NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population density

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population density, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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München, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest population density of 394 areas in 2016, at 4,701.1 inhabitants per km². Prignitz had the lowest, at 36.6 inhabitants per km². The median was 202 inhabitants per km² and the figure for Germany was 233.1 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,701.1München, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest36.6Prignitz

Median202394 areas

Germany233.1History

Top 40 areas, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2016 inhabitants per km²	Change on 2015
1	München, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	4,701.1	+1.5%
2	Berlin Series break	4,193.2	+6.9%
3	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	3,065	+0.7%
4	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Series break	3,038.3	+1.8%
5	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,998.2	+2.5%
6	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,974.3	+6.1%
7	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,821.9	+3.8%
8	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,815.7	+2.3%
9	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,761.1	+1.6%
10	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,753.2	+5.8%
11	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,742.3	+0.5%
12	Hamburg Series break	2,533.7	+7.8%
13	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,516.1	+1.1%
14	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,490	+0.9%
15	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,356.4	+5%
16	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,315.6	+10.5%
17	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,227.9	+4.8%
18	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,208.9	+3.5%
19	Mannheim, Stadtkreis Series break	2,180.6	+4.4%
20	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,148.7	+4.5%
21	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,110	+2.6%
22	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,092.8	+0.8%
23	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	2,090.6	+1%
24	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,980.7	+1.6%
25	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,959	+1.5%
26	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,931	+4.2%
27	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,872.9	+2.1%
28	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,869.3	+1.1%
29	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,861.4	+4.8%
30	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Series break	1,827.7	+4%
31	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,811.6	+6.5%
32	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,772.4	+1.9%
33	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,764.6	+0.7%
34	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,683.6	+2.3%
35	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,682.6	+1.4%
36	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,673.9	+3.2%
37	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,615.4	+2.5%
38	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,532.1	+0.8%
39	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,520.8	+1.6%
40	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,495.6	+4%
41	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,487.2	+2.1%
42	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis Series break	1,483.6	+1.2%
43	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Series break	1,477.5	+3.6%
44	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,441.9	+1.9%
45	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,438	+3.1%
46	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,401.6	+17.6%
47	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,391.6	+3%
48	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,360.3	+2.2%
49	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,355.2	+2.6%
50	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,326.8	+13.9%
51	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,302.2	+0.6%
52	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,286.8	+0.6%
53	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,281.9	+1.8%
54	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis Series break	1,253.8	+1.7%
55	Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,236.8	+1.5%
56	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,234	+6%
57	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis Series break	1,231.7	+1.6%
58	Mettmann Series break	1,201.1	+1.7%
59	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,186.5	+1%
60	Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,172.8	+1.6%
61	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,148.7	+1.4%
62	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,139.4	+13.2%
63	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,134.8	+4.2%
64	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,132.6	+2.4%
65	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,131	+6%
66	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,125.7	+3.1%
67	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,119.9	+0.6%
68	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,083.7	+1%
69	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,073.3	+1.3%
70	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,067.3	+1.4%
71	Main-Taunus-Kreis Series break	1,060.1	+1.7%
72	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,054.8	+1.8%
73	Ulm, Stadtkreis Series break	1,036.1	+1.3%
74	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,029.6	+1.9%
75	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,023.4	+3.3%
76	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	1,013	+40.5%
77	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	992.9	+12.5%
78	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	989.5	+1%
79	Offenbach, Landkreis Series break	987.7	+2.1%
80	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	987	+3.4%
81	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	955.9	+1%
82	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	857.6	0%
83	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	842.1	+1%
84	Esslingen Series break	821.3	+1.2%
85	Recklinghausen Series break	820.1	+1.4%
86	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis Series break	800.2	+1.1%
87	Regionalverband Saarbrücken Series break	799.2	+0.6%
88	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	794.2	+0.8%
89	Rhein-Kreis Neuss Series break	792.8	+2.3%
90	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	788.8	+2.3%
91	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	788.1	+2.7%
92	Städteregion Aachen Series break	788	+1.1%
93	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	784.3	+4.8%
94	Ludwigsburg Series break	782.5	+1.4%
95	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	781.8	+8.9%
96	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	764.8	+0.7%
97	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	731.7	+3.3%
98	Unna Series break	727.4	+0.3%
99	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	722.7	+5.9%
100	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	706.5	+1%
101	Rhein-Erft-Kreis Series break	665.9	+1.4%
102	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	660.2	+0.5%
103	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis Series break	653.6	+1.6%
104	Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	627.5	+0.1%
105	Böblingen Series break	620.7	+1.5%
106	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	615.2	+1.3%
107	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	607.7	+0.8%
108	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	606.4	+1.1%
109	Groß-Gerau Series break	605.3	+4.1%
110	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	595.4	+0.8%
111	Herford Series break	559.1	+0.4%
112	Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	550.4	+1.7%
113	Neunkirchen Series break	535.4	+0.4%
114	Viersen Series break	533.2	+1.3%
115	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Series break	521.9	+1.8%
116	München, Landkreis Series break	519.3	+2.5%
117	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Series break	518	+4.8%
118	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Series break	515.3	+1.7%
119	Region Hannover Series break	506.9	+2.5%
120	Fürstenfeldbruck Series break	494.6	+1.5%
121	Rems-Murr-Kreis Series break	490.8	+1.1%
122	Hochtaunuskreis Series break	485.9	+0.9%
123	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	483.7	+0.6%
124	Pinneberg Series break	482.9	+4.9%
125	Bodenseekreis Series break	476.8	+50.4%
126	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	464.1	+3.2%
127	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	463.2	+3.7%
128	Wesel Series break	459.9	+4.3%
129	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	453.9	+0.6%
130	Darmstadt-Dieburg Series break	446.4	+1.3%
131	Tübingen, Landkreis Series break	431	+1.6%
132	Saarlouis Series break	429.7	+0.5%
133	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	413.5	+1.9%
134	Karlsruhe, Landkreis Series break	410.6	+2.8%
135	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	403.8	+3.3%
136	Heinsberg Series break	403.5	+1%
137	Göppingen Series break	395.1	+0.9%
138	Märkischer Kreis Series break	393.1	+0.5%
139	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis Series break	390.2	+1.6%
140	Bergstraße Series break	376.1	+2%
141	Fürth, Landkreis Series break	375	+0.9%
142	Gütersloh Series break	373.2	+1.1%
143	Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	365.4	+17.9%
144	Konstanz Series break	365.2	+7.4%
145	Mainz-Bingen Series break	353.6	+3.5%
146	Saarpfalz-Kreis Series break	345.3	+0.2%
147	Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break	344.6	+1.7%
148	Enzkreis Series break	342.6	+0.9%
149	Zwickau Series break	340.7	-0.4%
150	Neu-Ulm Series break	333.3	+1.7%
151	Starnberg Series break	315.7	+16.1%
152	Rastatt Series break	315.6	+3%
153	Stormarn Series break	315.1	+1.4%
154	Gießen, Landkreis Series break	309.6	+1.3%
155	Heilbronn, Landkreis Series break	306	+1.4%
156	Oberbergischer Kreis Series break	300.3	+1.5%
157	Main-Kinzig-Kreis Series break	297.2	+1.4%
158	Neuwied Series break	292.6	+1.9%
159	Lindau (Bodensee) Series break	284.1	+14.8%
160	Germersheim Series break	283.9	+3.7%
161	Lörrach Series break	283.2	+1.5%
162	Lippe Series break	281.2	+0.7%
163	Düren Series break	281	+1.4%
164	Wetteraukreis Series break	275.4	+1.2%
165	Minden-Lübbecke Series break	274.3	+1.6%
166	Mayen-Koblenz Series break	263.3	+2%
167	Borken Series break	260.4	+0.7%
168	Dachau Series break	259.7	+1.7%
169	Reutlingen Series break	259.2	+1.1%
170	Kleve Series break	257.5	+3.2%
171	Ebersberg Series break	252.7	+1.9%
172	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis Series break	249.8	+0.8%
173	Peine Series break	249.3	+1.8%
174	Steinfurt Series break	247.3	+0.9%
175	Siegen-Wittgenstein Series break	247	+0.5%
176	Paderborn Series break	246	+1.7%
177	Erlangen-Höchstadt Series break	240.8	+1.9%
178	Emmendingen Series break	240.3	+1.6%
179	Lahn-Dill-Kreis Series break	238.1	+0.7%
180	Schaumburg Series break	233.2	+1%
181	Limburg-Weilburg Series break	233.1	+0.5%
182	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis Series break	231.1	+2.3%
183	Augsburg, Landkreis Series break	230.4	+1.1%
184	Hildesheim Series break	230.2	+0.8%
185	Soest Series break	229.6	+1.8%
186	Ortenaukreis Series break	228.8	+1.8%
187	Bad Dürkheim Series break	222.8	+0.5%
188	Freising Series break	219	+2%
189	Alzey-Worms Series break	218.7	+1.5%
190	Nürnberger Land Series break	210.6	+1%
190	Warendorf Series break	210.6	+0.9%
192	Heidenheim Series break	209	+1%
193	Ostalbkreis Series break	206.7	+0.6%
194	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Series break	204.9	+1%
195	Zollernalbkreis Series break	204.8	+0.3%
196	Westerwaldkreis Series break	203.5	+0.8%
197	Segeberg Series break	202.8	+2.4%
198	Harburg Series break	201.1	+1.8%
199	Altenkirchen (Westerwald) Series break	201	+0.2%
200	Coesfeld Series break	196.9	+0.8%
201	Calw Series break	195.3	+1%
202	Marburg-Biedenkopf Series break	194.2	+0.8%
203	Altötting Series break	193.5	+1.9%
204	Olpe Series break	192.7	+1.2%
205	Erzgebirgskreis Series break	190	-0.4%
206	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Series break	189.5	+2.4%
207	Göttingen Series break	187.6	+0.6%
207	Merzig-Wadern Series break	187.6	+1%
209	St. Wendel Series break	187.1	+0.5%
209	Tuttlingen Series break	187.1	+1.2%
211	Hameln-Pyrmont Series break	186.5	+0.5%
212	Kassel, Landkreis Series break	182.8	+0.7%
213	Bad Kreuznach Series break	181.8	+0.4%
214	Miltenberg Series break	181.5	+1.4%
215	Rosenheim, Landkreis Series break	181.3	+2.7%
216	Rottweil Series break	179.3	+0.8%
217	Forchheim Series break	179.2	+0.7%
218	Osterholz Series break	175.1	+1.6%
219	Südliche Weinstraße Series break	173	+0.5%
220	Verden Series break	172.5	+1.6%
221	Ravensburg Series break	172.3	+1.4%
222	Vechta Series break	170.5	+1.3%
223	Meißen Series break	170.2	+1.3%
224	Stade Series break	169.1	+7.8%
225	Aichach-Friedberg Series break	168.6	+1.1%
225	Ammerland Series break	168.6	+2.1%
227	Osnabrück, Landkreis Series break	168.3	+0.7%
228	Wolfenbüttel Series break	167.3	+0.5%
229	Würzburg, Landkreis Series break	166.2	+0.7%
230	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm Series break	165.3	+2.4%
231	Vogtlandkreis Series break	164.9	+0.2%
232	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis Series break	164.4	+0.6%
233	Ahrweiler Series break	164.2	+1.6%
234	Günzburg Series break	162.9	+1.4%
235	Altenburger Land Series break	162.2	-0.2%
236	Friesland (DE) Series break	162	+1.4%
237	Leipzig Series break	160.8	+2.9%
238	Fulda Series break	159.9	+0.9%
239	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis Series break	158.8	+1.3%
240	Herzogtum Lauenburg Series break	158.5	+4.3%
241	Landsberg am Lech Series break	157.8	+8.5%
242	Leer Series break	157.4	+2.5%
243	Odenwaldkreis Series break	155	+0.2%
244	Erding Series break	154.7	+1.4%
245	Euskirchen Series break	153.7	+1.2%
246	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Series break	150	+0.6%
247	Waldshut Series break	149.8	+1.8%
248	Aurich Series break	148.3	+1.2%
249	Mittelsachsen Series break	147.4	-0.2%
250	Ostholstein Series break	147.2	+3.1%

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About this ranking

Resident population divided by land area in km². World Bank figures use mid-year population and land area excluding inland water.

United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July divided by land area (water excluded) from the latest Census Gazetteer files. US tables often give people per square mile; multiply persons per km² by 2.59 to compare.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. 6 areas with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population density by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_d3dens). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_d3dens/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which area has the highest population density?

München, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 4,701.1 inhabitants per km² in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population density?

Prignitz, with 36.6 inhabitants per km² in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population density by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_d3dens). Retrieved 2026-10-08. 6 areas have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.