List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Position of cities in Germany

This is a list of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants.

The following table lists all towns in Germany that currently have a population greater than 100,000. The federal capital is shown in yellow, state capitals (except Schwerin, which does not meet the list criterion) in light blue.

Rank	Name	Pop. 1990	Pop. 2000	Pop. 2005	Area (km²)	Pop. per km²	Growth in %	State (Bundesland)	Year size criterion met
1	Berlin	3,433,695	3,382,169	3,395,189	891.82	3,807	0.06	Berlin	1740
2	Hamburg	1,652,363	1,715,392	1,743,627	755.24	2,309	0.27	Hamburg	1787
3	Munich / München	1,229,026	1,210,223	1,259,677	310.46	4,057	0.68	Bavaria / Bayern	1854
4	Cologne / Köln	953,551	962,884	983,347	405.15	2,427	0.35	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1855
5	Frankfurt am Main	644,865	646,550	651,899	248.31	2,625	0.14	Hesse / Hessen	1875
6	Stuttgart	579,988	583,874	592,569	207.36	2,858	0.25	Baden-Württemberg	1874
7	Dortmund	599,055	588,994	588,168	280.37	2,098	-0.02	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1895
8	Essen	626,973	595,243	585,430	210.38	2,783	-0.27	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1896
9	Düsseldorf	575,794	569,364	574,514	217.01	2,647	0.15	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1882
10	Bremen	551,219	539,403	546,852	326.55	1,675	0.23	Bremen	1875
11	Hanover / Hannover	513,010	515,001	515,729	204.01	2,377	0.02	Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen	1873
12	Leipzig	511,079	493,208	502,651	297.60	1,689	0.32	Saxony / Sachsen	1871
13	Duisburg	535,447	514,915	501,564	232.81	2,154	-0.43	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1904
14	Nuremberg / Nürnberg	493,692	488,400	499,237	186.37	2,679	0.37	Bavaria / Bayern	1881
15	Dresden	490,571	477,807	495,181	328.30	1,508	0.61	Saxony /Sachsen	1852
16	Bochum	396,486	391,147	385,626	145.43	2,652	-0.24	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1904
17	Wuppertal	383,660	366,434	359,237	168.37	2,134	-0.33	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1929
18	Bielefeld	319,037	321,758	326,925	257.83	1,268	0.27	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1929
19	Bonn	313,905	302,247	312,818	141.22	2,215	0.58	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1934
20	Mannheim	310,411	306,729	307,900	144.96	2,124	0.08	Baden-Württemberg	1897
21	Karlsruhe	275,061	278,558	285,263	173.46	1,645	0.40	Baden-Württemberg	1901
22	Wiesbaden	260,301	270,109	274,611	203.90	1,347	0.28	Hesse / Hessen	1905
23	Münster	259,438	265,609	270,868	302.91	894	0.33	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1915
24	Gelsenkirchen	293,714	278,695	268,102	104.86	2,557	-0.63	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1903
25	Augsburg	256,877	254,982	262,676	146.78	1,790	0.50	Bavaria / Bayern	1907
26	Mönchengladbach	259,436	263,014	261,444	170.44	1,534	-0.10	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1922
27	Aix-la-Chapelle/Aachen	241,861	244,386	258,208	160.83	1,605	0.94	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1889
28	Chemnitz	294,244	259,246	246,587	220.85	1,117	-0.81	Saxony / Sachsen	1883
29	Brunswick/Braunschweig	258,833	245,816	245,273	192.09	1,277	-0.04	Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen	1890
30	Krefeld	244,020	239,916	237,701	137.75	1,726	-0.18	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1887
31	Halle	310,234	247,736	237,198	135.01	1,757	-0.71	Saxony-Anhalt /Sachsen-Anhalt	1890
32	Kiel	245,567	232,612	234,433	118.40	1,980	0.13	Schleswig-Holstein	1898
33	Magdeburg	278,807	231,450	229,126	200.94	1,140	-0.20	Saxony-Anhalt / Sachsen-Anhalt	1882
34	Oberhausen	223,840	222,151	218,898	77.04	2,841	-0.24	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1915
35	Freiburg	191,029	205,102	215,966	153.06	1,411	0.88	Baden-Württemberg	1934
36	Lübeck	214,758	213,399	211,825	214.13	989	-0.12	Schleswig-Holstein	1911
37	Erfurt	208,989	200,564	202,844	269.11	754	0.19	Thuringia / Thüringen	1906
38	Rostock	248,088	200,506	199,288	181.07	1,101	-0.12	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1935
39	Hagen	214,449	203,151	196,934	160.36	1,228	-0.51	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1928
40	Kassel	194,268	194,766	194,427	106.79	1,820	-0.03	Hesse / Hessen	1899
41	Mainz	179,486	182,870	194,372	97.75	1,988	1.05	Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz	1902
42	Hamm	179,639	182,427	184,239	226.24	814	0.17	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1975
43	Saarbrücken	191,694	183,257	178,914	167.07	1,071	-0.39	Saarland	1909
44	Herne	178,132	174,529	170,992	51.41	3,326	-0.34	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1933
45	Mülheim	177,681	172,862	169,917	91.29	1,861	-0.28	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1908
46	Osnabrück	163,168	164,101	163,814	119.80	1,367	-0.03	Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen	1940
47	Solingen	165,401	164,973	163,581	89.47	1,832	-0.14	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1929
48	Ludwigshafen	162,233	163,383	163,343	77.67	2,103	0.00	Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz	1921
49	Leverkusen	160,919	161,047	161,227	78.85	2,045	0.02	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1963
50	Oldenburg	143,131	154,832	158,565	102.96	1,540	0.40	Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen	1946
51	Neuss	147,019	150,013	151,610	99.48	1,524	0.18	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1963
52	Potsdam	139,794	129,324	147,583	187.27	788	0.82	Brandenburg	1939
53	Paderborn	120,680	139,084	143,769	179.38	801	0.56	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1975
54	Heidelberg	136,796	140,259	142,993	108.83	1,314	0.32	Baden-Württemberg	1946
55	Darmstadt	138,920	138,242	140,562	122.23	1,150	0.28	Hesse / Hessen	1937
56	Würzburg	127,777	127,966	133,906	87.55	1,529	0.77	Bavaria / Bayern	1932
57	Regensburg	121,691	125,676	129,859	80.76	1,608	0.55	Bavaria / Bayern	1940
58	Göttingen	121,831	124,132	121,884	117.26	1,039	-0.30	Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen	1964
59	Recklinghausen	125,060	124,785	121,827	66.42	1,834	-0.40	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1949
60	Heilbronn	115,843	119,305	121,613	99.88	1,218	0.32	Baden-Württemberg	1970
61	Ingolstadt	105,489	115,722	121,314	133.35	910	0.81	Bavaria / Bayern	1989
62	Wolfsburg	128,510	121,805	121,199	204.01	594	-0.08	Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen	1972
63	Ulm	110,529	117,233	120,625	118.69	1,016	0.48	Baden-Württemberg	1980
64	Offenbach	114,992	117,535	119,430	44.90	2,660	0.27	Hesse / Hessen	1954
65	Bottrop	118,936	120,611	119,356	100.61	1,186	-0.17	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1953
66	Pforzheim	112,944	117,156	119,021	98.03	1,214	0.27	Baden-Württemberg	1975
67	Bremerhaven	130,446	120,822	116,615	77.68	1,501	-0.58	Bremen	1939
68	Remscheid	123,155	119,287	115,864	74.60	1,553	-0.48	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1929
69	Fürth	103,362	110,477	113,422	63.35	1,790	0.44	Bavaria / Bayern	1950
70	Reutlingen	103,687	110,650	112,252	87.06	1,289	0.24	Baden-Württemberg	1988
71	Salzgitter	114,355	112,302	107,726	223.91	481	-0.68	Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen	1942
72	Moers	104,595	107,062	107,547	67.75	1,587	0.08	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1987
73	Koblenz	108,733	107,950	106,501	105.02	1,014	-0.22	Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz	1962
74	Siegen	109,174	108,476	106,293	114.67	927	-0.34	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1975
75	Bergisch Gladbach	104,037	105,693	105,761	83.12	1,272	0.01	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1975
76	Cottbus	125,891	108,491	105,309	164.28	641	-1.22	Brandenburg	1976
77	Gera	129,037	112,835	103,948	151.93	684	-1.31	Thuringia / Thüringen	1959
78	Trier	97,835	99,410	103,518*	117.14	884	0.59	Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz	1969
79	Erlangen	102,440	100,778	103,197	76.85	1,343	0.40	Bavaria / Bayern	1974
80	Hildesheim	105,291	103,909	102,575	92.57	1,108	-0.21	Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen	1974
81	Jena	102,518	99,893	102,532	114.48	896	0.44	Thuringia / Thüringen	1975
82	Witten	105403	103,196	100,793	72.37	1,393	-0.39	North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen	1975

* 2006 Population

References

This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of 2006-12-20 .

Literature

• Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich, 1880-1918 (German)
• Statistisches Reichsamt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich, 1919-1941/42 (German)
• Deutscher Städtetag (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch Deutscher Gemeinden, 1890 ff. (German)
• 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)

See also

List of cities in Germany

External links

• Statistisches Bundesamt - Gemeindeverzeichnis (German)
• Deutscher Städtetag (German)
• Germany by Map: All cities and communes