List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population

The following list sorts all cities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with a population of more than 50,000.^[1] As of December 31, 2017, 76 cities 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.

List

 

Largest cities in North Rhine-Westphalia

 

Cologne

 

Cologne

 

Düsseldorf

 

Essen

 

Duisburg

 

Bochum

 

Bielefeld

 

Bonn

 

Aachen

The following table lists the 76 cities in North Rhine Westphalia with a population of at least 50,000 on December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.^[2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.

1. The city rank by population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of German^[2]
2. The city name^[2]
3. The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)^[2]
4. The city population as of December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany^[2]
5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census^[3]
6. The city land area as of December 31, 2017^[2]
7. The city population density as of December 31, 2017 (residents per unit of land area)^[2]

2017 Rank	City	district	2017 estimate	2011 Census	2017 land area	2017 pop. density
1	Cologne	urban district	1,080,394	1,005,775	405 km²	2,668/km²
2	Düsseldorf	urban district	617,280	586,291	217 km²	2,839/km²
3	Dortmund	urban district	586,600	571,143	281 km²	2,090/km²
4	Essen	urban district	583,393	566,201	210 km²	2,774/km²
5	Duisburg	urban district	498,110	488,468	233 km²	2,140/km²
6	Bochum	urban district	365,529	362,286	146 km²	2,509/km²
7	Wuppertal	urban district	353,590	342,661	168 km²	2,100/km²
8	Bielefeld	urban district	332,552	326,870	259 km²	1,285/km²
9	Bonn	urban district	325,490	305,765	141 km²	2,307/km²
10	Münster	urban district	313,559	289,576	303 km²	1,034/km²
11	Mönchengladbach	urban district	262,188	255,188	170 km²	1,538/km²
12	Gelsenkirchen	urban district	260,305	258,766	105 km²	2,481/km²
13	Aachen	Aachen (district)	246,272	236,420	161 km²	1,531/km²
14	Krefeld	urban district	226,699	222,247	138 km²	1,645/km²
15	Oberhausen	urban district	211,422	210,216	77.1 km²	2,743/km²
16	Hagen	urban district	187,730	187,944	160 km²	1,170/km²
17	Hamm	urban district	179,185	176,037	226 km²	791.3/km²
18	Mülheim an der Ruhr	urban district	171,265	166,865	91.3 km²	1,876/km²
19	Leverkusen	urban district	163,577	158,984	78.9 km²	2,074/km²
20	Solingen	urban district	158,803	155,265	89.5 km²	1,774/km²
21	Herne	urban district	156,490	155,160	51.4 km²	3,043/km²
22	Neuss	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	153,810	150,568	99.5 km²	1,546/km²
23	Paderborn	Paderborn (district)	149,075	142,365	180 km²	830.1/km²
24	Bottrop	urban district	117,364	117,311	101 km²	1,167/km²
25	Recklinghausen	Recklinghausen (district)	113,360	115,958	66.5 km²	1,705/km²
26	Bergisch Gladbach	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	111,627	108,878	83.1 km²	1,343/km²
27	Remscheid	urban district	110,584	110,708	74.5 km²	1,484/km²
28	Moers	Wesel	103,949	104,009	67.7 km²	1,536/km²
29	Siegen	Siegen-Wittgenstein	102,337	99,187	115 km²	892.3/km²
30	Gütersloh	Gütersloh (district)	99,315	94,172	112 km²	886.6/km²
31	Witten	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	96,565	96,382	72.4 km²	1,334/km²
32	Iserlohn	Märkischer Kreis	92,928	94,630	125 km²	740.5/km²
33	Düren	Düren (district)	90,502	88,789	85.0 km²	1,065/km²
34	Ratingen	Mettmann	87,226	86,967	88.7 km²	982.9/km²
35	Lünen	Unna (district)	86,465	86,010	59.4 km²	1,456/km²
36	Marl	Recklinghausen (district)	83,695	84,782	87.8 km²	953.7/km²
37	Velbert	Mettmann	82,061	81,303	74.9 km²	1,096/km²
38	Minden	Minden-Lübbecke	81,698	80,121	101 km²	807.9/km²
39	Viersen	Viersen (district)	76,586	74,941	91.1 km²	840.7/km²
40	Rheine	Steinfurt (district)	76,018	72,749	145 km²	524.3/km²
41	Gladbeck	Recklinghausen (district)	75,689	73,974	36.0 km²	2,104/km²
42	Dorsten	Recklinghausen (district)	75,252	76,860	171 km²	439.6/km²
43	Troisdorf	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	74,870	72,408	62.0 km²	1,208/km²
44	Detmold	Lippe (district)	74,353	73,743	129 km²	574.6/km²
45	Castrop-Rauxel	Recklinghausen (district)	73,989	74,629	51.7 km²	1,432/km²
46	Arnsberg	Hochsauerlandkreis	73,814	74,383	194 km²	381.0/km²
47	Lüdenscheid	Märkischer Kreis	72,894	73,762	87.0 km²	837.7/km²
48	Bocholt	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	71,036	71,256	119 km²	594.9/km²
49	Lippstadt	Soest (district)	67,936	65,886	114 km²	597.6/km²
50	Dinslaken	Wesel (district)	67,489	67,853	47.7 km²	1,416/km²
51	Herford	Herford (district)	66,923	65,213	79.2 km²	845.4/km²
52	Kerpen	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	65,420	63,273	114 km²	574.1/km²
53	Dormagen	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	64,177	62,208	85.5 km²	750.6/km²
54	Grevenbroich	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	63,204	61,741	102 km²	617.2/km²
55	Herten	Recklinghausen (district)	61,669	61,505	37.3 km²	1,652/km²
56	Bergheim	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	61,099	58,922	96.3 km²	634.2/km²
57	Wesel	Wesel (district)	60,496	60,335	123 km²	493.6/km²
58	Hürth	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	59,762	55,082	51.2 km²	1,167/km²
59	Langenfeld, Rhineland	Mettmann	58,698	56,829	41.2 km²	1,426/km²
60	Euskirchen	Euskirchen (district)	57,715	55,414	139 km²	413.8/km²
61	Unna	Unna (district)	57,158	59,149	88.6 km²	645.4/km²
62	Stolberg, Rhineland	Aachen (district)	56,751	56,206	98.5 km²	576.3/km²
63	Eschweiler	Aachen (district)	56,207	54,671	75.8 km²	742.0/km²
64	Sankt Augustin	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	55,873	53,850	34.2 km²	1,633/km²
65	Hilden	Mettmann	55,817	54,390	26.0 km²	2,151/km²
66	Meerbusch	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	55,548	54,313	64.4 km²	862.7/km²
67	Hattingen	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	54,628	54,253	71.7 km²	762.3/km²
68	Pulheim	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	53,900	52,929	72.2 km²	747.1/km²
69	Bad Salzuflen	Lippe (district)	53,856	52,285	100 km²	538.3/km²
70	Menden, Sauerland	Märkischer Kreis	53,046	54,495	86.1 km²	616.1/km²
71	Ahlen	Warendorf (district)	52,530	52,280	123 km²	426.6/km²
72	Frechen	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	52,212	49,657	45.1 km²	1,159/km²
73	Ibbenbüren	Steinfurt (district)	52,037	50,569	109 km²	478.0/km²
74	Kleve	Kleve (district)	51,320	47,438	97.8 km²	525.0/km²
75	Willich	Viersen (district)	51,179	50,708	67.8 km²	754.9/km²
76	Gummersbach	Oberbergischer Kreis	50,497	49,951	95.4 km²	529.2/km²

External links

• Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population

References

1. (in German). Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved Feb 15, 2018.
2. "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
3. "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. April 10, 2014.