Germany

EuropeCapital: BerlinMost important metro: Rhine-Ruhr

2026 population

83.5M

Rank #19 globally

Area

357k km²

Metros tracked

84% of population in metros

Composite score

451.9

Rank #3 globally

73 tracked metros

Rank	Metro	Population	Score	Tier
#24	Rhine-Ruhr▲ Largest	11.1M	65.0	World City
#30	Berlin★ Capital	5.7M	59.7	World City
#38	Munich	6.1M	51.9	World City
#47	Frankfurt	6.0M	47.7	Major Metro
#91	Hamburg	4.8M	30.0	Major Metro
#102	Stuttgart	5.5M	26.8	Major Metro
#141	Hannover-Brunswick	3.2M	20.0	Major Metro
#183	Rhine-Neckar	2.3M	14.7	Regional Hub
#192	Saxon Triangle	3.0M	13.9	Regional Hub
#201	Nuremberg	1.4M	13.6	Regional Hub
#259	Dresden	1.3M	9.9	Established City
#270	Freiburg	680K	9.4	Established City
#302	Ulm	723K	8.3	Established City
#308	Kiel	661K	8.2	Established City
#333	Bremen	2.5M	7.6	Established City
#364	Karlsruhe	765K	6.7	Established City
#426	Erfurt-Weimar-Jena	628K	5.4	Established City
#503	Regensburg	500K	4.5	Emerging City
#527	Würzburg	387K	4.2	Emerging City
#529	Bielefeld	1.1M	4.2	Emerging City
#607	Rostock	424K	3.4	Emerging City
#608	Göttingen	154K	3.4	Emerging City
#628	Magdeburg	501K	3.2	Emerging City
#638	Aachen	582K	3.1	Emerging City
#644	Munster	536K	3.1	Emerging City
#702	Saarbrücken	538K	2.7	Emerging City
#775	Konstanz	595K	2.3	Emerging City
#949	Kassel	428K	1.6	Emerging City
#973	Flensburg	302K	1.6	Emerging City
#996	Kaiserslautern	351K	1.5	Emerging City
#1189	Villingen-Schwenningen	214K	1.2	Emerging City
#1211	Minden	321K	1.1	Emerging City
#1254	Eisenach	155K	1.1	Emerging City
#1266	Ahrweiler	129K	1.0	Emerging City
#1297	Gummersbach	70K	1.0	Emerging City
#1419	Paderborn	316K	0.9	Local City
#1428	Osnabrück	292K	0.8	Local City
#1436	Schweinfurt	272K	0.8	Local City
#1476	Düren	138K	0.8	Local City
#1544	Bayreuth	176K	0.7	Local City
#1645	Koblenz	331K	0.6	Local City
#1691	Offenburg	217K	0.6	Local City
#1723	Siegen	174K	0.6	Local City
#1796	Bocholt	93K	0.5	Local City
#2144	Trier	253K	0.3	Local City
#2171	Bamberg	225K	0.3	Local City
#2198	Cottbus	205K	0.3	Local City
#2221	Memmingen	191K	0.3	Local City
#2553	Lüdenscheid	82K	0.3	Local City
#3061	Passau	326K	0.1	Local City
#3097	Baden-Baden	288K	0.1	Local City
#3171	Ansbach	228K	0.1	Local City
#3182	Kempten	223K	0.1	Local City
#3314	Pirmasens	163K	0.1	Local City
#3356	Amberg	147K	0.0	Local City
#3365	Homburg	144K	0.0	Local City
#3380	Hof	139K	0.0	Local City
#3385	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	138K	0.0	Local City
#3406	Neunkirchen	133K	0.0	Local City
#3443	Coburg	126K	0.0	Local City
#3516	Marburg	113K	0.0	Local City
#3565	Stendal	107K	0.0	Local City
#3613	Schwerin	98K	0.0	Local City
#3630	Gera	96K	0.0	Local City
#3634	Suhl	95K	0.0	Local City
#3741	Arnsberg	75K	0.0	Local City
#3813	Plauen	66K	0.0	Local City
#3830	Neubrandenburg	63K	0.0	Local City
#3857	Greifswald	60K	0.0	Local City
#3883	Frankfurt (Oder)	57K	0.0	Local City
#3905	Gorlitz	55K	0.0	Local City
#3955	Emden	49K	0.0	Local City
#4065	Meppen	37K	0.0	Local City