List of cities in Germany by population

location of the seven largest cities in Germany, urban districts highlighted

This is a list of cities in Germany by population. The following table lists all cities 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.

It deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries The Ruhr, more accurately called Ruhr district or Ruhr region (German Ruhrgebiet, colloquial Ruhrpott, Kohlenpott, Pott or Revier), is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 4435 km² and a population of some 5.2 million (2009), it is the largest urban area in Germany, but not on the list, due to its being not one administrative city, but made up of cities like Essen and Dortmund.

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List

Federal capital
State capital


Rank City Pop. 1990 Pop. 2000 Pop. 2010 Area (km²) Area
(sq mi)		 Density
per km²		 Growth in % State
(Land)		 Year surpassed
100,000
1 Berlin 3,433,695 3,382,169 3,459,218 891.82 344.33 3,869 0.06  Berlin 1740
2 Hamburg 1,652,363 1,715,392 1,786,278 755.24 291.60 2,309 0.27  Hamburg 1787
3 Munich / München 1,229,026 1,210,223 1,330,440 310.46 119.87 4,286 1.1  Bavaria / Bayern 1854
4 Cologne / Köln 1,000,000 962,884 1,007,119 405.15 156.43 2,470 0.35  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1855
5 Frankfurt am Main 644,865 646,550 671,927 248.31 95.87 2,625 0.14  Hesse / Hessen 1875
6 Stuttgart 579,988 583,874 601,646 207.36 80.06 2,858 0.25  Baden-Württemberg 1874
7 Düsseldorf 575,794 569,364 586,217 217.01 83.79 2,703 0.15  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1882
8 Dortmund 599,055 588,994 580,688 280.37 108.25 2,071 -0.02  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1895
9 Essen 626,973 595,243 575,027 210.38 81.23 2,733 -0.27  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1896
10 Bremen 551,219 539,403 546,852 326.55 126.08 1,675 0.23  Bremen 1875
11 Dresden 490,571 477,807 523,058 328.30 126.76 1,508 0.61  Saxony / Sachsen 1852
12 Hanover / Hannover 513,010 515,001 515,729 204.01 78.77 2,377 0.02  Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen 1873
13 Leipzig 511,079 493,208 502,651 297.60 114.90 1,689 0.32  Saxony / Sachsen 1871
14 Duisburg 535,447 514,915 501,564 232.81 89.89 2,154 -0.43  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1904
15 Nuremberg / Nürnberg 493,692 488,400 499,237 186.37 71.96 2,679 0.37  Bavaria / Bayern 1881
16 Bochum 396,486 391,147 385,626 145.43 56.15 2,652 -0.24  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1904
17 Wuppertal 383,660 366,434 359,237 168.37 65.01 2,134 -0.33  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1929
18 Bielefeld 319,037 321,758 326,925 257.83 99.55 1,268 0.27  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1929
19 Bonn 313,905 302,247 312,818 141.22 54.53 2,215 0.58  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1934
20 Mannheim 310,411 306,729 307,900 144.96 55.97 2,124 0.08  Baden-Württemberg 1897
21 Karlsruhe 275,061 278,558 285,263 173.46 66.97 1,645 0.40  Baden-Württemberg 1901
22 Wiesbaden 260,301 270,109 277,493 203.90 78.73 1,347 0.28  Hesse / Hessen 1905
23 Münster 259,438 265,609 270,868 302.91 116.95 894 0.33  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1915
24 Gelsenkirchen 293,714 278,695 268,102 104.86 40.49 2,557 -0.63  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1903
25 Augsburg 256,877 254,982 262,676 146.78 56.67 1,790 0.50  Bavaria / Bayern 1907
26 Mönchengladbach 259,436 263,014 261,444 170.44 65.81 1,534 -0.10  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1922
27 Aachen 241,861 244,386 258,208 160.83 62.10 1,605 0.94  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1889
28 Chemnitz 294,244 259,246 246,587 220.85 85.27 1,117 -0.81  Saxony / Sachsen 1883
29 Brunswick / Braunschweig 258,833 245,816 245,273 192.09 74.17 1,277 -0.04  Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen 1890
30 Kiel 245,567 232,612 238,049 118.40 45.71 1,980 0.13  Schleswig-Holstein 1898
31 Krefeld 244,020 239,916 237,701 137.75 53.19 1,726 -0.18  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1887
32 Halle 310,234 247,736 232,323 135.01 52.13 1,757 -0.71  Saxony-Anhalt / Sachsen-Anhalt 1890
33 Magdeburg 278,807 231,450 230,456 200.94 77.58 1,140 -0.20  Saxony-Anhalt / Sachsen-Anhalt 1882
34 Oberhausen 223,840 222,151 218,898 77.04 29.75 2,841 -0.24  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1915
35 Freiburg 191,029 205,102 215,966 153.06 59.10 1,411 0.88  Baden-Württemberg 1934
36 Lübeck 214,758 213,399 211,825 214.13 82.68 989 -0.12  Schleswig-Holstein 1911
37 Erfurt 208,989 200,564 202,844 269.11 103.90 754 0.19  Thuringia / Thüringen 1906
38 Rostock 248,088 200,506 199,288 181.07 69.91 1,101 -0.12  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1935
39 Hagen 214,449 203,151 196,934 160.36 61.92 1,228 -0.51  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1928
40 Kassel 194,268 194,766 194,427 106.79 41.23 1,820 -0.03  Hesse / Hessen 1899
41 Mainz 179,486 182,870 194,372 97.75 37.74 1,988 1.05  Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz 1902
42 Hamm 179,639 182,427 184,239 226.24 87.35 814 0.17  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1975
43 Saarbrücken 191,694 183,257 178,914 167.07 64.51 1,071 -0.39  Saarland 1909
44 Herne 178,132 174,529 170,992 51.41 19.85 3,326 -0.34  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1933
45 Mülheim 177,681 172,862 169,917 91.29 35.25 1,861 -0.28  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1908
46 Osnabrück 163,168 164,101 163,814 119.80 46.26 1,367 -0.03  Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen 1940
47 Solingen 165,401 164,973 163,581 89.47 34.54 1,832 -0.14  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1929
48 Ludwigshafen 162,233 163,383 163,343 77.67 29.99 2,103 0.00  Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz 1921
49 Leverkusen 160,919 161,047 161,227 78.85 30.44 2,045 0.02  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1963
50 Oldenburg 143,131 154,832 158,565 102.96 39.75 1,540 0.40  Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen 1946
51 Neuss 147,019 150,013 151,610 99.48 38.41 1,524 0.18  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1963
52 Potsdam 139,794 129,324 147,583 187.27 72.31 788 0.82  Brandenburg 1939
53 Paderborn 120,680 139,084 143,769 179.38 69.26 801 0.56  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1975
54 Heidelberg 136,796 140,259 142,993 108.83 42.02 1,314 0.32  Baden-Württemberg 1946
55 Darmstadt 138,920 138,242 140,562 122.23 47.19 1,150 0.28  Hesse / Hessen 1937
56 Würzburg 127,777 127,966 133,906 87.55 33.80 1,529 0.77  Bavaria / Bayern 1932
57 Regensburg 121,691 125,676 129,859 80.76 31.18 1,608 0.55  Bavaria / Bayern 1940
58 Göttingen 121,831 124,132 121,884 117.26 45.27 1,039 -0.30  Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen 1964
59 Recklinghausen 125,060 124,785 121,827 66.42 25.64 1,834 -0.40  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1949
60 Heilbronn 115,843 119,305 121,613 99.88 38.56 1,218 0.32  Baden-Württemberg 1970
61 Ingolstadt 105,489 115,722 121,314 133.35 51.49 910 0.81  Bavaria / Bayern 1989
62 Wolfsburg 128,510 121,805 121,199 204.01 78.77 594 -0.08  Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen 1972
63 Ulm 110,529 117,233 120,625 118.69 45.83 1,016 0.48  Baden-Württemberg 1980
64 Offenbach 114,992 117,535 119,430 44.90 17.34 2,660 0.27  Hesse / Hessen 1954
65 Bottrop 118,936 120,611 119,356 100.61 38.85 1,186 -0.17  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1953
66 Pforzheim 112,944 117,156 119,021 98.03 37.85 1,214 0.27  Baden-Württemberg 1975
67 Bremerhaven 130,446 120,822 116,615 77.68 29.99 1,501 -0.58  Bremen 1939
68 Remscheid 123,155 119,287 115,864 74.60 28.80 1,553 -0.48  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1929
69 Fürth 103,362 110,477 113,422 63.35 24.46 1,790 0.44  Bavaria / Bayern 1950
70 Reutlingen 103,687 110,650 112,252 87.06 33.61 1,289 0.24  Baden-Württemberg 1988
71 Salzgitter 114,355 112,302 107,726 223.91 86.45 481 -0.68  Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen 1942
72 Moers 104,595 107,062 107,547 67.75 26.16 1,587 0.08  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1987
73 Koblenz 108,733 107,950 106,501 105.02 40.55 1,014 -0.22  Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz 1962
74 Siegen 109,174 108,476 106,293 114.67 44.27 927 -0.34  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1975
75 Bergisch Gladbach 104,037 105,693 105,761 83.12 32.09 1,272 0.01  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1975
76 Cottbus 125,891 108,491 105,309 164.28 63.43 641 -1.22  Brandenburg / Brandenburg 1976
77 Gera 129,037 112,835 103,948 151.93 58.66 684 -1.31  Thuringia / Thüringen 1959
78 Trier 97,835 99,410 103,518* 117.14 45.23 884 0.59  Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz 1969
79 Erlangen 102,440 100,778 103,197 76.85 29.67 1,343 0.40  Bavaria / Bayern 1974
80 Hildesheim 105,291 103,909 102,575 92.57 35.74 1,108 -0.21  Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen 1974
81 Jena 102,518 99,893 102,532 114.48 44.20 896 0.44  Thuringia / Thüringen 1975
82 Witten 105,403 103,196 100,793 72.37 27.94 1,393 -0.39  North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen 1975

* 2006 Population

References

This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2006-12-20 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

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