Largest Cities by Population in Germany

195 cities in Germany with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by population estimates for December 31, 2025 (by Federal Statistical Office of Germany and State statistical offices, Germany).

Rank	City	Population
1	Berlin	3,700,577
2	Hamburg	1,869,473
3	Munich (München)	1,505,036
4	Cologne (Köln)	1,025,523
5	Frankfurt am Main	760,656
6	Düsseldorf	619,444
7	Leipzig	615,932
8	Stuttgart	609,365
9	Dortmund	600,880
10	Bremen	588,413
11	Essen	573,618
12	Dresden	562,764
13	Nuremberg (Nürnberg)	531,159
14	Hanover (Hannover)	522,803
15	Duisburg	500,810
16	Bochum	358,880
17	Wuppertal	357,243
18	Bielefeld	331,419
19	Bonn	323,587
20	Mannheim	319,536
21	Karlsruhe	309,247
22	Münster	306,368
23	Augsburg	301,786
24	Wiesbaden	288,584
25	Mönchengladbach	267,176
26	Gelsenkirchen	266,199
27	Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle)	263,703
28	Braunschweig (Brunswick)	252,811
29	Kiel	251,842
30	Chemnitz	247,252
31	Magdeburg	244,494
32	Freiburg im Breisgau	238,299
33	Krefeld	230,738
34	Halle (Saale)	226,186
35	Mainz	223,888
36	Erfurt	217,159
37	Lübeck	217,061
38	Oberhausen	213,178
39	Rostock	204,929
40	Kassel	196,799
41	Hagen	189,983
42	Potsdam	185,137
43	Saarbrücken	182,859
44	Hamm	179,108
45	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	177,355
46	OldenburgOldb	177,055
47	Mülheim an der Ruhr	171,674
48	Leverkusen	168,299
49	Darmstadt	168,253
50	Osnabrück	166,257
51	Solingen	164,621
52	Herne	156,266
53	Heidelberg	156,092
54	Paderborn	155,906
55	Neuss	153,767
56	Regensburg	151,517
57	Ingolstadt	140,799
58	Pforzheim	134,422
59	Würzburg	133,753
60	Offenbach am Main	133,195
61	Heilbronn	132,516
62	Fürth	131,344
63	Göttingen	130,521
64	Ulm	130,288
65	Wolfsburg	129,813
66	Reutlingen	119,040
67	Bremerhaven	118,502
68	Bottrop	118,482
69	Erlangen	116,450
70	Recklinghausen	114,851
71	Remscheid	113,333
72	Koblenz	113,020
73	Bergisch Gladbach	111,174
74	Jena	109,353
75	Trier	105,054
76	Salzgitter	104,433
77	Siegen	102,450
78	Moers	101,298
79	Kaiserslautern	100,247
80	Gütersloh	99,854
81	Hanau	98,582
82	Hildesheim	98,207
83	Schwerin	97,922
84	Flensburg	95,568
85	Esslingen am Neckar	95,419
86	Gera	95,162
87	Cottbus (Chóśebuz)	95,140
88	Düren	94,539
89	Ludwigsburg	93,002
90	Tübingen	92,607
91	Witten	91,474
92	Iserlohn	91,317
93	Villingen-Schwenningen	89,766
94	Ratingen	88,914
95	Gießen	88,544
96	Worms	86,921
97	Marl	86,899
98	Konstanz	86,691
99	Zwickau	86,405
100	Lünen	85,844
101	Minden	83,598
102	Norderstedt	83,196
103	Velbert	82,166
104	Delmenhorst	81,274
105	Neumünster	80,145
106	Viersen	78,227
107	Rheine	77,552
108	Bamberg	77,218
109	Troisdorf	75,742
110	Gladbeck	75,647
111	Wilhelmshaven	75,324
112	Dessau-Roßlau	75,035
113	Dorsten	74,783
114	Lüneburg	74,502
115	Arnsberg	74,479
116	Detmold	74,438
117	Brandenburg an der Havel	73,945
118	Marburg	73,571
119	Aschaffenburg	73,326
120	Bocholt	73,048
121	Bayreuth	72,919
122	Castrop-Rauxel	72,353
123	Landshut	71,922
124	Lüdenscheid	70,810
125	Lippstadt	68,383
126	KemptenAllgäu	67,916
127	Aalen	67,675
128	Neuwied	67,201
129	Herford	67,074
130	Celle	66,930
131	Dinslaken	66,869
132	Kerpen	66,377
133	Rüsselsheim am Main	66,028
134	Rosenheim	65,808
135	Fulda	65,755
136	Grevenbroich	65,605
137	Weimar	65,566
138	Plauen	64,893
139	Schwäbisch Gmünd	63,930
140	Dormagen	63,619
141	Offenburg	63,437
142	Neu-Ulm	62,843
143	Friedrichshafen	62,781
144	Bergheim	61,976
145	Hürth	61,732
146	Sindelfingen	61,428
147	Wesel	60,717
148	Herten	60,707
149	Garbsen	60,007
150	Euskirchen	59,977
151	LangenfeldRheinland	59,821
152	Neubrandenburg	59,494
153	Göppingen	58,678
154	Hameln	58,152
155	Unna	57,961
156	StolbergRhld.	57,678
157	Eschweiler	57,573
158	Nordhorn	57,372
159	Waiblingen	57,186
160	Baden-Baden	56,952
161	Meerbusch	56,947
162	Bad Homburg vor der Höhe	56,938
163	Frankfurt (Oder)	56,586
164	LingenEms	56,539
165	Greifswald	56,154
166	Sankt Augustin	56,033
167	Pulheim	55,979
168	Stralsund	55,481
169	Görlitz	55,065
170	Wetzlar	54,865
171	Hilden	54,859
172	Schweinfurt	54,539
173	Bad Kreuznach	54,347
174	Langenhagen	54,059
175	Bad Salzuflen	53,807
176	Passau	53,523
177	Kleve	53,094
178	Hattingen	52,969
179	Neustadt an der Weinstraße	52,882
180	Wolfenbüttel	52,511
181	Ahlen	52,387
182	MendenSauerland	52,121
183	Frechen	51,927
184	Ibbenbüren	51,596
185	Elmshorn	51,375
186	Gummersbach	51,332
187	Lörrach	51,274
188	Lahr/Schwarzwald	51,208
189	Böblingen	51,204
190	Peine	51,005
191	Rastatt	50,753
192	Heidenheim an der Brenz	50,612
193	Ravensburg	50,549
194	Bad Oeynhausen	50,515
195	GronauWestf.	50,349

Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany and State statistical offices, Germany (2025 estimate), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

99 urban areas in Germany with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Berlin	3,549,560	−0.32%	686	5,177	135	3,504,166	3,353,525
2	Essen	2,709,375	−0.28%	877	3,089	184	2,678,526	2,546,415
3	Munich	1,816,478	+0.08%	345	5,259	275	1,822,304	1,844,123
4	Hamburg	1,754,304	−0.29%	479	3,665	280	1,734,013	1,677,408
5	Cologne	1,121,742	−0.32%	285	3,939	464	1,107,544	1,057,389
6	Dusseldorf	904,750	−0.29%	241	3,754	575	894,205	853,457
7	Frankfurt	899,044	−0.16%	192	4,683	580	893,288	873,187
8	Stuttgart	897,563	−0.17%	247	3,634	582	891,405	873,374
9	Bonn	753,549	−0.33%	271	2,783	714	743,568	708,927
10	Dortmund	739,439	−1.17%	267	2,767	732	704,773	668,313
11	Wuppertal	660,360	−0.35%	222	2,980	828	651,149	621,225
12	Nuremberg	640,517	−0.57%	168	3,808	848	625,911	609,868
13	Hanover	608,756	−0.42%	182	3,345	898	598,630	563,986
14	Dresden	552,988	−0.29%	159	3,478	1,001	546,492	524,359
15	Leipzig	538,146	−0.77%	164	3,281	1,035	521,476	476,407
16	Mannheim	447,120	−0.24%	129	3,466	1,257	442,789	428,575
17	Wiesbaden	426,607	−0.16%	109	3,914	1,328	423,957	415,014
18	Bremen	421,537	−0.21%	143	2,948	1,349	418,029	405,027
19	Augsburg	344,717	+0.13%	97	3,546	1,677	346,565	349,527
20	Karlsruhe	298,068	−0.16%	96	3,105	1,960	296,116	290,152
21	Münster	263,577	−0.21%	76	3,468	2,243	261,361	254,582
22	Bielefeld	241,057	−0.21%	78	3,090	2,465	238,994	232,713
23	Aachen	237,195	−2.83%	70	3,389	2,505	210,355	200,850
24	Freiburg im Breisgau	233,923	−0.17%	51	4,587	2,537	232,372	227,803
25	Kassel	232,632	−1.87%	80	2,901	2,553	215,194	203,741
26	Kiel	232,090	−0.24%	73	3,179	2,558	229,844	223,385
27	Chemnitz	228,233	−0.54%	76	3,003	2,603	223,262	194,603
28	Mönchengladbach	225,959	−0.54%	74	3,037	2,634	221,101	204,631
29	Krefeld	213,156	−0.30%	69	3,089	2,812	210,609	200,448
30	Magdeburg	211,784	−0.43%	74	2,862	2,841	208,177	188,851
31	Halle (Saale)	203,655	−0.86%	58	3,536	2,964	196,685	182,151
32	Brunswick	192,475	−0.42%	69	2,790	3,166	189,269	169,232
33	Heidelberg	182,662	−0.25%	46	3,971	3,335	180,859	174,944
34	Lübeck	178,032	−0.26%	58	3,070	3,439	176,155	170,260
35	Rostock	171,216	−0.25%	71	2,411	3,584	169,515	164,505
36	Potsdam	163,661	−0.29%	47	3,482	3,739	161,782	152,150
37	Erfurt	163,602	−0.55%	43	3,805	3,742	159,993	146,385
38	Hagen	156,187	−0.29%	50	3,124	3,925	154,377	147,148
39	Regensburg	149,799	+0.05%	44	3,405	4,091	150,102	151,402
40	Oldenburg	144,883	−0.23%	54	2,683	4,260	143,549	137,959
41	Bremerhaven	138,941	−0.22%	58	2,396	4,436	137,737	134,082
42	Koblenz	132,522	−0.29%	53	2,500	4,659	130,967	114,122
43	Saarbruecken	125,253	−0.24%	41	3,055	4,957	124,048	120,030
44	Osnabrück	124,622	−0.84%	45	2,757	4,985	120,440	117,072
45	Würzburg	121,718	−0.28%	40	3,043	5,115	120,372	97,740
46	Darmstadt	120,384	−0.17%	31	3,883	5,170	119,577	116,874
47	Ulm	119,940	+0.05%	40	2,999	5,185	120,190	121,372
48	Heilbronn	115,294	−0.19%	36	3,203	5,414	114,431	111,663
49	Erlangen	109,548	−0.26%	39	2,809	5,712	108,399	104,107
50	Reinbek	108,899	−0.27%	42	2,593	5,742	107,733	104,048
51	Reutlingen	107,598	−0.20%	29	3,710	5,810	106,748	104,020
52	Göttingen	107,469	−0.78%	31	3,512	5,819	104,104	98,274
53	Ingolstadt	97,910	+0.02%	37	2,646	6,391	97,983	98,673
54	Trier	94,757	−0.25%	31	3,057	6,601	93,807	81,649
55	Paderborn	93,926	−0.23%	26	3,613	6,667	93,076	90,405
56	Pforzheim	90,620	−0.50%	24	3,808	6,937	88,798	86,937
57	Jena	86,121	−0.56%	27	3,190	7,312	84,191	58,925
58	Hildesheim	85,701	−0.42%	27	3,174	7,352	84,267	78,252
59	Hamm	83,921	−2.60%	31	2,725	7,519	75,198	71,419
60	Hanau	83,474	−0.17%	31	2,693	7,560	82,916	72,508
61	Rüsselsheim am Main	82,948	−0.16%	27	3,072	7,620	82,406	80,400
62	Sindelfingen	81,465	−0.18%	25	3,259	7,754	80,876	78,851
63	Siegen	80,632	−0.16%	28	2,880	7,830	80,121	78,373
64	Landshut	78,449	+0.01%	26	3,017	8,061	78,495	78,972
65	Remscheid	77,070	−0.89%	23	3,410	8,203	74,333	70,597
66	Göppingen	76,635	−0.19%	28	2,737	8,238	76,058	72,658
67	Hürth	75,690	−0.31%	28	2,703	8,327	74,752	–
68	Rosenheim	75,308	+0.07%	26	2,896	8,377	75,504	76,314
69	Kaiserslautern	74,444	−0.97%	23	3,294	8,468	71,546	69,162
70	Flensburg	74,366	−0.26%	29	2,564	8,476	73,582	68,192
71	Ritterhude	73,387	−0.22%	26	2,823	8,587	72,733	70,714
72	Bamberg	72,629	−0.28%	25	2,905	8,665	71,829	62,798
73	Gera	72,493	−0.57%	20	3,625	8,681	70,845	62,637
74	Wolfsburg	71,227	−0.89%	36	2,001	8,818	68,699	–
75	Cottbus - Chóśebuz	69,998	−0.31%	24	2,917	8,972	69,116	61,812
76	Constance	67,367	−0.18%	15	4,491	9,307	66,890	65,355
77	Tübingen	66,431	−0.16%	19	3,496	9,454	66,015	64,742
78	Neumünster	64,473	−0.27%	25	2,579	9,743	63,768	61,495
79	Kempten (Allgäu)	64,274	+0.06%	21	3,061	9,778	64,437	65,122
80	Marl	62,926	−0.31%	24	2,622	9,987	62,140	58,986
81	Unna	62,301	−0.31%	23	2,709	10,101	61,523	56,876
82	Delmenhorst	62,282	−0.24%	23	2,708	10,107	61,694	59,854
83	Zwickau	61,482	−0.58%	24	2,562	10,205	60,060	–
84	Lüdenscheid	59,957	−0.30%	19	3,156	10,436	59,245	56,409
85	Neuwied	59,890	−0.31%	28	2,139	10,449	59,145	54,581
86	Bayreuth	58,764	−0.28%	19	3,093	10,634	58,106	56,688
87	Lüneburg	58,360	−0.28%	21	2,779	10,691	57,717	55,644
88	Gießen	57,935	−0.17%	18	3,219	10,761	57,549	56,240
89	Fulda	57,683	−0.28%	20	2,884	10,811	57,034	52,604
90	Gütersloh	57,179	−0.23%	20	2,859	10,914	56,647	54,994
91	Iserlohn	57,046	−0.30%	20	2,852	10,946	56,365	53,655
92	Aschaffenburg	56,981	−0.17%	20	2,849	10,960	56,587	55,194
93	Dormagen	56,809	−0.30%	19	2,990	10,985	56,132	53,423
94	Gerlingen	54,849	−0.18%	16	3,428	11,351	54,459	53,216
95	Hennigsdorf	52,781	−0.30%	19	2,778	11,755	52,137	–
96	Ravensburg	52,697	+0.55%	15	3,467	11,770	53,850	54,121
97	Herford	52,491	−0.23%	20	2,625	11,807	52,009	–
98	Bocholt	52,030	−0.32%	17	3,061	11,896	51,363	–
99	Schwerin	50,699	−0.27%	16	3,169	12,053	50,147	–

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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