Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia

Cities and communes in North Rhine-Westphalia

Contents: Nordrhein-Westfalen

State

17,890,489 Population [2022] – census

18,034,454 Population [2024] – estimate

34,113km² Area

528.7/km² Density [2024]

0.31% Annual Population Change [2022 → 2024]

Counties

The population of all counties in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen).

Name	Status	Population Estimate 1990-12-31	Population Estimate 2001-12-31	Population Census 2011-05-09	Population Census 2022-05-15	Population Estimate 2024-12-31
Bielefeld	County-level City	319,037	323,373	326,870	330,072	331,605	→
Bochum	County-level City	396,486	390,087	362,286	354,288	358,676	→
Bonn	County-level City	292,234	306,016	305,765	321,544	323,336	→
Borken	County	320,580	362,834	363,755	374,418	380,796	→
Bottrop	County-level City	118,936	120,780	117,311	117,921	118,535	→
Coesfeld	County	184,241	216,805	215,269	222,953	227,859	→
Dortmund	County-level City	599,055	589,240	571,143	598,246	603,462	→
Duisburg	County-level City	535,447	512,030	488,468	501,415	502,270	→
Düren	County	244,297	271,074	258,760	275,392	279,285	→
Düsseldorf	County-level City	575,794	570,765	586,291	611,258	618,685	→
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	County	349,412	349,988	326,049	314,154	314,167	→
Essen	County-level City	626,973	591,889	566,201	571,039	574,682	→
Euskirchen	County	170,112	190,581	187,940	197,836	202,609	→
Gelsenkirchen	County-level City	293,714	276,740	258,766	264,130	267,930	→
Gütersloh	County	303,829	347,954	350,420	359,571	363,982	→
Hagen	County-level City	214,449	202,060	187,944	189,614	190,384	→
Hamm	County-level City	179,639	183,805	176,037	179,070	179,968	→
Heinsberg	County	220,602	252,275	248,161	258,975	263,681	→
Herford	County	238,231	255,393	250,704	254,008	254,404	→
Herne	County-level City	178,132	174,018	155,160	155,446	155,851	→
Hochsauerlandkreis	County	268,627	281,480	266,509	260,512	260,843	→
Höxter	County	146,238	155,518	145,678	138,447	139,252	→
Kleve	County	269,149	301,861	300,989	315,361	322,018	→
Köln	County-level City	953,551	967,940	1,005,775	1,017,355	1,024,621	→
Krefeld	County-level City	244,020	239,559	222,247	230,666	231,406	→
Leverkusen	County-level City	160,919	160,829	158,984	166,356	168,581	→
Lippe	County	340,202	364,990	348,681	348,030	347,149	→
Märkischer Kreis	County	443,026	457,079	423,819	409,960	408,046	→
Mettmann	County	499,372	509,023	477,778	488,128	490,910	→
Minden-Lübbecke	County	298,771	323,055	312,169	319,456	320,557	→
Mönchengladbach	County-level City	259,436	262,963	255,188	264,089	267,213	→
Mülheim an der Ruhr	County-level City	177,681	172,332	166,865	171,435	173,050	→
Münster	County-level City	259,438	267,197	289,576	303,772	308,258	→
Oberbergischer Kreis	County	263,276	289,518	273,011	272,744	274,057	→
Oberhausen	County-level City	223,840	221,619	210,216	212,127	213,646	→
Olpe	County	130,471	141,705	136,491	132,230	132,346	→
Paderborn	County	249,096	292,961	294,602	313,102	315,912	→
Recklinghausen	County	651,588	656,053	619,382	618,350	621,305	→
Remscheid	County-level City	123,155	118,753	110,708	113,743	113,828	→
Rhein-Erft-Kreis	County	419,414	458,430	451,514	471,257	477,988	→
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	County	260,695	276,525	278,183	282,677	284,273	→
Rhein-Kreis Neuss	County	420,374	445,683	437,393	454,412	457,077	→
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	County	504,274	583,051	578,252	600,286	605,441	→
Siegen-Wittgenstein	County	288,922	295,787	276,834	273,746	274,074	→
Soest	County	277,333	307,809	296,875	298,067	300,297	→
Solingen	County-level City	165,401	165,032	155,265	164,621	165,626	→
Städteregion Aachen	County	535,951	553,714	539,516	577,572	582,410	→
Steinfurt	County	390,945	437,545	433,659	443,690	451,712	→
Unna	County	406,434	430,269	396,060	393,393	393,784	→
Viersen	County	271,742	302,795	296,175	294,485	297,857	→
Warendorf	County	257,028	282,286	273,477	279,209	282,639	→
Wesel	County	444,422	476,240	460,419	453,093	457,918	→
Wuppertal	County-level City	383,660	364,784	342,661	356,768	358,193	→
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]	State	17,349,651	18,052,092	17,538,251	17,890,489	18,034,454

Contents: Cities and Communes

The population of all cities and communes in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen).

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Name	Status	County	Population Estimate 1990-12-31	Population Estimate 2001-12-31	Population Census 2011-05-09	Population Census 2022-05-15	Population Estimate 2024-12-31
Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle]	City	Städteregion Aachen	241,861	245,778	236,420	261,178	262,670	→
Ahaus	City	Borken	31,202	37,533	38,331	39,443	40,176	→
Ahlen	City	Warendorf	54,169	55,481	52,280	52,669	52,666	→
Aldenhoven	Commune	Düren	12,431	13,911	13,740	13,939	14,324	→
Alfter	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	17,677	21,350	22,839	23,692	23,719	→
Alpen	Commune	Wesel	11,003	12,651	12,747	12,085	12,515	→
Alsdorf	City	Städteregion Aachen	46,935	46,344	46,567	48,421	48,810	→
Altena	City	Märkischer Kreis	24,053	21,831	18,218	16,774	16,621	→
Altenbeken	Commune	Paderborn	7,632	9,638	9,296	9,218	9,161	→
Altenberge	Commune	Steinfurt	7,852	9,640	9,999	10,220	10,278	→
Anröchte	Commune	Soest	9,587	10,877	10,422	10,237	10,304	→
Arnsberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	75,864	77,396	74,383	74,861	74,879	→
Ascheberg	Commune	Coesfeld	12,778	14,923	15,103	15,459	15,831	→
Attendorn	City	Olpe	22,736	24,688	24,463	23,527	23,554	→
Augustdorf	Commune	Lippe	8,464	10,168	9,649	10,054	9,774	→
Bad Berleburg	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	20,471	21,135	19,754	18,358	18,400	→
Bad Driburg	City	Höxter	17,525	19,608	18,639	18,572	19,080	→
Bad Honnef	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	22,577	25,038	24,523	24,825	25,061	→
Bad Laasphe	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	15,139	15,395	14,186	13,101	13,148	→
Bad Lippspringe	City	Paderborn	12,860	14,835	14,968	17,048	17,252	→
Bad Münstereifel	City	Euskirchen	16,163	18,560	17,451	18,026	18,297	→
Bad Oeynhausen	City	Minden-Lübbecke	46,475	49,850	48,623	50,394	50,620	→
Bad Salzuflen	City	Lippe	53,771	55,088	52,285	53,889	53,958	→
Bad Sassendorf	Commune	Soest	10,147	11,312	11,478	12,110	12,194	→
Bad Wünnenberg	City	Paderborn	10,226	12,221	12,105	12,107	12,418	→
Baesweiler	City	Städteregion Aachen	24,442	27,485	26,363	28,757	29,206	→
Balve	City	Märkischer Kreis	11,416	12,183	11,789	11,283	11,240	→
Barntrup	City	Lippe	8,989	9,651	9,042	8,459	8,297	→
Beckum	City	Warendorf	36,772	38,018	36,116	36,692	37,133	→
Bedburg	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	21,524	24,457	23,037	24,685	25,316	→
Bedburg-Hau	Commune	Kleve	12,328	12,361	12,609	13,197	13,599	→
Beelen	Commune	Warendorf	5,156	6,249	6,284	5,976	6,002	→
Bergheim	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	58,146	63,591	58,922	61,449	61,611	→
Bergisch Gladbach	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	104,037	105,569	108,878	110,898	111,361	→
Bergkamen	City	Unna	49,761	52,955	49,011	48,518	49,143	→
Bergneustadt	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	20,040	20,809	18,799	18,526	18,628	→
Bestwig	Commune	Hochsauerlandkreis	11,571	12,000	11,430	10,238	10,147	→
Beverungen	City	Höxter	15,240	15,506	13,867	12,664	12,669	→
Bielefeld	County-level City	Bielefeld	319,037	323,373	326,870	330,072	331,605	→
Billerbeck	City	Coesfeld	9,991	11,377	11,460	11,625	11,945	→
Blankenheim	Commune	Euskirchen	7,784	8,770	8,646	8,373	8,434	→
Blomberg	City	Lippe	15,158	17,560	15,721	15,397	15,485	→
Bocholt	City	Borken	68,936	72,701	71,256	71,985	73,257	→
Bochum	County-level City	Bochum	396,486	390,087	362,286	354,288	358,676	→
Bönen	Commune	Unna	18,391	19,349	18,018	18,097	17,734	→
Bonn	County-level City	Bonn	292,234	306,016	305,765	321,544	323,336	→
Borchen	Commune	Paderborn	11,071	13,085	13,181	13,849	13,721	→
Borgentreich	City	Höxter	9,376	9,820	9,133	8,727	8,632	→
Borgholzhausen	City	Gütersloh	7,872	8,759	8,718	8,777	8,847	→
Borken	City	Borken	36,049	40,582	41,614	42,443	43,035	→
Bornheim	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	35,858	46,304	46,207	47,695	48,203	→
Bottrop	County-level City	Bottrop	118,936	120,780	117,311	117,921	118,535	→
Brakel	City	Höxter	15,743	17,840	16,853	16,196	16,193	→
Breckerfeld	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	8,318	9,250	9,064	8,770	8,816	→
Brilon	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	25,303	27,320	25,909	25,279	25,424	→
Brüggen	Commune	Viersen	13,504	15,877	15,489	16,082	16,198	→
Brühl	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	41,829	43,850	43,568	44,397	45,555	→
Bünde	City	Herford	40,524	44,749	45,497	46,591	46,365	→
Burbach	Commune	Siegen-Wittgenstein	14,017	15,076	14,502	14,572	14,553	→
Büren	City	Paderborn	18,748	22,194	21,724	21,330	21,593	→
Burscheid	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	17,312	19,293	18,078	19,131	19,272	→
Castrop-Rauxel	City	Recklinghausen	79,037	78,471	74,629	72,839	73,282	→
Coesfeld	City	Coesfeld	32,739	36,264	35,815	37,371	38,237	→
Dahlem	Commune	Euskirchen	3,935	4,277	4,196	4,362	4,416	→
Datteln	City	Recklinghausen	36,876	37,210	34,481	35,277	35,473	→
Delbrück	City	Paderborn	24,247	29,429	30,414	31,570	32,166	→
Detmold	City	Lippe	70,074	73,771	73,743	74,486	74,278	→
Dinslaken	City	Wesel	65,313	71,005	67,853	66,606	66,993	→
Dörentrup	Commune	Lippe	8,226	8,824	8,229	7,509	7,528	→
Dormagen	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	58,260	63,295	62,208	64,259	63,799	→
Dorsten	City	Recklinghausen	78,035	81,293	76,860	74,257	75,277	→
Dortmund	County-level City	Dortmund	599,055	589,240	571,143	598,246	603,462	→
Drensteinfurt	City	Warendorf	12,127	14,675	15,176	15,914	16,282	→
Drolshagen	City	Olpe	11,095	12,313	11,827	11,825	11,913	→
Duisburg	County-level City	Duisburg	535,447	512,030	488,468	501,415	502,270	→
Dülmen	City	Coesfeld	40,496	46,923	46,388	46,865	47,989	→
Düren	City	Düren	86,508	92,292	88,789	94,149	94,568	→
Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf]	County-level City	Düsseldorf	575,794	570,765	586,291	611,258	618,685	→
Eitorf	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	16,262	19,599	18,762	18,828	19,172	→
Elsdorf	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	19,944	21,740	20,818	21,124	21,424	→
Emmerich am Rhein	City	Kleve	28,322	29,005	29,918	30,770	31,829	→
Emsdetten	City	Steinfurt	31,930	35,235	35,236	35,513	36,159	→
Engelskirchen	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	19,400	20,829	19,368	19,550	19,737	→
Enger	City	Herford	17,194	20,007	20,439	20,542	20,688	→
Ennepetal	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	34,270	33,559	30,400	29,506	29,446	→
Ennigerloh	City	Warendorf	19,534	20,786	19,662	19,723	19,841	→
Ense	Commune	Soest	10,040	12,459	12,336	12,191	12,383	→
Erftstadt	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	45,403	50,998	49,230	48,267	48,772	→
Erkelenz	City	Heinsberg	37,833	43,364	42,931	44,216	45,315	→
Erkrath	City	Mettmann	47,659	48,547	43,690	43,815	43,706	→
Erndtebrück	Commune	Siegen-Wittgenstein	8,001	7,789	7,315	6,799	6,792	→
Erwitte	City	Soest	13,849	15,725	15,569	16,066	16,300	→
Eschweiler	City	Städteregion Aachen	54,675	55,257	54,671	57,093	57,534	→
Eslohe (Sauerland)	Commune	Hochsauerlandkreis	8,862	9,344	9,058	8,782	8,717	→
Espelkamp	City	Minden-Lübbecke	26,101	26,883	24,805	25,647	25,576	→
Essen	County-level City	Essen	626,973	591,889	566,201	571,039	574,682	→
Euskirchen	City	Euskirchen	49,654	54,047	55,414	58,697	60,021	→
Everswinkel	Commune	Warendorf	7,976	9,219	9,382	9,704	9,772	→
Extertal	Commune	Lippe	12,606	13,227	11,854	11,332	11,248	→
Finnentrop	Commune	Olpe	17,253	18,562	17,172	17,084	17,022	→
Frechen	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	44,360	47,382	49,657	51,863	52,309	→
Freudenberg	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	17,079	18,315	18,024	17,475	17,355	→
Fröndenberg/Ruhr	City	Unna	21,252	23,054	20,928	20,668	20,504	→
Gangelt	Commune	Heinsberg	9,844	11,210	11,404	12,849	13,410	→
Geilenkirchen	City	Heinsberg	22,808	28,137	26,240	28,139	28,494	→
Geldern	City	Kleve	29,245	33,232	32,871	34,603	34,962	→
Gelsenkirchen	County-level City	Gelsenkirchen	293,714	276,740	258,766	264,130	267,930	→
Gescher	City	Borken	15,002	16,932	16,869	17,245	17,433	→
Geseke	City	Soest	17,733	20,219	20,718	20,835	20,930	→
Gevelsberg	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	33,217	33,552	31,227	29,768	30,006	→
Gladbeck	City	Recklinghausen	80,267	77,460	73,974	75,515	75,499	→
Goch	City	Kleve	29,843	33,033	32,708	34,379	34,907	→
Grefrath	Commune	Viersen	14,442	16,040	14,946	14,710	15,117	→
Greven	City	Steinfurt	31,010	34,507	34,659	37,806	38,212	→
Grevenbroich	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	60,835	65,039	61,741	65,230	65,983	→
Gronau (Westf.)	City	Borken	40,687	45,290	45,494	49,506	50,547	→
Gummersbach	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	50,965	53,355	49,951	51,327	51,290	→
Gütersloh	City	Gütersloh	86,807	95,459	94,172	99,344	100,479	→
Haan	City	Mettmann	29,860	29,607	29,574	30,000	30,086	→
Hagen	County-level City	Hagen	214,449	202,060	187,944	189,614	190,384	→
Hallenberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	4,845	4,737	4,507	4,375	4,367	→
Halle (Westf.)	City	Gütersloh	18,841	20,728	21,029	21,189	21,393	→
Haltern am See	City	Recklinghausen	34,025	36,956	37,315	38,203	38,142	→
Halver	City	Märkischer Kreis	16,260	17,627	16,474	16,395	16,322	→
Hamm	County-level City	Hamm	179,639	183,805	176,037	179,070	179,968	→
Hamminkeln	City	Wesel	24,659	27,209	26,350	26,520	26,873	→
Harsewinkel	City	Gütersloh	20,135	23,703	23,799	25,137	25,523	→
Hattingen	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	58,241	58,023	54,253	52,758	53,044	→
Havixbeck	Commune	Coesfeld	10,212	11,828	11,543	12,033	12,357	→
Heek	Commune	Borken	7,120	7,968	8,356	8,687	8,773	→
Heiden	Commune	Borken	6,888	8,092	8,089	8,322	8,704	→
Heiligenhaus	City	Mettmann	29,715	28,402	25,560	26,425	26,252	→
Heimbach	City	Düren	4,405	4,659	4,406	4,482	4,487	→
Heinsberg	City	Heinsberg	37,305	41,483	40,949	42,593	43,163	→
Hellenthal	Commune	Euskirchen	8,317	8,715	8,248	7,646	7,834	→
Hemer	City	Märkischer Kreis	34,412	37,355	35,225	34,984	35,005	→
Hennef (Sieg)	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	32,521	43,534	44,770	47,923	48,188	→
Herdecke	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	26,184	26,001	22,909	23,158	22,772	→
Herford	City	Herford	63,893	65,097	65,213	66,985	67,503	→
Herne	County-level City	Herne	178,132	174,018	155,160	155,446	155,851	→
Herscheid	Commune	Märkischer Kreis	7,141	7,626	7,363	6,881	6,821	→
Herten	City	Recklinghausen	69,245	66,495	61,505	61,062	60,941	→
Herzebrock-Clarholz	Commune	Gütersloh	13,351	15,944	15,900	16,398	16,419	→
Herzogenrath	City	Städteregion Aachen	44,284	46,932	46,564	47,832	48,574	→
Hiddenhausen	Commune	Herford	19,945	21,071	19,786	19,560	19,669	→
Hilchenbach	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	15,905	16,506	15,387	14,488	14,412	→
Hilden	City	Mettmann	54,782	56,615	54,390	55,085	55,157	→
Hille	Commune	Minden-Lübbecke	14,727	16,622	16,027	16,082	16,274	→
Holzwickede	Commune	Unna	16,402	17,739	16,755	17,272	17,596	→
Hopsten	Commune	Steinfurt	6,059	7,643	7,631	7,629	7,717	→
Horn-Bad Meinberg	City	Lippe	17,409	18,696	17,364	17,433	17,320	→
Hörstel	City	Steinfurt	15,772	19,602	19,660	19,600	20,166	→
Horstmar	City	Steinfurt	6,040	6,709	6,496	6,765	7,528	→
Hövelhof	Commune	Paderborn	13,346	15,872	15,642	16,497	16,809	→
Höxter	City	Höxter	33,079	32,998	30,165	28,012	28,166	→
Hückelhoven	City	Heinsberg	34,816	39,308	38,927	40,659	41,192	→
Hückeswagen	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	15,601	16,540	15,256	14,521	14,480	→
Hüllhorst	Commune	Minden-Lübbecke	11,747	13,687	13,174	13,277	13,304	→
Hünxe	Commune	Wesel	12,959	13,706	13,544	13,419	13,676	→
Hürtgenwald	Commune	Düren	7,927	8,880	8,655	8,993	9,196	→
Hürth	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	50,808	54,095	55,082	61,209	62,160	→
Ibbenbüren	City	Steinfurt	44,643	49,485	50,569	50,618	51,803	→
Inden	Commune	Düren	7,933	7,636	6,936	7,467	7,624	→
Iserlohn	City	Märkischer Kreis	96,314	98,865	94,630	91,941	91,811	→
Isselburg	City	Borken	10,084	10,974	10,926	11,045	11,251	→
Issum	Commune	Kleve	10,970	12,181	11,876	12,232	12,428	→
Jüchen	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	21,007	22,569	22,162	23,626	23,926	→
Jülich	City	Düren	31,285	33,940	31,834	34,208	34,890	→
Kaarst	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	40,508	42,379	41,901	43,165	43,295	→
Kalkar	City	Kleve	11,084	13,865	13,743	14,160	14,513	→
Kall	Commune	Euskirchen	10,323	11,829	11,383	11,119	11,180	→
Kalletal	Commune	Lippe	14,522	15,786	14,249	13,279	13,256	→
Kamen	City	Unna	46,160	46,348	43,815	42,205	42,319	→
Kamp-Lintfort	City	Wesel	39,019	39,959	37,299	37,469	38,217	→
Kempen	City	Viersen	33,809	36,085	35,075	34,165	34,105	→
Kerken	Commune	Kleve	11,290	12,616	12,527	12,801	13,186	→
Kerpen	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	57,337	63,652	63,273	65,763	66,585	→
Kevelaer	City	Kleve	23,309	27,319	27,509	27,863	28,296	→
Kierspe	City	Märkischer Kreis	16,257	18,299	16,363	16,592	16,450	→
Kirchhundem	Commune	Olpe	12,202	13,067	12,069	11,454	11,509	→
Kirchlengern	Commune	Herford	14,849	16,335	16,189	16,214	16,334	→
Kleve	City	Kleve	45,963	49,031	47,438	52,208	53,028	→
Köln [Cologne]	County-level City	Köln	953,551	967,940	1,005,775	1,017,355	1,024,621	→
Königswinter	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	35,013	39,482	40,025	40,532	40,574	→
Korschenbroich	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	29,227	33,862	32,025	34,168	34,600	→
Kranenburg	Commune	Kleve	7,957	9,457	10,174	10,981	11,303	→
Krefeld	County-level City	Krefeld	244,020	239,559	222,247	230,666	231,406	→
Kreuzau	Commune	Düren	15,644	18,234	17,123	18,061	18,149	→
Kreuztal	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	30,885	32,127	30,754	30,609	30,905	→
Kürten	Commune	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	17,516	19,679	19,531	19,837	20,033	→
Ladbergen	Commune	Steinfurt	5,797	6,455	6,372	6,765	6,906	→
Laer	Commune	Steinfurt	5,300	6,314	6,485	6,721	6,993	→
Lage	City	Lippe	34,317	36,157	34,824	35,048	35,054	→
Langenberg	Commune	Gütersloh	7,026	8,196	8,151	8,359	8,311	→
Langenfeld (Rheinland)	City	Mettmann	53,455	58,757	56,829	59,650	59,975	→
Langerwehe	Commune	Düren	12,351	13,856	13,440	14,654	14,976	→
Legden	Commune	Borken	5,621	6,663	6,939	7,380	7,511	→
Leichlingen (Rheinland)	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	25,996	26,934	27,478	27,755	28,078	→
Lemgo	City	Lippe	39,485	42,188	41,032	39,973	39,905	→
Lengerich	City	Steinfurt	21,045	22,259	21,828	22,196	22,557	→
Lennestadt	City	Olpe	26,468	28,046	26,473	24,423	24,238	→
Leopoldshöhe	Commune	Lippe	13,744	16,396	15,922	17,125	17,226	→
Leverkusen	County-level City	Leverkusen	160,919	160,829	158,984	166,356	168,581	→
Lichtenau	City	Paderborn	9,791	11,138	10,473	10,679	10,985	→
Lienen	Commune	Steinfurt	8,194	9,017	8,577	8,438	8,512	→
Lindlar	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	19,307	22,517	21,252	21,322	21,615	→
Linnich	City	Düren	12,559	13,898	12,549	13,456	13,653	→
Lippetal	Commune	Soest	11,155	12,647	11,959	11,840	11,883	→
Lippstadt	City	Soest	62,345	67,231	65,886	68,100	68,739	→
Lohmar	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	27,098	30,936	29,475	30,889	30,992	→
Löhne	City	Herford	38,557	41,580	39,671	40,847	40,826	→
Lotte	Commune	Steinfurt	10,593	13,122	13,728	13,450	13,770	→
Lübbecke	City	Minden-Lübbecke	23,695	25,937	25,473	26,525	26,815	→
Lüdenscheid	City	Märkischer Kreis	79,401	80,509	73,762	71,688	71,212	→
Lüdinghausen	City	Coesfeld	20,152	23,333	23,544	24,770	25,265	→
Lügde	City	Lippe	11,248	11,603	10,209	9,349	9,232	→
Lünen	City	Unna	87,845	92,005	86,010	85,234	86,163	→
Marienheide	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	12,059	13,491	13,687	13,403	13,356	→
Marienmünster	City	Höxter	5,145	5,458	5,356	4,802	4,791	→
Marl	City	Recklinghausen	91,467	92,628	84,782	85,684	86,766	→
Marsberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	21,124	22,382	20,428	19,471	19,555	→
Mechernich	City	Euskirchen	22,755	26,460	26,736	28,694	29,187	→
Meckenheim	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	22,814	25,440	23,563	24,594	24,925	→
Medebach	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	7,560	8,345	7,970	7,965	7,906	→
Meerbusch	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	52,104	55,172	54,313	56,999	57,078	→
Meinerzhagen	City	Märkischer Kreis	19,907	22,031	21,073	20,261	20,019	→
Menden (Sauerland)	City	Märkischer Kreis	56,527	59,183	54,495	52,434	52,255	→
Merzenich	Commune	Düren	8,328	9,995	9,835	10,344	10,508	→
Meschede	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	31,715	32,645	30,745	29,632	29,615	→
Metelen	Commune	Steinfurt	5,904	6,313	6,397	6,404	6,539	→
Mettingen	Commune	Steinfurt	10,776	12,510	11,830	11,507	11,654	→
Mettmann	City	Mettmann	38,998	39,125	37,972	39,448	39,542	→
Minden	City	Minden-Lübbecke	78,145	82,898	80,121	83,743	84,013	→
Moers	City	Wesel	104,595	107,421	104,009	100,465	101,503	→
Möhnesee	Commune	Soest	9,104	11,164	11,041	11,537	11,274	→
Mönchengladbach	County-level City	Mönchengladbach	259,436	262,963	255,188	264,089	267,213	→
Monheim am Rhein	City	Mettmann	42,656	43,685	40,280	42,188	43,630	→
Monschau	City	Städteregion Aachen	11,904	13,002	12,085	12,256	12,389	→
Morsbach	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	10,366	11,520	10,565	10,426	10,555	→
Much	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	12,318	14,889	14,119	14,307	14,561	→
Mülheim an der Ruhr	County-level City	Mülheim an der Ruhr	177,681	172,332	166,865	171,435	173,050	→
Münster	County-level City	Münster	259,438	267,197	289,576	303,772	308,258	→
Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde	Commune	Märkischer Kreis	6,469	6,983	6,724	6,201	6,159	→
Netphen	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	23,293	25,038	23,326	23,005	23,080	→
Nettersheim	Commune	Euskirchen	6,593	7,882	7,563	7,939	8,902	→
Nettetal	City	Viersen	38,820	42,085	41,417	41,669	41,955	→
Neuenkirchen	Commune	Steinfurt	11,773	13,610	13,698	13,708	13,915	→
Neuenrade	City	Märkischer Kreis	11,679	12,377	12,156	11,538	11,621	→
Neukirchen-Vluyn	City	Wesel	26,591	28,566	27,033	27,021	27,140	→
Neunkirchen	Commune	Siegen-Wittgenstein	14,461	14,391	13,930	12,949	12,705	→
Neunkirchen-Seelscheid	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	16,860	20,328	19,780	19,950	20,283	→
Neuss	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	147,019	150,957	150,568	153,079	154,317	→
Nideggen	City	Düren	8,717	10,729	9,877	10,804	10,764	→
Niederkassel	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	29,240	35,077	36,496	38,069	38,485	→
Niederkrüchten	Commune	Viersen	11,183	14,749	14,963	14,447	14,619	→
Niederzier	Commune	Düren	12,199	14,235	13,758	14,783	15,060	→
Nieheim	City	Höxter	6,725	7,049	6,578	5,977	6,081	→
Nordkirchen	Commune	Coesfeld	8,359	10,088	9,662	10,334	10,762	→
Nordwalde	Commune	Steinfurt	8,612	9,407	9,368	9,901	10,024	→
Nörvenich	Commune	Düren	9,123	11,628	10,575	11,430	12,131	→
Nottuln	Commune	Coesfeld	15,748	19,599	19,160	20,080	20,205	→
Nümbrecht	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	14,266	17,009	16,700	17,339	17,580	→
Oberhausen	County-level City	Oberhausen	223,840	221,619	210,216	212,127	213,646	→
Ochtrup	City	Steinfurt	17,460	18,977	18,876	19,884	20,394	→
Odenthal	Commune	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	13,218	15,120	14,824	15,616	15,782	→
Oelde	City	Warendorf	27,759	29,406	28,940	29,704	30,129	→
Oer-Erkenschwick	City	Recklinghausen	28,222	30,516	30,861	31,051	31,404	→
Oerlinghausen	City	Lippe	15,689	17,435	16,684	17,193	17,233	→
Olfen	City	Coesfeld	8,732	11,845	12,084	12,814	13,175	→
Olpe	City	Olpe	23,785	25,371	24,822	24,651	24,695	→
Olsberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	15,227	16,233	15,057	14,740	14,700	→
Ostbevern	Commune	Warendorf	7,341	10,109	10,624	11,027	11,469	→
Overath	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	23,902	26,410	26,968	26,608	26,663	→
Paderborn	City	Paderborn	120,680	140,869	142,365	155,516	156,378	→
Petershagen	City	Minden-Lübbecke	24,543	27,103	26,105	25,281	25,340	→
Plettenberg	City	Märkischer Kreis	29,083	28,959	26,235	24,665	24,429	→
Porta Westfalica	City	Minden-Lübbecke	35,061	36,277	35,623	36,557	36,521	→
Preußisch Oldendorf	City	Minden-Lübbecke	10,974	13,417	12,741	12,434	12,439	→
Pulheim	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	49,353	53,441	52,929	55,199	56,150	→
Radevormwald	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	23,762	24,668	22,518	21,547	21,565	→
Raesfeld	Commune	Borken	9,323	11,109	11,140	11,525	11,709	→
Rahden	City	Minden-Lübbecke	14,109	15,856	15,634	15,910	16,195	→
Ratingen	City	Mettmann	91,007	91,793	86,967	88,425	89,368	→
Recke	Commune	Steinfurt	10,026	11,694	11,378	11,271	11,341	→
Recklinghausen	City	Recklinghausen	125,060	124,587	115,958	115,216	115,344	→
Rees	City	Kleve	18,616	21,995	21,520	21,647	21,913	→
Reichshof	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	16,656	19,885	19,017	18,592	18,688	→
Reken	Commune	Borken	11,689	14,027	14,321	14,867	15,109	→
Remscheid	County-level City	Remscheid	123,155	118,753	110,708	113,743	113,828	→
Rheda-Wiedenbrück	City	Gütersloh	38,327	45,235	46,515	47,502	48,030	→
Rhede	City	Borken	16,952	18,774	19,102	19,219	19,674	→
Rheinbach	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	22,990	25,986	26,377	26,704	26,918	→
Rheinberg	City	Wesel	27,886	31,712	30,867	31,210	31,172	→
Rheine	City	Steinfurt	70,452	75,925	72,749	76,344	77,209	→
Rheurdt	Commune	Kleve	5,511	6,474	6,661	6,402	6,450	→
Rietberg	City	Gütersloh	24,138	28,214	28,562	29,284	30,055	→
Rödinghausen	Commune	Herford	8,700	10,214	9,865	9,962	10,064	→
Roetgen	Commune	Städteregion Aachen	6,908	8,052	8,312	8,685	8,786	→
Rommerskirchen	Commune	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	11,414	12,410	12,475	13,886	14,079	→
Rosendahl	Commune	Coesfeld	9,693	10,922	10,534	11,162	11,249	→
Rösrath	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	22,849	26,613	27,492	28,300	28,709	→
Ruppichteroth	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	8,382	10,238	10,288	10,878	10,887	→
Rüthen	City	Soest	11,253	11,490	10,635	10,100	10,290	→
Saerbeck	Commune	Steinfurt	5,124	6,636	7,157	6,865	6,906	→
Salzkotten	City	Paderborn	20,495	23,680	24,434	25,288	25,429	→
Sankt Augustin	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	51,886	55,539	53,850	55,985	56,521	→
Sassenberg	City	Warendorf	10,214	13,691	13,981	14,469	14,558	→
Schalksmühle	Commune	Märkischer Kreis	12,232	11,986	10,882	10,469	10,463	→
Schermbeck	Commune	Wesel	12,459	13,624	13,337	13,417	13,516	→
Schieder-Schwalenberg	City	Lippe	8,865	9,523	8,993	8,205	8,098	→
Schlangen	Commune	Lippe	7,635	8,917	8,881	9,299	9,257	→
Schleiden	City	Euskirchen	13,011	14,030	13,096	13,151	13,578	→
Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock	City	Gütersloh	21,402	25,829	26,386	26,120	26,297	→
Schmallenberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	25,077	26,538	25,475	24,518	24,711	→
Schöppingen	Commune	Borken	5,732	8,213	6,882	6,878	7,033	→
Schwalmtal	Commune	Viersen	15,271	19,370	19,062	18,658	18,826	→
Schwelm	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	30,394	30,351	28,435	27,986	27,953	→
Schwerte	City	Unna	50,696	50,534	46,743	45,954	45,821	→
Selfkant	Commune	Heinsberg	8,598	9,573	9,948	10,461	10,786	→
Selm	City	Unna	24,891	27,389	26,017	25,701	25,969	→
Senden	Commune	Coesfeld	15,341	19,703	19,976	20,440	20,844	→
Sendenhorst	City	Warendorf	11,409	13,139	12,834	13,785	14,167	→
Siegburg	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	35,441	37,865	38,780	42,142	42,445	→
Siegen	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	109,174	108,397	99,187	102,275	102,685	→
Simmerath	Commune	Städteregion Aachen	13,305	15,415	15,122	16,393	16,612	→
Soest	City	Soest	42,602	48,361	46,742	46,453	47,776	→
Solingen	County-level City	Solingen	165,401	165,032	155,265	164,621	165,626	→
Sonsbeck	Commune	Wesel	6,962	8,460	8,666	8,587	8,688	→
Spenge	City	Herford	14,977	15,796	14,812	14,682	14,620	→
Sprockhövel	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	24,505	26,419	25,444	24,156	24,232	→
Stadtlohn	City	Borken	17,713	20,407	20,164	20,791	20,946	→
Steinfurt	City	Steinfurt	31,484	34,052	33,392	33,965	34,860	→
Steinhagen	Commune	Gütersloh	17,303	19,745	20,157	19,821	20,302	→
Steinheim	City	Höxter	12,609	14,008	13,107	12,106	12,107	→
Stemwede	Commune	Minden-Lübbecke	13,194	14,525	13,843	13,606	13,460	→
Stolberg (Rhld.)	City	Städteregion Aachen	57,231	58,718	56,206	57,165	57,684	→
Straelen	City	Kleve	12,927	15,337	15,367	16,314	16,458	→
Südlohn	Commune	Borken	7,787	8,698	8,882	9,632	9,861	→
Sundern (Sauerland)	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	27,250	29,864	28,565	27,677	27,654	→
Swisttal	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	17,170	17,954	17,604	18,319	18,580	→
Tecklenburg	City	Steinfurt	8,980	9,422	8,824	8,996	9,098	→
Telgte	City	Warendorf	17,358	19,370	18,866	19,751	20,069	→
Titz	Commune	Düren	7,705	8,498	8,289	8,795	9,052	→
Tönisvorst	City	Viersen	24,844	30,477	29,574	29,114	29,251	→
Troisdorf	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	64,430	73,282	72,408	75,335	75,901	→
Übach-Palenberg	City	Heinsberg	23,521	25,049	24,220	23,748	24,277	→
Uedem	Commune	Kleve	6,822	8,353	8,217	8,197	8,163	→
Unna	City	Unna	61,552	70,117	59,149	59,515	58,333	→
Velbert	City	Mettmann	89,253	89,823	81,303	82,319	82,463	→
Velen	City	Borken	10,374	12,940	12,990	12,662	12,678	→
Verl	City	Gütersloh	19,771	23,768	24,766	25,286	25,762	→
Versmold	City	Gütersloh	18,231	20,634	20,898	21,303	21,513	→
Vettweiß	Commune	Düren	7,182	8,683	8,954	9,827	9,903	→
Viersen	City	Viersen	77,453	77,259	74,941	76,146	78,373	→
Vlotho	City	Herford	19,592	20,544	19,232	18,625	18,335	→
Voerde (Niederrhein)	City	Wesel	36,415	38,935	37,134	35,387	35,661	→
Vreden	City	Borken	19,421	21,931	22,400	22,788	23,099	→
Wachtberg	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	17,281	19,162	19,451	20,284	20,471	→
Wachtendonk	Commune	Kleve	6,392	7,626	7,804	8,161	8,217	→
Wadersloh	Commune	Warendorf	12,121	13,155	12,350	12,619	12,848	→
Waldbröl	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	16,244	19,213	18,964	19,534	19,795	→
Waldfeucht	Commune	Heinsberg	7,954	9,307	8,733	9,021	9,242	→
Waltrop	City	Recklinghausen	29,354	30,437	29,017	29,246	29,177	→
Warburg	City	Höxter	22,562	24,218	23,547	23,211	23,252	→
Warendorf	City	Warendorf	35,092	38,988	36,982	37,176	37,703	→
Warstein	City	Soest	28,363	29,007	25,966	25,162	24,988	→
Wassenberg	City	Heinsberg	12,478	16,044	16,944	19,191	19,713	→
Weeze	Commune	Kleve	8,570	9,976	10,047	11,446	12,766	→
Wegberg	City	Heinsberg	25,445	28,800	27,865	28,098	28,089	→
Weilerswist	Commune	Euskirchen	14,279	16,337	15,462	18,736	18,980	→
Welver	Commune	Soest	10,772	12,848	12,253	11,927	11,999	→
Wenden	Commune	Olpe	16,932	19,658	19,665	19,266	19,415	→
Werdohl	City	Märkischer Kreis	21,875	21,265	18,430	17,854	17,618	→
Werl	City	Soest	28,554	31,819	30,303	29,984	29,600	→
Wermelskirchen	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	35,865	36,907	34,934	34,532	34,375	→
Werne	City	Unna	29,484	30,779	29,614	30,229	30,202	→
Werther (Westf.)	City	Gütersloh	10,625	11,740	11,367	11,051	11,051	→
Wesel	City	Wesel	59,631	62,151	60,335	59,988	60,785	→
Wesseling	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	30,710	35,224	34,998	37,301	38,106	→
Westerkappeln	Commune	Steinfurt	9,317	11,287	10,949	10,885	10,876	→
Wetter (Ruhr)	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	28,880	29,675	27,935	26,317	26,090	→
Wettringen	Commune	Steinfurt	6,802	7,724	7,801	8,239	8,295	→
Wickede (Ruhr)	Commune	Soest	11,829	12,650	11,567	11,525	11,637	→
Wiehl	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	23,123	26,455	25,274	25,010	25,164	→
Willebadessen	City	Höxter	8,234	9,013	8,433	8,180	8,281	→
Willich	City	Viersen	42,416	50,853	50,708	49,494	49,413	→
Wilnsdorf	Commune	Siegen-Wittgenstein	20,497	21,618	20,469	20,115	20,039	→
Windeck	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	18,456	21,048	18,935	19,335	19,555	→
Winterberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	14,229	14,676	12,982	12,974	13,168	→
Wipperfürth	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	21,487	23,227	21,660	21,647	21,604	→
Witten	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	105,403	103,158	96,382	91,735	91,808	→
Wülfrath	City	Mettmann	21,987	22,669	21,213	20,773	20,731	→
Wuppertal	County-level City	Wuppertal	383,660	364,784	342,661	356,768	358,193	→
Würselen	City	Städteregion Aachen	34,406	36,731	37,206	39,792	40,145	→
Xanten	City	Wesel	16,930	20,841	21,245	20,919	21,179	→
Zülpich	City	Euskirchen	17,298	19,674	19,745	21,093	21,780	→

Source: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland, Statistical Offices of the German States.

Explanation: Communes and counties within the boundaries of 31 December 2024. For privacy reasons, the statistical office skewed the 2022 census numbers by small amounts. To avoid inconsistencies and negative values, further adjustments are applied here.