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 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
	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
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
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).