Largest cities in Germany by population (2025)

Largest cities in Germany
#	City	State	Population	Change in one year	Foreign nationals
1	Berlin	Berlin	3,700,577	+0.4%	22.5%
2	Hamburg	Hamburg	1,869,473	+0.4%	19.4%
3	Munich	Bavaria	1,505,036	±0.0%	28.1%
4	Cologne	North Rhine-Westphalia	1,025,523	+0.1%	19.3%
5	Frankfurt	Hesse	760,656	+0.6%	29.6%
6	Düsseldorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	619,444	+0.1%	23.2%
7	Leipzig	Saxony	615,932	+0.7%	14.3%
8	Stuttgart	Baden-Württemberg	609,365	−0.5%	27.1%
9	Dortmund	North Rhine-Westphalia	600,880	−0.4%	20.8%
10	Bremen	Bremen	588,413	+0.4%	23.5%
11	Essen	North Rhine-Westphalia	573,618	−0.2%	19.3%
12	Dresden	Saxony	562,764	−0.4%	12.0%
13	Nuremberg	Bavaria	531,159	+0.3%	26.5%
14	Hanover	Lower Saxony	522,803	+0.1%	21.4%
15	Duisburg	North Rhine-Westphalia	500,810	−0.3%	24.0%
16	Bochum	North Rhine-Westphalia	358,880	+0.1%	15.5%
17	Wuppertal	North Rhine-Westphalia	357,243	−0.3%	23.4%
18	Bielefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	331,419	−0.1%	17.8%
19	Bonn	North Rhine-Westphalia	323,587	+0.1%	19.5%
20	Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg	319,536	+0.5%	27.8%
21	Karlsruhe	Baden-Württemberg	309,247	+0.1%	20.8%
22	Münster	North Rhine-Westphalia	306,368	−0.6%	11.6%
23	Augsburg	Bavaria	301,786	+0.2%	25.1%
24	Wiesbaden	Hesse	288,584	−0.1%	23.3%
25	Mönchengladbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	267,176	±0.0%	21.0%
26	Gelsenkirchen	North Rhine-Westphalia	266,199	−0.6%	25.0%
27	Aachen	North Rhine-Westphalia	263,703	+0.4%	23.3%
28	Braunschweig	Lower Saxony	252,811	−0.1%	12.9%
29	Kiel	Schleswig-Holstein	251,842	−0.3%	14.3%
30	Chemnitz	Saxony	247,252	+0.7%	14.9%
31	Magdeburg	Saxony-Anhalt	244,494	+0.1%	14.7%
32	Freiburg	Baden-Württemberg	238,299	+0.4%	18.3%
33	Krefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	230,738	−0.3%	20.3%
34	Halle	Saxony-Anhalt	226,186	−0.3%	13.7%
35	Mainz	Rhineland-Palatinate	223,888	−0.4%	19.1%
36	Erfurt	Thuringia	217,159	−0.7%	12.3%
37	Lübeck	Schleswig-Holstein	217,061	+0.1%	13.5%
38	Oberhausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	213,178	−0.2%	18.7%
39	Rostock	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	204,929	−0.2%	8.8%
40	Kassel	Hesse	196,799	−0.2%	22.7%
41	Hagen	North Rhine-Westphalia	189,983	−0.2%	22.8%
42	Potsdam	Brandenburg	185,137	+0.2%	12.3%
43	Saarbrücken	Saarland	182,859	−0.1%	25.5%
44	Hamm	North Rhine-Westphalia	179,108	−0.5%	17.8%
45	Ludwigshafen	Rhineland-Palatinate	177,355	+0.1%	31.6%
46	Oldenburg	Lower Saxony	177,055	+0.2%	12.5%
47	Mülheim an der Ruhr	North Rhine-Westphalia	171,674	−0.8%	17.8%
48	Leverkusen	North Rhine-Westphalia	168,299	−0.2%	19.3%
49	Darmstadt	Hesse	168,253	+0.7%	24.4%
50	Osnabrück	Lower Saxony	166,257	+0.1%	17.1%
51	Solingen	North Rhine-Westphalia	164,621	−0.6%	17.9%
52	Herne	North Rhine-Westphalia	156,266	+0.3%	20.3%
53	Heidelberg	Baden-Württemberg	156,092	+0.2%	21.8%
54	Paderborn	North Rhine-Westphalia	155,906	−0.3%	13.7%
55	Neuss	North Rhine-Westphalia	153,767	−0.4%	17.7%
56	Regensburg	Bavaria	151,517	+0.1%	19.9%
57	Ingolstadt	Bavaria	140,799	−0.3%	22.3%
58	Pforzheim	Baden-Württemberg	134,422	−0.4%	31.5%
59	Würzburg	Bavaria	133,753	+0.4%	16.0%
60	Offenbach	Hesse	133,195	+0.3%	40.0%
61	Heilbronn	Baden-Württemberg	132,516	+0.4%	30.7%
62	Fürth	Bavaria	131,344	−0.5%	21.2%
63	Göttingen	Lower Saxony	130,521	+2.6%	18.9%
64	Ulm	Baden-Württemberg	130,288	+0.3%	23.8%
65	Wolfsburg	Lower Saxony	129,813	+0.2%	18.8%
66	Reutlingen	Baden-Württemberg	119,040	+0.2%	22.3%
67	Bremerhaven	Bremen	118,502	−0.1%	22.6%
68	Bottrop	North Rhine-Westphalia	118,482	±0.0%	12.7%
69	Erlangen	Bavaria	116,450	+0.5%	23.8%
70	Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	114,851	−0.4%	15.7%
71	Remscheid	North Rhine-Westphalia	113,333	−0.4%	19.2%
72	Koblenz	Rhineland-Palatinate	113,020	−0.3%	16.9%
73	Bergisch Gladbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	111,174	−0.2%	13.2%
74	Jena	Thuringia	109,353	−0.3%	12.5%
75	Trier	Rhineland-Palatinate	105,054	+0.7%	19.0%
76	Salzgitter	Lower Saxony	104,433	−0.5%	21.3%
77	Siegen	North Rhine-Westphalia	102,450	−0.2%	18.4%
78	Moers	North Rhine-Westphalia	101,298	−0.2%	13.9%
79	Kaiserslautern	Rhineland-Palatinate	100,247	−0.2%	22.3%

Population: 31 Dec 2025. Change in one year: 31 Dec 2024 → 31 Dec 2025. Foreign nationals: 31 Dec 2025.

Sources

Population: Destatis – Gemeindeverzeichnis GV-ISys, municipalities by area and population on 31 Dec 2025 (Bevölkerungsfortschreibung, Zensus 2022 basis)
Foreign nationals: Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder – Regionaldatenbank Deutschland, tables 12411-11-01-5 and 12411-11-01-4 (population by nationality, municipalities / Kreise, 31 Dec)

Figures as published by the statistics office. One year's change is calculated by PassPeers from the office's own figures for both dates.

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