List of cities in Germany by population

The following table lists the 80 cities in Germany with a population of at least 100,000 each on 31 December 2021, 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:

The city rank by population as of 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany
The city name
The name of the state in which the city lies^[3]
The city population as of 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany^[4]
The city population as of 31 December 2015, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany^[4]
The city percentage population change from 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2021
The change in city rank by population from 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2021
The city land area as of 31 December 2021
The city population density as of 31 December 2021 (residents per unit of land area)
The city latitude and longitude coordinates.

Schwerin is the only state capital not listed.

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2021 rank	City	State	2021 estimate	2015 estimate	Growth	Rank change	2021 land area	2021 population density	Location
1	Berlin	Berlin	3,677,472	3,520,031	+4.47%	0	891.3 km² 344.1 sq mi	4,126/km² 10,690/sq mi	52°31′N 13°23′E
2	Hamburg	Hamburg	1,906,411	1,787,408	+6.66%	0	755.2 km² 291.6 sq mi	2,524/km² 6,540/sq mi	53°33′N 10°0′E
3	Munich (München)	Bavaria	1,487,708	1,450,381	+2.57%	0	310.7 km² 120.0 sq mi	4,788/km² 12,400/sq mi	48°8′N 11°34′E
4	Cologne (Köln)	North Rhine-Westphalia	1,073,096	1,060,582	+1.18%	0	405.15 km² 156.43 sq mi	2,648/km² 6,860/sq mi	50°56′N 6°57′E
5	Frankfurt am Main	Hesse	759,224	732,688	+3.62%	0	248.31 km² 95.87 sq mi	3,057/km² 7,920/sq mi	50°7′N 8°41′E
6	Stuttgart	Baden-Württemberg	626,275	623,738	+0.41%	0	207.33 km² 80.05 sq mi	3,020/km² 7,800/sq mi	48°47′N 9°11′E
7	Düsseldorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	619,477	612,178	+1.19%	0	217.41 km² 83.94 sq mi	2,849/km² 7,380/sq mi	51°14′N 6°47′E
8	Leipzig	Saxony	601,866	560,472	+7.39%	2	297.4 km² 114.8 sq mi	2,024/km² 5,240/sq mi	51°20′N 12°23′E
9	Dortmund	North Rhine-Westphalia	586,852	586,181	+0.11%	1	280.71 km² 108.38 sq mi	2,091/km² 5,420/sq mi	51°31′N 7°28′E
10	Essen	North Rhine-Westphalia	579,432	582,624	−0.55%	1	210.34 km² 81.21 sq mi	2,755/km² 7,140/sq mi	51°27′N 7°1′E
11	Bremen	Bremen	563,290	557,464	+1.05%	0	326.7 km² 126.1 sq mi	1,724/km² 4,470/sq mi	53°5′N 8°48′E
12	Dresden	Saxony	555,351	543,825	+2.12%	0	328.8 km² 127.0 sq mi	1,689/km² 4,370/sq mi	51°2′N 13°44′E
13	Hanover (Hannover)	Lower Saxony	535,932	532,163	+0.71%	0	204.0 km² 78.8 sq mi	2,627/km² 6,800/sq mi	52°22′N 9°43′E
14	Nuremberg (Nürnberg)	Bavaria	510,632	509,975	+0.13%	0	186.5 km² 72.0 sq mi	2,739/km² 7,090/sq mi	49°27′N 11°5′E
15	Duisburg	North Rhine-Westphalia	495,152	491,231	+0.80%	0	232.8 km² 89.9 sq mi	2,127/km² 5,510/sq mi	51°26′N 6°46′E
16	Bochum	North Rhine-Westphalia	363,441	364,742	−0.36%	0	145.4 km² 56.1 sq mi	2,500/km² 6,500/sq mi	51°29′N 7°13′E
17	Wuppertal	North Rhine-Westphalia	354,572	350,046	+1.29%	0	168.4 km² 65.0 sq mi	2,105/km² 5,450/sq mi	51°16′N 7°11′E
18	Bielefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	334,002	333,090	+0.27%	0	257.8 km² 99.5 sq mi	1,296/km² 3,360/sq mi	52°1′N 8°32′E
19	Bonn	North Rhine-Westphalia	331,885	318,809	+4.10%	0	141.1 km² 54.5 sq mi	2,353/km² 6,090/sq mi	50°44′N 7°6′E
20	Münster	North Rhine-Westphalia	317,713	310,039	+2.48%	0	302.9 km² 117.0 sq mi	1,049/km² 2,720/sq mi	51°58′N 7°38′E
21	Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg	311,831	305,780	+1.98%	1	145.0 km² 56.0 sq mi	2,151/km² 5,570/sq mi	49°29′N 8°28′E
22	Karlsruhe	Baden-Württemberg	306,502	307,755	−0.41%	1	173.5 km² 67.0 sq mi	1,767/km² 4,580/sq mi	49°0′N 8°24′E
23	Augsburg	Bavaria	296,478	286,374	+3.53%	0	146.8 km² 56.7 sq mi	2,019/km² 5,230/sq mi	48°22′N 10°54′E
24	Wiesbaden	Hesse	278,950	276,218	+0.99%	0	203.9 km² 78.7 sq mi	1,368/km² 3,540/sq mi	50°5′N 8°14′E
25	Mönchengladbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	261,001	259,996	+0.39%	1	170.4 km² 65.8 sq mi	1,531/km² 3,970/sq mi	51°12′N 6°26′E
26	Gelsenkirchen	North Rhine-Westphalia	260,126	260,368	−0.09%	1	104.8 km² 40.5 sq mi	2,481/km² 6,430/sq mi	51°31′N 7°6′E
27	Aachen	North Rhine-Westphalia	249,070	245,885	+1.30%	3	160.85 km² 62.10 sq mi	1,548/km² 4,010/sq mi	50°47′N 6°5′E
28	Braunschweig	Lower Saxony	248,823	251,364	−1.01%	1	192.1 km² 74.2 sq mi	1,295/km² 3,350/sq mi	52°16′N 10°31′E
29	Kiel	Schleswig-Holstein	246,243	246,306	−0.03%	0	118.6 km² 45.8 sq mi	2,076/km² 5,380/sq mi	54°20′N 10°8′E
30	Chemnitz	Saxony	243,105	248,645	−2.23%	2	220.85 km² 85.27 sq mi	1,101/km² 2,850/sq mi	50°50′N 12°55′E
31	Halle (Saale)	Saxony-Anhalt	238,061	236,991	+0.45%	0	135.0 km² 52.1 sq mi	1,763/km² 4,570/sq mi	51°29′N 11°58′E
32	Magdeburg	Saxony-Anhalt	236,188	235,723	+0.20%	0	201.0 km² 77.6 sq mi	1,175/km² 3,040/sq mi	52°8′N 11°37′E
33	Freiburg im Breisgau	Baden-Württemberg	231,848	226,393	+2.41%	0	153.1 km² 59.1 sq mi	1,514/km² 3,920/sq mi	47°59′N 7°51′E
34	Krefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	227,050	225,144	+0.85%	0	137.7 km² 53.2 sq mi	1,649/km² 4,270/sq mi	51°20′N 6°34′E
35	Mainz	Rhineland-Palatinate	217,556	209,779	+3.71%	3	97.7 km² 37.7 sq mi	2,226/km² 5,770/sq mi	50°0′N 8°16′E
36	Lübeck	Schleswig-Holstein	216,277	216,253	+0.01%	1	214.1 km² 82.7 sq mi	1,010/km² 2,600/sq mi	53°52′N 10°41′E
37	Erfurt	Thuringia	213,227	210,118	+1.48%	0	269.2 km² 103.9 sq mi	792/km² 2,050/sq mi	50°59′N 11°2′E
38	Oberhausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	208,752	210,934	−1.03%	2	77.0 km² 29.7 sq mi	2,710/km² 7,000/sq mi	51°28′N 6°51′E
39	Rostock	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	208,400	206,011	+1.16%	0	181.4 km² 70.0 sq mi	1,149/km² 2,980/sq mi	54°5′N 12°8′E
40	Kassel	Hesse	200,406	197,984	+1.22%	0	107.0 km² 41.3 sq mi	1,873/km² 4,850/sq mi	51°19′N 9°30′E
41	Hagen	North Rhine-Westphalia	188,713	189,044	−0.18%	0	160.4 km² 61.9 sq mi	1,177/km² 3,050/sq mi	51°22′N 7°29′E
42	Potsdam	Brandenburg	183,154	167,745	+9.19%	3	187.3 km² 72.3 sq mi	978/km² 2,530/sq mi	52°24′N 13°4′E
43	Saarbrücken	Saarland	179,634	178,151	+0.83%	0	167.1 km² 64.5 sq mi	1,075/km² 2,780/sq mi	49°14′N 7°0′E
44	Hamm	North Rhine-Westphalia	179,238	179,397	−0.09%	2	226.3 km² 87.4 sq mi	792/km² 2,050/sq mi	51°41′N 7°49′E
45	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	Rhineland-Palatinate	172,145	164,718	+4.51%	1	77.7 km² 30.0 sq mi	2,216/km² 5,740/sq mi	49°29′N 8°26′E
46	Mülheim an der Ruhr	North Rhine-Westphalia	170,739	169,278	+0.86%	2	91.3 km² 35.3 sq mi	1,871/km² 4,850/sq mi	51°26′N 6°53′E
47	Oldenburg	Lower Saxony	170,389	163,830	+4.00%	0	103.0 km² 39.8 sq mi	1,655/km² 4,290/sq mi	53°8′N 8°13′E
48	Osnabrück	Lower Saxony	165,034	162,403	+1.62%	1	119.8 km² 46.3 sq mi	1,378/km² 3,570/sq mi	52°17′N 8°3′E
49	Leverkusen	North Rhine-Westphalia	163,851	163,487	+0.22%	1	78.9 km² 30.5 sq mi	2,078/km² 5,380/sq mi	51°2′N 6°59′E
50	Darmstadt	Hesse	159,631	155,353	+2.75%	4	122.2 km² 47.2 sq mi	1,306/km² 3,380/sq mi	49°52′N 8°39′E
51	Heidelberg	Baden-Württemberg	159,245	156,267	+1.91%	0	108.8 km² 42.0 sq mi	1,463/km² 3,790/sq mi	49°25′N 8°43′E
52	Solingen	North Rhine-Westphalia	158,957	158,726	+0.15%	2	89.5 km² 34.6 sq mi	1,777/km² 4,600/sq mi	51°10′N 7°5′E
53	Herne	North Rhine-Westphalia	156,621	155,851	+0.49%	1	51.4 km² 19.8 sq mi	3,047/km² 7,890/sq mi	51°33′N 7°13′E
54	Regensburg	Bavaria	153,542	145,465	+5.55%	2	80.8 km² 31.2 sq mi	1,901/km² 4,920/sq mi	49°1′N 12°5′E
55	Neuss	North Rhine-Westphalia	152,731	155,414	−1.73%	2	99.5 km² 38.4 sq mi	1,535/km² 3,980/sq mi	51°12′N 6°42′E
56	Paderborn	North Rhine-Westphalia	152,531	148,126	+2.97%	1	179.4 km² 69.3 sq mi	850/km² 2,200/sq mi	51°43′N 8°46′E
57	Ingolstadt	Bavaria	138,016	132,438	+4.21%	0	133.4 km² 51.5 sq mi	1,035/km² 2,680/sq mi	48°46′N 11°26′E
58	Offenbach am Main	Hesse	131,295	123,734	+6.11%	3	44.9 km² 17.3 sq mi	2,924/km² 7,570/sq mi	50°6′N 8°48′E
59	Fürth	Bavaria	129,122	124,171	+3.99%	0	63.4 km² 24.5 sq mi	2,038/km² 5,280/sq mi	49°28′N 11°0′E
60	Ulm	Baden-Württemberg	126,949	122,636	+3.52%	2	118.7 km² 45.8 sq mi	1,070/km² 2,800/sq mi	48°24′N 9°59′E
61	Würzburg	Bavaria	126,933	124,873	+1.65%	3	87.6 km² 33.8 sq mi	1,449/km² 3,750/sq mi	49°47′N 9°56′E
62	Heilbronn	Baden-Württemberg	125,613	122,567	+2.49%	1	99.9 km² 38.6 sq mi	1,258/km² 3,260/sq mi	49°9′N 9°13′E
63	Pforzheim	Baden-Württemberg	125,529	122,247	+2.68%	1	98.0 km² 37.8 sq mi	1,281/km² 3,320/sq mi	48°54′N 8°43′E
64	Wolfsburg	Lower Saxony	123,949	124,045	−0.08%	4	204.0 km² 78.8 sq mi	608/km² 1,570/sq mi	52°25′23″N 10°47′14″E
65	Bottrop	North Rhine-Westphalia	117,311	117,143	+0.14%	1	100.7 km² 38.9 sq mi	1,165/km² 3,020/sq mi	51°31′29″N 6°55′22″E
66	Göttingen	Lower Saxony	116,557	118,914	−1.98%	1	116.9 km² 45.1 sq mi	997/km² 2,580/sq mi	51°32′N 9°56′E
67	Reutlingen	Baden-Württemberg	116,456	114,310	+1.88%	2	87.1 km² 33.6 sq mi	1,338/km² 3,470/sq mi	48°29′N 9°13′E
68	Koblenz	Rhineland-Palatinate	113,638	112,586	+0.93%	3	105.0 km² 40.5 sq mi	1,082/km² 2,800/sq mi	50°21′35″N 7°35′52″E
69	Erlangen	Bavaria	113,292	108,336	+4.57%	6	77.0 km² 29.7 sq mi	1,472/km² 3,810/sq mi	49°35′N 11°1′E
70	Bremerhaven	Bremen	113,173	114,025	−0.75%	0	93.8 km² 36.2 sq mi	1,206/km² 3,120/sq mi	53°33′N 8°35′E
71	Remscheid	North Rhine-Westphalia	111,770	109,499	+2.07%	3	74.6 km² 28.8 sq mi	1,498/km² 3,880/sq mi	51°11′N 7°12′E
72	Bergisch Gladbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	111,645	111,366	+0.25%	0	83.1 km² 32.1 sq mi	1,343/km² 3,480/sq mi	51°0′N 7°7′E
73	Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	110,714	114,330	−3.16%	5	66.4 km² 25.6 sq mi	1,667/km² 4,320/sq mi	51°35′6″N 7°9′43″E
74	Trier	Rhineland-Palatinate	110,570	114,914	−3.78%	7	117.1 km² 45.2 sq mi	945/km² 2,450/sq mi	49°45′N 6°38′E
75	Jena	Thuringia	110,502	109,527	+0.89%	2	114.8 km² 44.3 sq mi	963/km² 2,490/sq mi	50°55′38″N 11°35′10″E
76	Moers	North Rhine-Westphalia	103,725	104,529	−0.77%	0	67.7 km² 26.1 sq mi	1,533/km² 3,970/sq mi	51°27′33″N 6°37′11″E
77	Salzgitter	Lower Saxony	103,694	101,079	+2.59%	2	223.9 km² 86.4 sq mi	463/km² 1,200/sq mi	52°9′N 10°20′E
78	Siegen	North Rhine-Westphalia	101,516	102,355	−0.82%	1	114.7 km² 44.3 sq mi	885/km² 2,290/sq mi	50°53′N 8°1′E
79	Gütersloh	North Rhine-Westphalia	101,158	97,586	+3.66%	3	112.0 km² 43.2 sq mi	896/km² 2,320/sq mi	51°54′N 8°23′E
80	Hildesheim	Lower Saxony	100,319	101,667	−1.33%	2	92.2 km² 35.6 sq mi	1,088/km² 2,820/sq mi	52°9′N 9°57′E

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