Westerwaldkreis
County in Rhineland-Palatinate
County
The population development of Westerwaldkreis.
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westerwaldkreis | County | 179,086 | 202,714 | 200,058 | 206,605 | 207,803 | → |
| Rheinland-Pfalz [Rhineland-Palatinate] | State | 3,763,510 | 4,049,066 | 3,989,808 | 4,094,169 | 4,129,569 |
Contents: Cities and Communes
The population development of the cities and communes in Westerwaldkreis.
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ailertchen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 584 | 635 | 616 | 648 | 659 | → |
| Alpenrod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,338 | 1,577 | 1,561 | 1,636 | 1,630 | → |
| Alsbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 571 | 589 | 604 | 656 | 640 | → |
| Arnshöfen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 147 | 167 | 154 | 174 | 179 | → |
| Astert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 241 | 248 | 242 | 267 | 260 | → |
| Atzelgift | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 597 | 639 | 644 | 634 | 639 | → |
| Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) | City | Westerwaldkreis | 5,437 | 5,977 | 5,869 | 6,139 | 6,096 | → |
| Bannberscheid | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 525 | 641 | 631 | 689 | 696 | → |
| Bellingen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 509 | 591 | 605 | 620 | 628 | → |
| Berod bei Wallmerod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 471 | 546 | 543 | 543 | 554 | → |
| Berzhahn | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 443 | 524 | 485 | 485 | 504 | → |
| Bilkheim | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 382 | 482 | 487 | 477 | 465 | → |
| Boden | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 571 | 548 | 581 | 620 | 668 | → |
| Bölsberg | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 283 | 279 | 252 | 229 | 228 | → |
| Borod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 435 | 526 | 541 | 517 | 552 | → |
| Brandscheid | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 432 | 509 | 484 | 467 | 496 | → |
| Breitenau | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 601 | 710 | 654 | 725 | 737 | → |
| Bretthausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 184 | 204 | 174 | 216 | 211 | → |
| Caan | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 473 | 605 | 705 | 687 | 669 | → |
| Daubach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 359 | 445 | 464 | 481 | 478 | → |
| Deesen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 592 | 643 | 679 | 753 | 775 | → |
| Dernbach (Westerwald) | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 2,559 | 2,653 | 2,411 | 2,502 | 2,533 | → |
| Dreifelden | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 272 | 311 | 244 | 274 | 283 | → |
| Dreikirchen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 855 | 1,021 | 1,022 | 1,019 | 1,016 | → |
| Dreisbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 539 | 588 | 596 | 556 | 580 | → |
| Ebernhahn | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,230 | 1,226 | 1,202 | 1,216 | 1,303 | → |
| Eitelborn | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 2,481 | 2,579 | 2,418 | 2,499 | 2,486 | → |
| Elbingen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 420 | 288 | 306 | 321 | 349 | → |
| Ellenhausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 251 | 294 | 311 | 294 | 292 | → |
| Elsoff (Westerwald) | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 912 | 1,010 | 907 | 957 | 982 | → |
| Enspel | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 236 | 278 | 297 | 293 | 285 | → |
| Ettinghausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 244 | 320 | 322 | 342 | 339 | → |
| Ewighausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 160 | 214 | 239 | 230 | 236 | → |
| Fehl-Ritzhausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 767 | 827 | 815 | 765 | 792 | → |
| Freilingen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 585 | 708 | 698 | 694 | 714 | → |
| Freirachdorf | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 567 | 659 | 648 | 682 | 699 | → |
| Gackenbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 442 | 583 | 542 | 555 | 545 | → |
| Gehlert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 480 | 552 | 599 | 638 | 613 | → |
| Gemünden | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,112 | 1,123 | 1,048 | 1,024 | 1,021 | → |
| Giesenhausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 297 | 330 | 334 | 346 | 332 | → |
| Girkenroth | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 573 | 629 | 583 | 600 | 607 | → |
| Girod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,042 | 1,215 | 1,195 | 1,210 | 1,211 | → |
| Goddert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 343 | 394 | 416 | 437 | 444 | → |
| Görgeshausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 663 | 727 | 828 | 918 | 983 | → |
| Großholbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 768 | 926 | 988 | 984 | 961 | → |
| Großseifen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 489 | 567 | 585 | 618 | 624 | → |
| Guckheim | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 806 | 908 | 927 | 980 | 997 | → |
| Hachenburg | City | Westerwaldkreis | 4,848 | 5,676 | 5,873 | 6,304 | 6,336 | → |
| Hahn am See | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 451 | 451 | 401 | 413 | 397 | → |
| Hahn bei Marienberg | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 385 | 513 | 472 | 465 | 455 | → |
| Halbs | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 285 | 359 | 366 | 363 | 353 | → |
| Hardt | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 363 | 448 | 416 | 457 | 456 | → |
| Hartenfels | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 776 | 866 | 834 | 750 | 789 | → |
| Härtlingen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 266 | 405 | 417 | 382 | 389 | → |
| Hattert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,665 | 1,746 | 1,744 | 1,772 | 1,786 | → |
| Heilberscheid | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 518 | 658 | 679 | 664 | 628 | → |
| Heiligenroth | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,340 | 1,441 | 1,405 | 1,461 | 1,461 | → |
| Heimborn | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 254 | 277 | 282 | 282 | 284 | → |
| Helferskirchen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 941 | 1,088 | 1,138 | 1,225 | 1,236 | → |
| Hellenhahn-Schellenberg | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,153 | 1,297 | 1,286 | 1,251 | 1,222 | → |
| Hergenroth | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 355 | 414 | 446 | 455 | 457 | → |
| Herschbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 2,425 | 2,893 | 2,815 | 2,817 | 3,018 | → |
| Herschbach (Oberwesterwald) | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 794 | 953 | 944 | 908 | 949 | → |
| Heuzert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 156 | 147 | 126 | 116 | 122 | → |
| Hilgert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,277 | 1,495 | 1,527 | 1,523 | 1,516 | → |
| Hillscheid | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 2,511 | 2,668 | 2,478 | 2,459 | 2,444 | → |
| Höchstenbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 665 | 710 | 670 | 718 | 717 | → |
| Hof | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,269 | 1,311 | 1,284 | 1,308 | 1,317 | → |
| Höhn | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 3,080 | 3,231 | 3,131 | 3,133 | 3,218 | → |
| Höhr-Grenzhausen | City | Westerwaldkreis | 8,644 | 9,796 | 9,203 | 9,314 | 9,415 | → |
| Holler | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 969 | 1,190 | 1,046 | 1,029 | 1,009 | → |
| Homberg | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 148 | 159 | 171 | 185 | 189 | → |
| Horbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 578 | 688 | 692 | 719 | 703 | → |
| Hübingen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 453 | 512 | 526 | 525 | 514 | → |
| Hüblingen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 271 | 309 | 307 | 301 | 293 | → |
| Hundsangen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,840 | 2,047 | 2,074 | 1,982 | 1,936 | → |
| Hundsdorf | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 303 | 413 | 450 | 474 | 468 | → |
| Irmtraut | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 681 | 784 | 807 | 779 | 806 | → |
| Kaden | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 544 | 644 | 606 | 574 | 591 | → |
| Kadenbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,252 | 1,308 | 1,386 | 1,349 | 1,276 | → |
| Kammerforst | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 234 | 258 | 252 | 249 | 265 | → |
| Kirburg | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 469 | 622 | 592 | 591 | 604 | → |
| Kölbingen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 794 | 1,092 | 1,018 | 978 | 1,016 | → |
| Kroppach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 587 | 629 | 647 | 747 | 789 | → |
| Krümmel | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 204 | 366 | 337 | 297 | 304 | → |
| Kuhnhöfen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 101 | 182 | 160 | 153 | 148 | → |
| Kundert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 275 | 283 | 271 | 253 | 271 | → |
| Langenbach bei Kirburg | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 760 | 1,050 | 1,087 | 1,052 | 1,109 | → |
| Langenhahn | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,236 | 1,442 | 1,342 | 1,421 | 1,369 | → |
| Lautzenbrücken | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 375 | 397 | 383 | 461 | 448 | → |
| Leuterod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 695 | 796 | 882 | 850 | 853 | → |
| Liebenscheid | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 734 | 900 | 896 | 827 | 837 | → |
| Limbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 386 | 395 | 439 | 405 | 412 | → |
| Linden | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 154 | 153 | 145 | 146 | 151 | → |
| Lochum | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 316 | 369 | 312 | 331 | 294 | → |
| Luckenbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 512 | 617 | 616 | 681 | 687 | → |
| Mähren | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | ... | 238 | 232 | 211 | 216 | → |
| Marienrachdorf | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 757 | 992 | 1,001 | 1,024 | 1,041 | → |
| Maroth | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 219 | 228 | 231 | 242 | 259 | → |
| Marzhausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 212 | 253 | 255 | 277 | 255 | → |
| Maxsain | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,000 | 1,106 | 1,068 | 1,034 | 1,005 | → |
| Merkelbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 415 | 430 | 431 | 415 | 441 | → |
| Meudt | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,624 | 1,845 | 1,840 | 1,916 | 1,885 | → |
| Mogendorf | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,200 | 1,219 | 1,207 | 1,368 | 1,329 | → |
| Molsberg | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 429 | 470 | 428 | 454 | 430 | → |
| Montabaur | City | Westerwaldkreis | 11,433 | 12,434 | 12,503 | 14,601 | 14,884 | → |
| Mörlen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 531 | 626 | 571 | 533 | 542 | → |
| Mörsbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 473 | 506 | 458 | 414 | 399 | → |
| Moschheim | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 607 | 699 | 780 | 744 | 762 | → |
| Mudenbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 701 | 825 | 746 | 750 | 762 | → |
| Mündersbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 682 | 794 | 776 | 818 | 781 | → |
| Müschenbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,001 | 1,093 | 1,002 | 975 | 959 | → |
| Nauort | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 2,098 | 2,355 | 2,286 | 2,321 | 2,348 | → |
| Nentershausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,841 | 2,037 | 1,996 | 2,071 | 2,079 | → |
| Neuhäusel | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,768 | 2,124 | 2,021 | 2,075 | 2,029 | → |
| Neunkhausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 885 | 1,122 | 1,106 | 1,025 | 1,016 | → |
| Neunkirchen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 482 | 527 | 564 | 557 | 560 | → |
| Neustadt/Westerwald | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 461 | 556 | 599 | 587 | 569 | → |
| Niederahr | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 713 | 809 | 815 | 811 | 840 | → |
| Niederelbert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,631 | 1,679 | 1,617 | 1,738 | 1,758 | → |
| Niedererbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 840 | 993 | 997 | 1,038 | 1,032 | → |
| Niederroßbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 683 | 839 | 767 | 681 | 729 | → |
| Niedersayn | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 197 | 224 | 179 | 183 | 171 | → |
| Nister | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 928 | 1,063 | 959 | 1,064 | 1,084 | → |
| Nisterau | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 801 | 944 | 881 | 826 | 834 | → |
| Nister-Möhrendorf | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 284 | 305 | 318 | 287 | 309 | → |
| Nistertal | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,212 | 1,346 | 1,305 | 1,196 | 1,198 | → |
| Nomborn | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 619 | 697 | 715 | 712 | 664 | → |
| Nordhofen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 411 | 519 | 557 | 550 | 526 | → |
| Norken | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 909 | 1,015 | 982 | 957 | 980 | → |
| Oberahr | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 431 | 552 | 567 | 560 | 553 | → |
| Oberelbert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 897 | 1,043 | 1,116 | 1,167 | 1,193 | → |
| Obererbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 473 | 541 | 529 | 501 | 503 | → |
| Oberhaid | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 347 | 424 | 404 | 402 | 389 | → |
| Oberrod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 726 | 748 | 700 | 629 | 663 | → |
| Oberroßbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 331 | 336 | 336 | 348 | 359 | → |
| Ötzingen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 975 | 1,383 | 1,361 | 1,382 | 1,369 | → |
| Pottum | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,054 | 1,050 | 978 | 1,058 | 1,058 | → |
| Quirnbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 411 | 459 | 510 | 489 | 488 | → |
| Ransbach-Baumbach | City | Westerwaldkreis | 6,447 | 7,301 | 7,345 | 8,111 | 8,176 | → |
| Rehe | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 723 | 970 | 966 | 1,006 | 953 | → |
| Rennerod | City | Westerwaldkreis | 3,666 | 3,965 | 4,057 | 4,472 | 4,464 | → |
| Roßbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 796 | 993 | 827 | 856 | 856 | → |
| Rotenhain | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 422 | 505 | 566 | 505 | 492 | → |
| Rothenbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 869 | 919 | 885 | 918 | 946 | → |
| Rückeroth | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 381 | 466 | 519 | 480 | 465 | → |
| Ruppach-Goldhausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,076 | 1,095 | 1,207 | 1,239 | 1,224 | → |
| Salz | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 799 | 941 | 878 | 874 | 878 | → |
| Salzburg | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 216 | 256 | 243 | 232 | 231 | → |
| Schenkelberg | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 640 | 678 | 639 | 651 | 632 | → |
| Seck | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,148 | 1,294 | 1,235 | 1,199 | 1,179 | → |
| Selters (Westerwald) | City | Westerwaldkreis | 2,284 | 2,739 | 2,814 | 2,855 | 2,902 | → |
| Sessenbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 450 | 532 | 483 | 513 | 517 | → |
| Sessenhausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 611 | 922 | 938 | 854 | 865 | → |
| Siershahn | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 2,629 | 2,748 | 2,745 | 2,893 | 2,956 | → |
| Simmern | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,255 | 1,538 | 1,488 | 1,542 | 1,534 | → |
| Stahlhofen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 550 | 641 | 726 | 775 | 739 | → |
| Stahlhofen am Wiesensee | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 256 | 376 | 326 | 379 | 385 | → |
| Staudt | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 959 | 1,021 | 1,106 | 1,268 | 1,277 | → |
| Steinebach an der Wied | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 707 | 798 | 801 | 857 | 825 | → |
| Steinefrenz | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 614 | 739 | 769 | 790 | 745 | → |
| Steinen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 220 | 234 | 252 | 234 | 219 | → |
| Stein-Neukirch | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 412 | 480 | 410 | 437 | 442 | → |
| Stein-Wingert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 155 | 229 | 225 | 221 | 230 | → |
| Stockhausen-Illfurth | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 369 | 494 | 493 | 416 | 428 | → |
| Stockum-Püschen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 685 | 729 | 660 | 665 | 649 | → |
| Streithausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 524 | 592 | 540 | 497 | 498 | → |
| Unnau | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,786 | 1,892 | 1,896 | 1,995 | 1,969 | → |
| Untershausen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 426 | 508 | 488 | 526 | 515 | → |
| Vielbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 473 | 565 | 552 | 565 | 574 | → |
| Wahlrod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 737 | 861 | 833 | 918 | 917 | → |
| Waigandshain | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 199 | 208 | 198 | 213 | 213 | → |
| Waldmühlen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 247 | 371 | 351 | 316 | 317 | → |
| Wallmerod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 1,007 | 1,271 | 1,430 | 1,536 | 1,551 | → |
| Weidenhahn | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 555 | 551 | 561 | 563 | 559 | → |
| Welkenbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 149 | 145 | 143 | 142 | 150 | → |
| Welschneudorf | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 910 | 979 | 957 | 974 | 971 | → |
| Weltersburg | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 264 | 281 | 289 | 312 | 311 | → |
| Weroth | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 511 | 632 | 625 | 560 | 562 | → |
| Westerburg | City | Westerwaldkreis | 5,159 | 5,883 | 5,696 | 5,995 | 6,002 | → |
| Westernohe | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 788 | 967 | 944 | 938 | 961 | → |
| Wied | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 455 | 516 | 472 | 514 | 548 | → |
| Willingen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 337 | 309 | 305 | 285 | 280 | → |
| Willmenrod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 662 | 724 | 651 | 654 | 675 | → |
| Winkelbach | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 154 | 170 | 241 | 252 | 233 | → |
| Winnen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 376 | 436 | 466 | 511 | 517 | → |
| Wirges | City | Westerwaldkreis | 4,924 | 5,268 | 5,246 | 5,516 | 5,694 | → |
| Wirscheid | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 297 | 309 | 325 | 347 | 347 | → |
| Wittgert | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 598 | 641 | 632 | 657 | 636 | → |
| Wölferlingen | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 510 | 585 | 515 | 478 | 472 | → |
| Zehnhausen bei Rennerod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 316 | 371 | 391 | 399 | 376 | → |
| Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod | Commune | Westerwaldkreis | 131 | 165 | 177 | 193 | 197 | → |
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.