List of cities in Brandenburg by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Brandenburg with a population of more than 15,000.[1] As of December 31, 2017, 41 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

Potsdam

Cottbus

Brandenburg an der Havel

Frankfurt (Oder)

Falkensee

Eberswalde

The following table lists the 41 cities and communes in Brandenburg with a population of at least 15,000 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]

2017 Rank	City	district	2017 estimate	2011 Census	2017 land area	2017 pop. density
1	Potsdam	urban district	175,710	156,021	188 km²	933.3/km²
2	Cottbus	urban district	101,036	99,984	166 km²	610.0/km²
3	Brandenburg an der Havel	urban district	71,886	71,569	230 km²	312.9/km²
4	Frankfurt (Oder)	urban district	58,237	59,140	148 km²	393.9/km²
5	Oranienburg	Oberhavel	43,982	41,269	164 km²	268.7/km²
6	Falkensee	Havelland (district)	43,552	40,228	43.3 km²	1,007/km²
7	Eberswalde	Barnim	40,223	39,166	93.6 km²	429.5/km²
8	Bernau bei Berlin	Barnim	38,194	35,631	104 km²	366.7/km²
9	Königs Wusterhausen	Dahme-Spreewald	36,706	33,706	96.0 km²	382.2/km²
10	Fürstenwalde	Oder-Spree	32,098	30,913	70.7 km²	454.1/km²
11	Neuruppin	Ostprignitz-Ruppin	30,889	30,328	305 km²	101.2/km²
12	Schwedt	Uckermark (district)	30,075	31,785	206 km²	146.3/km²
13	Blankenfelde-Mahlow	Teltow-Fläming	27,378	25,503	55.2 km²	496.2/km²
14	Strausberg	Märkisch-Oderland	26,522	25,591	68.0 km²	390.3/km²
15	Hennigsdorf	Oberhavel	26,369	25,520	31.5 km²	837.9/km²
16	Hohen Neuendorf	Oberhavel	26,001	24,459	48.6 km²	535.4/km²
17	Teltow	Potsdam-Mittelmark	25,761	22,356	21.6 km²	1,193/km²
18	Werder (Havel)	Potsdam-Mittelmark	25,695	23,196	117 km²	219.5/km²
19	Ludwigsfelde	Teltow-Fläming	25,665	23,661	110 km²	233.4/km²
20	Eisenhüttenstadt	Oder-Spree	25,057	28,219	63.5 km²	394.8/km²
21	Senftenberg	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	24,558	25,582	128 km²	192.5/km²
22	Rathenow	Havelland (district)	24,309	24,462	113 km²	214.9/km²
23	Wandlitz	Barnim	22,585	20,615	163 km²	138.7/km²
24	Spremberg	Spree-Neiße	22,456	23,615	202 km²	111.0/km²
25	Luckenwalde	Teltow-Fläming	20,674	20,242	46.6 km²	443.6/km²
26	Kleinmachnow	Potsdam-Mittelmark	20,608	19,874	11.9 km²	1,730/km²
27	Panketal	Barnim	20,390	18,886	25.9 km²	788.8/km²
28	Prenzlau	Uckermark (district)	19,110	19,296	143 km²	133.7/km²
29	Zossen	Teltow-Fläming	18,915	17,267	180 km²	104.9/km²
30	Forst (Lausitz)	Spree-Neiße	18,353	19,757	111 km²	165.8/km²
31	Neuenhagen bei Berlin	Märkisch-Oderland	17,986	16,751	19.6 km²	917.2/km²
32	Hoppegarten	Märkisch-Oderland	17,966	16,628	32.0 km²	561.8/km²
33	Nauen	Havelland (district)	17,686	16,385	268 km²	66.0/km²
34	Wittenberge	Prignitz	17,201	17,792	50.6 km²	339.7/km²
35	Guben	Spree-Neiße	17,174	18,620	44.0 km²	390.4/km²
36	Finsterwalde	Elbe-Elster	16,409	16,970	77.2 km²	212.5/km²
37	Lübbenau	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	16,090	16,489	139 km²	115.4/km²
38	Templin	Uckermark (district)	15,974	16,237	379 km²	42.1/km²
39	Rüdersdorf bei Berlin	Märkisch-Oderland	15,569	14,922	70.4 km²	221.2/km²
40	Stahnsdorf	Potsdam-Mittelmark	15,270	14,031	49.5 km²	308.7/km²
41	Petershagen-Eggersdorf	Märkisch-Oderland	15,049	13,890	17.6 km²	853.6/km²

External links

• Cities in Brandenburg 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.