NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population, 2019
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest population of 400 areas in 2019, at 3.64 million. Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 34,209. The median was 155,868 and the figure for Germany was 83.02 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest3,644,826Berlin

Lowest34,209Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median155,868400 areas

Germany83,019,213History

Top 40 areas, 2019

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2019 persons	Change on 2018
1	Berlin	3,644,826	+0.9%
2	Hamburg	1,841,179	+0.6%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,471,508	+1.1%
4	Region Hannover	1,157,624	+0.4%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,085,664	+0.5%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	753,056	+0.8%
7	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	634,830	+0.3%
8	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	619,294	+0.3%
9	Recklinghausen	615,261	-0.3%
10	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	599,780	+0.1%
11	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	587,857	+1%
12	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	587,010	+0.1%
13	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	583,109	-0%
14	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	569,352	+0.2%
15	Städteregion Aachen	555,465	+0.3%
16	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	554,649	+0.6%
17	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	547,625	+0.2%
18	Ludwigsburg	543,984	+0.2%
19	Esslingen	533,859	+0.3%
20	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	518,365	+0.6%
21	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	498,590	+0.1%
22	Mettmann	485,684	+0.1%
23	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	470,089	+0.6%
24	Wesel	459,809	-0.2%
25	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	451,007	+0.4%
26	Steinfurt	447,614	+0.2%
27	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	444,232	+0.4%
28	Ortenaukreis	429,479	+0.8%
29	Rems-Murr-Kreis	426,158	+0.3%
30	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	418,950	+0.2%
31	Märkischer Kreis	412,120	-0.3%
32	Unna	394,782	+0.2%
33	Böblingen	391,640	+0.5%
34	Borken	370,676	+0.3%
35	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	364,628	-0.2%
36	Gütersloh	364,083	+0.3%
37	Osnabrück, Landkreis	357,343	+0.3%
38	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	354,382	+0.2%
39	Offenbach, Landkreis	354,092	+0.7%
40	München, Landkreis	348,871	+0.7%
41	Lippe	348,391	-0.2%
42	Heilbronn, Landkreis	343,068	+0.7%
43	Erzgebirgskreis	337,696	-0.8%
44	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	333,786	+0.4%
45	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	329,708	-0.1%
46	Göttingen	328,074	0%
47	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	327,258	+0.5%
48	Emsland	325,657	+0.6%
49	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	324,296	-0.1%
50	Zwickau	317,531	-0.8%
51	Pinneberg	314,391	+0.6%
52	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	314,319	+0.2%
53	Ostalbkreis	314,002	+0.5%
54	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	313,092	+0.4%
55	Kleve	310,974	-0.1%
56	Minden-Lübbecke	310,710	-0.2%
57	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	309,370	+0.4%
58	Paderborn	306,890	+0.5%
59	Wetteraukreis	306,460	+0.4%
60	Mittelsachsen	306,185	-0.6%
61	Soest	301,902	+0.1%
62	Bautzen	300,880	-0.6%
63	Viersen	298,935	+0.1%
64	Darmstadt-Dieburg	297,399	+0.5%
65	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	295,135	+0.8%
66	Reutlingen	286,748	+0.3%
67	Konstanz	285,325	+0.5%
68	Ravensburg	284,285	+0.4%
69	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	283,455	0%
70	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	278,342	-0.1%
71	Siegen-Wittgenstein	278,210	+0.1%
72	Warendorf	277,783	+0.1%
73	Hildesheim	276,594	-0%
74	Segeberg	276,032	+0.7%
75	Groß-Gerau	274,526	+1.2%
76	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	272,775	-0.1%
77	Oberbergischer Kreis	272,471	-0.2%
78	Bergstraße	269,694	+0.3%
79	Gießen, Landkreis	268,876	+0.7%
80	Düren	263,722	+0.3%
81	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	262,795	+0.1%
82	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	261,454	-0.3%
83	Rosenheim, Landkreis	260,983	+0.6%
84	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	260,654	+0.1%
85	Hochsauerlandkreis	260,475	-0.4%
86	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	259,130	-0.6%
87	Leipzig	257,763	-0.1%
88	Göppingen	257,253	+0.4%
89	Görlitz	254,894	-0.7%
90	Heinsberg	254,322	+0.5%
91	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	253,777	-0.2%
92	Harburg	252,776	+0.5%
93	Augsburg, Landkreis	251,534	+0.7%
94	Herford	250,783	-0.3%
95	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	248,292	+0.1%
96	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	247,548	-0.2%
97	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	247,237	+0.2%
98	Marburg-Biedenkopf	246,648	+0.2%
99	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	245,611	+0.1%
100	Stormarn	243,196	+0.3%
101	Meißen	242,165	-0.3%
102	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	239,257	0%
103	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	238,697	+0.1%
104	Main-Taunus-Kreis	237,735	+0.3%
105	Vorpommern-Greifswald	236,697	-0.2%
106	Kassel, Landkreis	236,633	-0%
107	Hochtaunuskreis	236,564	+0.2%
108	Rastatt	231,018	+0.3%
109	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	230,241	+0.3%
110	Lörrach	228,639	+0.1%
111	Vogtlandkreis	227,796	-0.8%
112	Tübingen, Landkreis	227,331	+0.7%
113	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	227,020	+0.1%
114	Vorpommern-Rügen	224,684	-0.2%
115	Fulda	222,584	+0.4%
116	Coesfeld	219,929	+0.3%
117	Fürstenfeldbruck	219,320	+0.7%
118	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	217,198	+0.4%
119	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	217,118	+0.9%
120	Diepholz	216,886	+0.4%
121	Bodenseekreis	216,227	+0.7%
122	Landkreis Rostock	215,113	+0.2%
123	Potsdam-Mittelmark	214,664	+0.7%
124	Harz	214,446	-0.9%
125	Mayen-Koblenz	214,259	+0.3%
126	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	213,699	+0.3%
127	Ludwigslust-Parchim	212,618	0%
128	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	212,381	+0.6%
129	Oberhavel	211,249	+0.6%
130	Mainz-Bingen	210,889	+0.5%
131	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	210,829	-0.3%
132	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	208,886	+0.2%
133	Stade	203,102	+0.6%
134	Westerwaldkreis	201,597	+0.3%
135	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	201,585	+0.4%
136	Ostholstein	200,581	-0%
137	Schleswig-Flensburg	200,025	+0.3%
138	Biberach	199,742	+0.7%
139	Enzkreis	198,905	+0.3%
140	Cuxhaven	198,213	+0.1%
141	Nordsachsen	197,673	-0.1%
142	Herzogtum Lauenburg	197,264	+0.6%
143	Alb-Donau-Kreis	196,047	+0.7%
144	Schwäbisch Hall	195,861	+0.9%
145	Saarlouis	195,201	-0.3%
146	Märkisch-Oderland	194,328	+0.7%
147	Regensburg, Landkreis	193,572	+0.7%
148	Euskirchen	192,840	+0.4%
149	Passau, Landkreis	192,043	+0.8%
150	Salzlandkreis	190,560	-1.1%
151	Aurich	189,848	-0.1%
152	Zollernalbkreis	188,935	+0.4%
153	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	188,814	+0.6%
154	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	187,157	+0.3%
155	Saalekreis	184,582	-0.5%
156	Ansbach, Landkreis	183,949	+0.4%
157	Lüneburg, Landkreis	183,372	+0.2%
158	Barnim	182,760	+1%
159	Neuwied	181,941	+0.2%
160	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	180,222	-0.3%
161	Burgenlandkreis	180,190	-1%
162	Freising	179,116	+0.6%
163	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	179,111	-0%
164	Celle	178,936	+0.1%
165	Oder-Spree	178,658	+0.2%
166	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	178,089	+1.4%
167	Traunstein	177,089	+0.5%
168	Gifhorn	175,920	+0.5%
169	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	174,208	+0.1%
170	Neu-Ulm	174,200	+1%
171	Limburg-Weilburg	172,083	+0.1%
172	Börde	171,734	-0.5%
173	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	171,061	+1.5%
174	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	170,880	-0.2%
175	Waldshut	170,619	+0.2%
176	Nürnberger Land	170,365	+0.4%
177	Leer	169,809	+0.5%
178	Cloppenburg	169,348	+0.8%
179	Dahme-Spreewald	169,067	+1%
180	Teltow-Fläming	168,296	+0.8%
181	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	168,210	+0.7%
182	Nordfriesland	165,507	0%
183	Wartburgkreis	165,395	-0.6%
184	Emmendingen	165,383	+0.4%
185	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	164,748	+0.2%
186	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	163,838	+0.2%
187	Rotenburg (Wümme)	163,455	0%
188	Havelland	161,909	+0.7%
189	Würzburg, Landkreis	161,834	+0.3%
190	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	160,355	-0.2%
191	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	159,854	-0.9%
192	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	159,360	+0.4%
193	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	159,207	+0.6%
194	Landshut, Landkreis	158,698	+0.9%
195	Calw	158,397	+0.6%
196	Bad Kreuznach	158,080	+0.3%
197	Schaumburg	157,781	-0.1%
198	Waldeck-Frankenberg	156,953	-0.2%
199	Nordwestmecklenburg	156,729	-0.2%
200	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	156,374	-0.1%
201	Oberallgäu	155,362	+0.5%
202	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	154,201	+0.4%
203	Dachau	153,884	+0.8%
204	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	152,610	+1.1%
205	Trier-Saarburg	148,945	+0.3%
206	Hameln-Pyrmont	148,559	+0.2%
207	Schwandorf	147,189	+0.5%
208	Bamberg, Landkreis	147,086	+0.3%
209	Unterallgäu	144,041	+1.1%
210	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	143,535	+0.1%
211	Saarpfalz-Kreis	142,631	-0.5%
212	Ebersberg	142,142	+1%
213	Vechta	141,598	+0.8%
214	Höxter	140,667	-0.6%
215	Ostallgäu	140,316	+0.7%
216	Tuttlingen	140,152	+0.5%
217	Heidekreis	139,755	+0.5%
218	Rottweil	139,455	+0.4%
219	Erding	137,660	+0.6%
220	Goslar	137,014	-0.4%
221	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	136,981	+1.3%
222	Verden	136,792	+0.1%
223	Grafschaft Bentheim	136,511	+0.5%
224	Erlangen-Höchstadt	136,271	+0.7%
225	Mansfeld-Südharz	136,249	-1.3%
226	Starnberg	136,092	+0.4%
227	Gotha	135,452	-0.1%
228	Weilheim-Schongau	135,348	+0.8%
229	Olpe	134,775	-0%
230	Peine	133,965	+0.4%
231	Aichach-Friedberg	133,596	+0.8%
232	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	133,561	+0.7%
233	Donau-Ries	133,496	+0.3%
234	Dithmarschen	133,210	-0.2%
235	Northeim	132,765	-0.2%
236	Bad Dürkheim	132,660	-0.1%
237	Heidenheim	132,472	+0.4%
238	Eichstätt	132,341	+0.5%
239	Main-Tauber-Kreis	132,321	+0.1%
240	Neunkirchen	132,206	-0.8%
241	Steinburg	131,347	-0.2%
242	Sigmaringen	130,873	+0.5%
243	Oldenburg, Landkreis	130,144	+0.2%
244	Ahrweiler	129,727	+0.6%
245	Alzey-Worms	129,244	+0.6%
246	Germersheim	129,075	+0.5%
247	Miltenberg	128,756	+0.2%
248	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	128,744	+1.6%
249	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	128,705	-0.1%
250	Plön	128,647	-0.2%

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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 3.64 million in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 34,209 in 2019.

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.