Germany: Nordrhein-Westfalen

State of North Rhine-Westphalia

flag Contents: Nordrhein-Westfalen (State)

Capital: Düsseldorf

17,890,489 Population [2022] – census

17,986,214 Population [2025] – estimate

34,112km² Area

527.3/km² Density [2025]

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 2025-12-31
Bielefeld	County-level City	319,037	323,373	326,870	330,072	331,419	→
Bochum	County-level City	396,486	390,087	362,286	354,288	358,880	→
Bonn	County-level City	292,234	306,016	305,765	321,544	323,587	→
Borken	County	320,580	362,834	363,755	374,418	379,561	→
Bottrop	County-level City	118,936	120,780	117,311	117,921	118,482	→
Coesfeld	County	184,241	216,805	215,269	222,953	227,168	→
Dortmund	County-level City	599,055	589,240	571,143	598,246	600,880	→
Duisburg	County-level City	535,447	512,030	488,468	501,415	500,810	→
Düren	County	244,297	271,074	258,760	275,392	279,492	→
Düsseldorf	County-level City	575,794	570,765	586,291	611,258	619,444	→
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	County	349,412	349,988	326,049	314,154	313,003	→
Essen	County-level City	626,973	591,889	566,201	571,039	573,618	→
Euskirchen	County	170,112	190,581	187,940	197,836	201,636	→
Gelsenkirchen	County-level City	293,714	276,740	258,766	264,130	266,199	→
Gütersloh	County	303,829	347,954	350,420	359,571	362,443	→
Hagen	County-level City	214,449	202,060	187,944	189,614	189,983	→
Hamm	County-level City	179,639	183,805	176,037	179,070	179,108	→
Heinsberg	County	220,602	252,275	248,161	258,975	263,507	→
Herford	County	238,231	255,393	250,704	254,008	253,431	→
Herne	County-level City	178,132	174,018	155,160	155,446	156,266	→
Hochsauerlandkreis	County	268,627	281,480	266,509	260,512	259,176	→
Höxter	County	146,238	155,518	145,678	138,447	138,156	→
Kleve	County	269,149	301,861	300,989	315,361	320,368	→
Köln	County-level City	953,551	967,940	1,005,775	1,017,355	1,025,523	→
Krefeld	County-level City	244,020	239,559	222,247	230,666	230,738	→
Leverkusen	County-level City	160,919	160,829	158,984	166,356	168,299	→
Lippe	County	340,202	364,990	348,681	348,030	346,212	→
Märkischer Kreis	County	443,026	457,079	423,819	409,960	405,164	→
Mettmann	County	499,372	509,023	477,778	488,128	489,147	→
Minden-Lübbecke	County	298,771	323,055	312,169	319,456	319,491	→
Mönchengladbach	County-level City	259,436	262,963	255,188	264,089	267,176	→
Mülheim an der Ruhr	County-level City	177,681	172,332	166,865	171,435	171,674	→
Münster	County-level City	259,438	267,197	289,576	303,772	306,368	→
Oberbergischer Kreis	County	263,276	289,518	273,011	272,744	273,368	→
Oberhausen	County-level City	223,840	221,619	210,216	212,127	213,178	→
Olpe	County	130,471	141,705	136,491	132,230	131,265	→
Paderborn	County	249,096	292,961	294,602	313,102	314,527	→
Recklinghausen	County	651,588	656,053	619,382	618,350	618,865	→
Remscheid	County-level City	123,155	118,753	110,708	113,743	113,333	→
Rhein-Erft-Kreis	County	419,414	458,430	451,514	471,257	476,913	→
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	County	260,695	276,525	278,183	282,677	283,775	→
Rhein-Kreis Neuss	County	420,374	445,683	437,393	454,412	455,615	→
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	County	504,274	583,051	578,252	600,286	603,456	→
Siegen-Wittgenstein	County	288,922	295,787	276,834	273,746	272,509	→
Soest	County	277,333	307,809	296,875	298,067	298,457	→
Solingen	County-level City	165,401	165,032	155,265	164,621	164,621	→
Städteregion Aachen	County	535,951	553,714	539,516	577,572	583,325	→
Steinfurt	County	390,945	437,545	433,659	443,690	451,004	→
Unna	County	406,434	430,269	396,060	393,393	392,266	→
Viersen	County	271,742	302,795	296,175	294,485	297,193	→
Warendorf	County	257,028	282,286	273,477	279,209	281,872	→
Wesel	County	444,422	476,240	460,419	453,093	457,020	→
Wuppertal	County-level City	383,660	364,784	342,661	356,768	357,243	→
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia]	State	17,349,651	18,052,092	17,538,251	17,890,489	17,986,214

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 2025-12-31
Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle]	City	Städteregion Aachen	241,861	245,778	236,420	261,178	263,703	→
Ahaus	City	Borken	31,202	37,533	38,331	39,443	40,183	→
Ahlen	City	Warendorf	54,169	55,481	52,280	52,669	52,387	→
Aldenhoven	Commune	Düren	12,431	13,911	13,740	13,939	14,383	→
Alfter	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	17,677	21,350	22,839	23,692	23,766	→
Alpen	Commune	Wesel	11,003	12,651	12,747	12,085	12,588	→
Alsdorf	City	Städteregion Aachen	46,935	46,344	46,567	48,421	48,893	→
Altena	City	Märkischer Kreis	24,053	21,831	18,218	16,774	16,403	→
Altenbeken	Commune	Paderborn	7,632	9,638	9,296	9,218	9,073	→
Altenberge	Commune	Steinfurt	7,852	9,640	9,999	10,220	10,313	→
Anröchte	Commune	Soest	9,587	10,877	10,422	10,237	10,276	→
Arnsberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	75,864	77,396	74,383	74,861	74,479	→
Ascheberg	Commune	Coesfeld	12,778	14,923	15,103	15,459	15,780	→
Attendorn	City	Olpe	22,736	24,688	24,463	23,527	23,376	→
Augustdorf	Commune	Lippe	8,464	10,168	9,649	10,054	9,690	→
Bad Berleburg	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	20,471	21,135	19,754	18,358	18,251	→
Bad Driburg	City	Höxter	17,525	19,608	18,639	18,572	18,876	→
Bad Honnef	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	22,577	25,038	24,523	24,825	24,930	→
Bad Laasphe	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	15,139	15,395	14,186	13,101	12,967	→
Bad Lippspringe	City	Paderborn	12,860	14,835	14,968	17,048	17,280	→
Bad Münstereifel	City	Euskirchen	16,163	18,560	17,451	18,026	18,375	→
Bad Oeynhausen	City	Minden-Lübbecke	46,475	49,850	48,623	50,394	50,515	→
Bad Salzuflen	City	Lippe	53,771	55,088	52,285	53,889	53,807	→
Bad Sassendorf	Commune	Soest	10,147	11,312	11,478	12,110	12,138	→
Bad Wünnenberg	City	Paderborn	10,226	12,221	12,105	12,107	12,414	→
Baesweiler	City	Städteregion Aachen	24,442	27,485	26,363	28,757	29,038	→
Balve	City	Märkischer Kreis	11,416	12,183	11,789	11,283	11,134	→
Barntrup	City	Lippe	8,989	9,651	9,042	8,459	8,248	→
Beckum	City	Warendorf	36,772	38,018	36,116	36,692	37,110	→
Bedburg	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	21,524	24,457	23,037	24,685	25,210	→
Bedburg-Hau	Commune	Kleve	12,328	12,361	12,609	13,197	13,634	→
Beelen	Commune	Warendorf	5,156	6,249	6,284	5,976	6,001	→
Bergheim	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	58,146	63,591	58,922	61,449	61,976	→
Bergisch Gladbach	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	104,037	105,569	108,878	110,898	111,174	→
Bergkamen	City	Unna	49,761	52,955	49,011	48,518	49,198	→
Bergneustadt	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	20,040	20,809	18,799	18,526	18,701	→
Bestwig	Commune	Hochsauerlandkreis	11,571	12,000	11,430	10,238	9,976	→
Beverungen	City	Höxter	15,240	15,506	13,867	12,664	12,595	→
Bielefeld	County-level City	Bielefeld	319,037	323,373	326,870	330,072	331,419	→
Billerbeck	City	Coesfeld	9,991	11,377	11,460	11,625	12,019	→
Blankenheim	Commune	Euskirchen	7,784	8,770	8,646	8,373	8,382	→
Blomberg	City	Lippe	15,158	17,560	15,721	15,397	15,367	→
Bocholt	City	Borken	68,936	72,701	71,256	71,985	73,048	→
Bochum	County-level City	Bochum	396,486	390,087	362,286	354,288	358,880	→
Bönen	Commune	Unna	18,391	19,349	18,018	18,097	17,606	→
Bonn	County-level City	Bonn	292,234	306,016	305,765	321,544	323,587	→
Borchen	Commune	Paderborn	11,071	13,085	13,181	13,849	13,682	→
Borgentreich	City	Höxter	9,376	9,820	9,133	8,727	8,454	→
Borgholzhausen	City	Gütersloh	7,872	8,759	8,718	8,777	8,784	→
Borken	City	Borken	36,049	40,582	41,614	42,443	43,170	→
Bornheim	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	35,858	46,304	46,207	47,695	47,890	→
Bottrop	County-level City	Bottrop	118,936	120,780	117,311	117,921	118,482	→
Brakel	City	Höxter	15,743	17,840	16,853	16,196	16,152	→
Breckerfeld	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	8,318	9,250	9,064	8,770	8,703	→
Brilon	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	25,303	27,320	25,909	25,279	25,236	→
Brüggen	Commune	Viersen	13,504	15,877	15,489	16,082	16,204	→
Brühl	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	41,829	43,850	43,568	44,397	45,653	→
Bünde	City	Herford	40,524	44,749	45,497	46,591	46,235	→
Burbach	Commune	Siegen-Wittgenstein	14,017	15,076	14,502	14,572	14,293	→
Büren	City	Paderborn	18,748	22,194	21,724	21,330	20,930	→
Burscheid	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	17,312	19,293	18,078	19,131	19,104	→
Castrop-Rauxel	City	Recklinghausen	79,037	78,471	74,629	72,839	72,353	→
Coesfeld	City	Coesfeld	32,739	36,264	35,815	37,371	38,197	→
Dahlem	Commune	Euskirchen	3,935	4,277	4,196	4,362	4,438	→
Datteln	City	Recklinghausen	36,876	37,210	34,481	35,277	34,972	→
Delbrück	City	Paderborn	24,247	29,429	30,414	31,570	32,140	→
Detmold	City	Lippe	70,074	73,771	73,743	74,486	74,438	→
Dinslaken	City	Wesel	65,313	71,005	67,853	66,606	66,869	→
Dörentrup	Commune	Lippe	8,226	8,824	8,229	7,509	7,447	→
Dormagen	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	58,260	63,295	62,208	64,259	63,619	→
Dorsten	City	Recklinghausen	78,035	81,293	76,860	74,257	74,783	→
Dortmund	County-level City	Dortmund	599,055	589,240	571,143	598,246	600,880	→
Drensteinfurt	City	Warendorf	12,127	14,675	15,176	15,914	16,311	→
Drolshagen	City	Olpe	11,095	12,313	11,827	11,825	11,858	→
Duisburg	County-level City	Duisburg	535,447	512,030	488,468	501,415	500,810	→
Dülmen	City	Coesfeld	40,496	46,923	46,388	46,865	47,759	→
Düren	City	Düren	86,508	92,292	88,789	94,149	94,539	→
Düsseldorf [Dusseldorf]	County-level City	Düsseldorf	575,794	570,765	586,291	611,258	619,444	→
Eitorf	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	16,262	19,599	18,762	18,828	19,011	→
Elsdorf	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	19,944	21,740	20,818	21,124	21,284	→
Emmerich am Rhein	City	Kleve	28,322	29,005	29,918	30,770	31,736	→
Emsdetten	City	Steinfurt	31,930	35,235	35,236	35,513	35,925	→
Engelskirchen	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	19,400	20,829	19,368	19,550	19,775	→
Enger	City	Herford	17,194	20,007	20,439	20,542	20,518	→
Ennepetal	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	34,270	33,559	30,400	29,506	29,266	→
Ennigerloh	City	Warendorf	19,534	20,786	19,662	19,723	19,640	→
Ense	Commune	Soest	10,040	12,459	12,336	12,191	12,303	→
Erftstadt	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	45,403	50,998	49,230	48,267	48,724	→
Erkelenz	City	Heinsberg	37,833	43,364	42,931	44,216	45,239	→
Erkrath	City	Mettmann	47,659	48,547	43,690	43,815	43,555	→
Erndtebrück	Commune	Siegen-Wittgenstein	8,001	7,789	7,315	6,799	6,804	→
Erwitte	City	Soest	13,849	15,725	15,569	16,066	16,225	→
Eschweiler	City	Städteregion Aachen	54,675	55,257	54,671	57,093	57,573	→
Eslohe (Sauerland)	Commune	Hochsauerlandkreis	8,862	9,344	9,058	8,782	8,587	→
Espelkamp	City	Minden-Lübbecke	26,101	26,883	24,805	25,647	25,486	→
Essen	County-level City	Essen	626,973	591,889	566,201	571,039	573,618	→
Euskirchen	City	Euskirchen	49,654	54,047	55,414	58,697	59,977	→
Everswinkel	Commune	Warendorf	7,976	9,219	9,382	9,704	9,803	→
Extertal	Commune	Lippe	12,606	13,227	11,854	11,332	11,138	→
Finnentrop	Commune	Olpe	17,253	18,562	17,172	17,084	16,729	→
Frechen	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	44,360	47,382	49,657	51,863	51,927	→
Freudenberg	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	17,079	18,315	18,024	17,475	17,192	→
Fröndenberg/Ruhr	City	Unna	21,252	23,054	20,928	20,668	20,330	→
Gangelt	Commune	Heinsberg	9,844	11,210	11,404	12,849	13,561	→
Geilenkirchen	City	Heinsberg	22,808	28,137	26,240	28,139	28,605	→
Geldern	City	Kleve	29,245	33,232	32,871	34,603	34,953	→
Gelsenkirchen	County-level City	Gelsenkirchen	293,714	276,740	258,766	264,130	266,199	→
Gescher	City	Borken	15,002	16,932	16,869	17,245	17,221	→
Geseke	City	Soest	17,733	20,219	20,718	20,835	21,013	→
Gevelsberg	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	33,217	33,552	31,227	29,768	29,932	→
Gladbeck	City	Recklinghausen	80,267	77,460	73,974	75,515	75,647	→
Goch	City	Kleve	29,843	33,033	32,708	34,379	34,825	→
Grefrath	Commune	Viersen	14,442	16,040	14,946	14,710	15,050	→
Greven	City	Steinfurt	31,010	34,507	34,659	37,806	38,080	→
Grevenbroich	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	60,835	65,039	61,741	65,230	65,605	→
Gronau (Westf.)	City	Borken	40,687	45,290	45,494	49,506	50,349	→
Gummersbach	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	50,965	53,355	49,951	51,327	51,332	→
Gütersloh	City	Gütersloh	86,807	95,459	94,172	99,344	99,854	→
Haan	City	Mettmann	29,860	29,607	29,574	30,000	29,973	→
Hagen	County-level City	Hagen	214,449	202,060	187,944	189,614	189,983	→
Hallenberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	4,845	4,737	4,507	4,375	4,272	→
Halle (Westf.)	City	Gütersloh	18,841	20,728	21,029	21,189	21,366	→
Haltern am See	City	Recklinghausen	34,025	36,956	37,315	38,203	38,029	→
Halver	City	Märkischer Kreis	16,260	17,627	16,474	16,395	16,176	→
Hamm	County-level City	Hamm	179,639	183,805	176,037	179,070	179,108	→
Hamminkeln	City	Wesel	24,659	27,209	26,350	26,520	26,839	→
Harsewinkel	City	Gütersloh	20,135	23,703	23,799	25,137	25,480	→
Hattingen	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	58,241	58,023	54,253	52,758	52,969	→
Havixbeck	Commune	Coesfeld	10,212	11,828	11,543	12,033	12,280	→
Heek	Commune	Borken	7,120	7,968	8,356	8,687	8,715	→
Heiden	Commune	Borken	6,888	8,092	8,089	8,322	8,777	→
Heiligenhaus	City	Mettmann	29,715	28,402	25,560	26,425	25,844	→
Heimbach	City	Düren	4,405	4,659	4,406	4,482	4,467	→
Heinsberg	City	Heinsberg	37,305	41,483	40,949	42,593	43,116	→
Hellenthal	Commune	Euskirchen	8,317	8,715	8,248	7,646	7,783	→
Hemer	City	Märkischer Kreis	34,412	37,355	35,225	34,984	34,722	→
Hennef (Sieg)	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	32,521	43,534	44,770	47,923	48,112	→
Herdecke	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	26,184	26,001	22,909	23,158	22,704	→
Herford	City	Herford	63,893	65,097	65,213	66,985	67,074	→
Herne	County-level City	Herne	178,132	174,018	155,160	155,446	156,266	→
Herscheid	Commune	Märkischer Kreis	7,141	7,626	7,363	6,881	6,679	→
Herten	City	Recklinghausen	69,245	66,495	61,505	61,062	60,707	→
Herzebrock-Clarholz	Commune	Gütersloh	13,351	15,944	15,900	16,398	16,337	→
Herzogenrath	City	Städteregion Aachen	44,284	46,932	46,564	47,832	48,666	→
Hiddenhausen	Commune	Herford	19,945	21,071	19,786	19,560	19,639	→
Hilchenbach	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	15,905	16,506	15,387	14,488	14,295	→
Hilden	City	Mettmann	54,782	56,615	54,390	55,085	54,859	→
Hille	Commune	Minden-Lübbecke	14,727	16,622	16,027	16,082	16,242	→
Holzwickede	Commune	Unna	16,402	17,739	16,755	17,272	17,543	→
Hopsten	Commune	Steinfurt	6,059	7,643	7,631	7,629	7,620	→
Horn-Bad Meinberg	City	Lippe	17,409	18,696	17,364	17,433	17,377	→
Hörstel	City	Steinfurt	15,772	19,602	19,660	19,600	20,101	→
Horstmar	City	Steinfurt	6,040	6,709	6,496	6,765	7,428	→
Hövelhof	Commune	Paderborn	13,346	15,872	15,642	16,497	16,799	→
Höxter	City	Höxter	33,079	32,998	30,165	28,012	27,908	→
Hückelhoven	City	Heinsberg	34,816	39,308	38,927	40,659	41,148	→
Hückeswagen	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	15,601	16,540	15,256	14,521	14,416	→
Hüllhorst	Commune	Minden-Lübbecke	11,747	13,687	13,174	13,277	13,212	→
Hünxe	Commune	Wesel	12,959	13,706	13,544	13,419	13,527	→
Hürtgenwald	Commune	Düren	7,927	8,880	8,655	8,993	9,119	→
Hürth	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	50,808	54,095	55,082	61,209	61,732	→
Ibbenbüren	City	Steinfurt	44,643	49,485	50,569	50,618	51,596	→
Inden	Commune	Düren	7,933	7,636	6,936	7,467	7,572	→
Iserlohn	City	Märkischer Kreis	96,314	98,865	94,630	91,941	91,317	→
Isselburg	City	Borken	10,084	10,974	10,926	11,045	11,215	→
Issum	Commune	Kleve	10,970	12,181	11,876	12,232	12,449	→
Jüchen	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	21,007	22,569	22,162	23,626	23,901	→
Jülich	City	Düren	31,285	33,940	31,834	34,208	35,146	→
Kaarst	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	40,508	42,379	41,901	43,165	43,350	→
Kalkar	City	Kleve	11,084	13,865	13,743	14,160	14,467	→
Kall	Commune	Euskirchen	10,323	11,829	11,383	11,119	11,133	→
Kalletal	Commune	Lippe	14,522	15,786	14,249	13,279	13,131	→
Kamen	City	Unna	46,160	46,348	43,815	42,205	42,139	→
Kamp-Lintfort	City	Wesel	39,019	39,959	37,299	37,469	38,150	→
Kempen	City	Viersen	33,809	36,085	35,075	34,165	33,897	→
Kerken	Commune	Kleve	11,290	12,616	12,527	12,801	13,042	→
Kerpen	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	57,337	63,652	63,273	65,763	66,377	→
Kevelaer	City	Kleve	23,309	27,319	27,509	27,863	28,215	→
Kierspe	City	Märkischer Kreis	16,257	18,299	16,363	16,592	16,192	→
Kirchhundem	Commune	Olpe	12,202	13,067	12,069	11,454	11,297	→
Kirchlengern	Commune	Herford	14,849	16,335	16,189	16,214	16,263	→
Kleve	City	Kleve	45,963	49,031	47,438	52,208	53,094	→
Köln [Cologne]	County-level City	Köln	953,551	967,940	1,005,775	1,017,355	1,025,523	→
Königswinter	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	35,013	39,482	40,025	40,532	40,458	→
Korschenbroich	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	29,227	33,862	32,025	34,168	34,444	→
Kranenburg	Commune	Kleve	7,957	9,457	10,174	10,981	11,101	→
Krefeld	County-level City	Krefeld	244,020	239,559	222,247	230,666	230,738	→
Kreuzau	Commune	Düren	15,644	18,234	17,123	18,061	18,204	→
Kreuztal	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	30,885	32,127	30,754	30,609	30,721	→
Kürten	Commune	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	17,516	19,679	19,531	19,837	19,915	→
Ladbergen	Commune	Steinfurt	5,797	6,455	6,372	6,765	6,876	→
Laer	Commune	Steinfurt	5,300	6,314	6,485	6,721	7,053	→
Lage	City	Lippe	34,317	36,157	34,824	35,048	34,818	→
Langenberg	Commune	Gütersloh	7,026	8,196	8,151	8,359	8,363	→
Langenfeld (Rheinland)	City	Mettmann	53,455	58,757	56,829	59,650	59,821	→
Langerwehe	Commune	Düren	12,351	13,856	13,440	14,654	14,960	→
Legden	Commune	Borken	5,621	6,663	6,939	7,380	7,532	→
Leichlingen (Rheinland)	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	25,996	26,934	27,478	27,755	28,205	→
Lemgo	City	Lippe	39,485	42,188	41,032	39,973	39,959	→
Lengerich	City	Steinfurt	21,045	22,259	21,828	22,196	22,591	→
Lennestadt	City	Olpe	26,468	28,046	26,473	24,423	24,025	→
Leopoldshöhe	Commune	Lippe	13,744	16,396	15,922	17,125	17,175	→
Leverkusen	County-level City	Leverkusen	160,919	160,829	158,984	166,356	168,299	→
Lichtenau	City	Paderborn	9,791	11,138	10,473	10,679	11,010	→
Lienen	Commune	Steinfurt	8,194	9,017	8,577	8,438	8,469	→
Lindlar	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	19,307	22,517	21,252	21,322	21,521	→
Linnich	City	Düren	12,559	13,898	12,549	13,456	13,690	→
Lippetal	Commune	Soest	11,155	12,647	11,959	11,840	11,795	→
Lippstadt	City	Soest	62,345	67,231	65,886	68,100	68,383	→
Lohmar	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	27,098	30,936	29,475	30,889	30,904	→
Löhne	City	Herford	38,557	41,580	39,671	40,847	40,757	→
Lotte	Commune	Steinfurt	10,593	13,122	13,728	13,450	13,728	→
Lübbecke	City	Minden-Lübbecke	23,695	25,937	25,473	26,525	26,807	→
Lüdenscheid	City	Märkischer Kreis	79,401	80,509	73,762	71,688	70,810	→
Lüdinghausen	City	Coesfeld	20,152	23,333	23,544	24,770	25,039	→
Lügde	City	Lippe	11,248	11,603	10,209	9,349	9,080	→
Lünen	City	Unna	87,845	92,005	86,010	85,234	85,844	→
Marienheide	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	12,059	13,491	13,687	13,403	13,242	→
Marienmünster	City	Höxter	5,145	5,458	5,356	4,802	4,758	→
Marl	City	Recklinghausen	91,467	92,628	84,782	85,684	86,899	→
Marsberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	21,124	22,382	20,428	19,471	19,368	→
Mechernich	City	Euskirchen	22,755	26,460	26,736	28,694	29,116	→
Meckenheim	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	22,814	25,440	23,563	24,594	24,936	→
Medebach	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	7,560	8,345	7,970	7,965	7,874	→
Meerbusch	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	52,104	55,172	54,313	56,999	56,947	→
Meinerzhagen	City	Märkischer Kreis	19,907	22,031	21,073	20,261	20,003	→
Menden (Sauerland)	City	Märkischer Kreis	56,527	59,183	54,495	52,434	52,121	→
Merzenich	Commune	Düren	8,328	9,995	9,835	10,344	10,509	→
Meschede	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	31,715	32,645	30,745	29,632	29,446	→
Metelen	Commune	Steinfurt	5,904	6,313	6,397	6,404	6,540	→
Mettingen	Commune	Steinfurt	10,776	12,510	11,830	11,507	11,651	→
Mettmann	City	Mettmann	38,998	39,125	37,972	39,448	39,595	→
Minden	City	Minden-Lübbecke	78,145	82,898	80,121	83,743	83,598	→
Moers	City	Wesel	104,595	107,421	104,009	100,465	101,298	→
Möhnesee	Commune	Soest	9,104	11,164	11,041	11,537	10,483	→
Mönchengladbach	County-level City	Mönchengladbach	259,436	262,963	255,188	264,089	267,176	→
Monheim am Rhein	City	Mettmann	42,656	43,685	40,280	42,188	43,716	→
Monschau	City	Städteregion Aachen	11,904	13,002	12,085	12,256	12,303	→
Morsbach	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	10,366	11,520	10,565	10,426	10,477	→
Much	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	12,318	14,889	14,119	14,307	14,629	→
Mülheim an der Ruhr	County-level City	Mülheim an der Ruhr	177,681	172,332	166,865	171,435	171,674	→
Münster	County-level City	Münster	259,438	267,197	289,576	303,772	306,368	→
Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde	Commune	Märkischer Kreis	6,469	6,983	6,724	6,201	6,022	→
Netphen	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	23,293	25,038	23,326	23,005	22,972	→
Nettersheim	Commune	Euskirchen	6,593	7,882	7,563	7,939	8,216	→
Nettetal	City	Viersen	38,820	42,085	41,417	41,669	41,711	→
Neuenkirchen	Commune	Steinfurt	11,773	13,610	13,698	13,708	13,770	→
Neuenrade	City	Märkischer Kreis	11,679	12,377	12,156	11,538	11,520	→
Neukirchen-Vluyn	City	Wesel	26,591	28,566	27,033	27,021	27,410	→
Neunkirchen	Commune	Siegen-Wittgenstein	14,461	14,391	13,930	12,949	12,628	→
Neunkirchen-Seelscheid	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	16,860	20,328	19,780	19,950	20,321	→
Neuss	City	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	147,019	150,957	150,568	153,079	153,767	→
Nideggen	City	Düren	8,717	10,729	9,877	10,804	10,704	→
Niederkassel	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	29,240	35,077	36,496	38,069	38,357	→
Niederkrüchten	Commune	Viersen	11,183	14,749	14,963	14,447	14,601	→
Niederzier	Commune	Düren	12,199	14,235	13,758	14,783	15,055	→
Nieheim	City	Höxter	6,725	7,049	6,578	5,977	6,031	→
Nordkirchen	Commune	Coesfeld	8,359	10,088	9,662	10,334	10,844	→
Nordwalde	Commune	Steinfurt	8,612	9,407	9,368	9,901	10,084	→
Nörvenich	Commune	Düren	9,123	11,628	10,575	11,430	12,162	→
Nottuln	Commune	Coesfeld	15,748	19,599	19,160	20,080	20,003	→
Nümbrecht	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	14,266	17,009	16,700	17,339	17,529	→
Oberhausen	County-level City	Oberhausen	223,840	221,619	210,216	212,127	213,178	→
Ochtrup	City	Steinfurt	17,460	18,977	18,876	19,884	20,358	→
Odenthal	Commune	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	13,218	15,120	14,824	15,616	15,728	→
Oelde	City	Warendorf	27,759	29,406	28,940	29,704	29,961	→
Oer-Erkenschwick	City	Recklinghausen	28,222	30,516	30,861	31,051	31,499	→
Oerlinghausen	City	Lippe	15,689	17,435	16,684	17,193	17,302	→
Olfen	City	Coesfeld	8,732	11,845	12,084	12,814	13,110	→
Olpe	City	Olpe	23,785	25,371	24,822	24,651	24,518	→
Olsberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	15,227	16,233	15,057	14,740	14,596	→
Ostbevern	Commune	Warendorf	7,341	10,109	10,624	11,027	11,385	→
Overath	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	23,902	26,410	26,968	26,608	26,707	→
Paderborn	City	Paderborn	120,680	140,869	142,365	155,516	155,906	→
Petershagen	City	Minden-Lübbecke	24,543	27,103	26,105	25,281	25,192	→
Plettenberg	City	Märkischer Kreis	29,083	28,959	26,235	24,665	24,189	→
Porta Westfalica	City	Minden-Lübbecke	35,061	36,277	35,623	36,557	36,502	→
Preußisch Oldendorf	City	Minden-Lübbecke	10,974	13,417	12,741	12,434	12,486	→
Pulheim	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	49,353	53,441	52,929	55,199	55,979	→
Radevormwald	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	23,762	24,668	22,518	21,547	21,457	→
Raesfeld	Commune	Borken	9,323	11,109	11,140	11,525	11,627	→
Rahden	City	Minden-Lübbecke	14,109	15,856	15,634	15,910	16,128	→
Ratingen	City	Mettmann	91,007	91,793	86,967	88,425	88,914	→
Recke	Commune	Steinfurt	10,026	11,694	11,378	11,271	11,427	→
Recklinghausen	City	Recklinghausen	125,060	124,587	115,958	115,216	114,851	→
Rees	City	Kleve	18,616	21,995	21,520	21,647	21,446	→
Reichshof	Commune	Oberbergischer Kreis	16,656	19,885	19,017	18,592	18,509	→
Reken	Commune	Borken	11,689	14,027	14,321	14,867	14,937	→
Remscheid	County-level City	Remscheid	123,155	118,753	110,708	113,743	113,333	→
Rheda-Wiedenbrück	City	Gütersloh	38,327	45,235	46,515	47,502	47,935	→
Rhede	City	Borken	16,952	18,774	19,102	19,219	19,679	→
Rheinbach	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	22,990	25,986	26,377	26,704	27,012	→
Rheinberg	City	Wesel	27,886	31,712	30,867	31,210	30,951	→
Rheine	City	Steinfurt	70,452	75,925	72,749	76,344	77,552	→
Rheurdt	Commune	Kleve	5,511	6,474	6,661	6,402	6,350	→
Rietberg	City	Gütersloh	24,138	28,214	28,562	29,284	29,858	→
Rödinghausen	Commune	Herford	8,700	10,214	9,865	9,962	10,063	→
Roetgen	Commune	Städteregion Aachen	6,908	8,052	8,312	8,685	8,726	→
Rommerskirchen	Commune	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	11,414	12,410	12,475	13,886	13,982	→
Rosendahl	Commune	Coesfeld	9,693	10,922	10,534	11,162	11,137	→
Rösrath	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	22,849	26,613	27,492	28,300	28,688	→
Ruppichteroth	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	8,382	10,238	10,288	10,878	10,777	→
Rüthen	City	Soest	11,253	11,490	10,635	10,100	10,302	→
Saerbeck	Commune	Steinfurt	5,124	6,636	7,157	6,865	6,906	→
Salzkotten	City	Paderborn	20,495	23,680	24,434	25,288	25,293	→
Sankt Augustin	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	51,886	55,539	53,850	55,985	56,033	→
Sassenberg	City	Warendorf	10,214	13,691	13,981	14,469	14,505	→
Schalksmühle	Commune	Märkischer Kreis	12,232	11,986	10,882	10,469	10,376	→
Schermbeck	Commune	Wesel	12,459	13,624	13,337	13,417	13,393	→
Schieder-Schwalenberg	City	Lippe	8,865	9,523	8,993	8,205	7,986	→
Schlangen	Commune	Lippe	7,635	8,917	8,881	9,299	9,249	→
Schleiden	City	Euskirchen	13,011	14,030	13,096	13,151	13,390	→
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	24,728	→
Schöppingen	Commune	Borken	5,732	8,213	6,882	6,878	6,746	→
Schwalmtal	Commune	Viersen	15,271	19,370	19,062	18,658	18,833	→
Schwelm	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	30,394	30,351	28,435	27,986	27,880	→
Schwerte	City	Unna	50,696	50,534	46,743	45,954	45,794	→
Selfkant	Commune	Heinsberg	8,598	9,573	9,948	10,461	10,771	→
Selm	City	Unna	24,891	27,389	26,017	25,701	25,817	→
Senden	Commune	Coesfeld	15,341	19,703	19,976	20,440	21,000	→
Sendenhorst	City	Warendorf	11,409	13,139	12,834	13,785	14,110	→
Siegburg	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	35,441	37,865	38,780	42,142	42,204	→
Siegen	City	Siegen-Wittgenstein	109,174	108,397	99,187	102,275	102,450	→
Simmerath	Commune	Städteregion Aachen	13,305	15,415	15,122	16,393	16,496	→
Soest	City	Soest	42,602	48,361	46,742	46,453	47,752	→
Solingen	County-level City	Solingen	165,401	165,032	155,265	164,621	164,621	→
Sonsbeck	Commune	Wesel	6,962	8,460	8,666	8,587	8,628	→
Spenge	City	Herford	14,977	15,796	14,812	14,682	14,596	→
Sprockhövel	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	24,505	26,419	25,444	24,156	24,116	→
Stadtlohn	City	Borken	17,713	20,407	20,164	20,791	20,856	→
Steinfurt	City	Steinfurt	31,484	34,052	33,392	33,965	34,822	→
Steinhagen	Commune	Gütersloh	17,303	19,745	20,157	19,821	20,251	→
Steinheim	City	Höxter	12,609	14,008	13,107	12,106	12,000	→
Stemwede	Commune	Minden-Lübbecke	13,194	14,525	13,843	13,606	13,323	→
Stolberg (Rhld.)	City	Städteregion Aachen	57,231	58,718	56,206	57,165	57,678	→
Straelen	City	Kleve	12,927	15,337	15,367	16,314	16,454	→
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	27,490	→
Swisttal	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	17,170	17,954	17,604	18,319	18,662	→
Tecklenburg	City	Steinfurt	8,980	9,422	8,824	8,996	9,099	→
Telgte	City	Warendorf	17,358	19,370	18,866	19,751	20,128	→
Titz	Commune	Düren	7,705	8,498	8,289	8,795	9,025	→
Tönisvorst	City	Viersen	24,844	30,477	29,574	29,114	29,296	→
Troisdorf	City	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	64,430	73,282	72,408	75,335	75,742	→
Übach-Palenberg	City	Heinsberg	23,521	25,049	24,220	23,748	24,144	→
Uedem	Commune	Kleve	6,822	8,353	8,217	8,197	8,084	→
Unna	City	Unna	61,552	70,117	59,149	59,515	57,961	→
Velbert	City	Mettmann	89,253	89,823	81,303	82,319	82,166	→
Velen	City	Borken	10,374	12,940	12,990	12,662	12,562	→
Verl	City	Gütersloh	19,771	23,768	24,766	25,286	25,574	→
Versmold	City	Gütersloh	18,231	20,634	20,898	21,303	21,343	→
Vettweiß	Commune	Düren	7,182	8,683	8,954	9,827	9,957	→
Viersen	City	Viersen	77,453	77,259	74,941	76,146	78,227	→
Vlotho	City	Herford	19,592	20,544	19,232	18,625	18,286	→
Voerde (Niederrhein)	City	Wesel	36,415	38,935	37,134	35,387	35,529	→
Vreden	City	Borken	19,421	21,931	22,400	22,788	23,083	→
Wachtberg	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	17,281	19,162	19,451	20,284	20,230	→
Wachtendonk	Commune	Kleve	6,392	7,626	7,804	8,161	8,154	→
Wadersloh	Commune	Warendorf	12,121	13,155	12,350	12,619	12,826	→
Waldbröl	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	16,244	19,213	18,964	19,534	19,716	→
Waldfeucht	Commune	Heinsberg	7,954	9,307	8,733	9,021	9,235	→
Waltrop	City	Recklinghausen	29,354	30,437	29,017	29,246	29,125	→
Warburg	City	Höxter	22,562	24,218	23,547	23,211	23,210	→
Warendorf	City	Warendorf	35,092	38,988	36,982	37,176	37,705	→
Warstein	City	Soest	28,363	29,007	25,966	25,162	24,857	→
Wassenberg	City	Heinsberg	12,478	16,044	16,944	19,191	19,687	→
Weeze	Commune	Kleve	8,570	9,976	10,047	11,446	12,364	→
Wegberg	City	Heinsberg	25,445	28,800	27,865	28,098	28,001	→
Weilerswist	Commune	Euskirchen	14,279	16,337	15,462	18,736	18,920	→
Welver	Commune	Soest	10,772	12,848	12,253	11,927	11,983	→
Wenden	Commune	Olpe	16,932	19,658	19,665	19,266	19,462	→
Werdohl	City	Märkischer Kreis	21,875	21,265	18,430	17,854	17,500	→
Werl	City	Soest	28,554	31,819	30,303	29,984	29,693	→
Wermelskirchen	City	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	35,865	36,907	34,934	34,532	34,254	→
Werne	City	Unna	29,484	30,779	29,614	30,229	30,034	→
Werther (Westf.)	City	Gütersloh	10,625	11,740	11,367	11,051	11,001	→
Wesel	City	Wesel	59,631	62,151	60,335	59,988	60,717	→
Wesseling	City	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	30,710	35,224	34,998	37,301	38,051	→
Westerkappeln	Commune	Steinfurt	9,317	11,287	10,949	10,885	10,825	→
Wetter (Ruhr)	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	28,880	29,675	27,935	26,317	25,959	→
Wettringen	Commune	Steinfurt	6,802	7,724	7,801	8,239	8,190	→
Wickede (Ruhr)	Commune	Soest	11,829	12,650	11,567	11,525	11,254	→
Wiehl	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	23,123	26,455	25,274	25,010	25,213	→
Willebadessen	City	Höxter	8,234	9,013	8,433	8,180	8,172	→
Willich	City	Viersen	42,416	50,853	50,708	49,494	49,374	→
Wilnsdorf	Commune	Siegen-Wittgenstein	20,497	21,618	20,469	20,115	19,936	→
Windeck	Commune	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	18,456	21,048	18,935	19,335	19,482	→
Winterberg	City	Hochsauerlandkreis	14,229	14,676	12,982	12,974	13,124	→
Wipperfürth	City	Oberbergischer Kreis	21,487	23,227	21,660	21,647	21,480	→
Witten	City	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	105,403	103,158	96,382	91,735	91,474	→
Wülfrath	City	Mettmann	21,987	22,669	21,213	20,773	20,704	→
Wuppertal	County-level City	Wuppertal	383,660	364,784	342,661	356,768	357,243	→
Würselen	City	Städteregion Aachen	34,406	36,731	37,206	39,792	40,249	→
Xanten	City	Wesel	16,930	20,841	21,245	20,919	21,121	→
Zülpich	City	Euskirchen	17,298	19,674	19,745	21,093	21,906	→

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

Explanation: 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.