Population
|
City
|
4,321,521
|
Berlin
|
1,912,608
|
Vienna
|
1,698,388
|
Hamburg
|
976,759
|
Prague
|
815,212
|
Munich
|
768,352
|
Cologne
|
702,155
|
Leipzig
|
664,523
|
Essen
|
629,713
|
Dresden
|
620,976
|
Breslau (Wrocław)
|
548,220
|
Frankfurt am Main
|
537,865
|
Dortmund
|
535,753
|
Düsseldorf
|
464,646
|
Hanover
|
454,346
|
Stuttgart
|
433,530
|
Duisburg
|
420,349
|
Nuremberg
|
419,266
|
Bremen
|
399,718
|
Wuppertal
|
374,017
|
Stettin (Szczecin)
|
360,577
|
Königsberg (Kaliningrad)
|
334,713
|
Chemnitz
|
329,824
|
Magdeburg
|
317,505
|
Gelsenkirchen
|
305,469
|
Bochum
|
295,400
|
Brünn (Brno)
|
280,365
|
Mannheim
|
261,298
|
Kiel
|
217,480
|
Halle
|
211,624
|
Kassel
|
204,779
|
Graz
|
191,829
|
Oberhausen
|
189,628
|
Braunschweig
|
184,489
|
Karlsruhe
|
|
Population
|
City
|
180,039
|
Augsburg
|
170,205
|
Krefeld
|
165,646
|
Wiesbaden
|
159,631
|
Aachen
|
159,201
|
Erfurt
|
154,033
|
Mainz
|
151,481
|
Hagen
|
149,502
|
Lübeck
|
143,934
|
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
|
140,453
|
Solingen
|
136,828
|
Mülheim an der Ruhr
|
132,760
|
Münster
|
131,285
|
Saarbrücken
|
129,993
|
Mährisch Ostrau (Ostrava)
|
128,329
|
München Gladbach (Mönchengladbach)
|
126,711
|
Bielefeld
|
126,241
|
Potsdam
|
126,079
|
Hindenburg O.S. (Zabrze)
|
123,062
|
Linz
|
119,832
|
Pilsen (Plzen)
|
118,048
|
Rostock
|
117,110
|
Dessau
|
114,048
|
Gleiwitz (Gliwice)
|
110,982
|
Wesermünde (Bremerhaven)
|
110,552
|
Darmstadt
|
109,556
|
Plauen
|
108,481
|
Freiburg im Breisgau
|
104,086
|
Osnabrück
|
103,912
|
Remscheid
|
103,842
|
Wilhelmshaven
|
101,345
|
Würzburg
|
101,029
|
Beuthen O.S. (Bytom)
|
98,702
|
Bonn
|
|
Population
|
City
|
94,639
|
Herne
|
91,554
|
Görlitz
|
90,651
|
Regensburg
|
86,680
|
Wanne-Eickel
|
86,501
|
Koblenz
|
86,302
|
Recklinghausen
|
85,128
|
Offenbach am Main
|
84,399
|
Zwickau
|
84,273
|
Heidelberg
|
83,381
|
Bottrop
|
83,190
|
Elbing (Elbląg)
|
81,931
|
Gera
|
81,808
|
Trier
|
79,052
|
Brandenburg an der Havel
|
78,838
|
Fürth
|
78,456
|
Liegnitz (Legnica)
|
78,320
|
Pforzheim
|
77,339
|
Rheydt
|
76,990
|
Frankfurt an der Oder
|
76,526
|
Innsbruck
|
75,019
|
Salzburg
|
74,214
|
Heilbronn
|
74,141
|
Oldenburg
|
73,548
|
Witten
|
68,679
|
Hildesheim
|
68,585
|
Ulm
|
68,377
|
Jena
|
68,042
|
Flensburg
|
67,886
|
Reichenberg (Liberec)
|
66,975
|
Aussig (Ústí nad Labem)
|
65,890
|
Kaiserslautern
|
64,128
|
Waldenburg (Wałbrzych)
|
64,128
|
Olmütz (Olomouc)
|
|
Plauen was hit the hardest by this population loss. Sitting at 64,763 according to a 2022 estimate, a loss of 40% compared to its pre-war population.