677abbr=onNaNabbr=on1472abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.5833°N 12°W
70 Bremerhaven 093.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on1206abbr=onNaNabbr=on53.55°N 43°W
71 Remscheid 374.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on1498abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.1833°N 19°W
72 Bergisch Gladbach 083.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on1343abbr=onNaNabbr=on51°N 14°W
73 Recklinghausen 566.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on1667abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.585°N 7.1619°W
74 Trier 7117.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on945abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.75°N 44°W
75 Jena 2114.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on963abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.9272°N 11.5861°W
76 Moers 067.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on1533abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.4592°N 6.6197°W
77 Salzgitter 2223.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on463abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.15°N 30°W
78 Siegen 1114.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on885abbr=onNaNabbr=on50.8833°N 9°W
79 Gütersloh 3112abbr=onNaNabbr=on896abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.9°N 31°W
80 Hildesheim 292.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on1088abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.15°N 66°W

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen. Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. 15 February 2018. de. https://web.archive.org/web/20171001104056/http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/Raumbeobachtung/Raumabgrenzungen/StadtGemeindetyp/StadtGemeindetyp_node.html. 1 October 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Homepage.
  3. Web site: Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte. Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Wiesbaden. de. XLS. 10 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Städte in Deutschland nach Fläche und Bevölkerung auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011 und Bevölkerungsdichte: Gebietsstand 31.12.2015 . Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Wiesbaden. de. XLS. 13 December 2016.

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