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.