Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany): Federal State & Major Cities

Federal State

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A (km²)	C 1987-05-25	E 1995-12-31	E 2001-12-31	E 2005-12-31	E 2008-12-31
<	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [-Western Pomerania]	MV	FSt	Schwerin	23,186	1,971,000	1,823,084	1,759,877	1,707,266	1,664,356
	Germany	DEU		Berlin	357,112	77,718,000	81,817,499	82,440,309	82,437,995	82,002,356

	Name	Status	C C 1981-12-31	C E 1995-12-31	C E 2001-12-31	C E 2005-12-31	C E 2008-12-31
<	Anklam	City	20,496	17,076	15,520	14,471	13,423
<	Bergen (auf Rügen)	City	14,164	17,269	15,326	14,651	14,212
<	Greifswald	CityCR	61,388	60,772	53,533	53,281	54,131
<	Güstrow {Gustrow}	City	38,153	34,794	31,987	31,083	30,445
<	Neubrandenburg	CityCR	79,813	80,483	71,723	68,188	65,879
<	Neustrelitz	City	27,047	24,471	23,139	22,271	21,669
<	Parchim	City	23,244	20,915	19,842	19,348	18,831
<	Ribnitz-Damgarten	City	17,642	17,541	17,131	16,795	16,309
<	Rostock	CityCR	236,011	227,535	198,964	199,288	201,096
<	Schwerin	CityCR	122,264	114,688	99,978	96,656	95,551
<	Stralsund	CityCR	74,421	65,977	59,970	58,708	57,866
<	Waren	City	23,510	22,364	22,001	21,415	21,223
<	Wismar	CityCR	57,718	50,368	46,544	45,391	44,730

(1981) Statistisches Jahrbuch der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 1985.
(1995) Amtliche Schlüsselnummern und Bevölkerungsdaten der Gemeinden und Verwaltungsbezirke in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Ausgabe 1995.
(2001) (2005) (2008) Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland: Gemeindeverzeichnis (web).