list of cities in Germany by population

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As defined by the German Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development, a {{lang|de|Großstadt}} (large city) is a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants.{{cite web|title=Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen|url=http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/Raumbeobachtung/Raumabgrenzungen/StadtGemeindetyp/StadtGemeindetyp_node.html|publisher=Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung|access-date=15 February 2018|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001104056/http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/Raumbeobachtung/Raumabgrenzungen/StadtGemeindetyp/StadtGemeindetyp_node.html|archive-date=1 October 2017|url-status=dead}} As of today, 80 cities in Germany fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations or metropolitan areas.

List

The following table lists the 80 cities in Germany with a population of at least 100,000 each on 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.{{Cite web|url=https://www.destatis.de/EN/Homepage.html|title = Homepage}} A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the state. The table below contains the following information:

The city rank by population as of 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany
The city name
The name of the state in which the city lies{{cite web|title=Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Methoden/Zensus_/Downloads/1A_EinwohnerzahlGeschlecht.xls|publisher=Federal Statistical Office of Germany|location=Wiesbaden|language=de|format=XLS|date=10 April 2014}}
The city population as of 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany
The city population as of 31 December 2015, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany{{cite web|title=Städte in Deutschland nach Fläche und Bevölkerung auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011 und Bevölkerungsdichte: Gebietsstand 31.12.2015 |url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.xls?__blob=publicationFile |publisher=Federal Statistical Office of Germany|location=Wiesbaden|language=de|format=XLS|date=13 December 2016}}
The city percentage population change from 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2021
The change in city rank by population from 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2021
The city land area as of 31 December 2021
The city population density as of 31 December 2021 (residents per unit of land area)
The city latitude and longitude coordinates.

Schwerin is the only state capital not listed.

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2021 rank ! City ! State ! 2021 estimate ! 2015 estimate ! Growth ! Rank change !data-sort-type="number"\|2021 land area !data-sort-type="number"\|2021 population density ! Location
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|1 \| align="left" \| *{{flag\|Berlin}}* \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Berlin}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|3677472\|3520031}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|891.3\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|4126\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|52\|31\|N\|13\|23\|E\|format=dms\|name=1 Berlin}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|2 \| align="left" \| *{{flag\|Hamburg}}* \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Hamburg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|1906411\|1787408}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|755.2\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2524\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|53\|33\|N\|10\|0\|E\|format=dms\|name=2 Hamburg}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|3 \| align="left" \| *{{flag\|Munich}}* (München) \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bavaria}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|1487708\|1450381}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|310.7\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|4788\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|48\|8\|N\|11\|34\|E\|format=dms\|name=3 Munich}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|4 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Cologne}} (Köln) \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|1073096\|1060582}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|405.15\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2648\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|56\|N\|6\|57\|E\|format=dms\|name=4 Cologne}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|5 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Frankfurt am Main\|Frankfurt}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Hesse}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|759224\|732688}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|248.31\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|3057\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|7\|N\|8\|41\|E\|format=dms\|name=5 Frankfurt}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|6 \| align="left" \| *{{flag\|Stuttgart}}* \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Baden-Württemberg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|626275\|623738}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|207.33\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|3020\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|48\|47\|N\|9\|11\|E\|format=dms\|name=6 Stuttgart}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|7 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Düsseldorf}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|619477\|612178}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|217.41\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2849\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|14\|N\|6\|47\|E\|format=dms\|name=7 Düsseldorf}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|8 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Leipzig}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|601866\|560472}} \| {{increase}} 2 \| {{convert\|297.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2024\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|20\|N\|12\|23\|E\|format=dms\|name=8 Leipzig}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|9 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Dortmund}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|586852\|586181}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|280.71\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2091\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|31\|N\|7\|28\|E\|format=dms\|name=9 Dortmund}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|10 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Essen}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|579432\|582624}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|210.34\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2755\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|27\|N\|7\|1\|E\|format=dms\|name=10 Essen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|11 \| align="left" \| *{{flagdeco\|Bremen}} Bremen* \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bremen}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|563290\|557464}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|326.7\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1724\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|53\|5\|N\|8\|48\|E\|format=dms\|name=11 Bremen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|12 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Dresden}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|555351\|543825}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|328.8\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1689\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|2\|N\|13\|44\|E\|format=dms\|name=12 Dresden}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|13 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Hanover.svg}} *Hanover* (Hannover) \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Lower Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|535932\|532163}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|204.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2627\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|52\|22\|N\|9\|43\|E\|format=dms\|name=13 Hanover}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|14 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Nuremberg}} (Nürnberg) \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bavaria}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|510632\|509975}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|186.5\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2739\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|27\|N\|11\|5\|E\|format=dms\|name=14 Nuremberg}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|15 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Duisburg}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|495152\|491231}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|232.8\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2127\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|26\|N\|6\|46\|E\|format=dms\|name=15 Duisburg}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|16 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bochum}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|363441\|364742}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|145.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2500\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|29\|N\|7\|13\|E\|format=dms\|name=16 Bochum}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|17 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Wuppertal}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|354572\|350046}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|168.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2105\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|16\|N\|7\|11\|E\|format=dms\|name=17 Wuppertal}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|18 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Hissflagge Bielefeld.svg}} Bielefeld \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|334002\|333090}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|257.8\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1296\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|52\|1\|N\|8\|32\|E\|format=dms\|name=18 Bielefeld}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|19 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bonn}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|331885\|318809}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|141.1\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2353\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|44\|N\|7\|6\|E\|format=dms\|name=19 Bonn}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|20 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Münster}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|317713\|310039}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|302.9\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1049\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|58\|N\|7\|38\|E\|format=dms\|name=20 Münster}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|21 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Mannheim}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Baden-Württemberg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|311831\|305780}} \| {{increase}} 1 \| {{convert\|145.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2151\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|29\|N\|8\|28\|E\|format=dms\|name=21 Mannheim}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|22 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Karlsruhe}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Baden-Württemberg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|306502\|307755}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|173.5\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1767\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|0\|N\|8\|24\|E\|format=dms\|name=22 Karlsruhe}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|23 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Augsburg}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bavaria}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|296478\|286374}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|146.8\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2019\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|48\|22\|N\|10\|54\|E\|format=dms\|name=23 Augsburg}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|24 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Wiesbaden}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Hesse}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|278950\|276218}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|203.9\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1368\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|5\|N\|8\|14\|E\|format=dms\|name=24 Wiesbaden}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|25 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Mönchengladbach}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|261001\|259996}} \| {{increase}} 1 \| {{convert\|170.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1531\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|12\|N\|6\|26\|E\|format=dms\|name=25 Mönchengladbach}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|26 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Gelsenkirchen}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|260126\|260368}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|104.8\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2481\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|31\|N\|7\|6\|E\|format=dms\|name=26 Gelsenkirchen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|27 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flag de-city of Aachen.svg}} Aachen \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|249070\|245885}} \| {{increase}} 3 \| {{convert\|160.85\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1548\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|47\|N\|6\|5\|E\|format=dms\|name=27 Aachen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|28 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Braunschweig}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Lower Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|248823\|251364}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|192.1\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1295\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|52\|16\|N\|10\|31\|E\|format=dms\|name=28 Braunschweig}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|29 \| align="left" \| *{{flag\|Kiel}}* \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Schleswig-Holstein}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|246243\|246306}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|118.6\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2076\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|54\|20\|N\|10\|8\|E\|format=dms\|name=29 Kiel}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|30 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Chemnitz}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|243105\|248645}} \| {{decrease}} 2 \| {{convert\|220.85\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1101\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|50\|N\|12\|55\|E\|format=dms\|name=30 Chemnitz}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|31 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flag of Halle (Saale).svg}} Halle (Saale) \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Saxony-Anhalt}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|238061\|236991}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|135.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1763\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|29\|N\|11\|58\|E\|format=dms\|name=31 Halle (Saale)}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|32 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Magdeburg.svg}} Magdeburg \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Saxony-Anhalt}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|236188\|235723}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|201.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1175\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|52\|8\|N\|11\|37\|E\|format=dms\|name=32 Magdeburg}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|33 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Freiburg im Breisgau.svg}} Freiburg im Breisgau \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Baden-Württemberg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|231848\|226393}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|153.1\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1514\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|47\|59\|N\|7\|51\|E\|format=dms\|name=33 Freiburg im Breisgau}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|34 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Krefeld.svg}} Krefeld \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|227050\|225144}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|137.7\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1649\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|20\|N\|6\|34\|E\|format=dms\|name=34 Krefeld}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|35 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Mainz Flagge quer.svg}} *Mainz* \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Rhineland-Palatinate}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|217556\|209779}} \| {{increase}} 3 \| {{convert\|97.7\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2226\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|0\|N\|8\|16\|E\|format=dms\|name=35 Mainz}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|36 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Lübeck}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Schleswig-Holstein}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|216277\|216253}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|214.1\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1010\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|53\|52\|N\|10\|41\|E\|format=dms\|name=36 Lübeck}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|37 \| align="left" \| *{{flag\|Erfurt}}* \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Thuringia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|213227\|210118}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|269.2\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|792\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|59\|N\|11\|2\|E\|format=dms\|name=37 Erfurt}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|38 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Oberhausen}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|208752\|210934}} \| {{decrease}} 2 \| {{convert\|77.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2710\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|28\|N\|6\|51\|E\|format=dms\|name=38 Oberhausen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|39 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Rostock}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|208400\|206011}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|181.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1149\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|54\|5\|N\|12\|8\|E\|format=dms\|name=39 Rostock}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|40 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Kassel}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Hesse}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|200406\|197984}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|107.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1873\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|19\|N\|9\|30\|E\|format=dms\|name=40 Kassel}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|41 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Hagen}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|188713\|189044}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|160.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1177\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|22\|N\|7\|29\|E\|format=dms\|name=41 Hagen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|42 \| align="left" \| *{{flag\|Potsdam}}* \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Brandenburg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|183154\|167745}} \| {{increase}} 3 \| {{convert\|187.3\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|978\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|52\|24\|N\|13\|4\|E\|format=dms\|name=42 Potsdam}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|43 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flag of Saarbrücken.svg}} *Saarbrücken* \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Saarland}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|179634\|178151}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|167.1\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1075\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|14\|N\|7\|0\|E\|format=dms\|name=43 Saarbrücken}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|44 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Hamm}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|179238\|179397}} \| {{decrease}} 2 \| {{convert\|226.3\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|792\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|41\|N\|7\|49\|E\|format=dms\|name=44 Hamm}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|45 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Stadt Ludwigshafen am Rhein.svg}} Ludwigshafen am Rhein \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Rhineland-Palatinate}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|172145\|164718}} \| {{increase}} 1 \| {{convert\|77.7\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2216\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|29\|N\|8\|26\|E\|format=dms\|name=45 Ludwigshafen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|46 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|DEU Mülheim an der Ruhr Flag.svg}} Mülheim an der Ruhr \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|170739\|169278}} \| {{decrease}} 2 \| {{convert\|91.3\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1871\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|26\|N\|6\|53\|E\|format=dms\|name=46 Mülheim}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|47 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge der kreisfreien Stadt Oldenburg.svg}} Oldenburg \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Lower Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|170389\|163830}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|103.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1655\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|53\|8\|N\|8\|13\|E\|format=dms\|name=47 Oldenburg}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|48 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Hissflagge der Stadt Osnabrück.svg}} Osnabrück \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Lower Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|165034\|162403}} \| {{increase}} 1 \| {{convert\|119.8\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1378\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|52\|17\|N\|8\|3\|E\|format=dms\|name=48 Osnabrück}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|49 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Leverkusen}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|163851\|163487}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|78.9\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2078\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|2\|N\|6\|59\|E\|format=dms\|name=49 Leverkusen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|50 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Hissflagge der Stadt Darmstadt.svg}} Darmstadt \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Hesse}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|159631\|155353}} \| {{increase}} 4 \| {{convert\|122.2\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1306\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|52\|N\|8\|39\|E\|format=dms\|name=50 Darmstadt}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|51 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flag of Heidelberg.svg}} Heidelberg \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Baden-Württemberg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|159245\|156267}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|108.8\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1463\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|25\|N\|8\|43\|E\|format=dms\|name=51 Heidelberg}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|52 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Solingen}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|158957\|158726}} \| {{decrease}} 2 \| {{convert\|89.5\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1777\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|10\|N\|7\|5\|E\|format=dms\|name=52 Solingen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|53 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge der Stadt Herne.svg}} Herne \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|156621\|155851}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|51.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|3047\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|33\|N\|7\|13\|E\|format=dms\|name=53 Herne}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|54 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flag of Regensburg.png}} Regensburg \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bavaria}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|153542\|145465}} \| {{increase}} 2 \| {{convert\|80.8\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1901\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|1\|N\|12\|5\|E\|format=dms\|name=54 Regensburg}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|55 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Neuss.svg}} Neuss \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|152731\|155414}} \| {{increase}} 2 \| {{convert\|99.5\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1535\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|12\|N\|6\|42\|E\|format=dms\|name=55 Neuss}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|56 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Paderborn}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|152531\|148126}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|179.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|850\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|43\|N\|8\|46\|E\|format=dms\|name=56 Paderborn}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|57 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Ingolstadt}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bavaria}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|138016\|132438}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|133.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1035\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|48\|46\|N\|11\|26\|E\|format=dms\|name=57 Ingolstadt}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|58 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Offenbach am Main.svg}} Offenbach am Main \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Hesse}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|131295\|123734}} \| {{increase}} 3 \| {{convert\|44.9\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2924\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|6\|N\|8\|48\|E\|format=dms\|name=58 Offenbach am Main}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|59 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Fürth.svg}} Fürth \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bavaria}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|129122\|124171}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|63.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|2038\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|28\|N\|11\|0\|E\|format=dms\|name=59 Fürth}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|60 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flag of Ulm.svg}} Ulm \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Baden-Württemberg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|126949\|122636}} \| {{increase}} 2 \| {{convert\|118.7\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1070\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|48\|24\|N\|9\|59\|E\|format=dms\|name=60 Ulm}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|61 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Würzburg.svg}} Würzburg \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bavaria}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|126933\|124873}} \| {{decrease}} 3 \| {{convert\|87.6\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1449\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|47\|N\|9\|56\|E\|format=dms\|name=61 Würzburg}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|62 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Heilbronn.svg}} Heilbronn \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Baden-Württemberg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|125613\|122567}} \| {{increase}} 1 \| {{convert\|99.9\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1258\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|9\|N\|9\|13\|E\|format=dms\|name=62 Heilbronn}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|63 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flag of Pforzheim.svg}} Pforzheim \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Baden-Württemberg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|125529\|122247}} \| {{increase}} 1 \| {{convert\|98.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1281\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|48\|54\|N\|8\|43\|E\|format=dms\|name=63 Pforzheim}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|64 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Wolfsburg.svg}} Wolfsburg \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Lower Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|123949\|124045}} \| {{decrease}} 4 \| {{convert\|204.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|608\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|52\|25\|23\|N\|10\|47\|14\|E\|format=dms\|name=64 Wolfsburg}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|65 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bottrop}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|117311\|117143}} \| {{increase}} 1 \| {{convert\|100.7\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1165\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|31\|29\|N\|6\|55\|22\|E\|format=dms\|name=65 Bottrop}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|66 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Goettingen.svg}} Göttingen \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Lower Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|116557\|118914}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|116.9\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|997\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|32\|N\|9\|56\|E\|format=dms\|name=66 Göttingen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|67 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Reutlingen.svg}} Reutlingen \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Baden-Württemberg}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|116456\|114310}} \| {{increase}} 2 \| {{convert\|87.1\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1338\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|48\|29\|N\|9\|13\|E\|format=dms\|name=67 Reutlingen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|68 \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Koblenz}} \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Rhineland-Palatinate}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|113638\|112586}} \| {{increase}} 3 \| {{convert\|105.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1082\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|21\|35\|N\|7\|35\|52\|E\|format=dms\|name=68 Koblenz}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|69 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Erlangen.svg}} Erlangen \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bavaria}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|113292\|108336}} \| {{increase}} 6 \| {{convert\|77.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1472\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|35\|N\|11\|1\|E\|format=dms\|name=69 Erlangen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|70 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Bremerhaven flag.svg}} Bremerhaven \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Bremen}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|113173\|114025}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|93.8\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1206\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|53\|33\|N\|8\|35\|E\|format=dms\|name=70 Bremerhaven}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|71 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Remscheid.svg}} Remscheid \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|111770\|109499}} \| {{increase}} 3 \| {{convert\|74.6\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1498\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|11\|N\|7\|12\|E\|format=dms\|name=71 Remscheid}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|72 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Bergisch Gladbach.svg}} Bergisch Gladbach \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|111645\|111366}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|83.1\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1343\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|0\|N\|7\|7\|E\|format=dms\|name=72 Bergisch Gladbach}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|73 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Recklinghausen.svg}} Recklinghausen \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|110714\|114330}} \| {{decrease}} 5 \| {{convert\|66.4\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1667\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|35\|6\|N\|7\|9\|43\|E\|format=dms\|name=73 Recklinghausen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|74 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Trier.svg}} Trier \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Rhineland-Palatinate}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|110570\|114914}} \| {{decrease}} 7 \| {{convert\|117.1\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|945\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|49\|45\|N\|6\|38\|E\|format=dms\|name=74 Trier}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|75 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flag of Jena.svg}} Jena \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Thuringia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|110502\|109527}} \| {{decrease}} 2 \| {{convert\|114.8\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|963\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|55\|38\|N\|11\|35\|10\|E\|format=dms\|name=75 Jena}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|76 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|DEU Moers Flag.svg}} Moers \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|103725\|104529}} \| {{steady}} 0 \| {{convert\|67.7\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1533\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|27\|33\|N\|6\|37\|11\|E\|format=dms\|name=76 Moers}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|77 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Salzgitter.svg}} Salzgitter \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Lower Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|103694\|101079}} \| {{increase}} 2 \| {{convert\|223.9\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|463\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|52\|9\|N\|10\|20\|E\|format=dms\|name=77 Salzgitter}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|78 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Siegen.svg}} Siegen \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|101516\|102355}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| {{convert\|114.7\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|885\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|50\|53\|N\|8\|1\|E\|format=dms\|name=78 Siegen}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|79 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge der Stadt Gütersloh.svg}} Gütersloh \| align="left" \| {{flag\|North Rhine-Westphalia}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|101158\|97586}} \| {{increase}} 3 \| {{convert\|112.0\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|896\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|51\|54\|N\|8\|23\|E\|format=dms\|name=79 Gütersloh}}
align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"\|80 \| align="left" \| {{flagicon image\|Flagge Hildesheim.svg}} Hildesheim \| align="left" \| {{flag\|Lower Saxony}} \| {{change\|invert=on\|100319\|101667}} \| {{decrease}} 2 \| {{convert\|92.2\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{convert\|1088\|PD/sqkm\|PD/sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=br}} \| {{coord\|52\|9\|N\|9\|57\|E\|format=dms\|name=80 Hildesheim}}

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| align="left" | {{flag|Berlin}}

| align="left" | {{flag|Berlin}}

| {{change|invert=on|3677472|3520031}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|891.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|4126|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|52|31|N|13|23|E|format=dms|name=1 Berlin}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|2

| align="left" | {{flag|Hamburg}}

| align="left" | {{flag|Hamburg}}

| {{change|invert=on|1906411|1787408}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|755.2|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2524|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|53|33|N|10|0|E|format=dms|name=2 Hamburg}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|3

| align="left" | {{flag|Munich}} (München)

| align="left" | {{flag|Bavaria}}

| {{change|invert=on|1487708|1450381}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|310.7|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|4788|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|48|8|N|11|34|E|format=dms|name=3 Munich}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|4

| align="left" | {{flag|Cologne}} (Köln)

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|1073096|1060582}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|405.15|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2648|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|50|56|N|6|57|E|format=dms|name=4 Cologne}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|5

| align="left" | {{flag|Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt}}

| align="left" | {{flag|Hesse}}

| {{change|invert=on|759224|732688}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|248.31|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|3057|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|50|7|N|8|41|E|format=dms|name=5 Frankfurt}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|6

| align="left" | {{flag|Stuttgart}}

| align="left" | {{flag|Baden-Württemberg}}

| {{change|invert=on|626275|623738}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|207.33|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|3020|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|48|47|N|9|11|E|format=dms|name=6 Stuttgart}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|7

| align="left" | {{flag|Düsseldorf}}

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|619477|612178}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|217.41|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2849|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|14|N|6|47|E|format=dms|name=7 Düsseldorf}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|8

| align="left" | {{flag|Leipzig}}

| align="left" | {{flag|Saxony}}

| {{change|invert=on|601866|560472}}

| {{increase}} 2

| {{convert|297.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2024|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|20|N|12|23|E|format=dms|name=8 Leipzig}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|9

| align="left" | {{flag|Dortmund}}

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|586852|586181}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| {{convert|280.71|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2091|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|31|N|7|28|E|format=dms|name=9 Dortmund}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|10

| align="left" | {{flag|Essen}}

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|579432|582624}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| {{convert|210.34|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2755|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|27|N|7|1|E|format=dms|name=10 Essen}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|11

| align="left" | {{flagdeco|Bremen}} Bremen

| align="left" | {{flag|Bremen}}

| {{change|invert=on|563290|557464}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|326.7|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|1724|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|53|5|N|8|48|E|format=dms|name=11 Bremen}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|12

| align="left" | {{flag|Dresden}}

| align="left" | {{flag|Saxony}}

| {{change|invert=on|555351|543825}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|328.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|1689|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|2|N|13|44|E|format=dms|name=12 Dresden}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|13

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Flagge Hanover.svg}} Hanover (Hannover)

| align="left" | {{flag|Lower Saxony}}

| {{change|invert=on|535932|532163}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|204.0|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2627|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|52|22|N|9|43|E|format=dms|name=13 Hanover}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|14

| align="left" | {{flag|Nuremberg}} (Nürnberg)

| align="left" | {{flag|Bavaria}}

| {{change|invert=on|510632|509975}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|186.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2739|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|49|27|N|11|5|E|format=dms|name=14 Nuremberg}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|15

| align="left" | {{flag|Duisburg}}

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|495152|491231}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|232.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2127|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|26|N|6|46|E|format=dms|name=15 Duisburg}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|16

| align="left" | {{flag|Bochum}}

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|363441|364742}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|145.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2500|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|29|N|7|13|E|format=dms|name=16 Bochum}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|17

| align="left" | {{flag|Wuppertal}}

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|354572|350046}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|168.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2105|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|16|N|7|11|E|format=dms|name=17 Wuppertal}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|18

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Hissflagge Bielefeld.svg}} Bielefeld

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|334002|333090}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|257.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|1296|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|52|1|N|8|32|E|format=dms|name=18 Bielefeld}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|19

| align="left" | {{flag|Bonn}}

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|331885|318809}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|141.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|2353|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|50|44|N|7|6|E|format=dms|name=19 Bonn}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|20

| align="left" | {{flag|Münster}}

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|317713|310039}}

| {{steady}} 0

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| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Flagge Remscheid.svg}} Remscheid

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|111770|109499}}

| {{increase}} 3

| {{convert|74.6|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|1498|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|11|N|7|12|E|format=dms|name=71 Remscheid}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|72

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Flagge Bergisch Gladbach.svg}} Bergisch Gladbach

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|111645|111366}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|83.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|1343|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|0|N|7|7|E|format=dms|name=72 Bergisch Gladbach}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|73

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Flagge Recklinghausen.svg}} Recklinghausen

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|110714|114330}}

| {{decrease}} 5

| {{convert|66.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|1667|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|35|6|N|7|9|43|E|format=dms|name=73 Recklinghausen}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|74

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Flagge Trier.svg}} Trier

| align="left" | {{flag|Rhineland-Palatinate}}

| {{change|invert=on|110570|114914}}

| {{decrease}} 7

| {{convert|117.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|945|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|49|45|N|6|38|E|format=dms|name=74 Trier}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|75

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Flag of Jena.svg}} Jena

| align="left" | {{flag|Thuringia}}

| {{change|invert=on|110502|109527}}

| {{decrease}} 2

| {{convert|114.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|963|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|50|55|38|N|11|35|10|E|format=dms|name=75 Jena}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|76

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|DEU Moers Flag.svg}} Moers

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|103725|104529}}

| {{steady}} 0

| {{convert|67.7|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|1533|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|27|33|N|6|37|11|E|format=dms|name=76 Moers}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|77

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Flagge Salzgitter.svg}} Salzgitter

| align="left" | {{flag|Lower Saxony}}

| {{change|invert=on|103694|101079}}

| {{increase}} 2

| {{convert|223.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|463|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|52|9|N|10|20|E|format=dms|name=77 Salzgitter}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|78

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Flagge Siegen.svg}} Siegen

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|101516|102355}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| {{convert|114.7|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|885|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|50|53|N|8|1|E|format=dms|name=78 Siegen}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|79

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Flagge der Stadt Gütersloh.svg}} Gütersloh

| align="left" | {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}

| {{change|invert=on|101158|97586}}

| {{increase}} 3

| {{convert|112.0|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|896|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|51|54|N|8|23|E|format=dms|name=79 Gütersloh}}

align="center" bgcolor="FFD700"|80

| align="left" | {{flagicon image|Flagge Hildesheim.svg}} Hildesheim

| align="left" | {{flag|Lower Saxony}}

| {{change|invert=on|100319|101667}}

| {{decrease}} 2

| {{convert|92.2|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{convert|1088|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=on|disp=br}}

| {{coord|52|9|N|9|57|E|format=dms|name=80 Hildesheim}}

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{{Lists of cities by population and state of the Federal Republic of Germany}}

Cities

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az:Almaniya şəhərlərinin siyahısı

bg:Списък на градовете в Германия

cs:Seznam měst v Německu

el:Κατάλογος πόλεων της Γερμανίας

eu:Alemaniako hiri nagusien zerrenda

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