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
Dortmund
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

References

  1. "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen" (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.
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