Deutschland: Nordrhein-Westfalen
Kreise
Die Einwohnerzahlen aller Kreise im Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen.
| Name | Status | Einwohner Schätzung 1995-12-31 | Einwohner Schätzung 2001-12-31 | Einwohner Zensus 2011-05-09 | Einwohner Schätzung 2015-12-31 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bielefeld | Stadtkreis | 324.066 | 323.373 | 326.870 | 333.090 | → |
| Bochum | Stadtkreis | 400.395 | 390.087 | 362.286 | 364.742 | → |
| Bonn | Stadtkreis | 291.431 | 306.016 | 305.765 | 318.809 | → |
| Borken | Landkreis | 342.688 | 362.834 | 363.755 | 369.666 | → |
| Bottrop | Stadtkreis | 120.642 | 120.780 | 117.311 | 117.143 | → |
| Coesfeld | Landkreis | 202.218 | 216.805 | 215.269 | 218.401 | → |
| Dortmund | Stadtkreis | 598.840 | 589.240 | 571.143 | 586.181 | → |
| Duisburg | Stadtkreis | 535.250 | 512.030 | 488.468 | 491.231 | → |
| Düren | Landkreis | 258.565 | 271.074 | 258.760 | 262.828 | → |
| Düsseldorf | Stadtkreis | 571.030 | 570.765 | 586.291 | 612.178 | → |
| Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | Landkreis | 352.069 | 349.988 | 326.049 | 325.954 | → |
| Essen | Stadtkreis | 614.861 | 591.889 | 566.201 | 582.624 | → |
| Euskirchen | Landkreis | 182.177 | 190.581 | 187.940 | 191.165 | → |
| Gelsenkirchen | Stadtkreis | 291.164 | 276.740 | 258.766 | 260.368 | → |
| Gütersloh | Landkreis | 329.043 | 347.954 | 350.420 | 360.642 | → |
| Hagen | Stadtkreis | 212.003 | 202.060 | 187.944 | 189.044 | → |
| Hamm | Stadtkreis | 183.408 | 183.805 | 176.037 | 179.397 | → |
| Heinsberg | Landkreis | 238.627 | 252.275 | 248.161 | 252.527 | → |
| Herford | Landkreis | 250.768 | 255.393 | 250.704 | 252.122 | → |
| Herne | Stadtkreis | 179.897 | 174.018 | 155.160 | 155.851 | → |
| Hochsauerlandkreis | Landkreis | 283.857 | 281.480 | 266.509 | 263.762 | → |
| Höxter | Landkreis | 154.401 | 155.518 | 145.678 | 144.010 | → |
| Kleve | Landkreis | 288.071 | 301.861 | 300.989 | 310.337 | → |
| Köln | Stadtkreis | 965.697 | 967.940 | 1.005.775 | 1.060.582 | → |
| Krefeld | Stadtkreis | 249.606 | 239.559 | 222.247 | 225.144 | → |
| Leverkusen | Stadtkreis | 162.252 | 160.829 | 158.984 | 163.487 | → |
| Lippe | Landkreis | 360.471 | 364.990 | 348.681 | 350.750 | → |
| Märkischer Kreis | Landkreis | 458.221 | 457.079 | 423.819 | 416.171 | → |
| Mettmann | Landkreis | 504.698 | 509.023 | 477.778 | 483.279 | → |
| Minden-Lübbecke | Landkreis | 316.139 | 323.055 | 312.169 | 313.050 | → |
| Mönchengladbach | Stadtkreis | 266.702 | 262.963 | 255.188 | 259.996 | → |
| Mülheim an der Ruhr | Stadtkreis | 176.530 | 172.332 | 166.865 | 169.278 | → |
| Münster | Stadtkreis | 265.061 | 267.197 | 289.576 | 310.039 | → |
| Oberbergischer Kreis | Landkreis | 280.914 | 289.518 | 273.011 | 273.452 | → |
| Oberhausen | Stadtkreis | 224.397 | 221.619 | 210.216 | 210.934 | → |
| Olpe | Landkreis | 138.115 | 141.705 | 136.491 | 136.365 | → |
| Paderborn | Landkreis | 278.020 | 292.961 | 294.602 | 304.332 | → |
| Recklinghausen | Landkreis | 662.931 | 656.053 | 619.382 | 617.807 | → |
| Remscheid | Stadtkreis | 122.260 | 118.753 | 110.708 | 109.499 | → |
| Rhein-Erft-Kreis | Landkreis | 442.356 | 458.430 | 451.514 | 466.657 | → |
| Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | Landkreis | 269.541 | 276.525 | 278.183 | 282.729 | → |
| Rhein-Kreis Neuss | Landkreis | 435.656 | 445.683 | 437.393 | 450.026 | → |
| Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | Landkreis | 546.670 | 583.051 | 578.252 | 596.213 | → |
| Siegen-Wittgenstein | Landkreis | 299.336 | 295.787 | 276.834 | 280.800 | → |
| Soest | Landkreis | 298.677 | 307.809 | 296.875 | 302.995 | → |
| Solingen | Stadtkreis | 165.735 | 165.032 | 155.265 | 158.726 | → |
| Städteregion Aachen | Landkreis | 550.353 | 553.714 | 539.516 | 553.922 | → |
| Steinfurt | Landkreis | 416.252 | 437.545 | 433.659 | 443.374 | → |
| Unna | Landkreis | 422.662 | 430.269 | 396.060 | 396.035 | → |
| Viersen | Landkreis | 288.450 | 302.795 | 296.175 | 297.661 | → |
| Warendorf | Landkreis | 272.534 | 282.286 | 273.477 | 277.431 | → |
| Wesel | Landkreis | 465.454 | 476.240 | 460.419 | 462.664 | → |
| Wuppertal | Stadtkreis | 381.884 | 364.784 | 342.661 | 350.046 | → |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | Bundesland | 17.893.045 | 18.052.092 | 17.538.251 | 17.865.516 |
Übersicht: Städte und Gemeinden
Die Einwohnerzahlen aller Städte und Gemeinden im Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen.
| Name | Status | Kreis | Einwohner Schätzung 1995-12-31 | Einwohner Schätzung 2001-12-31 | Einwohner Zensus 2011-05-09 | Einwohner Schätzung 2015-12-31 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aachen | Stadt | Städteregion Aachen | 247.923 | 245.778 | 236.420 | 245.885 | → |
| Ahaus | Stadt | Borken | 34.708 | 37.533 | 38.331 | 39.277 | → |
| Ahlen | Stadt | Warendorf | 55.785 | 55.481 | 52.280 | 52.287 | → |
| Aldenhoven | Gemeinde | Düren | 13.247 | 13.911 | 13.740 | 13.932 | → |
| Alfter | Gemeinde | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 19.351 | 21.350 | 22.839 | 23.435 | → |
| Alpen | Gemeinde | Wesel | 12.235 | 12.651 | 12.747 | 12.798 | → |
| Alsdorf | Stadt | Städteregion Aachen | 46.147 | 46.344 | 46.567 | 46.880 | → |
| Altena | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 24.026 | 21.831 | 18.218 | 17.375 | → |
| Altenbeken | Gemeinde | Paderborn | 8.571 | 9.638 | 9.296 | 9.294 | → |
| Altenberge | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 8.445 | 9.640 | 9.999 | 10.315 | → |
| Anröchte | Gemeinde | Soest | 10.429 | 10.877 | 10.422 | 10.557 | → |
| Arnsberg | Stadt | Hochsauerlandkreis | 78.972 | 77.396 | 74.383 | 73.784 | → |
| Ascheberg | Gemeinde | Coesfeld | 13.965 | 14.923 | 15.103 | 15.253 | → |
| Attendorn | Stadt | Olpe | 23.888 | 24.688 | 24.463 | 24.676 | → |
| Augustdorf | Gemeinde | Lippe | 9.607 | 10.168 | 9.649 | 9.828 | → |
| Bad Berleburg | Stadt | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 21.289 | 21.135 | 19.754 | 19.774 | → |
| Bad Driburg | Stadt | Höxter | 19.122 | 19.608 | 18.639 | 18.699 | → |
| Bad Honnef | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 24.462 | 25.038 | 24.523 | 25.654 | → |
| Bad Laasphe | Stadt | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 15.574 | 15.395 | 14.186 | 14.276 | → |
| Bad Lippspringe | Stadt | Paderborn | 14.566 | 14.835 | 14.968 | 15.572 | → |
| Bad Münstereifel | Stadt | Euskirchen | 17.718 | 18.560 | 17.451 | 17.367 | → |
| Bad Oeynhausen | Stadt | Minden-Lübbecke | 49.014 | 49.850 | 48.623 | 48.990 | → |
| Bad Salzuflen | Stadt | Lippe | 55.029 | 55.088 | 52.285 | 53.341 | → |
| Bad Sassendorf | Gemeinde | Soest | 10.800 | 11.312 | 11.478 | 11.931 | → |
| Bad Wünnenberg | Stadt | Paderborn | 11.670 | 12.221 | 12.105 | 12.302 | → |
| Baesweiler | Stadt | Städteregion Aachen | 25.707 | 27.485 | 26.363 | 26.819 | → |
| Balve | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 11.967 | 12.183 | 11.789 | 11.602 | → |
| Barntrup | Stadt | Lippe | 9.616 | 9.651 | 9.042 | 8.846 | → |
| Beckum | Stadt | Warendorf | 38.166 | 38.018 | 36.116 | 36.560 | → |
| Bedburg | Stadt | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 23.219 | 24.457 | 23.037 | 23.334 | → |
| Bedburg-Hau | Gemeinde | Kleve | 12.315 | 12.361 | 12.609 | 13.033 | → |
| Beelen | Gemeinde | Warendorf | 5.800 | 6.249 | 6.284 | 6.380 | → |
| Bergheim | Stadt | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 60.610 | 63.591 | 58.922 | 60.390 | → |
| Bergisch Gladbach | Stadt | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | 105.478 | 105.569 | 108.878 | 111.366 | → |
| Bergkamen | Stadt | Unna | 51.838 | 52.955 | 49.011 | 47.803 | → |
| Bergneustadt | Stadt | Oberbergischer Kreis | 20.772 | 20.809 | 18.799 | 18.940 | → |
| Bestwig | Gemeinde | Hochsauerlandkreis | 12.148 | 12.000 | 11.430 | 11.170 | → |
| Beverungen | Stadt | Höxter | 15.703 | 15.506 | 13.867 | 13.442 | → |
| Bielefeld | Kreisfreie Stadt | Bielefeld | 324.066 | 323.373 | 326.870 | 333.090 | → |
| Billerbeck | Stadt | Coesfeld | 10.719 | 11.377 | 11.460 | 11.593 | → |
| Blankenheim | Gemeinde | Euskirchen | 8.292 | 8.770 | 8.646 | 8.471 | → |
| Blomberg | Stadt | Lippe | 16.786 | 17.560 | 15.721 | 15.370 | → |
| Bocholt | Stadt | Borken | 70.424 | 72.701 | 71.256 | 71.443 | → |
| Bochum | Kreisfreie Stadt | Bochum | 400.395 | 390.087 | 362.286 | 364.742 | → |
| Bönen | Gemeinde | Unna | 18.817 | 19.349 | 18.018 | 18.059 | → |
| Bonn | Kreisfreie Stadt | Bonn | 291.431 | 306.016 | 305.765 | 318.809 | → |
| Borchen | Gemeinde | Paderborn | 12.338 | 13.085 | 13.181 | 13.447 | → |
| Borgentreich | Stadt | Höxter | 9.743 | 9.820 | 9.133 | 9.497 | → |
| Borgholzhausen | Stadt | Gütersloh | 8.463 | 8.759 | 8.718 | 8.801 | → |
| Borken | Stadt | Borken | 38.675 | 40.582 | 41.614 | 42.272 | → |
| Bornheim | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 40.180 | 46.304 | 46.207 | 47.636 | → |
| Bottrop | Kreisfreie Stadt | Bottrop | 120.642 | 120.780 | 117.311 | 117.143 | → |
| Brakel | Stadt | Höxter | 17.493 | 17.840 | 16.853 | 16.586 | → |
| Breckerfeld | Stadt | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | 8.892 | 9.250 | 9.064 | 9.004 | → |
| Brilon | Stadt | Hochsauerlandkreis | 27.258 | 27.320 | 25.909 | 26.232 | → |
| Brüggen | Gemeinde | Viersen | 14.929 | 15.877 | 15.489 | 15.648 | → |
| Brühl | Stadt | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 43.653 | 43.850 | 43.568 | 44.768 | → |
| Bünde | Stadt | Herford | 43.186 | 44.749 | 45.497 | 45.615 | → |
| Burbach | Gemeinde | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 14.807 | 15.076 | 14.502 | 14.969 | → |
| Büren | Stadt | Paderborn | 21.619 | 22.194 | 21.724 | 21.772 | → |
| Burscheid | Stadt | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | 18.289 | 19.293 | 18.078 | 18.256 | → |
| Castrop-Rauxel | Stadt | Recklinghausen | 79.160 | 78.471 | 74.629 | 74.220 | → |
| Coesfeld | Stadt | Coesfeld | 34.747 | 36.264 | 35.815 | 36.116 | → |
| Dahlem | Gemeinde | Euskirchen | 4.161 | 4.277 | 4.196 | 4.236 | → |
| Datteln | Stadt | Recklinghausen | 37.712 | 37.210 | 34.481 | 34.521 | → |
| Delbrück | Stadt | Paderborn | 27.700 | 29.429 | 30.414 | 31.964 | → |
| Detmold | Stadt | Lippe | 73.343 | 73.771 | 73.743 | 74.817 | → |
| Dinslaken | Stadt | Wesel | 69.148 | 71.005 | 67.853 | 67.452 | → |
| Dörentrup | Gemeinde | Lippe | 8.587 | 8.824 | 8.229 | 7.970 | → |
| Dormagen | Stadt | Rhein-Kreis Neuss | 61.155 | 63.295 | 62.208 | 64.064 | → |
| Dorsten | Stadt | Recklinghausen | 80.735 | 81.293 | 76.860 | 75.431 | → |
| Dortmund | Kreisfreie Stadt | Dortmund | 598.840 | 589.240 | 571.143 | 586.181 | → |
| Drensteinfurt | Stadt | Warendorf | 13.298 | 14.675 | 15.176 | 15.542 | → |
| Drolshagen | Stadt | Olpe | 12.039 | 12.313 | 11.827 | 11.874 | → |
| Duisburg | Kreisfreie Stadt | Duisburg | 535.250 | 512.030 | 488.468 | 491.231 | → |
| Dülmen | Stadt | Coesfeld | 44.277 | 46.923 | 46.388 | 46.613 | → |
| Düren | Stadt | Düren | 90.274 | 92.292 | 88.789 | 90.244 | → |
| Düsseldorf | Kreisfreie Stadt | Düsseldorf | 571.030 | 570.765 | 586.291 | 612.178 | → |
| Eitorf | Gemeinde | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 18.031 | 19.599 | 18.762 | 18.864 | → |
| Elsdorf | Stadt | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 21.343 | 21.740 | 20.818 | 21.232 | → |
| Emmerich am Rhein | Stadt | Kleve | 29.285 | 29.005 | 29.918 | 30.968 | → |
| Emsdetten | Stadt | Steinfurt | 33.665 | 35.235 | 35.236 | 36.320 | → |
| Engelskirchen | Gemeinde | Oberbergischer Kreis | 20.442 | 20.829 | 19.368 | 19.307 | → |
| Enger | Stadt | Herford | 18.925 | 20.007 | 20.439 | 20.658 | → |
| Ennepetal | Stadt | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | 34.224 | 33.559 | 30.400 | 29.926 | → |
| Ennigerloh | Stadt | Warendorf | 20.552 | 20.786 | 19.662 | 20.037 | → |
| Ense | Gemeinde | Soest | 10.869 | 12.459 | 12.336 | 12.442 | → |
| Erftstadt | Stadt | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 48.717 | 50.998 | 49.230 | 49.786 | → |
| Erkelenz | Stadt | Heinsberg | 42.281 | 43.364 | 42.931 | 43.350 | → |
| Erkrath | Stadt | Mettmann | 49.572 | 48.547 | 43.690 | 44.086 | → |
| Erndtebrück | Gemeinde | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 8.116 | 7.789 | 7.315 | 7.206 | → |
| Erwitte | Stadt | Soest | 14.982 | 15.725 | 15.569 | 16.128 | → |
| Eschweiler | Stadt | Städteregion Aachen | 56.171 | 55.257 | 54.671 | 55.909 | → |
| Eslohe (Sauerland) | Gemeinde | Hochsauerlandkreis | 9.311 | 9.344 | 9.058 | 8.942 | → |
| Espelkamp | Stadt | Minden-Lübbecke | 27.004 | 26.883 | 24.805 | 24.921 | → |
| Essen | Kreisfreie Stadt | Essen | 614.861 | 591.889 | 566.201 | 582.624 | → |
| Euskirchen | Stadt | Euskirchen | 52.205 | 54.047 | 55.414 | 56.769 | → |
| Everswinkel | Gemeinde | Warendorf | 8.684 | 9.219 | 9.382 | 9.583 | → |
| Extertal | Gemeinde | Lippe | 13.407 | 13.227 | 11.854 | 11.522 | → |
| Finnentrop | Gemeinde | Olpe | 18.299 | 18.562 | 17.172 | 17.258 | → |
| Frechen | Stadt | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 45.583 | 47.382 | 49.657 | 51.999 | → |
| Freudenberg | Stadt | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 18.094 | 18.315 | 18.024 | 17.929 | → |
| Fröndenberg/Ruhr | Stadt | Unna | 22.145 | 23.054 | 20.928 | 20.961 | → |
| Gangelt | Gemeinde | Heinsberg | 10.367 | 11.210 | 11.404 | 12.015 | → |
| Geilenkirchen | Stadt | Heinsberg | 26.549 | 28.137 | 26.240 | 26.963 | → |
| Geldern | Stadt | Kleve | 31.709 | 33.232 | 32.871 | 33.841 | → |
| Gelsenkirchen | Kreisfreie Stadt | Gelsenkirchen | 291.164 | 276.740 | 258.766 | 260.368 | → |
| Gescher | Stadt | Borken | 16.095 | 16.932 | 16.869 | 17.118 | → |
| Geseke | Stadt | Soest | 19.170 | 20.219 | 20.718 | 21.070 | → |
| Gevelsberg | Stadt | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | 33.769 | 33.552 | 31.227 | 31.315 | → |
| Gladbeck | Stadt | Recklinghausen | 79.605 | 77.460 | 73.974 | 75.455 | → |
| Goch | Stadt | Kleve | 31.186 | 33.033 | 32.708 | 33.889 | → |
| Grefrath | Gemeinde | Viersen | 15.447 | 16.040 | 14.946 | 14.914 | → |
| Greven | Stadt | Steinfurt | 33.216 | 34.507 | 34.659 | 36.674 | → |
| Grevenbroich | Stadt | Rhein-Kreis Neuss | 63.604 | 65.039 | 61.741 | 63.051 | → |
| Gronau (Westf.) | Stadt | Borken | 43.529 | 45.290 | 45.494 | 47.010 | → |
| Gummersbach | Stadt | Oberbergischer Kreis | 53.149 | 53.355 | 49.951 | 50.412 | → |
| Gütersloh | Stadt | Gütersloh | 92.842 | 95.459 | 94.172 | 97.586 | → |
| Haan | Stadt | Mettmann | 29.888 | 29.607 | 29.574 | 30.410 | → |
| Hagen | Kreisfreie Stadt | Hagen | 212.003 | 202.060 | 187.944 | 189.044 | → |
| Hallenberg | Stadt | Hochsauerlandkreis | 4.997 | 4.737 | 4.507 | 4.541 | → |
| Halle (Westf.) | Stadt | Gütersloh | 19.502 | 20.728 | 21.029 | 21.709 | → |
| Haltern am See | Stadt | Recklinghausen | 35.587 | 36.956 | 37.315 | 38.020 | → |
| Halver | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 17.168 | 17.627 | 16.474 | 16.117 | → |
| Hamm | Kreisfreie Stadt | Hamm | 183.408 | 183.805 | 176.037 | 179.397 | → |
| Hamminkeln | Stadt | Wesel | 26.480 | 27.209 | 26.350 | 26.996 | → |
| Harsewinkel | Stadt | Gütersloh | 22.616 | 23.703 | 23.799 | 24.769 | → |
| Hattingen | Stadt | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | 58.650 | 58.023 | 54.253 | 54.834 | → |
| Havixbeck | Gemeinde | Coesfeld | 10.711 | 11.828 | 11.543 | 11.689 | → |
| Heek | Gemeinde | Borken | 7.578 | 7.968 | 8.356 | 8.505 | → |
| Heiden | Gemeinde | Borken | 7.375 | 8.092 | 8.089 | 8.152 | → |
| Heiligenhaus | Stadt | Mettmann | 29.487 | 28.402 | 25.560 | 25.793 | → |
| Heimbach | Stadt | Düren | 4.613 | 4.659 | 4.406 | 4.366 | → |
| Heinsberg | Stadt | Heinsberg | 39.852 | 41.483 | 40.949 | 41.538 | → |
| Hellenthal | Gemeinde | Euskirchen | 8.758 | 8.715 | 8.248 | 8.094 | → |
| Hemer | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 35.934 | 37.355 | 35.225 | 33.535 | → |
| Hennef (Sieg) | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 38.115 | 43.534 | 44.770 | 46.902 | → |
| Herdecke | Stadt | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | 26.278 | 26.001 | 22.909 | 22.818 | → |
| Herford | Stadt | Herford | 65.919 | 65.097 | 65.213 | 66.521 | → |
| Herne | Kreisfreie Stadt | Herne | 179.897 | 174.018 | 155.160 | 155.851 | → |
| Herscheid | Gemeinde | Märkischer Kreis | 7.492 | 7.626 | 7.363 | 7.217 | → |
| Herten | Stadt | Recklinghausen | 69.183 | 66.495 | 61.505 | 61.163 | → |
| Herzebrock-Clarholz | Gemeinde | Gütersloh | 14.898 | 15.944 | 15.900 | 15.965 | → |
| Herzogenrath | Stadt | Städteregion Aachen | 45.935 | 46.932 | 46.564 | 46.583 | → |
| Hiddenhausen | Gemeinde | Herford | 20.474 | 21.071 | 19.786 | 19.758 | → |
| Hilchenbach | Stadt | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 16.571 | 16.506 | 15.387 | 15.169 | → |
| Hilden | Stadt | Mettmann | 55.086 | 56.615 | 54.390 | 55.185 | → |
| Hille | Gemeinde | Minden-Lübbecke | 15.857 | 16.622 | 16.027 | 15.916 | → |
| Holzwickede | Gemeinde | Unna | 17.414 | 17.739 | 16.755 | 17.085 | → |
| Hopsten | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 6.642 | 7.643 | 7.631 | 7.642 | → |
| Horn-Bad Meinberg | Stadt | Lippe | 18.664 | 18.696 | 17.364 | 17.126 | → |
| Hörstel | Stadt | Steinfurt | 17.401 | 19.602 | 19.660 | 19.995 | → |
| Horstmar | Stadt | Steinfurt | 6.387 | 6.709 | 6.496 | 6.447 | → |
| Hövelhof | Gemeinde | Paderborn | 15.167 | 15.872 | 15.642 | 16.080 | → |
| Höxter | Stadt | Höxter | 33.560 | 32.998 | 30.165 | 29.589 | → |
| Hückelhoven | Stadt | Heinsberg | 36.756 | 39.308 | 38.927 | 39.531 | → |
| Hückeswagen | Stadt | Oberbergischer Kreis | 16.016 | 16.540 | 15.256 | 15.275 | → |
| Hüllhorst | Gemeinde | Minden-Lübbecke | 12.657 | 13.687 | 13.174 | 13.271 | → |
| Hünxe | Gemeinde | Wesel | 13.632 | 13.706 | 13.544 | 13.771 | → |
| Hürtgenwald | Gemeinde | Düren | 8.474 | 8.880 | 8.655 | 8.780 | → |
| Hürth | Stadt | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 52.351 | 54.095 | 55.082 | 59.496 | → |
| Ibbenbüren | Stadt | Steinfurt | 47.421 | 49.485 | 50.569 | 50.935 | → |
| Inden | Gemeinde | Düren | 7.624 | 7.636 | 6.936 | 7.272 | → |
| Iserlohn | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 99.341 | 98.865 | 94.630 | 93.537 | → |
| Isselburg | Stadt | Borken | 10.644 | 10.974 | 10.926 | 10.736 | → |
| Issum | Gemeinde | Kleve | 11.793 | 12.181 | 11.876 | 12.037 | → |
| Jüchen | Gemeinde | Rhein-Kreis Neuss | 22.216 | 22.569 | 22.162 | 23.260 | → |
| Jülich | Stadt | Düren | 32.061 | 33.940 | 31.834 | 32.601 | → |
| Kaarst | Stadt | Rhein-Kreis Neuss | 41.788 | 42.379 | 41.901 | 43.286 | → |
| Kalkar | Stadt | Kleve | 12.560 | 13.865 | 13.743 | 13.854 | → |
| Kall | Gemeinde | Euskirchen | 11.194 | 11.829 | 11.383 | 11.229 | → |
| Kalletal | Gemeinde | Lippe | 15.791 | 15.786 | 14.249 | 13.914 | → |
| Kamen | Stadt | Unna | 46.977 | 46.348 | 43.815 | 43.868 | → |
| Kamp-Lintfort | Stadt | Wesel | 40.435 | 39.959 | 37.299 | 37.683 | → |
| Kempen | Stadt | Viersen | 36.093 | 36.085 | 35.075 | 34.837 | → |
| Kerken | Gemeinde | Kleve | 12.060 | 12.616 | 12.527 | 13.262 | → |
| Kerpen | Stadt | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 61.998 | 63.652 | 63.273 | 65.477 | → |
| Kevelaer | Stadt | Kleve | 25.737 | 27.319 | 27.509 | 28.311 | → |
| Kierspe | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 17.541 | 18.299 | 16.363 | 16.300 | → |
| Kirchhundem | Gemeinde | Olpe | 13.030 | 13.067 | 12.069 | 11.854 | → |
| Kirchlengern | Gemeinde | Herford | 15.589 | 16.335 | 16.189 | 16.085 | → |
| Kleve | Stadt | Kleve | 48.344 | 49.031 | 47.438 | 49.729 | → |
| Köln | Kreisfreie Stadt | Köln | 965.697 | 967.940 | 1.005.775 | 1.060.582 | → |
| Königswinter | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 37.341 | 39.482 | 40.025 | 40.702 | → |
| Korschenbroich | Stadt | Rhein-Kreis Neuss | 31.740 | 33.862 | 32.025 | 32.922 | → |
| Kranenburg | Gemeinde | Kleve | 8.526 | 9.457 | 10.174 | 10.648 | → |
| Krefeld | Kreisfreie Stadt | Krefeld | 249.606 | 239.559 | 222.247 | 225.144 | → |
| Kreuzau | Gemeinde | Düren | 16.989 | 18.234 | 17.123 | 17.441 | → |
| Kreuztal | Stadt | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 32.243 | 32.127 | 30.754 | 31.500 | → |
| Kürten | Gemeinde | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | 18.771 | 19.679 | 19.531 | 19.893 | → |
| Ladbergen | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 6.058 | 6.455 | 6.372 | 6.694 | → |
| Laer | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 5.999 | 6.314 | 6.485 | 6.721 | → |
| Lage | Stadt | Lippe | 35.931 | 36.157 | 34.824 | 35.120 | → |
| Langenberg | Gemeinde | Gütersloh | 7.719 | 8.196 | 8.151 | 8.375 | → |
| Langenfeld (Rheinland) | Stadt | Mettmann | 56.676 | 58.757 | 56.829 | 58.033 | → |
| Langerwehe | Gemeinde | Düren | 12.999 | 13.856 | 13.440 | 13.791 | → |
| Legden | Gemeinde | Borken | 6.003 | 6.663 | 6.939 | 7.254 | → |
| Leichlingen (Rheinland) | Stadt | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | 26.366 | 26.934 | 27.478 | 27.937 | → |
| Lemgo | Stadt | Lippe | 41.403 | 42.188 | 41.032 | 41.276 | → |
| Lengerich | Stadt | Steinfurt | 21.802 | 22.259 | 21.828 | 22.461 | → |
| Lennestadt | Stadt | Olpe | 27.650 | 28.046 | 26.473 | 26.073 | → |
| Leopoldshöhe | Gemeinde | Lippe | 15.309 | 16.396 | 15.922 | 16.401 | → |
| Leverkusen | Kreisfreie Stadt | Leverkusen | 162.252 | 160.829 | 158.984 | 163.487 | → |
| Lichtenau | Stadt | Paderborn | 10.461 | 11.138 | 10.473 | 10.589 | → |
| Lienen | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 8.575 | 9.017 | 8.577 | 8.559 | → |
| Lindlar | Gemeinde | Oberbergischer Kreis | 20.804 | 22.517 | 21.252 | 21.382 | → |
| Linnich | Stadt | Düren | 13.697 | 13.898 | 12.549 | 12.591 | → |
| Lippetal | Gemeinde | Soest | 12.081 | 12.647 | 11.959 | 12.027 | → |
| Lippstadt | Stadt | Soest | 66.636 | 67.231 | 65.886 | 67.233 | → |
| Lohmar | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 29.509 | 30.936 | 29.475 | 30.348 | → |
| Löhne | Stadt | Herford | 41.246 | 41.580 | 39.671 | 40.086 | → |
| Lotte | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 11.594 | 13.122 | 13.728 | 14.175 | → |
| Lübbecke | Stadt | Minden-Lübbecke | 25.301 | 25.937 | 25.473 | 25.462 | → |
| Lüdenscheid | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 81.837 | 80.509 | 73.762 | 73.354 | → |
| Lüdinghausen | Stadt | Coesfeld | 21.569 | 23.333 | 23.544 | 24.263 | → |
| Lügde | Stadt | Lippe | 12.003 | 11.603 | 10.209 | 9.751 | → |
| Lünen | Stadt | Unna | 91.592 | 92.005 | 86.010 | 85.867 | → |
| Marienheide | Gemeinde | Oberbergischer Kreis | 13.032 | 13.491 | 13.687 | 13.560 | → |
| Marienmünster | Stadt | Höxter | 5.233 | 5.458 | 5.356 | 5.125 | → |
| Marl | Stadt | Recklinghausen | 92.965 | 92.628 | 84.782 | 83.926 | → |
| Marsberg | Stadt | Hochsauerlandkreis | 23.058 | 22.382 | 20.428 | 19.968 | → |
| Mechernich | Stadt | Euskirchen | 24.575 | 26.460 | 26.736 | 27.170 | → |
| Meckenheim | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 24.558 | 25.440 | 23.563 | 24.357 | → |
| Medebach | Stadt | Hochsauerlandkreis | 8.200 | 8.345 | 7.970 | 7.938 | → |
| Meerbusch | Stadt | Rhein-Kreis Neuss | 54.206 | 55.172 | 54.313 | 54.892 | → |
| Meinerzhagen | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 21.554 | 22.031 | 21.073 | 20.670 | → |
| Menden (Sauerland) | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 58.424 | 59.183 | 54.495 | 53.485 | → |
| Merzenich | Gemeinde | Düren | 8.873 | 9.995 | 9.835 | 9.950 | → |
| Meschede | Stadt | Hochsauerlandkreis | 32.590 | 32.645 | 30.745 | 30.119 | → |
| Metelen | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 6.177 | 6.313 | 6.397 | 6.461 | → |
| Mettingen | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 11.783 | 12.510 | 11.830 | 11.815 | → |
| Mettmann | Stadt | Mettmann | 38.812 | 39.125 | 37.972 | 38.291 | → |
| Minden | Stadt | Minden-Lübbecke | 82.971 | 82.898 | 80.121 | 81.598 | → |
| Moers | Stadt | Wesel | 107.095 | 107.421 | 104.009 | 104.529 | → |
| Möhnesee | Gemeinde | Soest | 10.114 | 11.164 | 11.041 | 11.608 | → |
| Mönchengladbach | Kreisfreie Stadt | Mönchengladbach | 266.702 | 262.963 | 255.188 | 259.996 | → |
| Monheim am Rhein | Stadt | Mettmann | 43.811 | 43.685 | 40.280 | 40.885 | → |
| Monschau | Stadt | Städteregion Aachen | 12.541 | 13.002 | 12.085 | 12.352 | → |
| Morsbach | Gemeinde | Oberbergischer Kreis | 11.169 | 11.520 | 10.565 | 10.402 | → |
| Much | Gemeinde | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 13.883 | 14.889 | 14.119 | 14.468 | → |
| Mülheim an der Ruhr | Kreisfreie Stadt | Mülheim an der Ruhr | 176.530 | 172.332 | 166.865 | 169.278 | → |
| Münster | Kreisfreie Stadt | Münster | 265.061 | 267.197 | 289.576 | 310.039 | → |
| Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde | Gemeinde | Märkischer Kreis | 6.964 | 6.983 | 6.724 | 6.644 | → |
| Netphen | Stadt | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 24.897 | 25.038 | 23.326 | 23.393 | → |
| Nettersheim | Gemeinde | Euskirchen | 7.298 | 7.882 | 7.563 | 7.469 | → |
| Nettetal | Stadt | Viersen | 40.348 | 42.085 | 41.417 | 41.964 | → |
| Neuenkirchen | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 12.473 | 13.610 | 13.698 | 13.743 | → |
| Neuenrade | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 12.009 | 12.377 | 12.156 | 12.024 | → |
| Neukirchen-Vluyn | Stadt | Wesel | 27.571 | 28.566 | 27.033 | 27.178 | → |
| Neunkirchen | Gemeinde | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 14.717 | 14.391 | 13.930 | 13.717 | → |
| Neunkirchen-Seelscheid | Gemeinde | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 18.508 | 20.328 | 19.780 | 19.862 | → |
| Neuss | Stadt | Rhein-Kreis Neuss | 148.796 | 150.957 | 150.568 | 155.414 | → |
| Nideggen | Stadt | Düren | 9.675 | 10.729 | 9.877 | 9.893 | → |
| Niederkassel | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 31.201 | 35.077 | 36.496 | 37.583 | → |
| Niederkrüchten | Gemeinde | Viersen | 12.862 | 14.749 | 14.963 | 15.184 | → |
| Niederzier | Gemeinde | Düren | 13.176 | 14.235 | 13.758 | 13.915 | → |
| Nieheim | Stadt | Höxter | 7.114 | 7.049 | 6.578 | 6.254 | → |
| Nordkirchen | Gemeinde | Coesfeld | 9.283 | 10.088 | 9.662 | 9.781 | → |
| Nordwalde | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 9.071 | 9.407 | 9.368 | 9.388 | → |
| Nörvenich | Gemeinde | Düren | 10.760 | 11.628 | 10.575 | 10.552 | → |
| Nottuln | Gemeinde | Coesfeld | 17.823 | 19.599 | 19.160 | 19.436 | → |
| Nümbrecht | Gemeinde | Oberbergischer Kreis | 16.526 | 17.009 | 16.700 | 17.002 | → |
| Oberhausen | Kreisfreie Stadt | Oberhausen | 224.397 | 221.619 | 210.216 | 210.934 | → |
| Ochtrup | Stadt | Steinfurt | 18.176 | 18.977 | 18.876 | 19.599 | → |
| Odenthal | Gemeinde | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | 13.909 | 15.120 | 14.824 | 15.123 | → |
| Oelde | Stadt | Warendorf | 28.847 | 29.406 | 28.940 | 29.299 | → |
| Oer-Erkenschwick | Stadt | Recklinghausen | 30.302 | 30.516 | 30.861 | 31.387 | → |
| Oerlinghausen | Stadt | Lippe | 17.165 | 17.435 | 16.684 | 17.616 | → |
| Olfen | Stadt | Coesfeld | 9.936 | 11.845 | 12.084 | 12.490 | → |
| Olpe | Stadt | Olpe | 24.605 | 25.371 | 24.822 | 24.757 | → |
| Olsberg | Stadt | Hochsauerlandkreis | 16.267 | 16.233 | 15.057 | 14.874 | → |
| Ostbevern | Gemeinde | Warendorf | 8.686 | 10.109 | 10.624 | 10.873 | → |
| Overath | Stadt | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | 25.319 | 26.410 | 26.968 | 27.264 | → |
| Paderborn | Stadt | Paderborn | 133.717 | 140.869 | 142.365 | 148.126 | → |
| Petershagen | Stadt | Minden-Lübbecke | 26.142 | 27.103 | 26.105 | 25.663 | → |
| Plettenberg | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 29.519 | 28.959 | 26.235 | 25.781 | → |
| Porta Westfalica | Stadt | Minden-Lübbecke | 35.794 | 36.277 | 35.623 | 35.430 | → |
| Preußisch Oldendorf | Stadt | Minden-Lübbecke | 12.500 | 13.417 | 12.741 | 12.647 | → |
| Pulheim | Stadt | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 51.365 | 53.441 | 52.929 | 54.200 | → |
| Radevormwald | Stadt | Oberbergischer Kreis | 24.353 | 24.668 | 22.518 | 22.386 | → |
| Raesfeld | Gemeinde | Borken | 10.510 | 11.109 | 11.140 | 11.378 | → |
| Rahden | Stadt | Minden-Lübbecke | 14.850 | 15.856 | 15.634 | 15.581 | → |
| Ratingen | Stadt | Mettmann | 89.534 | 91.793 | 86.967 | 87.943 | → |
| Recke | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 10.869 | 11.694 | 11.378 | 11.363 | → |
| Recklinghausen | Stadt | Recklinghausen | 127.216 | 124.587 | 115.958 | 114.330 | → |
| Rees | Stadt | Kleve | 20.010 | 21.995 | 21.520 | 21.349 | → |
| Reichshof | Gemeinde | Oberbergischer Kreis | 18.385 | 19.885 | 19.017 | 18.837 | → |
| Reken | Gemeinde | Borken | 12.754 | 14.027 | 14.321 | 14.532 | → |
| Remscheid | Kreisfreie Stadt | Remscheid | 122.260 | 118.753 | 110.708 | 109.499 | → |
| Rheda-Wiedenbrück | Stadt | Gütersloh | 42.155 | 45.235 | 46.515 | 48.000 | → |
| Rhede | Stadt | Borken | 18.006 | 18.774 | 19.102 | 19.284 | → |
| Rheinbach | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 24.733 | 25.986 | 26.377 | 27.224 | → |
| Rheinberg | Stadt | Wesel | 29.638 | 31.712 | 30.867 | 31.023 | → |
| Rheine | Stadt | Steinfurt | 74.587 | 75.925 | 72.749 | 74.852 | → |
| Rheurdt | Gemeinde | Kleve | 5.983 | 6.474 | 6.661 | 6.709 | → |
| Rietberg | Stadt | Gütersloh | 26.435 | 28.214 | 28.562 | 29.436 | → |
| Rödinghausen | Gemeinde | Herford | 9.308 | 10.214 | 9.865 | 9.717 | → |
| Roetgen | Gemeinde | Städteregion Aachen | 7.443 | 8.052 | 8.312 | 8.527 | → |
| Rommerskirchen | Gemeinde | Rhein-Kreis Neuss | 12.151 | 12.410 | 12.475 | 13.137 | → |
| Rosendahl | Gemeinde | Coesfeld | 10.392 | 10.922 | 10.534 | 10.712 | → |
| Rösrath | Stadt | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | 24.286 | 26.613 | 27.492 | 28.386 | → |
| Ruppichteroth | Gemeinde | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 9.484 | 10.238 | 10.288 | 10.461 | → |
| Rüthen | Stadt | Soest | 11.709 | 11.490 | 10.635 | 11.095 | → |
| Saerbeck | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 5.633 | 6.636 | 7.157 | 7.191 | → |
| Salzkotten | Stadt | Paderborn | 22.211 | 23.680 | 24.434 | 25.186 | → |
| Sankt Augustin | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 55.065 | 55.539 | 53.850 | 55.709 | → |
| Sassenberg | Stadt | Warendorf | 12.057 | 13.691 | 13.981 | 14.403 | → |
| Schalksmühle | Gemeinde | Märkischer Kreis | 12.218 | 11.986 | 10.882 | 10.528 | → |
| Schermbeck | Gemeinde | Wesel | 13.094 | 13.624 | 13.337 | 13.635 | → |
| Schieder-Schwalenberg | Stadt | Lippe | 9.636 | 9.523 | 8.993 | 8.708 | → |
| Schlangen | Gemeinde | Lippe | 8.194 | 8.917 | 8.881 | 9.144 | → |
| Schleiden | Stadt | Euskirchen | 13.784 | 14.030 | 13.096 | 13.272 | → |
| Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock | Stadt | Gütersloh | 23.248 | 25.829 | 26.386 | 27.092 | → |
| Schmallenberg | Stadt | Hochsauerlandkreis | 26.620 | 26.538 | 25.475 | 25.230 | → |
| Schöppingen | Gemeinde | Borken | 6.379 | 8.213 | 6.882 | 7.280 | → |
| Schwalmtal | Gemeinde | Viersen | 17.116 | 19.370 | 19.062 | 19.139 | → |
| Schwelm | Stadt | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | 30.729 | 30.351 | 28.435 | 28.330 | → |
| Schwerte | Stadt | Unna | 50.734 | 50.534 | 46.743 | 46.723 | → |
| Selfkant | Gemeinde | Heinsberg | 8.980 | 9.573 | 9.948 | 10.167 | → |
| Selm | Stadt | Unna | 26.214 | 27.389 | 26.017 | 26.603 | → |
| Senden | Gemeinde | Coesfeld | 18.796 | 19.703 | 19.976 | 20.455 | → |
| Sendenhorst | Stadt | Warendorf | 12.252 | 13.139 | 12.834 | 13.218 | → |
| Siegburg | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 36.998 | 37.865 | 38.780 | 41.016 | → |
| Siegen | Stadt | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 111.398 | 108.397 | 99.187 | 102.355 | → |
| Simmerath | Gemeinde | Städteregion Aachen | 14.525 | 15.415 | 15.122 | 15.266 | → |
| Soest | Stadt | Soest | 47.730 | 48.361 | 46.742 | 47.974 | → |
| Solingen | Kreisfreie Stadt | Solingen | 165.735 | 165.032 | 155.265 | 158.726 | → |
| Sonsbeck | Gemeinde | Wesel | 7.346 | 8.460 | 8.666 | 8.819 | → |
| Spenge | Stadt | Herford | 15.601 | 15.796 | 14.812 | 14.768 | → |
| Sprockhövel | Stadt | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | 25.442 | 26.419 | 25.444 | 25.205 | → |
| Stadtlohn | Stadt | Borken | 19.139 | 20.407 | 20.164 | 20.411 | → |
| Steinfurt | Stadt | Steinfurt | 33.268 | 34.052 | 33.392 | 33.682 | → |
| Steinhagen | Gemeinde | Gütersloh | 18.591 | 19.745 | 20.157 | 20.749 | → |
| Steinheim | Stadt | Höxter | 13.296 | 14.008 | 13.107 | 12.922 | → |
| Stemwede | Gemeinde | Minden-Lübbecke | 14.049 | 14.525 | 13.843 | 13.571 | → |
| Stolberg (Rhld.) | Stadt | Städteregion Aachen | 58.203 | 58.718 | 56.206 | 56.739 | → |
| Straelen | Stadt | Kleve | 14.511 | 15.337 | 15.367 | 15.641 | → |
| Südlohn | Gemeinde | Borken | 8.460 | 8.698 | 8.882 | 9.134 | → |
| Sundern (Sauerland) | Stadt | Hochsauerlandkreis | 29.368 | 29.864 | 28.565 | 28.166 | → |
| Swisttal | Gemeinde | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 17.865 | 17.954 | 17.604 | 18.204 | → |
| Tecklenburg | Stadt | Steinfurt | 9.159 | 9.422 | 8.824 | 9.062 | → |
| Telgte | Stadt | Warendorf | 18.472 | 19.370 | 18.866 | 19.557 | → |
| Titz | Gemeinde | Düren | 8.269 | 8.498 | 8.289 | 8.277 | → |
| Tönisvorst | Stadt | Viersen | 28.385 | 30.477 | 29.574 | 29.296 | → |
| Troisdorf | Stadt | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 68.778 | 73.282 | 72.408 | 74.400 | → |
| Übach-Palenberg | Stadt | Heinsberg | 23.849 | 25.049 | 24.220 | 24.377 | → |
| Uedem | Gemeinde | Kleve | 7.733 | 8.353 | 8.217 | 8.266 | → |
| Unna | Stadt | Unna | 66.475 | 70.117 | 59.149 | 59.111 | → |
| Velbert | Stadt | Mettmann | 89.786 | 89.823 | 81.303 | 81.430 | → |
| Velen | Stadt | Borken | 11.664 | 12.940 | 12.990 | 13.192 | → |
| Verl | Stadt | Gütersloh | 21.626 | 23.768 | 24.766 | 25.512 | → |
| Versmold | Stadt | Gütersloh | 19.680 | 20.634 | 20.898 | 21.230 | → |
| Vettweiß | Gemeinde | Düren | 7.834 | 8.683 | 8.954 | 9.223 | → |
| Viersen | Stadt | Viersen | 77.338 | 77.259 | 74.941 | 75.931 | → |
| Vlotho | Stadt | Herford | 20.520 | 20.544 | 19.232 | 18.914 | → |
| Voerde (Niederrhein) | Stadt | Wesel | 38.269 | 38.935 | 37.134 | 36.675 | → |
| Vreden | Stadt | Borken | 20.745 | 21.931 | 22.400 | 22.688 | → |
| Wachtberg | Gemeinde | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 18.716 | 19.162 | 19.451 | 20.457 | → |
| Wachtendonk | Gemeinde | Kleve | 7.185 | 7.626 | 7.804 | 8.189 | → |
| Wadersloh | Gemeinde | Warendorf | 12.944 | 13.155 | 12.350 | 12.443 | → |
| Waldbröl | Stadt | Oberbergischer Kreis | 18.490 | 19.213 | 18.964 | 19.194 | → |
| Waldfeucht | Gemeinde | Heinsberg | 8.724 | 9.307 | 8.733 | 8.861 | → |
| Waltrop | Stadt | Recklinghausen | 30.466 | 30.437 | 29.017 | 29.354 | → |
| Warburg | Stadt | Höxter | 24.178 | 24.218 | 23.547 | 23.629 | → |
| Warendorf | Stadt | Warendorf | 36.991 | 38.988 | 36.982 | 37.249 | → |
| Warstein | Stadt | Soest | 29.566 | 29.007 | 25.966 | 25.407 | → |
| Wassenberg | Stadt | Heinsberg | 14.280 | 16.044 | 16.944 | 17.898 | → |
| Weeze | Gemeinde | Kleve | 9.134 | 9.976 | 10.047 | 10.611 | → |
| Wegberg | Stadt | Heinsberg | 26.989 | 28.800 | 27.865 | 27.827 | → |
| Weilerswist | Gemeinde | Euskirchen | 15.314 | 16.337 | 15.462 | 16.997 | → |
| Welver | Gemeinde | Soest | 11.563 | 12.848 | 12.253 | 12.140 | → |
| Wenden | Gemeinde | Olpe | 18.604 | 19.658 | 19.665 | 19.873 | → |
| Werdohl | Stadt | Märkischer Kreis | 22.227 | 21.265 | 18.430 | 18.002 | → |
| Werl | Stadt | Soest | 30.533 | 31.819 | 30.303 | 30.638 | → |
| Wermelskirchen | Stadt | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | 37.123 | 36.907 | 34.934 | 34.504 | → |
| Werne | Stadt | Unna | 30.456 | 30.779 | 29.614 | 29.955 | → |
| Werther (Westf.) | Stadt | Gütersloh | 11.268 | 11.740 | 11.367 | 11.418 | → |
| Wesel | Stadt | Wesel | 61.609 | 62.151 | 60.335 | 60.595 | → |
| Wesseling | Stadt | Rhein-Erft-Kreis | 33.517 | 35.224 | 34.998 | 35.975 | → |
| Westerkappeln | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 10.635 | 11.287 | 10.949 | 11.178 | → |
| Wetter (Ruhr) | Stadt | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | 29.331 | 29.675 | 27.935 | 27.822 | → |
| Wettringen | Gemeinde | Steinfurt | 7.216 | 7.724 | 7.801 | 8.102 | → |
| Wickede (Ruhr) | Gemeinde | Soest | 12.495 | 12.650 | 11.567 | 12.745 | → |
| Wiehl | Stadt | Oberbergischer Kreis | 25.367 | 26.455 | 25.274 | 25.274 | → |
| Willebadessen | Stadt | Höxter | 8.959 | 9.013 | 8.433 | 8.267 | → |
| Willich | Stadt | Viersen | 45.932 | 50.853 | 50.708 | 50.748 | → |
| Wilnsdorf | Gemeinde | Siegen-Wittgenstein | 21.630 | 21.618 | 20.469 | 20.512 | → |
| Windeck | Gemeinde | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | 19.892 | 21.048 | 18.935 | 18.931 | → |
| Winterberg | Stadt | Hochsauerlandkreis | 15.068 | 14.676 | 12.982 | 12.798 | → |
| Wipperfürth | Stadt | Oberbergischer Kreis | 22.409 | 23.227 | 21.660 | 21.481 | → |
| Witten | Stadt | Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | 104.754 | 103.158 | 96.382 | 96.700 | → |
| Wülfrath | Stadt | Mettmann | 22.046 | 22.669 | 21.213 | 21.223 | → |
| Wuppertal | Kreisfreie Stadt | Wuppertal | 381.884 | 364.784 | 342.661 | 350.046 | → |
| Würselen | Stadt | Städteregion Aachen | 35.758 | 36.731 | 37.206 | 38.962 | → |
| Xanten | Stadt | Wesel | 18.902 | 20.841 | 21.245 | 21.510 | → |
| Zülpich | Stadt | Euskirchen | 18.878 | 19.674 | 19.745 | 20.091 | → |
Quelle: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).
Erläuterung: Die Bevölkerungsschätzungen nach 2011 beruhen auf dem Zensus 2011. Gebietsstand: 31. Dezember 2016.