Niedersachsen / Lower Saxony (Germany): State, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

State

The population development of the State of Lower Saxony 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 Estimate (E) 2021-12-31
	Germany	Fed Rep	Berlin	357,592	79,753,227	82,440,309	80,219,695	83,237,124
	Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony]	BL	Hannover	47,710	7,393,302	7,956,416	7,777,992	8,027,031	4771000	→

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2021-12-31
1	Hannover	535,932
2	Braunschweig	248,823
3	Oldenburg	170,389
4	Osnabrück	165,034
5	Wolfsburg	123,949
6	Göttingen	116,557
7	Salzgitter	103,694
8	Hildesheim	100,319

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in Lower Saxony with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Cities and communes within the boundaries of 31 December 2021.

Name	Status	Population Estimate (E) 1990-12-31	Population Estimate (E) 2001-12-31	Population Census (C) 2011-05-09	Population Estimate (E) 2021-12-31	Area
Achim	City	28,974	29,681	29,531	32,379	6806	→
Alfeld (Leine)	City	22,448	21,778	19,443	18,550	7288	→
Aurich	City	36,856	40,362	40,699	42,544	19729	→
Bad Bentheim	City	13,953	14,817	15,083	15,948	9999	→
Bad Essen	Com	12,967	15,575	15,120	15,982	10333	→
Bad Harzburg	City	23,882	23,021	22,033	21,754	6552	→
Bad Münder am Deister	City	18,977	18,877	17,670	17,447	10797	→
Bad Pyrmont	City	22,012	22,100	19,128	19,285	6199	→
Bad Zwischenahn	Com	23,828	25,826	27,437	29,351	13009	→
Barsinghausen	City	33,391	34,408	33,053	34,327	10281	→
Bassum	City	13,999	16,132	15,502	16,289	16885	→
Brake (Unterweser)	City	16,151	16,416	15,019	14,884	3830	→
Bramsche	City	28,120	31,030	30,158	32,103	18339	→
Braunschweig [Brunswick]	CityCR	258,833	245,516	242,537	248,823	19270	→
Bremervörde	City	18,071	19,386	18,808	18,666	15042	→
Buchholz in der Nordheide	City	31,489	36,109	36,656	40,164	7476	→
Bückeburg	City	20,103	20,782	19,252	19,336	6890	→
Burgdorf	City	29,022	30,204	28,845	31,083	11256	→
Burgwedel	City	18,314	19,861	20,278	20,123	15285	→
Buxtehude	City	32,276	37,086	39,552	40,139	7669	→
Celle	City	72,260	71,949	69,001	69,279	17602	→
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	City	21,223	19,091	15,481	14,804	4369	→
Cloppenburg	City	23,574	30,146	32,932	36,183	7086	→
Cuxhaven	City	56,090	53,168	49,093	48,318	16192	→
Damme	City	13,556	15,508	16,271	17,366	10439	→
Delmenhorst	CityCR	75,154	76,284	73,322	77,522	6245	→
Diepholz	City	14,970	16,378	15,962	17,192	10470	→
Duderstadt	City	23,021	23,056	21,262	20,097	9564	→
Edewecht	Com	15,334	19,871	21,119	22,748	11387	→
Einbeck	City	37,269	36,266	32,226	30,420	23192	→
Emden	CityCR	50,735	51,185	49,787	49,523	11234	→
Friesoythe	City	17,142	20,064	20,948	22,612	24750	→
Ganderkesee	Com	27,104	30,590	30,373	31,578	13844	→
Garbsen	City	60,776	63,271	59,499	60,711	7950	→
Garrel	Com	9,103	11,868	14,022	15,428	11339	→
Geestland (Langen - Bad Bederkesa)	City	26,726	31,051	30,683	31,304	35656	→
Gehrden	City	12,705	14,630	14,087	15,177	4327	→
Georgsmarienhütte	City	31,910	32,905	31,959	31,790	5549	→
Gifhorn	City	38,678	42,740	41,152	42,993	10540	→
Goslar	City	57,608	55,646	51,261	50,010	16388	→
Göttingen	City	121,831	123,822	115,843	116,557	11702	→
Großenkneten	Com	11,185	13,371	13,575	16,144	17644	→
Hameln	City	58,539	59,052	56,756	57,394	10253	→
Hann. Münden (Münden)	City	25,762	25,545	23,906	23,289	12117	→
Hannover [Hanover]	City	513,010	516,415	506,416	535,932	20430	→
Haren (Ems)	City	18,875	22,389	22,724	24,137	20879	→
Helmstedt	City	30,728	29,145	25,941	25,325	6674	→
Hemmingen	City	16,133	18,196	18,406	18,845	3173	→
Hessisch Oldendorf	City	18,088	19,969	18,504	18,228	12032	→
Hildesheim	City	105,291	103,717	99,554	100,319	9229	→
Holzminden	City	21,477	21,320	20,217	19,745	8824	→
Hude (Oldenburg)	Com	12,383	15,418	15,810	15,993	12479	→
Ilsede	Com	21,675	23,090	21,700	21,975	7222	→
Isernhagen	Com	21,485	22,496	22,777	24,280	5985	→
Königslutter am Elm	City	16,268	16,570	15,610	15,786	13113	→
Laatzen	City	37,242	38,965	38,877	41,965	3416	→
Langelsheim	City	18,561	18,072	16,316	14,990	10876	→
Langenhagen	City	47,432	49,506	50,821	54,712	7197	→
Leer (Ostfriesland)	City	31,375	34,109	34,017	35,078	7011	→
Lehrte	City	40,350	44,200	42,655	44,369	12767	→
Lilienthal	Com	16,337	17,992	18,026	19,922	7253	→
Lingen (Ems)	City	49,137	51,362	51,821	55,599	17619	→
Lohne (Oldenburg)	City	20,106	24,907	24,819	27,387	9111	→
Loxstedt	Com	14,933	16,624	15,880	16,441	14174	→
Lüneburg	City	61,870	68,234	69,905	75,599	7050	→
Melle	City	41,579	45,747	45,855	46,732	25395	→
Meppen	City	30,508	33,764	33,997	35,415	18840	→
Moormerland	Com	19,285	21,993	22,531	23,987	12214	→
Munster	City	16,486	17,724	14,824	15,059	19452	→
Neustadt am Rübenberge	City	39,532	45,343	43,542	44,796	35896	→
Neu Wulmstorf	Com	15,466	20,323	19,903	21,748	5634	→
Nienburg (Weser)	City	30,710	32,454	30,875	31,570	6453	→
Norden	City	23,815	24,845	25,102	24,855	10633	→
Nordenham	City	28,773	28,035	26,491	25,959	8778	→
Nordhorn	City	49,359	52,479	52,029	54,162	14987	→
Northeim	City	31,381	31,432	29,327	28,981	14585	→
Oldenburg (Oldenburg)	CityCR	143,131	155,908	157,267	170,389	10309	→
Osnabrück	CityCR	163,168	164,195	153,699	165,034	11980	→
Osterholz-Scharmbeck	City	24,705	31,253	30,298	30,438	14717	→
Osterode am Harz	City	27,097	25,571	23,141	21,316	10254	→
Oyten	Com	12,710	15,195	15,292	16,085	6343	→
Papenburg	City	30,078	34,266	35,060	37,885	11844	→
Peine	City	46,654	49,499	48,582	50,461	11984	→
Rastede	Com	18,526	19,876	21,028	22,874	12361	→
Rhauderfehn	Com	14,339	16,870	17,118	18,341	10293	→
Rinteln	City	26,979	28,383	25,791	25,380	10902	→
Ronnenberg	City	21,025	23,134	23,145	24,239	3782	→
Rotenburg (Wümme)	City	19,183	21,834	21,106	22,199	9906	→
Salzgitter	CityCR	114,355	111,696	98,895	103,694	22449	→
Sarstedt	City	17,326	18,080	18,181	19,423	4300	→
Schneverdingen	City	15,941	18,632	18,759	18,964	23492	→
Schortens	City	19,485	21,371	20,416	20,590	6879	→
Schwanewede	Com	16,989	19,514	19,458	20,408	13257	→
Seelze	City	30,974	33,160	31,827	34,271	5408	→
Seesen	City	22,128	22,431	19,883	19,125	10232	→
Seevetal	Com	36,740	40,819	39,838	41,931	10533	→
Sehnde	City	17,614	21,123	23,012	23,769	10358	→
Soltau	City	19,714	21,926	21,241	21,309	20377	→
Springe	City	29,752	29,907	28,575	28,948	16013	→
Stade	City	42,487	45,152	45,141	47,579	11007	→
Stadthagen	City	22,778	23,767	21,604	22,210	6027	→
Stuhr	Com	27,457	31,323	32,382	33,494	8184	→
Südbrookmerland	Com	15,734	18,756	18,593	18,264	9682	→
Syke	City	19,674	23,657	23,641	24,365	12811	→
Uelzen	City	35,466	35,215	33,606	33,629	13684	→
Uetze	Com	17,619	19,854	19,923	20,333	14085	→
Uslar	City	16,576	16,210	14,787	14,062	11359	→
Varel	City	24,076	24,891	23,795	23,957	11375	→
Vechelde	Com	14,585	16,189	15,995	18,158	7624	→
Vechta	City	23,300	28,319	30,319	33,309	8789	→
Verden (Aller)	City	24,589	26,861	26,664	27,782	7169	→
Wallenhorst	Com	21,604	23,405	23,197	22,867	4717	→
Walsrode	City	29,761	31,386	30,466	30,370	33646	→
Wardenburg	Com	13,921	15,754	15,654	16,213	11880	→
Wedemark	Com	24,758	28,567	28,223	29,612	17427	→
Weener	City	14,320	15,406	15,472	15,927	8123	→
Westerstede	City	18,659	21,521	21,941	23,452	17956	→
Westoverledingen	Com	17,006	19,731	19,710	21,539	11210	→
Weyhe	Com	26,050	30,311	29,918	31,162	6036	→
Wiefelstede	Com	11,212	14,147	15,260	16,167	10650	→
Wildeshausen	City	14,311	17,442	18,860	20,667	8970	→
Wilhelmshaven	CityCR	90,561	84,994	77,451	75,027	10711	→
Winsen (Luhe)	City	27,338	32,055	32,494	35,630	10977	→
Wittmund	City	19,469	21,371	20,605	20,433	21016	→
Wolfenbüttel	City	52,032	54,517	51,756	51,986	7873	→
Wolfsburg	CityCR	128,510	121,887	119,984	123,949	20462	→
Wunstorf	City	38,276	41,542	40,633	41,481	12574	→
Wurster Nordseeküste	Com	15,162	17,142	16,962	17,164	18173	→

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web), Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen (web).