NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population, 2024
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest population of 400 areas in 2024, at 3.66 million. Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 33,355. The median was 154,468 and the figure for Germany was 83.46 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest3,662,381Berlin

Lowest33,355Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median154,468400 areas

Germany83,456,045History

Top 40 areas, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2024 persons	Change on 2023
1	Berlin	3,662,381	+0.8%
2	Hamburg	1,851,596	+1%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,488,719	-0.1%
4	Region Hannover	1,138,943	+0.4%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,024,408	+0.3%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	749,596	+0.3%
7	Recklinghausen	622,855	+0.1%
8	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	616,319	+0.3%
9	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	613,111	+0.2%
10	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	608,013	+0.7%
11	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	605,283	+0.4%
12	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	601,343	+0.3%
13	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	584,332	+1.3%
14	Städteregion Aachen	582,463	+0.4%
15	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	574,082	+0.3%
16	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	563,019	+0.5%
17	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	557,819	+0.3%
18	Esslingen	536,027	+0.5%
19	Ludwigsburg	534,808	+0.5%
20	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	526,606	+0.5%
21	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	503,185	+0.3%
22	Mettmann	489,760	+0.1%
23	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	476,412	+0.6%
24	Wesel	457,545	+0.4%
25	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	457,398	+0.3%
26	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	455,350	+0.4%
27	Steinfurt	450,042	+0.6%
28	Ortenaukreis	443,482	+0.6%
29	Rems-Murr-Kreis	440,103	+0.5%
30	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	419,055	+0.8%
31	Märkischer Kreis	408,899	-0.4%
32	Unna	396,283	+0.2%
33	Böblingen	394,261	+0.7%
34	Borken	379,787	+0.7%
35	Gütersloh	363,674	+0.5%
36	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	358,592	0%
37	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	357,024	+0.2%
38	Offenbach, Landkreis	356,578	+0.7%
39	Osnabrück, Landkreis	356,194	0%
40	Heilbronn, Landkreis	353,609	+0.6%
41	München, Landkreis	352,771	+0.8%
42	Lippe	347,613	-0.2%
43	Emsland	334,203	+0.8%
44	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	332,416	+0.5%
45	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	331,519	0%
46	Göttingen	328,657	+0.2%
47	Pinneberg	323,762	+0.6%
48	Erzgebirgskreis	322,179	-0.6%
49	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	321,680	-0.2%
50	Minden-Lübbecke	320,925	+0.1%
51	Kleve	319,928	+0.8%
52	Ostalbkreis	317,263	+0.3%
53	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	316,256	+0.4%
54	Paderborn	315,606	+0.5%
55	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	315,069	-0.1%
56	Wetteraukreis	310,705	+0.4%
57	Zwickau	309,866	-0.2%
58	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	308,197	+0.5%
59	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	307,071	+0.6%
60	Darmstadt-Dieburg	302,263	+0.4%
61	Soest	300,347	+0.2%
62	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	298,972	+0.8%
63	Mittelsachsen	297,766	-0.1%
64	Viersen	297,504	+0.7%
65	Bautzen	294,746	-0.4%
66	Reutlingen	293,385	+0.7%
67	Konstanz	291,397	+0.6%
68	Ravensburg	289,725	+0.8%
69	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	287,241	+0.9%
70	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	283,607	+0.2%
71	Segeberg	282,268	+0.8%
72	Warendorf	282,216	+0.4%
73	Düren	278,462	+0.6%
74	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	277,888	+0.3%
75	Bergstraße	274,484	+0.4%
76	Siegen-Wittgenstein	274,379	-0.1%
77	Oberbergischer Kreis	273,963	+0.1%
78	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	271,977	+0.9%
79	Hildesheim	268,318	+0.1%
80	Gießen, Landkreis	268,141	+0.7%
81	Groß-Gerau	267,920	+0.6%
82	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	267,667	+0.1%
83	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	267,284	+1%
84	Harburg	264,767	+0.7%
85	Heinsberg	262,149	+0.3%
86	Augsburg, Landkreis	261,600	+0.9%
87	Hochsauerlandkreis	261,193	+0.1%
88	Leipzig	260,706	+0.4%
89	Göppingen	259,232	+0.8%
90	Rosenheim, Landkreis	256,815	+0.6%
91	Herford	254,593	-0.1%
92	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	254,444	+0.5%
93	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	253,527	+0.1%
94	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	251,751	+0.7%
95	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	247,575	-0.1%
96	Stormarn	246,201	+0.2%
97	Görlitz	245,867	-0.5%
98	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	245,150	+0.9%
99	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	245,143	-0.1%
100	Marburg-Biedenkopf	243,093	+0.4%
101	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	242,491	+0.3%
102	Hochtaunuskreis	240,622	+0.9%
103	Meißen	240,368	-0.1%
104	Main-Taunus-Kreis	238,593	+0.4%
105	Lörrach	237,212	+0.8%
106	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	236,236	+0.5%
107	Tübingen, Landkreis	232,897	+0.8%
108	Rastatt	231,356	+0.3%
109	Kassel, Landkreis	230,742	+0.2%
110	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	230,393	0%
111	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	227,639	+0.1%
112	Coesfeld	226,217	+0.7%
113	Vorpommern-Greifswald	226,181	-0.1%
114	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	223,871	+1.1%
115	Fulda	222,688	+0.6%
116	Bodenseekreis	221,208	+0.7%
117	Vogtlandkreis	221,088	-0.3%
118	Diepholz	220,743	+0.5%
119	Potsdam-Mittelmark	220,158	+0.5%
120	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	219,549	+0.4%
121	Landkreis Rostock	218,780	+0.3%
122	Oberhavel	217,290	+0.2%
123	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	217,061	+0.4%
124	Fürstenfeldbruck	216,912	+0.7%
125	Mayen-Koblenz	216,874	+0.4%
126	Vorpommern-Rügen	216,175	+0.1%
127	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	213,922	+0.8%
128	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	213,510	+0.1%
129	Ludwigslust-Parchim	209,372	+0.1%
130	Stade	207,659	+0.6%
131	Westerwaldkreis	207,648	+0.2%
132	Harz	207,134	-0.7%
133	Biberach	206,783	+0.8%
134	Mainz-Bingen	206,220	+0.2%
135	Saarlouis	206,094	+0.2%
136	Herzogtum Lauenburg	205,445	+0.6%
137	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	204,948	+0.5%
138	Schleswig-Flensburg	204,761	+0.2%
139	Euskirchen	201,841	+1.3%
140	Alb-Donau-Kreis	201,769	+0.7%
141	Ostholstein	201,529	+0.4%
142	Nordsachsen	200,778	-0%
143	Schwäbisch Hall	200,597	+1%
144	Enzkreis	199,878	+0.5%
145	Cuxhaven	199,390	+0.2%
146	Märkisch-Oderland	197,785	+0.4%
147	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	197,065	+0.2%
148	Passau, Landkreis	194,068	+0.5%
149	Regensburg, Landkreis	193,801	+1.1%
150	Zollernalbkreis	193,339	+0.3%
151	Barnim	192,776	+0.7%
152	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	190,640	+0.4%
153	Aurich	188,960	+0.3%
154	Neuwied	188,656	+0.4%
155	Ansbach, Landkreis	187,340	+0.5%
156	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	186,050	+0.2%
157	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	184,290	+0.7%
158	Freising	183,535	+1.1%
159	Saalekreis	182,677	+0.2%
160	Neu-Ulm	182,560	+1.2%
161	Salzlandkreis	182,296	-0.8%
162	Oder-Spree	180,499	+0.4%
163	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	180,368	+0.5%
164	Lüneburg, Landkreis	179,403	+0.7%
165	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	179,380	-0.1%
166	Dahme-Spreewald	177,662	+0.7%
167	Teltow-Fläming	177,420	+1.1%
168	Cloppenburg	176,540	+0.6%
169	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	176,242	+1%
170	Gifhorn	175,876	+0.3%
171	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	175,816	+1.1%
172	Burgenlandkreis	175,217	0%
173	Limburg-Weilburg	174,281	+0.5%
174	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	172,887	+0.5%
175	Celle	172,871	+0.2%
176	Traunstein	172,021	+0.6%
177	Waldshut	171,777	+0.6%
178	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	170,856	+0.1%
179	Nordfriesland	170,048	+0.7%
180	Havelland	169,721	+0.7%
181	Emmendingen	169,470	+0.9%
182	Nürnberger Land	169,193	+0.2%
183	Leer	169,111	-0.2%
184	Börde	168,593	-0.2%
185	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	167,850	+0.4%
186	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	166,078	+0.5%
187	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	165,686	-0%
188	Rotenburg (Wümme)	165,561	+0.5%
189	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	164,832	+1.5%
190	Bad Kreuznach	164,564	+0.4%
191	Calw	161,181	+0.7%
192	Landshut, Landkreis	161,180	+0.6%
193	Würzburg, Landkreis	160,879	+0.4%
194	Nordwestmecklenburg	157,160	0%
195	Schaumburg	157,051	+0.2%
196	Wartburgkreis	156,334	-0.1%
197	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	156,154	+0.4%
198	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	155,525	+0.3%
199	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	155,175	+0.4%
200	Waldeck-Frankenberg	155,135	0%
201	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	153,801	-0.4%
202	Oberallgäu	153,394	+0.5%
203	Dachau	151,925	+0.6%
204	Hameln-Pyrmont	150,535	-0.1%
205	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	149,664	+1.5%
206	Trier-Saarburg	149,056	0%
207	Schwandorf	148,698	+0.5%
208	Bamberg, Landkreis	148,017	+0.5%
209	Vechta	146,400	+0.6%
210	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	145,681	+0.4%
211	Unterallgäu	145,298	+1.3%
212	Tuttlingen	144,955	+0.9%
213	Saarpfalz-Kreis	144,478	-0%
214	Grafschaft Bentheim	144,212	+0.5%
215	Ebersberg	143,011	+0.6%
216	Heidekreis	141,627	-1.5%
217	Ostallgäu	141,137	+0.7%
218	Rottweil	140,344	+0.3%
219	Erding	139,547	+0.6%
220	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	139,536	+0.9%
221	Höxter	139,042	+0.1%
222	Starnberg	138,926	+0.3%
223	Erlangen-Höchstadt	138,581	+0.4%
224	Verden	138,273	+0.3%
225	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	138,214	+1%
226	Weilheim-Schongau	138,052	+0.9%
227	Peine	136,983	+0.2%
228	Gotha	136,933	-0.3%
229	Aichach-Friedberg	136,430	+1%
230	Heidenheim	135,241	+0.4%
231	Eichstätt	135,220	+0.8%
232	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	135,087	+0.9%
233	Donau-Ries	134,677	+0.7%
234	Bad Dürkheim	134,221	+0.1%
235	Neunkirchen	133,667	+0.1%
236	Dithmarschen	133,514	+0.3%
237	Main-Tauber-Kreis	133,459	+0.5%
238	Sigmaringen	132,758	+0.2%
239	Steinburg	132,447	+0.6%
240	Olpe	132,426	-0.1%
241	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	132,149	+0.4%
242	Oldenburg, Landkreis	131,965	+0.6%
243	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	131,845	+1%
244	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	131,759	+0.4%
245	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	131,712	+0.5%
246	Germersheim	131,678	+0.6%
247	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	131,653	+1.3%
248	Alzey-Worms	130,794	+0.7%
249	Plön	130,635	+0.1%
250	Mansfeld-Südharz	130,162	-0.7%

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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 3.66 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population?

Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 33,355 in 2024.

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.