Regierungsbezirke
Die Einwohnerzahlen der Regierungsbezirke von Bayern gemäß Volkszählungen und neuesten amtlichen Schätzungen.
| Name | Status | Hauptstadt | Fläche A (km²) | Einwohner Schätzung (E) 1990-12-31 | Einwohner Schätzung (E) 2001-12-31 | Einwohner Zensus (C) 2011-05-09 | Einwohner Zensus (C) 2022-05-15 | Einwohner Schätzung (E) 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mittelfranken | GDist | Ansbach | 7.244 | 1.598.869 | 1.698.343 | 1.682.297 | 1.775.851 | 1.795.514 | 724400 | |
| Niederbayern | GDist | Landshut | 10.326 | 1.078.110 | 1.185.467 | 1.172.834 | 1.234.529 | 1.260.007 | 1032600 | |
| Oberbayern | GDist | München | 17.529 | 3.801.448 | 4.138.402 | 4.328.218 | 4.678.189 | 4.767.226 | 1752900 | |
| Oberfranken | GDist | Bayreuth | 7.233 | 1.074.867 | 1.113.788 | 1.063.454 | 1.047.423 | 1.051.584 | 723300 | |
| Oberpfalz | GDist | Regensburg | 9.688 | 1.008.999 | 1.085.609 | 1.070.965 | 1.101.363 | 1.120.630 | 968800 | |
| Schwaben | GDist | Augsburg | 9.992 | 1.627.533 | 1.767.193 | 1.779.199 | 1.893.005 | 1.935.836 | 999200 | |
| Unterfranken | GDist | Würzburg | 8.530 | 1.258.997 | 1.340.912 | 1.300.647 | 1.308.364 | 1.314.706 | 853000 | |
| Bayern | BL | München | 70.542 | 11.448.823 | 12.329.714 | 12.397.614 | 13.038.724 | 13.245.503 | 7054200 | → |
| Deutschland | Fed Rep | Berlin | 357.684 | 79.753.227 | 82.440.309 | 80.219.695 | 82.711.282 | 83.467.117 | → |
- Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland.
Die größten Städte
| Name | Einwohner Schätzung (E) 2025-12-31 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | München | 1.505.036 |
| 2 | Nürnberg | 531.159 |
| 3 | Augsburg | 301.786 |
| 4 | Regensburg | 151.517 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 140.799 |
| 6 | Würzburg | 133.753 |
| 7 | Fürth | 131.344 |
| 8 | Erlangen | 116.450 |
Übersicht: Städte & Gemeinden
Die Einwohnerzahlen aller Städte und Gemeinden in Bayern mit mehr als 15.000 Einwohnern gemäß Volkszählungen und neuesten amtlichen Schätzungen.
| Name | Status | Einwohner Schätzung (E) 1990-12-31 | Einwohner Schätzung (E) 2001-12-31 | Einwohner Zensus (C) 2011-05-09 | Einwohner Zensus (C) 2022-05-15 | Einwohner Schätzung (E) 2025-12-31 | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abensberg | City | 10.150 | 12.306 | 12.766 | 14.808 | 15.254 | 6026 | → |
| Aichach | City | 17.268 | 20.434 | 20.247 | 21.328 | 22.011 | 9283 | → |
| Altdorf b. Nürnberg | City | 13.585 | 15.240 | 15.099 | 15.335 | 15.527 | 4859 | → |
| Alzenau | City | 16.957 | 19.027 | 18.646 | 17.841 | 17.968 | 5930 | → |
| Amberg | CityCR | 43.111 | 44.217 | 41.911 | 41.876 | 42.631 | 5014 | → |
| Ansbach | CityCR | 37.893 | 40.412 | 39.491 | 39.601 | 40.554 | 9991 | → |
| Aschaffenburg | CityCR | 64.098 | 68.361 | 67.359 | 71.692 | 73.326 | 6245 | → |
| Augsburg | CityCR | 256.877 | 257.836 | 267.767 | 294.647 | 301.786 | 14685 | → |
| Bad Aibling | City | 14.163 | 16.860 | 17.023 | 17.993 | 18.575 | 4140 | → |
| Bad Kissingen | City | 21.081 | 21.593 | 20.993 | 22.924 | 23.191 | 6992 | → |
| Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale | City | 14.859 | 15.903 | 15.210 | 15.112 | 15.405 | 3690 | → |
| Bad Reichenhall | City | 16.676 | 16.423 | 16.829 | 18.055 | 18.284 | 4192 | → |
| Bad Tölz | City | 14.867 | 16.998 | 17.480 | 19.642 | 19.652 | 3080 | → |
| Bad Wörishofen | City | 12.949 | 13.753 | 13.977 | 15.798 | 16.893 | 5779 | → |
| Bamberg | CityCR | 70.521 | 69.396 | 70.635 | 72.764 | 77.218 | 5462 | → |
| Bayreuth | CityCR | 72.345 | 74.519 | 70.808 | 72.289 | 72.919 | 6689 | → |
| Bobingen | City | 14.539 | 16.517 | 16.368 | 17.768 | 18.108 | 5026 | → |
| Bruckmühl | Mkt | 13.781 | 15.693 | 15.720 | 16.440 | 16.992 | 5021 | → |
| Burghausen | City | 17.178 | 18.160 | 17.489 | 19.258 | 19.381 | 1981 | → |
| Cham | City | 17.144 | 17.355 | 16.488 | 17.100 | 17.617 | 8069 | → |
| Coburg | CityCR | 44.246 | 42.798 | 41.023 | 40.296 | 40.970 | 4829 | → |
| Dachau | City | 35.387 | 38.916 | 43.402 | 45.965 | 47.461 | 3496 | → |
| Deggendorf | City | 30.214 | 31.558 | 31.491 | 33.563 | 35.166 | 7714 | → |
| Dillingen a.d. Donau | City | 16.462 | 18.469 | 18.102 | 19.452 | 19.643 | 7559 | → |
| Dingolfing | City | 15.683 | 18.593 | 17.773 | 20.221 | 20.890 | 4400 | → |
| Donauwörth | City | 17.677 | 18.051 | 18.007 | 19.596 | 20.024 | 7704 | → |
| Dorfen | City | 10.942 | 12.941 | 13.870 | 14.634 | 14.727 | 9956 | → |
| Erding | City | 25.154 | 31.920 | 33.528 | 36.235 | 37.341 | 5461 | → |
| Erlangen | CityCR | 102.440 | 101.912 | 103.719 | 112.220 | 116.450 | 7696 | → |
| Forchheim | City | 29.872 | 30.712 | 30.329 | 32.041 | 33.359 | 4444 | → |
| Freilassing | City | 14.156 | 15.550 | 15.799 | 17.024 | 17.702 | 1481 | → |
| Freising | City | 37.046 | 41.903 | 44.578 | 47.727 | 48.953 | 8859 | → |
| Friedberg | City | 26.818 | 29.228 | 28.640 | 29.595 | 29.980 | 8125 | → |
| Fürstenfeldbruck | City | 31.040 | 32.922 | 33.379 | 35.844 | 37.666 | 3252 | → |
| Fürth | CityCR | 103.362 | 111.257 | 115.613 | 130.126 | 131.344 | 6335 | → |
| Füssen | City | 14.005 | 13.931 | 14.277 | 15.304 | 15.334 | 4350 | → |
| Garching b. München | City | 12.916 | 15.492 | 15.699 | 17.620 | 17.729 | 2817 | → |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Mkt | 26.837 | 26.637 | 25.581 | 28.173 | 28.088 | 20566 | → |
| Gauting | Com | 17.948 | 19.174 | 19.294 | 21.583 | 21.684 | 5550 | → |
| Geretsried | City | 21.866 | 23.326 | 23.042 | 25.705 | 25.907 | 2460 | → |
| Germering | City | 36.034 | 36.793 | 37.724 | 39.897 | 41.155 | 2161 | → |
| Gersthofen | City | 17.729 | 19.942 | 20.743 | 22.972 | 23.409 | 3401 | → |
| Gilching | Com | 13.926 | 16.581 | 17.061 | 18.987 | 19.159 | 3150 | → |
| Gröbenzell | Com | 18.139 | 18.964 | 19.079 | 19.168 | 19.206 | 636 | → |
| Großostheim | Mkt | 14.226 | 16.197 | 16.304 | 15.923 | 15.762 | 4431 | → |
| Günzburg | City | 19.066 | 19.735 | 19.436 | 21.172 | 21.291 | 5540 | → |
| Gunzenhausen | City | 16.028 | 16.486 | 16.245 | 16.457 | 16.698 | 8272 | → |
| Haar | City | 16.518 | 17.086 | 19.231 | 21.427 | 22.934 | 1290 | → |
| Herzogenaurach | City | 20.464 | 23.126 | 22.214 | 23.750 | 24.312 | 4762 | → |
| Hof | CityCR | 52.913 | 50.654 | 44.759 | 45.598 | 46.624 | 5802 | → |
| Holzkirchen | Mkt | 12.081 | 14.872 | 15.389 | 16.135 | 16.187 | 4824 | → |
| Illertissen | City | 14.068 | 15.857 | 16.547 | 17.795 | 18.484 | 3639 | → |
| Ingolstadt | CityCR | 105.489 | 117.311 | 124.927 | 136.468 | 140.799 | 13335 | → |
| Ismaning | Com | 13.560 | 14.399 | 15.503 | 17.604 | 18.038 | 4019 | → |
| Karlsfeld | Com | 14.831 | 18.341 | 18.117 | 21.168 | 21.425 | 1561 | → |
| Karlstadt | City | 15.006 | 15.254 | 14.933 | 14.780 | 14.719 | 9815 | → |
| Kaufbeuren | CityCR | 40.432 | 42.246 | 41.550 | 45.186 | 46.282 | 4002 | → |
| Kelheim | City | 15.083 | 15.662 | 15.340 | 16.664 | 17.108 | 10023 | → |
| Kempten (Allgäu) | CityCR | 61.906 | 61.505 | 64.078 | 65.050 | 67.916 | 6328 | → |
| Kitzingen | City | 19.918 | 21.354 | 20.237 | 21.982 | 23.028 | 4699 | → |
| Kolbermoor | City | 14.742 | 17.497 | 17.666 | 18.380 | 19.149 | 1983 | → |
| Königsbrunn | City | 22.035 | 26.992 | 26.997 | 27.726 | 27.847 | 1848 | → |
| Kronach | City | 18.604 | 18.319 | 17.212 | 16.528 | 16.497 | 6698 | → |
| Kulmbach | City | 27.871 | 28.234 | 26.678 | 26.159 | 26.511 | 9277 | → |
| Landsberg am Lech | City | 21.039 | 25.754 | 27.324 | 28.441 | 29.230 | 5790 | → |
| Landshut | CityCR | 59.066 | 59.513 | 63.544 | 67.880 | 71.922 | 6583 | → |
| Lauf a.d. Pegnitz | City | 23.390 | 25.938 | 25.629 | 26.019 | 25.754 | 5986 | → |
| Lichtenfels | City | 20.963 | 21.678 | 20.204 | 20.352 | 20.452 | 12216 | → |
| Lindau (Bodensee) | City | 24.378 | 24.177 | 24.491 | 25.394 | 25.702 | 3306 | → |
| Lohr a. Main | City | 16.204 | 16.214 | 15.291 | 14.818 | 14.964 | 9042 | → |
| Mainburg | City | 11.411 | 13.595 | 14.028 | 15.068 | 15.279 | 6154 | → |
| Marktoberdorf | City | 17.082 | 18.378 | 18.100 | 18.313 | 18.463 | 9515 | → |
| Marktredwitz | City | 18.963 | 18.619 | 17.361 | 16.875 | 17.166 | 4952 | → |
| Memmingen | CityCR | 39.333 | 41.101 | 41.241 | 43.300 | 44.378 | 7011 | → |
| Mering | Mkt | 10.347 | 12.141 | 13.283 | 14.879 | 15.329 | 2683 | → |
| Mindelheim | City | 12.402 | 14.166 | 13.937 | 14.838 | 15.296 | 5642 | → |
| Moosburg a.d. Isar | City | 15.243 | 16.881 | 16.662 | 19.505 | 20.107 | 4385 | → |
| Mühldorf a. Inn | City | 15.314 | 17.453 | 16.807 | 21.917 | 22.624 | 2942 | → |
| München | CityCR | 1.229.026 | 1.227.958 | 1.348.335 | 1.478.638 | 1.505.036 | 31070 | → |
| Neuburg a.d. Donau | City | 25.474 | 28.447 | 27.733 | 29.629 | 30.039 | 8129 | → |
| Neufahrn b. Freising | Com | 15.137 | 17.866 | 18.392 | 20.464 | 21.066 | 4554 | → |
| Neumarkt i.d. OPf. | City | 35.551 | 39.475 | 38.362 | 40.232 | 41.258 | 7901 | → |
| Neusäß | City | 20.332 | 21.929 | 21.052 | 22.178 | 23.026 | 2522 | → |
| Neustadt a.d. Donau | City | 10.283 | 12.443 | 12.673 | 14.229 | 14.891 | 9353 | → |
| Neustadt b. Coburg | City | 16.867 | 16.684 | 15.455 | 14.538 | 14.620 | 6189 | → |
| Neu-Ulm | City | 46.264 | 50.709 | 52.706 | 60.597 | 62.843 | 8095 | → |
| Nördlingen | City | 18.794 | 19.603 | 19.051 | 20.185 | 20.442 | 6809 | → |
| Nürnberg | CityCR | 493.692 | 491.307 | 486.314 | 522.554 | 531.159 | 18644 | → |
| Oberasbach | City | 15.871 | 16.940 | 17.075 | 17.446 | 17.678 | 1209 | → |
| Olching | City | 20.702 | 23.130 | 24.751 | 27.317 | 27.418 | 2992 | → |
| Ottobrunn | Com | 18.933 | 19.426 | 20.082 | 22.311 | 22.729 | 523 | → |
| Passau | CityCR | 50.328 | 50.669 | 48.649 | 51.907 | 53.523 | 6956 | → |
| Penzberg | City | 13.651 | 15.775 | 16.003 | 16.663 | 17.246 | 2573 | → |
| Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm | City | 19.510 | 22.622 | 23.603 | 25.700 | 27.228 | 9263 | → |
| Pocking | City | 12.346 | 14.544 | 14.799 | 16.109 | 16.296 | 6886 | → |
| Poing | Com | 6.935 | 10.721 | 13.182 | 16.050 | 16.593 | 1292 | → |
| Puchheim | City | 19.004 | 19.736 | 19.613 | 20.950 | 20.896 | 1224 | → |
| Regensburg | CityCR | 121.691 | 127.198 | 135.403 | 145.901 | 151.517 | 8086 | → |
| Regenstauf | Mkt | 13.693 | 14.987 | 15.026 | 15.623 | 16.390 | 10376 | → |
| Rosenheim | CityCR | 56.340 | 59.310 | 59.329 | 63.284 | 65.808 | 3722 | → |
| Roth | City | 21.737 | 25.009 | 24.348 | 25.281 | 25.473 | 9633 | → |
| Schrobenhausen | City | 15.012 | 16.026 | 15.910 | 17.207 | 17.916 | 7526 | → |
| Schwabach | CityCR | 35.514 | 38.518 | 38.469 | 40.865 | 40.702 | 4080 | → |
| Schwabmünchen | City | 11.054 | 12.858 | 13.211 | 14.881 | 15.512 | 5550 | → |
| Schwandorf | City | 26.393 | 27.997 | 27.556 | 29.096 | 29.836 | 12380 | → |
| Schweinfurt | CityCR | 54.483 | 54.568 | 52.143 | 53.242 | 54.539 | 3570 | → |
| Selb | City | 19.742 | 17.870 | 15.425 | 14.846 | 14.536 | 8607 | → |
| Senden | City | 20.094 | 21.949 | 21.560 | 23.237 | 23.676 | 2521 | → |
| Sonthofen | City | 20.603 | 21.371 | 21.105 | 21.381 | 21.641 | 4655 | → |
| Stadtbergen | City | 12.802 | 14.755 | 14.342 | 15.279 | 15.595 | 1149 | → |
| Starnberg | City | 20.687 | 22.351 | 22.165 | 24.168 | 24.602 | 6185 | → |
| Stein | City | 13.789 | 13.987 | 13.544 | 14.023 | 14.997 | 1951 | → |
| Straubing | CityCR | 41.715 | 44.316 | 44.488 | 46.167 | 49.061 | 6759 | → |
| Sulzbach-Rosenberg | City | 18.592 | 21.165 | 19.597 | 19.165 | 19.255 | 5312 | → |
| Taufkirchen | Com | 15.668 | 17.776 | 17.439 | 18.013 | 18.130 | 2200 | → |
| Traunreut | City | 20.838 | 21.461 | 19.941 | 20.125 | 20.381 | 4506 | → |
| Traunstein | City | 17.544 | 18.132 | 18.635 | 20.248 | 20.977 | 4857 | → |
| Unterhaching | Com | 18.313 | 20.632 | 22.298 | 26.073 | 26.611 | 1037 | → |
| Unterschleißheim | City | 24.072 | 25.672 | 25.872 | 28.114 | 28.193 | 1493 | → |
| Vaterstetten | Com | 18.751 | 21.221 | 21.069 | 24.250 | 25.039 | 3408 | → |
| Vilshofen an der Donau | City | 15.873 | 16.578 | 15.821 | 17.522 | 18.184 | 8629 | → |
| Waldkraiburg | City | 24.709 | 24.535 | 21.435 | 25.382 | 25.851 | 2156 | → |
| Weiden i.d. OPf. | CityCR | 42.234 | 43.071 | 41.746 | 42.047 | 42.453 | 7057 | → |
| Weilheim i. OB | City | 18.294 | 21.084 | 21.149 | 22.720 | 23.406 | 5550 | → |
| Weißenburg i. Bay. | City | 17.933 | 17.815 | 17.710 | 18.202 | 18.172 | 9759 | → |
| Wendelstein | Mkt | 14.708 | 16.132 | 15.642 | 16.247 | 16.410 | 5088 | → |
| Wolfratshausen | City | 15.541 | 16.982 | 17.151 | 19.115 | 19.536 | 913 | → |
| Würzburg | CityCR | 127.777 | 129.915 | 124.297 | 131.316 | 133.753 | 8760 | → |
| Zirndorf | City | 21.494 | 25.063 | 24.752 | 26.234 | 26.229 | 2879 | → |
- Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.
Bevölkerungsstruktur
Weitere Informationen über die Bevölkerungsstruktur.
| Geschlecht (E 2025) | |
|---|---|
| männlich | 6.566.091 |
| weiblich | 6.679.412 |
| Altersgruppen (E 2025) | |
|---|---|
| 0-17 Jahre | 2.226.266 |
| 18-64 Jahre | 8.103.777 |
| ≥65 Jahre | 2.915.460 |
| Altersverteilung (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| ≥90 Jahre | 121.444 |
| 80-89 Jahre | 763.902 |
| 70-79 Jahre | 1.112.155 |
| 60-69 Jahre | 1.673.003 |
| 50-59 Jahre | 2.043.952 |
| 40-49 Jahre | 1.629.365 |
| 30-39 Jahre | 1.752.300 |
| 20-29 Jahre | 1.508.606 |
| 10-19 Jahre | 1.181.640 |
| 0-9 Jahre | 1.252.352 |
| Religion (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| römisch-katholisch | 5.757.451 |
| evangelisch | 2.134.382 |
| übrige / keine / unbekannt | 5.146.887 |
| Staatsangehörigkeit (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| Deutschland | 11.178.161 |
| EU 27 (2020) | 868.911 |
| andere Staatsangehörigkeit | 991.652 |
| Staatsangehörigkeit (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| deutsch | 11.178.161 |
| Polen | 96.741 |
| Türkei | 170.880 |
| Rumänien | 168.812 |
| Ukraine | 110.799 |
| Syrien | 74.942 |
| Italien | 94.128 |
| übrige Länder | 1.144.261 |
| Geburtsregion (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| Deutschland | 10.432.346 |
| EU 27 (2020) | 1.142.306 |
| übrige Länder | 1.464.072 |
| Geburtsland (C 2022) | |
|---|---|
| Deutschland | 10.432.346 |
| Polen | 202.798 |
| Türkei | 159.640 |
| Russland | 140.396 |
| Rumänien | 269.343 |
| Kasachstan | 145.376 |
| Ukraine | 128.078 |
| Syrien | 71.021 |
| Italien | 80.195 |
| übrige Länder | 1.409.531 |