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List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population

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The following list sorts all cities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with a population of more than 50,000.[1] As of 15 May 2022, 76 cities fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations.

List

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Largest cities in North Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne
Cologne
Düsseldorf
Essen
Duisburg
Bochum
Bielefeld
Bonn
Aachen

The following table lists the 76 cities in North Rhine Westphalia with a population of at least 50,000 on 15 May 2022, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany.[2] A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.

  1. The city rank by population as of 15 May 2022, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of German[2]
  2. The city name[2]
  3. The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)[2]
  4. The city population as of 15 May 2022, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany[2]
  5. The city population as of 9 May 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census[3]
  6. The city land area as of 15 May 2022[2]
  7. The city population density as of 15 May 2022 (residents per unit of land area)[2]
  8. Yearly population growth between 2011 and 2022
2022
Rank 		City district 2022 Census 2011 Census 2022 land area 2022 pop. density annual growth
(2011–2022)
1 Cologne urban district 1,017,355 1,005,775 405 km² 2,512/km² 0.10%
2 Düsseldorf urban district 611,258 586,291 217 km² 2,812/km² 0.38%
3 Dortmund urban district 598,246 571,143 281 km² 2,131/km² 0.42%
4 Essen urban district 571,039 566,201 210 km² 2,715/km² 0.08%
5 Duisburg urban district 501,415 488,468 233 km² 2,154/km² 0.24%
6 Wuppertal urban district 356,768 342,661 168 km² 2,119/km² 0.37%
7 Bochum urban district 354,288 362,286 146 km² 2,432/km² -0.20%
8 Bielefeld urban district 330,072 326,870 259 km² 1,275/km² 0.09%
9 Bonn urban district 321,544 305,765 141 km² 2,279/km² 0.46%
10 Münster urban district 303,772 289,576 303 km² 1,002/km² 0.44%
11 Gelsenkirchen urban district 264,130 258,766 105 km² 2,517/km² 0.19%
12 Mönchengladbach urban district 264,089 255,188 170 km² 1,549/km² 0.31%
13 Aachen Aachen 261,178 236,420 161 km² 1,624/km² 0.91%
14 Krefeld urban district 230,666 222,247 138 km² 1,674/km² 0.34%
15 Oberhausen urban district 212,127 210,216 77.1 km² 2,752/km² 0.08%
16 Hagen urban district 189,614 187,944 160 km² 1,182/km² 0.08%
17 Hamm urban district 179,070 176,037 226 km² 790.9/km² 0.16%
18 Mülheim an der Ruhr urban district 171,435 166,865 91.3 km² 1,878/km² 0.25%
19 Leverkusen urban district 166,356 158,984 78.9 km² 2,109/km² 0.41%
20 Solingen urban district 164,621 155,265 89.5 km² 1,839/km² 0.53%
21 Paderborn Paderborn 155,516 142,365 180 km² 866.0/km² 0.81%
22 Herne urban district 155,446 155,160 51.4 km² 3,023/km² 0.02%
23 Neuss Rhein-Kreis Neuss 153,079 150,568 99.5 km² 1,538/km² 0.15%
24 Bottrop urban district 117,921 117,311 101 km² 1,172/km² 0.05%
25 Recklinghausen Recklinghausen 115,216 115,958 66.5 km² 1,733/km² -0.06%
26 Remscheid urban district 113,743 110,708 74.5 km² 1,526/km² 0.25%
27 Bergisch Gladbach Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis 110,898 108,878 83.1 km² 1,335/km² 0.17%
28 Siegen Siegen-Wittgenstein 102,275 99,187 115 km² 891.8/km² 0.28%
29 Moers Wesel 100,465 104,009 67.7 km² 1,484/km² -0.31%
30 Gütersloh Gütersloh 99,344 94,172 112 km² 886.8/km² 0.49%
31 Düren Düren 94,149 88,789 85.0 km² 1,108/km² 0.53%
32 Iserlohn Märkischer Kreis 91,941 94,630 125 km² 732.7/km² -0.26%
33 Witten Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis 91,735 96,382 72.4 km² 1,267/km² -0.45%
34 Ratingen Mettmann 88,425 86,967 88.7 km² 996.5/km² 0.15%
35 Marl Recklinghausen 85,684 84,782 87.8 km² 976.5/km² 0.10%
36 Lünen Unna 85,234 86,010 59.4 km² 1,435/km² -0.08%
37 Minden Minden-Lübbecke 83,743 80,121 101 km² 828.2/km² 0.40%
38 Velbert Mettmann 82,319 81,303 74.9 km² 1,099/km² 0.11%
39 Rheine Steinfurt 76,344 72,749 145 km² 526.5/km² 0.44%
40 Viersen Viersen 76,146 74,941 91.1 km² 835.9/km² 0.14%
41 Gladbeck Recklinghausen 75,515 73,974 36.0 km² 2,100/km² 0.19%
42 Troisdorf Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 75,335 72,408 62.0 km² 1,215/km² 0.36%
43 Arnsberg Hochsauerlandkreis 74,861 74,383 194 km² 386.4/km² 0.06%
44 Detmold Lippe 74,486 73,743 129 km² 575.7/km² 0.09%
45 Dorsten Recklinghausen 74,257 76,860 171 km² 433.5/km² -0.31%
46 Castrop-Rauxel Recklinghausen 72,839 74,629 51.7 km² 1,409/km² -0.22%
47 Bocholt Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 71,985 71,256 119 km² 602.9/km² 0.09%
48 Lüdenscheid Märkischer Kreis 71,688 73,762 87.0 km² 823.8/km² -0.26%
49 Lippstadt Soest 68,100 65,886 114 km² 599.0/km² 0.30%
50 Herford Herford 66,985 65,213 79.2 km² 846.3/km² 0.24%
51 Dinslaken Wesel 66,606 67,853 47.7 km² 1,398/km² -0.17%
52 Kerpen Rhein-Erft-Kreis 65,763 63,273 114 km² 577.1/km² 0.35%
53 Grevenbroich Rhein-Kreis Neuss 65,230 61,741 102 km² 636.9/km² 0.50%
54 Dormagen Rhein-Kreis Neuss 64,259 62,208 85.5 km² 751.6/km² 0.29%
55 Bergheim Rhein-Erft-Kreis 61,449 58,922 96.3 km² 637.8/km² 0.38%
56 Hürth Rhein-Erft-Kreis 61,209 55,082 51.2 km² 1,195/km² 0.96%
57 Herten Recklinghausen 61,062 61,505 37.3 km² 1,636/km² -0.07%
58 Wesel Wesel 59,988 60,335 123 km² 489.5/km² -0.05%
59 Langenfeld, Rhineland Mettmann 59,650 56,829 41.2 km² 1,450/km² 0.44%
60 Unna Unna 59,515 59,149 88.6 km² 672.0/km² 0.06%
61 Euskirchen Euskirchen 58,697 55,414 139 km² 420.8/km² 0.52%
62 Stolberg, Rhineland Aachen 57,165 56,206 98.5 km² 580.5/km² 0.15%
63 Eschweiler Aachen 57,093 54,671 75.8 km² 753.7/km² 0.39%
64 Meerbusch Rhein-Kreis Neuss 56,999 54,313 64.4 km² 885.1/km² 0.44%
65 Sankt Augustin Rhein-Sieg-Kreis 55,985 53,850 34.2 km² 1,636/km² 0.35%
66 Pulheim Rhein-Erft-Kreis 55,199 52,929 72.2 km² 765.1/km² 0.38%
67 Hilden Mettmann 55,085 54,390 26.0 km² 2,123/km² 0.12%
68 Bad Salzuflen Lippe 53,889 52,285 100 km² 538.6/km² 0.27%
69 Hattingen Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis 52,758 54,253 71.7 km² 736.2/km² -0.25%
70 Ahlen Warendorf 52,669 52,280 123 km² 427.8/km² 0.07%
71 Menden, Sauerland Märkischer Kreis 52,434 54,495 86.1 km² 609.0/km² -0.35%
72 Kleve Kleve 52,208 47,438 97.8 km² 534.0/km² 0.87%
73 Frechen Rhein-Erft-Kreis 51,863 49,657 45.1 km² 1,151/km² 0.40%
74 Gummersbach Oberbergischer Kreis 51,327 49,951 95.4 km² 538.0/km² 0.25%
75 Ibbenbüren Steinfurt 50,618 50,569 109 km² 464.9/km² 0.01%
75 Bad Oeynhausen Minden-Lübbecke 50,394 48,623 64.8 km² 777.3/km² 0.33%
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References

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  1. ^ "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen" (in German). Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
  3. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 10 April 2014.
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