| Rank | Name | State | Pop. | Rank | Name | State | Pop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin | Berlin | 3,644,826 | 11 | Bremen | Bremen | 569,352 | ||
| 2 | Hamburg | Hamburg | 1,841,179 | 12 | Dresden | Saxony | 554,649 | ||
| 3 | Munich | Bavaria | 1,471,508 | 13 | Hanover | Lower Saxony | 538,068 | ||
| 4 | Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia | 1,085,664 | 14 | Nuremberg | Bavaria | 518,365 | ||
| 5 | Frankfurt | Hesse | 753,056 | 15 | Duisburg | North Rhine-Westphalia | 498,590 | ||
| 6 | Stuttgart | Baden-Württemberg | 634,830 | 16 | Bochum | North Rhine-Westphalia | 364,628 | ||
| 7 | Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | 619,294 | 17 | Wuppertal | North Rhine-Westphalia | 354,382 | ||
| 8 | Leipzig | Saxony | 587,857 | 18 | Bielefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia | 333,786 | ||
| 9 | Dortmund | North Rhine-Westphalia | 587,010 | 19 | Bonn | North Rhine-Westphalia | 327,258 | ||
| 10 | Essen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 583,109 | 20 | Münster | North Rhine-Westphalia | 314,319 | ||