List

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 / 52.517°N 13.383°E / 52.517; 13.383 (1 Berlin)
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 / 53.550°N 10.000°E / 53.550; 10.000 (2 Hamburg)
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 / 48.133°N 11.567°E / 48.133; 11.567 (3 Munich)
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 / 50.933°N 6.950°E / 50.933; 6.950 (4 Cologne)
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 / 50.117°N 8.683°E / 50.117; 8.683 (5 Frankfurt)
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 / 48.783°N 9.183°E / 48.783; 9.183 (6 Stuttgart)
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 / 51.233°N 6.783°E / 51.233; 6.783 (7 Düsseldorf)
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 / 51.517°N 7.467°E / 51.517; 7.467 (8 Dortmund)
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 / 51.450°N 7.017°E / 51.450; 7.017 (9 Essen)
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 / 51.333°N 12.383°E / 51.333; 12.383 (10 Leipzig)
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 / 53.083°N 8.800°E / 53.083; 8.800 (11 Bremen)
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 / 51.033°N 13.733°E / 51.033; 13.733 (12 Dresden)
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 / 52.367°N 9.717°E / 52.367; 9.717 (13 Hanover)
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 / 49.450°N 11.083°E / 49.450; 11.083 (14 Nuremberg)
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 / 51.433°N 6.767°E / 51.433; 6.767 (15 Duisburg)
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 / 51.483°N 7.217°E / 51.483; 7.217 (16 Bochum)
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 / 51.267°N 7.183°E / 51.267; 7.183 (17 Wuppertal)
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 / 52.017°N 8.533°E / 52.017; 8.533 (18 Bielefeld)
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 / 50.733°N 7.100°E / 50.733; 7.100 (19 Bonn)
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 / 51.967°N 7.633°E / 51.967; 7.633 (20 Münster)
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 / 49.000°N 8.400°E / 49.000; 8.400 (21 Karlsruhe)
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 / 49.483°N 8.467°E / 49.483; 8.467 (22 Mannheim)
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 / 48.367°N 10.900°E / 48.367; 10.900 (23 Augsburg)
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 / 50.083°N 8.233°E / 50.083; 8.233 (24 Wiesbaden)
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 / 51.517°N 7.100°E / 51.517; 7.100 (25 Gelsenkirchen)
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 / 51.200°N 6.433°E / 51.200; 6.433 (26 Mönchengladbach)
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 / 52.267°N 10.517°E / 52.267; 10.517 (27 Braunschweig)
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 / 50.833°N 12.917°E / 50.833; 12.917 (28 Chemnitz)
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 / 54.333°N 10.133°E / 54.333; 10.133 (29 Kiel)
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 / 50.783°N 6.083°E / 50.783; 6.083 (30 Aachen)
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 / 51.483°N 11.967°E / 51.483; 11.967 (31 Halle (Saale))
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 / 52.133°N 11.617°E / 52.133; 11.617 (32 Magdeburg)
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 / 47.983°N 7.850°E / 47.983; 7.850 (33 Freiburg im Breisgau)
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 / 51.333°N 6.567°E / 51.333; 6.567 (34 Krefeld)
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 / 53.867°N 10.683°E / 53.867; 10.683 (35 Lübeck)
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 / 51.467°N 6.850°E / 51.467; 6.850 (36 Oberhausen)
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 / 50.983°N 11.033°E / 50.983; 11.033 (37 Erfurt)
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 / 50.000°N 8.267°E / 50.000; 8.267 (38 Mainz)
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 / 54.083°N 12.133°E / 54.083; 12.133 (39 Rostock)
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 / 51.317°N 9.500°E / 51.317; 9.500 (40 Kassel)
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 / 51.367°N 7.483°E / 51.367; 7.483 (41 Hagen)
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 / 51.683°N 7.817°E / 51.683; 7.817 (42 Hamm)
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 / 49.233°N 7.000°E / 49.233; 7.000 (43 Saarbrücken)
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 / 51.433°N 6.883°E / 51.433; 6.883 (44 Mülheim)
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 / 52.400°N 13.067°E / 52.400; 13.067 (45 Potsdam)
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 / 49.483°N 8.433°E / 49.483; 8.433 (46 Ludwigshafen)
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 / 53.133°N 8.217°E / 53.133; 8.217 (47 Oldenburg)
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 / 51.033°N 6.983°E / 51.033; 6.983 (48 Leverkusen)
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 / 52.283°N 8.050°E / 52.283; 8.050 (49 Osnabrück)
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 / 51.167°N 7.083°E / 51.167; 7.083 (50 Solingen)
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 / 49.417°N 8.717°E / 49.417; 8.717 (51 Heidelberg)
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 / 51.550°N 7.217°E / 51.550; 7.217 (52 Herne)
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 / 51.200°N 6.700°E / 51.200; 6.700 (53 Neuss)
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 / 49.867°N 8.650°E / 49.867; 8.650 (54 Darmstadt)
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 / 51.717°N 8.767°E / 51.717; 8.767 (55 Paderborn)
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 / 49.017°N 12.083°E / 49.017; 12.083 (56 Regensburg)
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 / 48.767°N 11.433°E / 48.767; 11.433 (57 Ingolstadt)
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 / 49.783°N 9.933°E / 49.783; 9.933 (58 Würzburg)
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 / 49.467°N 11.000°E / 49.467; 11.000 (59 Fürth)
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 / 52.42306°N 10.78722°E / 52.42306; 10.78722 (60 Wolfsburg)
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 / 50.100°N 8.800°E / 50.100; 8.800 (61 Offenbach am Main)
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 / 48.400°N 9.983°E / 48.400; 9.983 (62 Ulm)
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 / 49.150°N 9.217°E / 49.150; 9.217 (63 Heilbronn)
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 / 48.900°N 8.717°E / 48.900; 8.717 (64 Pforzheim)
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 / 51.533°N 9.933°E / 51.533; 9.933 (65 Göttingen)
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 / 51.52472°N 6.92278°E / 51.52472; 6.92278 (66 Bottrop)
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 / 49.750°N 6.633°E / 49.750; 6.633 (67 Trier)
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 / 51.58500°N 7.16194°E / 51.58500; 7.16194 (68 Recklinghausen)
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 / 48.483°N 9.217°E / 48.483; 9.217 (69 Reutlingen)
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 / 53.550°N 8.583°E / 53.550; 8.583 (70 Bremerhaven)
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 / 50.35972°N 7.59778°E / 50.35972; 7.59778 (71 Koblenz)
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 / 51.100°N 7.117°E / 51.100; 7.117 (72 Bergisch Gladbach)
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 / 50.92722°N 11.58611°E / 50.92722; 11.58611 (73 Jena)
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 / 51.183°N 7.200°E / 51.183; 7.200 (74 Remscheid)
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 / 49.583°N 11.017°E / 49.583; 11.017 (75 Erlangen)
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 / 51.45917°N 6.61972°E / 51.45917; 6.61972 (76 Moers)
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 / 50.883°N 8.017°E / 50.883; 8.017 (77 Siegen)
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 / 52.150°N 9.950°E / 52.150; 9.950 (78 Hildesheim)
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 / 52.150°N 10.333°E / 52.150; 10.333 (79 Salzgitter)
80	Kaiserslautern	Rhineland-Palatinate	99,845	96,432	+3.54%	139.7 km2 53.9 sq mi	720/km2 1,900/sq mi	49°44′N 7°7′E / 49.733°N 7.117°E / 49.733; 7.117 (80 Kaiserslautern)

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See also

• List of cities and towns in Germany
• List of towns and cities in Germany by historical population
• List of municipalities in Germany
• Metropolitan regions in Germany

References

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