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

Position of cities in Germany
Position of cities in Germany

This is a list of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...


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 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		 3433695 3382169 3395189 891.82 3807 0.06
Berlin		 1740
2
Hamburg		 1652363 1715392 1743627 755.24 2309 0.27
Hamburg		 1787
3
Munich / München		 1229026 1210223 1259677 310.46 4057 0.68
Bavaria / Bayern		 1854
4
Cologne / Köln		 953551 962884 983347 405.15 2427 0.35
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1855
5
Frankfurt am Main		 644865 646550 651899 248.31 2625 0.14
Hesse / Hessen		 1875
6
Stuttgart		 579988 583874 592569 207.36 2858 0.25
Baden-Württemberg		 1874
7
Dortmund		 599055 588994 588168 280.37 2098 -0.02
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1895
8
Essen		 626973 595243 585430 210.38 2783 -0.27
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1896
9
Düsseldorf		 575794 569364 574514 217.01 2647 0.15
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1882
10
Bremen		 551219 539403 546852 326.55 1675 0.23
Bremen		 1875
11
Hannover / Hanover		 513010 515001 515729 204.01 2377 0.02
Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen		 1873
12
Leipzig		 511079 493208 502651 297.60 1689 0.32
Saxony / Sachsen		 1871
13
Duisburg		 535447 514915 501564 232.81 2154 -0.43
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1904
14
Nuremberg / Nürnberg		 493692 488400 499237 186.37 2679 0.37
Bavaria / Bayern		 1881
15
Dresden		 490571 477807 495181 328.30 1508 0.61
Saxony /Sachsen		 1852
16
Bochum		 396486 391147 385626 145.43 2652 -0.24
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1904
17
Wuppertal		 383660 366434 359237 168.37 2134 -0.33
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1929
18
Bielefeld		 319037 321758 326925 257.83 1268 0.27
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1929
19
Bonn		 313905 302247 312818 141.22 2215 0.58
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1934
20
Mannheim		 310411 306729 307900 144.96 2124 0.08
Baden-Württemberg		 1897
21
Karlsruhe		 275061 278558 285263 173.46 1645 0.40
Baden-Württemberg		 1901
22
Wiesbaden		 260301 270109 274611 203.90 1347 0.28
Hesse / Hessen		 1905
23
Münster		 259438 265609 270868 302.91 894 0.33
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1915
24
Gelsenkirchen		 293714 278695 268102 104.86 2557 -0.63
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1903
25
Augsburg		 256877 254982 262676 146.78 1790 0.50
Bavaria / Bayern		 1907
26
Mönchengladbach		 259436 263014 261444 170.44 1534 -0.10
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1922
27
Aachen		 241861 244386 258208 160.83 1605 0.94
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1889
28
Chemnitz		 294244 259246 246587 220.85 1117 -0.81
Saxony / Sachsen		 1883
29
Braunschweig		 258833 245816 245273 192.09 1277 -0.04
Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen		 1890
30
Krefeld		 244020 239916 237701 137.75 1726 -0.18
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1887
31
Halle		 310234 247736 237198 135.01 1757 -0.71
Saxony-Anhalt /Sachsen-Anhalt		 1890
32
Kiel		 245567 232612 234433 118.40 1980 0.13
Schleswig-Holstein		 1898
33
Magdeburg		 278807 231450 229126 200.94 1140 -0.20
Saxony-Anhalt / Sachsen-Anhalt		 1882
34
Oberhausen		 223840 222151 218898 77.04 2841 -0.24
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1915
35
Freiburg		 191029 205102 215966 153.06 1411 0.88
Baden-Württemberg		 1934
36
Lübeck		 214758 213399 211825 214.13 989 -0.12
Schleswig-Holstein		 1911
37
Erfurt		 208989 200564 202844 269.11 754 0.19
Thuringia / Thüringen		 1906
38
Rostock		 248088 200506 199288 181.07 1101 -0.12
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern		 1935
39
Hagen		 214449 203151 196934 160.36 1228 -0.51
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1928
40
Kassel		 194268 194766 194427 106.79 1820 -0.03
Hesse / Hessen		 1899
41
Mainz		 179486 182870 194372 97.75 1988 1.05
Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz		 1902
42
Hamm		 179639 182427 184239 226.24 814 0.17
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1975
43
Saarbrücken		 191694 183257 178914 167.07 1071 -0.39
Saarland		 1909
44
Herne		 178132 174529 170992 51.41 3326 -0.34
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1933
45
Mülheim		 177681 172862 169917 91.29 1861 -0.28
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1908
46
Osnabrück		 163168 164101 163814 119.80 1367 -0.03
Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen		 1940
47
Solingen		 165401 164973 163581 89.47 1832 -0.14
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1929
48
Ludwigshafen		 162233 163383 163343 77.67 2103 0.00
Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz		 1921
49
Leverkusen		 160919 161047 161227 78.85 2045 0.02
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1963
50
Oldenburg		 143131 154832 158565 102.96 1540 0.40
Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen		 1946
51
Neuss		 147019 150013 151610 99.48 1524 0.18
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1963
52
Potsdam		 139794 129324 147583 187.27 788 0.82
Brandenburg		 1939
53
Paderborn		 120680 139084 143769 179.38 801 0.56
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1975
54
Heidelberg		 136796 140259 142993 108.83 1314 0.32
Baden-Württemberg		 1946
55
Darmstadt		 138920 138242 140562 122.23 1150 0.28
Hesse / Hessen		 1937
56
Würzburg		 127777 127966 133906 87.55 1529 0.77
Bavaria / Bayern		 1932
57
Regensburg		 121691 125676 129859 80.76 1608 0.55
Bavaria / Bayern		 1940
58
Göttingen		 121831 124132 121884 117.26 1039 -0.30
Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen		 1964
59
Recklinghausen		 125060 124785 121827 66.42 1834 -0.40
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1949
60
Heilbronn		 115843 119305 121613 99.88 1218 0.32
Baden-Württemberg		 1970
61
Ingolstadt		 105489 115722 121314 133.35 910 0.81
Bavaria / Bayern		 1989
62
Wolfsburg		 128510 121805 121199 204.01 594 -0.08
Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen		 1972
63
Ulm		 110529 117233 120625 118.69 1016 0.48
Baden-Württemberg		 1980
64
Offenbach		 114992 117535 119430 44.90 2660 0.27
Hesse / Hessen		 1954
65
Bottrop		 118936 120611 119356 100.61 1186 -0.17
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1953
66
Pforzheim		 112944 117156 119021 98.03 1214 0.27
Baden-Württemberg		 1975
67
Bremerhaven		 130446 120822 116615 77.68 1501 -0.58
Bremen		 1939
68
Remscheid		 123155 119287 115864 74.60 1553 -0.48
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1929
69
Fürth		 103362 110477 113422 63.35 1790 0.44
Bavaria / Bayern		 1950
70
Reutlingen		 103687 110650 112252 87.06 1289 0.24
Baden-Württemberg		 1988
71
Salzgitter		 114355 112302 107726 223.91 481 -0.68
Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen		 1942
72
Moers		 104595 107062 107547 67.75 1587 0.08
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1987
73
Koblenz		 108733 107950 106501 105.02 1014 -0.22
Rhineland-Palatinate / Rheinland-Pfalz		 1962
74
Siegen		 109174 108476 106293 114.67 927 -0.34
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1975
75
Bergisch Gladbach		 104037 105693 105761 83.12 1272 0.01
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1975
76
Cottbus		 125891 108491 105309 164.28 641 -1.22
Brandenburg		 1976
77
Gera		 129037 112835 103948 151.93 684 -1.31
Thuringia / Thüringen		 1959
78
Erlangen		 102440 100778 103197 76.85 1343 0.40
Bavaria / Bayern		 1974
79
Hildesheim		 105291 103909 102575 92.57 1108 -0.21
Lower Saxony /Niedersachsen		 1974
80
Jena		 102518 99893 102532 114.48 896 0.44
Thuringia / Thüringen		 1975
81
Witten		 105403 103196 100793 72.37 1393 -0.39
North Rhine-Westphalia / Nordrhein-Westfalen		 1975

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