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Largest cities in Germany

German cities ranked by the latest reusable official population observation.

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Berlin, Germany is first in the current published ranking at 3,701,307 people; compare its source date and geographic grain before using the result.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-08-14

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Berlin, Germany3,701,307 people2026-05-28
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-11-30
2Hamburg, Germany1,862,565 people2026-05-28
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
3Munich, Germany1,604,731 people2026-05-28
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31
4Cologne, Germany1,100,076 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
5Frankfurt am Main, Germany781,337 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
6Dusseldorf, Germany659,615 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
7Leipzig, Germany633,592 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
8Dortmund, Germany612,165 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
9Stuttgart, Germany605,663 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
10Essen, Germany596,710 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
11Bremen, Germany586,603 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-06-30
12Dresden, Germany571,510 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
13Hanover, Germany558,767 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
14Nuremberg, Germany547,913 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
15Duisburg, Germany506,493 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
16Bochum, Germany375,625 people2026-08-14
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
17Wuppertal, Germany364,609 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
18Bielefeld, Germany343,507 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
19Bonn, Germany338,224 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31
20Mannheim, Germany329,998 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
21Muenster, Germany319,295 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-07-31
22Augsburg, Germany308,407 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
23Karlsruhe, Germany301,087 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
24Wiesbaden, Germany300,089 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-31
25Moenchengladbach, Germany277,662 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
26Gelsenkirchen, Germany270,934 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31
27Aachen, Germany259,171 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
28Braunschweig, Germany254,867 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
29Kiel, Germany251,379 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
30Chemnitz, Germany251,323 people2026-05-31
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-09-30

What the numbers say

  • Berlin, Germany leads at 3,701,307 people.
  • Chemnitz, Germany sits at the other end with 251,323 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 506,493 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 3,449,984 people.

What this measures

Every row is a published population observation measured in people, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2023 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2023-12-31 to 2026-07-31
Last checked
2026-08-14
With an official source link
30 of 30

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APA citation
ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Largest cities in Germany [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/germany-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-germany_ae8752596238,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Germany},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/germany-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
Markdown citation
[Largest cities in Germany](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/germany-largest-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12.

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Sources

  1. Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg — SB_A01-07_00_2025m11_BE.pdfdownload.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de · Checked 2026-05-28
  2. Statistik Nord — Bevölkerung in Hamburg 2024www.statistik-nord.de · Checked 2026-05-28
  3. Landeshauptstadt München — Statistik (Bevölkerung)stadt.muenchen.de · Checked 2026-05-28
  4. Stadt Koeln Statistikwww.stadt-koeln.de · Checked 2026-05-31
  5. Frankfurt STATISTIK.AKTUELL 04/2026 — Immer mehr Menschen leben in Frankfurt: Bevölkerung nimmt zustatistikportal.frankfurt.de · Checked 2026-05-31
  6. Landeshauptstadt Duesseldorf Statistikwww.duesseldorf.de · Checked 2026-05-31
  7. Stadt Leipzig Statistikstatistik.leipzig.de · Checked 2026-05-31
  8. Stadt Dortmund Statistikwww.dortmund.de · Checked 2026-08-14
  9. Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart Statistikwww.stuttgart.de · Checked 2026-05-31
  10. Stadt Essen Statistikmedia.essen.de · Checked 2026-05-31
  11. Statistisches Landesamt Bremen population reportwww.statistik.bremen.de · Checked 2026-05-31
  12. Landeshauptstadt Dresden Statistikwww.dresden.de · Checked 2026-05-31