Nordrhein-Westfalen / North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany): Administrative Districts, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Administrative Districts

The population of the administrative districts of North Rhine-Westphalia according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1987-05-25	Population Estimate (E) 1995-12-31	Population Estimate (E) 2001-12-31	Population Census (C) 2011-05-09	Population Estimate (E) 2017-12-31
Germany	Fed Rep	Berlin	357,386	77,718,000	81,817,499	82,440,309	80,219,695	82,792,351
Arnsberg	Dist	Arnsberg	8,012	3,605,066	3,827,480	3,803,327	3,575,207	3,583,590	801200
Detmold	Dist	Detmold	6,525	1,793,359	2,012,908	2,063,244	2,029,124	2,054,343	652500
Düsseldorf	Dist	Düsseldorf	5,292	5,068,126	5,290,584	5,255,328	5,076,864	5,198,820	529200
Köln	Dist	Köln	7,364	3,856,102	4,188,583	4,309,953	4,285,861	4,454,228	736400
Münster	Dist	Münster	6,918	2,389,192	2,573,490	2,620,240	2,571,195	2,621,153	691800
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]	FSt	Düsseldorf	34,113	16,711,845	17,893,045	18,052,092	17,538,251	17,912,134	3411300	→

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2017-12-31
1	Köln	1,080,394
2	Düsseldorf	617,280
3	Dortmund	586,600
4	Essen	583,393
5	Duisburg	498,110
6	Bochum	365,529
7	Wuppertal	353,590
8	Bielefeld	332,552
9	Bonn	325,490
10	Münster	313,559

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in North Rhine-Westphalia with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Status	Population Census (C) 1987-05-25	Population Estimate (E) 1995-12-31	Population Estimate (E) 2001-12-31	Population Census (C) 2011-05-09	Population Estimate (E) 2017-12-31	Area
Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle]	City	229,740	247,923	245,778	236,420	246,272	16085	→
Ahaus	City	29,850	34,708	37,533	38,331	39,185	15124	→
Ahlen	City	52,657	55,785	55,481	52,280	52,530	12313	→
Alfter	Com	16,389	19,351	21,350	22,839	23,527	3478	→
Alsdorf	City	46,454	46,147	46,344	46,567	46,891	3168	→
Altena	City	23,198	24,026	21,831	18,218	17,081	4442	→
Arnsberg	City	74,091	78,972	77,396	74,383	73,814	19372	→
Ascheberg	Com	12,381	13,965	14,923	15,103	15,283	10632	→
Attendorn	City	21,570	23,888	24,688	24,463	24,335	9795	→
Bad Berleburg	City	20,170	21,289	21,135	19,754	19,497	27552	→
Bad Driburg	City	16,582	19,122	19,608	18,639	18,930	11530	→
Bad Honnef	City	21,647	24,462	25,038	24,523	25,708	4817	→
Bad Lippspringe	City	11,891	14,566	14,835	14,968	15,957	5101	→
Bad Münstereifel	City	15,230	17,718	18,560	17,451	17,262	15083	→
Bad Oeynhausen	City	44,036	49,014	49,850	48,623	48,747	6483	→
Bad Salzuflen	City	50,588	55,029	55,088	52,285	53,856	10005	→
Baesweiler	City	23,673	25,707	27,485	26,363	26,996	2776	→
Beckum	City	35,877	38,166	38,018	36,116	36,689	11146	→
Bedburg	City	20,634	23,219	24,457	23,037	23,531	8042	→
Bergheim	City	54,545	60,610	63,591	58,922	61,099	9634	→
Bergisch Gladbach	City	100,589	105,478	105,569	108,878	111,627	8309	→
Bergkamen	City	47,660	51,838	52,955	49,011	48,829	4490	→
Bergneustadt	City	17,949	20,772	20,809	18,799	18,876	3789	→
Bielefeld	CityCR	305,566	324,066	323,373	326,870	332,552	25882	→
Blomberg	City	14,327	16,786	17,560	15,721	15,181	9910	→
Bocholt	City	67,028	70,424	72,701	71,256	71,036	11940	→
Bochum	CityCR	386,271	400,395	390,087	362,286	365,529	14566	→
Bönen	Com	18,002	18,817	19,349	18,018	18,108	3804	→
Bonn	CityCR	276,653	291,431	306,016	305,765	325,490	14106	→
Borken	City	34,228	38,675	40,582	41,614	42,509	15297	→
Bornheim	City	34,211	40,180	46,304	46,207	48,173	8269	→
Bottrop	CityCR	114,640	120,642	120,780	117,311	117,364	10061	→
Brakel	City	14,893	17,493	17,840	16,853	16,374	17392	→
Brilon	City	24,218	27,258	27,320	25,909	25,501	22916	→
Brüggen	Com	13,113	14,929	15,877	15,489	15,681	6120	→
Brühl	City	40,743	43,653	43,850	43,568	44,144	3612	→
Bünde	City	39,083	43,186	44,749	45,497	45,712	5930	→
Burbach	Com	13,405	14,807	15,076	14,502	14,793	7972	→
Büren	City	17,473	21,619	22,194	21,724	21,513	17099	→
Burscheid	City	16,334	18,289	19,293	18,078	18,195	2733	→
Castrop-Rauxel	City	77,081	79,160	78,471	74,629	73,989	5168	→
Coesfeld	City	31,788	34,747	36,264	35,815	36,302	14136	→
Datteln	City	36,504	37,712	37,210	34,481	34,563	6610	→
Delbrück	City	22,645	27,700	29,429	30,414	31,943	15728	→
Detmold	City	65,502	73,343	73,771	73,743	74,353	12939	→
Dinslaken	City	62,458	69,148	71,005	67,853	67,489	4766	→
Dormagen	City	54,790	61,155	63,295	62,208	64,177	8550	→
Dorsten	City	73,744	80,735	81,293	76,860	75,252	17120	→
Dortmund	CityCR	584,089	598,840	589,240	571,143	586,600	28071	→
Drensteinfurt	City	11,603	13,298	14,675	15,176	15,532	10660	→
Duisburg	CityCR	525,378	535,250	512,030	488,468	498,110	23280	→
Dülmen	City	38,851	44,277	46,923	46,388	46,507	18483	→
Düren	City	82,857	90,274	92,292	88,789	90,502	8500	→
Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf]	CityCR	563,531	571,030	570,765	586,291	617,280	21741	→
Eitorf	Com	15,591	18,031	19,599	18,762	18,671	6990	→
Elsdorf	City	18,605	21,343	21,740	20,818	21,539	6617	→
Emmerich am Rhein	City	27,924	29,285	29,005	29,918	30,845	8040	→
Emsdetten	City	31,007	33,665	35,235	35,236	36,151	7206	→
Engelskirchen	Com	18,380	20,442	20,829	19,368	19,349	6303	→
Enger	City	16,291	18,925	20,007	20,439	20,520	4124	→
Ennepetal	City	33,598	34,224	33,559	30,400	29,929	5777	→
Ennigerloh	City	19,192	20,552	20,786	19,662	19,841	12556	→
Erftstadt	City	43,939	48,717	50,998	49,230	49,647	11989	→
Erkelenz	City	35,992	42,281	43,364	42,931	43,392	11734	→
Erkrath	City	44,958	49,572	48,547	43,690	44,409	2688	→
Erwitte	City	13,410	14,982	15,725	15,569	16,023	8941	→
Eschweiler	City	53,058	56,171	55,257	54,671	56,207	7575	→
Espelkamp	City	22,049	27,004	26,883	24,805	24,809	8421	→
Essen	CityCR	623,427	614,861	591,889	566,201	583,393	21034	→
Euskirchen	City	47,050	52,205	54,047	55,414	57,715	13949	→
Finnentrop	Com	16,734	18,299	18,562	17,172	17,141	10442	→
Frechen	City	42,348	45,583	47,382	49,657	52,212	4506	→
Freudenberg	City	16,438	18,094	18,315	18,024	17,759	5460	→
Fröndenberg/Ruhr	City	20,429	22,145	23,054	20,928	20,843	5623	→
Geilenkirchen	City	21,393	26,549	28,137	26,240	27,106	8320	→
Geldern	City	28,147	31,709	33,232	32,871	33,819	9697	→
Gelsenkirchen	CityCR	287,508	291,164	276,740	258,766	260,305	10494	→
Gescher	City	14,619	16,095	16,932	16,869	17,253	8084	→
Geseke	City	16,958	19,170	20,219	20,718	21,183	9788	→
Gevelsberg	City	32,456	33,769	33,552	31,227	30,910	2634	→
Gladbeck	City	78,343	79,605	77,460	73,974	75,689	3597	→
Goch	City	29,282	31,186	33,033	32,708	33,618	11543	→
Grefrath	Com	13,848	15,447	16,040	14,946	14,798	3098	→
Greven	City	29,512	33,216	34,507	34,659	37,502	14026	→
Grevenbroich	City	58,611	63,604	65,039	61,741	63,204	10241	→
Gronau (Westf.)	City	39,318	43,529	45,290	45,494	47,671	7882	→
Gummersbach	City	48,250	53,149	53,355	49,951	50,497	9542	→
Gütersloh	City	81,804	92,842	95,459	94,172	99,315	11202	→
Haan	City	28,489	29,888	29,607	29,574	30,483	2419	→
Hagen	CityCR	209,363	212,003	202,060	187,944	187,730	16045	→
Halle (Westf.)	City	18,161	19,502	20,728	21,029	21,713	6970	→
Haltern am See	City	32,758	35,587	36,956	37,315	37,977	15903	→
Halver	City	15,322	17,168	17,627	16,474	16,128	7723	→
Hamm	CityCR	171,170	183,408	183,805	176,037	179,185	22643	→
Hamminkeln	City	23,285	26,480	27,209	26,350	26,709	16453	→
Harsewinkel	City	18,741	22,616	23,703	23,799	25,012	10059	→
Hattingen	City	55,880	58,650	58,023	54,253	54,628	7166	→
Heiligenhaus	City	28,851	29,487	28,402	25,560	26,132	2752	→
Heinsberg	City	36,109	39,852	41,483	40,949	41,673	9221	→
Hemer	City	32,914	35,934	37,355	35,225	34,016	6766	→
Hennef (Sieg)	City	29,968	38,115	43,534	44,770	47,293	10589	→
Herdecke	City	25,238	26,278	26,001	22,909	22,836	2239	→
Herford	City	60,935	65,919	65,097	65,213	66,923	7916	→
Herne	CityCR	174,238	179,897	174,018	155,160	156,490	5142	→
Herten	City	67,806	69,183	66,495	61,505	61,669	3733	→
Herzebrock-Clarholz	Com	12,626	14,898	15,944	15,900	15,914	7928	→
Herzogenrath	City	43,094	45,935	46,932	46,564	46,462	3338	→
Hiddenhausen	Com	19,166	20,474	21,071	19,786	19,622	2387	→
Hilchenbach	City	15,439	16,571	16,506	15,387	14,949	8112	→
Hilden	City	53,262	55,086	56,615	54,390	55,817	2595	→
Hille	Com	14,256	15,857	16,622	16,027	15,620	10299	→
Holzwickede	Com	15,878	17,414	17,739	16,755	17,083	2236	→
Horn-Bad Meinberg	City	16,318	18,664	18,696	17,364	17,206	9015	→
Hörstel	City	15,305	17,401	19,602	19,660	20,093	10754	→
Hövelhof	Com	12,599	15,167	15,872	15,642	16,258	7074	→
Höxter	City	31,972	33,560	32,998	30,165	29,112	15816	→
Hückelhoven	City	33,672	36,756	39,308	38,927	39,585	6127	→
Hückeswagen	City	14,759	16,016	16,540	15,256	15,058	5052	→
Hürth	City	48,376	52,351	54,095	55,082	59,762	5122	→
Ibbenbüren	City	43,243	47,421	49,485	50,569	52,037	10887	→
Iserlohn	City	92,183	99,341	98,865	94,630	92,928	12549	→
Jüchen	Com	20,509	22,216	22,569	22,162	23,261	7187	→
Jülich	City	30,367	32,061	33,940	31,834	32,505	9039	→
Kaarst	City	39,208	41,788	42,379	41,901	43,216	3739	→
Kamen	City	44,002	46,977	46,348	43,815	43,275	4095	→
Kamp-Lintfort	City	37,433	40,435	39,959	37,299	37,346	6314	→
Kempen	City	31,789	36,093	36,085	35,075	34,711	6880	→
Kerpen	City	53,608	61,998	63,652	63,273	65,420	11396	→
Kevelaer	City	22,428	25,737	27,319	27,509	28,162	10064	→
Kierspe	City	14,864	17,541	18,299	16,363	16,210	7191	→
Kirchlengern	Com	14,238	15,589	16,335	16,189	16,074	3378	→
Kleve	City	44,106	48,344	49,031	47,438	51,320	9776	→
Köln [Cologne]	CityCR	928,309	965,697	967,940	1,005,775	1,080,394	40502	→
Königswinter	City	33,783	37,341	39,482	40,025	41,050	7617	→
Korschenbroich	City	27,094	31,740	33,862	32,025	33,063	5526	→
Krefeld	CityCR	232,261	249,606	239,559	222,247	226,699	13777	→
Kreuzau	Com	14,870	16,989	18,234	17,123	17,582	4173	→
Kreuztal	City	29,370	32,243	32,127	30,754	31,017	7107	→
Kürten	Com	16,522	18,771	19,679	19,531	19,855	6729	→
Lage	City	31,375	35,931	36,157	34,824	35,166	7604	→
Langenfeld (Rheinland)	City	50,297	56,676	58,757	56,829	58,698	4115	→
Leichlingen (Rheinland)	City	24,703	26,366	26,934	27,478	28,166	3726	→
Lemgo	City	38,151	41,403	42,188	41,032	40,871	10085	→
Lengerich	City	20,215	21,802	22,259	21,828	22,626	9079	→
Lennestadt	City	25,901	27,650	28,046	26,473	25,638	13559	→
Leopoldshöhe	Com	12,699	15,309	16,396	15,922	16,317	3693	→
Leverkusen	CityCR	154,692	162,252	160,829	158,984	163,577	7887	→
Lindlar	Com	18,115	20,804	22,517	21,252	21,513	8588	→
Lippstadt	City	60,102	66,636	67,231	65,886	67,936	11368	→
Lohmar	City	25,294	29,509	30,936	29,475	30,451	6562	→
Löhne	City	36,746	41,246	41,580	39,671	39,867	5951	→
Lübbecke	City	22,191	25,301	25,937	25,473	25,499	6504	→
Lüdenscheid	City	74,635	81,837	80,509	73,762	72,894	8702	→
Lüdinghausen	City	19,036	21,569	23,333	23,544	24,550	14054	→
Lünen	City	84,664	91,592	92,005	86,010	86,465	5939	→
Marl	City	89,063	92,965	92,628	84,782	83,695	8776	→
Marsberg	City	20,772	23,058	22,382	20,428	19,740	18222	→
Mechernich	City	21,910	24,575	26,460	26,736	27,350	13648	→
Meckenheim	City	20,868	24,558	25,440	23,563	24,661	3484	→
Meerbusch	City	50,240	54,206	55,172	54,313	55,548	6439	→
Meinerzhagen	City	18,318	21,554	22,031	21,073	20,406	11567	→
Menden (Sauerland)	City	54,058	58,424	59,183	54,495	53,046	8610	→
Meschede	City	31,110	32,590	32,645	30,745	30,086	21850	→
Mettmann	City	37,220	38,812	39,125	37,972	38,789	4256	→
Minden	City	75,031	82,971	82,898	80,121	81,698	10112	→
Moers	City	100,872	107,095	107,421	104,009	103,949	6768	→
Mönchengladbach	CityCR	249,587	266,702	262,963	255,188	262,188	17047	→
Monheim am Rhein	City	39,985	43,811	43,685	40,280	40,598	2305	→
Mülheim an der Ruhr	CityCR	176,423	176,530	172,332	166,865	171,265	9128	→
Münster	CityCR	246,186	265,061	267,197	289,576	313,559	30328	→
Netphen	City	21,959	24,897	25,038	23,326	23,297	13739	→
Nettetal	City	37,740	40,348	42,085	41,417	42,265	8387	→
Neukirchen-Vluyn	City	25,386	27,571	28,566	27,033	26,990	4350	→
Neunkirchen-Seelscheid	Com	15,566	18,508	20,328	19,780	19,758	5062	→
Neuss	City	142,178	148,796	150,957	150,568	153,810	9952	→
Niederkassel	City	28,243	31,201	35,077	36,496	38,057	3579	→
Niederkrüchten	Com	10,736	12,862	14,749	14,963	15,218	6707	→
Nottuln	Com	14,457	17,823	19,599	19,160	19,590	8567	→
Nümbrecht	Com	12,347	16,526	17,009	16,700	16,912	7178	→
Oberhausen	CityCR	220,286	224,397	221,619	210,216	211,422	7709	→
Ochtrup	City	16,873	18,176	18,977	18,876	19,608	10563	→
Odenthal	Com	12,811	13,909	15,120	14,824	15,068	3987	→
Oelde	City	27,033	28,847	29,406	28,940	29,209	10277	→
Oer-Erkenschwick	City	27,607	30,302	30,516	30,861	31,378	3866	→
Oerlinghausen	City	14,757	17,165	17,435	16,684	17,530	3269	→
Olpe	City	22,710	24,605	25,371	24,822	24,459	8588	→
Olsberg	City	14,464	16,267	16,233	15,057	14,634	11800	→
Overath	City	22,553	25,319	26,410	26,968	27,062	6888	→
Paderborn	City	110,715	133,717	140,869	142,365	149,075	17959	→
Petershagen	City	23,619	26,142	27,103	26,105	25,131	21194	→
Plettenberg	City	27,726	29,519	28,959	26,235	25,414	9676	→
Porta Westfalica	City	33,787	35,794	36,277	35,623	35,660	10522	→
Pulheim	City	47,852	51,365	53,441	52,929	53,900	7215	→
Radevormwald	City	22,579	24,353	24,668	22,518	22,428	5386	→
Rahden	City	13,452	14,850	15,856	15,634	15,480	13748	→
Ratingen	City	88,631	89,534	91,793	86,967	87,226	8874	→
Recklinghausen	City	119,991	127,216	124,587	115,958	113,360	6650	→
Rees	City	18,075	20,010	21,995	21,520	21,137	10986	→
Reichshof	Com	15,368	18,385	19,885	19,017	18,694	11466	→
Remscheid	CityCR	120,132	122,260	118,753	110,708	110,584	7452	→
Rheda-Wiedenbrück	City	36,822	42,155	45,235	46,515	48,685	8672	→
Rhede	City	16,383	18,006	18,774	19,102	19,165	7890	→
Rheinbach	City	22,161	24,733	25,986	26,377	27,124	6972	→
Rheinberg	City	26,158	29,638	31,712	30,867	31,195	7524	→
Rheine	City	69,348	74,587	75,925	72,749	76,018	14500	→
Rietberg	City	22,782	26,435	28,214	28,562	29,432	11031	→
Rösrath	City	21,783	24,286	26,613	27,492	28,666	3880	→
Salzkotten	City	19,572	22,211	23,680	24,434	25,159	10980	→
Sankt Augustin	City	49,396	55,065	55,539	53,850	55,873	3422	→
Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock	City	20,183	23,248	25,829	26,386	26,772	6752	→
Schmallenberg	City	24,477	26,620	26,538	25,475	24,965	30310	→
Schwalmtal	Com	14,551	17,116	19,370	19,062	19,009	4811	→
Schwelm	City	29,527	30,729	30,351	28,435	28,478	2049	→
Schwerte	City	48,344	50,734	50,534	46,743	46,641	5623	→
Selm	City	23,895	26,214	27,389	26,017	25,811	6041	→
Senden	Com	14,462	18,796	19,703	19,976	20,521	10945	→
Siegburg	City	33,637	36,998	37,865	38,780	41,326	2366	→
Siegen	City	106,384	111,398	108,397	99,187	102,337	11469	→
Simmerath	Com	12,511	14,525	15,415	15,122	15,281	11092	→
Soest	City	40,207	47,730	48,361	46,742	47,376	8581	→
Solingen	CityCR	159,103	165,735	165,032	155,265	158,803	8954	→
Spenge	City	14,043	15,601	15,796	14,812	14,475	4035	→
Sprockhövel	City	23,857	25,442	26,419	25,444	24,783	4794	→
Stadtlohn	City	17,079	19,139	20,407	20,164	20,367	7925	→
Steinfurt	City	30,067	33,268	34,052	33,392	33,915	11167	→
Steinhagen	Com	16,486	18,591	19,745	20,157	20,715	5641	→
Stolberg (Rhld.)	City	55,747	58,203	58,718	56,206	56,751	9848	→
Straelen	City	12,265	14,511	15,337	15,367	16,020	7404	→
Sundern (Sauerland)	City	25,824	29,368	29,864	28,565	27,871	19327	→
Swisttal	Com	16,341	17,865	17,954	17,604	18,558	6222	→
Telgte	City	16,555	18,472	19,370	18,866	19,716	9084	→
Tönisvorst	City	23,172	28,385	30,477	29,574	29,286	4434	→
Troisdorf	City	60,079	68,778	73,282	72,408	74,870	6200	→
Übach-Palenberg	City	22,933	23,849	25,049	24,220	24,083	2612	→
Unna	City	56,499	66,475	70,117	59,149	57,158	8856	→
Velbert	City	87,366	89,786	89,823	81,303	82,061	7490	→
Verl	City	18,507	21,626	23,768	24,766	25,356	7137	→
Versmold	City	17,396	19,680	20,634	20,898	21,472	8557	→
Viersen	City	76,445	77,338	77,259	74,941	76,586	9110	→
Vlotho	City	18,780	20,520	20,544	19,232	18,546	7693	→
Voerde (Niederrhein)	City	34,870	38,269	38,935	37,134	36,268	5349	→
Vreden	City	18,607	20,745	21,931	22,400	22,561	13583	→
Wachtberg	Com	16,563	18,716	19,162	19,451	20,251	4968	→
Waldbröl	City	14,765	18,490	19,213	18,964	19,415	6332	→
Waltrop	City	28,127	30,466	30,437	29,017	29,252	4709	→
Warburg	City	21,887	24,178	24,218	23,547	23,128	16884	→
Warendorf	City	33,476	36,991	38,988	36,982	37,242	17688	→
Warstein	City	28,138	29,566	29,007	25,966	24,898	15803	→
Wassenberg	City	12,229	14,280	16,044	16,944	18,143	4243	→
Wegberg	City	24,784	26,989	28,800	27,865	27,921	8434	→
Weilerswist	Com	13,722	15,314	16,337	15,462	17,500	5717	→
Wenden	Com	15,995	18,604	19,658	19,665	19,794	7256	→
Werdohl	City	20,856	22,227	21,265	18,430	17,833	3339	→
Werl	City	27,067	30,533	31,819	30,303	30,782	7635	→
Wermelskirchen	City	34,447	37,123	36,907	34,934	34,705	7480	→
Werne	City	28,056	30,456	30,779	29,614	29,721	7614	→
Wesel	City	57,507	61,609	62,151	60,335	60,496	12256	→
Wesseling	City	29,101	33,517	35,224	34,998	35,955	2337	→
Wetter (Ruhr)	City	28,160	29,331	29,675	27,935	27,628	3155	→
Wiehl	City	21,651	25,367	26,455	25,274	25,152	5326	→
Willich	City	40,303	45,932	50,853	50,708	51,179	6780	→
Wilnsdorf	Com	19,874	21,630	21,618	20,469	20,244	7204	→
Windeck	Com	17,666	19,892	21,048	18,935	18,937	10722	→
Wipperfürth	City	20,373	22,409	23,227	21,660	21,202	11830	→
Witten	City	102,902	104,754	103,158	96,382	96,565	7240	→
Wülfrath	City	20,690	22,046	22,669	21,213	21,196	3227	→
Wuppertal	CityCR	365,662	381,884	364,784	342,661	353,590	16839	→
Würselen	City	33,499	35,758	36,731	37,206	38,934	3439	→
Xanten	City	15,974	18,902	20,841	21,245	21,614	7243	→
Zülpich	City	16,943	18,878	19,674	19,745	20,001	10101	→

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