Northern Germany - Major Cities

Major Cities

Where a city has different names in English and German, the English name is given first.

Federal capital
State capital


Rank City Pop.
1950		 Pop.
1960		 Pop.
1970		 Pop.
1980		 Pop.
1990		 Pop.
2000		 Pop.
2010		 Area
 Density
per km²		 Growth

 surpassed
100,000		 State
(Bundesland)
1. Berlin 70063336026000000003,336,026 70063274016000000003,274,016 70063208719000000003,208,719 70063048759000000003,048,759 70063433695000000003,433,695 70063382169000000003,382,169 70063460725000000003,460,725 887,70 70033899000000000003,899 2.32 1747 Berlin
2. Hamburg 70061605606000000001,605,606 70061836958000000001,836,958 70061793640000000001,793,640 70061645095000000001,645,095 70061652363000000001,652,363 70061715392000000001,715,392 70061786448000000001,786,448 755,16 70032366000000000002,366 4.14 1787 Hamburg
3. Bremen 7005444549000000000444,549 7005563270000000000563,270 7005592533000000000592,533 7005555118000000000555,118 7005551219000000000551,219 7005539403000000000539,403 7005547340000000000547,340 325,42 70031682000000000001,682 1.47 1875 Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
4. Hanover / Hannover 7005444296000000000444,296 7005574672000000000574,672 7005521003000000000521,003 7005534623000000000534,623 7005513010000000000513,010 7005515001000000000515,001 7005522686000000000522,686 204,14 70032560000000000002,560 1.49 1875 Lower Saxony
5. Bielefeld 7005153613000000000153,613 7005174527000000000174,527 7005168609000000000168,609 7005312708000000000312,708 7005319037000000000319,037 7005321758000000000321,758 7005323270000000000323,270 257,92 70031253000000000001,253 0.47 1930 North Rhine-Westphalia
6. Brunswick / Braunschweig 7005223760000000000223,760 7005242489000000000242,489 7005223275000000000223,275 7005261141000000000261,141 7005245816000000000245,816 7005245816000000000245,816 7005248867000000000248,867 192,15 70031295000000000001,295 1.24 1890 Lower Saxony
7. Kiel 7005254449000000000254,449 7005271610000000000271,610 7005271070000000000271,070 7005250062000000000250,062 7005245567000000000245,567 7005232612000000000232,612 7005239526000000000239,526 118,65 70032019000000000002,019 2.97 1898 Schleswig-Holstein
8. Magdeburg 7005260305000000000260,305 7005261594000000000261,594 7005272237000000000272,237 7005289032000000000289,032 7005278807000000000278,807 7005231450000000000231,450 7005231549000000000231,549 200,99 70031152000000000001,152 0.04 1882 Saxony-Anhalt
9. Lübeck 7005238276000000000238,276 7005232140000000000232,140 7005239955000000000239,955 7005220588000000000220,588 7005214758000000000214,758 7005213399000000000213,399 7005210232000000000210,232 214,21 7002981000000000000981 −1.48 1912 Schleswig-Holstein
10. Rostock 7005133109000000000133,109 7005158630000000000158,630 7005198636000000000198,636 7005232506000000000232,506 7005248088000000000248,088 7005200506000000000200,506 7005202735000000000202,735 181,26 70031118000000000001,118 1.11 1935 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Rank City Pop.
1950		 Pop.
1960		 Pop.
1970		 Pop.
1980		 Pop.
1990		 Pop.
2000		 Pop.
2010		 Area
 Density
per km²		 Growth

 surpassed
100,000		 State
(Land)

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