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 Census (C) 2022-05-15
Arnsberg	GDist	Arnsberg	8,012	3,731,986	3,803,327	3,575,207	3,558,726	801200
Detmold	GDist	Detmold	6,525	1,895,404	2,063,244	2,029,124	2,062,686	652500
Düsseldorf	GDist	Düsseldorf	5,292	5,220,466	5,255,328	5,076,864	5,202,640	529200
Köln	GDist	Köln	7,364	4,025,325	4,309,953	4,285,861	4,441,994	736400
Münster	GDist	Münster	6,918	2,476,470	2,620,240	2,571,195	2,624,443	691800
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]	BL	Düsseldorf	34,112	17,349,651	18,052,092	17,538,251	17,890,489	3411200	→
Germany	Fed Rep	Berlin	357,592	79,753,227	82,440,309	80,219,695	82,711,282		→

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland.

Major Cities

	Name	Population Census (C) 2022-05-15
1	Köln	1,017,355
2	Düsseldorf	611,258
3	Dortmund	598,246
4	Essen	571,039
5	Duisburg	501,415
6	Wuppertal	356,768
7	Bochum	354,288
8	Bielefeld	330,072
9	Bonn	321,544
10	Münster	303,772

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 2022.

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	Area
Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle]	City	241,861	245,778	236,420	261,178	16085	→
Ahaus	City	31,202	37,533	38,331	39,443	15124	→
Ahlen	City	54,169	55,481	52,280	52,669	12313	→
Alfter	Com	17,677	21,350	22,839	23,692	3477	→
Alsdorf	City	46,935	46,344	46,567	48,421	3168	→
Altena	City	24,053	21,831	18,218	16,774	4442	→
Arnsberg	City	75,864	77,396	74,383	74,861	19372	→
Ascheberg	Com	12,778	14,923	15,103	15,459	10632	→
Attendorn	City	22,736	24,688	24,463	23,527	9792	→
Bad Berleburg	City	20,471	21,135	19,754	18,358	27552	→
Bad Driburg	City	17,525	19,608	18,639	18,572	11530	→
Bad Honnef	City	22,577	25,038	24,523	24,825	4814	→
Bad Lippspringe	City	12,860	14,835	14,968	17,048	5101	→
Bad Münstereifel	City	16,163	18,560	17,451	18,026	15083	→
Bad Oeynhausen	City	46,475	49,850	48,623	50,394	6483	→
Bad Salzuflen	City	53,771	55,088	52,285	53,889	10005	→
Baesweiler	City	24,442	27,485	26,363	28,757	2784	→
Beckum	City	36,772	38,018	36,116	36,692	11146	→
Bedburg	City	21,524	24,457	23,037	24,685	8042	→
Bergheim	City	58,146	63,591	58,922	61,449	9634	→
Bergisch Gladbach	City	104,037	105,569	108,878	110,898	8309	→
Bergkamen	City	49,761	52,955	49,011	48,518	4490	→
Bergneustadt	City	20,040	20,809	18,799	18,526	3789	→
Bielefeld	CityCR	319,037	323,373	326,870	330,072	25883	→
Blomberg	City	15,158	17,560	15,721	15,397	9910	→
Bocholt	City	68,936	72,701	71,256	71,985	11940	→
Bochum	CityCR	396,486	390,087	362,286	354,288	14566	→
Bönen	Com	18,391	19,349	18,018	18,097	3804	→
Bonn	CityCR	292,234	306,016	305,765	321,544	14106	→
Borken	City	36,049	40,582	41,614	42,443	15324	→
Bornheim	City	35,858	46,304	46,207	47,695	8269	→
Bottrop	CityCR	118,936	120,780	117,311	117,921	10062	→
Brakel	City	15,743	17,840	16,853	16,196	17392	→
Brilon	City	25,303	27,320	25,909	25,279	22916	→
Brüggen	Com	13,504	15,877	15,489	16,082	6120	→
Brühl	City	41,829	43,850	43,568	44,397	3612	→
Bünde	City	40,524	44,749	45,497	46,591	5929	→
Burbach	Com	14,017	15,076	14,502	14,572	7972	→
Büren	City	18,748	22,194	21,724	21,330	17099	→
Burscheid	City	17,312	19,293	18,078	19,131	2733	→
Castrop-Rauxel	City	79,037	78,471	74,629	72,839	5168	→
Coesfeld	City	32,739	36,264	35,815	37,371	14136	→
Datteln	City	36,876	37,210	34,481	35,277	6610	→
Delbrück	City	24,247	29,429	30,414	31,570	15728	→
Detmold	City	70,074	73,771	73,743	74,486	12939	→
Dinslaken	City	65,313	71,005	67,853	66,606	4766	→
Dormagen	City	58,260	63,295	62,208	64,259	8550	→
Dorsten	City	78,035	81,293	76,860	74,257	17129	→
Dortmund	CityCR	599,055	589,240	571,143	598,246	28071	→
Drensteinfurt	City	12,127	14,675	15,176	15,914	10660	→
Duisburg	CityCR	535,447	512,030	488,468	501,415	23279	→
Dülmen	City	40,496	46,923	46,388	46,865	18483	→
Düren	City	86,508	92,292	88,789	94,149	8501	→
Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf]	CityCR	575,794	570,765	586,291	611,258	21741	→
Eitorf	Com	16,262	19,599	18,762	18,828	6990	→
Elsdorf	City	19,944	21,740	20,818	21,124	6617	→
Emmerich am Rhein	City	28,322	29,005	29,918	30,770	8040	→
Emsdetten	City	31,930	35,235	35,236	35,513	7206	→
Engelskirchen	Com	19,400	20,829	19,368	19,550	6303	→
Enger	City	17,194	20,007	20,439	20,542	4124	→
Ennepetal	City	34,270	33,559	30,400	29,506	5777	→
Ennigerloh	City	19,534	20,786	19,662	19,723	12556	→
Erftstadt	City	45,403	50,998	49,230	48,267	11989	→
Erkelenz	City	37,833	43,364	42,931	44,216	11734	→
Erkrath	City	47,659	48,547	43,690	43,815	2688	→
Erwitte	City	13,849	15,725	15,569	16,066	8941	→
Eschweiler	City	54,675	55,257	54,671	57,093	7575	→
Espelkamp	City	26,101	26,883	24,805	25,647	8421	→
Essen	CityCR	626,973	591,889	566,201	571,039	21034	→
Euskirchen	City	49,654	54,047	55,414	58,697	13949	→
Finnentrop	Com	17,253	18,562	17,172	17,084	10442	→
Frechen	City	44,360	47,382	49,657	51,863	4506	→
Freudenberg	City	17,079	18,315	18,024	17,475	5460	→
Fröndenberg/Ruhr	City	21,252	23,054	20,928	20,668	5623	→
Geilenkirchen	City	22,808	28,137	26,240	28,139	8316	→
Geldern	City	29,245	33,232	32,871	34,603	9697	→
Gelsenkirchen	CityCR	293,714	276,740	258,766	264,130	10494	→
Gescher	City	15,002	16,932	16,869	17,245	8084	→
Geseke	City	17,733	20,219	20,718	20,835	9789	→
Gevelsberg	City	33,217	33,552	31,227	29,768	2633	→
Gladbeck	City	80,267	77,460	73,974	75,515	3596	→
Goch	City	29,843	33,033	32,708	34,379	11543	→
Grefrath	Com	14,442	16,040	14,946	14,710	3098	→
Greven	City	31,010	34,507	34,659	37,806	14026	→
Grevenbroich	City	60,835	65,039	61,741	65,230	10242	→
Gronau (Westf.)	City	40,687	45,290	45,494	49,506	7882	→
Gummersbach	City	50,965	53,355	49,951	51,327	9541	→
Gütersloh	City	86,807	95,459	94,172	99,344	11202	→
Haan	City	29,860	29,607	29,574	30,000	2419	→
Hagen	CityCR	214,449	202,060	187,944	189,614	16045	→
Halle (Westf.)	City	18,841	20,728	21,029	21,189	6970	→
Haltern am See	City	34,025	36,956	37,315	38,203	15912	→
Halver	City	16,260	17,627	16,474	16,395	7723	→
Hamm	CityCR	179,639	183,805	176,037	179,070	22642	→
Hamminkeln	City	24,659	27,209	26,350	26,520	16453	→
Harsewinkel	City	20,135	23,703	23,799	25,137	10059	→
Hattingen	City	58,241	58,023	54,253	52,758	7166	→
Heiligenhaus	City	29,715	28,402	25,560	26,425	2752	→
Heinsberg	City	37,305	41,483	40,949	42,593	9221	→
Hemer	City	34,412	37,355	35,225	34,984	6766	→
Hennef (Sieg)	City	32,521	43,534	44,770	47,923	10589	→
Herdecke	City	26,184	26,001	22,909	23,158	2239	→
Herford	City	63,893	65,097	65,213	66,985	7915	→
Herne	CityCR	178,132	174,018	155,160	155,446	5142	→
Herten	City	69,245	66,495	61,505	61,062	3733	→
Herzebrock-Clarholz	Com	13,351	15,944	15,900	16,398	7928	→
Herzogenrath	City	44,284	46,932	46,564	47,832	3338	→
Hiddenhausen	Com	19,945	21,071	19,786	19,560	2387	→
Hilchenbach	City	15,905	16,506	15,387	14,488	8112	→
Hilden	City	54,782	56,615	54,390	55,085	2595	→
Hille	Com	14,727	16,622	16,027	16,082	10299	→
Holzwickede	Com	16,402	17,739	16,755	17,272	2236	→
Horn-Bad Meinberg	City	17,409	18,696	17,364	17,433	9015	→
Hörstel	City	15,772	19,602	19,660	19,600	10754	→
Hövelhof	Com	13,346	15,872	15,642	16,497	7074	→
Höxter	City	33,079	32,998	30,165	28,012	15816	→
Hückelhoven	City	34,816	39,308	38,927	40,659	6127	→
Hückeswagen	City	15,601	16,540	15,256	14,521	5052	→
Hürth	City	50,808	54,095	55,082	61,209	5122	→
Ibbenbüren	City	44,643	49,485	50,569	50,618	10887	→
Iserlohn	City	96,314	98,865	94,630	91,941	12549	→
Jüchen	City	21,007	22,569	22,162	23,626	7187	→
Jülich	City	31,285	33,940	31,834	34,208	9039	→
Kaarst	City	40,508	42,379	41,901	43,165	3739	→
Kamen	City	46,160	46,348	43,815	42,205	4095	→
Kamp-Lintfort	City	39,019	39,959	37,299	37,469	6314	→
Kempen	City	33,809	36,085	35,075	34,165	6880	→
Kerpen	City	57,337	63,652	63,273	65,763	11396	→
Kevelaer	City	23,309	27,319	27,509	27,863	10064	→
Kierspe	City	16,257	18,299	16,363	16,592	7191	→
Kirchlengern	Com	14,849	16,335	16,189	16,214	3378	→
Kleve	City	45,963	49,031	47,438	52,208	9776	→
Köln [Cologne]	CityCR	953,551	967,940	1,005,775	1,017,355	40501	→
Königswinter	City	35,013	39,482	40,025	40,532	7620	→
Korschenbroich	City	29,227	33,862	32,025	34,168	5526	→
Krefeld	CityCR	244,020	239,559	222,247	230,666	13778	→
Kreuzau	Com	15,644	18,234	17,123	18,061	4173	→
Kreuztal	City	30,885	32,127	30,754	30,609	7107	→
Kürten	Com	17,516	19,679	19,531	19,837	6729	→
Lage	City	34,317	36,157	34,824	35,048	7604	→
Langenfeld (Rheinland)	City	53,455	58,757	56,829	59,650	4115	→
Leichlingen (Rheinland)	City	25,996	26,934	27,478	27,755	3726	→
Lemgo	City	39,485	42,188	41,032	39,973	10085	→
Lengerich	City	21,045	22,259	21,828	22,196	9079	→
Lennestadt	City	26,468	28,046	26,473	24,423	13559	→
Leopoldshöhe	Com	13,744	16,396	15,922	17,125	3693	→
Leverkusen	CityCR	160,919	160,829	158,984	166,356	7887	→
Lindlar	Com	19,307	22,517	21,252	21,322	8588	→
Lippstadt	City	62,345	67,231	65,886	68,100	11368	→
Lohmar	City	27,098	30,936	29,475	30,889	6562	→
Löhne	City	38,557	41,580	39,671	40,847	5951	→
Lübbecke	City	23,695	25,937	25,473	26,525	6504	→
Lüdenscheid	City	79,401	80,509	73,762	71,688	8702	→
Lüdinghausen	City	20,152	23,333	23,544	24,770	14054	→
Lünen	City	87,845	92,005	86,010	85,234	5939	→
Marl	City	91,467	92,628	84,782	85,684	8775	→
Marsberg	City	21,124	22,382	20,428	19,471	18222	→
Mechernich	City	22,755	26,460	26,736	28,694	13648	→
Meckenheim	City	22,814	25,440	23,563	24,594	3484	→
Meerbusch	City	52,104	55,172	54,313	56,999	6440	→
Meinerzhagen	City	19,907	22,031	21,073	20,261	11569	→
Menden (Sauerland)	City	56,527	59,183	54,495	52,434	8610	→
Meschede	City	31,715	32,645	30,745	29,632	21852	→
Mettmann	City	38,998	39,125	37,972	39,448	4256	→
Minden	City	78,145	82,898	80,121	83,743	10112	→
Moers	City	104,595	107,421	104,009	100,465	6768	→
Mönchengladbach	CityCR	259,436	262,963	255,188	264,089	17047	→
Monheim am Rhein	City	42,656	43,685	40,280	42,188	2305	→
Mülheim an der Ruhr	CityCR	177,681	172,332	166,865	171,435	9128	→
Münster	CityCR	259,438	267,197	289,576	303,772	30328	→
Netphen	City	23,293	25,038	23,326	23,005	13739	→
Nettetal	City	38,820	42,085	41,417	41,669	8387	→
Neukirchen-Vluyn	City	26,591	28,566	27,033	27,021	4350	→
Neunkirchen-Seelscheid	Com	16,860	20,328	19,780	19,950	5062	→
Neuss	City	147,019	150,957	150,568	153,079	9952	→
Niederkassel	City	29,240	35,077	36,496	38,069	3579	→
Niederkrüchten	Com	11,183	14,749	14,963	14,447	6707	→
Nottuln	Com	15,748	19,599	19,160	20,080	8567	→
Nümbrecht	Com	14,266	17,009	16,700	17,339	7178	→
Oberhausen	CityCR	223,840	221,619	210,216	212,127	7709	→
Ochtrup	City	17,460	18,977	18,876	19,884	10563	→
Odenthal	Com	13,218	15,120	14,824	15,616	3987	→
Oelde	City	27,759	29,406	28,940	29,704	10277	→
Oer-Erkenschwick	City	28,222	30,516	30,861	31,051	3866	→
Oerlinghausen	City	15,689	17,435	16,684	17,193	3269	→
Olpe	City	23,785	25,371	24,822	24,651	8588	→
Olsberg	City	15,227	16,233	15,057	14,740	11800	→
Overath	City	23,902	26,410	26,968	26,608	6888	→
Paderborn	City	120,680	140,869	142,365	155,516	17959	→
Petershagen	City	24,543	27,103	26,105	25,281	21194	→
Plettenberg	City	29,083	28,959	26,235	24,665	9675	→
Porta Westfalica	City	35,061	36,277	35,623	36,557	10522	→
Pulheim	City	49,353	53,441	52,929	55,199	7215	→
Radevormwald	City	23,762	24,668	22,518	21,547	5386	→
Rahden	City	14,109	15,856	15,634	15,910	13748	→
Ratingen	City	91,007	91,793	86,967	88,425	8874	→
Recklinghausen	City	125,060	124,587	115,958	115,216	6650	→
Rees	City	18,616	21,995	21,520	21,647	10986	→
Reichshof	Com	16,656	19,885	19,017	18,592	11466	→
Reken	Com	11,689	14,027	14,321	14,867	7874	→
Remscheid	CityCR	123,155	118,753	110,708	113,743	7452	→
Rheda-Wiedenbrück	City	38,327	45,235	46,515	47,502	8672	→
Rhede	City	16,952	18,774	19,102	19,219	7890	→
Rheinbach	City	22,990	25,986	26,377	26,704	6972	→
Rheinberg	City	27,886	31,712	30,867	31,210	7524	→
Rheine	City	70,452	75,925	72,749	76,344	14500	→
Rietberg	City	24,138	28,214	28,562	29,284	11031	→
Rösrath	City	22,849	26,613	27,492	28,300	3880	→
Salzkotten	City	20,495	23,680	24,434	25,288	10980	→
Sankt Augustin	City	51,886	55,539	53,850	55,985	3422	→
Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock	City	21,402	25,829	26,386	26,120	6752	→
Schmallenberg	City	25,077	26,538	25,475	24,518	30310	→
Schwalmtal	Com	15,271	19,370	19,062	18,658	4811	→
Schwelm	City	30,394	30,351	28,435	27,986	2050	→
Schwerte	City	50,696	50,534	46,743	45,954	5623	→
Selm	City	24,891	27,389	26,017	25,701	6041	→
Senden	Com	15,341	19,703	19,976	20,440	10945	→
Siegburg	City	35,441	37,865	38,780	42,142	2366	→
Siegen	City	109,174	108,397	99,187	102,275	11469	→
Simmerath	Com	13,305	15,415	15,122	16,393	11092	→
Soest	City	42,602	48,361	46,742	46,453	8581	→
Solingen	CityCR	165,401	165,032	155,265	164,621	8954	→
Spenge	City	14,977	15,796	14,812	14,682	4035	→
Sprockhövel	City	24,505	26,419	25,444	24,156	4794	→
Stadtlohn	City	17,713	20,407	20,164	20,791	7925	→
Steinfurt	City	31,484	34,052	33,392	33,965	11167	→
Steinhagen	Com	17,303	19,745	20,157	19,821	5641	→
Stolberg (Rhld.)	City	57,231	58,718	56,206	57,165	9848	→
Straelen	City	12,927	15,337	15,367	16,314	7400	→
Sundern (Sauerland)	City	27,250	29,864	28,565	27,677	19327	→
Swisttal	Com	17,170	17,954	17,604	18,319	6222	→
Telgte	City	17,358	19,370	18,866	19,751	9090	→
Tönisvorst	City	24,844	30,477	29,574	29,114	4434	→
Troisdorf	City	64,430	73,282	72,408	75,335	6200	→
Übach-Palenberg	City	23,521	25,049	24,220	23,748	2609	→
Unna	City	61,552	70,117	59,149	59,515	8856	→
Velbert	City	89,253	89,823	81,303	82,319	7490	→
Verl	City	19,771	23,768	24,766	25,286	7137	→
Versmold	City	18,231	20,634	20,898	21,303	8557	→
Viersen	City	77,453	77,259	74,941	76,146	9110	→
Vlotho	City	19,592	20,544	19,232	18,625	7693	→
Voerde (Niederrhein)	City	36,415	38,935	37,134	35,387	5349	→
Vreden	City	19,421	21,931	22,400	22,788	13583	→
Wachtberg	Com	17,281	19,162	19,451	20,284	4968	→
Waldbröl	City	16,244	19,213	18,964	19,534	6332	→
Waltrop	City	29,354	30,437	29,017	29,246	4709	→
Warburg	City	22,562	24,218	23,547	23,211	16884	→
Warendorf	City	35,092	38,988	36,982	37,176	17688	→
Warstein	City	28,363	29,007	25,966	25,162	15805	→
Wassenberg	City	12,478	16,044	16,944	19,191	4243	→
Wegberg	City	25,445	28,800	27,865	28,098	8434	→
Weilerswist	Com	14,279	16,337	15,462	18,736	5717	→
Wenden	Com	16,932	19,658	19,665	19,266	7256	→
Werdohl	City	21,875	21,265	18,430	17,854	3338	→
Werl	City	28,554	31,819	30,303	29,984	7635	→
Wermelskirchen	City	35,865	36,907	34,934	34,532	7481	→
Werne	City	29,484	30,779	29,614	30,229	7614	→
Wesel	City	59,631	62,151	60,335	59,988	12256	→
Wesseling	City	30,710	35,224	34,998	37,301	2337	→
Wetter (Ruhr)	City	28,880	29,675	27,935	26,317	3155	→
Wiehl	City	23,123	26,455	25,274	25,010	5326	→
Willich	City	42,416	50,853	50,708	49,494	6780	→
Wilnsdorf	Com	20,497	21,618	20,469	20,115	7204	→
Windeck	Com	18,456	21,048	18,935	19,335	10722	→
Wipperfürth	City	21,487	23,227	21,660	21,647	11830	→
Witten	City	105,403	103,158	96,382	91,735	7240	→
Wülfrath	City	21,987	22,669	21,213	20,773	3227	→
Wuppertal	CityCR	383,660	364,784	342,661	356,768	16839	→
Würselen	City	34,406	36,731	37,206	39,792	3439	→
Xanten	City	16,930	20,841	21,245	20,919	7243	→
Zülpich	City	17,298	19,674	19,745	21,093	10101	→

Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland, Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen.