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 Census (C) 2022-05-15	Population Estimate (E) 2025-12-31
Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony]	BL	Hannover	47,710	7,393,302	7,956,416	7,777,992	7,943,265	8,000,826	4771000	→
Germany	Fed Rep	Berlin	357,684	79,753,227	82,440,309	80,219,695	82,711,282	83,467,117		→

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland.

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2025-12-31
1	Hannover	522,803
2	Braunschweig	252,811
3	Oldenburg	177,055
4	Osnabrück	166,257
5	Göttingen	130,521
6	Wolfsburg	129,813
7	Salzgitter	104,433
8	Hildesheim	98,207
9	Delmenhorst	81,274

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.

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	Population Estimate (E) 2025-12-31	Area
Achim	City	28,974	29,681	29,531	32,176	32,913	6806	→
Alfeld (Leine)	City	22,448	21,778	19,443	18,080	17,991	7288	→
Aurich	City	36,856	40,362	40,699	41,631	42,575	19729	→
Bad Bentheim	City	13,953	14,817	15,083	16,482	16,676	9999	→
Bad Essen	Com	12,967	15,575	15,120	16,143	16,265	10333	→
Bad Harzburg	City	23,882	23,021	22,033	19,817	19,503	6552	→
Bad Münder am Deister	City	18,977	18,877	17,670	17,430	17,417	10797	→
Bad Pyrmont	City	22,012	22,100	19,128	19,848	19,715	6199	→
Bad Zwischenahn	Com	23,828	25,826	27,437	29,440	29,613	13012	→
Barsinghausen	City	33,391	34,408	33,053	33,727	33,833	10281	→
Bassum	City	13,999	16,132	15,502	16,221	16,617	16885	→
Brake (Unterweser)	City	16,151	16,416	15,019	15,076	15,144	3830	→
Bramsche	City	28,120	31,030	30,158	30,625	27,864	18340	→
Braunschweig [Brunswick]	CityCR	258,833	245,516	242,537	252,816	252,811	19270	→
Bremervörde	City	18,071	19,386	18,808	18,256	18,409	15042	→
Buchholz in der Nordheide	City	31,489	36,109	36,656	40,849	41,636	7476	→
Bückeburg	City	20,103	20,782	19,252	19,192	19,016	6890	→
Burgdorf	City	29,022	30,204	28,845	31,045	31,059	11256	→
Burgwedel	City	18,314	19,861	20,278	20,172	20,328	15285	→
Buxtehude	City	32,276	37,086	39,552	39,950	41,103	7669	→
Celle	City	72,260	71,949	69,001	66,610	66,930	17602	→
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	City	21,223	19,091	15,481	13,766	13,501	4369	→
Cloppenburg	City	23,574	30,146	32,932	35,988	36,535	7086	→
Cuxhaven	City	56,090	53,168	49,093	49,740	49,545	16193	→
Damme	City	13,556	15,508	16,271	17,352	17,449	10439	→
Delmenhorst	CityCR	75,154	76,284	73,322	80,845	81,274	6245	→
Diepholz	City	14,970	16,378	15,962	17,817	17,677	10470	→
Duderstadt	City	23,021	23,056	21,262	20,433	20,173	9564	→
Edewecht	Com	15,334	19,871	21,119	22,455	22,389	11385	→
Einbeck	City	37,269	36,266	32,226	29,713	29,472	23192	→
Emden	CityCR	50,735	51,185	49,787	48,920	49,009	11234	→
Friesoythe	City	17,142	20,064	20,948	22,200	22,806	24750	→
Ganderkesee	Com	27,104	30,590	30,373	30,897	31,564	13844	→
Garbsen	City	60,776	63,271	59,499	59,534	60,007	7949	→
Garrel	Com	9,103	11,868	14,022	14,703	15,407	11339	→
Geestland	City	26,726	31,051	30,683	30,932	31,182	35656	→
Gehrden	City	12,705	14,630	14,087	15,345	15,435	4327	→
Georgsmarienhütte	City	31,910	32,905	31,959	31,548	31,074	5549	→
Gifhorn	City	38,678	42,740	41,152	42,006	42,816	10540	→
Goslar	City	57,608	55,646	51,261	47,433	47,454	16388	→
Göttingen	City	121,831	123,822	115,843	124,548	130,521	11702	→
Großenkneten	Com	11,185	13,371	13,575	15,626	15,528	17644	→
Hameln	City	58,539	59,052	56,756	58,123	58,152	10253	→
Hann. Münden (Münden)	City	25,762	25,545	23,906	23,519	23,367	12117	→
Hannover [Hanover]	City	513,010	516,415	506,416	513,291	522,803	20430	→
Haren (Ems)	City	18,875	22,389	22,724	24,152	24,175	20879	→
Helmstedt	City	30,728	29,145	25,941	25,040	25,048	6674	→
Hemmingen	City	16,133	18,196	18,406	18,896	18,815	3173	→
Hessisch Oldendorf	City	18,088	19,969	18,504	18,435	18,352	12032	→
Hildesheim	City	105,291	103,717	99,554	97,716	98,207	9229	→
Holzminden	City	21,477	21,320	20,217	18,798	18,921	8823	→
Hude (Oldb)	Com	12,383	15,418	15,810	15,827	15,842	12479	→
Ilsede	Com	21,675	23,090	21,700	21,637	21,525	7222	→
Isernhagen	Com	21,485	22,496	22,777	24,293	23,979	5985	→
Königslutter am Elm	City	16,268	16,570	15,610	15,458	15,293	13113	→
Laatzen	City	37,242	38,965	38,877	41,966	41,724	3416	→
Langelsheim	City	18,561	18,072	16,316	14,779	14,461	10876	→
Langenhagen	City	47,432	49,506	50,821	53,711	54,059	7197	→
Leer (Ostfriesland)	City	31,375	34,109	34,017	34,181	34,277	7011	→
Lehrte	City	40,350	44,200	42,655	43,501	44,140	12767	→
Lilienthal	Com	16,337	17,992	18,026	19,893	20,148	7253	→
Lingen (Ems)	City	49,137	51,362	51,821	55,092	56,539	17619	→
Lohne (Oldenburg)	City	20,106	24,907	24,819	27,985	28,114	9111	→
Loxstedt	Com	14,933	16,624	15,880	15,909	15,988	14174	→
Lüneburg	City	61,870	68,234	69,905	72,870	74,502	7050	→
Melle	City	41,579	45,747	45,855	46,187	46,396	25395	→
Meppen	City	30,508	33,764	33,997	36,429	36,984	18840	→
Moormerland	Com	19,285	21,993	22,531	23,372	23,357	12214	→
Munster	City	16,486	17,724	14,824	15,019	15,146	19452	→
Neustadt am Rübenberge	City	39,532	45,343	43,542	44,274	44,696	35896	→
Neu Wulmstorf	Com	15,466	20,323	19,903	22,553	23,552	5634	→
Nienburg (Weser)	City	30,710	32,454	30,875	32,021	32,644	6453	→
Norden	City	23,815	24,845	25,102	24,865	24,978	10633	→
Nordenham	City	28,773	28,035	26,491	25,862	25,759	8777	→
Nordhorn	City	49,359	52,479	52,029	55,724	57,372	14986	→
Northeim	City	31,381	31,432	29,327	27,369	27,174	14585	→
Oldenburg (Oldb)	CityCR	143,131	155,908	157,267	172,759	177,055	10309	→
Osnabrück	CityCR	163,168	164,195	153,699	164,898	166,257	11980	→
Osterholz-Scharmbeck	City	24,705	31,253	30,298	29,762	29,757	14717	→
Osterode am Harz	City	27,097	25,571	23,141	21,693	21,474	10254	→
Oyten	Com	12,710	15,195	15,292	16,080	16,509	6343	→
Papenburg	City	30,078	34,266	35,060	36,770	36,972	11844	→
Peine	City	46,654	49,499	48,582	50,276	51,005	11984	→
Rastede	Com	18,526	19,876	21,028	22,555	22,936	12361	→
Rhauderfehn	Com	14,339	16,870	17,118	18,032	18,199	10293	→
Rinteln	City	26,979	28,383	25,791	25,626	25,382	10902	→
Ronnenberg	City	21,025	23,134	23,145	23,817	23,807	3782	→
Rotenburg (Wümme)	City	19,183	21,834	21,106	22,698	23,211	9906	→
Salzgitter	CityCR	114,355	111,696	98,895	104,215	104,433	22448	→
Sarstedt	City	17,326	18,080	18,181	18,960	19,483	4300	→
Schneverdingen	City	15,941	18,632	18,759	18,824	18,964	23492	→
Schortens	City	19,485	21,371	20,416	20,718	21,001	6879	→
Schwanewede	Com	16,989	19,514	19,458	19,958	19,918	13257	→
Seelze	City	30,974	33,160	31,827	34,324	34,383	5408	→
Seesen	City	22,128	22,431	19,883	18,724	18,612	10233	→
Seevetal	Com	36,740	40,819	39,838	43,261	44,091	10533	→
Sehnde	City	17,614	21,123	23,012	23,313	23,414	10358	→
Soltau	City	19,714	21,926	21,241	22,122	22,522	20377	→
Springe	City	29,752	29,907	28,575	28,513	28,851	16013	→
Stade	City	42,487	45,152	45,141	47,852	48,699	11007	→
Stadthagen	City	22,778	23,767	21,604	22,190	22,556	6027	→
Stuhr	Com	27,457	31,323	32,382	33,324	34,052	8184	→
Südbrookmerland	Com	15,734	18,756	18,593	18,206	18,373	9682	→
Syke	City	19,674	23,657	23,641	24,789	25,301	12811	→
Uelzen	City	35,466	35,215	33,606	32,680	32,703	13683	→
Uetze	Com	17,619	19,854	19,923	20,121	20,107	14085	→
Uslar	City	16,576	16,210	14,787	13,562	13,414	11359	→
Varel	City	24,076	24,891	23,795	24,560	24,635	11375	→
Vechelde	Com	14,585	16,189	15,995	18,141	18,060	7624	→
Vechta	City	23,300	28,319	30,319	33,126	33,768	8789	→
Verden (Aller)	City	24,589	26,861	26,664	26,950	27,273	7170	→
Wallenhorst	Com	21,604	23,405	23,197	22,790	22,591	4717	→
Walsrode	City	29,761	31,386	30,466	31,007	30,942	33645	→
Wardenburg	Com	13,921	15,754	15,654	16,209	16,585	11880	→
Wedemark	Com	24,758	28,567	28,223	29,409	29,647	17427	→
Weener	City	14,320	15,406	15,472	15,435	15,243	8123	→
Westerstede	City	18,659	21,521	21,941	23,674	23,956	17955	→
Westoverledingen	Com	17,006	19,731	19,710	21,002	21,119	11210	→
Weyhe	Com	26,050	30,311	29,918	30,500	31,004	6036	→
Wiefelstede	Com	11,212	14,147	15,260	16,229	16,538	10650	→
Wildeshausen	City	14,311	17,442	18,860	20,702	21,347	8970	→
Wilhelmshaven	CityCR	90,561	84,994	77,451	75,366	75,324	10711	→
Winsen (Luhe)	City	27,338	32,055	32,494	36,173	37,050	10977	→
Wittmund	City	19,469	21,371	20,605	19,979	19,951	21015	→
Wolfenbüttel	City	52,032	54,517	51,756	51,750	52,511	7874	→
Wolfsburg	CityCR	128,510	121,887	119,984	127,145	129,813	20462	→
Wunstorf	City	38,276	41,542	40,633	40,984	41,126	12574	→
Wurster Nordseeküste	Com	15,162	17,142	16,962	16,605	16,755	18173	→

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland, Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	3,950,741
Females	4,050,085

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-17 years	1,342,418
18-64 years	4,771,348
65+ years	1,887,060

Age Distribution (C 2022)
90+ years	83,263
80-89 years	509,090
70-79 years	725,269
60-69 years	1,072,100
50-59 years	1,279,637
40-49 years	925,877
30-39 years	975,309
20-29 years	886,394
10-19 years	745,411
0-9 years	740,922

Religion (C 2022)
Roman Catholics	1,223,471
Protestants	3,087,042
Other / No / Unknown	3,632,754

Citizenship (C 2022)
Germany	7,126,641
EU 27 (2020)	305,016
Other Citizenship	511,608

Citizenship (C 2022)
German	7,126,641
Poland	83,076
Turkey	77,480
Romania	59,220
Ukraine	57,319
Syria	80,578
Italy	25,146
Other country	433,805

Region of Birth (C 2022)
Germany	6,639,753
EU 27 (2020)	422,330
Other country	881,182

Country of Birth (C 2022)
Germany	6,639,753
Poland	198,459
Turkey	91,515
Russia	142,282
Romania	55,116
Kazakhstan	114,554
Ukraine	71,092
Syria	80,817
Italy	20,238
Other country	529,439