Population of Cities in Germany
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2018) |
| Date | 09 Sep 2021 |
| Rank | City | Population | Share (%) | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | Population | (%) | |||
| 1 | Berlin | 3,562,038 | 3,566,791 | 4.25 | 4,753 | 0.13 |
| 2 | Hamburg | 1,789,954 | 1,788,995 | 2.13 | -959 | -0.05 |
| 3 | München (Munich) | 1,538,302 | 1,553,373 | 1.85 | 15,071 | 0.98 |
| 4 | Köln (Cologne) | 1,118,789 | 1,128,652 | 1.35 | 9,863 | 0.88 |
| 5 | Frankfurt am Main | 777,156 | 784,780 | 0.935 | 7,624 | 0.98 |
| 6 | Duesseldorf | 631,942 | 635,046 | 0.757 | 3,104 | 0.49 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | 632,692 | 633,808 | 0.755 | 1,116 | 0.18 |
| 8 | Leipzig | 591,052 | 596,230 | 0.711 | 5,178 | 0.88 |
| 9 | Dortmund | 589,600 | 589,748 | 0.703 | 148 | 0.03 |
| 10 | Essen | 582,128 | 581,579 | 0.693 | -549 | -0.09 |
| 11 | Dresden | 575,476 | 580,877 | 0.692 | 5,401 | 0.94 |
| 12 | Bremen | 565,354 | 566,331 | 0.675 | 977 | 0.17 |
| 13 | Hannover | 536,976 | 537,418 | 0.641 | 442 | 0.08 |
| 14 | Duisburg | 515,076 | 519,056 | 0.619 | 3,980 | 0.77 |
| 15 | Nurenberg | 511,941 | 511,889 | 0.610 | -52 | -0.01 |
| 16 | Bochum | 375,992 | 377,745 | 0.450 | 1,753 | 0.47 |
| 17 | Wuppertal | 349,306 | 348,898 | 0.416 | -408 | -0.12 |
| 18 | Mannheim | 331,670 | 336,267 | 0.401 | 4,597 | 1.39 |
| 19 | Bielefeld | 334,489 | 334,475 | 0.399 | -14 | 0.00 |
| 20 | Muenster (Westfalen) | 329,913 | 333,341 | 0.397 | 3,428 | 1.04 |
| 21 | Bonn | 320,194 | 320,190 | 0.382 | -4 | 0.00 |
| 22 | Karlsruhe | 318,064 | 319,694 | 0.381 | 1,630 | 0.51 |