Nordrhein-Westfalen / North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany): Districts, Major Cities & Communes

Districts

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

Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	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) 2013-12-31
Germany	DEU	Fed Rep		Berlin	357,340	77,718,000	81,817,499	82,440,309	80,219,695	80,767,463
Arnsberg		Dist	NW	Arnsberg	8,011	3,605,066	3,827,480	3,803,327	3,575,207	3,551,553	801100
Detmold		Dist	NW	Detmold	6,525	1,793,359	2,012,908	2,063,244	2,029,124	2,024,392	652500
Düsseldorf {Dusseldorf}		Dist	NW	Düsseldorf	5,292	5,068,126	5,290,584	5,255,328	5,076,864	5,088,748	529200
Köln {Koln}		Dist	NW	Köln	7,364	3,856,102	4,188,583	4,309,953	4,285,861	4,333,015	736400
Münster {Munster}		Dist	NW	Münster	6,917	2,389,192	2,573,490	2,620,240	2,571,195	2,574,148	691700
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]	NW	FSt		Düsseldorf	34,110	16,711,845	17,893,045	18,052,092	17,538,251	17,571,856	3411000

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2013-12-31
1	Köln	1,034,175
2	Düsseldorf	598,686
3	Dortmund	575,944
4	Essen	569,884
5	Duisburg	486,855
6	Bochum	361,734
7	Wuppertal	343,488
8	Bielefeld	328,864
9	Bonn	311,287
10	Münster	299,708

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) 2013-12-31	Area
Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle]	City	229,740	247,923	245,778	236,420	241,683	16085
Ahaus	City	29,850	34,708	37,533	38,331	38,753	15124
Ahlen	City	52,657	55,785	55,481	52,280	51,766	12313
Alfter	Com	16,389	19,351	21,350	22,839	23,003	3478
Alsdorf	City	46,454	46,147	46,344	46,567	46,313	3168
Altena	City	23,198	24,026	21,831	18,218	17,595	4442
Arnsberg	City	74,091	78,972	77,396	74,383	73,501	19372
Ascheberg	Com	12,381	13,965	14,923	15,103	15,070	10632
Attendorn	City	21,570	23,888	24,688	24,463	24,336	9795
Bad Berleburg	City	20,170	21,289	21,135	19,754	19,236	27552
Bad Driburg	City	16,582	19,122	19,608	18,639	18,338	11530
Bad Honnef	City	21,647	24,462	25,038	24,523	24,845	4817
Bad Laasphe	City	14,713	15,574	15,395	14,186	13,977	13595
Bad Lippspringe	City	11,891	14,566	14,835	14,968	15,203	5101
Bad Münstereifel {Bad Munstereifel}	City	15,230	17,718	18,560	17,451	17,236	15083
Bad Oeynhausen	City	44,036	49,014	49,850	48,623	48,294	6483
Bad Salzuflen	City	50,588	55,029	55,088	52,285	52,121	10005
Baesweiler	City	23,673	25,707	27,485	26,363	26,497	2776
Beckum	City	35,877	38,166	38,018	36,116	35,909	11146
Bedburg	City	20,634	23,219	24,457	23,037	22,846	8033
Bergheim	City	54,545	60,610	63,591	58,922	59,272	9634
Bergisch Gladbach	City	100,589	105,478	105,569	108,878	109,425	8309
Bergkamen	City	47,660	51,838	52,955	49,011	48,209	4490
Bergneustadt	City	17,949	20,772	20,809	18,799	18,835	3789
Beverungen	City	14,791	15,703	15,506	13,867	13,396	9809
Bielefeld	CityCR	305,566	324,066	323,373	326,870	328,864	25882
Blomberg	City	14,327	16,786	17,560	15,721	15,282	9910
Bocholt	City	67,028	70,424	72,701	71,256	70,856	11940
Bochum	CityCR	386,271	400,395	390,087	362,286	361,734	14566
Bönen {Bonen}	Com	18,002	18,817	19,349	18,018	17,980	3804
Bonn	CityCR	276,653	291,431	306,016	305,765	311,287	14106
Borken	City	34,228	38,675	40,582	41,614	41,386	15297
Bornheim	City	34,211	40,180	46,304	46,207	46,437	8269
Bottrop	CityCR	114,640	120,642	120,780	117,311	116,055	10061
Brakel	City	14,893	17,493	17,840	16,853	16,535	17392
Brilon	City	24,218	27,258	27,320	25,909	25,499	22916
Brüggen {Bruggen}	Com	13,113	14,929	15,877	15,489	15,469	6120
Brühl {Bruhl}	City	40,743	43,653	43,850	43,568	44,029	3612
Bünde {Bunde}	City	39,083	43,186	44,749	45,497	45,189	5930
Burbach	Com	13,405	14,807	15,076	14,502	14,418	7972
Büren {Buren}	City	17,473	21,619	22,194	21,724	21,548	17099
Burscheid	City	16,334	18,289	19,293	18,078	18,108	2733
Castrop-Rauxel	City	77,081	79,160	78,471	74,629	73,751	5167
Coesfeld	City	31,788	34,747	36,264	35,815	35,813	14136
Datteln	City	36,504	37,712	37,210	34,481	34,332	6609
Delbrück {Delbruck}	City	22,645	27,700	29,429	30,414	30,828	15728
Detmold	City	65,502	73,343	73,771	73,743	73,449	12939
Dinslaken	City	62,458	69,148	71,005	67,853	67,190	4766
Dormagen	City	54,790	61,155	63,295	62,208	62,498	8549
Dorsten	City	73,744	80,735	81,293	76,860	75,547	17120
Dortmund	CityCR	584,089	598,840	589,240	571,143	575,944	28071
Drensteinfurt	City	11,603	13,298	14,675	15,176	15,239	10660
Duisburg	CityCR	525,378	535,250	512,030	488,468	486,855	23280
Dülmen {Dulmen}	City	38,851	44,277	46,923	46,388	45,870	18483
Düren {Duren}	City	82,857	90,274	92,292	88,789	88,953	8500
Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf] {Dusseldorf}	CityCR	563,531	571,030	570,765	586,291	598,686	21741
Eitorf	Com	15,591	18,031	19,599	18,762	18,585	6990
Elsdorf	City	18,605	21,343	21,740	20,818	20,991	6617
Emmerich	City	27,924	29,285	29,005	29,918	30,105	8040
Emsdetten	City	31,007	33,665	35,235	35,236	35,447	7206
Engelskirchen	Com	18,380	20,442	20,829	19,368	19,211	6303
Enger	City	16,291	18,925	20,007	20,439	20,228	4124
Ennepetal	City	33,598	34,224	33,559	30,400	29,825	5743
Ennigerloh	City	19,192	20,552	20,786	19,662	19,526	12556
Erftstadt	City	43,939	48,717	50,998	49,230	49,037	11989
Erkelenz	City	35,992	42,281	43,364	42,931	42,792	11734
Erkrath	City	44,958	49,572	48,547	43,690	43,639	2688
Erwitte	City	13,410	14,982	15,725	15,569	15,663	8941
Eschweiler	City	53,058	56,171	55,257	54,671	55,026	7587
Espelkamp	City	22,049	27,004	26,883	24,805	24,604	8421
Essen	CityCR	623,427	614,861	591,889	566,201	569,884	21034
Euskirchen	City	47,050	52,205	54,047	55,414	55,558	13949
Finnentrop	Com	16,734	18,299	18,562	17,172	16,958	10442
Frechen	City	42,348	45,583	47,382	49,657	51,080	4510
Freudenberg	City	16,438	18,094	18,315	18,024	17,873	5460
Fröndenberg/Ruhr {Frondenberg/Ruhr}	City	20,429	22,145	23,054	20,928	20,705	5623
Geilenkirchen	City	21,393	26,549	28,137	26,240	26,626	8320
Geldern	City	28,147	31,709	33,232	32,871	33,064	9697
Gelsenkirchen	CityCR	287,508	291,164	276,740	258,766	257,850	10494
Gescher	City	14,619	16,095	16,932	16,869	16,887	8084
Geseke	City	16,958	19,170	20,219	20,718	20,511	9789
Gevelsberg	City	32,456	33,769	33,552	31,227	30,949	2629
Gladbeck	City	78,343	79,605	77,460	73,974	74,011	3591
Goch	City	29,282	31,186	33,033	32,708	33,063	11543
Grefrath	Com	13,848	15,447	16,040	14,946	14,760	3098
Greven	City	29,512	33,216	34,507	34,659	35,278	14026
Grevenbroich	City	58,611	63,604	65,039	61,741	61,891	10251
Gronau (Westf.)	City	39,318	43,529	45,290	45,494	45,998	7882
Gummersbach	City	48,250	53,149	53,355	49,951	49,665	9542
Gütersloh {Gutersloh}	City	81,804	92,842	95,459	94,172	95,507	11202
Haan	City	28,489	29,888	29,607	29,574	29,985	2419
Hagen	CityCR	209,363	212,003	202,060	187,944	185,996	16035
Halle (Westf.)	City	18,161	19,502	20,728	21,029	21,167	6970
Haltern	City	32,758	35,587	36,956	37,315	37,266	15850
Halver	City	15,322	17,168	17,627	16,474	16,218	7724
Hamm	CityCR	171,170	183,408	183,805	176,037	176,048	22643
Hamminkeln	Com	23,285	26,480	27,209	26,350	26,369	16454
Harsewinkel	City	18,741	22,616	23,703	23,799	23,789	10059
Hattingen	City	55,880	58,650	58,023	54,253	54,358	7140
Heiligenhaus	City	28,851	29,487	28,402	25,560	25,419	2752
Heinsberg	City	36,109	39,852	41,483	40,949	40,908	9221
Hemer	City	32,914	35,934	37,355	35,225	34,678	6766
Hennef (Sieg)	City	29,968	38,115	43,534	44,770	45,806	10589
Herdecke	City	25,238	26,278	26,001	22,909	22,572	2240
Herford	City	60,935	65,919	65,097	65,213	65,333	7916
Herne	CityCR	174,238	179,897	174,018	155,160	154,417	5142
Herten	City	67,806	69,183	66,495	61,505	60,582	3733
Herzebrock-Clarholz	Com	12,626	14,898	15,944	15,900	15,857	7928
Herzogenrath	City	43,094	45,935	46,932	46,564	46,546	3338
Hiddenhausen	Com	19,166	20,474	21,071	19,786	19,614	2387
Hilchenbach	City	15,439	16,571	16,506	15,387	14,993	8112
Hilden	City	53,262	55,086	56,615	54,390	54,737	2595
Hille	Com	14,256	15,857	16,622	16,027	15,788	10299
Holzwickede	Com	15,878	17,414	17,739	16,755	16,721	2236
Horn-Bad Meinberg	City	16,318	18,664	18,696	17,364	17,185	9015
Hörstel {Horstel}	City	15,305	17,401	19,602	19,660	19,491	10754
Hövelhof {Hovelhof}	Com	12,599	15,167	15,872	15,642	15,813	7074
Höxter {Hoxter}	City	31,972	33,560	32,998	30,165	29,523	15816
Hückelhoven {Huckelhoven}	City	33,672	36,756	39,308	38,927	38,709	6127
Hückeswagen {Huckeswagen}	City	14,759	16,016	16,540	15,256	15,102	5052
Hürth {Hurth}	City	48,376	52,351	54,095	55,082	57,230	5122
Ibbenbüren {Ibbenburen}	City	43,243	47,421	49,485	50,569	50,438	10887
Iserlohn	City	92,183	99,341	98,865	94,630	93,119	12549
Jüchen {Juchen}	Com	20,509	22,216	22,569	22,162	22,556	7187
Jülich {Julich}	City	30,367	32,061	33,940	31,834	32,089	9039
Kaarst	City	39,208	41,788	42,379	41,901	42,165	3740
Kalletal	Com	13,756	15,791	15,786	14,249	13,849	11242
Kamen	City	44,002	46,977	46,348	43,815	43,177	4095
Kamp-Lintfort	City	37,433	40,435	39,959	37,299	36,973	6314
Kempen	City	31,789	36,093	36,085	35,075	34,618	6880
Kerpen	City	53,608	61,998	63,652	63,273	63,784	11392
Kevelaer	City	22,428	25,737	27,319	27,509	27,635	10064
Kierspe	City	14,864	17,541	18,299	16,363	16,116	7191
Kirchlengern	Com	14,238	15,589	16,335	16,189	15,890	3378
Kleve	City	44,106	48,344	49,031	47,438	48,172	9776
Köln [Cologne] {Koln}	CityCR	928,309	965,697	967,940	1,005,775	1,034,175	40501
Königswinter {Konigswinter}	City	33,783	37,341	39,482	40,025	39,976	7617
Korschenbroich	City	27,094	31,740	33,862	32,025	32,305	5526
Krefeld	CityCR	232,261	249,606	239,559	222,247	222,058	13778
Kreuzau	Com	14,870	16,989	18,234	17,123	17,071	4173
Kreuztal	City	29,370	32,243	32,127	30,754	30,899	7107
Kürten {Kurten}	Com	16,522	18,771	19,679	19,531	19,458	6729
Lage	City	31,375	35,931	36,157	34,824	34,671	7604
Langenfeld (Rheinland)	City	50,297	56,676	58,757	56,829	56,982	4115
Leichlingen (Rheinland)	City	24,703	26,366	26,934	27,478	27,646	3726
Lemgo	City	38,151	41,403	42,188	41,032	40,717	10085
Lengerich	City	20,215	21,802	22,259	21,828	21,978	9079
Lennestadt	City	25,901	27,650	28,046	26,473	25,908	13559
Leopoldshöhe {Leopoldshohe}	Com	12,699	15,309	16,396	15,922	16,037	3693
Leverkusen	CityCR	154,692	162,252	160,829	158,984	160,819	7887
Lindlar	Com	18,115	20,804	22,517	21,252	21,038	8588
Lippstadt	City	60,102	66,636	67,231	65,886	66,312	11368
Lohmar	Com	25,294	29,509	30,936	29,475	29,679	6562
Löhne {Lohne}	City	36,746	41,246	41,580	39,671	39,521	5951
Lübbecke {Lubbecke}	City	22,191	25,301	25,937	25,473	25,398	6504
Lüdenscheid {Ludenscheid}	City	74,635	81,837	80,509	73,762	72,927	8702
Lüdinghausen {Ludinghausen}	City	19,036	21,569	23,333	23,544	23,672	14054
Lünen {Lunen}	City	84,664	91,592	92,005	86,010	84,775	5939
Marl	City	89,063	92,965	92,628	84,782	83,634	8766
Marsberg	City	20,772	23,058	22,382	20,428	19,908	18222
Mechernich	City	21,910	24,575	26,460	26,736	26,763	13646
Meckenheim	City	20,868	24,558	25,440	23,563	23,628	3483
Meerbusch	City	50,240	54,206	55,172	54,313	54,389	6439
Meinerzhagen	City	18,318	21,554	22,031	21,073	20,689	11566
Menden (Sauerland)	City	54,058	58,424	59,183	54,495	53,354	8610
Meschede	City	31,110	32,590	32,645	30,745	30,103	21850
Mettmann	City	37,220	38,812	39,125	37,972	37,867	4256
Minden	City	75,031	82,971	82,898	80,121	79,969	10112
Moers	City	100,872	107,095	107,421	104,009	103,108	6768
Mönchengladbach {Monchengladbach}	CityCR	249,587	266,702	262,963	255,188	255,430	17045
Monheim	City	39,985	43,811	43,685	40,280	40,098	2305
Much	Com	11,309	13,883	14,889	14,119	14,130	7806
Mülheim an der Ruhr {Mulheim an der Ruhr}	CityCR	176,423	176,530	172,332	166,865	166,640	9128
Münster {Munster}	CityCR	246,186	265,061	267,197	289,576	299,708	30328
Netphen	Com	21,959	24,897	25,038	23,326	23,051	13739
Nettetal	City	37,740	40,348	42,085	41,417	41,533	8387
Neukirchen-Vluyn	City	25,386	27,571	28,566	27,033	26,846	4350
Neunkirchen-Seelscheid	Com	15,566	18,508	20,328	19,780	19,481	5062
Neuss	City	142,178	148,796	150,957	150,568	152,252	9953
Niederkassel	City	28,243	31,201	35,077	36,496	36,841	3579
Niederkrüchten {Niederkruchten}	Com	10,736	12,862	14,749	14,963	14,991	6707
Nottuln	Com	14,457	17,823	19,599	19,160	19,297	8567
Nümbrecht {Numbrecht}	Com	12,347	16,526	17,009	16,700	16,665	7178
Oberhausen	CityCR	220,286	224,397	221,619	210,216	209,097	7710
Ochtrup	City	16,873	18,176	18,977	18,876	19,065	10563
Odenthal	Com	12,811	13,909	15,120	14,824	14,727	3987
Oelde	City	27,033	28,847	29,406	28,940	29,014	10277
Oer-Erkenschwick	City	27,607	30,302	30,516	30,861	30,550	3867
Oerlinghausen	City	14,757	17,165	17,435	16,684	16,683	3269
Olpe	City	22,710	24,605	25,371	24,822	24,592	8588
Olsberg	City	14,464	16,267	16,233	15,057	14,716	11800
Overath	Com	22,553	25,319	26,410	26,968	26,812	6888
Paderborn	City	110,715	133,717	140,869	142,365	143,659	17960
Petershagen	City	23,619	26,142	27,103	26,105	25,451	21194
Plettenberg	City	27,726	29,519	28,959	26,235	25,684	9676
Porta Westfalica	City	33,787	35,794	36,277	35,623	35,374	10522
Pulheim	City	47,852	51,365	53,441	52,929	53,109	7215
Radevormwald	City	22,579	24,353	24,668	22,518	22,025	5386
Rahden	City	13,452	14,850	15,856	15,634	15,455	13748
Ratingen	City	88,631	89,534	91,793	86,967	86,388	8874
Recklinghausen	City	119,991	127,216	124,587	115,958	115,320	6643
Rees	City	18,075	20,010	21,995	21,520	21,303	10986
Reichshof	Com	15,368	18,385	19,885	19,017	18,688	11466
Remscheid	CityCR	120,132	122,260	118,753	110,708	108,955	7452
Rheda-Wiedenbrück {Rheda-Wiedenbruck}	City	36,822	42,155	45,235	46,515	46,876	8672
Rhede	City	16,383	18,006	18,774	19,102	19,051	7890
Rheinbach	City	22,161	24,733	25,986	26,377	26,790	6972
Rheinberg	City	26,158	29,638	31,712	30,867	30,610	7524
Rheine	City	69,348	74,587	75,925	72,749	73,484	14500
Rietberg	City	22,782	26,435	28,214	28,562	28,696	11031
Rösrath {Rosrath}	Com	21,783	24,286	26,613	27,492	27,792	3880
Salzkotten	City	19,572	22,211	23,680	24,434	24,547	10980
Sankt Augustin	City	49,396	55,065	55,539	53,850	54,285	3422
Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock	Com	20,183	23,248	25,829	26,386	26,318	6752
Schmallenberg	City	24,477	26,620	26,538	25,475	24,980	30310
Schwalmtal	Com	14,551	17,116	19,370	19,062	18,863	4811
Schwelm	City	29,527	30,729	30,351	28,435	27,898	2050
Schwerte	City	48,344	50,734	50,534	46,743	46,198	5623
Selm	City	23,895	26,214	27,389	26,017	25,553	6041
Senden	Com	14,462	18,796	19,703	19,976	20,142	10945
Siegburg	City	33,637	36,998	37,865	38,780	39,563	2346
Siegen	City	106,384	111,398	108,397	99,187	99,403	11469
Simmerath	Com	12,511	14,525	15,415	15,122	15,022	11092
Soest	City	40,207	47,730	48,361	46,742	46,699	8581
Solingen	CityCR	159,103	165,735	165,032	155,265	155,768	8954
Spenge	City	14,043	15,601	15,796	14,812	14,623	4035
Sprockhövel {Sprockhovel}	City	23,857	25,442	26,419	25,444	24,989	4780
Stadtlohn	City	17,079	19,139	20,407	20,164	20,005	7925
Steinfurt	City	30,067	33,268	34,052	33,392	33,123	11167
Steinhagen	Com	16,486	18,591	19,745	20,157	20,301	5641
Stolberg (Rheinland)	City	55,747	58,203	58,718	56,206	56,191	9848
Straelen	City	12,265	14,511	15,337	15,367	15,668	7404
Sundern (Sauerland)	City	25,824	29,368	29,864	28,565	28,022	19327
Swisttal	Com	16,341	17,865	17,954	17,604	17,480	6222
Telgte	City	16,555	18,472	19,370	18,866	18,996	9084
Tönisvorst {Tonisvorst}	City	23,172	28,385	30,477	29,574	29,181	4434
Troisdorf	City	60,079	68,778	73,282	72,408	72,978	6220
Übach-Palenberg {Ubach-Palenberg}	City	22,933	23,849	25,049	24,220	23,948	2612
Unna	City	56,499	66,475	70,117	59,149	58,856	8856
Velbert	City	87,366	89,786	89,823	81,303	80,572	7490
Verl	City	18,507	21,626	23,768	24,766	24,947	7137
Versmold	City	17,396	19,680	20,634	20,898	20,753	8557
Viersen	City	76,445	77,338	77,259	74,941	74,907	9110
Vlotho	City	18,780	20,520	20,544	19,232	18,970	7693
Voerde (Niederrhein)	City	34,870	38,269	38,935	37,134	36,514	5349
Vreden	City	18,607	20,745	21,931	22,400	22,389	13583
Wachtberg	Com	16,563	18,716	19,162	19,451	19,827	4968
Waldbröl {Waldbrol}	City	14,765	18,490	19,213	18,964	18,872	6332
Waltrop	City	28,127	30,466	30,437	29,017	28,885	4700
Warburg	City	21,887	24,178	24,218	23,547	23,302	16884
Warendorf	City	33,476	36,991	38,988	36,982	36,886	17688
Warstein	City	28,138	29,566	29,007	25,966	25,247	15803
Wassenberg	City	12,229	14,280	16,044	16,944	17,182	4243
Wegberg	City	24,784	26,989	28,800	27,865	27,713	8434
Weilerswist	Com	13,722	15,314	16,337	15,462	16,131	5717
Wenden	Com	15,995	18,604	19,658	19,665	19,528	7256
Werdohl	City	20,856	22,227	21,265	18,430	18,073	3338
Werl	City	27,067	30,533	31,819	30,303	30,061	7635
Wermelskirchen	City	34,447	37,123	36,907	34,934	34,472	7480
Werne	City	28,056	30,456	30,779	29,614	29,448	7614
Wesel	City	57,507	61,609	62,151	60,335	60,070	12256
Wesseling	City	29,101	33,517	35,224	34,998	35,224	2337
Wetter (Ruhr)	City	28,160	29,331	29,675	27,935	27,596	3147
Wiehl	City	21,651	25,367	26,455	25,274	25,047	5326
Willich	City	40,303	45,932	50,853	50,708	50,599	6780
Wilnsdorf	Com	19,874	21,630	21,618	20,469	20,196	7204
Windeck	Com	17,666	19,892	21,048	18,935	18,724	10722
Wipperfürth {Wipperfurth}	City	20,373	22,409	23,227	21,660	21,336	11830
Witten	City	102,902	104,754	103,158	96,382	95,629	7237
Wülfrath {Wulfrath}	City	20,690	22,046	22,669	21,213	20,946	3227
Wuppertal	CityCR	365,662	381,884	364,784	342,661	343,488	16839
Würselen {Wurselen}	City	33,499	35,758	36,731	37,206	37,685	3439
Xanten	City	15,974	18,902	20,841	21,245	21,186	7243
Zülpich {Zulpich}	City	16,943	18,878	19,674	19,745	19,634	10103

Gebietsstand / boundaries of: 2014-09-30.
(1987) (1995) Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland.
(2001) (2011) (2013) Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).