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 Census (C) 1987-05-25 | Population Estimate (E) 1995-12-31 | Population Estimate (E) 2001-12-31 | Population Census (C) 2011-05-09 | Population Estimate (E) 2020-12-31 | |||
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Germany | Fed Rep | Berlin | 357,587 | 77,718,000 | 81,817,499 | 82,440,309 | 80,219,695 | 83,155,031 | |||
Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony] | BL | Hannover | 47,710 | 7,162,103 | 7,780,422 | 7,956,416 | 7,777,992 | 8,003,421 | 4771000 | → |
- Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).
Major Cities
Name | Population Estimate (E) 2020-12-31 | |
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1 | Hannover | 534,049 |
2 | Braunschweig | 248,561 |
3 | Oldenburg | 169,605 |
4 | Osnabrück | 164,223 |
5 | Wolfsburg | 123,840 |
6 | Göttingen | 116,845 |
7 | Salzgitter | 103,866 |
8 | Hildesheim | 101,055 |
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 Census (C) 1987-05-25 | Population Estimate (E) 1995-12-31 | Population Estimate (E) 2001-12-31 | Population Census (C) 2011-05-09 | Population Estimate (E) 2020-12-31 | Area | ||
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Achim | City | 28,114 | 30,050 | 29,681 | 29,531 | 32,084 | 6806 | → | |
Alfeld (Leine) | City | 22,305 | 22,413 | 21,778 | 19,443 | 18,478 | 7288 | → | |
Aurich | City | 36,033 | 39,519 | 40,362 | 40,699 | 42,268 | 19729 | → | |
Bad Bentheim | City | 13,697 | 14,319 | 14,817 | 15,083 | 15,770 | 9999 | → | |
Bad Essen | Com | 12,121 | 14,876 | 15,575 | 15,120 | 15,828 | 10333 | → | |
Bad Harzburg | City | 23,157 | 23,599 | 23,021 | 22,033 | 21,820 | 6552 | → | |
Bad Münder am Deister | City | 18,578 | 19,274 | 18,877 | 17,670 | 17,415 | 10797 | → | |
Bad Pyrmont | City | 20,443 | 23,180 | 22,100 | 19,128 | 19,162 | 6199 | → | |
Bad Zwischenahn | Com | 23,299 | 24,362 | 25,826 | 27,437 | 29,129 | 13010 | → | |
Barsinghausen | City | 32,727 | 34,643 | 34,408 | 33,053 | 34,394 | 10281 | → | |
Bassum | City | 13,860 | 15,055 | 16,132 | 15,502 | 16,072 | 16885 | → | |
Brake (Unterweser) | City | 16,276 | 16,713 | 16,416 | 15,019 | 14,824 | 3830 | → | |
Bramsche | City | 24,147 | 30,724 | 31,030 | 30,158 | 31,225 | 18339 | → | |
Braunschweig [Brunswick] | CityCR | 252,351 | 252,544 | 245,516 | 242,537 | 248,561 | 19270 | → | |
Bremervörde | City | 17,700 | 19,004 | 19,386 | 18,808 | 18,564 | 15042 | → | |
Buchholz in der Nordheide | City | 29,824 | 34,042 | 36,109 | 36,656 | 40,091 | 7476 | → | |
Bückeburg | City | 19,610 | 20,953 | 20,782 | 19,252 | 19,351 | 6890 | → | |
Burgdorf | City | 28,073 | 30,275 | 30,204 | 28,845 | 30,899 | 11256 | → | |
Burgwedel | City | 17,924 | 19,166 | 19,861 | 20,278 | 20,229 | 15285 | → | |
Buxtehude | City | 31,004 | 35,253 | 37,086 | 39,552 | 40,026 | 7669 | → | |
Celle | City | 71,222 | 73,936 | 71,949 | 69,001 | 69,399 | 17602 | → | |
Clausthal-Zellerfeld | City | 19,680 | 20,718 | 19,091 | 15,481 | 14,844 | 4369 | → | |
Cloppenburg | City | 22,266 | 27,795 | 30,146 | 32,932 | 35,966 | 7086 | → | |
Cuxhaven | City | 56,049 | 55,229 | 53,168 | 49,093 | 48,326 | 16192 | → | |
Damme | City | 13,029 | 14,998 | 15,508 | 16,271 | 17,250 | 10439 | → | |
Delmenhorst | CityCR | 72,072 | 78,226 | 76,284 | 73,322 | 77,503 | 6245 | → | |
Diepholz | City | 14,458 | 16,121 | 16,378 | 15,962 | 17,152 | 10470 | → | |
Duderstadt | City | 22,253 | 23,393 | 23,056 | 21,262 | 20,281 | 9564 | → | |
Edewecht | Com | 14,398 | 17,000 | 19,871 | 21,119 | 22,556 | 11385 | → | |
Einbeck | City | 36,901 | 37,782 | 36,266 | 32,226 | 30,449 | 23192 | → | |
Emden | CityCR | 50,144 | 51,559 | 51,185 | 49,787 | 49,874 | 11234 | → | |
Friesoythe | City | 16,576 | 18,907 | 20,064 | 20,948 | 22,512 | 24748 | → | |
Ganderkesee | Com | 26,061 | 28,895 | 30,590 | 30,373 | 31,502 | 13844 | → | |
Garbsen | City | 58,081 | 62,681 | 63,271 | 59,499 | 61,021 | 7949 | → | |
Garrel | Com | 8,472 | 10,829 | 11,868 | 14,022 | 15,344 | 11339 | → | |
Geestland (Langen - Bad Bederkesa) | City | 26,063 | 28,794 | 31,051 | 30,683 | 30,966 | 35656 | → | |
Gehrden | City | 12,676 | 14,395 | 14,630 | 14,087 | 15,012 | 4324 | → | |
Georgsmarienhütte | City | 30,833 | 32,909 | 32,905 | 31,959 | 31,778 | 5549 | → | |
Gifhorn | City | 34,770 | 43,526 | 42,740 | 41,152 | 42,939 | 10540 | → | |
Goslar | City | 57,311 | 57,629 | 55,646 | 51,261 | 50,184 | 16388 | → | |
Göttingen | City | 114,698 | 126,253 | 123,822 | 115,843 | 116,845 | 11702 | → | |
Großenkneten | Com | 10,737 | 12,184 | 13,371 | 13,575 | 16,031 | 17645 | → | |
Hameln | City | 58,181 | 58,781 | 59,052 | 56,756 | 57,276 | 10253 | → | |
Hann. Münden (Münden) | City | 24,971 | 26,405 | 25,545 | 23,906 | 23,504 | 12117 | → | |
Hannover [Hanover] | City | 494,864 | 523,147 | 516,415 | 506,416 | 534,049 | 20430 | → | |
Haren (Ems) | City | 18,422 | 21,450 | 22,389 | 22,724 | 24,047 | 20879 | → | |
Helmstedt | City | 30,283 | 30,532 | 29,145 | 25,941 | 25,544 | 6674 | → | |
Hemmingen | City | 16,007 | 16,608 | 18,196 | 18,406 | 18,941 | 3173 | → | |
Hessisch Oldendorf | City | 17,527 | 20,125 | 19,969 | 18,504 | 18,190 | 12032 | → | |
Hildesheim | City | 103,449 | 106,101 | 103,717 | 99,554 | 101,055 | 9229 | → | |
Holzminden | City | 21,064 | 22,078 | 21,320 | 20,217 | 19,790 | 8824 | → | |
Hude (Oldenburg) | Com | 12,008 | 13,729 | 15,418 | 15,810 | 16,052 | 12479 | → | |
Ilsede | Com | 21,537 | 22,258 | 23,090 | 21,700 | 21,866 | 7222 | → | |
Isernhagen | Com | 20,489 | 21,979 | 22,496 | 22,777 | 24,279 | 5985 | → | |
Königslutter am Elm | City | 16,143 | 16,802 | 16,570 | 15,610 | 15,790 | 13113 | → | |
Laatzen | City | 35,891 | 37,180 | 38,965 | 38,877 | 41,854 | 3416 | → | |
Langelsheim | City | 18,160 | 18,593 | 18,072 | 16,316 | 15,173 | 10877 | → | |
Langenhagen | City | 45,965 | 48,921 | 49,506 | 50,821 | 54,684 | 7197 | → | |
Leer (Ostfriesland) | City | 31,411 | 32,622 | 34,109 | 34,017 | 34,958 | 7011 | → | |
Lehrte | City | 39,577 | 42,011 | 44,200 | 42,655 | 44,154 | 12767 | → | |
Lilienthal | Com | 15,643 | 16,645 | 17,992 | 18,026 | 19,859 | 7253 | → | |
Lingen (Ems) | City | 47,489 | 52,270 | 51,362 | 51,821 | 55,232 | 17618 | → | |
Lohne (Oldenburg) | City | 19,308 | 22,550 | 24,907 | 24,819 | 27,259 | 9111 | → | |
Loxstedt | Com | 14,730 | 15,889 | 16,624 | 15,880 | 16,387 | 14174 | → | |
Lüneburg | City | 59,543 | 64,558 | 68,234 | 69,905 | 75,301 | 7050 | → | |
Melle | City | 40,311 | 43,818 | 45,747 | 45,855 | 46,753 | 25395 | → | |
Meppen | City | 29,797 | 32,093 | 33,764 | 33,997 | 35,457 | 18840 | → | |
Moormerland | Com | 18,912 | 20,726 | 21,993 | 22,531 | 23,875 | 12214 | → | |
Munster | City | 15,896 | 18,029 | 17,724 | 14,824 | 15,134 | 19452 | → | |
Neustadt am Rübenberge | City | 38,085 | 43,299 | 45,343 | 43,542 | 44,586 | 35896 | → | |
Neu Wulmstorf | Com | 13,964 | 17,931 | 20,323 | 19,903 | 21,473 | 5634 | → | |
Nienburg (Weser) | City | 29,474 | 32,688 | 32,454 | 30,875 | 31,443 | 6453 | → | |
Norden | City | 24,187 | 24,328 | 24,845 | 25,102 | 24,767 | 10633 | → | |
Nordenham | City | 28,956 | 29,314 | 28,035 | 26,491 | 26,102 | 8777 | → | |
Nordhorn | City | 48,368 | 51,269 | 52,479 | 52,029 | 53,839 | 14987 | → | |
Northeim | City | 30,208 | 32,712 | 31,432 | 29,327 | 29,092 | 14585 | → | |
Oldenburg (Oldenburg) | CityCR | 140,149 | 151,382 | 155,908 | 157,267 | 169,605 | 10309 | → | |
Osnabrück | CityCR | 150,807 | 168,618 | 164,195 | 153,699 | 164,223 | 11980 | → | |
Osterholz-Scharmbeck | City | 24,146 | 30,501 | 31,253 | 30,298 | 30,366 | 14717 | → | |
Osterode am Harz | City | 26,735 | 26,707 | 25,571 | 23,141 | 21,392 | 10254 | → | |
Oyten | Com | 12,104 | 14,491 | 15,195 | 15,292 | 16,030 | 6343 | → | |
Papenburg | City | 29,143 | 33,624 | 34,266 | 35,060 | 37,551 | 11844 | → | |
Peine | City | 45,780 | 49,024 | 49,499 | 48,582 | 50,249 | 11984 | → | |
Rastede | Com | 18,212 | 19,229 | 19,876 | 21,028 | 22,782 | 12361 | → | |
Rhauderfehn | Com | 14,139 | 15,459 | 16,870 | 17,118 | 18,303 | 10293 | → | |
Rinteln | City | 26,067 | 28,380 | 28,383 | 25,791 | 25,487 | 10902 | → | |
Ronnenberg | City | 19,421 | 22,663 | 23,134 | 23,145 | 24,403 | 3789 | → | |
Rotenburg (Wümme) | City | 18,391 | 21,202 | 21,834 | 21,106 | 22,072 | 9906 | → | |
Salzgitter | CityCR | 111,069 | 117,713 | 111,696 | 98,895 | 103,866 | 22449 | → | |
Sarstedt | City | 16,463 | 17,873 | 18,080 | 18,181 | 19,392 | 4300 | → | |
Schneverdingen | City | 15,584 | 17,030 | 18,632 | 18,759 | 18,881 | 23492 | → | |
Schortens | City | 19,446 | 20,837 | 21,371 | 20,416 | 20,483 | 6880 | → | |
Schwanewede | Com | 16,754 | 17,952 | 19,514 | 19,458 | 20,329 | 13257 | → | |
Seelze | City | 29,586 | 32,702 | 33,160 | 31,827 | 34,260 | 5408 | → | |
Seesen | City | 21,726 | 22,574 | 22,431 | 19,883 | 19,111 | 10232 | → | |
Seevetal | Com | 35,964 | 38,383 | 40,819 | 39,838 | 41,889 | 10533 | → | |
Sehnde | City | 17,687 | 18,622 | 21,123 | 23,012 | 23,554 | 10358 | → | |
Soltau | City | 19,227 | 21,040 | 21,926 | 21,241 | 21,292 | 20377 | → | |
Springe | City | 29,328 | 29,875 | 29,907 | 28,575 | 29,084 | 16012 | → | |
Stade | City | 40,898 | 45,087 | 45,152 | 45,141 | 47,611 | 11007 | → | |
Stadthagen | City | 22,114 | 23,566 | 23,767 | 21,604 | 22,347 | 6027 | → | |
Stuhr | Com | 27,085 | 28,733 | 31,323 | 32,382 | 33,565 | 8183 | → | |
Südbrookmerland | Com | 15,281 | 17,132 | 18,756 | 18,593 | 18,302 | 9682 | → | |
Syke | City | 18,776 | 23,014 | 23,657 | 23,641 | 24,261 | 12811 | → | |
Uelzen | City | 35,010 | 35,526 | 35,215 | 33,606 | 33,685 | 13684 | → | |
Uetze | Com | 17,183 | 18,711 | 19,854 | 19,923 | 20,272 | 14085 | → | |
Uslar | City | 16,121 | 17,109 | 16,210 | 14,787 | 14,068 | 11359 | → | |
Varel | City | 23,892 | 24,527 | 24,891 | 23,795 | 23,984 | 11375 | → | |
Vechelde | Com | 14,079 | 15,005 | 16,189 | 15,995 | 17,938 | 7624 | → | |
Vechta | City | 22,461 | 25,660 | 28,319 | 30,319 | 32,894 | 8789 | → | |
Verden (Aller) | City | 23,768 | 26,774 | 26,861 | 26,664 | 27,636 | 7170 | → | |
Wallenhorst | Com | 20,662 | 22,844 | 23,405 | 23,197 | 22,907 | 4717 | → | |
Walsrode | City | 29,503 | 30,611 | 31,386 | 30,466 | 30,220 | 33646 | → | |
Wardenburg | Com | 13,508 | 14,612 | 15,754 | 15,654 | 16,197 | 11880 | → | |
Wedemark | Com | 23,848 | 26,107 | 28,567 | 28,223 | 29,550 | 17427 | → | |
Weener | City | 14,357 | 14,909 | 15,406 | 15,472 | 15,822 | 8123 | → | |
Westerstede | City | 18,202 | 20,735 | 21,521 | 21,941 | 23,232 | 17955 | → | |
Westoverledingen | Com | 16,456 | 18,139 | 19,731 | 19,710 | 21,423 | 11210 | → | |
Weyhe | Com | 23,832 | 28,453 | 30,311 | 29,918 | 31,011 | 6036 | → | |
Wiefelstede | Com | 10,566 | 12,208 | 14,147 | 15,260 | 16,117 | 10651 | → | |
Wildeshausen | City | 13,623 | 16,192 | 17,442 | 18,860 | 20,454 | 8970 | → | |
Wilhelmshaven | CityCR | 90,982 | 90,667 | 84,994 | 77,451 | 75,189 | 10707 | → | |
Winsen (Luhe) | City | 25,925 | 30,054 | 32,055 | 32,494 | 35,332 | 10977 | → | |
Wittmund | City | 19,115 | 20,827 | 21,371 | 20,605 | 20,405 | 21016 | → | |
Wolfenbüttel | City | 50,729 | 53,686 | 54,517 | 51,756 | 52,121 | 7873 | → | |
Wolfsburg | CityCR | 124,896 | 126,331 | 121,887 | 119,984 | 123,840 | 20461 | → | |
Wunstorf | City | 37,105 | 40,084 | 41,542 | 40,633 | 41,480 | 12574 | → | |
Wurster Nordseeküste | Com | 14,923 | 15,570 | 17,142 | 16,962 | 17,101 | 18173 | → |
- Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web), Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen (web).