Governmental Districts
The population of the administrative districts of Bavaria according to census results and latest official estimates.
| Name | Status | Capital | Area 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mittelfranken | GDist | Ansbach | 7,244 | 1,598,869 | 1,698,343 | 1,682,297 | 1,775,851 | 724400 | |
| Niederbayern | GDist | Landshut | 10,326 | 1,078,110 | 1,185,467 | 1,172,834 | 1,234,529 | 1032600 | |
| Oberbayern | GDist | München | 17,529 | 3,801,448 | 4,138,402 | 4,328,218 | 4,678,189 | 1752900 | |
| Oberfranken | GDist | Bayreuth | 7,231 | 1,074,867 | 1,113,788 | 1,063,454 | 1,047,423 | 723100 | |
| Oberpfalz | GDist | Regensburg | 9,690 | 1,008,999 | 1,085,609 | 1,070,965 | 1,101,363 | 969000 | |
| Schwaben | GDist | Augsburg | 9,992 | 1,627,533 | 1,767,193 | 1,779,199 | 1,893,005 | 999200 | |
| Unterfranken | GDist | Würzburg | 8,530 | 1,258,997 | 1,340,912 | 1,300,647 | 1,308,364 | 853000 | |
| Bayern [Bavaria] | BL | München | 70,541 | 11,448,823 | 12,329,714 | 12,397,614 | 13,038,724 | 7054100 | → |
| Germany | Fed Rep | Berlin | 357,592 | 79,753,227 | 82,440,309 | 80,219,695 | 82,711,282 | → |
- Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland.
Major Cities
| Name | Population Census (C) 2022-05-15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | München | 1,478,638 |
| 2 | Nürnberg | 522,554 |
| 3 | Augsburg | 294,647 |
| 4 | Regensburg | 145,901 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 136,468 |
| 6 | Würzburg | 131,316 |
| 7 | Fürth | 130,126 |
| 8 | Erlangen | 112,220 |
Contents: Cities & Communes
The population of all cities and communes in Bavaria with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.
Cities and communes within the boundaries of 31 December 2022.
| Name | Status | Population Estimate (E) 1990-12-31 | Population Estimate (E) 2001-12-31 | Population Census (C) 2011-05-09 | Population Census (C) 2022-05-15 | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichach | City | 17,268 | 20,434 | 20,247 | 21,328 | 9283 | → |
| Altdorf b. Nürnberg | City | 13,585 | 15,240 | 15,099 | 15,335 | 4859 | → |
| Alzenau | City | 16,957 | 19,027 | 18,646 | 17,841 | 5930 | → |
| Amberg | CityCR | 43,111 | 44,217 | 41,911 | 41,876 | 5013 | → |
| Ansbach | CityCR | 37,893 | 40,412 | 39,491 | 39,601 | 9991 | → |
| Aschaffenburg | CityCR | 64,098 | 68,361 | 67,359 | 71,692 | 6245 | → |
| Augsburg | CityCR | 256,877 | 257,836 | 267,767 | 294,647 | 14685 | → |
| Bad Aibling | City | 14,163 | 16,860 | 17,023 | 17,993 | 4140 | → |
| Bad Kissingen | City | 21,081 | 21,593 | 20,993 | 22,924 | 6992 | → |
| Bad Neustadt a.d. Saale | City | 14,859 | 15,903 | 15,210 | 15,112 | 3690 | → |
| Bad Reichenhall | City | 16,676 | 16,423 | 16,829 | 18,055 | 4192 | → |
| Bad Tölz | City | 14,867 | 16,998 | 17,480 | 19,642 | 3080 | → |
| Bad Wörishofen | City | 12,949 | 13,753 | 13,977 | 15,798 | 5779 | → |
| Bamberg | CityCR | 70,521 | 69,396 | 70,635 | 72,764 | 5462 | → |
| Bayreuth | CityCR | 72,345 | 74,519 | 70,808 | 72,289 | 6689 | → |
| Bobingen | City | 14,539 | 16,517 | 16,368 | 17,768 | 5026 | → |
| Bruckmühl | Mkt | 13,781 | 15,693 | 15,720 | 16,440 | 5021 | → |
| Burghausen | City | 17,178 | 18,160 | 17,489 | 19,258 | 1981 | → |
| Cham | City | 17,144 | 17,355 | 16,488 | 17,100 | 8069 | → |
| Coburg | CityCR | 44,246 | 42,798 | 41,023 | 40,296 | 4829 | → |
| Dachau | City | 35,387 | 38,916 | 43,402 | 45,965 | 3496 | → |
| Deggendorf | City | 30,214 | 31,558 | 31,491 | 33,563 | 7714 | → |
| Dillingen a.d. Donau | City | 16,462 | 18,469 | 18,102 | 19,452 | 7559 | → |
| Dingolfing | City | 15,683 | 18,593 | 17,773 | 20,221 | 4400 | → |
| Donauwörth | City | 17,677 | 18,051 | 18,007 | 19,596 | 7704 | → |
| Dorfen | City | 10,942 | 12,941 | 13,870 | 14,634 | 9956 | → |
| Erding | City | 25,154 | 31,920 | 33,528 | 36,235 | 5461 | → |
| Erlangen | CityCR | 102,440 | 101,912 | 103,719 | 112,220 | 7696 | → |
| Forchheim | City | 29,872 | 30,712 | 30,329 | 32,041 | 4444 | → |
| Freilassing | City | 14,156 | 15,550 | 15,799 | 17,024 | 1481 | → |
| Freising | City | 37,046 | 41,903 | 44,578 | 47,727 | 8859 | → |
| Friedberg | City | 26,818 | 29,228 | 28,640 | 29,595 | 8125 | → |
| Fürstenfeldbruck | City | 31,040 | 32,922 | 33,379 | 35,844 | 3252 | → |
| Fürth | CityCR | 103,362 | 111,257 | 115,613 | 130,126 | 6335 | → |
| Füssen | City | 14,005 | 13,931 | 14,277 | 15,304 | 4348 | → |
| Garching b. München | City | 12,916 | 15,492 | 15,699 | 17,620 | 2817 | → |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Mkt | 26,837 | 26,637 | 25,581 | 28,173 | 20566 | → |
| Gauting | Com | 17,948 | 19,174 | 19,294 | 21,583 | 5550 | → |
| Geretsried | City | 21,866 | 23,326 | 23,042 | 25,705 | 2460 | → |
| Germering | City | 36,034 | 36,793 | 37,724 | 39,897 | 2161 | → |
| Gersthofen | City | 17,729 | 19,942 | 20,743 | 22,972 | 3401 | → |
| Gilching | Com | 13,926 | 16,581 | 17,061 | 18,987 | 3150 | → |
| Gröbenzell | Com | 18,139 | 18,964 | 19,079 | 19,168 | 636 | → |
| Großostheim | Mkt | 14,226 | 16,197 | 16,304 | 15,923 | 4431 | → |
| Günzburg | City | 19,066 | 19,735 | 19,436 | 21,172 | 5540 | → |
| Gunzenhausen | City | 16,028 | 16,486 | 16,245 | 16,457 | 8272 | → |
| Haar | Com | 16,518 | 17,086 | 19,231 | 21,427 | 1290 | → |
| Herzogenaurach | City | 20,464 | 23,126 | 22,214 | 23,750 | 4762 | → |
| Hof | CityCR | 52,913 | 50,654 | 44,759 | 45,598 | 5802 | → |
| Holzkirchen | Mkt | 12,081 | 14,872 | 15,389 | 16,135 | 4824 | → |
| Illertissen | City | 14,068 | 15,857 | 16,547 | 17,795 | 3639 | → |
| Ingolstadt | CityCR | 105,489 | 117,311 | 124,927 | 136,468 | 13335 | → |
| Ismaning | Com | 13,560 | 14,399 | 15,503 | 17,604 | 4019 | → |
| Karlsfeld | Com | 14,831 | 18,341 | 18,117 | 21,168 | 1561 | → |
| Karlstadt | City | 15,006 | 15,254 | 14,933 | 14,780 | 9815 | → |
| Kaufbeuren | CityCR | 40,432 | 42,246 | 41,550 | 45,186 | 4002 | → |
| Kelheim | City | 15,083 | 15,662 | 15,340 | 16,664 | 10023 | → |
| Kempten (Allgäu) | CityCR | 61,906 | 61,505 | 64,078 | 65,050 | 6328 | → |
| Kitzingen | City | 19,918 | 21,354 | 20,237 | 21,982 | 4699 | → |
| Kolbermoor | City | 14,742 | 17,497 | 17,666 | 18,380 | 1983 | → |
| Königsbrunn | City | 22,035 | 26,992 | 26,997 | 27,726 | 1840 | → |
| Kronach | City | 18,604 | 18,319 | 17,212 | 16,528 | 6698 | → |
| Kulmbach | City | 27,871 | 28,234 | 26,678 | 26,159 | 9277 | → |
| Landsberg am Lech | City | 21,039 | 25,754 | 27,324 | 28,441 | 5791 | → |
| Landshut | CityCR | 59,066 | 59,513 | 63,544 | 67,880 | 6583 | → |
| Lauf a.d. Pegnitz | City | 23,390 | 25,938 | 25,629 | 26,019 | 5977 | → |
| Lichtenfels | City | 20,963 | 21,678 | 20,204 | 20,352 | 12216 | → |
| Lindau (Bodensee) | City | 24,378 | 24,177 | 24,491 | 25,394 | 3306 | → |
| Lohr a. Main | City | 16,204 | 16,214 | 15,291 | 14,818 | 9042 | → |
| Mainburg | City | 11,411 | 13,595 | 14,028 | 15,068 | 6154 | → |
| Marktoberdorf | City | 17,082 | 18,378 | 18,100 | 18,313 | 9515 | → |
| Marktredwitz | City | 18,963 | 18,619 | 17,361 | 16,875 | 4952 | → |
| Memmingen | CityCR | 39,333 | 41,101 | 41,241 | 43,300 | 7011 | → |
| Mering | Mkt | 10,347 | 12,141 | 13,283 | 14,879 | 2683 | → |
| Mindelheim | City | 12,402 | 14,166 | 13,937 | 14,838 | 5642 | → |
| Moosburg a.d. Isar | City | 15,243 | 16,881 | 16,662 | 19,505 | 4385 | → |
| Mühldorf a. Inn | City | 15,314 | 17,453 | 16,807 | 21,917 | 2942 | → |
| München [Munich] | CityCR | 1,229,026 | 1,227,958 | 1,348,335 | 1,478,638 | 31070 | → |
| Neuburg a.d. Donau | City | 25,474 | 28,447 | 27,733 | 29,629 | 8129 | → |
| Neufahrn b. Freising | Com | 15,137 | 17,866 | 18,392 | 20,464 | 4554 | → |
| Neumarkt i.d. OPf. | City | 35,551 | 39,475 | 38,362 | 40,232 | 7901 | → |
| Neusäß | City | 20,332 | 21,929 | 21,052 | 22,178 | 2522 | → |
| Neustadt b. Coburg | City | 16,867 | 16,684 | 15,455 | 14,538 | 6189 | → |
| Neu-Ulm | City | 46,264 | 50,709 | 52,706 | 60,597 | 8095 | → |
| Nördlingen | City | 18,794 | 19,603 | 19,051 | 20,185 | 6809 | → |
| Nürnberg [Nuremberg] | CityCR | 493,692 | 491,307 | 486,314 | 522,554 | 18644 | → |
| Oberasbach | City | 15,871 | 16,940 | 17,075 | 17,446 | 1208 | → |
| Olching | City | 20,702 | 23,130 | 24,751 | 27,317 | 2992 | → |
| Ottobrunn | Com | 18,933 | 19,426 | 20,082 | 22,311 | 523 | → |
| Passau | CityCR | 50,328 | 50,669 | 48,649 | 51,907 | 6956 | → |
| Penzberg | City | 13,651 | 15,775 | 16,003 | 16,663 | 2573 | → |
| Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm | City | 19,510 | 22,622 | 23,603 | 25,700 | 9263 | → |
| Pocking | City | 12,346 | 14,544 | 14,799 | 16,109 | 6886 | → |
| Poing | Com | 6,935 | 10,721 | 13,182 | 16,050 | 1292 | → |
| Puchheim | City | 19,004 | 19,736 | 19,613 | 20,950 | 1224 | → |
| Regensburg | CityCR | 121,691 | 127,198 | 135,403 | 145,901 | 8086 | → |
| Regenstauf | Mkt | 13,693 | 14,987 | 15,026 | 15,623 | 10376 | → |
| Rosenheim | CityCR | 56,340 | 59,310 | 59,329 | 63,284 | 3722 | → |
| Roth | City | 21,737 | 25,009 | 24,348 | 25,281 | 9633 | → |
| Schrobenhausen | City | 15,012 | 16,026 | 15,910 | 17,207 | 7526 | → |
| Schwabach | CityCR | 35,514 | 38,518 | 38,469 | 40,865 | 4080 | → |
| Schwandorf | City | 26,393 | 27,997 | 27,556 | 29,096 | 12380 | → |
| Schweinfurt | CityCR | 54,483 | 54,568 | 52,143 | 53,242 | 3570 | → |
| Selb | City | 19,742 | 17,870 | 15,425 | 14,846 | 8607 | → |
| Senden | City | 20,094 | 21,949 | 21,560 | 23,237 | 2521 | → |
| Sonthofen | City | 20,603 | 21,371 | 21,105 | 21,381 | 4655 | → |
| Stadtbergen | City | 12,802 | 14,755 | 14,342 | 15,279 | 1149 | → |
| Starnberg | City | 20,687 | 22,351 | 22,165 | 24,168 | 6185 | → |
| Straubing | CityCR | 41,715 | 44,316 | 44,488 | 46,167 | 6759 | → |
| Sulzbach-Rosenberg | City | 18,592 | 21,165 | 19,597 | 19,165 | 5312 | → |
| Taufkirchen | Com | 15,668 | 17,776 | 17,439 | 18,013 | 2200 | → |
| Traunreut | City | 20,838 | 21,461 | 19,941 | 20,125 | 4506 | → |
| Traunstein | City | 17,544 | 18,132 | 18,635 | 20,248 | 4857 | → |
| Unterhaching | Com | 18,313 | 20,632 | 22,298 | 26,073 | 1037 | → |
| Unterschleißheim | City | 24,072 | 25,672 | 25,872 | 28,114 | 1493 | → |
| Vaterstetten | Com | 18,751 | 21,221 | 21,069 | 24,250 | 3408 | → |
| Vilshofen an der Donau | City | 15,873 | 16,578 | 15,821 | 17,522 | 8629 | → |
| Waldkraiburg | City | 24,709 | 24,535 | 21,435 | 25,382 | 2156 | → |
| Weiden i.d. OPf. | CityCR | 42,234 | 43,071 | 41,746 | 42,047 | 7057 | → |
| Weilheim i. OB | City | 18,294 | 21,084 | 21,149 | 22,720 | 5550 | → |
| Weißenburg i. Bay. | City | 17,933 | 17,815 | 17,710 | 18,202 | 9758 | → |
| Wendelstein | Mkt | 14,708 | 16,132 | 15,642 | 16,247 | 5088 | → |
| Wolfratshausen | City | 15,541 | 16,982 | 17,151 | 19,115 | 913 | → |
| Würzburg | CityCR | 127,777 | 129,915 | 124,297 | 131,316 | 8760 | → |
| Zirndorf | City | 21,494 | 25,063 | 24,752 | 26,234 | 2879 | → |
- Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.