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North Rhine-Westphalia

StateDE-NW

State of Germany.

EuropeCapital: DüsseldorfSub-region: West GermanyLanguage: German
Population
18.0M
Metros tracked
12
14.6M in metros (81%)
Composite score
81.2
Sum across tracked metros
Type
State
ISO 3166-2: DE-NW
At a glance
Endonym
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Established
1946
Area
34,113 km²
Population density
529 /km²
Highest point
Langenberg (844 m (2,769 ft))
Legislature
Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Human Development Index
0.955 (2023)
Bundesrat votes
6
Rank in Germany
1st of 16 by composite score
Area rank
4th of 16 by area
Largest tracked metro
Rhine-Ruhr

Civic facts via Wikidata.

North Rhine-Westphalia metro footprint

12 metros
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Global CapitalContinental MetroMajor MetroRegional HubEstablishedEmergingLocal

Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted. Some metro footprints may extend beyond the state border where the metropolitan area spans state lines.

12 tracked metros

#23Rhine-Ruhr
64.8
11.1MContinental Metro
#547Bielefeld
4.2
1.1MEmerging Metro
#650Aachen
3.2
582KEmerging Metro
#656Munster
3.1
536KEmerging Metro
#1023Paderborn
1.6
316KEmerging Metro
#1248Minden
1.1
321KEmerging Metro
#1333Gummersbach
1.0
70KEmerging Metro
#1508Düren
0.8
138KLocal Metro
#1761Siegen
0.6
174KLocal Metro
#1838Bocholt
0.5
93KLocal Metro
#2550Lüdenscheid
0.3
82KLocal Metro
#3765Arnsberg
0.0
75KLocal Metro