Germany: Administrative Division
Contents: States and Counties
The population of the states and counties of Germany according to census results and latest official estimates.
Name | Status | Population Census 1987-05-25 | Population Estimate 1995-12-31 | Population Estimate 2001-12-31 | Population Census 2011-05-09 | Population Estimate 2016-12-31 | |
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Baden-Württemberg | State | 9,286,387 | 10,319,367 | 10,600,906 | 10,486,660 | 10,951,893 | → |
Alb-Donau-Kreis | County | 160,244 | 180,309 | 187,000 | 186,192 | 193,318 | → |
Baden-Baden | County-level City | 50,127 | 52,745 | 53,084 | 52,314 | 54,307 | → |
Biberach | County | 153,900 | 175,622 | 184,548 | 187,444 | 196,206 | → |
Böblingen | County | 315,677 | 351,027 | 367,830 | 363,950 | 385,888 | → |
Bodenseekreis | County | 172,776 | 192,947 | 200,948 | 204,083 | 213,070 | → |
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | County | 203,111 | 230,839 | 243,043 | 247,281 | 260,416 | → |
Calw | County | 133,321 | 157,177 | 160,115 | 151,048 | 155,960 | → |
Emmendingen | County | 132,508 | 146,418 | 152,953 | 156,453 | 163,251 | → |
Enzkreis | County | 164,639 | 186,812 | 193,873 | 191,354 | 197,246 | → |
Esslingen | County | 460,429 | 490,169 | 505,340 | 502,892 | 528,792 | → |
Freiburg im Breisgau | County-level City | 178,672 | 199,273 | 208,294 | 209,628 | 227,590 | → |
Freudenstadt | County | 101,957 | 119,166 | 121,682 | 115,973 | 116,692 | → |
Göppingen | County | 230,379 | 255,203 | 257,651 | 247,408 | 254,618 | → |
Heidelberg | County-level City | 127,768 | 138,781 | 141,509 | 146,751 | 159,914 | → |
Heidenheim | County | 125,340 | 137,315 | 137,055 | 127,816 | 131,498 | → |
Heilbronn | County | 252,458 | 303,513 | 324,043 | 322,811 | 337,571 | → |
Heilbronn Stadt | County-level City | 110,970 | 121,509 | 120,163 | 116,059 | 123,771 | → |
Hohenlohekreis | County | 86,103 | 104,347 | 108,920 | 107,279 | 110,689 | → |
Karlsruhe | County | 364,798 | 405,795 | 422,952 | 424,122 | 440,337 | → |
Karlsruhe Stadt | County-level City | 260,591 | 275,690 | 279,578 | 289,173 | 309,999 | → |
Konstanz | County | 231,898 | 258,668 | 268,859 | 266,964 | 282,191 | → |
Lörrach | County | 191,004 | 212,122 | 219,149 | 219,002 | 227,545 | → |
Ludwigsburg | County | 442,389 | 485,831 | 503,229 | 509,871 | 537,902 | → |
Main-Tauber-Kreis | County | 121,891 | 136,919 | 137,508 | 130,624 | 132,274 | → |
Mannheim | County-level City | 295,191 | 311,292 | 308,385 | 290,117 | 304,781 | → |
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis | County | 130,656 | 146,782 | 150,091 | 142,810 | 143,278 | → |
Ortenaukreis | County | 354,655 | 399,133 | 411,491 | 410,202 | 423,359 | → |
Ostalbkreis | County | 279,572 | 311,110 | 315,345 | 306,530 | 311,587 | → |
Pforzheim | County-level City | 106,530 | 118,763 | 118,002 | 114,411 | 123,493 | → |
Rastatt | County | 194,603 | 218,982 | 224,309 | 222,324 | 228,907 | → |
Ravensburg | County | 233,635 | 261,446 | 270,572 | 269,595 | 281,627 | → |
Rems-Murr-Kreis | County | 360,634 | 399,116 | 412,959 | 406,874 | 422,698 | → |
Reutlingen | County | 244,246 | 272,057 | 279,177 | 273,352 | 284,082 | → |
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis | County | 465,342 | 512,445 | 527,796 | 524,040 | 544,400 | → |
Rottweil | County | 126,796 | 138,944 | 141,761 | 136,479 | 138,327 | → |
Schwäbisch Hall | County | 154,041 | 180,648 | 186,967 | 186,355 | 192,958 | → |
Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis | County | 192,620 | 208,828 | 211,321 | 203,967 | 210,084 | → |
Sigmaringen | County | 113,650 | 130,652 | 133,671 | 127,601 | 130,275 | → |
Stuttgart | County-level City | 551,904 | 585,604 | 587,152 | 585,890 | 628,032 | → |
Tübingen | County | 175,855 | 203,968 | 211,058 | 211,951 | 224,635 | → |
Tuttlingen | County | 112,885 | 129,491 | 133,866 | 132,214 | 138,119 | → |
Ulm | County-level City | 103,494 | 115,721 | 118,347 | 116,761 | 123,953 | → |
Waldshut | County | 144,883 | 163,326 | 166,114 | 163,135 | 168,852 | → |
Zollernalbkreis | County | 172,245 | 192,862 | 193,196 | 185,560 | 187,401 | → |
Bayern [Bavaria] | State | 10,902,643 | 11,993,484 | 12,329,714 | 12,397,614 | 12,930,751 | → |
Aichach-Friedberg | County | 101,792 | 117,921 | 124,501 | 126,387 | 131,399 | → |
Altötting | County | 94,216 | 105,914 | 109,023 | 106,023 | 109,422 | → |
Amberg | County-level City | 42,570 | 43,611 | 44,217 | 41,911 | 42,348 | → |
Amberg-Sulzbach | County | 94,617 | 105,596 | 109,083 | 103,901 | 103,009 | → |
Ansbach | County | 157,632 | 178,265 | 183,668 | 178,353 | 182,178 | → |
Ansbach Stadt | County-level City | 36,970 | 39,896 | 40,412 | 39,491 | 41,532 | → |
Aschaffenburg | County | 152,367 | 170,565 | 174,577 | 172,612 | 173,504 | → |
Aschaffenburg Stadt | County-level City | 60,964 | 66,360 | 68,361 | 67,359 | 69,187 | → |
Augsburg | County | 191,469 | 226,593 | 238,536 | 237,095 | 247,539 | → |
Augsburg Stadt | County-level City | 242,819 | 259,699 | 257,836 | 267,767 | 289,584 | → |
Bad Kissingen | County | 99,022 | 109,213 | 109,498 | 104,020 | 103,100 | → |
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen | County | 98,579 | 110,995 | 117,416 | 119,178 | 125,668 | → |
Bamberg | County | 119,829 | 136,928 | 143,107 | 143,610 | 146,042 | → |
Bamberg Stadt | County-level City | 69,100 | 69,652 | 69,396 | 70,635 | 75,743 | → |
Bayreuth | County | 96,772 | 107,499 | 109,249 | 105,395 | 103,876 | → |
Bayreuth Stadt | County-level City | 69,813 | 73,016 | 74,519 | 70,808 | 73,065 | → |
Berchtesgadener Land | County | 90,689 | 98,946 | 100,626 | 100,827 | 104,480 | → |
Cham | County | 121,401 | 129,469 | 131,416 | 125,689 | 126,918 | → |
Coburg | County | 82,033 | 91,098 | 92,199 | 87,775 | 86,734 | → |
Coburg Stadt | County-level City | 42,909 | 44,153 | 42,798 | 41,023 | 41,071 | → |
Dachau | County | 104,280 | 122,144 | 131,345 | 138,697 | 150,839 | → |
Deggendorf | County | 101,436 | 112,538 | 116,558 | 114,454 | 117,601 | → |
Dillingen a.d. Donau | County | 80,209 | 90,821 | 94,435 | 93,308 | 94,556 | → |
Dingolfing-Landau | County | 75,517 | 86,589 | 91,218 | 90,156 | 95,035 | → |
Donau-Ries | County | 117,483 | 127,632 | 130,335 | 127,920 | 132,298 | → |
Ebersberg | County | 96,283 | 110,169 | 120,416 | 127,568 | 139,016 | → |
Eichstätt | County | 97,347 | 112,844 | 121,031 | 123,421 | 130,808 | → |
Erding | County | 89,190 | 104,509 | 117,949 | 125,706 | 135,429 | → |
Erlangen | County-level City | 99,808 | 101,406 | 101,912 | 103,719 | 110,238 | → |
Erlangen-Höchstadt | County | 106,113 | 124,192 | 129,751 | 130,395 | 134,640 | → |
Forchheim | County | 97,433 | 109,725 | 112,838 | 112,738 | 115,259 | → |
Freising | County | 118,518 | 141,022 | 155,396 | 162,818 | 175,803 | → |
Freyung-Grafenau | County | 75,564 | 81,861 | 82,553 | 78,172 | 78,180 | → |
Fürstenfeldbruck | County | 172,760 | 186,235 | 195,869 | 201,597 | 216,857 | → |
Fürth | County | 93,861 | 110,176 | 113,530 | 112,786 | 115,971 | → |
Fürth Stadt | County-level City | 97,480 | 108,418 | 111,257 | 115,613 | 125,403 | → |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen | County | 78,782 | 85,762 | 87,408 | 84,046 | 87,877 | → |
Günzburg | County | 107,120 | 119,548 | 122,114 | 120,182 | 123,498 | → |
Haßberge | County | 80,257 | 87,003 | 88,412 | 84,575 | 84,373 | → |
Hof | County | 105,628 | 110,625 | 108,744 | 99,371 | 95,915 | → |
Hof Stadt | County-level City | 51,108 | 52,590 | 50,654 | 44,759 | 45,183 | → |
Ingolstadt | County-level City | 96,071 | 111,979 | 117,311 | 124,927 | 133,639 | → |
Kaufbeuren | County-level City | 38,946 | 42,748 | 42,246 | 41,550 | 43,134 | → |
Kelheim | County | 90,040 | 104,063 | 110,918 | 112,752 | 119,969 | → |
Kempten (Allgäu) | County-level City | 59,369 | 61,657 | 61,505 | 64,078 | 67,529 | → |
Kitzingen | County | 79,304 | 87,386 | 89,104 | 87,719 | 89,748 | → |
Kronach | County | 75,353 | 76,961 | 75,458 | 69,928 | 67,613 | → |
Kulmbach | County | 73,055 | 78,451 | 78,674 | 74,071 | 71,993 | → |
Landsberg am Lech | County | 83,612 | 99,557 | 107,609 | 113,085 | 118,725 | → |
Landshut | County | 115,644 | 133,531 | 144,504 | 147,161 | 155,442 | → |
Landshut Stadt | County-level City | 56,446 | 59,219 | 59,513 | 63,544 | 70,025 | → |
Lichtenfels | County | 65,602 | 70,512 | 70,874 | 67,297 | 66,640 | → |
Lindau (Bodensee) | County | 69,522 | 75,796 | 77,850 | 78,420 | 80,961 | → |
Main-Spessart | County | 122,047 | 131,445 | 132,206 | 127,508 | 126,301 | → |
Memmingen | County-level City | 38,127 | 40,591 | 41,101 | 41,241 | 43,293 | → |
Miesbach | County | 80,840 | 88,640 | 92,720 | 93,630 | 98,828 | → |
Miltenberg | County | 114,255 | 128,261 | 131,369 | 128,406 | 128,543 | → |
Mühldorf a. Inn | County | 92,882 | 105,793 | 109,733 | 106,414 | 113,222 | → |
München | County | 249,784 | 279,007 | 299,883 | 317,248 | 343,405 | → |
München Stadt | County-level City | 1,185,421 | 1,236,370 | 1,227,958 | 1,348,335 | 1,464,301 | → |
Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | County | 76,493 | 85,997 | 90,224 | 90,593 | 95,759 | → |
Neumarkt i.d. OPf. | County | 105,346 | 120,519 | 127,312 | 126,436 | 131,662 | → |
Neustadt a.d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim | County | 85,686 | 95,063 | 99,156 | 97,475 | 99,332 | → |
Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab | County | 91,792 | 99,620 | 101,043 | 96,316 | 94,528 | → |
Neu-Ulm | County | 140,666 | 157,240 | 161,110 | 163,854 | 171,011 | → |
Nürnberg | County-level City | 470,943 | 492,425 | 491,307 | 486,314 | 511,628 | → |
Nürnberger Land | County | 149,127 | 166,156 | 168,693 | 163,967 | 168,893 | → |
Oberallgäu | County | 128,665 | 144,637 | 148,315 | 148,650 | 153,759 | → |
Ostallgäu | County | 114,547 | 127,068 | 132,389 | 133,586 | 138,265 | → |
Passau | County | 162,355 | 182,041 | 187,355 | 184,190 | 188,904 | → |
Passau Stadt | County-level City | 48,516 | 50,885 | 50,669 | 48,649 | 51,074 | → |
Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm | County | 88,449 | 105,453 | 113,111 | 116,116 | 125,085 | → |
Regen | County | 76,688 | 82,194 | 82,721 | 76,782 | 77,187 | → |
Regensburg | County | 144,278 | 166,215 | 178,095 | 182,289 | 190,481 | → |
Regensburg Stadt | County-level City | 118,639 | 125,836 | 127,198 | 135,403 | 148,638 | → |
Rhön-Grabfeld | County | 77,197 | 86,269 | 86,717 | 80,829 | 79,855 | → |
Rosenheim | County | 190,104 | 224,712 | 240,106 | 244,257 | 257,466 | → |
Rosenheim Stadt | County-level City | 53,155 | 58,920 | 59,310 | 59,329 | 62,672 | → |
Roth | County | 103,944 | 119,572 | 124,963 | 123,344 | 125,563 | → |
Rottal-Inn | County | 104,013 | 115,281 | 119,107 | 116,634 | 119,617 | → |
Schwabach | County-level City | 33,539 | 37,639 | 38,518 | 38,469 | 40,707 | → |
Schwandorf | County | 131,260 | 139,887 | 144,370 | 142,407 | 145,382 | → |
Schweinfurt | County | 103,697 | 113,858 | 116,874 | 113,084 | 114,823 | → |
Schweinfurt Stadt | County-level City | 51,962 | 55,722 | 54,568 | 52,143 | 52,724 | → |
Starnberg | County | 108,887 | 119,523 | 126,588 | 127,133 | 134,732 | → |
Straubing | County-level City | 40,093 | 44,262 | 44,316 | 44,488 | 47,142 | → |
Straubing-Bogen | County | 81,062 | 90,923 | 96,035 | 95,852 | 99,221 | → |
Tirschenreuth | County | 77,865 | 80,524 | 79,804 | 74,867 | 72,918 | → |
Traunstein | County | 145,408 | 162,876 | 168,827 | 168,509 | 175,431 | → |
Unterallgäu | County | 115,770 | 130,166 | 134,920 | 135,161 | 141,165 | → |
Weiden i.d. OPf. | County-level City | 42,100 | 43,197 | 43,071 | 41,746 | 42,494 | → |
Weilheim-Schongau | County | 106,376 | 120,756 | 128,543 | 128,761 | 133,859 | → |
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | County | 86,381 | 94,046 | 95,176 | 92,371 | 93,974 | → |
Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge | County | 87,941 | 89,267 | 85,278 | 76,044 | 73,260 | → |
Würzburg | County | 138,261 | 154,275 | 159,311 | 158,095 | 161,041 | → |
Würzburg Stadt | County-level City | 123,378 | 127,295 | 129,915 | 124,297 | 126,010 | → |
Berlin | State | 3,260,000 | 3,471,418 | 3,388,434 | 3,292,365 | 3,574,830 | → |
Berlin | County-level City | 3,260,000 | 3,471,418 | 3,388,434 | 3,292,365 | 3,574,830 | → |
Brandenburg | State | 2,665,000 | 2,542,042 | 2,593,040 | 2,455,780 | 2,494,648 | → |
Barnim | County | ... | 150,926 | 170,653 | 172,164 | 179,365 | → |
Brandenburg an der Havel | County-level City | ... | 86,753 | 77,245 | 71,569 | 71,664 | → |
Cottbus | County-level City | ... | 126,343 | 111,125 | 99,984 | 100,416 | → |
Dahme-Spreewald | County | ... | 144,990 | 159,568 | 160,162 | 166,074 | → |
Elbe-Elster | County | ... | 136,889 | 129,066 | 110,189 | 104,397 | → |
Frankfurt (Oder) | County-level City | ... | 80,807 | 70,308 | 59,140 | 58,193 | → |
Havelland | County | ... | 131,821 | 151,514 | 152,457 | 159,685 | → |
Märkisch-Oderland | County | ... | 173,434 | 190,471 | 187,374 | 191,685 | → |
Oberhavel | County | ... | 170,505 | 194,022 | 200,805 | 208,639 | → |
Oberspreewald-Lausitz | County | ... | 156,758 | 141,959 | 117,943 | 111,962 | → |
Oder-Spree | County | ... | 190,839 | 195,670 | 178,177 | 178,849 | → |
Ostprignitz-Ruppin | County | ... | 116,005 | 111,878 | 100,242 | 99,414 | → |
Potsdam | County-level City | ... | 144,118 | 141,907 | 156,021 | 171,810 | → |
Potsdam-Mittelmark | County | ... | 171,626 | 198,690 | 202,816 | 212,207 | → |
Prignitz | County | ... | 101,421 | 94,015 | 80,276 | 77,813 | → |
Spree-Neiße | County | ... | 150,364 | 145,929 | 122,524 | 116,826 | → |
Teltow-Fläming | County | ... | 148,133 | 160,414 | 159,255 | 164,771 | → |
Uckermark | County | ... | 160,310 | 148,606 | 124,682 | 120,878 | → |
Bremen | State | 660,084 | 679,757 | 659,651 | 650,863 | 678,753 | → |
Bremen | County-level City | 533,455 | 549,357 | 540,950 | 542,707 | 565,719 | → |
Bremerhaven | County-level City | 126,629 | 130,400 | 118,701 | 108,156 | 113,034 | → |
Hamburg | State | 1,592,770 | 1,707,901 | 1,726,363 | 1,706,696 | 1,810,438 | → |
Hamburg | County-level City | 1,592,770 | 1,707,901 | 1,726,363 | 1,706,696 | 1,810,438 | → |
Hessen [Hesse] | State | 5,507,777 | 6,009,913 | 6,077,826 | 5,971,816 | 6,213,088 | → |
Bergstraße | County | 240,111 | 259,709 | 264,695 | 260,741 | 267,935 | → |
Darmstadt | County-level City | 134,272 | 138,980 | 138,457 | 143,499 | 157,437 | → |
Darmstadt-Dieburg | County | 248,983 | 279,066 | 288,463 | 282,601 | 294,744 | → |
Frankfurt am Main | County-level City | 618,266 | 650,055 | 641,076 | 667,925 | 736,414 | → |
Fulda | County | 187,477 | 212,072 | 218,326 | 216,179 | 221,170 | → |
Gießen | County | 225,967 | 252,365 | 254,331 | 251,238 | 265,699 | → |
Groß-Gerau | County | 227,015 | 244,964 | 250,478 | 251,050 | 269,045 | → |
Hersfeld-Rotenburg | County | 125,268 | 133,159 | 130,010 | 120,694 | 121,037 | → |
Hochtaunuskreis | County | 203,220 | 220,008 | 226,683 | 226,130 | 234,991 | → |
Kassel | County | 222,210 | 242,164 | 245,735 | 234,933 | 236,905 | → |
Kassel Stadt | County-level City | 187,288 | 201,573 | 194,748 | 190,765 | 199,062 | → |
Lahn-Dill-Kreis | County | 237,823 | 262,952 | 263,043 | 253,441 | 254,074 | → |
Limburg-Weilburg | County | 151,837 | 170,878 | 175,679 | 170,696 | 172,120 | → |
Main-Kinzig-Kreis | County | 357,548 | 401,349 | 408,144 | 400,862 | 416,715 | → |
Main-Taunus-Kreis | County | 200,030 | 213,435 | 221,730 | 224,059 | 235,708 | → |
Marburg-Biedenkopf | County | 229,342 | 251,106 | 253,500 | 241,226 | 245,013 | → |
Odenwaldkreis | County | 85,670 | 98,305 | 100,113 | 96,613 | 96,473 | → |
Offenbach | County | 301,627 | 328,782 | 336,555 | 332,327 | 349,982 | → |
Offenbach am Main | County-level City | 111,386 | 116,533 | 118,429 | 113,443 | 124,589 | → |
Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis | County | 163,170 | 182,396 | 184,897 | 180,226 | 185,668 | → |
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis | County | 176,689 | 192,506 | 193,404 | 181,851 | 181,105 | → |
Vogelsbergkreis | County | 107,692 | 118,581 | 118,475 | 108,509 | 106,737 | → |
Waldeck-Frankenberg | County | 149,874 | 170,218 | 170,430 | 158,990 | 157,967 | → |
Werra-Meißner-Kreis | County | 112,396 | 117,715 | 113,293 | 102,124 | 100,965 | → |
Wetteraukreis | County | 250,745 | 283,920 | 296,056 | 292,573 | 303,914 | → |
Wiesbaden | County-level City | 251,871 | 267,122 | 271,076 | 269,121 | 277,619 | → |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania] | State | 1,971,000 | 1,823,084 | 1,759,877 | 1,609,982 | 1,610,674 | → |
Landkreis Rostock | County | ... | 217,390 | 229,924 | 212,559 | 213,945 | → |
Ludwigslust-Parchim | County | ... | 233,786 | 239,288 | 214,372 | 212,562 | → |
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | County | ... | 318,924 | 305,140 | 267,805 | 261,816 | → |
Nordwestmecklenburg | County | ... | 164,282 | 167,697 | 156,635 | 156,825 | → |
Rostock | County-level City | ... | 227,535 | 198,964 | 200,265 | 207,513 | → |
Schwerin | County-level City | ... | 114,688 | 99,978 | 91,293 | 95,668 | → |
Vorpommern-Greifswald | County | ... | 282,900 | 266,792 | 241,541 | 237,374 | → |
Vorpommern-Rügen | County | ... | 263,579 | 252,094 | 225,512 | 224,971 | → |
Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony] | State | 7,162,103 | 7,780,422 | 7,956,416 | 7,777,992 | 7,945,685 | → |
Ammerland | County | 93,603 | 103,651 | 111,994 | 117,912 | 122,698 | → |
Aurich | County | 168,281 | 180,118 | 188,363 | 187,136 | 190,066 | → |
Braunschweig | County-level City | 252,351 | 252,544 | 245,516 | 242,537 | 248,667 | → |
Celle | County | 165,433 | 179,143 | 181,962 | 176,690 | 178,370 | → |
Cloppenburg | County | 115,243 | 141,179 | 150,973 | 159,337 | 165,930 | → |
Cuxhaven | County | 190,234 | 198,654 | 206,192 | 198,777 | 198,670 | → |
Delmenhorst | County-level City | 72,072 | 78,226 | 76,284 | 73,322 | 77,045 | → |
Diepholz | County | 183,448 | 203,704 | 212,761 | 211,185 | 215,082 | → |
Emden | County-level City | 50,144 | 51,559 | 51,185 | 49,787 | 50,486 | → |
Emsland | County | 255,394 | 292,993 | 304,698 | 311,089 | 321,391 | → |
Friesland | County | 93,634 | 97,929 | 101,402 | 98,229 | 98,409 | → |
Gifhorn | County | 129,505 | 161,826 | 172,880 | 171,333 | 174,749 | → |
Goslar | County | 157,839 | 161,549 | 155,610 | 140,137 | 137,979 | → |
Göttingen | County | 332,065 | 355,012 | 349,808 | 324,822 | 327,065 | → |
Grafschaft Bentheim | County | 117,364 | 125,721 | 131,086 | 133,395 | 135,770 | → |
Hameln-Pyrmont | County | 154,554 | 163,798 | 162,290 | 150,259 | 148,265 | → |
Harburg | County | 188,710 | 215,975 | 235,110 | 238,443 | 250,326 | → |
Heidekreis (Soltau-Fallingbostel) | County | 123,187 | 134,811 | 141,192 | 136,693 | 139,641 | → |
Helmstedt | County | 97,807 | 101,829 | 99,527 | 91,410 | 92,079 | → |
Hildesheim | County | 280,497 | 292,525 | 293,091 | 277,595 | 277,300 | → |
Holzminden | County | 80,070 | 83,341 | 80,866 | 73,548 | 71,510 | → |
Leer | County | 143,822 | 154,057 | 162,765 | 163,832 | 168,253 | → |
Lüchow-Dannenberg | County | 47,657 | 51,657 | 51,820 | 49,205 | 48,825 | → |
Lüneburg | County | 130,715 | 155,893 | 168,734 | 174,123 | 181,605 | → |
Nienburg (Weser) | County | 112,209 | 124,065 | 126,310 | 122,241 | 121,503 | → |
Northeim | County | 147,554 | 154,186 | 150,100 | 137,445 | 133,610 | → |
Oldenburg | County | 99,424 | 112,922 | 122,550 | 125,015 | 129,484 | → |
Oldenburg Stadt | County-level City | 140,149 | 151,382 | 155,908 | 157,267 | 165,711 | → |
Osnabrück | County | 293,671 | 342,808 | 355,871 | 350,147 | 354,807 | → |
Osnabrück Stadt | County-level City | 150,807 | 168,618 | 164,195 | 153,699 | 164,070 | → |
Osterholz | County | 94,196 | 105,576 | 111,473 | 110,907 | 112,695 | → |
Peine | County | 117,550 | 126,780 | 132,998 | 130,398 | 132,979 | → |
Region Hannover | County | 1,040,428 | 1,109,093 | 1,122,038 | 1,102,240 | 1,148,700 | → |
Rotenburg (Wümme) | County | 137,896 | 152,688 | 163,058 | 162,726 | 163,372 | → |
Salzgitter | County-level City | 111,069 | 117,713 | 111,696 | 98,895 | 103,668 | → |
Schaumburg | County | 150,168 | 162,439 | 166,548 | 157,496 | 157,616 | → |
Stade | County | 163,769 | 183,728 | 192,973 | 195,450 | 201,638 | → |
Uelzen | County | 91,777 | 95,893 | 97,635 | 93,596 | 92,961 | → |
Vechta | County | 101,627 | 118,575 | 128,189 | 132,293 | 139,671 | → |
Verden | County | 113,223 | 128,108 | 133,289 | 132,300 | 135,842 | → |
Wesermarsch | County | 89,349 | 94,061 | 94,332 | 90,033 | 89,282 | → |
Wilhelmshaven | County-level City | 90,982 | 90,667 | 84,994 | 77,451 | 76,201 | → |
Wittmund | County | 52,360 | 55,225 | 57,421 | 56,839 | 56,881 | → |
Wolfenbüttel | County | 115,370 | 121,870 | 126,842 | 120,774 | 120,904 | → |
Wolfsburg | County-level City | 124,896 | 126,331 | 121,887 | 119,984 | 123,909 | → |
Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia] | State | 16,711,845 | 17,893,045 | 18,052,092 | 17,538,251 | 17,890,100 | → |
Bielefeld | County-level City | 305,566 | 324,066 | 323,373 | 326,870 | 333,451 | → |
Bochum | County-level City | 386,271 | 400,395 | 390,087 | 362,286 | 364,920 | → |
Bonn | County-level City | 276,653 | 291,431 | 306,016 | 305,765 | 322,125 | → |
Borken | County | 307,778 | 342,688 | 362,834 | 363,755 | 369,226 | → |
Bottrop | County-level City | 114,640 | 120,642 | 120,780 | 117,311 | 117,409 | → |
Coesfeld | County | 176,193 | 202,218 | 216,805 | 215,269 | 219,019 | → |
Dortmund | County-level City | 584,089 | 598,840 | 589,240 | 571,143 | 585,813 | → |
Duisburg | County-level City | 525,378 | 535,250 | 512,030 | 488,468 | 499,845 | → |
Düren | County | 233,840 | 258,565 | 271,074 | 258,760 | 262,072 | → |
Düsseldorf | County-level City | 563,531 | 571,030 | 570,765 | 586,291 | 613,230 | → |
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | County | 339,385 | 352,069 | 349,988 | 326,049 | 325,374 | → |
Essen | County-level City | 623,427 | 614,861 | 591,889 | 566,201 | 583,084 | → |
Euskirchen | County | 162,820 | 182,177 | 190,581 | 187,940 | 191,202 | → |
Gelsenkirchen | County-level City | 287,508 | 291,164 | 276,740 | 258,766 | 262,528 | → |
Gütersloh | County | 287,883 | 329,043 | 347,954 | 350,420 | 361,828 | → |
Hagen | County-level City | 209,363 | 212,003 | 202,060 | 187,944 | 188,266 | → |
Hamm | County-level City | 171,170 | 183,408 | 183,805 | 176,037 | 179,571 | → |
Heinsberg | County | 212,745 | 238,627 | 252,275 | 248,161 | 252,651 | → |
Herford | County | 227,548 | 250,768 | 255,393 | 250,704 | 251,074 | → |
Herne | County-level City | 174,238 | 179,897 | 174,018 | 155,160 | 156,774 | → |
Hochsauerlandkreis | County | 260,265 | 283,857 | 281,480 | 266,509 | 262,269 | → |
Höxter | County | 140,653 | 154,401 | 155,518 | 145,678 | 141,855 | → |
Kleve | County | 261,032 | 288,071 | 301,861 | 300,989 | 310,329 | → |
Köln | County-level City | 928,309 | 965,697 | 967,940 | 1,005,775 | 1,075,935 | → |
Krefeld | County-level City | 232,261 | 249,606 | 239,559 | 222,247 | 226,812 | → |
Leverkusen | County-level City | 154,692 | 162,252 | 160,829 | 158,984 | 163,113 | → |
Lippe | County | 318,404 | 360,471 | 364,990 | 348,681 | 348,933 | → |
Märkischer Kreis | County | 421,321 | 458,221 | 457,079 | 423,819 | 414,886 | → |
Mettmann | County | 479,749 | 504,698 | 509,023 | 477,778 | 484,770 | → |
Minden-Lübbecke | County | 282,588 | 316,139 | 323,055 | 312,169 | 311,866 | → |
Mönchengladbach | County-level City | 249,587 | 266,702 | 262,963 | 255,188 | 260,925 | → |
Mülheim an der Ruhr | County-level City | 176,423 | 176,530 | 172,332 | 166,865 | 170,936 | → |
Münster | County-level City | 246,186 | 265,061 | 267,197 | 289,576 | 311,846 | → |
Oberbergischer Kreis | County | 245,391 | 280,914 | 289,518 | 273,011 | 273,139 | → |
Oberhausen | County-level City | 220,286 | 224,397 | 221,619 | 210,216 | 211,382 | → |
Olpe | County | 125,142 | 138,115 | 141,705 | 136,491 | 134,983 | → |
Paderborn | County | 230,717 | 278,020 | 292,961 | 294,602 | 305,198 | → |
Recklinghausen | County | 631,024 | 662,931 | 656,053 | 619,382 | 617,195 | → |
Remscheid | County-level City | 120,132 | 122,260 | 118,753 | 110,708 | 110,611 | → |
Rhein-Erft-Kreis | County | 399,751 | 442,356 | 458,430 | 451,514 | 465,549 | → |
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | County | 249,742 | 269,541 | 276,525 | 278,183 | 283,304 | → |
Rhein-Kreis Neuss | County | 403,764 | 435,656 | 445,683 | 437,393 | 447,431 | → |
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | County | 476,453 | 546,670 | 583,051 | 578,252 | 597,854 | → |
Siegen-Wittgenstein | County | 279,700 | 299,336 | 295,787 | 276,834 | 277,933 | → |
Soest | County | 266,693 | 298,677 | 307,809 | 296,875 | 301,655 | → |
Solingen | County-level City | 159,103 | 165,735 | 165,032 | 155,265 | 158,908 | → |
Städteregion Aachen | County | 515,706 | 550,353 | 553,714 | 539,516 | 552,472 | → |
Steinfurt | County | 378,416 | 416,252 | 437,545 | 433,659 | 444,409 | → |
Unna | County | 387,429 | 422,662 | 430,269 | 396,060 | 393,869 | → |
Viersen | County | 261,697 | 288,450 | 302,795 | 296,175 | 298,422 | → |
Warendorf | County | 247,447 | 272,534 | 282,286 | 273,477 | 277,744 | → |
Wesel | County | 426,094 | 465,454 | 476,240 | 460,419 | 461,715 | → |
Wuppertal | County-level City | 365,662 | 381,884 | 364,784 | 342,661 | 352,390 | → |
Rheinland-Pfalz [Rhineland-Palatinate] | State | 3,630,823 | 3,977,919 | 4,049,066 | 3,989,808 | 4,066,053 | → |
Ahrweiler | County | 111,232 | 125,377 | 130,141 | 125,883 | 128,455 | → |
Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | County | 120,757 | 134,993 | 137,659 | 130,570 | 128,961 | → |
Alzey-Worms | County | 99,619 | 116,712 | 125,303 | 125,112 | 128,197 | → |
Bad Dürkheim | County | 120,129 | 130,558 | 134,303 | 131,085 | 132,960 | → |
Bad Kreuznach | County | 144,966 | 155,597 | 157,843 | 155,599 | 157,392 | → |
Bernkastel-Wittlich | County | 105,289 | 112,032 | 112,874 | 111,274 | 112,006 | → |
Birkenfeld | County | 85,484 | 90,338 | 90,201 | 82,778 | 80,799 | → |
Bitburg-Prüm | County | 89,478 | 95,921 | 96,308 | 95,775 | 98,021 | → |
Cochem-Zell | County | 59,260 | 63,705 | 64,636 | 63,075 | 61,864 | → |
Donnersbergkreis | County | 66,756 | 76,302 | 78,740 | 76,032 | 75,203 | → |
Frankenthal (Pfalz) | County-level City | 44,717 | 48,371 | 47,827 | 46,415 | 48,445 | → |
Germersheim | County | 103,294 | 118,836 | 124,380 | 123,913 | 128,205 | → |
Kaiserslautern | County | 95,129 | 108,746 | 110,207 | 105,283 | 105,504 | → |
Kaiserslautern Stadt | County-level City | 97,326 | 102,002 | 99,794 | 96,340 | 99,302 | → |
Koblenz | County-level City | 108,246 | 109,219 | 107,730 | 107,825 | 113,605 | → |
Kusel | County | 75,028 | 79,402 | 78,530 | 72,781 | 70,899 | → |
Landau in der Pfalz | County-level City | 36,057 | 39,842 | 41,089 | 43,361 | 46,006 | → |
Ludwigshafen am Rhein | County-level City | 156,601 | 167,369 | 162,458 | 157,584 | 166,621 | → |
Mainz | County-level City | 172,529 | 183,720 | 185,293 | 200,344 | 213,528 | → |
Mainz-Bingen | County | 163,836 | 187,361 | 196,072 | 200,672 | 209,184 | → |
Mayen-Koblenz | County | 188,282 | 204,452 | 212,344 | 210,307 | 212,968 | → |
Neustadt an der Weinstraße | County-level City | 50,120 | 53,788 | 53,822 | 52,164 | 53,209 | → |
Neuwied | County | 156,332 | 178,479 | 185,004 | 180,674 | 181,537 | → |
Pirmasens | County-level City | 47,997 | 48,356 | 44,822 | 40,887 | 40,416 | → |
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis | County | 90,824 | 104,646 | 106,815 | 103,436 | 103,026 | → |
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis | County | 115,758 | 127,456 | 129,608 | 123,203 | 122,553 | → |
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis | County | 129,795 | 143,416 | 147,396 | 146,870 | 153,043 | → |
Speyer | County-level City | 44,034 | 49,664 | 49,956 | 49,540 | 50,551 | → |
Südliche Weinstraße | County | 97,348 | 106,835 | 109,694 | 108,244 | 110,885 | → |
Südwestpfalz | County | 99,243 | 105,187 | 105,271 | 98,426 | 95,957 | → |
Trier | County-level City | 94,118 | 99,428 | 100,024 | 105,671 | 110,111 | → |
Trier-Saarburg | County | 126,502 | 135,246 | 139,320 | 143,273 | 147,833 | → |
Vulkaneifel | County | 57,040 | 62,748 | 64,464 | 61,947 | 60,757 | → |
Westerwaldkreis | County | 170,689 | 195,669 | 202,714 | 200,058 | 201,027 | → |
Worms | County-level City | 73,635 | 80,014 | 80,625 | 79,207 | 82,595 | → |
Zweibrücken | County-level City | 33,373 | 36,132 | 35,799 | 34,200 | 34,428 | → |
Saarland | State | 1,055,660 | 1,084,370 | 1,066,470 | 999,623 | 996,651 | → |
Merzig-Wadern | County | 99,663 | 105,824 | 106,222 | 103,636 | 103,908 | → |
Neunkirchen | County | 148,329 | 150,289 | 146,678 | 135,531 | 133,984 | → |
Regionalverband Saarbrücken | County | 357,461 | 357,948 | 349,948 | 327,065 | 329,593 | → |
Saarlouis | County | 207,406 | 215,485 | 211,681 | 197,877 | 196,609 | → |
Saarpfalz-Kreis | County | 151,525 | 158,477 | 156,732 | 145,394 | 144,100 | → |
St. Wendel | County | 91,276 | 96,347 | 95,209 | 90,120 | 88,457 | → |
Sachsen [Saxony] | State | 5,032,000 | 4,566,603 | 4,384,192 | 4,056,799 | 4,081,783 | → |
Bautzen | County | 408,410 | 374,309 | 358,358 | 315,174 | 304,691 | → |
Chemnitz | County-level City | 335,983 | 288,268 | 255,798 | 240,253 | 246,353 | → |
Dresden | County-level City | 542,252 | 495,424 | 478,631 | 512,354 | 547,172 | → |
Erzgebirgskreis | County | 476,212 | 434,001 | 412,055 | 361,791 | 344,136 | → |
Görlitz | County | 391,047 | 343,077 | 316,037 | 269,647 | 258,337 | → |
Leipzig | County | 295,264 | 279,426 | 288,146 | 262,214 | 258,333 | → |
Leipzig Stadt | County-level City | 600,543 | 519,710 | 493,052 | 502,979 | 571,088 | → |
Meißen | County | 307,473 | 278,897 | 272,583 | 247,054 | 243,889 | → |
Mittelsachsen | County | 414,545 | 377,125 | 364,925 | 322,077 | 310,505 | → |
Nordsachsen | County | 244,237 | 231,165 | 227,647 | 201,165 | 198,063 | → |
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge | County | 292,288 | 269,580 | 270,136 | 246,818 | 246,066 | → |
Vogtlandkreis | County | 312,506 | 284,076 | 271,543 | 240,053 | 231,051 | → |
Zwickau | County | 432,550 | 391,545 | 375,281 | 335,220 | 322,099 | → |
Sachsen-Anhalt [Saxony-Anhalt] | State | 3,008,000 | 2,738,928 | 2,580,626 | 2,287,040 | 2,236,252 | → |
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel | County | ... | 105,371 | 100,428 | 88,241 | 85,236 | → |
Anhalt-Bitterfeld | County | ... | 218,671 | 203,642 | 172,127 | 163,100 | → |
Börde | County | ... | 191,052 | 196,566 | 176,048 | 172,959 | → |
Burgenlandkreis | County | ... | 231,315 | 218,945 | 189,729 | 183,174 | → |
Dessau-Roßlau | County-level City | ... | 107,698 | 97,627 | 86,030 | 82,505 | → |
Halle (Saale) | County-level City | ... | 282,784 | 243,045 | 229,153 | 238,005 | → |
Harz | County | ... | 269,874 | 258,228 | 226,495 | 219,643 | → |
Jerichower Land | County | ... | 108,344 | 107,455 | 93,849 | 91,345 | → |
Magdeburg | County-level City | ... | 258,656 | 229,755 | 228,144 | 238,136 | → |
Mansfeld-Südharz | County | ... | 185,956 | 173,631 | 147,887 | 139,781 | → |
Saalekreis | County | ... | 209,372 | 215,917 | 191,681 | 185,951 | → |
Salzlandkreis | County | ... | 256,359 | 241,274 | 205,458 | 194,575 | → |
Stendal | County | ... | 147,436 | 138,553 | 119,204 | 114,393 | → |
Wittenberg | County | ... | 166,040 | 155,560 | 132,994 | 127,449 | → |
Schleswig-Holstein | State | 2,554,241 | 2,725,461 | 2,804,249 | 2,800,119 | 2,881,926 | → |
Dithmarschen | County | 127,883 | 133,428 | 137,447 | 133,900 | 133,560 | → |
Flensburg | County-level City | 86,554 | 87,276 | 84,480 | 82,258 | 87,432 | → |
Herzogtum Lauenburg | County | 153,473 | 170,058 | 181,661 | 187,137 | 195,063 | → |
Kiel | County-level City | 237,767 | 246,033 | 232,242 | 235,782 | 247,441 | → |
Lübeck | County-level City | 210,497 | 216,986 | 213,496 | 210,305 | 216,712 | → |
Neumünster | County-level City | 79,771 | 82,028 | 79,646 | 77,249 | 79,680 | → |
Nordfriesland | County | 150,220 | 159,048 | 165,026 | 163,665 | 164,926 | → |
Ostholstein | County | 183,559 | 197,378 | 203,386 | 198,413 | 200,813 | → |
Pinneberg | County | 259,592 | 282,538 | 293,914 | 296,341 | 310,653 | → |
Plön | County | 115,892 | 125,391 | 133,624 | 127,676 | 128,703 | → |
Rendsburg-Eckernförde | County | 242,266 | 258,040 | 271,643 | 269,362 | 272,337 | → |
Schleswig-Flensburg | County | 176,501 | 188,129 | 198,390 | 196,025 | 198,685 | → |
Segeberg | County | 212,110 | 237,083 | 252,758 | 260,665 | 272,235 | → |
Steinburg | County | 125,620 | 133,184 | 136,548 | 130,785 | 131,875 | → |
Stormarn | County | 192,536 | 208,861 | 219,988 | 230,556 | 241,811 | → |
Thüringen [Thuringia] | State | 2,718,000 | 2,503,785 | 2,411,387 | 2,188,589 | 2,158,128 | → |
Altenburger Land | County | ... | 120,655 | 112,421 | 96,737 | 91,607 | → |
Eichsfeld | County | ... | 117,588 | 113,427 | 102,257 | 101,033 | → |
Eisenach | County-level City | ... | 45,337 | 44,242 | 41,753 | 42,588 | → |
Erfurt | County-level City | ... | 211,108 | 200,126 | 200,868 | 211,113 | → |
Gera | County-level City | ... | 123,555 | 109,926 | 96,067 | 94,750 | → |
Gotha | County | ... | 148,373 | 147,418 | 136,330 | 135,430 | → |
Greiz | County | ... | 127,536 | 122,459 | 105,332 | 99,717 | → |
Hildburghausen | County | ... | 75,168 | 73,246 | 66,369 | 64,330 | → |
Ilm-Kreis | County | ... | 123,390 | 121,040 | 110,361 | 109,167 | → |
Jena | County-level City | ... | 101,061 | 101,157 | 105,739 | 110,321 | → |
Kyffhäuserkreis | County | ... | 98,144 | 92,983 | 80,053 | 76,685 | → |
Nordhausen | County | ... | 101,870 | 97,685 | 87,210 | 85,098 | → |
Saale-Holzland-Kreis | County | ... | 92,226 | 93,404 | 84,802 | 84,525 | → |
Saale-Orla-Kreis | County | ... | 102,247 | 97,568 | 85,806 | 82,362 | → |
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | County | ... | 139,040 | 131,015 | 113,267 | 108,315 | → |
Schmalkalden-Meiningen | County | ... | 146,868 | 142,488 | 127,622 | 123,506 | → |
Sömmerda | County | ... | 82,635 | 80,323 | 71,865 | 70,118 | → |
Sonneberg | County | ... | 70,721 | 67,175 | 58,943 | 56,507 | → |
Suhl | County-level City | ... | 53,591 | 46,765 | 36,960 | 35,608 | → |
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis | County | ... | 122,229 | 118,446 | 106,122 | 103,948 | → |
Wartburgkreis | County | ... | 149,060 | 143,646 | 128,719 | 124,729 | → |
Weimar | County-level City | ... | 62,122 | 63,522 | 62,764 | 64,355 | → |
Weimarer Land | County | ... | 89,261 | 90,905 | 82,643 | 82,316 | → |
Deutschland [Germany] | Federal Republic | 77,718,000 | 81,817,499 | 82,440,309 | 80,219,695 | 82,521,653 |
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web), Statistical Offices of the German States (web).
Explanation: The 2016 figures were published with delay, are only partially comparable to previous data because of methodological changes, have limitations in accuracy and may be revised. States and counties in the boundaries of 31 December 2017.