Federal State
| Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population C 1987-05-25 | Population E 1995-12-31 | Population E 2001-12-31 | Population E 2005-12-31 | Population E 2011-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Baden-Württemberg {Baden-Wurttemberg} | BW | FSt | Stuttgart | 35,751 | 9,286,387 | 10,319,367 | 10,600,906 | 10,735,701 | 10,786,227 | 3575100 |
| i | Bayern [Bavaria] | BY | FSt | München | 70,550 | 10,902,643 | 11,993,484 | 12,329,714 | 12,468,726 | 12,595,891 | 7055000 |
| i | Berlin | BE | FSt | Berlin | 892 | 3,260,000 | 3,471,418 | 3,388,434 | 3,395,189 | 3,501,872 | 89200 |
| i | Brandenburg | BB | FSt | Potsdam | 29,484 | 2,665,000 | 2,542,042 | 2,593,040 | 2,559,483 | 2,495,635 | 2948400 |
| i | Bremen | HB | FSt | Bremen | 419 | 660,084 | 679,757 | 659,651 | 663,467 | 661,301 | 41900 |
| i | Hamburg | HH | FSt | Hamburg | 755 | 1,592,770 | 1,707,901 | 1,726,363 | 1,743,627 | 1,798,836 | 75500 |
| i | Hessen [Hesse] | HE | FSt | Wiesbaden | 21,115 | 5,507,777 | 6,009,913 | 6,077,826 | 6,092,354 | 6,092,126 | 2111500 |
| i | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [-Western Pomerania] | MV | FSt | Schwerin | 23,194 | 1,971,000 | 1,823,084 | 1,759,877 | 1,707,266 | 1,634,734 | 2319400 |
| i | Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony] | NI | FSt | Hannover | 47,614 | 7,162,103 | 7,780,422 | 7,956,416 | 7,993,946 | 7,913,502 | 4761400 |
| i | Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia] | NW | FSt | Düsseldorf | 34,098 | 16,711,845 | 17,893,045 | 18,052,092 | 18,058,105 | 17,841,956 | 3409800 |
| i | Rheinland-Pfalz [Rhineland-Palatinate] | RP | FSt | Mainz | 19,854 | 3,630,823 | 3,977,919 | 4,049,066 | 4,058,843 | 3,999,117 | 1985400 |
| i | Saarland | SL | FSt | Saarbrücken | 2,569 | 1,055,660 | 1,084,370 | 1,066,470 | 1,050,293 | 1,013,352 | 256900 |
| i | Sachsen [Saxony] | SN | FSt | Dresden | 18,420 | 5,032,000 | 4,566,603 | 4,384,192 | 4,273,754 | 4,137,051 | 1842000 |
| i | Sachsen-Anhalt [Saxony-Anhalt] | ST | FSt | Magdeburg | 20,450 | 3,008,000 | 2,738,928 | 2,580,626 | 2,469,716 | 2,313,280 | 2045000 |
| i | Schleswig-Holstein | SH | FSt | Kiel | 15,800 | 2,554,241 | 2,725,461 | 2,804,249 | 2,832,950 | 2,837,641 | 1580000 |
| i | Thüringen [Thuringia] {Thuringen} | TH | FSt | Erfurt | 16,173 | 2,718,000 | 2,503,785 | 2,411,387 | 2,334,575 | 2,221,222 | 1617300 |
| Germany | DEU | Fed Rep | Berlin | 357,137 | 77,718,000 | 81,817,499 | 82,440,309 | 82,437,995 | 81,843,743 |
- Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).
Major Cities
| Name | Adm. | Population C E 2011-12-31 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin | BE | 3,501,872 |
| 2 | Hamburg | HH | 1,798,836 |
| 3 | München | BY | 1,378,176 |
| 4 | Köln | NW | 1,017,155 |
| 5 | Frankfurt | HE | 691,518 |
| 6 | Stuttgart | BW | 613,392 |
| 7 | Düsseldorf | NW | 592,393 |
| 8 | Dortmund | NW | 580,956 |
| 9 | Essen | NW | 573,468 |
| 10 | Bremen | HB | 548,319 |
Contents: Cities
| Name | Status | Adm. | Population C C 1987-05-25 | Population C E 1995-12-31 | Population C E 2001-12-31 | Population C E 2005-12-31 | Population C E 2011-12-31 | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle] | City | NW | 229,740 | 247,923 | 245,778 | 258,208 | 260,454 | 16087 |
| i | Aalen | City | BW | 62,633 | 66,234 | 66,559 | 67,066 | 66,277 | 14663 |
| i | Ahlen | City | NW | 52,657 | 55,785 | 55,481 | 55,104 | 53,090 | 12313 |
| i | Arnsberg | City | NW | 74,091 | 78,972 | 77,396 | 76,427 | 73,732 | 19372 |
| i | Aschaffenburg | CityCR | BY | 60,964 | 66,360 | 68,361 | 68,642 | 68,808 | 6247 |
| i | Augsburg | CityCR | BY | 242,819 | 259,699 | 257,836 | 262,676 | 266,647 | 14684 |
| i | Baden-Baden | CityCR | BW | 50,127 | 52,745 | 53,084 | 54,581 | 54,461 | 14021 |
| i | Bad Homburg (vor der Höhe) | City | HE | 50,329 | 51,178 | 52,858 | 51,883 | 52,528 | 5116 |
| i | Bad Salzuflen | City | NW | 50,588 | 55,029 | 55,088 | 54,673 | 53,812 | 10005 |
| i | Bamberg | CityCR | BY | 69,100 | 69,652 | 69,396 | 70,081 | 70,084 | 5462 |
| i | Bayreuth | CityCR | BY | 69,813 | 73,016 | 74,519 | 73,997 | 73,111 | 6691 |
| i | Bergheim | City | NW | 54,545 | 60,610 | 63,591 | 63,015 | 61,668 | 9634 |
| i | Bergisch Gladbach | City | NW | 100,589 | 105,478 | 105,569 | 105,761 | 105,836 | 8309 |
| i | Bergkamen | City | NW | 47,660 | 51,838 | 52,955 | 52,225 | 50,267 | 4484 |
| i | Berlin | CityCR | BE | 3,260,000 | 3,471,418 | 3,388,434 | 3,395,189 | 3,501,872 | 89175 |
| i | Bielefeld | CityCR | NW | 305,566 | 324,066 | 323,373 | 326,925 | 323,395 | 25793 |
| i | Bocholt | City | NW | 67,028 | 70,424 | 72,701 | 73,790 | 73,052 | 11937 |
| i | Bochum | CityCR | NW | 386,271 | 400,395 | 390,087 | 385,626 | 373,976 | 14566 |
| i | Bonn | CityCR | NW | 276,653 | 291,431 | 306,016 | 312,818 | 327,913 | 14122 |
| i | Bottrop | CityCR | NW | 114,640 | 120,642 | 120,780 | 119,356 | 116,361 | 10062 |
| i | Brandenburg (Havel) | CityCR | BB | ... | 86,753 | 77,245 | 74,129 | 71,534 | 22885 |
| i | Braunschweig [Brunswick] | CityCR | NI | 252,351 | 252,544 | 245,516 | 245,273 | 250,556 | 19216 |
| i | Bremen | CityCR | HB | 533,455 | 549,357 | 540,950 | 546,852 | 548,319 | 32542 |
| i | Bremerhaven | CityCR | HB | 126,629 | 130,400 | 118,701 | 116,615 | 112,982 | 9382 |
| i | Castrop-Rauxel | City | NW | 77,081 | 79,160 | 78,471 | 77,619 | 74,935 | 5167 |
| i | Celle | City | NI | 71,222 | 73,936 | 71,949 | 71,336 | 69,972 | 17503 |
| i | Chemnitz | CityCR | SN | 335,983 | 288,268 | 255,798 | 246,587 | 243,173 | 22084 |
| i | Cottbus (Chóśebuz) | CityCR | BB | ... | 126,343 | 111,125 | 105,309 | 102,129 | 16429 |
| i | Cuxhaven | City | NI | 56,049 | 55,229 | 53,168 | 52,095 | 50,055 | 16191 |
| i | Darmstadt | CityCR | HE | 134,272 | 138,980 | 138,457 | 140,562 | 149,052 | 12209 |
| i | Delmenhorst | CityCR | NI | 72,072 | 78,226 | 76,284 | 75,916 | 74,497 | 6236 |
| i | Dessau (-Roßlau) | CityCR | ST | ... | 107,698 | 97,627 | 92,339 | 85,838 | 24474 |
| i | Detmold | City | NW | 65,502 | 73,343 | 73,771 | 73,508 | 72,646 | 12939 |
| i | Dinslaken | City | NW | 62,458 | 69,148 | 71,005 | 70,189 | 69,227 | 4768 |
| i | Dormagen | City | NW | 54,790 | 61,155 | 63,295 | 63,466 | 63,019 | 8549 |
| i | Dorsten | City | NW | 73,744 | 80,735 | 81,293 | 79,639 | 76,223 | 17120 |
| i | Dortmund | CityCR | NW | 584,089 | 598,840 | 589,240 | 588,168 | 580,956 | 28071 |
| i | Dresden | CityCR | SN | 542,252 | 495,242 | 478,631 | 495,181 | 529,781 | 32831 |
| i | Duisburg | CityCR | NW | 525,378 | 535,250 | 512,030 | 501,564 | 488,005 | 23283 |
| i | Düren {Duren} | City | NW | 82,857 | 90,274 | 92,292 | 93,656 | 92,486 | 8500 |
| i | Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf] {Dusseldorf} | CityCR | NW | 563,531 | 571,030 | 570,765 | 574,514 | 592,393 | 21741 |
| i | Emden | CityCR | NI | 50,144 | 51,559 | 51,185 | 51,693 | 51,528 | 11235 |
| i | Erftstadt | City | NW | 43,939 | 48,717 | 50,998 | 51,122 | 50,502 | 11989 |
| i | Erfurt | CityCR | TH | ... | 211,108 | 200,126 | 202,844 | 206,384 | 26914 |
| i | Erlangen | CityCR | BY | 99,808 | 101,406 | 101,912 | 103,197 | 106,326 | 7695 |
| i | Eschweiler | City | NW | 53,058 | 56,171 | 55,257 | 55,691 | 55,425 | 7588 |
| i | Essen | CityCR | NW | 623,427 | 614,861 | 591,889 | 585,430 | 573,468 | 21034 |
| i | Esslingen (am Neckar) | City | BW | 90,557 | 90,029 | 90,905 | 92,091 | 92,629 | 4642 |
| i | Euskirchen | City | NW | 47,050 | 52,205 | 54,047 | 55,110 | 55,639 | 13949 |
| i | Flensburg | CityCR | SH | 86,554 | 87,276 | 84,480 | 86,080 | 89,357 | 5674 |
| i | Frankfurt (am Main) | CityCR | HE | 618,266 | 650,055 | 641,076 | 651,899 | 691,518 | 24831 |
| i | Frankfurt (Oder) | CityCR | BB | 86,441 | 80,807 | 70,308 | 63,748 | 60,002 | 14781 |
| i | Frechen | City | NW | 42,348 | 45,583 | 47,382 | 48,965 | 50,590 | 4510 |
| i | Freiburg (im Breisgau) | CityCR | BW | 178,672 | 199,273 | 208,294 | 215,966 | 229,144 | 15306 |
| i | Friedrichshafen | City | BW | 51,808 | 56,315 | 57,538 | 58,068 | 59,286 | 6993 |
| i | Fulda | City | HE | 54,322 | 60,851 | 62,819 | 63,958 | 64,249 | 10404 |
| i | Fürth {Furth} | CityCR | BY | 97,480 | 108,418 | 111,257 | 113,422 | 116,317 | 6335 |
| i | Garbsen | City | NI | 58,081 | 62,681 | 63,271 | 63,123 | 61,652 | 7931 |
| i | Gelsenkirchen | CityCR | NW | 287,508 | 291,164 | 276,740 | 268,102 | 256,652 | 10494 |
| i | Gera | CityCR | TH | ... | 123,555 | 109,926 | 103,948 | 98,762 | 15192 |
| i | Gießen | City | HE | 69,824 | 73,889 | 73,295 | 73,690 | 78,584 | 7256 |
| i | Gladbeck | City | NW | 78,343 | 79,605 | 77,460 | 76,861 | 75,246 | 3591 |
| i | Göppingen {Goppingen} | City | BW | 52,151 | 58,086 | 57,536 | 57,771 | 56,834 | 5923 |
| i | Görlitz {Gorlitz} | City | SN | 83,215 | 67,933 | 60,264 | 57,629 | 55,350 | 6723 |
| i | Göttingen {Gottingen} | City | NI | 114,698 | 126,253 | 123,822 | 121,884 | 121,364 | 11689 |
| i | Greifswald | CityCR | MV | 67,298 | 60,772 | 53,533 | 53,281 | 55,051 | 5051 |
| i | Grevenbroich | City | NW | 58,611 | 63,604 | 65,039 | 64,372 | 63,488 | 10251 |
| i | Gummersbach | City | NW | 48,250 | 53,149 | 53,355 | 53,048 | 51,023 | 9542 |
| i | Gütersloh {Gutersloh} | City | NW | 81,804 | 92,842 | 95,459 | 96,145 | 96,758 | 11200 |
| i | Hagen | CityCR | NW | 209,363 | 212,003 | 202,060 | 196,934 | 187,447 | 16035 |
| i | Halle (Saale) | CityCR | ST | 329,625 | 282,784 | 243,045 | 237,198 | 233,705 | 13503 |
| i | Hamburg | CityCR | HH | 1,592,770 | 1,707,901 | 1,726,363 | 1,743,627 | 1,798,836 | 75530 |
| i | Hameln | City | NI | 58,181 | 58,781 | 59,052 | 58,739 | 57,342 | 10233 |
| i | Hamm | CityCR | NW | 171,170 | 183,408 | 183,805 | 184,239 | 182,112 | 22626 |
| i | Hanau | City | HE | 83,391 | 88,921 | 88,801 | 88,746 | 89,688 | 7649 |
| i | Hannover [Hanover] | City | NI | 494,864 | 523,147 | 516,415 | 515,729 | 525,875 | 20414 |
| i | Hattingen | City | NW | 55,880 | 58,650 | 58,023 | 56,979 | 55,388 | 7140 |
| i | Heidelberg | CityCR | BW | 127,768 | 138,781 | 141,509 | 142,993 | 149,633 | 10883 |
| i | Heilbronn | CityCR | BW | 110,970 | 121,509 | 120,163 | 121,613 | 124,257 | 9988 |
| i | Herford | City | NW | 60,935 | 65,919 | 65,097 | 64,965 | 63,786 | 7916 |
| i | Herne | CityCR | NW | 174,238 | 179,897 | 174,018 | 170,992 | 164,244 | 5141 |
| i | Herten | City | NW | 67,806 | 69,183 | 66,495 | 64,807 | 61,634 | 3733 |
| i | Hilden | City | NW | 53,262 | 55,086 | 56,615 | 56,545 | 55,508 | 2596 |
| i | Hildesheim | City | NI | 103,449 | 106,101 | 103,717 | 102,575 | 102,584 | 9218 |
| i | Hürth {Hurth} | City | NW | 48,376 | 52,351 | 54,095 | 55,169 | 58,673 | 5122 |
| i | Ibbenbüren {Ibbenburen} | City | NW | 43,243 | 47,421 | 49,485 | 51,010 | 51,487 | 10856 |
| i | Ingolstadt | CityCR | BY | 96,071 | 111,979 | 117,311 | 121,314 | 126,732 | 13337 |
| i | Iserlohn | City | NW | 92,183 | 99,341 | 98,865 | 97,285 | 94,536 | 12551 |
| i | Jena | CityCR | TH | ... | 101,061 | 101,157 | 102,532 | 105,463 | 11448 |
| i | Kaiserslautern | CityCR | RP | 97,326 | 102,002 | 99,794 | 98,372 | 99,790 | 13973 |
| i | Karlsruhe | CityCR | BW | 260,591 | 275,690 | 279,578 | 285,263 | 297,488 | 17346 |
| i | Kassel | CityCR | HE | 187,288 | 201,573 | 194,748 | 194,427 | 196,526 | 10678 |
| i | Kempten (Allgäu) | CityCR | BY | 59,369 | 61,657 | 61,505 | 61,360 | 62,240 | 6328 |
| i | Kerpen | City | NW | 53,608 | 61,998 | 63,652 | 64,348 | 64,839 | 11392 |
| i | Kiel | CityCR | SH | 237,767 | 246,033 | 232,242 | 234,433 | 242,041 | 11865 |
| i | Koblenz | CityCR | RP | 108,246 | 109,219 | 107,730 | 106,501 | 106,677 | 10508 |
| i | Köln [Cologne] {Koln} | CityCR | NW | 928,309 | 965,697 | 967,940 | 983,347 | 1,017,155 | 40517 |
| i | Konstanz | City | BW | 70,378 | 76,000 | 79,240 | 81,217 | 85,524 | 5411 |
| i | Krefeld | CityCR | NW | 232,261 | 249,606 | 239,559 | 237,701 | 234,396 | 13775 |
| i | Landshut | CityCR | BY | 56,446 | 59,219 | 59,513 | 61,368 | 64,258 | 6581 |
| i | Langenfeld (Rheinland) | City | NW | 50,297 | 56,676 | 58,757 | 58,993 | 59,248 | 4115 |
| i | Langenhagen | City | NI | 45,965 | 48,921 | 49,506 | 50,883 | 53,003 | 7186 |
| i | Leipzig | CityCR | SN | 600,543 | 520,257 | 493,052 | 502,651 | 531,809 | 29737 |
| i | Leverkusen | CityCR | NW | 154,692 | 162,252 | 160,829 | 161,227 | 161,195 | 7887 |
| i | Lingen (Ems) | City | NI | 47,489 | 52,270 | 51,362 | 51,317 | 51,007 | 17613 |
| i | Lippstadt | City | NW | 60,102 | 66,636 | 67,231 | 67,446 | 66,936 | 11360 |
| i | Lübeck {Lubeck} | CityCR | SH | 210,497 | 216,986 | 213,496 | 211,825 | 210,577 | 21421 |
| i | Lüdenscheid {Ludenscheid} | City | NW | 74,635 | 81,837 | 80,509 | 78,688 | 75,199 | 8673 |
| i | Ludwigsburg | City | BW | 78,884 | 86,810 | 87,502 | 87,673 | 88,673 | 4335 |
| i | Ludwigshafen (am Rhein) | CityCR | RP | 156,601 | 167,369 | 162,458 | 163,343 | 165,560 | 7755 |
| i | Lüneburg {Luneburg} | City | NI | 59,543 | 64,558 | 68,234 | 71,842 | 73,581 | 7034 |
| i | Lünen {Lunen} | City | NW | 84,664 | 91,592 | 92,005 | 90,022 | 87,061 | 5920 |
| i | Magdeburg | CityCR | ST | 288,975 | 258,656 | 229,755 | 229,126 | 232,364 | 20099 |
| i | Mainz | CityCR | RP | 172,529 | 183,720 | 185,293 | 194,372 | 200,957 | 9774 |
| i | Mannheim | CityCR | BW | 295,191 | 311,292 | 308,385 | 307,900 | 314,931 | 14496 |
| i | Marburg | City | HE | 68,624 | 76,834 | 77,556 | 79,139 | 81,147 | 12392 |
| i | Marl | City | NW | 89,063 | 92,965 | 92,628 | 90,816 | 87,201 | 8765 |
| i | Meerbusch | City | NW | 50,240 | 54,206 | 55,172 | 54,367 | 54,572 | 6439 |
| i | Menden (Sauerland) | City | NW | 54,058 | 58,424 | 59,183 | 57,984 | 55,096 | 8606 |
| i | Minden | City | NW | 75,031 | 82,971 | 82,898 | 83,118 | 81,904 | 10108 |
| i | Moers | City | NW | 100,872 | 107,095 | 107,421 | 107,547 | 105,102 | 6769 |
| i | Mönchengladbach {Monchengladbach} | CityCR | NW | 249,587 | 266,702 | 262,963 | 261,444 | 257,208 | 17045 |
| i | Mülheim (an der Ruhr) {Mulheim} | CityCR | NW | 175,423 | 176,530 | 172,332 | 169,917 | 167,156 | 9128 |
| i | München [Munich] {Munchen} | CityCR | BY | 1,185,421 | 1,236,370 | 1,227,958 | 1,259,677 | 1,378,176 | 31070 |
| i | Münster {Munster} | CityCR | NW | 246,186 | 265,061 | 267,197 | 270,868 | 291,754 | 30295 |
| i | Neubrandenburg | CityCR | MV | 87,235 | 80,483 | 71,723 | 68,188 | 64,995 | 8566 |
| i | Neumünster {Neumunster} | CityCR | SH | 79,771 | 82,028 | 79,646 | 78,072 | 76,939 | 7163 |
| i | Neuss | City | NW | 142,178 | 148,796 | 150,957 | 151,610 | 152,010 | 9953 |
| i | Neustadt (an der Weinstraße) | CityCR | RP | 50,120 | 53,788 | 53,822 | 53,628 | 52,941 | 11710 |
| i | Neu-Ulm | City | BY | 44,438 | 51,053 | 50,709 | 51,410 | 54,314 | 8096 |
| i | Neuwied | City | RP | 60,261 | 67,374 | 67,011 | 66,144 | 64,184 | 8650 |
| i | Norderstedt | City | SH | 65,976 | 69,766 | 72,016 | 71,330 | 72,436 | 5810 |
| i | Nordhorn | City | NI | 48,368 | 51,269 | 52,479 | 53,085 | 53,058 | 14968 |
| i | Nürnberg [Nuremberg] {Nurnberg} | CityCR | BY | 470,943 | 492,425 | 491,307 | 499,237 | 510,602 | 18637 |
| i | Oberhausen | CityCR | NW | 220,286 | 224,397 | 221,619 | 218,898 | 212,568 | 7710 |
| i | Offenbach (am Main) | CityCR | HE | 111,386 | 116,533 | 118,429 | 119,430 | 122,705 | 4489 |
| i | Offenburg | City | BW | 51,311 | 56,045 | 58,280 | 58,793 | 59,283 | 7838 |
| i | Oldenburg (Oldenburg) | CityCR | NI | 140,149 | 151,382 | 155,908 | 158,565 | 162,481 | 10298 |
| i | Osnabrück {Osnabruck} | CityCR | NI | 150,807 | 168,618 | 164,195 | 163,814 | 165,021 | 11980 |
| i | Paderborn | City | NW | 110,715 | 133,717 | 140,869 | 143,769 | 147,688 | 17960 |
| i | Passau | CityCR | BY | 48,516 | 50,885 | 50,669 | 50,651 | 50,548 | 6957 |
| i | Pforzheim | CityCR | BW | 106,530 | 118,763 | 118,002 | 119,021 | 120,709 | 9800 |
| i | Plauen | City | SN | 82,628 | 73,185 | 71,155 | 68,892 | 65,738 | 10212 |
| i | Potsdam | CityCR | BB | ... | 144,118 | 141,907 | 147,583 | 158,902 | 18752 |
| i | Pulheim | City | NW | 47,852 | 51,365 | 53,441 | 53,694 | 54,031 | 7215 |
| i | Ratingen | City | NW | 88,631 | 89,534 | 91,793 | 91,975 | 90,982 | 8872 |
| i | Recklinghausen | City | NW | 119,991 | 127,216 | 124,587 | 121,827 | 117,672 | 6643 |
| i | Regensburg | CityCR | BY | 118,639 | 125,836 | 127,198 | 129,859 | 136,577 | 8070 |
| i | Remscheid | CityCR | NW | 120,132 | 122,260 | 118,753 | 115,864 | 109,596 | 7460 |
| i | Reutlingen | City | BW | 98,853 | 108,565 | 111,338 | 112,252 | 112,735 | 8706 |
| i | Rheine | City | NW | 69,348 | 74,587 | 75,925 | 76,440 | 76,563 | 14486 |
| i | Rosenheim | CityCR | BY | 53,155 | 58,920 | 59,310 | 60,226 | 61,512 | 3722 |
| i | Rostock | CityCR | MV | 249,349 | 227,535 | 198,964 | 199,288 | 204,260 | 18126 |
| i | Rüsselsheim {Russelsheim} | City | HE | 58,530 | 60,287 | 59,551 | 59,271 | 61,074 | 5829 |
| i | Saarbrücken {Saarbrucken} | City | SL | 188,702 | 187,032 | 182,858 | 178,914 | 176,135 | 16709 |
| i | Salzgitter | CityCR | NI | 111,069 | 117,713 | 111,696 | 107,726 | 101,750 | 22391 |
| i | Sankt Augustin | City | NW | 49,396 | 55,065 | 55,539 | 56,110 | 55,810 | 3422 |
| i | Schwäbisch Gmünd {Schwabisch Gmund} | City | BW | 56,754 | 63,734 | 61,873 | 61,350 | 59,749 | 11378 |
| i | Schweinfurt | CityCR | BY | 51,962 | 55,722 | 54,568 | 54,273 | 53,247 | 3570 |
| i | Schwerin | CityCR | MV | 128,328 | 114,688 | 99,978 | 96,656 | 95,300 | 13053 |
| i | Siegen | City | NW | 106,384 | 111,398 | 108,397 | 106,293 | 103,370 | 11469 |
| i | Sindelfingen | City | BW | 56,861 | 59,435 | 60,878 | 60,843 | 60,287 | 5085 |
| i | Solingen | CityCR | NW | 159,103 | 165,735 | 165,032 | 163,581 | 159,699 | 8954 |
| i | Speyer | CityCR | RP | 44,034 | 49,664 | 49,956 | 50,501 | 50,036 | 4259 |
| i | Stolberg (Rheinland) | City | NW | 55,747 | 58,203 | 58,718 | 58,577 | 57,273 | 9850 |
| i | Stralsund | CityCR | MV | 75,857 | 65,977 | 59,970 | 58,708 | 57,862 | 3907 |
| i | Stuttgart | CityCR | BW | 551,904 | 585,604 | 587,152 | 592,569 | 613,392 | 20735 |
| i | Trier | CityCR | RP | 94,118 | 99,428 | 100,024 | 99,843 | 105,675 | 11713 |
| i | Troisdorf | City | NW | 60,079 | 68,778 | 73,282 | 74,760 | 75,608 | 6220 |
| i | Tübingen {Tubingen} | City | BW | 71,701 | 81,769 | 82,444 | 83,496 | 89,011 | 10812 |
| i | Ulm | CityCR | BW | 103,494 | 115,721 | 118,347 | 120,625 | 123,672 | 11869 |
| i | Unna | City | NW | 56,499 | 66,475 | 70,117 | 68,264 | 66,202 | 8853 |
| i | Velbert | City | NW | 87,366 | 89,786 | 89,823 | 87,378 | 83,563 | 7491 |
| i | Viersen | City | NW | 76,445 | 77,338 | 77,259 | 76,330 | 75,291 | 9108 |
| i | Villingen-Schwenningen | City | BW | 75,861 | 80,734 | 81,691 | 81,778 | 80,990 | 16548 |
| i | Waiblingen | City | BW | 45,603 | 50,333 | 52,536 | 52,856 | 53,288 | 4276 |
| i | Weimar | CityCR | TH | ... | 62,122 | 63,522 | 64,594 | 65,542 | 8419 |
| i | Wesel | City | NW | 57,507 | 61,609 | 62,151 | 61,711 | 60,625 | 12253 |
| i | Wetzlar | City | HE | 50,211 | 53,922 | 52,657 | 52,473 | 51,521 | 7567 |
| i | Wiesbaden | CityCR | HE | 251,871 | 267,122 | 271,076 | 274,611 | 278,919 | 20393 |
| i | Wilhelmshaven | CityCR | NI | 90,982 | 90,667 | 84,994 | 83,552 | 81,020 | 10691 |
| i | Willich | City | NW | 40,303 | 45,932 | 50,853 | 51,939 | 51,846 | 6777 |
| i | Witten | City | NW | 102,902 | 104,754 | 103,158 | 100,793 | 97,819 | 7237 |
| i | Wolfenbüttel {Wolfenbuttel} | City | NI | 50,729 | 53,686 | 54,517 | 54,461 | 53,353 | 7851 |
| i | Wolfsburg | CityCR | NI | 124,896 | 126,331 | 121,887 | 121,199 | 122,583 | 20405 |
| i | Worms | City | RP | 73,635 | 80,014 | 80,625 | 81,545 | 81,967 | 10873 |
| i | Wuppertal | CityCR | NW | 365,662 | 381,884 | 364,784 | 359,237 | 349,470 | 16839 |
| i | Würzburg {Wurzburg} | CityCR | BY | 123,378 | 127,295 | 129,915 | 133,906 | 133,808 | 8763 |
| i | Zwickau | City | SN | 130,455 | 110,780 | 101,726 | 97,832 | 93,128 | 10255 |
- (1987) Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die BR Deutschland, Ausgabe 1987; für Ostdeutschland sind Schätzungen zum 31.12.1986 aus dem Statistischen Jahrbuch der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 1987 angegeben.
(1995) Amtliche Schlüsselnummern und Bevölkerungsdaten der Gemeinden und Verwaltungsbezirke in der BR Deutschland, Ausgabe 1995.
(2001) (2005) (2011) Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).
Gebietsstand / boundaries of: 2012-09-30.