The following is the list of top 50 major cities in Germany is based on the population and rank along with the capital of the respective state and union territory.
Top 50 Largest Cities in Germany
| Rank | City | Population (2024 est.) | Area (km2) | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin | 3,782,202 | 891.8 | Berlin |
| 2 | Hamburg | 1,910,160 | 755.2 | Hamburg |
| 3 | Munich | 1,604,384 | 310.7 | Bavaria |
| 4 | Cologne | 1,087,353 | 405.2 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 5 | Frankfurt am Main | 773,068 | 248.3 | Hesse |
| 6 | Stuttgart | 632,743 | 207.4 | Baden-Wurttemberg |
| 7 | Düsseldorf | 629,047 | 217.4 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 8 | Leipzig | 624,689 | 297.6 | Saxony |
| 9 | Dortmund | 588,250 | 280.7 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 10 | Essen | 584,580 | 210.3 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 11 | Bremen | 582,760 | 325.4 | Bremen |
| 12 | Dresden | 563,311 | 328.3 | Saxony |
| 13 | Hanover | 538,068 | 204.1 | Lower Saxony |
| 14 | Nuremberg | 526,091 | 186.4 | Bavaria |
| 15 | Duisburg | 498,686 | 232.8 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 16 | Bochum | 365,742 | 145.7 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 17 | Wuppertal | 354,382 | 168.4 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 18 | Bonn | 336,465 | 141.2 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 19 | Bielefeld | 338,532 | 258.0 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 20 | Mannheim | 316,998 | 144.9 | Baden-Wurttemberg |
| 21 | Karlsruhe | 311,919 | 173.5 | Baden-Wurttemberg |
| 22 | Münster | 318,000 | 302.9 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 23 | Wiesbaden | 283,000 | 203.9 | Hesse |
| 24 | Augsburg | 304,000 | 146.8 | Bavaria |
| 25 | Aachen | 261,000 | 160.8 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 26 | Mönchengladbach | 268,000 | 170.5 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 27 | Gelsenkirchen | 259,000 | 104.9 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 28 | Braunschweig | 252,000 | 192.1 | Lower Saxony |
| 29 | Chemnitz | 247,000 | 220.9 | Saxony |
| 30 | Kiel | 247,000 | 118.6 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| 31 | Krefeld | 230,000 | 137.8 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 32 | Halle (Saale) | 242,000 | 135.0 | Saxony-Anhalt |
| 33 | Magdeburg | 240,000 | 200.9 | Saxony-Anhalt |
| 34 | Freiburg im Breisgau | 235,000 | 153.1 | Baden-Wurttemberg |
| 35 | Oberhausen | 210,000 | 77.1 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 36 | Lübeck | 217,000 | 214.2 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| 37 | Erfurt | 216,000 | 269.1 | Thuringia |
| 38 | Rostock | 211,000 | 181.3 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| 39 | Mainz | 222,000 | 97.7 | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 40 | Kassel | 201,000 | 106.8 | Hesse |
| 41 | Hagen | 188,000 | 160.4 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 42 | Hamm | 179,000 | 226.3 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 43 | Saarbrücken | 182,000 | 167.1 | Saarland |
| 44 | Mülheim an der Ruhr | 172,000 | 91.3 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 45 | Herne | 157,000 | 51.4 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 46 | Ludwigshafen am Rhein | 173,000 | 77.6 | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 47 | Osnabrück | 168,000 | 119.8 | Lower Saxony |
| 48 | Oldenburg | 174,000 | 103.0 | Lower Saxony |
| 49 | Leverkusen | 166,000 | 78.9 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 50 | Solingen | 160,000 | 89.5 | North Rhine-Westphalia |
