NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population, 2025

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population, 2025
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Berlin had the highest population of 400 areas in 2025, at 3.69 million. Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 33,323. The median was 155,042 and the figure for Germany was 83.58 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest3,685,265Berlin

Lowest33,323Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median155,042400 areas

Germany83,577,140History

Top 40 areas, 2025

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2025 persons	Change on 2024
1	Berlin	3,685,265	+0.6%
2	Hamburg	1,862,565	+0.6%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,505,005	+1.1%
4	Region Hannover	1,140,888	+0.2%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,024,621	0%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	756,021	+0.9%
7	Recklinghausen	621,305	-0.2%
8	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	618,685	+0.4%
9	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	612,663	-0.1%
10	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	611,850	+0.6%
11	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	605,441	0%
12	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	603,462	+0.4%
13	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	586,271	+0.3%
14	Städteregion Aachen	582,410	-0%
15	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	574,682	+0.1%
16	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	564,904	+0.3%
17	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	558,561	+0.1%
18	Esslingen	536,601	+0.1%
19	Ludwigsburg	535,374	+0.1%
20	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	529,508	+0.6%
21	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	502,270	-0.2%
22	Mettmann	490,910	+0.2%
23	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	477,988	+0.3%
24	Wesel	457,918	+0.1%
25	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	457,077	-0.1%
26	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	456,264	+0.2%
27	Steinfurt	451,712	+0.4%
28	Ortenaukreis	444,858	+0.3%
29	Rems-Murr-Kreis	440,696	+0.1%
30	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	420,914	+0.4%
31	Märkischer Kreis	408,046	-0.2%
32	Böblingen	395,167	+0.2%
33	Unna	393,784	-0.6%
34	Borken	380,796	+0.3%
35	Gütersloh	363,982	+0.1%
36	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	358,676	+0.5%
37	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	358,193	-0.1%
38	Offenbach, Landkreis	358,022	+0.4%
39	Osnabrück, Landkreis	354,821	-0.4%
40	München, Landkreis	354,396	+0.5%
41	Heilbronn, Landkreis	353,877	+0.1%
42	Lippe	347,149	-0.1%
43	Emsland	334,539	+0.1%
44	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	333,149	+0.2%
45	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	331,605	0%
46	Göttingen	328,028	-0.2%
47	Pinneberg	325,223	+0.5%
48	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	323,336	+0.5%
49	Kleve	322,018	+0.7%
50	Minden-Lübbecke	320,557	-0.1%
51	Erzgebirgskreis	318,394	-1.2%
52	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	318,035	+0.6%
53	Ostalbkreis	317,427	+0.1%
54	Paderborn	315,912	+0.1%
55	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	314,167	-0.3%
56	Wetteraukreis	311,593	+0.3%
57	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	309,050	+0.3%
58	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	308,258	+0.4%
59	Zwickau	306,793	-1%
60	Darmstadt-Dieburg	302,021	-0.1%
61	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	301,105	+0.7%
62	Soest	300,297	-0%
63	Viersen	297,857	+0.1%
64	Mittelsachsen	296,431	-0.4%
65	Reutlingen	293,483	0%
66	Bautzen	292,608	-0.7%
67	Konstanz	291,841	+0.2%
68	Ravensburg	291,102	+0.5%
69	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	288,850	+0.6%
70	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	284,273	+0.2%
71	Segeberg	283,562	+0.5%
72	Warendorf	282,639	+0.1%
73	Düren	279,285	+0.3%
74	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	278,058	+0.1%
75	Bergstraße	274,169	-0.1%
76	Siegen-Wittgenstein	274,074	-0.1%
77	Oberbergischer Kreis	274,057	0%
78	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	272,558	+0.2%
79	Gießen, Landkreis	268,418	+0.1%
80	Groß-Gerau	268,310	+0.1%
81	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	267,930	+0.2%
82	Hildesheim	267,506	-0.3%
83	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	267,213	-0.2%
84	Harburg	265,864	+0.4%
85	Heinsberg	263,681	+0.6%
86	Augsburg, Landkreis	262,811	+0.5%
87	Hochsauerlandkreis	260,843	-0.1%
88	Leipzig	260,127	-0.2%
89	Göppingen	258,809	-0.2%
90	Rosenheim, Landkreis	258,637	+0.7%
91	Herford	254,404	-0.1%
92	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	254,074	-0.1%
93	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	252,962	-0.2%
94	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	252,668	+0.4%
95	Stormarn	246,974	+0.3%
96	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	246,318	-0.5%
97	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	245,618	+0.2%
98	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	244,329	+0.8%
99	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	243,996	-0.5%
100	Görlitz	243,958	-0.8%
101	Marburg-Biedenkopf	242,805	-0.1%
102	Hochtaunuskreis	241,664	+0.4%
103	Meißen	239,221	-0.5%
104	Main-Taunus-Kreis	238,775	+0.1%
105	Lörrach	238,263	+0.4%
106	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	237,460	+0.5%
107	Tübingen, Landkreis	233,546	+0.3%
108	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	231,406	+0.4%
109	Kassel, Landkreis	231,073	+0.1%
110	Rastatt	230,737	-0.3%
111	Coesfeld	227,859	+0.7%
112	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	226,767	-0.4%
113	Vorpommern-Greifswald	224,956	-0.5%
114	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	224,684	+0.4%
115	Fulda	222,283	-0.2%
116	Potsdam-Mittelmark	221,268	+0.5%
117	Diepholz	221,202	+0.2%
118	Bodenseekreis	220,804	-0.2%
119	Vogtlandkreis	219,100	-0.9%
120	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	218,793	-0.3%
121	Landkreis Rostock	218,721	-0%
122	Fürstenfeldbruck	218,227	+0.6%
123	Oberhavel	217,690	+0.2%
124	Mayen-Koblenz	217,228	+0.2%
125	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	216,889	-0.1%
126	Vorpommern-Rügen	215,203	-0.4%
127	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	214,065	+0.1%
128	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	213,646	+0.1%
129	Ludwigslust-Parchim	208,092	-0.6%
130	Westerwaldkreis	207,803	+0.1%
131	Stade	207,700	0%
132	Biberach	207,415	+0.3%
133	Mainz-Bingen	206,454	+0.1%
134	Herzogtum Lauenburg	206,235	+0.4%
135	Harz	205,484	-0.8%
136	Schleswig-Flensburg	205,472	+0.3%
137	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	205,307	+0.2%
138	Saarlouis	205,129	-0.5%
139	Euskirchen	202,609	+0.4%
140	Alb-Donau-Kreis	202,354	+0.3%
141	Ostholstein	201,472	-0%
142	Schwäbisch Hall	200,902	+0.2%
143	Enzkreis	199,745	-0.1%
144	Nordsachsen	199,422	-0.7%
145	Cuxhaven	198,842	-0.3%
146	Märkisch-Oderland	197,817	0%
147	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	197,230	+0.1%
148	Regensburg, Landkreis	196,213	+1.2%
149	Passau, Landkreis	194,699	+0.3%
150	Barnim	194,169	+0.7%
151	Zollernalbkreis	193,326	-0%
152	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	190,384	-0.1%
153	Neuwied	189,061	+0.2%
154	Aurich	188,816	-0.1%
155	Ansbach, Landkreis	187,633	+0.2%
156	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	185,651	-0.2%
157	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	184,754	+0.3%
158	Freising	184,564	+0.6%
159	Neu-Ulm	183,595	+0.6%
160	Saalekreis	182,451	-0.1%
161	Salzlandkreis	180,771	-0.8%
162	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	180,071	-0.2%
163	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	179,968	+0.3%
164	Oder-Spree	179,817	-0.4%
165	Lüneburg, Landkreis	179,448	0%
166	Dahme-Spreewald	178,793	+0.6%
167	Teltow-Fläming	177,688	+0.2%
168	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	177,222	+0.8%
169	Cloppenburg	177,025	+0.3%
170	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	176,614	+0.2%
171	Gifhorn	175,943	0%
172	Traunstein	175,144	+1.8%
173	Limburg-Weilburg	173,830	-0.3%
174	Burgenlandkreis	173,684	-0.9%
175	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	173,050	+0.1%
176	Celle	172,449	-0.2%
177	Waldshut	171,579	-0.1%
178	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	170,945	+0.1%
179	Havelland	170,834	+0.7%
180	Nordfriesland	170,029	-0%
181	Emmendingen	169,787	+0.2%
182	Leer	169,103	-0%
183	Nürnberger Land	168,813	-0.2%
184	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	168,581	+0.4%
185	Börde	167,924	-0.4%
186	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	167,029	+1.3%
187	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	166,057	+0.2%
188	Rotenburg (Wümme)	165,904	+0.2%
189	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	165,626	-0.3%
190	Bad Kreuznach	164,748	+0.1%
191	Würzburg, Landkreis	162,216	+0.8%
192	Landshut, Landkreis	162,170	+0.6%
193	Calw	161,251	0%
194	Schaumburg	156,841	-0.1%
195	Nordwestmecklenburg	156,692	-0.3%
196	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	155,882	+0.2%
197	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	155,851	-0.2%
198	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	155,756	+0.4%
199	Oberallgäu	155,413	+1.3%
200	Waldeck-Frankenberg	155,126	-0%
201	Wartburgkreis	154,957	-0.9%
202	Dachau	153,595	+1.1%
203	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	153,035	-0.5%
204	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	151,389	+1.2%
205	Hameln-Pyrmont	150,203	-0.2%
206	Schwandorf	149,312	+0.4%
207	Trier-Saarburg	148,953	-0.1%
208	Bamberg, Landkreis	147,777	-0.2%
209	Unterallgäu	147,255	+1.3%
210	Vechta	146,539	+0.1%
211	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	145,263	-0.3%
212	Tuttlingen	145,208	+0.2%
213	Grafschaft Bentheim	144,543	+0.2%
214	Ebersberg	144,225	+0.8%
215	Saarpfalz-Kreis	144,092	-0.3%
216	Ostallgäu	142,047	+0.6%
217	Heidekreis	141,321	-0.2%
218	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	141,185	+1.2%
219	Rottweil	140,237	-0.1%
220	Erding	140,127	+0.4%
221	Starnberg	139,329	+0.3%
222	Höxter	139,252	+0.2%
223	Weilheim-Schongau	138,957	+0.7%
224	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	138,693	+0.3%
225	Verden	138,626	+0.3%
226	Erlangen-Höchstadt	138,325	-0.2%
227	Peine	137,045	0%
228	Aichach-Friedberg	136,803	+0.3%
229	Gotha	135,838	-0.8%
230	Eichstätt	135,668	+0.3%
231	Heidenheim	135,235	-0%
232	Donau-Ries	135,098	+0.3%
233	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	134,912	-0.1%
234	Bad Dürkheim	134,329	+0.1%
235	Dithmarschen	133,460	-0%
236	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	133,258	+1.1%
237	Neunkirchen	133,179	-0.4%
238	Main-Tauber-Kreis	133,169	-0.2%
239	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	132,746	+0.7%
240	Steinburg	132,731	+0.2%
241	Olpe	132,346	-0.1%
242	Sigmaringen	132,167	-0.4%
243	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	132,125	-0%
244	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	132,036	+0.2%
245	Oldenburg, Landkreis	132,008	0%
246	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	131,986	+0.3%
247	Germersheim	131,383	-0.2%
248	Alzey-Worms	131,238	+0.3%
249	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	130,781	+1%
250	Plön	130,609	-0%

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About this ranking

Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which area has the highest population?

Berlin, with 3.69 million in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 33,323 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.