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

Hamburg

Bremen

Hanover

Berlin

Dortmund

Essen

Düsseldorf

Cologne

Leipzig

Dresden

Frankfurt am Main

Nuremberg

Stuttgart

Munich

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Location of the cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants in Germany, urban districts highlighted

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 rules because it is too small) in light blue.

List

Where a city has different names in English and German, the English name is given first.

	Federal capital
	State capital

Rank	City	Pop. 1950	Pop. 1960	Pop. 1970	Pop. 1980	Pop. 1990	Pop. 2000	Pop. 2009	Pop. 2010	Area [km²]	Density per km²	Growth [%] (2000– 2010)	surpassed 100,000	State (Bundesland)
1.	Berlin	3,336,026	3,274,016	3,208,719	3,048,759	3,433,695	3,382,169	3,442,675	3,460,725	887,70	3,899	2.32	1747	Berlin
2.	Hamburg	1,605,606	1,836,958	1,793,640	1,645,095	1,652,363	1,715,392	1,774,224	1,786,448	755,16	2,366	4.14	1787	Hamburg
3.	Munich / München	831,937	1,101,384	1,311,978	1,298,941	1,229,026	1,210,223	1,330,440	1,353,186	310,69	4,355	11.81	1852	Bavaria
4.	Cologne / Köln	594,941	801,142	849,451	976,694	953,551	962,884	998,105	1,007,119	405,17	2,486	4.59	1852	North Rhine-Westphalia
5.	Frankfurt am Main	532,037	675,009	666,179	629,375	644,865	648,550	671,927	679,664	248,31	2,737	4.80	1875	Hesse
6.	Stuttgart	496,490	637,366	634,202	580,648	579,988	583,874	601,646	606,588	207,35	2,925	3.89	1874	Baden-Württemberg
7.	Düsseldorf	500,516	697,891	660,963	590,479	575,794	569,364	586,217	588,735	217,22	2,710	3.40	1882	North Rhine-Westphalia
8.	Dortmund	507,349	640,802	640,642	608,297	599,055	588,994	581,308	580,444	280,71	2,068	−1.45	1894	North Rhine-Westphalia
9.	Essen	605,411	729,462	696,419	647,643	626,973	595,243	576,259	574,635	210,32	2,732	−3.46	1896	North Rhine-Westphalia
10.	Bremen	444,549	563,270	592,533	555,118	551,219	539,403	547,685	547,340	325,42	1,682	1.47	1875	Bremen
11.	Dresden	494,187	493,603	502,432	516,225	490,571	477,807	517,052	523,058	328,31	1,593	9.47	1852	Saxony
12.	Leipzig	617,574	589,632	583,885	562,480	511,079	493,208	518,862	522,883	297,36	1,758	6.02	1871	Saxony
13.	Hanover / Hannover	444,296	574,672	521,003	534,623	513,010	515,001	520,966	522,686	204,14	2,560	1.49	1875	Lower Saxony
14.	Nuremberg / Nürnberg	362,459	458,401	478,181	484,405	493,692	488,400	503,673	505,664	186,38	2,713	3.53	1881	Bavaria
15.	Duisburg	410,783	503,641	452,721	558,089	535,447	514,915	491,931	489,599	232,83	2,103	−4.92	1904	North Rhine-Westphalia
16.	Bochum	289,804	362,490	343,809	400,757	396,486	391,147	376,319	374,737	145,66	2,573	−4.20	1904	North Rhine-Westphalia
17.	Wuppertal	363,224	421,378	417,694	393,381	383,660	366,434	351,050	349,721	168,39	2,077	−4.56	1884	North Rhine-Westphalia
18.	Bonn	115,394	146,889	275,722	288,148	292,234	302,247	319,841	324,899	141,22	2,301	7.49	1934	North Rhine-Westphalia
19.	Bielefeld	153,613	174,527	168,609	312,708	319,037	321,758	323,084	323,270	257,92	1,253	0.47	1930	North Rhine-Westphalia
20.	Mannheim	245,634	311,383	332,378	304,303	310,411	306,729	311,969	313,174	144,96	2,160	2.10	1897	Baden-Württemberg
21.	Karlsruhe	198,840	240,450	259,091	271,892	275,061	278,558	291,959	294,761	173,46	1,699	5.82	1901	Baden-Württemberg
22.	Münster	118,496	180,871	198,878	269,696	259,438	265,609	275,543	279,803	302,96	924	5.34	1915	North Rhine-Westphalia
23.	Wiesbaden	220,741	257,293	250,715	274,464	260,301	270,109	277,493	275,976	203,93	1,353	2.17	1905	Hesse
24.	Augsburg	185,183	206,422	213,230	248,346	256,877	254,982	263,646	264,708	146,84	1,803	3.81	1909	Bavaria
25.	Aachen	129,811	170,367	175,451	243,947	241,861	244,386	258,380	258,664	160,84	1,608	5.84	1888	North Rhine-Westphalia
26.	Mönchengladbach	124,879	152,414	151,085	258,424	259,436	263,014	258,251	257,993	170,45	1,514	−1.91	1921	North Rhine-Westphalia
27.	Gelsenkirchen	315,460	388,608	347,074	304,386	293,714	278,695	259,744	257,981	104,94	2,458	−7.43	1903	North Rhine-Westphalia
28.	Brunswick / Braunschweig	223,760	242,489	223,275	261,141	258,833	245,816	247,400	248,867	192,15	1,295	1.24	1890	Lower Saxony
29.	Chemnitz	293,373	286,329	299,411	317,644	294,244	259,246	243,089	243,248	220,84	1,101	−6.17	1883	Saxony
30.	Kiel	254,449	271,610	271,070	250,062	245,567	232,612	238,281	239,526	118,65	2,019	2.97	1898	Schleswig-Holstein
31.	Krefeld	171,875	211,479	222,666	223,969	244,020	239,916	235,414	235,076	137,75	1,707	−2.02	1888	North Rhine-Westphalia
32.	Halle	289,119	277,855	257,261	232,294	310,234	247,736	232,323	232,963	135,02	1,725	−5.96	1890	Saxony-Anhalt
33.	Magdeburg	260,305	261,594	272,237	289,032	278,807	231,450	230,456	231,549	200,99	1,152	0.04	1882	Saxony-Anhalt
34.	Freiburg	109,717	141,637	163,568	175,106	191,029	205,102	221,924	224,191	153,06	1,465	9.31	1934	Baden-Württemberg
35.	Oberhausen	202,808	258,626	246,199	228,947	223,840	222,151	214,024	212,945	77,11	2,762	−4.14	1914	North Rhine-Westphalia
36.	Lübeck	238,276	232,140	239,955	220,588	214,758	213,399	209,818	210,232	214,21	981	−1.48	1912	Schleswig-Holstein
37.	Erfurt	188,650	186,448	196,528	211,575	208,989	200,564	203,830	204,994	269,14	762	2.21	1906	Thuringia
38.	Rostock	133,109	158,630	198,636	232,506	248,088	200,506	201,442	202,735	181,26	1,118	1.11	1935	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
39.	Mainz	88,369	133,089	174,858	187,392	179,486	182,870	197,778	199,237	97,74	2,038	8.95	1908	Rhineland-Palatinate
40.	Kassel	162,132	206,354	214,785	195,912	194,268	194,766	194,774	195,530	106,78	1,831	0.39	1899	Hesse
41.	Hagen	146,401	195,500	201,042	218,927	214,449	203,151	190,121	188,529	160,35	1,176	−7.20	1928	North Rhine-Westphalia
42.	Hamm	59,866	68,775	84,629	171,869	179,639	182,427	181,741	181,783	226,25	803	−0.35	1975	North Rhine-Westphalia
43.	Saarbrücken	111,450	129,801	128,251	193,554	191,694	183,257	175,810	175,741	167,09	1,052	−4.10	1909	Saarland
44.	Mülheim	149,589	183,979	192,183	181,279	177,681	172,862	167,471	167,344	91,29	1,833	−3.19	1908	North Rhine-Westphalia
45.	Herne	111,591	113,252	103,849	182,542	178,132	174,529	165,632	164,762	51,41	3,205	−5.60	1933	North Rhine-Westphalia
46.	Ludwigshafen	123,869	164,657	176,257	159,399	162,233	163,383	163,340	164,177	77,55	2,117	0.49	1921	Rhineland-Palatinate
47.	Osnabrück	109,538	135,821	144,864	157,367	163,168	164,101	163,514	164,119	119,80	1,370	0.01	1939	Lower Saxony
48.	Oldenburg	122,809	122,337	131,545	136,764	143,131	154,832	161,334	162,173	102,98	1,575	4.74	1946	Lower Saxony
49.	Leverkusen	65,531	93,940	107,626	160,825	160,919	161,047	160,593	160,772	78,87	2,038	−0.17	1963	North Rhine-Westphalia
50.	Solingen	147,845	170,619	177,124	166,085	165,401	164,973	160,992	159,927	89,54	1,786	−3.06	1929	North Rhine-Westphalia
51.	Potsdam	118,180	115,004	111,336	130,900	139,794	129,324	154,606	156,906	187,53	837	21.33	1939	Brandenburg
52.	Neuss	63,478	93,680	116,013	149,334	147,019	150,013	151,280	151,388	99,53	1,521	0.92	1963	North Rhine-Westphalia
53.	Heidelberg	116,488	127,595	121,398	133,227	136,796	140,259	146,466	147,312	108,83	1,354	5.03	1946	Baden-Württemberg
54.	Paderborn	40,270	52,773	68,207	110,155	120,680	139,084	145,320	146,283	179,51	815	5.18	1975	North Rhine-Westphalia
55.	Darmstadt	94,788	138,736	141,847	138,201	138,920	138,242	143,332	144,402	122,09	1,183	4.46	1937	Hesse
56.	Regensburg	117,291	123,751	130,888	132,604	121,691	125,676	134,218	135,520	80,70	1,679	7.83	1940	Bavaria
57.	Würzburg	78,443	115,541	116,395	128,652	127,777	127,966	133,195	133,799	87,63	1,527	4.56	1932	Bavaria
58.	Ingolstadt	40,523	52,540	70,594	90,490	105,489	115,722	124,387	125,088	133,37	938	8.09	1989	Bavaria
59.	Heilbronn	64,643	87,203	102,300	111,938	115,843	119,305	122,415	122,879	99,88	1,230	3.00	1970	Baden-Württemberg
60.	Ulm	71,132	90,383	93,158	100,671	110,529	117,233	122,087	122,801	118,69	1,035	4.75	1980	Baden-Württemberg
61.	Wolfsburg	25,422	62,577	90,115	125,935	128,510	121,805	121,109	121,451	204,05	595	−0.29	1972	Lower Saxony
62.	Göttingen	78,680	77,785	109,892	129,656	121,831	124,132	121,457	121,060	116,89	1,036	−2.47	1964	Lower Saxony
63.	Offenbach	89,030	115,051	118,841	110,993	114,992	117,535	118,770	120,435	44,89	2,683	2.47	1954	Hesse
64.	Pforzheim	54,143	81,373	91,104	106,500	112,944	117,156	119,788	119,781	98,00	1,222	2.24	1975	Baden-Württemberg
65.	Recklinghausen	104,791	130,405	125,369	119,418	125,060	124,785	119,050	118,365	66,43	1,782	−5.14	1949	North Rhine-Westphalia
66.	Bottrop	93,268	111,246	106,225	114,571	118,936	120,611	117,241	116,771	100,61	1,161	−3.18	1953	North Rhine-Westphalia
67.	Fürth	99,890	98,615	94,415	99,088	103,362	110,477	114,044	114,628	63,35	1,809	3.76	1950	Bavaria
68.	Bremerhaven	114,070	141,017	142,919	138,728	130,446	120,822	114,031	113,366	93,82	1,208	−6.17	1939	Bremen
69.	Reutlingen	45,735	66,659	79,705	95,456	103,687	110,650	112,132	112,484	87,06	1,292	1.66	1988	Baden-Württemberg
70.	Remscheid	103,276	125,912	136,822	129,082	123,155	119,287	111,422	110,563	74,60	1,482	−7.31	1929	North Rhine-Westphalia
71.	Koblenz	66,444	97,867	120,079	113,676	108,733	107,950	106,445	106,417	105,05	1,013	−1.42	1962	Rhineland-Palatinate
72.	Bergisch Gladbach	32,681	41,409	50,228	101,472	104,037	105,693	105,699	105,723	83,11	1,272	0.03	1977	North Rhine-Westphalia
73.	Erlangen	50,011	68,569	85,061	101,845	102,440	100,778	105,554	105,629	76,95	1,373	4.81	1974	Bavaria
74.	Moers	34,832	45,908	53,410	99,923	104,595	107,062	105,929	105,506	67,69	1,559	−1.45	1975	North Rhine-Westphalia
75.	Trier	75,526	85,210	103,598	95,536	97,835	99,410	104,587	105,260	117,13	899	5.88	1969	Rhineland-Palatinate
76.	Jena	80,309	81,190	88,130	103,718	102,518	99,893	104,449	105,129	114,47	918	5.24	1975	Thuringia
77.	Siegen	38,787	48,210	57,563	112,320	109,174	108,476	103,984	103,424	114,67	902	−4.66	1975	North Rhine-Westphalia
78.	Hildesheim	72,292	94,352	93,373	102,619	105,291	103,909	102,903	102,794	92,18	1,115	−1.07	1974	Lower Saxony
79.	Salzgitter	100,667	108,872	119,031	113,600	114,355	112,302	103,446	102,394	223,91	457	−8.82	1942	Lower Saxony
80.	Cottbus	60,874	66,813	83,444	113,479	125,891	108,491	101,671	102,091	164,29	621	−5.90	1976	Brandenburg
Rank	City	Pop. 1950	Pop. 1960	Pop. 1970	Pop. 1980	Pop. 1990	Pop. 2000	Pop. 2009	Pop. 2010	Area [km²]	Density per km²	Growth [%] (2000– 2010)	surpassed 100,000	State (Land)

References

• Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich, 1880-1918 (in German)
• Statistisches Reichsamt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich, 1919-1941/42 (in German)
• Deutscher Städtetag (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch Deutscher Gemeinden, 1890 ff. (in German)
• Statistisches Bundesamt (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1952 ff. (in German)
• Staatliche Zentralverwaltung für Statistik (Hrsg.): Statistisches Jahrbuch der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, 1955-1989 (in German)

Related pages

• List of German towns

Other websites

• Statistisches Bundesamt - Gemeindeverzeichnis (in German)
• Deutscher Städtetag Archived 2007-10-05 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
• Germany by Map: All cities and communes