Cities of Germany

In Germany, the number of settlements that have the status of a city ( German: Stadtrecht - literally city law ) is 2056 as of January 1, 2019 . Of these, four ( Berlin , Hamburg , Munich and Cologne ) have a population of more than 1 million people.

Content

List of cities in Germany

Largest German cities

Map of the largest cities

Cities with population:

- from 100,000 to 199,999 people.

- from 200,000 to 299,999 people.

- from 300,000 to 499,999 people.

- from 500,000 to 599,999 people.

- from 600,000 to 999,999 people.

- from 1,000,000 to 2,999,999 people.

- 3,000,000 people and more

Cities of Germany with a population of more than 100 thousand people

List of the largest cities

Information on the population of cities in the table is provided according to updated data as of December 31, 2015 ^[1] taking into account the results of the 2011 census ^[2] .

No.	City	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2011 ^[2]	2015 ^[one]	Area km²	Density population people / km²	Change number of of the population (2015 to 2011)	Federal states
one	Berlin	3 208 719	3,048,759	3 433 695	3 382 169	3 460 725	3 326 002	3,520,031	891.68	3 947.64	5.83%	Berlin
2	Hamburg	1 793 640	1 645 095	1 652 363	1,715,392	1,786,448	1,718,187	1,787,408	755.3	2,366.49	4.03%	Hamburg
3	Munich	1 311 978	1,298,941	1,229,026	1 210 223	1,353,186	1,364,920	1,450,381	310.7	4,668.11	6.26%	Bavaria
four	Koln	849 451	976 694	953,551	962 884	1 007 119	1 013 665	1,060,582	405.02	2 618.59	4.63%	North Rhine-Westphalia
five	Frankfurt on the main	666 179	629,375	644,865	648,550	679 664	676 533	732 688	248.31	2 950.70	8.30%	Hesse
6	Stuttgart	634 202	580 648	579 988	583,874	606 588	591 015	623,738	207.35	3,008.14	5.54%	Baden-Wurttemberg
7	Dusseldorf	660 963	590 479	575,794	569 364	588 735	589 649	612 178	217.41	2 815.78	3.82%	North Rhine-Westphalia
eight	Dortmund	640 642	608,297	599,055	588 994	580,444	571,403	586 181	280.71	2,088.21	2.59%	North Rhine-Westphalia
9	Essen	696,419	647 643	626 973	595,243	574 635	565 900	582 624	210.34	2 769,92	2.96%	North Rhine-Westphalia
ten	Leipzig	583,885	562,480	511,079	493,208	522,883	510,043	560 472	297.8	1 882.04	9.89%	Saxony
eleven	Bremen	592 533	555 118	551,219	539,403	547,340	544,043	557,464	326.18	1,709.07	2.47%	Bremen
12	Dresden	502,432	516,225	490 571	477,807	523 058	517 765	543,825	328.48	1 655.58	5.03%	Saxony
13	Hanover	521 003	534 623	513 010	515 001	522,686	509,485	532 163	204.14	2 606.85	4.45%	Lower saxony
14	Nuremberg	478 181	484,405	493,692	488,400	505,664	490,085	509 975	186.38	2 736.21	4.06%	Bavaria
15	Duisburg	452,721	558 089	535,447	514 915	489,599	487,470	491,231	232.8	2 110,10	0.77%	North Rhine-Westphalia
sixteen	Bochum	343,809	400 757	396,486	391,147	374,737	362,585	364,742	145.66	2,504.06	0.59%	North Rhine-Westphalia
17	Wuppertal	417 694	393 381	383,660	366 434	349 721	342 570	350,046	168.39	2,078.78	2.18%	North Rhine-Westphalia
18	Bielefeld	168 609	312,708	319 037	321 758	323,270	327 199	333,090	258.82	1,286.96	1.80%	North Rhine-Westphalia
nineteen	Bonn	275,722	288,148	292,234	302 247	324,899	307 530	318 809	141.06	2,260.09	3.67%	North Rhine-Westphalia
20	Munster	198 878	269,696	259,438	265 609	279 803	293 393	310 039	303.28	1,022.29	5.67%	North Rhine-Westphalia
21	Karlsruhe	258 894	271 892	275,061	278 558	294 761	291 995	307 755	173.46	1,774.21	5.40%	Baden-Wurttemberg
22	Mannheim	332,378	304 303	310 411	306 729	313,174	291 458	305,780	144.96	2 109,41	4.91%	Baden-Wurttemberg
23	Augsburg	212,886	248 346	256,877	254 982	264,708	269,402	286 374	146.86	1 949.98	6.30%	Bavaria
24	Wiesbaden	250,285	274,464	260 301	270 109	275 976	270,952	276,218	203.93	1,354.47	1.94%	Hesse
25	Gelsenkirchen	347 307	304,386	293,714	278 695	257 981	257,994	260,368	104.94	2,481.11	0.92%	North Rhine-Westphalia
26	Monchengladbach	151 111	258,424	259,436	263 014	257,993	254,834	259,996	170.47	1,525.17	2.03%	North Rhine-Westphalia
27	Braunschweig	223 936	261 141	258 833	245 816	248 867	243,829	251 364	192.18	1,307.96	3.09%	Lower saxony
28	Chemnitz	299 411	317 644	294,244	259,246	243 248	240,543	248 645	221.05	1,124.84	3.37%	Saxony
29th	Keel	270 125	250 062	245 567	232,612	239,526	237,667	246 306	118.65	2,075.90	3.63%	Schleswig-Holstein
thirty	Aachen	175 593	243 947	241 861	244,386	258 664	238 665	245,885	160.85	1,528.66	3.03%	North Rhine-Westphalia
31	Galle	257,261	232,294	310,234	247 736	232,963	230,494	236,991	135.02	1 755,23	2.82%	Saxony-Anhalt
32	Magdeburg	272,237	289 032	278 807	231,450	231 525	228 910	235,723	201	1,172.75	2.98%	Saxony-Anhalt
33	Freiburg in Breisgau	163 568	175 106	191 029	205 102	224 191	214 234	226 393	153.06	1,479.11	5.68%	Baden-Wurttemberg
34	Krefeld	223,216	223 969	244 020	239,916	235,076	221 864	225 144	137.77	1,634.20	1.48%	North Rhine-Westphalia
35	Lubeck	239,657	220 588	214,758	213 399	210 232	210 679	216 253	214.21	1 009.54	2.65%	Schleswig-Holstein
36	Oberhausen	245,840	228 947	223,840	222 151	212 945	210 256	210 934	77.09	2 736,20	0.32%	North Rhine-Westphalia
37	Erfurt	196 528	211 575	208 989	200 564	204,994	201 952	210 118	269.91	778.47	4.04%	Thuringia
38	Mainz	174 259	187 392	179,486	182 870	199,237	201 002	209,779	97.74	2 146.30	4.37%	Rhineland-Palatinate
39	Sprout	198 636	232,506	248,088	200 506	202 735	201 813	206 011	181.26	1,136.55	2.08%	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
40	Kassel	214,785	195 912	194,268	194 766	195 530	191 854	197 984	106.78	1 854,13	3.20%	Hesse
41	Hagen	201 547	218 927	214,449	203 151	188 529	187 333	189 044	160,45	1,178.21	0.91%	North Rhine-Westphalia
42	Hamm	84 139	171 869	179,639	182 427	181 783	176 474	179 397	226.43	792.28	1.66%	North Rhine-Westphalia
43	Saarbrücken	128 251	193,554	191 694	183 257	175 741	176 497	178 151	167.09	1,066.20	0.94%	Saar
44	Mülheim on Ruhr	192 549	181 279	177 681	172,862	167 344	166 804	169 278	91.28	1 854,49	1.48%	North Rhine-Westphalia
45	Potsdam	111 336	130 900	139 794	129 324	156 906	157 603	167 745	188.26	891.03	6.44%	Brandenburg
46	Ludwigshafen on the rhine	178,375	159 399	162 173	162,233	164 351	158 637	164 718	77.55	2 124,02	3.83%	Rhineland-Palatinate
47	Oldenburg	130 852	136 764	143 131	154,832	162 173	157,706	163,830	102,99	1,590.74	3.88%	Lower saxony
48	Leverkusen	107 626	160 825	160 919	161 047	160 772	159,373	163,487	78.87	2,072.87	2.58%	North Rhine-Westphalia
49	Osnabruck	148 102	157 367	163 168	164 101	164 119	154 513	162 403	119.8	1,355.62	5.11%	Lower saxony
50	Solingen	176 420	166,085	165,401	164 973	159 927	155,080	158,726	89.54	1,772.68	2.35%	North Rhine-Westphalia
51	Heidelberg	129,656	133,227	136 796	140 259	147 312	148 415	156,267	108.84	1,435.75	5.29%	Baden-Wurttemberg
52	Herne	105 423	182 542	178 132	174,529	164 762	154,887	155 851	51,42	3,030.94	0.62%	North Rhine-Westphalia
53	Neuss	114 613	149 334	147 019	150 013	151 388	151,070	155,414	99.52	1,561.64	2.88%	North Rhine-Westphalia
54	Darmstadt	141 224	138 201	138 920	138 242	144 402	145,845	155,353	122.09	1,272.45	6.52%	Hesse
55	Paderborn	92,890	110 163	120 680	139 084	146,283	143 174	148 126	179.59	824.80	3.46%	North Rhine-Westphalia
56	Regensburg	131 153	132 604	121 691	125 676	135 520	136 352	145,465	80.7	1 802,54	6.68%	Bavaria
57	Ingolstadt	70,414	90 490	105 489	115 722	125 088	126,076	132,438	133.37	993.01	5.05%	Bavaria
58	Wurzburg	117 147	128,652	127 777	127 966	133,799	124,449	124,873	87.63	1,425.00	0.34%	Bavaria
59	Fuerth	94,774	99,088	103 362	110 477	114 628	116 640	124 171	63.35	1 960,08	6.46%	Bavaria
60	Wolfsburg	88 655	125 935	128 510	121 805	121 451	120,889	124,045	204.09	607.80	2.61%	Lower saxony
61	Offenbach	117 306	110 993	114 992	117 535	120 435	114 855	123 734	44.89	2 756.38	7.73%	Hesse
62	Ulm	92 943	100 671	110 529	117 232	122 801	117 541	122 636	118.69	1,033.25	4.33%	Baden-Wurttemberg
63	Heilbronn	101 660	111 938	115 843	119 305	122 879	116 716	122 567	99.88	1,227.14	5.01%	Baden-Wurttemberg
64	Pforzheim	90 338	106,500	112 944	117 156	119 781	115 211	122 247	98	1,247.42	6.11%	Baden-Wurttemberg
65	Göttingen	109 892	129,656	121 831	124 132	121,060	116 052	118 914	116.89	1 017.32	2.47%	Lower saxony
66	Bottrop	106 657	114 571	118 936	120 611	116 771	117,074	117 143	100.61	1,164.33	0.06%	North Rhine-Westphalia
67	Trier	103 724	95 536	97 835	99 410	105 260	106,284	114 914	117.13	981.08	8.12%	Rhineland-Palatinate
68	Recklinghausen	125 237	119,418	125,060	124,785	118 365	115 648	114 330	66.5	1,719.25	−1.14%	North Rhine-Westphalia
69	Reutlingen	79 534	95,456	103 687	110 650	112 484	110 084	114 310	87.06	1 313,00	3.84%	Baden-Wurttemberg
70	Bremerhaven	143 918	138 728	130,446	120 822	113 366	108 139	114,025	93.66	1,217.44	5.44%	Bremen
71	Koblenz	101 374	113 676	108 733	107 950	106 417	107 954	112 586	105.16	1,070.62	4.29%	Rhineland-Palatinate
72	Bergish Gladbach	49 558	101 472	104 037	105 693	105 723	109,026	111 366	83.09	1,340.31	2.15%	North Rhine-Westphalia
73	Jena	88 130	103 718	102 518	99 893	105 129	106,428	109,527	114.76	954.40	2.91%	Thuringia
74	Remscheid	136,419	129,082	123 155	119 287	110 563	110 132	109 499	74.52	1,469.39	−0.57%	North Rhine-Westphalia
75	Erlangen	84 110	101 845	101 017	100 778	105 629	104 312	108 336	76.95	1,407.88	3.86%	Bavaria
76	Moers	52 539	99 923	104 595	107 062	105 506	103 831	104 529	67.68	1,544.46	0.67%	North Rhine-Westphalia
77	Siegen	57 302	112 320	109 174	108 476	103 424	99,230	102 355	114.69	892.45	3.15%	North Rhine-Westphalia
78	Hildesheim	93,800	102 619	105,291	103 909	102 794	99,267	101 667	92.18	1 102,92	2.42%	Lower saxony
79	Salzgitter	118 201	116,784	113 872	112 302	102 394	98,588	101 079	223.92	451.41	2.53%	Lower saxony
80	Cottbus	82 896	113 479	125 891	108 491	102 091	99 974	99,687	165.16	603.58	−0.29%	Brandenburg
81	Kaiserslautern	100 696	98 745	99 351	99 825	99 184	96 963	98 520	139.74	705.02	1.61%	Rhineland-Palatinate
82	Gutersloh	75,297	78 221	86 807	95,158	96,404	94,290	97 586	112.02	871.15	3,50%	North Rhine-Westphalia
83	Schwerin	97 389	121 175	127 447	101 267	95 220	91 327	96,800	130.52	741.65	5.99%	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
84	Witten	97 641	105 876	105 403	103 384	98,233	96,221	96,700	72,4	1,335.64	0.50%	North Rhine-Westphalia
85	Hera	111 535	126 792	129,037	112 835	99,262	95,746	96 011	152.19	630.86	0.28%	Thuringia
86	Iserlohn	57 577	93,823	96,314	99 474	94 966	94,367	93 537	125.49	745.37	−0.88%	North Rhine-Westphalia
87	Ludwigsburg	78 019	81 589	82 343	86 897	87 735	86 939	92 973	43.35	2 144,71	6.94%	Baden-Wurttemberg
88	Hanau	55,379		86 913	88,294	88 637	87 521	92 643	76.49	1 211,18	5.85%	Hesse
89	Esslingen Neckar				90 007	91 869	87 519	91 271	46,42	1 966,20	4.29%	Baden-Wurttemberg
90	Zwickau	126 988	122 129	114 632	103 008	93,750	92,826	91 123	102.58	888.31	−1.83%	Saxony
91	Duren				91,801	92,820	88 567	90 244	85	1,061.69	1.89%	North Rhine-Westphalia
92	Ratingen	43,685	89 466	91 007	91 437	91,088	86 882	87 943	88.74	991.02	1.22%	North Rhine-Westphalia
93	Tuebingen				81 347	88 358	83 248	87 464	108.12	808.95	5.06%	Baden-Wurttemberg
94	Flensburg	95,366	87,862	86 977	84,281	88 759	82 801	85 942	56.74	1,514.66	3.79%	Schleswig-Holstein
95	Lunen	71 658	85 872	87,845	92 017	87 530	85 554	85 867	59.39	1,445.82	0.37%	North Rhine-Westphalia
96	Villingen Schwenningen				81 214	81 022	80,268	84 674	165.48	511.69	5.49%	Baden-Wurttemberg
97	Gisen	75 555	76,374	74,497	73 138		78 584	84 455	72.55	1,164.09	-	Hesse
98	Marl	77 182	89 082	91,467	93 256	87 557	84 680	83 926	87.76	956.31	−0.89%	North Rhine-Westphalia
99	Dessau				83 153	86 906	85,488	82 919	244.74	338.80	−3.01%	Saxony-Anhalt
100	Konstanz	61 160	68 305	75 089	78 087	84 693	77 796	82 859	54.11	1,531.31	-	Baden-Wurttemberg
Cities that left the top 100 largest cities in Germany
102	Minden				83,079	82 114	79 940	81 598	101.12	806.94	2.07%	North Rhine-Westphalia
103	Velbert	55 411	93 056	89 253	89,782	84 033	81 192	81 430	74.9	1087.18	0.29%	North Rhine-Westphalia

Notes

Links

German Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt) (German)
Cities and rural settlements of the federal states of Germany according to official sources in Germany (German)
Cities and districts of German federal states according to official sources in Germany (German)

[:0-1] ¹ ² Städte (Alle Gemeinden mit Stadtrecht) nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Bevölkerungsdichte am 12/31/2015, im Juli 2017 wegen korrigierter Fläche revidiert (neopr.) .

[:1-2] ¹ ² Statistisches Bundesamt : Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Bevölkerung am 12/31/2011 auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011 und früherer Zählungen