List of cities in Bavaria by population

The following list sorts all cities and municipalities in the German state of Bavaria with a population of more than 20,000.[1] As of May 15, 2022, 75 places 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

Munich
Nuremberg
Augsburg
Regensburg
Ingolstadt
Würzburg
Fürth
Erlangen
Bamberg
Schweinfurt

The following table lists the 75 cities and municipalities in Bavaria with a population of at least 20,000 on May 15, 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 May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 German census[2][3]
  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 May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 German census[2]
  5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census[4]
  6. The city land area as of May 15, 2022[2]
  7. The city population density as of May 15, 2022 (residents per unit of land area)[2]
  8. Yearly population growth since 2011
2022
Rank 		City district 2022 Census 2011 Census 2022 land area 2022 pop. density growth (2011–2022)
1 Munich urban district 1,478,638 1,348,335 311 km2 4,759/km2 +0.84%
2 Nuremberg urban district 522,554 486,314 186 km2 2,803/km2 +0.65%
3 Augsburg urban district 294,647 267,767 147 km2 2,006/km2 +0.87%
4 Regensburg urban district 145,901 135,403 80.9 km2 1,894/km2 +0.68%
5 Ingolstadt urban district 136,468 124,927 133 km2 1,023/km2 +0.81%
6 Würzburg urban district 131,316 124,297 87.6 km2 1,499/km2 +0.50%
7 Fürth urban district 130,126 115,613 63.4 km2 2,054/km2 +1.08%
8 Erlangen urban district 112,220 103,719 77.0 km2 1,458/km2 +0.72%
9 Bamberg urban district 72,764 70,635 54.6 km2 1,332/km2 +1.34%
10 Bayreuth urban district 72,289 70,808 66.9 km2 1,081/km2 +0.19%
11 Aschaffenburg urban district 71,692 67,359 62.5 km2 1,148/km2 +0.57%
12 Landshut urban district 67,880 63,544 65.8 km2 1,031/km2 +0.60%
13 Kempten (Allgäu) urban district 65,050 64,078 63.3 km2 1,028/km2 +0.14%
14 Rosenheim urban district 63,284 59,329 37.2 km2 1,700/km2 +0.59%
15 Neu-Ulm Neu-Ulm (district) 60,597 52,706 81.0 km2 749/km2 +1.27%
16 Schweinfurt urban district 53,242 52,143 35.7 km2 1,491/km2 +0.19%
17 Passau urban district 51,907 48,649 69.6 km2 746/km2 +0.59%
18 Freising Freising (district) 47,727 44,578 88.6 km2 539/km2 +0.62%
19 Straubing urban district 46,167 44,488 67.6 km2 683/km2 +0.34%
20 Dachau Dachau (district) 45,965 43,402 35.0 km2 1,315/km2 +0.52%
21 Hof urban district 45,598 44,759 58.0 km2 786/km2 +0.17%
22 Kaufbeuren urban district 45,186 41,550 40.0 km2 1,129/km2 +0.76%
23 Memmingen urban district 43,300 41,241 70.1 km2 618/km2 +0.44%
24 Weiden in der Oberpfalz urban district 42,047 41,746 70.6 km2 596/km2 +0.07%
25 Amberg urban district 41,876 41,911 50.1 km2 835/km2 –0.01%
26 Schwabach urban district 40,865 38,469 40.8 km2 1,002/km2 +0.55%
27 Coburg urban district 40,296 41,023 48.3 km2 835/km2 –0.16%
28 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz Neumarkt (district) 40,232 38,362 79.0 km2 509/km2 +0.43%
29 Germering Fürstenfeldbruck (district) 39,897 37,724 21.6 km2 1,846/km2 +0.51%
30 Ansbach urban district 39,601 39,491 99.9 km2 396/km2 +0.03%
31 Erding Erding (district) 36,235 33,528 54.6 km2 664/km2 +0.71%
32 Fürstenfeldbruck Fürstenfeldbruck (district) 35,844 33,379 32.5 km2 1,102/km2 +0.65%
33 Deggendorf Deggendorf (district) 33,563 31,491 77.1 km2 435/km2 +0.58%
34 Forchheim Forchheim (district) 32,041 30,329 44.5 km2 721/km2 +0.50%
35 Neuburg an der Donau Neuburg-Schrobenhausen 29,629 27,733 81.3 km2 365/km2 +0.60%
36 Friedberg Aichach-Friedberg 29,595 28,640 81.3 km2 364/km2 +0.30%
37 Schwandorf Schwandorf (district) 29,096 27,556 124 km2 235/km2 +0.49%
38 Landsberg am Lech Landsberg (district) 28,441 27,324 57.9 km2 491/km2 +0.36%
39 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch (district) 28,173 25,581 206 km2 137/km2 +0.88%
40 Unterschleißheim Munich (district) 28,114 25,872 14.9 km2 1,930/km2 +0.76%
41 Königsbrunn Augsburg (district) 27,726 26,997 18.4 km2 1,507/km2 +0.24%
42 Olching Fürstenfeldbruck (district) 27,317 24,751 29.9 km2 913/km2 +0.90%
43 Zirndorf Fürth (district) 26,234 24,752 28.8 km2 911/km2 +0.53%
44 Kulmbach Kulmbach (district) 26,159 26,678 92.8 km2 282/km2 –0.18%
45 Unterhaching Munich (district) 26,073 22,298 10.4 km2 2,514/km2 +1.43%
46 Lauf an der Pegnitz Nürnberger Land 26,019 25,629 59.8 km2 435/km2 +0.14%
47 Geretsried Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen 25,705 23,042 24.6 km2 1,045/km2 +1.00%
48 Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm Pfaffenhofen (district) 25,700 23,603 92.6 km2 277/km2 +0.78%
49 Lindau (Bodensee) Lindau (district) 25,394 24,491 33.1 km2 768/km2 +0.33%
50 Waldkraiburg Mühldorf (district) 25,382 21,435 21.6 km2 1,177/km2 +1.55%
51 Roth Roth (district) 25,281 24,348 96.3 km2 263/km2 +0.34%
52 Vaterstetten Ebersberg (district) 24,250 21,069 34.1 km2 712/km2 +1.28%
53 Starnberg Starnberg (district) 24,168 22,165 61.9 km2 391/km2 +0.79%
54 Herzogenaurach Erlangen-Höchstadt 23,750 22,214 47.6 km2 4899/km2 +0.61%
55 Senden Neu-Ulm (district) 23,237 21,560 25.2 km2 922/km2 +0.68%
56 Gersthofen Augsburg (district) 22,972 20,743 34.0 km2 675/km2 +0.93%
57 Bad Kissingen Bad Kissingen (district) 22,924 20,993 69.9 km2 328/km2 +0.80%
58 Weilheim in Oberbayern Weilheim-Schongau 22,720 21,149 55.5 km2 409/km2 +0.65%
59 Ottobrunn Munich (district) 22,311 20,082 5.2 km2 4,266/km2 +0.96%
60 Neusäß Augsburg (district) 22,178 21,052 25.2 km2 879/km2 +0.47%
61 Kitzingen Kitzingen (district) 21,982 20,237 47.0 km2 468/km2 +0.75%
62 Mühldorf am Inn Mühldorf am Inn (district) 21,917 16,807 29.4 km2 684.0/km2 +2.44%
63 Gauting Starnberg (district) 21,583 19,294 55.5 km2 389/km2 +1.02%
64 Haar Munich (district) 21,427 19,231 12.9 km2 1,661/km2 +0.99%
65 Sonthofen Oberallgäu 21,381 21,105 46.5 km2 459/km2 +0.12%
66 Aichach Aichach-Friedberg 21,328 20,247 92.8 km2 230/km2 +0.47%
67 Günzburg Günzburg (district) 21,172 19,436 55.4 km2 382/km2 +0.78%
68 Karlsfeld Dachau (district) 21,168 18,117 15.6 km2 1,356/km2 +1.42%
69 Puchheim Fürstenfeldbruck (district) 20,950 19,613 12.2 km2 1,72/km2 +0.60%
70 Neufahrn bei Freising Freising (district) 20,464 18,392 45.5 km2 449/km2 +0.97%
71 Lichtenfels Lichtenfels (district) 20,352 20,204 122 km2 167/km2 +0.07%
72 Traunstein Traunstein (district) 20,248 18,635 48.6 km2 417/km2 +0.76%
73 Dingolfing Dingolfing-Landau 20,221 17,773 44.0 km2 460/km2 +1.18%
74 Nördlingen Donau-Ries 20,185 19,051 68.1 km2 296/km2 +0.53%
75 Traunreut Traunstein (district) 20,125 19,941 45.1 km2 447/km2 +0.08%

References

  1. ^ "Laufende Stadtbeobachtung – Raumabgrenzungen" (in German). Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved Feb 15, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
  3. ^ "Bayern / Bavaria (Germany): Governmental Districts, Major Cities & Communes - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  4. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. April 10, 2014.