List of cities in Bavaria by population

The following list sorts all cities in the German state of Bavaria with a population of more than 20,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 74 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

Munich

Nuremberg

Augsburg

Regensburg

Ingolstadt

Würzburg

Fürth

Erlangen

Bamberg

Schweinfurt

The following table lists the 74 cities in Bavaria with a population of at least 20,000 on December 31, 2017, 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 December 31, 2017, 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 December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany[2]
5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census[3]
6. The city land area as of December 31, 2017[2]
7. The city population density as of December 31, 2017 (residents per unit of land area)[2]
8. Yearly population growth since 2011

2017 Rank	City	district	2017 estimate	2011 Census	2017 land area	2017 pop. density	growth (2011–2017)
1	Munich	urban district	1,456,039	1,348,335	311 km²	4,686/km²	+1.16%
2	Nuremberg	urban district	515,201	486,314	186 km²	2,763/km²	+0.87%
3	Augsburg	urban district	292,851	267,767	147 km²	1,994/km²	+1.36%
4	Regensburg	urban district	150,894	135,403	80.8 km²	1,866/km²	+1.64%
5	Ingolstadt	urban district	135,244	124,927	133 km²	1,014/km²	+1.20%
6	Würzburg	urban district	126,635	124,297	87.6 km²	1,446/km²	+0.28%
7	Fürth	urban district	126,526	115,613	63.4 km²	1,997/km²	+1.37%
8	Erlangen	urban district	110,998	103,719	77.0 km²	1,442/km²	+1.03%
9	Bamberg	urban district	77,179	70,635	54.6 km²	1,413/km²	+1.34%
10	Bayreuth	urban district	73,999	70,808	66.9 km²	1,106/km²	+0.67%
11	Landshut	urban district	71,193	63,544	65.8 km²	1,081/km²	+1.72%
12	Aschaffenburg	urban district	69,928	67,359	62.5 km²	1,120/km²	+0.56%
13	Kempten (Allgäu)	urban district	68,330	64,078	63.3 km²	1,080/km²	+0.97%
14	Rosenheim	urban district	63,080	59,329	37.2 km²	1,695/km²	+0.93%
15	Neu-Ulm	Neu-Ulm (district)	57,727	52,706	81.0 km²	713.1/km²	+1.38%
16	Schweinfurt	urban district	53,437	52,143	35.7 km²	1,497/km²	+0.37%
17	Passau	urban district	51,781	48,649	69.6 km²	744.4/km²	+0.94%
18	Freising	Freising (district)	48,318	44,578	88.6 km²	545.4/km²	+1.22%
19	Straubing	urban district	47,586	44,488	67.6 km²	704.0/km²	+1.02%
20	Dachau	Dachau (district)	47,255	43,402	35.0 km²	1,352/km²	+1.29%
21	Hof	urban district	45,950	44,759	58.0 km²	792.0/km²	+0.40%
22	Kaufbeuren	urban district	43,478	41,550	40.0 km²	1,086/km²	+0.68%
23	Memmingen	urban district	43,470	41,241	70.1 km²	620.0/km²	+0.79%
24	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	urban district	42,543	41,746	70.6 km²	602.8/km²	+0.28%
25	Amberg	urban district	42,248	41,911	50.1 km²	842.8/km²	+0.12%
26	Ansbach	urban district	41,652	39,491	99.9 km²	416.9/km²	+0.80%
27	Coburg	urban district	41,236	41,023	48.3 km²	853.9/km²	+0.08%
28	Schwabach	urban district	40,781	38,469	40.8 km²	999.5/km²	+0.88%
29	Germering	Fürstenfeldbruck (district)	40,285	37,724	21.6 km²	1,865/km²	+0.99%
30	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	Neumarkt (district)	39,822	38,362	79.0 km²	504.0/km²	+0.56%
31	Fürstenfeldbruck	Fürstenfeldbruck (district)	37,202	33,379	32.5 km²	1,144/km²	+1.64%
32	Erding	Erding (district)	36,382	33,528	54.6 km²	666.2/km²	+1.24%
33	Deggendorf	Deggendorf (district)	33,373	31,491	77.1 km²	432.6/km²	+0.88%
34	Forchheim	Forchheim (district)	32,125	30,329	44.5 km²	722.7/km²	+0.87%
35	Friedberg	Aichach-Friedberg	29,782	28,640	81.3 km²	366.5/km²	+0.59%
36	Neuburg an der Donau	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	29,608	27,733	81.3 km²	364.2/km²	+0.99%
37	Landsberg am Lech	Landsberg (district)	28,865	27,324	57.9 km²	498.4/km²	+0.83%
38	Unterschleißheim	Munich (district)	28,809	25,872	14.9 km²	1,930/km²	+1.63%
39	Schwandorf	Schwandorf (district)	28,730	27,556	124 km²	232.0/km²	+0.63%
40	Königsbrunn	Augsburg (district)	27,850	26,997	18.4 km²	1,514/km²	+0.47%
41	Olching	Fürstenfeldbruck (district)	27,592	24,751	29.9 km²	922.2/km²	+1.65%
42	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Garmisch (district)	27,024	25,581	206 km²	131.4/km²	+0.83%
43	Lauf an der Pegnitz	Nürnberger Land	26,571	25,629	59.8 km²	444.6/km²	+0.54%
44	Kulmbach	Kulmbach (district)	26,002	26,678	92.8 km²	280.3/km²	–0.39%
45	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	Pfaffenhofen (district)	25,781	23,603	92.6 km²	278.3/km²	+1.34%
46	Zirndorf	Fürth (district)	25,307	24,752	28.8 km²	879.0/km²	+0.33%
47	Lindau (Bodensee)	Lindau (district)	25,253	24,491	33.1 km²	763.9/km²	+0.46%
48	Roth	Roth (district)	25,220	24,348	96.3 km²	261.8/km²	+0.53%
49	Geretsried	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	24,892	23,042	24.6 km²	1,012/km²	+1.17%
50	Unterhaching	Munich (district)	24,864	22,298	10.4 km²	2,398/km²	+1.65%
51	Waldkraiburg	Mühldorf (district)	23,435	21,435	21.6 km²	1,087/km²	+1.35%
52	Starnberg	Starnberg (district)	23,339	22,165	61.9 km²	377.3/km²	+0.78%
53	Vaterstetten	Ebersberg (district)	23,229	21,069	34.1 km²	681.6/km²	+1.48%
54	Herzogenaurach	Erlangen-Höchstadt	23,098	22,214	47.6 km²	485.0/km²	+0.59%
55	Gersthofen	Augsburg (district)	22,430	20,743	34.0 km²	659.5/km²	+1.18%
56	Weilheim in Oberbayern	Weilheim-Schongau	22,355	21,149	55.5 km²	402.8/km²	+0.84%
57	Bad Kissingen	Bad Kissingen (district)	22,245	20,993	69.9 km²	318.1/km²	+0.88%
58	Senden	Neu-Ulm (district)	22,133	21,560	25.2 km²	877.9/km²	+0.40%
59	Neusäß	Augsburg (district)	22,038	21,052	25.2 km²	873.8/km²	+0.69%
60	Sonthofen	Oberallgäu	21,522	21,105	46.5 km²	462.3/km²	+0.29%
61	Ottobrunn	Munich (district)	21,503	20,082	5.2 km²	4,111/km²	+1.03%
62	Puchheim	Fürstenfeldbruck (district)	21,396	19,613	12.2 km²	1,748/km²	+1.32%
63	Kitzingen	Kitzingen (district)	21,346	20,237	47.0 km²	454.3/km²	+0.81%
64	Aichach	Aichach-Friedberg	21,169	20,247	92.8 km²	228.0/km²	+0.67%
65	Karlsfeld	Dachau (district)	21,141	18,117	15.6 km²	1,354/km²	+2.35%
66	Haar	Munich (district)	21,000	19,231	12.9 km²	1,628/km²	+1.33%
67	Traunreut	Traunstein (district)	20,934	19,941	45.1 km²	464.6/km²	+0.73%
68	Gauting	Starnberg (district)	20,556	19,294	55.5 km²	370.4/km²	+0.96%
69	Günzburg	Günzburg (district)	20,355	19,436	55.4 km²	367.4/km²	+0.70%
70	Nördlingen	Donau-Ries	20,236	19,051	68.1 km²	297.2/km²	+0.91%
71	Traunstein	Traunstein (district)	20,172	18,635	48.6 km²	415.3/km²	+1.20%
72	Lichtenfels	Lichtenfels (district)	20,158	20,204	122 km²	165.0/km²	–0.03%
73	Mühldorf am Inn	Mühldorf am Inn (district)	20,123	16,807	29.4 km²	684.0/km²	+2.75%
74	Neufahrn bei Freising	Freising (district)	20,096	18,392	45.5 km²	441.3/km²	+1.34%

External links

• Cities in Bavaria by population

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. "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. April 10, 2014.