List of cities in Rhineland-Palatinate by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate with a population of more than 10,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 45 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
Mainz
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Koblenz
Trier
Kaiserslautern
Worms
Neuwied

The following table lists the 45 cities or communes in Rhineland-Palatinate with a population of at least 10,000 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 Mainz urban district 215,110 200,344 97.7 km² 2,201/km²
2 Ludwigshafen am Rhein urban district 168,497 157,584 77.4 km² 2,176/km²
3 Koblenz urban district 113,844 107,825 105 km² 1,082/km²
4 Trier urban district 110,013 105,671 117 km² 939.8/km²
5 Kaiserslautern urban district 99,684 96,340 140 km² 713.6/km²
6 Worms urban district 83,081 79,207 109 km² 764.1/km²
7 Neuwied Neuwied (district) 64,661 64,144 86.5 km² 747.5/km²
8 Neustadt an der Weinstraße urban district 53,353 52,164 117 km² 455.7/km²
9 Speyer urban district 50,931 49,540 42.7 km² 1,192/km²
10 Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach (district) 50,484 43,244 55.6 km² 908.6/km²
11 Frankenthal (Pfalz) urban district 48,417 46,415 43.9 km² 1,103/km²
12 Landau in der Pfalz urban district 46,292 43,361 82.9 km² 558.1/km²
13 Pirmasens urban district 40,632 40,887 61.4 km² 662.2/km²
14 Zweibrücken urban district 34,270 34,200 70.6 km² 485.1/km²
15 Andernach Mayen-Koblenz 29,860 29,151 53.3 km² 559.8/km²
16 Idar-Oberstein Birkenfeld (district) 28,323 30,379 91.6 km² 308.2/km²
17 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Ahrweiler (district) 28,048 29,073 63.4 km² 442.4/km²
18 Bingen am Rhein Mainz-Bingen 25,441 23,812 37.7 km² 674.6/km²
19 Ingelheim am Rhein Mainz-Bingen 24,833 23,959 49.9 km² 498.1/km²
20 Germersheim Germersheim (district) 20,691 19,803 21.7 km² 954.4/km²
21 Schifferstadt Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 20,073 18,764 28.1 km² 715.4/km²
22 Mayen Mayen-Koblenz 19,116 18,607 58.2 km² 328.5/km²
23 Wittlich Bernkastel-Wittlich 18,906 18,237 49.6 km² 380.9/km²
24 Bad Dürkheim Bad Dürkheim (district) 18,469 18,219 103 km² 180.1/km²
25 Alzey Alzey-Worms 18,333 17,531 35.2 km² 520.5/km²
26 Konz Trier-Saarburg 18,298 17,561 44.6 km² 410.6/km²
27 Wörth am Rhein Germersheim (district) 17,968 17,289 132 km² 136.5/km²
28 Lahnstein Rhein-Lahn-Kreis 17,939 17,726 37.6 km² 476.8/km²
29 Sinzig Ahrweiler (district) 17,540 17,073 41.1 km² 426.8/km²
30 Bendorf Mayen-Koblenz 16,863 16,589 24.1 km² 699.1/km²
31 Remagen Ahrweiler (district) 16,725 15,835 33.2 km² 503.6/km²
32 Boppard Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis 15,283 15,413 74.9 km² 204.1/km²
33 Bitburg Bitburg-Prüm 14,802 13,295 47.5 km² 311.3/km²
34 Grünstadt Bad Dürkheim (district) 13,505 12,849 18.1 km² 746.5/km²
35 Montabaur Westerwaldkreis 13,291 12,503 33.8 km² 393.6/km²
36 Mutterstadt Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 12,846 12,392 20.5 km² 627.6/km²
37 Limburgerhof Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 11,556 10,776 9.0 km² 1,284/km²
38 Mülheim-Kärlich Mayen-Koblenz 11,164 10,691 16.4 km² 679.9/km²
39 Diez Rhein-Lahn-Kreis 11,016 10,862 12.4 km² 887.7/km²
40 Grafschaft, Rhineland Ahrweiler (district) 10,914 10,798 57.6 km² 189.5/km²
41 Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz Südliche Weinstraße 10,514 10,311 29.1 km² 360.9/km²
42 Morbach Bernkastel-Wittlich 10,481 10,532 122 km² 85.7/km²
43 Böhl-Iggelheim Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 10,262 10,173 32.8 km² 312.6/km²
44 Bobenheim-Roxheim Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 10,190 9,832 20.5 km² 496.8/km
45 Betzdorf Altenkirchen (Westerwald) 10,139 10,058 9.6 km² 1,061/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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