Nordrhein-Westfalen / North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany): Governmental Districts, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Governmental Districts

The population of the administrative districts of North Rhine-Westphalia 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
Arnsberg	GDist	Arnsberg	8,012	3,731,986	3,803,327	3,575,207	3,565,239	801200
Detmold	GDist	Detmold	6,525	1,895,404	2,063,244	2,029,124	2,057,480	652500
Düsseldorf	GDist	Düsseldorf	5,292	5,220,466	5,255,328	5,076,864	5,197,679	529200
Köln	GDist	Köln	7,364	4,025,325	4,309,953	4,285,861	4,472,956	736400
Münster	GDist	Münster	6,918	2,476,470	2,620,240	2,571,195	2,631,237	691800
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]	BL	Düsseldorf	34,112	17,349,651	18,052,092	17,538,251	17,924,591	3411200	→

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2021-12-31
1	Köln	1,073,096
2	Düsseldorf	619,477
3	Dortmund	586,852
4	Essen	579,432
5	Duisburg	495,152
6	Bochum	363,441
7	Wuppertal	354,572
8	Bielefeld	334,002
9	Bonn	331,885
10	Münster	317,713

Contents: Cities & Communes

The population of all cities and communes in North Rhine-Westphalia 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
Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle]	City	241,861	245,778	236,420	249,070	16085	→
Ahaus	City	31,202	37,533	38,331	39,658	15124	→
Ahlen	City	54,169	55,481	52,280	52,627	12313	→
Alfter	Com	17,677	21,350	22,839	23,521	3477	→
Alsdorf	City	46,935	46,344	46,567	47,678	3168	→
Altena	City	24,053	21,831	18,218	16,389	4442	→
Arnsberg	City	75,864	77,396	74,383	73,423	19372	→
Ascheberg	Com	12,778	14,923	15,103	15,602	10632	→
Attendorn	City	22,736	24,688	24,463	24,207	9792	→
Bad Berleburg	City	20,471	21,135	19,754	18,709	27552	→
Bad Driburg	City	17,525	19,608	18,639	18,985	11530	→
Bad Honnef	City	22,577	25,038	24,523	25,738	4814	→
Bad Lippspringe	City	12,860	14,835	14,968	16,424	5101	→
Bad Münstereifel	City	16,163	18,560	17,451	17,152	15083	→
Bad Oeynhausen	City	46,475	49,850	48,623	48,803	6483	→
Bad Salzuflen	City	53,771	55,088	52,285	54,074	10005	→
Baesweiler	City	24,442	27,485	26,363	27,351	2784	→
Beckum	City	36,772	38,018	36,116	36,737	11146	→
Bedburg	City	21,524	24,457	23,037	23,867	8042	→
Bergheim	City	58,146	63,591	58,922	61,807	9634	→
Bergisch Gladbach	City	104,037	105,569	108,878	111,645	8309	→
Bergkamen	City	49,761	52,955	49,011	48,669	4490	→
Bergneustadt	City	20,040	20,809	18,799	18,416	3789	→
Bielefeld	CityCR	319,037	323,373	326,870	334,002	25883	→
Blomberg	City	15,158	17,560	15,721	15,095	9910	→
Bocholt	City	68,936	72,701	71,256	71,074	11940	→
Bochum	CityCR	396,486	390,087	362,286	363,441	14566	→
Bönen	Com	18,391	19,349	18,018	18,169	3804	→
Bonn	CityCR	292,234	306,016	305,765	331,885	14106	→
Borken	City	36,049	40,582	41,614	42,974	15324	→
Bornheim	City	35,858	46,304	46,207	48,435	8269	→
Bottrop	CityCR	118,936	120,780	117,311	117,311	10062	→
Brakel	City	15,743	17,840	16,853	16,195	17392	→
Brilon	City	25,303	27,320	25,909	25,303	22916	→
Brüggen	Com	13,504	15,877	15,489	15,907	6120	→
Brühl	City	41,829	43,850	43,568	43,998	3612	→
Bünde	City	40,524	44,749	45,497	45,364	5929	→
Burbach	Com	14,017	15,076	14,502	14,924	7972	→
Büren	City	18,748	22,194	21,724	21,328	17099	→
Burscheid	City	17,312	19,293	18,078	18,681	2733	→
Castrop-Rauxel	City	79,037	78,471	74,629	73,078	5168	→
Coesfeld	City	32,739	36,264	35,815	36,382	14136	→
Datteln	City	36,876	37,210	34,481	34,876	6610	→
Delbrück	City	24,247	29,429	30,414	32,266	15728	→
Detmold	City	70,074	73,771	73,743	73,969	12939	→
Dinslaken	City	65,313	71,005	67,853	67,114	4766	→
Dormagen	City	58,260	63,295	62,208	64,553	8550	→
Dorsten	City	78,035	81,293	76,860	74,551	17129	→
Dortmund	CityCR	599,055	589,240	571,143	586,852	28071	→
Drensteinfurt	City	12,127	14,675	15,176	15,607	10660	→
Duisburg	CityCR	535,447	512,030	488,468	495,152	23279	→
Dülmen	City	40,496	46,923	46,388	46,877	18483	→
Düren	City	86,508	92,292	88,789	91,814	8501	→
Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf]	CityCR	575,794	570,765	586,291	619,477	21741	→
Eitorf	Com	16,262	19,599	18,762	18,751	6990	→
Elsdorf	City	19,944	21,740	20,818	21,745	6617	→
Emmerich am Rhein	City	28,322	29,005	29,918	30,854	8040	→
Emsdetten	City	31,930	35,235	35,236	35,927	7206	→
Engelskirchen	Com	19,400	20,829	19,368	19,293	6303	→
Enger	City	17,194	20,007	20,439	20,483	4124	→
Ennepetal	City	34,270	33,559	30,400	30,306	5777	→
Ennigerloh	City	19,534	20,786	19,662	19,639	12556	→
Erftstadt	City	45,403	50,998	49,230	49,667	11989	→
Erkelenz	City	37,833	43,364	42,931	43,492	11734	→
Erkrath	City	47,659	48,547	43,690	43,594	2688	→
Erwitte	City	13,849	15,725	15,569	16,043	8941	→
Eschweiler	City	54,675	55,257	54,671	55,784	7575	→
Espelkamp	City	26,101	26,883	24,805	24,754	8421	→
Essen	CityCR	626,973	591,889	566,201	579,432	21034	→
Euskirchen	City	49,654	54,047	55,414	58,754	13949	→
Finnentrop	Com	17,253	18,562	17,172	16,780	10442	→
Frechen	City	44,360	47,382	49,657	52,155	4506	→
Freudenberg	City	17,079	18,315	18,024	17,677	5460	→
Fröndenberg/Ruhr	City	21,252	23,054	20,928	20,436	5623	→
Geilenkirchen	City	22,808	28,137	26,240	27,836	8316	→
Geldern	City	29,245	33,232	32,871	33,733	9697	→
Gelsenkirchen	CityCR	293,714	276,740	258,766	260,126	10494	→
Gescher	City	15,002	16,932	16,869	17,186	8084	→
Geseke	City	17,733	20,219	20,718	21,411	9789	→
Gevelsberg	City	33,217	33,552	31,227	30,669	2633	→
Gladbeck	City	80,267	77,460	73,974	75,343	3596	→
Goch	City	29,843	33,033	32,708	34,593	11543	→
Grefrath	Com	14,442	16,040	14,946	14,734	3098	→
Greven	City	31,010	34,507	34,659	37,700	14026	→
Grevenbroich	City	60,835	65,039	61,741	63,922	10242	→
Gronau (Westf.)	City	40,687	45,290	45,494	49,031	7882	→
Gummersbach	City	50,965	53,355	49,951	51,126	9541	→
Gütersloh	City	86,807	95,459	94,172	101,158	11202	→
Haan	City	29,860	29,607	29,574	30,298	2419	→
Hagen	CityCR	214,449	202,060	187,944	188,713	16045	→
Halle (Westf.)	City	18,841	20,728	21,029	21,574	6970	→
Haltern am See	City	34,025	36,956	37,315	37,808	15912	→
Halver	City	16,260	17,627	16,474	16,120	7723	→
Hamm	CityCR	179,639	183,805	176,037	179,238	22642	→
Hamminkeln	City	24,659	27,209	26,350	26,900	16453	→
Harsewinkel	City	20,135	23,703	23,799	25,575	10059	→
Hattingen	City	58,241	58,023	54,253	54,061	7166	→
Heiligenhaus	City	29,715	28,402	25,560	26,367	2752	→
Heinsberg	City	37,305	41,483	40,949	42,888	9221	→
Hemer	City	34,412	37,355	35,225	33,708	6766	→
Hennef (Sieg)	City	32,521	43,534	44,770	47,400	10589	→
Herdecke	City	26,184	26,001	22,909	22,689	2239	→
Herford	City	63,893	65,097	65,213	66,551	7915	→
Herne	CityCR	178,132	174,018	155,160	156,621	5142	→
Herten	City	69,245	66,495	61,505	61,910	3733	→
Herzebrock-Clarholz	Com	13,351	15,944	15,900	16,184	7928	→
Herzogenrath	City	44,284	46,932	46,564	46,290	3338	→
Hiddenhausen	Com	19,945	21,071	19,786	19,790	2387	→
Hilchenbach	City	15,905	16,506	15,387	14,583	8112	→
Hilden	City	54,782	56,615	54,390	55,182	2595	→
Hille	Com	14,727	16,622	16,027	15,374	10299	→
Holzwickede	Com	16,402	17,739	16,755	17,035	2236	→
Horn-Bad Meinberg	City	17,409	18,696	17,364	17,142	9015	→
Hörstel	City	15,772	19,602	19,660	20,506	10754	→
Hövelhof	Com	13,346	15,872	15,642	16,274	7074	→
Höxter	City	33,079	32,998	30,165	28,467	15816	→
Hückelhoven	City	34,816	39,308	38,927	40,712	6127	→
Hückeswagen	City	15,601	16,540	15,256	14,706	5052	→
Hürth	City	50,808	54,095	55,082	60,034	5122	→
Ibbenbüren	City	44,643	49,485	50,569	51,888	10887	→
Iserlohn	City	96,314	98,865	94,630	91,873	12549	→
Jüchen	City	21,007	22,569	22,162	23,611	7187	→
Jülich	City	31,285	33,940	31,834	32,635	9039	→
Kaarst	City	40,508	42,379	41,901	43,661	3739	→
Kamen	City	46,160	46,348	43,815	42,544	4095	→
Kamp-Lintfort	City	39,019	39,959	37,299	37,847	6314	→
Kempen	City	33,809	36,085	35,075	34,562	6880	→
Kerpen	City	57,337	63,652	63,273	66,294	11396	→
Kevelaer	City	23,309	27,319	27,509	27,891	10064	→
Kierspe	City	16,257	18,299	16,363	16,043	7191	→
Kirchlengern	Com	14,849	16,335	16,189	16,111	3378	→
Kleve	City	45,963	49,031	47,438	52,470	9776	→
Köln [Cologne]	CityCR	953,551	967,940	1,005,775	1,073,096	40501	→
Königswinter	City	35,013	39,482	40,025	41,065	7620	→
Korschenbroich	City	29,227	33,862	32,025	33,786	5526	→
Krefeld	CityCR	244,020	239,559	222,247	227,050	13778	→
Kreuzau	Com	15,644	18,234	17,123	17,463	4173	→
Kreuztal	City	30,885	32,127	30,754	30,787	7107	→
Kürten	Com	17,516	19,679	19,531	19,832	6729	→
Lage	City	34,317	36,157	34,824	34,686	7604	→
Langenfeld (Rheinland)	City	53,455	58,757	56,829	59,223	4115	→
Leichlingen (Rheinland)	City	25,996	26,934	27,478	27,868	3726	→
Lemgo	City	39,485	42,188	41,032	40,345	10085	→
Lengerich	City	21,045	22,259	21,828	22,527	9079	→
Lennestadt	City	26,468	28,046	26,473	25,176	13559	→
Leopoldshöhe	Com	13,744	16,396	15,922	16,413	3693	→
Leverkusen	CityCR	160,919	160,829	158,984	163,851	7887	→
Lindlar	Com	19,307	22,517	21,252	21,366	8588	→
Lippstadt	City	62,345	67,231	65,886	68,007	11368	→
Lohmar	City	27,098	30,936	29,475	30,452	6562	→
Löhne	City	38,557	41,580	39,671	39,977	5951	→
Lübbecke	City	23,695	25,937	25,473	25,674	6504	→
Lüdenscheid	City	79,401	80,509	73,762	71,230	8702	→
Lüdinghausen	City	20,152	23,333	23,544	24,847	14054	→
Lünen	City	87,845	92,005	86,010	85,721	5939	→
Marl	City	91,467	92,628	84,782	83,697	8775	→
Marsberg	City	21,124	22,382	20,428	19,377	18222	→
Mechernich	City	22,755	26,460	26,736	28,327	13648	→
Meckenheim	City	22,814	25,440	23,563	24,693	3484	→
Meerbusch	City	52,104	55,172	54,313	56,855	6440	→
Meinerzhagen	City	19,907	22,031	21,073	20,535	11569	→
Menden (Sauerland)	City	56,527	59,183	54,495	52,096	8610	→
Meschede	City	31,715	32,645	30,745	29,608	21852	→
Mettmann	City	38,998	39,125	37,972	38,808	4256	→
Minden	City	78,145	82,898	80,121	81,857	10112	→
Moers	City	104,595	107,421	104,009	103,725	6768	→
Mönchengladbach	CityCR	259,436	262,963	255,188	261,001	17047	→
Monheim am Rhein	City	42,656	43,685	40,280	41,913	2305	→
Mülheim an der Ruhr	CityCR	177,681	172,332	166,865	170,739	9128	→
Münster	CityCR	259,438	267,197	289,576	317,713	30328	→
Netphen	City	23,293	25,038	23,326	23,116	13739	→
Nettetal	City	38,820	42,085	41,417	42,508	8387	→
Neukirchen-Vluyn	City	26,591	28,566	27,033	27,613	4350	→
Neunkirchen-Seelscheid	Com	16,860	20,328	19,780	19,852	5062	→
Neuss	City	147,019	150,957	150,568	152,731	9952	→
Niederkassel	City	29,240	35,077	36,496	38,694	3579	→
Niederkrüchten	Com	11,183	14,749	14,963	15,075	6707	→
Nottuln	Com	15,748	19,599	19,160	19,672	8567	→
Nümbrecht	Com	14,266	17,009	16,700	17,165	7178	→
Oberhausen	CityCR	223,840	221,619	210,216	208,752	7709	→
Ochtrup	City	17,460	18,977	18,876	19,893	10563	→
Odenthal	Com	13,218	15,120	14,824	15,063	3987	→
Oelde	City	27,759	29,406	28,940	29,210	10277	→
Oer-Erkenschwick	City	28,222	30,516	30,861	31,395	3866	→
Oerlinghausen	City	15,689	17,435	16,684	17,001	3269	→
Olpe	City	23,785	25,371	24,822	24,677	8588	→
Olsberg	City	15,227	16,233	15,057	14,410	11800	→
Overath	City	23,902	26,410	26,968	27,148	6888	→
Paderborn	City	120,680	140,869	142,365	152,531	17959	→
Petershagen	City	24,543	27,103	26,105	25,027	21194	→
Plettenberg	City	29,083	28,959	26,235	24,716	9675	→
Porta Westfalica	City	35,061	36,277	35,623	35,658	10522	→
Pulheim	City	49,353	53,441	52,929	54,805	7215	→
Radevormwald	City	23,762	24,668	22,518	21,952	5386	→
Rahden	City	14,109	15,856	15,634	15,505	13748	→
Ratingen	City	91,007	91,793	86,967	86,424	8874	→
Recklinghausen	City	125,060	124,587	115,958	110,714	6650	→
Rees	City	18,616	21,995	21,520	21,045	10986	→
Reichshof	Com	16,656	19,885	19,017	18,454	11466	→
Reken	Com	11,689	14,027	14,321	15,092	7874	→
Remscheid	CityCR	123,155	118,753	110,708	111,770	7452	→
Rheda-Wiedenbrück	City	38,327	45,235	46,515	48,714	8672	→
Rhede	City	16,952	18,774	19,102	19,336	7890	→
Rheinbach	City	22,990	25,986	26,377	26,831	6972	→
Rheinberg	City	27,886	31,712	30,867	30,863	7524	→
Rheine	City	70,452	75,925	72,749	76,948	14500	→
Rietberg	City	24,138	28,214	28,562	29,564	11031	→
Rösrath	City	22,849	26,613	27,492	28,712	3880	→
Salzkotten	City	20,495	23,680	24,434	25,040	10980	→
Sankt Augustin	City	51,886	55,539	53,850	55,563	3422	→
Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock	City	21,402	25,829	26,386	27,120	6752	→
Schmallenberg	City	25,077	26,538	25,475	24,704	30310	→
Schwalmtal	Com	15,271	19,370	19,062	19,062	4811	→
Schwelm	City	30,394	30,351	28,435	28,501	2050	→
Schwerte	City	50,696	50,534	46,743	46,240	5623	→
Selm	City	24,891	27,389	26,017	25,983	6041	→
Senden	Com	15,341	19,703	19,976	20,495	10945	→
Siegburg	City	35,441	37,865	38,780	41,660	2366	→
Siegen	City	109,174	108,397	99,187	101,516	11469	→
Simmerath	Com	13,305	15,415	15,122	15,614	11092	→
Soest	City	42,602	48,361	46,742	47,929	8581	→
Solingen	CityCR	165,401	165,032	155,265	158,957	8954	→
Spenge	City	14,977	15,796	14,812	14,313	4035	→
Sprockhövel	City	24,505	26,419	25,444	24,659	4794	→
Stadtlohn	City	17,713	20,407	20,164	20,458	7925	→
Steinfurt	City	31,484	34,052	33,392	34,645	11167	→
Steinhagen	Com	17,303	19,745	20,157	20,405	5641	→
Stolberg (Rhld.)	City	57,231	58,718	56,206	56,103	9848	→
Straelen	City	12,927	15,337	15,367	16,232	7400	→
Sundern (Sauerland)	City	27,250	29,864	28,565	27,511	19327	→
Swisttal	Com	17,170	17,954	17,604	18,527	6222	→
Telgte	City	17,358	19,370	18,866	19,982	9090	→
Tönisvorst	City	24,844	30,477	29,574	29,257	4434	→
Troisdorf	City	64,430	73,282	72,408	75,222	6200	→
Übach-Palenberg	City	23,521	25,049	24,220	23,979	2609	→
Unna	City	61,552	70,117	59,149	58,911	8856	→
Velbert	City	89,253	89,823	81,303	81,593	7490	→
Verl	City	19,771	23,768	24,766	25,177	7137	→
Versmold	City	18,231	20,634	20,898	21,829	8557	→
Viersen	City	77,453	77,259	74,941	77,523	9110	→
Vlotho	City	19,592	20,544	19,232	18,334	7693	→
Voerde (Niederrhein)	City	36,415	38,935	37,134	35,889	5349	→
Vreden	City	19,421	21,931	22,400	22,758	13583	→
Wachtberg	Com	17,281	19,162	19,451	20,391	4968	→
Waldbröl	City	16,244	19,213	18,964	19,618	6332	→
Waltrop	City	29,354	30,437	29,017	29,429	4709	→
Warburg	City	22,562	24,218	23,547	22,953	16884	→
Warendorf	City	35,092	38,988	36,982	37,146	17688	→
Warstein	City	28,363	29,007	25,966	24,325	15805	→
Wassenberg	City	12,478	16,044	16,944	18,952	4243	→
Wegberg	City	25,445	28,800	27,865	28,213	8434	→
Weilerswist	Com	14,279	16,337	15,462	17,602	5717	→
Wenden	Com	16,932	19,658	19,665	19,442	7256	→
Werdohl	City	21,875	21,265	18,430	17,727	3338	→
Werl	City	28,554	31,819	30,303	30,736	7635	→
Wermelskirchen	City	35,865	36,907	34,934	34,480	7481	→
Werne	City	29,484	30,779	29,614	29,355	7614	→
Wesel	City	59,631	62,151	60,335	60,688	12256	→
Wesseling	City	30,710	35,224	34,998	37,519	2337	→
Wetter (Ruhr)	City	28,880	29,675	27,935	27,236	3155	→
Wiehl	City	23,123	26,455	25,274	25,088	5326	→
Willich	City	42,416	50,853	50,708	50,133	6780	→
Wilnsdorf	Com	20,497	21,618	20,469	19,762	7204	→
Windeck	Com	18,456	21,048	18,935	18,864	10722	→
Wipperfürth	City	21,487	23,227	21,660	20,879	11830	→
Witten	City	105,403	103,158	96,382	95,107	7240	→
Wülfrath	City	21,987	22,669	21,213	21,009	3227	→
Wuppertal	CityCR	383,660	364,784	342,661	354,572	16839	→
Würselen	City	34,406	36,731	37,206	38,480	3439	→
Xanten	City	16,930	20,841	21,245	21,502	7243	→
Zülpich	City	17,298	19,674	19,745	20,597	10101	→

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web), Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen (web).