List of cities in Lower Saxony by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Lower Saxony with a population of more than 25,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 63 cities fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations.

List
Hanover
Braunschweig
Oldenburg
Osnabrück
Wolfsburg
Göttingen
Salzgitter
Hildesheim
Wilhelmshaven

The following table lists the 63 cities and communes in Lower Saxony with a population of at least 25,000 on December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.[2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.

  1. The city rank by population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of German[2]
  2. The city name[2]
  3. The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)[2]
  4. The city population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany[2]
  5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census[3]
  6. The city land area as of December 31, 2017[2]
  7. The city population density as of December 31, 2017 (residents per unit of land area)[2]
2017
Rank		 City district 2017 estimate 2011 Census 2017 land area 2017 pop. density
1 Hanover Hanover (region) 535,061 506,416 204 km² 2,619/km²
2 Braunschweig urban district 248,023 242,537 193 km² 1,287/km²
3 Oldenburg urban district 167,081 157,267 103 km² 1,621/km²
4 Osnabrück urban district 164,374 153,699 120 km² 1,372/km²
5 Wolfsburg urban district 123,914 119,984 205 km² 605.6/km²
6 Göttingen Göttingen (district) 119,529 115,843 117 km² 1,022/km²
7 Salzgitter urban district 104,548 98,895 224 km² 465.7/km²
8 Hildesheim Hildesheim (district) 101,744 99,554 92.3 km² 1,102/km²
9 Delmenhorst urban district 77,521 73,322 62.5 km² 1,241/km²
10 Wilhelmshaven urban district 76,316 77,451 107 km² 712.8/km²
11 Lüneburg Lüneburg (district) 75,192 69,905 70.5 km² 1,067/km²
12 Celle Celle (district) 69,706 69,001 176 km² 396.0/km²
13 Garbsen Hanover (region) 60,875 59,499 79.5 km² 765.8/km²
14 Hamelin Hameln-Pyrmont 57,228 56,756 103 km² 558.2/km²
15 Lingen (Ems) Emsland 54,117 51,821 176 km² 307.2/km²
16 Langenhagen Hanover (region) 53,790 50,821 72.0 km² 747.4/km²
17 Nordhorn County of Bentheim (district) 53,278 52,029 150 km² 355.5/km²
18 Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel (district) 52,357 51,756 78.7 km² 664.9/km²
19 Goslar Goslar (district) 51,128 51,261 164 km² 312.0/km²
20 Emden urban district 50,607 49,787 112 km² 450.5/km²
21 Peine Peine (district) 49,901 48,582 120 km² 416.4/km²
22 Cuxhaven Cuxhaven (district) 48,470 49,093 162 km² 299.3/km²
23 Stade Stade (district) 47,330 45,141 110 km² 430.0/km²
24 Melle Osnabrück (district) 46,451 45,855 254 km² 182.9/km²
25 Neustadt am Rübenberge Hanover (region) 43,964 43,542 359 km² 122.5/km²
26 Lehrte Hanover (region) 43,932 42,655 128 km² 344.1/km²
27 Gifhorn Gifhorn (district) 42,239 41,152 105 km² 400.8/km²
28 Aurich Aurich (district) 41,854 40,699 197 km² 212.1/km²
29 Wunstorf Hanover (region) 41,532 40,633 126 km² 330.3/km²
30 Laatzen Hanover (region) 41,449 38,877 34.2 km² 1,213/km²
31 Seevetal Harburg (district) 41,260 39,838 105 km² 391.8/km²
32 Buxtehude Stade (district) 39,782 39,552 76.7 km² 518.7/km²
33 Buchholz in der Nordheide Harburg (district) 39,042 36,656 74.8 km² 522.2/km²
34 Papenburg Emsland 37,030 35,060 118 km² 312.6/km²
35 Meppen Emsland 35,267 33,997 188 km² 187.2/km²
36 Winsen (Luhe) Harburg (district) 34,635 32,494 110 km² 315.5/km²
37 Cloppenburg Cloppenburg (district) 34,581 32,932 70.9 km² 488.0/km²
38 Leer (Ostfriesland) Leer (district) 34,226 34,017 70.1 km² 488.2/km²
39 Seelze Hanover (region) 34,036 31,827 54.1 km² 629.4/km²
40 Barsinghausen Hanover (region) 33,989 33,053 103 km² 330.6/km²
41 Uelzen Uelzen (district) 33,673 33,606 137 km² 246.1/km²
42 Stuhr Diepholz (district) 33,526 32,382 81.8 km² 409.7/km²
43 Vechta Vechta (district) 32,201 30,319 87.9 km² 366.4/km²
44 Achim Verden (district) 31,834 29,531 68.1 km² 467.7/km²
45 Georgsmarienhütte Osnabrück (district) 31,624 31,959 55.5 km² 570.3/km²
46 Nienburg (Weser) Nienburg (district) 31,602 30,875 64.5 km² 489.7/km²
47 Ganderkesee Oldenburg (district) 31,100 30,373 138 km² 224.6/km²
48 Bramsche Osnabrück (district) 30,992 30,158 183 km² 169.0/km²
49 Einbeck Northeim (district) 30,925 32,226 232 km² 133.3/km²
50 Geestland Cuxhaven (district) 30,873 30,683 357 km² 86.5/km²
51 Weyhe Diepholz (district) 30,627 29,918 60.4 km² 507.4/km²
52 Burgdorf Hanover (region) 30,482 28,845 113 km² 270.8/km²
53 Osterholz-Scharmbeck Osterholz 30,329 30,298 147 km² 206.1/km²
54 Wedemark Hanover (region) 29,599 28,223 174 km² 169.8/km²
55 Northeim Northeim (district) 29,040 29,327 146 km² 199.1/km²
56 Springe Hanover (region) 28,918 28,575 160 km² 180.6/km²
57 Bad Zwischenahn Ammerland 28,507 27,437 130 km² 219.1/km²
58 Verden an der Aller Verden (district) 27,747 26,664 71.7 km² 387.0/km²
59 Lohne Vechta (district) 26,509 24,819 91.1 km² 291.0/km²
60 Nordenham Wesermarsch 26,230 26,491 87.8 km² 298.8/km²
61 Helmstedt Helmstedt (district) 25,803 25,941 66.7 km² 386.6/km²
62 Rinteln Schaumburg 25,596 25,791 109 km² 234.8/km²
63 Norden Aurich (district) 25,056 25,102 106 km² 235.7/km²

References
  1. "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen" (in German). Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved Feb 15, 2018.
  2. "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
  3. "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. April 10, 2014.
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