Rang |
Name |
Einw. 1990 |
Einw. 2000 |
Einw. 2005 |
Fläche |
Ew./Km² |
Wachstum % |
Land |
Großstadt seit |
1 |
Berlin |
3433695 |
3382169 |
3395189 |
891.85 |
3807 |
0,06 |
Berlin |
1740 |
2 |
Hamburg |
1652363 |
1715392 |
1743627 |
755.16 |
2309 |
0,27 |
Hamburg |
1787 |
3 |
München |
1229026 |
1210223 |
1259677 |
310.40 |
4057 |
0,68 |
Bayern |
1854 |
4 |
Köln |
953551 |
962884 |
983347 |
405.15 |
2427 |
0,35 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1855 |
5 |
Frankfurt am Main |
644865 |
646550 |
651899 |
248.31 |
2625 |
0,14 |
Hessen |
1875 |
6 |
Stuttgart |
579988 |
583874 |
592569 |
207.36 |
2858 |
0,25 |
Baden-Württemberg |
1874 |
7 |
Dortmund |
599055 |
588994 |
588168 |
280.39 |
2098 |
-0,02 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1895 |
8 |
Essen |
626973 |
595243 |
585430 |
210.38 |
2783 |
-0,27 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1896 |
9 |
Düsseldorf |
575794 |
569364 |
574514 |
217.01 |
2647 |
0,15 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1882 |
10 |
Bremen |
551219 |
539403 |
546852 |
325.42 |
1675 |
0,23 |
Bremen |
1875 |
11 |
Hannover |
513010 |
515001 |
515729 |
204.01 |
2377 |
0,02 |
Niedersachsen |
1873 |
12 |
Leipzig |
511079 |
493208 |
502651 |
297.60 |
1689 |
0,32 |
Sachsen |
1871 |
13 |
Duisburg |
535447 |
514915 |
501564 |
232.81 |
2154 |
-0,43 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1904 |
14 |
Nürnberg |
493692 |
488400 |
499237 |
186.40 |
2679 |
0,37 |
Bayern |
1881 |
15 |
Dresden |
490571 |
477807 |
495181 |
328.30 |
1508 |
0,61 |
Sachsen |
1852 |
16 |
Bochum |
396486 |
391147 |
385626 |
145.44 |
2652 |
-0,24 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1904 |
17 |
Wuppertal |
383660 |
366434 |
359237 |
168.39 |
2134 |
-0,33 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1885 |
18 |
Bielefeld |
319037 |
321758 |
326925 |
257.85 |
1268 |
0,27 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1929 |
19 |
Bonn |
292234 |
302247 |
312818 |
141.22 |
2215 |
0,58 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1934 |
20 |
Mannheim |
310411 |
306729 |
307900 |
144.96 |
2124 |
0,08 |
Baden-Württemberg |
1897 |
21 |
Karlsruhe |
275061 |
278558 |
285263 |
173.46 |
1645 |
0,40 |
Baden-Württemberg |
1901 |
22 |
Wiesbaden |
260301 |
270109 |
274611 |
203.90 |
1347 |
0,28 |
Hessen |
1905 |
23 |
Münster |
259438 |
265609 |
270868 |
302.89 |
894 |
0,33 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1915 |
24 |
Gelsenkirchen |
293714 |
278695 |
268102 |
104.86 |
2557 |
-0,63 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1903 |
25 |
Augsburg |
256877 |
254982 |
262676 |
146.86 |
1790 |
0,50 |
Bayern |
1907 |
26 |
Mönchengladbach |
259436 |
263014 |
261444 |
170.45 |
1534 |
-0,10 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1922 |
27 |
Aachen |
241861 |
244386 |
258208 |
160.83 |
1605 |
0,94 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1889 |
28 |
Chemnitz |
294244 |
259246 |
246587 |
220.86 |
1117 |
-0,81 |
Sachsen |
1883 |
29 |
Braunschweig |
258833 |
245816 |
245273 |
192.13 |
1277 |
-0,04 |
Niedersachsen |
1890 |
30 |
Krefeld |
244020 |
239916 |
237701 |
137.76 |
1726 |
-0,18 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1887 |
31 |
Halle (Saale) |
310234 |
247736 |
237198 |
135.01 |
1757 |
-0,71 |
Sachsen-Anhalt |
1890 |
32 |
Kiel |
245567 |
232612 |
234433 |
118.40 |
1980 |
0,13 |
Schleswig-Holstein |
1898 |
33 |
Magdeburg |
278807 |
231450 |
229126 |
200.95 |
1140 |
-0,20 |
Sachsen-Anhalt |
1882 |
34 |
Oberhausen |
223840 |
222151 |
218898 |
77.04 |
2841 |
-0,24 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1915 |
35 |
Freiburg im Breisgau |
191029 |
205102 |
215966 |
153.06 |
1411 |
0,88 |
Baden-Württemberg |
1934 |
36 |
Lübeck |
214758 |
213399 |
211825 |
214.13 |
989 |
-0,12 |
Schleswig-Holstein |
1911 |
37 |
Erfurt |
208989 |
200564 |
202844 |
269.12 |
754 |
0,19 |
Thüringen |
1906 |
38 |
Rostock |
248088 |
200506 |
199288 |
181.44 |
1101 |
-0,12 |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
1935 |
39 |
Hagen |
214449 |
203151 |
196934 |
160.36 |
1228 |
-0,51 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1928 |
40 |
Kassel |
194268 |
194766 |
194427 |
106.78 |
1820 |
-0,03 |
Hessen |
1899 |
41 |
Mainz |
179486 |
182870 |
194372 |
97.74 |
1988 |
1,05 |
Rheinland-Pfalz |
1902 |
42 |
Hamm |
179639 |
182427 |
184239 |
226.24 |
814 |
0,17 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1975 |
43 |
Saarbrücken |
191694 |
183257 |
178914 |
167.07 |
1071 |
-0,39 |
Saarland |
1909 |
44 |
Herne |
178132 |
174529 |
170992 |
51.41 |
3326 |
-0,34 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1933 |
45 |
Mülheim an der Ruhr |
177681 |
172862 |
169917 |
91.29 |
1861 |
-0,28 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1908 |
46 |
Osnabrück |
163168 |
164101 |
163814 |
119.80 |
1367 |
-0,03 |
Niedersachsen |
1940 |
47 |
Solingen |
165401 |
164973 |
163581 |
89.46 |
1832 |
-0,14 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1929 |
48 |
Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
162233 |
163383 |
163343 |
77.68 |
2103 |
0,00 |
Rheinland-Pfalz |
1921 |
49 |
Leverkusen |
160919 |
161047 |
161227 |
78.85 |
2045 |
0,02 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1963 |
50 |
Oldenburg |
143131 |
154832 |
158565 |
102.96 |
1540 |
0,40 |
Niedersachsen |
1946 |
51 |
Neuss |
147019 |
150013 |
151610 |
99.48 |
1524 |
0,18 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1963 |
52 |
Potsdam |
139794 |
129324 |
147583 |
187.29 |
788 |
0,82 |
Brandenburg |
1939 |
53 |
Paderborn |
120680 |
139084 |
143769 |
179.39 |
801 |
0,56 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1975 |
54 |
Heidelberg |
136796 |
140259 |
142993 |
108.83 |
1314 |
0,32 |
Baden-Württemberg |
1946 |
55 |
Darmstadt |
138920 |
138242 |
140562 |
122.23 |
1150 |
0,28 |
Hessen |
1937 |
56 |
Würzburg |
127777 |
127966 |
133906 |
87.63 |
1529 |
0,77 |
Bayern |
1932 |
57 |
Regensburg |
121691 |
125676 |
129859 |
80.68 |
1608 |
0,55 |
Bayern |
1940 |
58 |
Göttingen |
121831 |
124132 |
121884 |
117.27 |
1039 |
-0,30 |
Niedersachsen |
1964 |
59 |
Recklinghausen |
125060 |
124785 |
121827 |
66.43 |
1834 |
-0,40 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1949 |
60 |
Heilbronn |
115843 |
119305 |
121613 |
99.88 |
1218 |
0,32 |
Baden-Württemberg |
1970 |
61 |
Ingolstadt |
105489 |
115722 |
121314 |
133.35 |
910 |
0,81 |
Bayern |
1989 |
62 |
Wolfsburg |
128510 |
121805 |
121199 |
204.02 |
594 |
-0,08 |
Niedersachsen |
1972 |
63 |
Ulm |
110529 |
117233 |
120625 |
118.69 |
1016 |
0,48 |
Baden-Württemberg |
1980 |
64 |
Offenbach am Main |
114992 |
117535 |
119430 |
44.90 |
2660 |
0,27 |
Hessen |
1954 |
65 |
Bottrop |
118936 |
120611 |
119356 |
100.61 |
1186 |
-0,17 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1953 |
66 |
Pforzheim |
112944 |
117156 |
119021 |
98.03 |
1214 |
0,27 |
Baden-Württemberg |
1975 |
67 |
Bremerhaven |
130446 |
120822 |
116615 |
78.86 |
1501 |
-0,58 |
Bremen |
1939 |
68 |
Remscheid |
123155 |
119287 |
115864 |
74.60 |
1553 |
-0,48 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1929 |
69 |
Fürth |
103362 |
110477 |
113422 |
63.35 |
1790 |
0,44 |
Bayern |
1950 |
70 |
Reutlingen |
103687 |
110650 |
112252 |
87.06 |
1289 |
0,24 |
Baden-Württemberg |
1988 |
71 |
Salzgitter |
114355 |
112302 |
107726 |
223.90 |
481 |
-0,68 |
Niedersachsen |
1942 |
72 |
Moers |
104595 |
107062 |
107547 |
67.69 |
1587 |
0,08 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1987 |
73 |
Koblenz |
108733 |
107950 |
106501 |
105.02 |
1014 |
-0,22 |
Rheinland-Pfalz |
1962 |
74 |
Siegen |
109174 |
108476 |
106293 |
114.67 |
927 |
-0,34 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1975 |
75 |
Bergisch Gladbach |
104037 |
105693 |
105761 |
83.12 |
1272 |
0,01 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1977 |
76 |
Cottbus |
125891 |
108491 |
105309 |
164.28 |
641 |
-1,22 |
Brandenburg |
1976 |
77 |
Gera |
129037 |
112835 |
103948 |
151.92 |
684 |
-1,31 |
Thüringen |
1959 |
78 |
Erlangen |
102440 |
100778 |
103197 |
76.82 |
1343 |
0,40 |
Bayern |
1974 |
79 |
Hildesheim |
105291 |
103909 |
102575 |
92.17 |
1108 |
-0,21 |
Niedersachsen |
1974 |
80 |
Jena |
102518 |
99893 |
102532 |
114.48 |
896 |
0,44 |
Thüringen |
1975 |
81 |
Witten |
105403 |
103196 |
100793 |
72.37 |
1393 |
-0,39 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
1975 |
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