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Nordrhein-Westfalen / North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) Map

Germany: Nordrhein-Westfalen

State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Governmental Districts

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

NameStatusCapitalArea
A (km²)
Population
Estimate (E)
1990-12-31
Population
Estimate (E)
2001-12-31
Population
Census (C)
2011-05-09
Population
Census (C)
2022-05-15
Population
Estimate (E)
2024-12-31
 
ArnsbergGDistArnsberg8,0133,731,9863,803,3273,575,2073,558,7263,571,898801300
DetmoldGDistDetmold6,5251,895,4042,063,2442,029,1242,062,6862,072,861652500
DüsseldorfGDistDüsseldorf5,2925,220,4665,255,3285,076,8645,202,6405,244,379529200
KölnGDistKöln7,3644,025,3254,309,9534,285,8614,441,9944,486,282736400
MünsterGDistMünster6,9182,476,4702,620,2402,571,1952,624,4432,659,034691800
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]BLDüsseldorf34,11317,349,65118,052,09217,538,25117,890,48918,034,4543411300
GermanyFed RepBerlin357,59279,753,22782,440,30980,219,69582,711,28283,577,140

Major Cities

 NamePopulation
Estimate (E)
2024-12-31
1Köln1,024,621
2Düsseldorf618,685
3Dortmund603,462
4Essen574,682
5Duisburg502,270
6Bochum358,676
7Wuppertal358,193
8Bielefeld331,605
9Bonn323,336
10Münster308,258

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.

Cities and communes within the boundaries of 31 December 2024.

NameStatusPopulation
Estimate (E)
1990-12-31
Population
Estimate (E)
2001-12-31
Population
Census (C)
2011-05-09
Population
Census (C)
2022-05-15
Population
Estimate (E)
2024-12-31
Area 
Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle]City241,861245,778236,420261,178262,67016085
AhausCity31,20237,53338,33139,44340,17615124
AhlenCity54,16955,48152,28052,66952,66612313
AlfterCom17,67721,35022,83923,69223,7193477
AlsdorfCity46,93546,34446,56748,42148,8103168
AltenaCity24,05321,83118,21816,77416,6214442
ArnsbergCity75,86477,39674,38374,86174,87919372
AschebergCom12,77814,92315,10315,45915,83110632
AttendornCity22,73624,68824,46323,52723,5549792
Bad BerleburgCity20,47121,13519,75418,35818,40027552
Bad DriburgCity17,52519,60818,63918,57219,08011530
Bad HonnefCity22,57725,03824,52324,82525,0614814
Bad LippspringeCity12,86014,83514,96817,04817,2525101
Bad MünstereifelCity16,16318,56017,45118,02618,29715083
Bad OeynhausenCity46,47549,85048,62350,39450,6206483
Bad SalzuflenCity53,77155,08852,28553,88953,95810005
BaesweilerCity24,44227,48526,36328,75729,2062784
BeckumCity36,77238,01836,11636,69237,13311146
BedburgCity21,52424,45723,03724,68525,3168042
BergheimCity58,14663,59158,92261,44961,6119634
Bergisch GladbachCity104,037105,569108,878110,898111,3618309
BergkamenCity49,76152,95549,01148,51849,1434490
BergneustadtCity20,04020,80918,79918,52618,6283789
BielefeldCityCR319,037323,373326,870330,072331,60525883
BlombergCity15,15817,56015,72115,39715,4859910
BocholtCity68,93672,70171,25671,98573,25711940
BochumCityCR396,486390,087362,286354,288358,67614566
BönenCom18,39119,34918,01818,09717,7343804
BonnCityCR292,234306,016305,765321,544323,33614106
BorkenCity36,04940,58241,61442,44343,03515324
BornheimCity35,85846,30446,20747,69548,2038269
BottropCityCR118,936120,780117,311117,921118,53510061
BrakelCity15,74317,84016,85316,19616,19317392
BrilonCity25,30327,32025,90925,27925,42422916
BrüggenCom13,50415,87715,48916,08216,1986120
BrühlCity41,82943,85043,56844,39745,5553612
BündeCity40,52444,74945,49746,59146,3655930
BurbachCom14,01715,07614,50214,57214,5537972
BürenCity18,74822,19421,72421,33021,59317099
BurscheidCity17,31219,29318,07819,13119,2722733
Castrop-RauxelCity79,03778,47174,62972,83973,2825168
CoesfeldCity32,73936,26435,81537,37138,23714136
DattelnCity36,87637,21034,48135,27735,4736610
DelbrückCity24,24729,42930,41431,57032,16615728
DetmoldCity70,07473,77173,74374,48674,27812939
DinslakenCity65,31371,00567,85366,60666,9934766
DormagenCity58,26063,29562,20864,25963,7998550
DorstenCity78,03581,29376,86074,25775,27717120
DortmundCityCR599,055589,240571,143598,246603,46228071
DrensteinfurtCity12,12714,67515,17615,91416,28210660
DuisburgCityCR535,447512,030488,468501,415502,27023284
DülmenCity40,49646,92346,38846,86547,98918483
DürenCity86,50892,29288,78994,14994,5688501
Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf]CityCR575,794570,765586,291611,258618,68521741
EitorfCom16,26219,59918,76218,82819,1726990
ElsdorfCity19,94421,74020,81821,12421,4246617
Emmerich am RheinCity28,32229,00529,91830,77031,8298040
EmsdettenCity31,93035,23535,23635,51336,1597206
EngelskirchenCom19,40020,82919,36819,55019,7376303
EngerCity17,19420,00720,43920,54220,6884124
EnnepetalCity34,27033,55930,40029,50629,4465777
EnnigerlohCity19,53420,78619,66219,72319,84112556
ErftstadtCity45,40350,99849,23048,26748,77211989
ErkelenzCity37,83343,36442,93144,21645,31511734
ErkrathCity47,65948,54743,69043,81543,7062688
ErwitteCity13,84915,72515,56916,06616,3008941
EschweilerCity54,67555,25754,67157,09357,5347575
EspelkampCity26,10126,88324,80525,64725,5768421
EssenCityCR626,973591,889566,201571,039574,68221034
EuskirchenCity49,65454,04755,41458,69760,02113949
FinnentropCom17,25318,56217,17217,08417,02210442
FrechenCity44,36047,38249,65751,86352,3094506
FreudenbergCity17,07918,31518,02417,47517,3555460
Fröndenberg/RuhrCity21,25223,05420,92820,66820,5045623
GeilenkirchenCity22,80828,13726,24028,13928,4948316
GeldernCity29,24533,23232,87134,60334,9629697
GelsenkirchenCityCR293,714276,740258,766264,130267,93010494
GescherCity15,00216,93216,86917,24517,4338084
GesekeCity17,73320,21920,71820,83520,9309789
GevelsbergCity33,21733,55231,22729,76830,0062634
GladbeckCity80,26777,46073,97475,51575,4993597
GochCity29,84333,03332,70834,37934,90711543
GrefrathCom14,44216,04014,94614,71015,1173098
GrevenCity31,01034,50734,65937,80638,21214026
GrevenbroichCity60,83565,03961,74165,23065,98310252
Gronau (Westf.)City40,68745,29045,49449,50650,5477882
GummersbachCity50,96553,35549,95151,32751,2909541
GüterslohCity86,80795,45994,17299,344100,47911202
HaanCity29,86029,60729,57430,00030,0862419
HagenCityCR214,449202,060187,944189,614190,38416045
Halle (Westf.)City18,84120,72821,02921,18921,3936970
Haltern am SeeCity34,02536,95637,31538,20338,14215903
HalverCity16,26017,62716,47416,39516,3227723
HammCityCR179,639183,805176,037179,070179,96822666
HamminkelnCity24,65927,20926,35026,52026,87316453
HarsewinkelCity20,13523,70323,79925,13725,52310059
HattingenCity58,24158,02354,25352,75853,0447167
HeiligenhausCity29,71528,40225,56026,42526,2522752
HeinsbergCity37,30541,48340,94942,59343,1639221
HemerCity34,41237,35535,22534,98435,0056766
Hennef (Sieg)City32,52143,53444,77047,92348,18810589
HerdeckeCity26,18426,00122,90923,15822,7722239
HerfordCity63,89365,09765,21366,98567,5037915
HerneCityCR178,132174,018155,160155,446155,8515142
HertenCity69,24566,49561,50561,06260,9413733
Herzebrock-ClarholzCom13,35115,94415,90016,39816,4197928
HerzogenrathCity44,28446,93246,56447,83248,5743338
HiddenhausenCom19,94521,07119,78619,56019,6692387
HilchenbachCity15,90516,50615,38714,48814,4128112
HildenCity54,78256,61554,39055,08555,1572595
HilleCom14,72716,62216,02716,08216,27410299
HolzwickedeCom16,40217,73916,75517,27217,5962236
Horn-Bad MeinbergCity17,40918,69617,36417,43317,3209015
HörstelCity15,77219,60219,66019,60020,16610754
HövelhofCom13,34615,87215,64216,49716,8097074
HöxterCity33,07932,99830,16528,01228,16615816
HückelhovenCity34,81639,30838,92740,65941,1926127
HückeswagenCity15,60116,54015,25614,52114,4805052
HürthCity50,80854,09555,08261,20962,1605122
IbbenbürenCity44,64349,48550,56950,61851,80310887
IserlohnCity96,31498,86594,63091,94191,81112549
JüchenCity21,00722,56922,16223,62623,9267177
JülichCity31,28533,94031,83434,20834,8909039
KaarstCity40,50842,37941,90143,16543,2953739
KamenCity46,16046,34843,81542,20542,3194095
Kamp-LintfortCity39,01939,95937,29937,46938,2176314
KempenCity33,80936,08535,07534,16534,1056880
KerpenCity57,33763,65263,27365,76366,58511396
KevelaerCity23,30927,31927,50927,86328,29610064
KierspeCity16,25718,29916,36316,59216,4507191
KirchlengernCom14,84916,33516,18916,21416,3343378
KleveCity45,96349,03147,43852,20853,0289776
Köln [Cologne]CityCR953,551967,9401,005,7751,017,3551,024,62140502
KönigswinterCity35,01339,48240,02540,53240,5747620
KorschenbroichCity29,22733,86232,02534,16834,6005524
KrefeldCityCR244,020239,559222,247230,666231,40613777
KreuzauCom15,64418,23417,12318,06118,1494173
KreuztalCity30,88532,12730,75430,60930,9057107
KürtenCom17,51619,67919,53119,83720,0336729
LageCity34,31736,15734,82435,04835,0547604
Langenfeld (Rheinland)City53,45558,75756,82959,65059,9754115
LangerweheCom12,35113,85613,44014,65414,9764146
Leichlingen (Rheinland)City25,99626,93427,47827,75528,0783726
LemgoCity39,48542,18841,03239,97339,90510085
LengerichCity21,04522,25921,82822,19622,5579079
LennestadtCity26,46828,04626,47324,42324,23813559
LeopoldshöheCom13,74416,39615,92217,12517,2263693
LeverkusenCityCR160,919160,829158,984166,356168,5817887
LindlarCom19,30722,51721,25221,32221,6158588
LippstadtCity62,34567,23165,88668,10068,73911368
LohmarCity27,09830,93629,47530,88930,9926562
LöhneCity38,55741,58039,67140,84740,8265951
LübbeckeCity23,69525,93725,47326,52526,8156504
LüdenscheidCity79,40180,50973,76271,68871,2128702
LüdinghausenCity20,15223,33323,54424,77025,26514054
LünenCity87,84592,00586,01085,23486,1635939
MarlCity91,46792,62884,78285,68486,7668776
MarsbergCity21,12422,38220,42819,47119,55518222
MechernichCity22,75526,46026,73628,69429,18713648
MeckenheimCity22,81425,44023,56324,59424,9253484
MeerbuschCity52,10455,17254,31356,99957,0786440
MeinerzhagenCity19,90722,03121,07320,26120,01911569
Menden (Sauerland)City56,52759,18354,49552,43452,2558610
MeschedeCity31,71532,64530,74529,63229,61521852
MettmannCity38,99839,12537,97239,44839,5424256
MindenCity78,14582,89880,12183,74384,01310112
MoersCity104,595107,421104,009100,465101,5036764
MönchengladbachCityCR259,436262,963255,188264,089267,21317047
Monheim am RheinCity42,65643,68540,28042,18843,6302305
Mülheim an der RuhrCityCR177,681172,332166,865171,435173,0509128
MünsterCityCR259,438267,197289,576303,772308,25830328
NetphenCity23,29325,03823,32623,00523,08013739
NettetalCity38,82042,08541,41741,66941,9558387
Neukirchen-VluynCity26,59128,56627,03327,02127,1404350
Neunkirchen-SeelscheidCom16,86020,32819,78019,95020,2835062
NeussCity147,019150,957150,568153,079154,3179952
NiederkasselCity29,24035,07736,49638,06938,4853579
NiederkrüchtenCom11,18314,74914,96314,44714,6196707
NiederzierCom12,19914,23513,75814,78315,0606346
NottulnCom15,74819,59919,16020,08020,2058567
NümbrechtCom14,26617,00916,70017,33917,5807178
OberhausenCityCR223,840221,619210,216212,127213,6467709
OchtrupCity17,46018,97718,87619,88420,39410563
OdenthalCom13,21815,12014,82415,61615,7823987
OeldeCity27,75929,40628,94029,70430,12910277
Oer-ErkenschwickCity28,22230,51630,86131,05131,4043866
OerlinghausenCity15,68917,43516,68417,19317,2333269
OlpeCity23,78525,37124,82224,65124,6958588
OlsbergCity15,22716,23315,05714,74014,70011800
OverathCity23,90226,41026,96826,60826,6636888
PaderbornCity120,680140,869142,365155,516156,37817959
PetershagenCity24,54327,10326,10525,28125,34021194
PlettenbergCity29,08328,95926,23524,66524,4299675
Porta WestfalicaCity35,06136,27735,62336,55736,52110522
PulheimCity49,35353,44152,92955,19956,1507215
RadevormwaldCity23,76224,66822,51821,54721,5655386
RahdenCity14,10915,85615,63415,91016,19513748
RatingenCity91,00791,79386,96788,42589,3688874
RecklinghausenCity125,060124,587115,958115,216115,3446650
ReesCity18,61621,99521,52021,64721,91310986
ReichshofCom16,65619,88519,01718,59218,68811466
RekenCom11,68914,02714,32114,86715,1097874
RemscheidCityCR123,155118,753110,708113,743113,8287452
Rheda-WiedenbrückCity38,32745,23546,51547,50248,0308672
RhedeCity16,95218,77419,10219,21919,6747890
RheinbachCity22,99025,98626,37726,70426,9186972
RheinbergCity27,88631,71230,86731,21031,1727524
RheineCity70,45275,92572,74976,34477,20914500
RietbergCity24,13828,21428,56229,28430,05511031
RösrathCity22,84926,61327,49228,30028,7093880
SalzkottenCity20,49523,68024,43425,28825,42910980
Sankt AugustinCity51,88655,53953,85055,98556,5213422
Schloß Holte-StukenbrockCity21,40225,82926,38626,12026,2976752
SchmallenbergCity25,07726,53825,47524,51824,71130310
SchwalmtalCom15,27119,37019,06218,65818,8264811
SchwelmCity30,39430,35128,43527,98627,9532050
SchwerteCity50,69650,53446,74345,95445,8215623
SelmCity24,89127,38926,01725,70125,9696041
SendenCom15,34119,70319,97620,44020,84410945
SiegburgCity35,44137,86538,78042,14242,4452366
SiegenCity109,174108,39799,187102,275102,68511469
SimmerathCom13,30515,41515,12216,39316,61211092
SoestCity42,60248,36146,74246,45347,7768581
SolingenCityCR165,401165,032155,265164,621165,6268954
SpengeCity14,97715,79614,81214,68214,6204035
SprockhövelCity24,50526,41925,44424,15624,2324794
StadtlohnCity17,71320,40720,16420,79120,9467925
SteinfurtCity31,48434,05233,39233,96534,86011167
SteinhagenCom17,30319,74520,15719,82120,3025641
Stolberg (Rhld.)City57,23158,71856,20657,16557,6849848
StraelenCity12,92715,33715,36716,31416,4587400
Sundern (Sauerland)City27,25029,86428,56527,67727,65419327
SwisttalCom17,17017,95417,60418,31918,5806222
TelgteCity17,35819,37018,86619,75120,0699090
TönisvorstCity24,84430,47729,57429,11429,2514434
TroisdorfCity64,43073,28272,40875,33575,9016200
Übach-PalenbergCity23,52125,04924,22023,74824,2772609
UnnaCity61,55270,11759,14959,51558,3338856
VelbertCity89,25389,82381,30382,31982,4637490
VerlCity19,77123,76824,76625,28625,7627137
VersmoldCity18,23120,63420,89821,30321,5138557
ViersenCity77,45377,25974,94176,14678,3739110
VlothoCity19,59220,54419,23218,62518,3357693
Voerde (Niederrhein)City36,41538,93537,13435,38735,6615349
VredenCity19,42121,93122,40022,78823,09913583
WachtbergCom17,28119,16219,45120,28420,4714968
WaldbrölCity16,24419,21318,96419,53419,7956332
WaltropCity29,35430,43729,01729,24629,1774709
WarburgCity22,56224,21823,54723,21123,25216884
WarendorfCity35,09238,98836,98237,17637,70317688
WarsteinCity28,36329,00725,96625,16224,98815805
WassenbergCity12,47816,04416,94419,19119,7134243
WegbergCity25,44528,80027,86528,09828,0898434
WeilerswistCom14,27916,33715,46218,73618,9805717
WendenCom16,93219,65819,66519,26619,4157256
WerdohlCity21,87521,26518,43017,85417,6183338
WerlCity28,55431,81930,30329,98429,6007635
WermelskirchenCity35,86536,90734,93434,53234,3757480
WerneCity29,48430,77929,61430,22930,2027614
WeselCity59,63162,15160,33559,98860,78512256
WesselingCity30,71035,22434,99837,30138,1062337
Wetter (Ruhr)City28,88029,67527,93526,31726,0903155
WiehlCity23,12326,45525,27425,01025,1645326
WillichCity42,41650,85350,70849,49449,4136780
WilnsdorfCom20,49721,61820,46920,11520,0397204
WindeckCom18,45621,04818,93519,33519,55510722
WipperfürthCity21,48723,22721,66021,64721,60411830
WittenCity105,403103,15896,38291,73591,8087240
WülfrathCity21,98722,66921,21320,77320,7313227
WuppertalCityCR383,660364,784342,661356,768358,19316839
WürselenCity34,40636,73137,20639,79240,1453439
XantenCity16,93020,84121,24520,91921,1797243
ZülpichCity17,29819,67419,74521,09321,78010101

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