Germany — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Germany — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Germany had an estimated population of 82,726,188 in 2005, with 12,592 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Germany today — population now 82,927,922, against 82,726,188 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Rhein-Ruhr	11,785,196
2	Berlin	4,262,480
3	Rhein-Main	3,398,530
4	Hamburg	3,278,635
5	Stuttgart	2,344,989
6	München	2,331,374
7	Rhein-Neckar	1,817,332
8	Bielefeld	1,443,449
9	Halle-Leipzig	1,408,905
10	Bremen	1,248,436
11	Chemnitz-Zwickau	1,146,054
12	Nürnberg	1,139,742
13	Hannover	1,123,046
14	Dresden	1,068,842
15	Karlsruhe	613,920
16	Kassel	324,125

Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 12,592)

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Berlin	Berlin	3,398,362
2	Hamburg	Hamburg	1,733,846
3	Munich	Bavaria	1,246,133
4	Cologne	North Rhine-Westphalia	968,822
5	Frankfurt	Hassia	648,034
6	Dortmund	North Rhine-Westphalia	594,254
7	Stuttgart	Baden-Württemberg	591,687
8	Düsseldorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	577,139
9	Essen	North Rhine-Westphalia	576,913
10	Bremen	Bremen	546,428
11	Hanover	Lower Saxony	519,143
12	Duisburg	North Rhine-Westphalia	505,271
13	Nuremberg	Bavaria	497,593
14	Leipzig	Saxony	492,636
15	Dresden	Saxony	480,802
16	Bochum	North Rhine-Westphalia	387,061
17	Wuppertal	North Rhine-Westphalia	363,241
18	Bielefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	327,197
19	Bonn	North Rhine-Westphalia	314,080
20	Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg	309,626
21	Karlsruhe	Baden-Württemberg	284,786
22	Münster	North Rhine-Westphalia	272,452
23	Wiesbaden	Hassia	272,337
24	Gelsenkirchen	North Rhine-Westphalia	271,647
25	Mönchengladbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	264,969
26	Augsburg	Bavaria	261,841
27	Aachen	North Rhine-Westphalia	251,104
28	Chemnitz	Saxony	246,655
29	Brunswick	Lower Saxony	245,259
30	Krefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	239,909
31	Kiel	Schleswig-Holstein	235,263
32	Halle	Sachsen-Anhalt	232,452
33	Magdeburg	Sachsen-Anhalt	224,428
34	Oberhausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	220,916
35	Freiburg	Baden-Württemberg	213,920
36	Lübeck	Schleswig-Holstein	213,171
37	Hagen	North Rhine-Westphalia	199,497
38	Rostock	Mecklenburg-West Pommerania	196,832
39	Erfurt	Thuringia	196,718
40	Kassel	Hassia	193,117
41	Mainz	Rhineland-Palatinate	187,939
42	Hamm	North Rhine-Westphalia	186,289
43	Saarbrücken	Saarland	181,779
44	Herne	North Rhine-Westphalia	173,122
45	Mülheim	North Rhine-Westphalia	172,779
46	Osnabrück	Lower Saxony	165,372
47	Solingen	North Rhine-Westphalia	165,192
48	Ludwigshafen	Rhineland-Palatinate	162,514
49	Oldenburg	Lower Saxony	160,347
50	Leverkusen	North Rhine-Westphalia	159,088
51	Neuss	North Rhine-Westphalia	152,975
52	Potsdam	Brandenburg	145,292
53	Heidelberg	Baden-Württemberg	144,703
54	Paderborn	North Rhine-Westphalia	143,096
55	Darmstadt	Hassia	139,756
56	Würzburg	Bavaria	134,499
57	Ratisbon	Bavaria	129,643
58	Göttingen	Lower Saxony	123,570
59	Wolfsburg	Lower Saxony	123,185
60	Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	122,727
61	Heilbronn	Baden-Württemberg	121,822
62	Bottrop	North Rhine-Westphalia	120,829
63	Ulm	Baden-Württemberg	120,745
64	Offenbach	Hassia	120,640
65	Ingolstadt	Bavaria	120,598
66	Pforzheim	Baden-Württemberg	120,366
67	Bremerhaven	Bremen	119,688
68	Remscheid	North Rhine-Westphalia	118,230
69	Cottbus	Brandenburg	115,246
70	Reutlingen	Baden-Württemberg	113,625
71	Fürth	Bavaria	112,959
72	Salzgitter	Lower Saxony	111,622
73	Moers	North Rhine-Westphalia	109,167
74	Siegen	North Rhine-Westphalia	108,229
75	Koblenz	Rhineland-Palatinate	108,146
76	Bergisch Gladbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	106,611
77	Gera	Thuringia	104,464
78	Hildesheim	Lower Saxony	102,958
79	Erlangen	Bavaria	102,780
80	Witten	North Rhine-Westphalia	101,123
81	Trier	Rhineland-Palatinate	100,649
82	Zwickau	Saxony	99,343
83	Jena	Thuringia	99,270
84	Kaiserslautern	Rhineland-Palatinate	98,947
85	Iserlohn	North Rhine-Westphalia	98,190
86	Gütersloh	North Rhine-Westphalia	96,332
87	Schwerin	Mecklenburg-West Pommerania	96,329
88	Düren	North Rhine-Westphalia	92,956
89	Esslingen	Baden-Württemberg	92,710
90	Ratingen	North Rhine-Westphalia	92,306
91	Lünen	North Rhine-Westphalia	91,911
92	Marl	North Rhine-Westphalia	91,262
93	Hanau	Hassia	89,938
94	Velbert	North Rhine-Westphalia	88,876
95	Ludwigsburg	Baden-Württemberg	87,855
96	Flensburg	Schleswig-Holstein	85,158
97	Wilhelmshaven	Lower Saxony	84,209
98	Tübingen	Baden-Württemberg	83,816
99	Minden	North Rhine-Westphalia	83,401
100	Villingen-Schwenningen	Baden-Württemberg	82,286
101	Worms	Rhineland-Palatinate	82,104
102	Konstanz	Baden-Württemberg	81,951
103	Dorsten	North Rhine-Westphalia	80,180
104	Lüdenscheid	North Rhine-Westphalia	80,045
105	Neumünster	Schleswig-Holstein	79,430
106	Marburg	Hassia	79,300
107	Castrop-Rauxel	North Rhine-Westphalia	78,587
108	Arnsberg	North Rhine-Westphalia	77,415
109	Gladbeck	North Rhine-Westphalia	77,264
110	Viersen	North Rhine-Westphalia	76,771
111	Dessau	Sachsen-Anhalt	76,629
112	Rheine	North Rhine-Westphalia	76,474
113	Delmenhorst	Lower Saxony	75,740
114	Troisdorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	75,641
115	Brandenburg	Brandenburg	75,507
116	Detmold	North Rhine-Westphalia	74,853
117	Bayreuth	Bavaria	74,839
118	Gießen	Hassia	74,132
119	Bocholt	North Rhine-Westphalia	73,872
120	Lüneburg	Lower Saxony	73,252
121	Norderstedt	Schleswig-Holstein	72,011
122	Dinslaken	North Rhine-Westphalia	71,632
123	Celle	Lower Saxony	71,105
124	Bamberg	Bavaria	70,471
125	Plauen	Saxony	69,378
126	Aschaffenburg	Bavaria	69,249
127	Unna	North Rhine-Westphalia	69,137
128	Lippstadt	North Rhine-Westphalia	67,638
129	Aalen	Baden-Württemberg	67,593
130	Neubrandenburg	Mecklenburg-West Pommerania	67,394
131	Neuwied	Rhineland-Palatinate	66,901
132	Herford	North Rhine-Westphalia	65,834
133	Herten	North Rhine-Westphalia	65,367
134	Weimar	Thuringia	65,112
135	Grevenbroich	North Rhine-Westphalia	64,851
136	Kerpen	North Rhine-Westphalia	64,729
137	Frankfurt	Brandenburg	64,399
138	Dormagen	North Rhine-Westphalia	64,129
139	Bergheim	North Rhine-Westphalia	64,082
140	Fulda	Hassia	63,851
141	Garbsen	Lower Saxony	63,353
142	Kempten	Bavaria	61,801
143	Wesel	North Rhine-Westphalia	61,767
144	Sindelfingen	Baden-Württemberg	61,686
145	Schwäbisch Gmünd	Baden-Württemberg	61,379
146	Landshut	Bavaria	61,131
147	Rosenheim	Bavaria	60,768
148	Rüsselsheim	Hassia	59,911
149	Hameln	Lower Saxony	59,349
150	Offenburg	Baden-Württemberg	59,108
151	Menden	North Rhine-Westphalia	58,939
152	Stolberg	North Rhine-Westphalia	58,900
153	Langenfeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	58,803
154	Hattingen	North Rhine-Westphalia	58,076
155	Göppingen	Baden-Württemberg	58,021
156	Friedrichshafen	Baden-Württemberg	58,005
157	Stralsund	Mecklenburg-West Pommerania	57,959
158	Görlitz	Saxony	57,097
159	Hilden	North Rhine-Westphalia	57,036
160	Sankt Augustin	North Rhine-Westphalia	56,258
161	Eschweiler	North Rhine-Westphalia	55,888
162	Bad Salzuflen	North Rhine-Westphalia	55,348
163	Hürth	North Rhine-Westphalia	55,217
164	Ahlen	North Rhine-Westphalia	55,112
165	Meerbusch	North Rhine-Westphalia	55,053
166	Wolfenbüttel	Lower Saxony	54,911
167	Euskirchen	North Rhine-Westphalia	54,855
168	Baden-Baden	Baden-Württemberg	54,802
169	Schweinfurt	Bavaria	54,801
170	Pulheim	North Rhine-Westphalia	54,209
171	Neustadt	Rhineland-Palatinate	54,079
172	Waiblingen	Baden-Württemberg	53,515
173	Gummersbach	North Rhine-Westphalia	53,244
174	Nordhorn	Lower Saxony	52,906
175	Cuxhaven	Lower Saxony	52,873
176	Wetzlar	Hassia	52,869
177	Bergkamen	North Rhine-Westphalia	52,669
178	Willich	North Rhine-Westphalia	52,100
179	Greifswald	Mecklenburg-West Pommerania	51,935
180	Bad Homburg	Hassia	51,923
181	Neu-Ulm	Bavaria	51,654
182	Emden	Lower Saxony	51,639
183	Erftstadt	North Rhine-Westphalia	51,606
184	Lingen	Lower Saxony	51,577
185	Ibbenbüren	North Rhine-Westphalia	51,305
186	Passau	Bavaria	51,091
187	Schwerte	North Rhine-Westphalia	50,757
188	Heidenheim	Baden-Württemberg	50,684
189	Spires	Rhineland-Palatinate	50,608
190	Neunkirchen	Saarland	50,432
191	Langenhagen	Lower Saxony	49,958
192	Peine	Lower Saxony	49,776
193	Bad Oeynhausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	49,698
194	Cleves	North Rhine-Westphalia	49,448
195	Hof	Bavaria	49,353
196	Bornheim	North Rhine-Westphalia	49,126
197	Elmshorn	Schleswig-Holstein	48,744
198	Soest	North Rhine-Westphalia	48,720
199	Rastatt	Baden-Württemberg	48,452
200	Ravensburg	Baden-Württemberg	48,441
201	Frechen	North Rhine-Westphalia	48,198
202	Erkrath	North Rhine-Westphalia	47,908
203	Dülmen	North Rhine-Westphalia	47,899
204	Lörrach	Baden-Württemberg	47,666
205	Frankenthal	Rhineland-Palatinate	47,523
206	Herzogenrath	North Rhine-Westphalia	47,425
207	Gotha	Thuringia	47,213
208	Albstadt	Baden-Württemberg	47,063
209	Böblingen	Baden-Württemberg	46,830
210	Melle	Lower Saxony	46,745
211	Alsdorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	46,558
212	Singen	Baden-Württemberg	46,386
213	Rheda-Wiedenbrück	North Rhine-Westphalia	46,378
214	Leonberg	Baden-Württemberg	46,276
215	Kamen	North Rhine-Westphalia	46,076
216	Gronau	North Rhine-Westphalia	46,061
217	Hennef	North Rhine-Westphalia	45,829
218	Wittenberg	Sachsen-Anhalt	45,754
219	Neustadt	Lower Saxony	45,661
220	Wismar	Mecklenburg-West Pommerania	45,432
221	Stade	Lower Saxony	45,419
222	Bünde	North Rhine-Westphalia	45,389
223	Homburg	Saarland	45,010
224	Amberg	Bavaria	44,873
225	Brühl	North Rhine-Westphalia	44,588
226	Straubing	Bavaria	44,504
227	Lehrte	Lower Saxony	44,495
228	Erkelenz	North Rhine-Westphalia	44,479
229	Eisenach	Thuringia	44,400
230	Fellbach	Baden-Württemberg	44,142
231	Monheim	North Rhine-Westphalia	43,905
232	Rodgau	Hassia	43,760
233	Nordhausen	Thuringia	43,709
234	Lahr	Baden-Württemberg	43,676
235	Bruchsal	Baden-Württemberg	43,615
236	Filderstadt	Baden-Württemberg	43,580
237	Pirmasens	Rhineland-Palatinate	43,539
238	Goslar	Lower Saxony	43,461
239	Kaufbeuren	Bavaria	43,454
240	Bad Kreuznach	Rhineland-Palatinate	43,317
241	Oranienburg	Brandenburg	43,275
242	Suhl	Thuringia	43,270
243	Hoyerswerda	Saxony	43,267
244	Weinheim	Baden-Württemberg	43,217
245	Freiberg	Saxony	43,160
246	Rottenburg	Baden-Württemberg	43,118
247	Nettetal	North Rhine-Westphalia	42,959
248	Oberursel	Hassia	42,881
249	Kaarst	North Rhine-Westphalia	42,876
250	Gifhorn	Lower Saxony	42,699
251	Coburg	Bavaria	42,413
252	Heinsberg	North Rhine-Westphalia	42,409
253	Weiden	Bavaria	42,388
254	Freising	Bavaria	42,322
255	Wunstorf	Lower Saxony	42,145
256	Lemgo	North Rhine-Westphalia	42,036
257	Landau	Rhineland-Palatinate	42,031
258	Bietigheim-Bissingen	Baden-Württemberg	41,979
259	Löhne	North Rhine-Westphalia	41,805
260	Völklingen	Saarland	41,798
261	Bautzen	Saxony	41,606
262	Seevetal	Lower Saxony	41,557
263	Eberswalde	Brandenburg	41,384
264	Königswinter	North Rhine-Westphalia	41,248
265	Memmingen	Bavaria	41,210
266	Borken	North Rhine-Westphalia	41,179
267	Dreieich	Hassia	41,054
268	Nürtingen	Baden-Württemberg	41,002
269	Aurich	Lower Saxony	40,987
270	Ansbach	Bavaria	40,822
271	Pinneberg	Schleswig-Holstein	40,679
272	Laatzen	Lower Saxony	40,245
273	Kirchheim	Baden-Württemberg	40,144
274	Schwedt	Brandenburg	40,004
275	Kamp-Lintfort	North Rhine-Westphalia	39,949
276	Schorndorf	Baden-Württemberg	39,919
277	Neumarkt	Bavaria	39,834
278	Dachau	Bavaria	39,815
279	Hückelhoven	North Rhine-Westphalia	39,765
280	Pirna	Saxony	39,702
281	Ettlingen	Baden-Württemberg	39,635
282	Bensheim	Hassia	39,450
283	Halberstadt	Sachsen-Anhalt	39,391
284	Mettmann	North Rhine-Westphalia	39,370
285	Hemer	North Rhine-Westphalia	39,288
286	Warendorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	39,281
287	Voerde	North Rhine-Westphalia	39,052
288	Ahaus	North Rhine-Westphalia	38,932
289	Schwabach	Bavaria	38,921
290	Siegburg	North Rhine-Westphalia	38,818
291	Freital	Saxony	38,815
292	Maintal	Hassia	38,656
293	Sankt Ingbert	Saarland	38,654
294	Hofheim	Hassia	38,482
295	Altenburg	Thuringia	38,338
296	Buxtehude	Lower Saxony	38,236
297	Haltern	North Rhine-Westphalia	38,211
298	Falkensee	Brandenburg	37,916
299	Beckum	North Rhine-Westphalia	37,914
300	Saarlouis	Saarland	37,663

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	North Rhine-Westphalia	18,125,804
2	Bavaria	12,502,159
3	Baden-Württemberg	10,781,006
4	Lower Saxony	8,029,107
5	Hassia	6,120,010
6	Düsseldorf	5,263,640
7	Köln	4,343,268
8	Saxony	4,278,157
9	Oberbayern	4,208,302
10	Rhineland-Palatinate	4,076,208
11	Stuttgart	4,029,736
12	Arnsberg	3,811,126
13	Darmstadt	3,779,281
14	Berlin	3,398,362
15	Berlin	3,398,362
16	Schleswig-Holstein	2,840,122
17	Schleswig-Holstein	2,840,122
18	Karlsruhe	2,747,180
19	Münster	2,632,819
20	Brandenburg	2,560,028
21	Brandenburg	2,560,028
22	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,486,108
23	Weser-Ems	2,469,998
24	Thüringen	2,353,015
25	Thuringia	2,353,015
26	Freiburg	2,194,847
27	Hannover	2,181,087
28	Detmold	2,074,951
29	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,025,598
30	Tübingen	1,809,243
31	Schwaben	1,792,929
32	Hamburg	1,733,846
33	Hamburg	1,733,846
34	Mittelfranken	1,719,660
35	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,714,300
36	Mecklenburg-West Pommerania	1,714,300
37	Lüneburg	1,702,504
38	Braunschweig	1,675,518
39	Dresden	1,655,699
40	Chemnitz	1,558,940
41	Koblenz	1,534,569
42	Unterfranken	1,356,760
43	Kassel	1,269,852
44	München	1,246,133
45	Niederbayern	1,202,519
46	Magdeburg	1,154,382
47	Hannover	1,132,739
48	Oberfranken	1,122,967
49	Oberpfalz	1,099,022
50	Gießen	1,070,877
51	Leipzig	1,063,518
52	Saarland	1,061,840
53	Saarland	1,061,840
54	Köln	968,822
55	Halle	819,459
56	Bremen	666,116
57	Bremen	666,116
58	Recklinghausen	656,572
59	Frankfurt am Main	648,034
60	Dortmund	594,254
61	Stuttgart	591,687
62	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	589,858
63	Düsseldorf	577,139
64	Essen	576,913
65	Bremen	546,428
66	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	536,849
67	Osnabrück	524,597
68	Trier	516,041
69	Esslingen	515,777
70	Ludwigsburg	513,294
71	Mettmann	513,144
72	Dessau	512,267
73	Duisburg	505,271
74	Nürnberg	497,593
75	Leipzig	492,636
76	Wesel	482,078
77	Dresden	480,802
78	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	461,647
79	Märkischer Kreis	458,020
80	Neuss	450,391
81	Kassel	442,034
82	Steinfurt	441,672
83	Unna	431,580
84	Landkreis Karlsruhe	430,777
85	Rems-Murr-Kreis	420,890
86	Ortenaukreis	417,365
87	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	411,106
88	Bochum	387,061
89	Böblingen	374,903
90	Borken	366,146
91	Lippe	365,735
92	Wuppertal	363,241
93	Gütersloh	350,345
94	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	349,829
95	Stadtverband Saarbrücken	348,071
96	Offenbach	338,786
97	Landkreis Heilbronn	330,251
98	Bielefeld	327,197
99	Minden-Lübbecke	324,262
100	Ostalbkreis	320,397
101	Bonn	314,080
102	Soest	310,201
103	Landkreis Aachen	309,728
104	Mannheim	309,626
105	Emsland	308,545
106	Kleve	306,831
107	Viersen	306,637
108	Landkreis München	305,393
109	Wetteraukreis	299,041
110	Pinneberg	298,513
111	Siegen-Wittgenstein	296,608
112	Paderborn	295,466
113	Hildesheim	294,693
114	Darmstadt-Dieburg	290,863
115	Oberbergischer Kreis	290,529
116	Karlsruhe	284,786
117	Warendorf	284,161
118	Reutlingen	283,721
119	Hochsauerlandkreis	281,992
120	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	278,540
121	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	275,328
122	Ravensburg	275,289
123	Konstanz	274,236
124	Düren	272,918
125	Münster	272,452
126	Wiesbaden	272,337
127	Gelsenkirchen	271,647
128	Göttingen	266,877
129	Bergstraße	266,541
130	Mönchengladbach	264,969
131	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	264,077
132	Augsburg	261,841
133	Göppingen	261,675
134	Segeberg	256,633
135	Gießen	256,560
136	Herford	256,300
137	Marburg-Biedenkopf	255,071
138	Heinsberg	255,005
139	Groß-Gerau	253,017
140	Aachen	251,104
141	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	247,930
142	Chemnitz	246,655
143	Braunschweig	245,259
144	Landkreis Rosenheim	244,849
145	Landkreis Augsburg	242,217
146	Krefeld	239,909
147	Harburg	238,650
148	Kiel	235,263
149	Halle	232,452
150	Rastatt	228,553

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.