List of German municipalities according to population density

The list of German municipalities, arranged according to population density, gives an overview of the municipalities in Germany , arranged according to population density in inhabitants per square kilometer (Ew./km²). All municipalities that are administratively independent are taken into account.

Expressiveness

The statistically most densely populated city in Germany at the end of 2018 was Munich with 4736 inhabitants per square kilometer, Berlin , on the other hand, was third with 4090 inhabitants / km², while Hamburg, the second largest German city, had only 2438 inhabitants / km² .

The population density says something about the building density and the distribution of the population over the area under consideration only to a very limited extent. The city limits have often emerged quite arbitrarily from historical developments. Munich owes its top position here to the fact that the city limits are chosen to be relatively narrow. Apartment occupancy, i.e. the number of people per apartment unit, also has a significant influence on population density. Cities or districts with many single households tend to have a lower population density, whereas cities with higher rent levels often have more people per apartment area.

Due to the port south of the Elbe and larger rural areas, Hamburg has large areas on which very few people live, which reduces the population density. Densely built-up residential areas without large uninhabited areas with narrow boundaries very quickly reach values ​​of over 10,000 inhabitants / km². In mid-2016 , the Berlin district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg had a population density of 13,200 inhabitants / km². The Hamburg districts of Hoheluft-Ost and Hoheluft-West had a density of 15,395 and 18,321 inhabitants / km².

Distribution in Germany

On December 31, 2018, according to the Federal Statistical Office, 7 of the 100 most densely populated municipalities were in eastern Germany ( new federal states and Berlin) and 93 in western Germany ( old federal states ). The distribution across the federal states was as follows:

• North Rhine-Westphalia (28)
• Bavaria (18)
• Baden-Wuerttemberg (17)
• Hesse (12)
• Schleswig-Holstein (11)
• Brandenburg (3)
• Rhineland-Palatinate (3)
• Lower Saxony (2)
• Saxony (2)
• Berlin (1)
• Bremen (1)
• Hamburg (1)
• Saxony-Anhalt (1)
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (0)
• Saarland (0)
• Thuringia (0)

Municipalities, ordered according to population density

Of the 100 most densely populated municipalities in Germany, 83 were cities, including 42 large cities. 17 parishes were not cities.

Compared to 2011, Freiburg im Breisgau and Würzburg have left the top 100, but Heidenau and Ilvesheim have risen to become among the 100 most densely populated communities.

In the following table, all municipalities that are not cities are marked with an *. The table is supplemented by the most densely populated municipality in federal states that are not represented in the top 100 as well as by the state capitals that are not among the top 100.

rank	Surname	Area in km²	Residents Dec. 31, 2018	Ew./km²	circle	country
1.	Munich	310.70	1,471,508	4,736	District-free city	Bavaria
2.	Ottobrunn *	5.23	21,542	4.119	Munich	Bavaria
3.	Berlin	891.12	3,644,826	4,090	District-free city	Berlin
4th	Groebenzell *	6.36	19,967	3.139	Fürstenfeldbruck	Bavaria
5.	Stuttgart	207.33	634.830	3,062	Urban district	Baden-Württemberg
6th	Herne	51.42	156.374	3,041	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
7th	Frankfurt am Main	248.31	753.056	3,033	District-free city	Hesse
8th.	Offenbach am Main	44.88	128,744	2,869	District-free city	Hesse
9.	Dusseldorf	217.41	619.294	2,849	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
10.	Nuremberg	186.45	518.365	2,780	District-free city	Bavaria
11.	eat	210.34	583.109	2,772	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
12.	Oberhausen	77.09	210,829	2,735	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
13.	Cologne	405.01	1,085,664	2,681	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
14th	Eppelheim	5.70	15,177	2,663	Rhein-Neckar district	Baden-Württemberg
15th	Glienicke / Northern Railway *	4.61	12,218	2,650	Oberhavel	Brandenburg
16.	Hanover	204.30	538.068	2,634	Hanover region	Lower Saxony
17th	Neubiberg *	5.77	14,538	2,520	Munich	Bavaria
18th	Bochum	145.66	364,628	2,503	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
19th	Gelsenkirchen	104.94	260,654	2,484	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
20th	Hamburg	755.09	1,841,179	2,438	District-free city	Hamburg
21st	Steinbach (Taunus)	4.40	10,682	2,428	Hochtaunuskreis	Hesse
22nd	Unterhaching *	10.37	24,980	2,409	Munich	Bavaria
23.	Schwalbach am Taunus	6.47	15,333	2,370	Main-Taunus-Kreis	Hesse
24.	Elmshorn	21.36	49,883	2,335	Pinneberg	Schleswig-Holstein
25th	Asperg	5.80	13,480	2,324	Ludwigsburg	Baden-Württemberg
26th	Bonn	141.06	327.258	2,320	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
27.	Eichwalde *	2.79	6,468	2,318	Dahme-Spreewald	Brandenburg
28.	Kornwestheim	14.65	33,803	2,307	Ludwigsburg	Baden-Württemberg
29	Weißenthurm	3.99	9.115	2,284	Mayen-Koblenz	Rhineland-Palatinate
30th	Buckenhof *	1.39	3,105	2.234	Erlangen-Höchstadt	Bavaria
31.	Kronshagen *	5.34	11,869	2.223	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	Schleswig-Holstein
32.	Mainz	97.73	217.118	2,222	District-free city	Rhineland-Palatinate
33.	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	77.43	171,061	2,209	District-free city	Rhineland-Palatinate
34.	Ludwigsburg	43.34	93,499	2.157	Ludwigsburg	Baden-Württemberg
35.	Hilden	25.95	55,764	2.149	Mettmann	North Rhine-Westphalia
36.	Duisburg	232.80	498,590	2.142	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
37.	Mannheim	144.97	309.370	2.134	Urban district	Baden-Württemberg
38.	Neulußheim *	3.38	7.127	2,109	Rhein-Neckar district	Baden-Württemberg
39.	Wuppertal	168.39	354,382	2,105	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
40.	Gladbeck	35.97	75,687	2,104	Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia
41.	Dortmund	280.71	587.010	2,091	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
42.	Kiel	118.65	247,548	2,086	District-free city	Schleswig-Holstein
43.	Leverkusen	78.87	163,838	2,077	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
44.	Wolfratshausen	9.13	18,836	2,063	Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen	Bavaria
45.	Vineyard	12.16	24,943	2,051	Ravensburg	Baden-Württemberg
46.	Fuerth	63.35	127,748	2.017	District-free city	Bavaria
47.	Esslingen am Neckar	46.43	93,542	2.015	Esslingen	Baden-Württemberg
48.	augsburg	146.87	295.135	2.010	District-free city	Bavaria
49.	Pinneberg	21.54	43,280	2,009	Pinneberg	Schleswig-Holstein
50.	Leipzig	297.80	587.857	1,974	District-free city	Saxony
51.	Wentorf near Hamburg *	6.87	13,349	1,943	Duchy of Lauenburg	Schleswig-Holstein
52.	Unterschleissheim	14.93	28,907	1.936	Munich	Bavaria
53.	Schenefeld	9.99	19,271	1.929	Pinneberg	Schleswig-Holstein
54.	Merzhausen *	2.76	5,280	1.913	Breisgau-Upper Black Forest	Baden-Württemberg
55.	kassel	106.80	201,585	1,888	District-free city	Hesse
56.	regensburg	80.85	152.610	1,887	District-free city	Bavaria
57.	Mülheim an der Ruhr	91.28	170,880	1,872	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
58.	Germering	21.60	40,389	1,870	Fürstenfeldbruck	Bavaria
59.	Obertshausen	13.62	24,943	1,831	Offenbach	Hesse
60.	Bad Soden am Taunus	12.50	22,645	1,812	Main-Taunus-Kreis	Hesse
61.	Karlsruhe	173.42	313.092	1,805	Urban district	Baden-Württemberg
62.	Bremen	317.88	569.352	1,791	District-free city	Bremen
63.	Altbach *	3.34	5,967	1,787	Esslingen	Baden-Württemberg
64.	Solingen	89.54	159,360	1,780	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
65.	Halle (Saale)	135.03	239.257	1,772	District-free city	Saxony-Anhalt
66.	Eschborn	12.13	21,488	1,771	Main-Taunus-Kreis	Hesse
67.	Monheim am Rhein	23.05	40,645	1,763	Mettmann	North Rhine-Westphalia
68.	Puchheim	12.24	21,531	1,759	Fürstenfeldbruck	Bavaria
69.	Siegburg	23.66	41,463	1,752	Rhein-Sieg district	North Rhine-Westphalia
70.	Hattersheim am Main	15.80	27,590	1,746	Main-Taunus-Kreis	Hesse
71.	Kleinmachnow *	11.91	20,564	1,727	Potsdam-Mittelmark	Brandenburg
72.	Ostfildern	22.81	39,321	1,724	Esslingen	Baden-Württemberg
73.	Eichenau *	6.99	11,894	1,702	Fürstenfeldbruck	Bavaria
74.	Rosenheim	37.22	63,324	1,701	District-free city	Bavaria
75.	Dresden	328.48	554,649	1,689	District-free city	Saxony
76.	Recklinghausen	66.50	112,267	1,688	Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia
77.	Herten	37.33	61,791	1,655	Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia
77.	Kriftel *	6.76	11,188	1,655	Main-Taunus-Kreis	Hesse
79.	Erkrath	26.88	44,384	1,651	Mettmann	North Rhine-Westphalia
80.	Krefeld	137.77	227.020	1,648	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
80.	Fellbach	27.71	45,671	1,648	Rems-Murr district	Baden-Württemberg
82.	Glinde	11.21	18,443	1,645	Stormarn	Schleswig-Holstein
83.	Hair *	12.90	21,185	1,642	Munich	Bavaria
84.	Oldenburg (Oldb)	103.09	168.210	1,632	District-free city	Lower Saxony
85.	Saint Augustine	34.22	55,767	1,630	Rhein-Sieg district	North Rhine-Westphalia
86.	Uetersen	11.43	18,496	1,618	Pinneberg	Schleswig-Holstein
87.	Wilster	2.71	4,308	1,590	Stone castle	Schleswig-Holstein
88	Büdelsdorf	6.48	10,297	1,589	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	Schleswig-Holstein
89.	Ilvesheim *	5.89	9,346	1,587	Rhein-Neckar district	Baden-Württemberg
90.	Flensburg	56.73	89.504	1,578	District-free city	Schleswig-Holstein
91.	Dietzenbach	21.68	34,019	1,569	Offenbach	Hesse
92.	Constancy	54.11	84,760	1,566	Constancy	Baden-Württemberg
93.	Neu-Isenburg	24.29	37,668	1,551	Offenbach	Hesse
93.	Because on the Rhine	19.46	30,175	1,551	Loerrach	Baden-Württemberg
95.	Wesseling	23.37	36,146	1,547	Rhein-Erft district	North Rhine-Westphalia
96.	Neuss	99.52	153,796	1,545	Rhine district of Neuss	North Rhine-Westphalia
97.	Aachen	160.85	247.380	1,538	City region Aachen	North Rhine-Westphalia
98	Mönchengladbach	170.47	261.454	1,534	District-free city	North Rhine-Westphalia
99	Moers	67.68	103.725	1,533	Wesel	North Rhine-Westphalia
100.	Koenigsbrunn	18.40	28,076	1,526	augsburg	Bavaria
135.	Wiesbaden	203.89	278,342	1,365	District-free city	Hesse
191.	Magdeburg	201.01	238.697	1,187	District-free city	Saxony-Anhalt
207.	Rostock	181.36	208,886	1,152	District-free city	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
220.	Spiesen-Elversberg *	11.42	12,850	1,125	Neunkirchen	Saarland
242.	Saarbrücken	167.52	180.741	1,079	Regional association Saarbrücken	Saarland
253.	Hermsdorf	7.49	7,893	1,054	Saale-Holzland district	Thuringia
308	Potsdam	188.25	178.089	946	District-free city	Brandenburg
421.	Erfurt	269.91	213,699	792	District-free city	Thuringia
490.	Schwerin	130.52	95,818	734	District-free city	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

See also

• List of major cities in Germany (also contains the population density of all major cities)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg: Statistical Yearbook 2016 - Berlin, p. 32
2. ^ Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein: Hamburg district profiles
3. ↑ Federal Statistical Office: All politically independent municipalities with selected characteristics on September 30, 2019 (3rd quarter 2019)

Web links

• Statistical offices of the federal and state governments - directory of local authorities
• State statistical offices