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.

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 2
City State
rank Est

1  Berlin  Berlin 3,52

2  Hamburg  Hamburg 1,78

 Munich
3  Bavaria 1,45
(München)

 North
4  Cologne (Köln) Rhine- 1,06
Westphalia

 Frankfurt am
5  Hesse 73
Main

6 Stuttgart  Baden- 62
 Württemberg

 North
7  Düsseldorf Rhine- 61
Westphalia

 North
8  Dortmund Rhine- 58
Westphalia

 North
9  Essen Rhine- 58
Westphalia

10  Leipzig  Saxony 56

11  Bremen  Bremen 55

12 Dresden  Saxony 54
 Hanover  Lower
13 53
(Hannover) Saxony

 Nuremberg
14  Bavaria 50
(Nürnberg)

 North
15  Duisburg Rhine- 49
Westphalia

 North
16  Bochum Rhine- 36
Westphalia

 North
17  Wuppertal Rhine- 35
Westphalia

18 Bielefeld  North 33
 Rhine-
Westphalia

 North
19  Bonn Rhine- 31
Westphalia

 North
20  Münster Rhine- 31
Westphalia

 Baden-
21 Karlsruhe 30
Württemberg

 Baden-
22  Mannheim 30
Württemberg

23 Augsburg  Bavaria 28

24  Wiesbaden  Hesse 27
  North
25  Gelsenkirchen Rhine- 26
Westphalia

 North
26 Rhine- 25
 Mönchengladbach
Westphalia

 Lower
27  Braunschweig 25
Saxony

28  Chemnitz  Saxony 24

 Schleswig-
29  Kiel 24
Holstein

30 Aachen  North 24
Rhine-
 Westphalia

 Saxony-
31 Halle (Saale) 23
Anhalt

 Saxony-
32 Magdeburg 23
Anhalt

Freiburg im  Baden-
33 22
Breisgau Württemberg

 North
34 Krefeld Rhine- 22
Westphalia

 Schleswig-
35  Lübeck 21
Holstein

 North
36  Oberhausen Rhine- 21
Westphalia
37  Erfurt  Thuringia 21

 Rhineland-
38 Mainz 20
Palatinate

39  Rostock  Mecklenburg- 20
Vorpommern

40  Kassel  Hesse 19

 North
41  Hagen Rhine- 18
Westphalia

 North
42  Hamm Rhine- 17
Westphalia
43 Saarbrücken  Saarland 17

 North
Mülheim an der
44 Rhine- 16
Ruhr
Westphalia

45  Potsdam 16
 Brandenburg

Ludwigshafen am  Rhineland-
46 16
Rhein Palatinate

 Lower
47 Oldenburg 16
Saxony

 North
48  Leverkusen Rhine- 16
Westphalia

49 Osnabrück  Lower 16
 Saxony

 North
50  Solingen Rhine- 15
Westphalia

 Baden-
51 Heidelberg 15
Württemberg

 North
52 Herne Rhine- 15
Westphalia

 North
53 Neuss Rhine- 15
Westphalia

54 Darmstadt  Hesse 15

55  Paderborn  North 14
 Rhine-
Westphalia

56 Regensburg  Bavaria 14

57  Ingolstadt  Bavaria 13

58 Würzburg  Bavaria 12

59 Fürth  Bavaria 12

 Lower
60 Wolfsburg 12
Saxony

Offenbach am
61  Hesse 12
Main

62 Ulm  Baden- 12
 Württemberg

 Baden-
63 Heilbronn 12
Württemberg

 Baden-
64 Pforzheim 12
Württemberg

 Lower
65 Göttingen 11
Saxony

 North
66  Bottrop Rhine- 11
Westphalia

 Rhineland-
67 Trier 11
Palatinate

 North
68 Recklinghausen Rhine- 11
Westphalia
69 Reutlingen  Baden- 11
Württemberg

70 Bremerhaven  Bremen 11

 Rhineland-
71  Koblenz 11
Palatinate

 North
72 Bergisch Gladbach Rhine- 11
Westphalia

73 Jena  Thuringia 10

 North
74 Remscheid Rhine- 10
Westphalia

75 Erlangen  Bavaria 10
  North
76 Moers Rhine- 10
Westphalia

 North
77 Siegen Rhine- 10
Westphalia

 Lower
78 Hildesheim 10
Saxony

 Lower
79 Salzgitter 10
Saxony

Gallery
1. Berlin 

2. Hamburg 

3. Munich 
4. Cologne 

5. Frankfurt 

6. Stuttgart 

7. Düsseldorf 
8. Dortmund 

9. Essen 

10. Leipzig 
See also
List of towns and cities in Germany
Metropolitan regions in Germany

References
1. "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung -
Raumabgrenzungen" (in German).
Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und
Raumforschung. Retrieved Feb 15, 2018.
2.
https://www.destatis.de/EN/Homepage.ht
ml
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.

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