List of cities in Germany by population

The following table lists the 79 cities in Germany with a population of at least 100,000 on December 31, 2015, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.[2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the state. The table below contains the following information:

1. The city rank by population as of December 31, 2015, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany[3]
2. The city name[3]
3. The name of the state in which the city lies[4]
4. The city population as of December 31, 2015, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany[3]
5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census[4]
6. The city percent population change from May 9, 2011 to December 31, 2015
7. The city land area as of December 31, 2015[3]
8. The city population density as of December 31, 2015 (residents per unit of land area)[3]
9. The city latitude and longitude coordinates.

2015 rank	City	State	2015 estimate	2011 census	Change	2015 land area	2015 population density	Location
1	Berlin	Berlin	3,520,031	3,292,365	+6.91%	891.68 km2 344.28 sq mi	3,948/km2 10,230/sq mi	52°31′N 13°23′E
2	Hamburg	Hamburg	1,787,408	1,706,696	+4.73%	755.3 km2 291.6 sq mi	2,366/km2 6,130/sq mi	53°33′N 10°0′E
3	Munich (München)	Bavaria	1,450,381	1,348,335	+7.57%	310.7 km2 120.0 sq mi	4,668/km2 12,090/sq mi	48°8′N 11°34′E
4	Cologne (Köln)	North Rhine-Westphalia	1,060,582	1,005,775	+5.45%	405.02 km2 156.38 sq mi	2,619/km2 6,780/sq mi	50°56′N 6°57′E
5	Frankfurt am Main	Hesse	732,688	667,925	+9.70%	248.31 km2 95.87 sq mi	2,951/km2 7,640/sq mi	50°7′N 8°41′E
6	Stuttgart	Baden-Württemberg	623,738	585,890	+6.46%	207.35 km2 80.06 sq mi	3,008/km2 7,790/sq mi	48°47′N 9°11′E
7	Düsseldorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	612,178	586,291	+4.42%	217.41 km2 83.94 sq mi	2,816/km2 7,290/sq mi	51°14′N 6°47′E
8	Dortmund	North Rhine-Westphalia	586,181	571,143	+2.63%	280.71 km2 108.38 sq mi	2,088/km2 5,410/sq mi	51°31′N 7°28′E
9	Essen	North Rhine-Westphalia	582,624	566,201	+2.90%	210.34 km2 81.21 sq mi	2,770/km2 7,200/sq mi	51°27′N 7°1′E
10	Leipzig	Saxony	560,472	502,979	+11.43%	297.8 km2 115.0 sq mi	1,882/km2 4,870/sq mi	51°20′N 12°23′E
11	Bremen	Bremen	557,464	542,707	+2.72%	326.18 km2 125.94 sq mi	1,709/km2 4,430/sq mi	53°5′N 8°48′E
12	Dresden	Saxony	543,825	512,354	+6.14%	328.48 km2 126.83 sq mi	1,656/km2 4,290/sq mi	51°2′N 13°44′E
13	Hanover (Hannover)	Lower Saxony	532,163	506,416	+5.08%	204.14 km2 78.82 sq mi	2,607/km2 6,750/sq mi	52°22′N 9°43′E
14	Nuremberg (Nürnberg)	Bavaria	509,975	486,314	+4.87%	186.38 km2 71.96 sq mi	2,736/km2 7,090/sq mi	49°27′N 11°5′E
15	Duisburg	North Rhine-Westphalia	491,231	488,468	+0.57%	232.8 km2 89.9 sq mi	2,110/km2 5,500/sq mi	51°26′N 6°46′E
16	Bochum	North Rhine-Westphalia	364,742	362,286	+0.68%	145.66 km2 56.24 sq mi	2,504/km2 6,490/sq mi	51°29′N 7°13′E
17	Wuppertal	North Rhine-Westphalia	350,046	342,661	+2.16%	168.39 km2 65.02 sq mi	2,079/km2 5,380/sq mi	51°16′N 7°11′E
18	Bielefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	333,090	326,870	+1.90%	258.82 km2 99.93 sq mi	1,287/km2 3,330/sq mi	52°1′N 8°32′E
19	Bonn	North Rhine-Westphalia	318,809	305,765	+4.27%	141.06 km2 54.46 sq mi	2,260/km2 5,900/sq mi	50°44′N 7°6′E
20	Münster	North Rhine-Westphalia	310,039	289,576	+7.07%	303.28 km2 117.10 sq mi	1,022/km2 2,650/sq mi	51°58′N 7°38′E
21	Karlsruhe	Baden-Württemberg	307,755	289,173	+6.43%	173.46 km2 66.97 sq mi	1,774/km2 4,590/sq mi	49°0′N 8°24′E
22	Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg	305,780	290,117	+5.40%	144.96 km2 55.97 sq mi	2,109/km2 5,460/sq mi	49°29′N 8°28′E
23	Augsburg	Bavaria	286,374	267,767	+6.95%	146.86 km2 56.70 sq mi	1,950/km2 5,100/sq mi	48°22′N 10°54′E
24	Wiesbaden	Hesse	276,218	269,121	+2.64%	203.93 km2 78.74 sq mi	1,354/km2 3,510/sq mi	50°5′N 8°14′E
25	Gelsenkirchen	North Rhine-Westphalia	260,368	258,766	+0.62%	104.94 km2 40.52 sq mi	2,481/km2 6,430/sq mi	51°31′N 7°6′E
26	Mönchengladbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	259,996	255,188	+1.88%	170.47 km2 65.82 sq mi	1,525/km2 3,950/sq mi	51°12′N 6°26′E
27	Braunschweig	Lower Saxony	251,364	242,537	+3.64%	192.18 km2 74.20 sq mi	1,308/km2 3,390/sq mi	52°16′N 10°31′E
28	Chemnitz	Saxony	248,645	240,253	+3.49%	221.05 km2 85.35 sq mi	1,125/km2 2,910/sq mi	50°50′N 12°55′E
29	Kiel	Schleswig-Holstein	246,306	235,782	+4.46%	118.65 km2 45.81 sq mi	2,076/km2 5,380/sq mi	54°20′N 10°8′E
30	Aachen	North Rhine-Westphalia	245,885	236,420	+4.00%	160.85 km2 62.10 sq mi	1,529/km2 3,960/sq mi	50°47′N 6°5′E
31	Halle (Saale)	Saxony-Anhalt	236,991	229,153	+3.42%	135.02 km2 52.13 sq mi	1,755/km2 4,550/sq mi	51°29′N 11°58′E
32	Magdeburg	Saxony-Anhalt	235,723	228,144	+3.32%	201 km2 78 sq mi	1,173/km2 3,040/sq mi	52°8′N 11°37′E
33	Freiburg im Breisgau	Baden-Württemberg	226,393	209,628	+8.00%	153.06 km2 59.10 sq mi	1,479/km2 3,830/sq mi	47°59′N 7°51′E
34	Krefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	225,144	222,247	+1.30%	137.77 km2 53.19 sq mi	1,634/km2 4,230/sq mi	51°20′N 6°34′E
35	Lübeck	Schleswig-Holstein	216,253	210,305	+2.83%	214.21 km2 82.71 sq mi	1,010/km2 2,600/sq mi	53°52′N 10°41′E
36	Oberhausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	210,934	210,216	+0.34%	77.09 km2 29.76 sq mi	2,736/km2 7,090/sq mi	51°28′N 6°51′E
37	Erfurt	Thuringia	210,118	200,868	+4.61%	269.91 km2 104.21 sq mi	778/km2 2,020/sq mi	50°59′N 11°2′E
38	Mainz	Rhineland-Palatinate	209,779	200,344	+4.71%	97.74 km2 37.74 sq mi	2,146/km2 5,560/sq mi	50°0′N 8°16′E
39	Rostock	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	206,011	200,265	+2.87%	181.26 km2 69.98 sq mi	1,137/km2 2,940/sq mi	54°5′N 12°8′E
40	Kassel	Hesse	197,984	190,765	+3.78%	106.78 km2 41.23 sq mi	1,854/km2 4,800/sq mi	51°19′N 9°30′E
41	Hagen	North Rhine-Westphalia	189,044	187,944	+0.59%	160.45 km2 61.95 sq mi	1,178/km2 3,050/sq mi	51°22′N 7°29′E
42	Hamm	North Rhine-Westphalia	179,397	176,037	+1.91%	226.43 km2 87.43 sq mi	792/km2 2,050/sq mi	51°41′N 7°49′E
43	Saarbrücken	Saarland	178,151	175,853	+1.31%	167.09 km2 64.51 sq mi	1,066/km2 2,760/sq mi	49°14′N 7°0′E
44	Mülheim an der Ruhr	North Rhine-Westphalia	169,278	166,865	+1.45%	91.28 km2 35.24 sq mi	1,854/km2 4,800/sq mi	51°26′N 6°53′E
45	Potsdam	Brandenburg	167,745	156,021	+7.51%	188.26 km2 72.69 sq mi	891/km2 2,310/sq mi	52°24′N 13°4′E
46	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	Rhineland-Palatinate	164,718	157,584	+4.53%	77.55 km2 29.94 sq mi	2,124/km2 5,500/sq mi	49°29′N 8°26′E
47	Oldenburg	Lower Saxony	163,830	157,267	+4.17%	102.99 km2 39.76 sq mi	1,591/km2 4,120/sq mi	53°8′N 8°13′E
48	Leverkusen	North Rhine-Westphalia	163,487	158,984	+2.83%	78.87 km2 30.45 sq mi	2,073/km2 5,370/sq mi	51°2′N 6°59′E
49	Osnabrück	Lower Saxony	162,403	153,699	+5.66%	119.8 km2 46.3 sq mi	1,356/km2 3,510/sq mi	52°17′N 8°3′E
50	Solingen	North Rhine-Westphalia	158,726	155,265	+2.23%	89.54 km2 34.57 sq mi	1,773/km2 4,590/sq mi	51°10′N 7°5′E
51	Heidelberg	Baden-Württemberg	156,267	146,751	+6.48%	108.84 km2 42.02 sq mi	1,436/km2 3,720/sq mi	49°25′N 8°43′E
52	Herne	North Rhine-Westphalia	155,851	155,160	+0.45%	51.42 km2 19.85 sq mi	3,031/km2 7,850/sq mi	51°33′N 7°13′E
53	Neuss	North Rhine-Westphalia	155,414	150,568	+3.22%	99.52 km2 38.42 sq mi	1,562/km2 4,050/sq mi	51°12′N 6°42′E
54	Darmstadt	Hesse	155,353	143,499	+8.26%	122.09 km2 47.14 sq mi	1,272/km2 3,290/sq mi	49°52′N 8°39′E
55	Paderborn	North Rhine-Westphalia	148,126	142,365	+4.05%	179.59 km2 69.34 sq mi	825/km2 2,140/sq mi	51°43′N 8°46′E
56	Regensburg	Bavaria	145,465	135,403	+7.43%	80.7 km2 31.2 sq mi	1,803/km2 4,670/sq mi	49°1′N 12°5′E
57	Ingolstadt	Bavaria	132,438	124,927	+6.01%	133.37 km2 51.49 sq mi	993/km2 2,570/sq mi	48°46′N 11°26′E
58	Würzburg	Bavaria	124,873	124,297	+0.46%	87.63 km2 33.83 sq mi	1,425/km2 3,690/sq mi	49°47′N 9°56′E
59	Fürth	Bavaria	124,171	115,613	+7.40%	63.35 km2 24.46 sq mi	1,960/km2 5,100/sq mi	49°28′N 11°0′E
60	Wolfsburg	Lower Saxony	124,045	119,984	+3.38%	204.09 km2 78.80 sq mi	608/km2 1,570/sq mi	52°25′23″N 10°47′14″E
61	Offenbach am Main	Hesse	123,734	113,443	+9.07%	44.89 km2 17.33 sq mi	2,756/km2 7,140/sq mi	50°6′N 8°48′E
62	Ulm	Baden-Württemberg	122,636	116,761	+5.03%	118.69 km2 45.83 sq mi	1,033/km2 2,680/sq mi	48°24′N 9°59′E
63	Heilbronn	Baden-Württemberg	122,567	116,059	+5.61%	99.88 km2 38.56 sq mi	1,227/km2 3,180/sq mi	49°9′N 9°13′E
64	Pforzheim	Baden-Württemberg	122,247	114,411	+6.85%	98 km2 38 sq mi	1,247/km2 3,230/sq mi	48°54′N 8°43′E
65	Göttingen	Lower Saxony	118,914	115,843	+2.65%	116.89 km2 45.13 sq mi	1,017/km2 2,630/sq mi	51°32′N 9°56′E
66	Bottrop	North Rhine-Westphalia	117,143	117,311	−0.14%	100.61 km2 38.85 sq mi	1,164/km2 3,010/sq mi	51°31′29″N 6°55′22″E
67	Trier	Rhineland-Palatinate	114,914	105,671	+8.75%	117.13 km2 45.22 sq mi	981/km2 2,540/sq mi	49°45′N 6°38′E
68	Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	114,330	115,958	−1.40%	66.5 km2 25.7 sq mi	1,719/km2 4,450/sq mi	51°35′6″N 7°9′43″E
69	Reutlingen	Baden-Württemberg	114,310	109,799	+4.11%	87.06 km2 33.61 sq mi	1,313/km2 3,400/sq mi	48°29′N 9°13′E
70	Bremerhaven	Bremen	114,025	108,156	+5.43%	93.66 km2 36.16 sq mi	1,217/km2 3,150/sq mi	53°33′N 8°35′E
71	Koblenz	Rhineland-Palatinate	112,586	107,825	+4.42%	105.16 km2 40.60 sq mi	1,071/km2 2,770/sq mi	50°21′35″N 7°35′52″E
72	Bergisch Gladbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	111,366	108,878	+2.29%	83.09 km2 32.08 sq mi	1,340/km2 3,500/sq mi	51°6′N 7°7′E
73	Jena	Thuringia	109,527	105,739	+3.58%	114.76 km2 44.31 sq mi	954/km2 2,470/sq mi	50°55′38″N 11°35′10″E
74	Remscheid	North Rhine-Westphalia	109,499	110,708	−1.09%	74.52 km2 28.77 sq mi	1,469/km2 3,800/sq mi	51°11′N 7°12′E
75	Erlangen	Bavaria	108,336	103,719	+4.45%	76.95 km2 29.71 sq mi	1,408/km2 3,650/sq mi	49°35′N 11°1′E
76	Moers	North Rhine-Westphalia	104,529	104,009	+0.50%	67.68 km2 26.13 sq mi	1,544/km2 4,000/sq mi	51°27′33″N 6°37′11″E
77	Siegen	North Rhine-Westphalia	102,355	99,187	+3.19%	114.69 km2 44.28 sq mi	892/km2 2,310/sq mi	50°53′N 8°1′E
78	Hildesheim	Lower Saxony	101,667	99,554	+2.12%	92.18 km2 35.59 sq mi	1,103/km2 2,860/sq mi	52°9′N 9°57′E
79	Salzgitter	Lower Saxony	101,079	98,895	+2.21%	223.92 km2 86.46 sq mi	451/km2 1,170/sq mi	52°9′N 10°20′E

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