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The population of all urban agglomerations in Germany with more than 40,000 inhabitants.

The agglomerations consist of urban areas with at least 1,000 inhabitants (2011 census; see also → Urban Areas in Germany) and a general maximum distance of 1 km between them (in exceptions a distance of 2 km is allowed).

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Name StatusBundeslandPopulation
Census
2011-05-09
Population
Estimate
2018-12-31
 
Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle]Urban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen554,700571,600
AalenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg80,30082,500
AlbstadtUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg43,80044,700
AmbergUrban AgglomerationBayern72,60072,600
AnsbachUrban AgglomerationBayern40,50043,000
ArnsbergUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen74,10073,400
Auerbach/Vogtl.Urban AgglomerationSachsen51,30047,900
Aue - SchneebergUrban AgglomerationSachsen49,20045,400
AugsburgUrban AgglomerationBayern471,300510,100
AurichUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen75,40076,900
Baden-BadenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg52,70055,500
Bad KreuznachUrban AgglomerationRheinland-Pfalz70,80075,500
Bad NauheimUrban AgglomerationHessen51,90055,400
Bad Oeynhausen - Löhne - VlothoUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen122,700121,800
Balingen - HechingenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg68,00070,000
BambergUrban AgglomerationBayern109,200116,900
BarsinghausenUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen43,80045,800
BautzenUrban AgglomerationSachsen39,80038,600
BayreuthUrban AgglomerationBayern89,70093,400
BensheimUrban AgglomerationHessen96,900100,800
BerlinUrban AgglomerationBerlin / Brandenburg4,175,0004,613,400
Biberach an der RißUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg39,10041,400
Bielefeld - HerfordUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen / Niedersachsen912,300932,600
Bitterfeld-WolfenUrban AgglomerationSachsen-Anhalt56,90051,300
BocholtUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen68,40068,300
Brandenburg an der HavelUrban AgglomerationBrandenburg63,20063,800
Braunschweig [Brunswick]Urban AgglomerationNiedersachsen327,500335,900
BremenUrban AgglomerationBremen / Niedersachsen948,500988,500
BremerhavenUrban AgglomerationBremen / Niedersachsen169,300175,200
BruchsalUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg65,70069,800
Bühl - AchernUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg85,40088,100
CelleUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen81,00082,100
ChemnitzUrban AgglomerationSachsen453,500449,600
CloppenburgUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen40,00042,500
CoburgUrban AgglomerationBayern79,20079,100
CottbusUrban AgglomerationBrandenburg102,900103,100
CuxhavenUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen53,50052,800
Deggendorf - PlattlingUrban AgglomerationBayern51,20054,100
DessauUrban AgglomerationSachsen-Anhalt70,10066,200
DieburgUrban AgglomerationHessen41,70044,400
DresdenUrban AgglomerationSachsen778,200827,200
DürenUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen144,000147,000
EberswaldeUrban AgglomerationBrandenburg46,80048,000
EisenachUrban AgglomerationThüringen51,10051,300
Eisleben - HettstedtUrban AgglomerationSachsen-Anhalt55,20051,200
EmdenUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen53,50054,000
EmsdettenUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen40,60042,000
ErfurtUrban AgglomerationThüringen198,800211,300
Espelkamp - LübbeckeUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen55,60055,300
EuskirchenUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen47,80050,300
FlensburgUrban AgglomerationSchleswig-Holstein103,500111,800
Frankfurt (Oder)Urban AgglomerationBrandenburg56,70055,500
Frankfurt - Wiesbaden - Darmstadt (Rhein-Main)Urban AgglomerationHessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Bayern2,947,9003,187,300
FreibergUrban AgglomerationSachsen52,80052,900
Freiburg im BreisgauUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg325,300351,500
FreisingUrban AgglomerationBayern43,30047,200
FriedrichshafenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg72,00077,200
FuldaUrban AgglomerationHessen99,500104,900
Gaggenau - RastattUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg97,400102,400
GeraUrban AgglomerationThüringen103,600101,100
Geretsried - WolfratshausenUrban AgglomerationBayern41,20045,100
Gießen - WetzlarUrban AgglomerationHessen254,900274,800
GifhornUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen60,20062,300
Glauchau - MeeraneUrban AgglomerationSachsen / Thüringen42,80040,100
GörlitzUrban AgglomerationSachsen59,00060,500
GoslarUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen70,30069,000
GothaUrban AgglomerationThüringen44,20045,600
GöttingenUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen135,200139,500
GreifswaldUrban AgglomerationMecklenburg-Vorpommern58,80062,800
Gronau (Westf.)Urban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen44,00046,500
GummersbachUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen173,000174,000
Halle - MerseburgUrban AgglomerationSachsen-Anhalt309,800318,500
HamburgUrban AgglomerationHamburg / Schleswig-Holstein / Niedersachsen2,624,6002,815,500
HamelnUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen60,70061,000
Hannover [Hanover]Urban AgglomerationNiedersachsen1,078,5001,131,900
Heidenheim an der BrenzUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg75,70079,800
HeilbronnUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg310,800331,600
HeinsbergUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen50,50051,700
HofUrban AgglomerationBayern53,70054,500
Höxter - HolzmindenUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen / Niedersachsen47,20045,700
HückelhovenUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen62,60064,800
IbbenbürenUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen72,30073,700
IngolstadtUrban AgglomerationBayern180,100197,500
ItzehoeUrban AgglomerationSchleswig-Holstein41,60042,600
JenaUrban AgglomerationThüringen105,800111,400
KaiserslauternUrban AgglomerationRheinland-Pfalz120,800124,600
KarlsruheUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg / Rheinland-Pfalz480,900512,100
KasselUrban AgglomerationHessen326,900340,300
KaufbeurenUrban AgglomerationBayern51,70054,300
Kempten (Allgäu)Urban AgglomerationBayern82,80088,600
KielUrban AgglomerationSchleswig-Holstein312,200325,200
KleveUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen62,90067,700
Koblenz - NeuwiedUrban AgglomerationRheinland-Pfalz337,700348,700
Köln - Düsseldorf [Cologne - Dusseldorf]Urban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen / Rheinland-Pfalz4,691,9004,909,200
KonstanzUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg72,90079,400
Kronach - LichtenfelsUrban AgglomerationBayern53,10052,200
Lahr/SchwarzwaldUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg81,70088,500
Landau in der PfalzUrban AgglomerationRheinland-Pfalz67,30071,300
LandshutUrban AgglomerationBayern96,400107,400
Leer (Ostfriesland)Urban AgglomerationNiedersachsen61,50063,200
LeipzigUrban AgglomerationSachsen / Sachsen-Anhalt646,200735,300
Lennestadt - AttendornUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen62,10061,100
Limburg - DiezUrban AgglomerationHessen / Rheinland-Pfalz72,70074,700
Lindau (Bodensee)Urban AgglomerationBayern / Baden-Württemberg41,30043,200
Lingen (Ems)Urban AgglomerationNiedersachsen46,70049,000
LippstadtUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen83,30085,600
Lörrach - Weil am RheinUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg125,600130,900
LübeckUrban AgglomerationSchleswig-Holstein / Mecklenburg-Vorpommern284,600293,800
LüdenscheidUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen84,80083,100
LüneburgUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen118,600126,100
MagdeburgUrban AgglomerationSachsen-Anhalt289,400298,300
Mannheim - Ludwigshafen - Heidelberg (Rhein-Neckar)Urban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg / Rheinland-Pfalz / Hessen1,461,4001,548,300
MarburgUrban AgglomerationHessen80,60085,700
MemmingenUrban AgglomerationBayern52,70056,000
MetzingenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg55,80058,800
MindenUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen / Niedersachsen127,000128,000
MönchengladbachUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen488,900500,300
Mössingen - OfterdingenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg37,10039,800
München [Munich]Urban AgglomerationBayern2,021,0002,211,800
MünsterUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen279,600303,400
NeubrandenburgUrban AgglomerationMecklenburg-Vorpommern68,60068,700
NeumünsterUrban AgglomerationSchleswig-Holstein93,50096,300
Neustadt an der WeinstraßeUrban AgglomerationRheinland-Pfalz76,80078,200
NordhausenUrban AgglomerationThüringen41,90041,000
NordhornUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen48,70050,000
Nürnberg - Erlangen [Nuremberg - Erlangen]Urban AgglomerationBayern1,111,6001,180,600
OffenburgUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg84,00087,200
Oldenburg (Oldenburg)Urban AgglomerationNiedersachsen249,700265,300
OsnabrückUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen / Nordrhein-Westfalen269,400280,900
PaderbornUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen177,500187,300
PapenburgUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen80,70085,800
PassauUrban AgglomerationBayern67,30071,900
PeineUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen66,50067,600
PforzheimUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg200,900214,800
PirmasensUrban AgglomerationRheinland-Pfalz56,30055,000
PlauenUrban AgglomerationSachsen76,10075,600
Ravensburg - WeingartenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg88,50094,100
RegensburgUrban AgglomerationBayern218,600241,500
RendsburgUrban AgglomerationSchleswig-Holstein63,40064,900
Reutlingen - TübingenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg259,900278,300
Rheda-WiedenbrückUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen63,60065,800
RheineUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen69,90073,100
Rheinfelden (Baden)Urban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg43,10045,100
RiesaUrban AgglomerationSachsen41,50038,500
RosenheimUrban AgglomerationBayern154,900165,500
RostockUrban AgglomerationMecklenburg-Vorpommern231,900242,600
Ruhrgebiet [Ruhr]Urban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen5,562,5005,612,300
Saalfeld - RudolstadtUrban AgglomerationThüringen61,70058,900
Saarbrücken - HomburgUrban AgglomerationSaarland / Rheinland-Pfalz829,400824,000
SalzgitterUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen95,200100,200
Schwäbisch GmündUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg85,60088,800
Schwäbisch HallUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg36,20039,500
Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb.Urban AgglomerationSachsen39,50036,900
SchweinfurtUrban AgglomerationBayern96,600100,200
SchwerinUrban AgglomerationMecklenburg-Vorpommern106,600111,000
SiegenUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen / Rheinland-Pfalz245,600246,800
Singen (Hohentwiel)Urban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg69,30073,600
SoestUrban AgglomerationNordrhein-Westfalen51,00052,100
Sonneberg - Neustadt b. CoburgUrban AgglomerationThüringen / Bayern40,50039,800
Sonthofen - ImmenstadtUrban AgglomerationBayern41,00042,000
Stadthagen - BückeburgUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen / Nordrhein-Westfalen70,90071,000
StarnbergUrban AgglomerationBayern41,60044,000
StralsundUrban AgglomerationMecklenburg-Vorpommern57,60060,400
StraubingUrban AgglomerationBayern43,50046,700
StuttgartUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg2,206,1002,357,600
SuhlUrban AgglomerationThüringen47,80045,100
TrierUrban AgglomerationRheinland-Pfalz149,500156,700
TuttlingenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg38,00040,500
Ulm - SendenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg / Bayern269,800289,500
Villingen-SchwenningenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg115,600123,300
Waldshut-TiengenUrban AgglomerationBaden-Württemberg50,00052,900
Weiden i.d. OPf.Urban AgglomerationBayern56,10056,700
WeimarUrban AgglomerationThüringen63,70066,000
WernigerodeUrban AgglomerationSachsen-Anhalt40,30039,100
WilhelmshavenUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen120,000118,600
WismarUrban AgglomerationMecklenburg-Vorpommern44,30044,400
WittenbergUrban AgglomerationSachsen-Anhalt41,30040,100
WolfsburgUrban AgglomerationNiedersachsen124,000128,700
WürzburgUrban AgglomerationBayern190,400195,200
ZwickauUrban AgglomerationSachsen / Thüringen183,900175,000

Source: Boundaries and population of the urban agglomerations are computed by »City Population« using population figures in a 100m grid provided by the Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (web) and using geospatial data of the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (web).

Explanation: The urban agglomeration are delimited by unsettled and not built-up areas. Because of the computation method, the above population figures are not exact and therefore rounded. Area figures are derived from geospatial data.