# Largest cities in Germany (100k+ population) — verified migration data
> Compact ranking data for Largest cities in Germany (100k+ population). Updated 2026-06-12 from 25 ranked rows.

## Key facts
- Entity: CitySelection
- Slug: germany-largest-cities-100k-plus
- Country: Germany
- Metric: population_total
- Available: true
- Coverage: 84 of 84
- HTML: https://migrationfit.com/selections/germany-largest-cities-100k-plus/
- JSON: https://migrationfit.com/data/selections/germany-largest-cities-100k-plus.json

## Metrics

- #1 Berlin: 3,701,307 people; observed 2025-11-30; source grade A.
- #2 Hamburg: 1,862,565 people; observed 2024-12-31; source grade A.
- #3 Munich: 1,604,731 people; observed 2026-03-31; source grade A.
- #4 Cologne: 1,100,076 people; observed 2025-12-31; source grade A.
- #5 Frankfurt am Main: 781,337 people; observed 2025-12-31; source grade A.
- #6 Dusseldorf: 659,615 people; observed 2025-12-31; source grade A.
- #7 Leipzig: 633,592 people; observed 2025-12-31; source grade A.
- #8 Dortmund: 612,135 people; observed 2025-12-31; source grade A.
- #9 Stuttgart: 605,663 people; observed 2025-12-31; source grade A.
- #10 Essen: 596,710 people; observed 2025-12-31; source grade A.



## Sources

- Berlin: Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg — SB_A01-07_00_2025m11_BE.pdf: https://download.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/3b92513598630625/a5e5ae0c3a62/SB_A01-07_00_2025m11_BE.pdf
- Hamburg: Statistik Nord — Bevölkerung in Hamburg 2024: https://www.statistik-nord.de/presse-veroeffentlichungen/presseinformationen/dokumentenansicht/bevoelkerung-in-hamburg-2024-67132
- Munich: Landeshauptstadt München — Statistik (Bevölkerung): https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/statistik-bevoelkerung.html
- Cologne: Stadt Koeln Statistik: https://www.stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-verwaltung/statistik/
- Frankfurt am Main: Stadt Frankfurt am Main Statistik: https://frankfurt.de/service-und-rathaus/daten-informationen-wissen
- Dusseldorf: Landeshauptstadt Duesseldorf Statistik: https://www.duesseldorf.de/kanal/ueberuns/zahlen
- Leipzig: Stadt Leipzig Statistik: https://statistik.leipzig.de/
- Dortmund: Stadt Dortmund Statistik: https://www.dortmund.de/dortmund/projekte/rathaus/verwaltung/dortmunder-statistik/downloads/00_01_dortmund_auf_einen_blick.pdf
- Stuttgart: Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart Statistik: https://www.stuttgart.de/service/statistik-und-wahlen/stuttgart-in-zahlen
- Essen: Stadt Essen Statistik: https://media.essen.de/media/wwwessende/aemter/12/statistik_schlagzeilen/1_2026_Bevoelkerungszahl_sinkt_auf_596.710.pdf



## Cite
Migration Fit (https://migrationfit.com), Largest cities in Germany (100k+ population) verified migration ranking, updated 2026-06-12. Cite the metric name, observed date, and source URL above.

## Data
- `html_url`: https://migrationfit.com/selections/germany-largest-cities-100k-plus/
- `json_url`: https://migrationfit.com/data/selections/germany-largest-cities-100k-plus.json
- `md_url`: https://migrationfit.com/selections/germany-largest-cities-100k-plus/index.md
- `schema_version`: gig-migration-export-v2