List of cities in Rhineland-Palatinate by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate with a population of more than 10,000.[1] As of December 31, 2025, 47 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

Mainz
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Koblenz
Trier
Kaiserslautern
Worms
Neuwied

The following table lists the 47 cities or communes in Rhineland-Palatinate with a population of at least 10,000 on December 31, 2025, 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, 2024, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of German[3]
  2. The city name[3]
  3. The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts)[3]
  4. The city population as of May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 German census[4]
  5. The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census[5]
  6. The city land area as of December 31, 2025[3]
  7. The city population density as of December 31, 2025 (residents per unit of land area)[3]
2025
rank 		City District 2025 estimate 2022 census 2011 census 2025 land area 2025 pop. density
1 Mainz urban district 224,684 220,386 200,344 97.7 km2 2,299/km2
2 Ludwigshafen am Rhein urban district 177,222 172,889 157,584 77.4 km2 2,289/km2
3 Koblenz urban district 113,378 112,963 107,825 105 km2 1,077/km2
4 Trier urban district 104,342 102,727 105,671 117 km2 891.4/km2
5 Kaiserslautern urban district 100,426 99,689 96,340 140 km2 718.9/km2
6 Worms urban district 86,753 84,986 79,207 109 km2 797.9/km2
7 Neuwied Neuwied 67,083 66,125 64,144 86.5 km2 775.5/km2
8 Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach 54,168 53,062 43,244 55.6 km2 974.9/km2
9 Neustadt an der Weinstraße urban district 52,945 52,778 52,164 117 km2 452.2/km2
10 Speyer urban district 49,564 49,482 49,540 42.7 km2 1,160/km2
11 Landau in der Pfalz urban district 48,209 47,072 43,361 82.9 km2 581.3/km2
12 Frankenthal (Pfalz) urban district 48,140 47,992 46,415 43.9 km2 1,097/km2
13 Pirmasens urban district 39,761 38,936 40,887 61.4 km2 648.1/km2
14 Ingelheim am Rhein Mainz-Bingen 35,016 34,754 33,732 73.3 km2 477.6/km2
15 Zweibrücken urban district 33,323 33,141 34,200 70.6 km2 471.7/km2
16 Idar-Oberstein Birkenfeld 30,170 29,753 29,073 91.6 km2 329.4/km2
17 Andernach Mayen-Koblenz 30,039 29,995 29,151 53.3 km2 563.2/km2
18 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Ahrweiler 27,961 25,930 29,073 63.4 km2 442.1/km2
19 Bingen am Rhein Mainz-Bingen 25,384 24,802 23,812 37.7 km2 673.7/km2
20 Germersheim Germersheim 21,715 21,465 19,803 21.7 km2 1,002/km2
21 Schifferstadt Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 21,387 21,221 18,764 28.1 km2 762.2/km2
22 Haßloch Bad Dürkheim 20,396 20,301 19,802 40.0 km2 510.5/km2
23 Mayen Mayen-Koblenz 19,713 19,288 18,607 58.2 km2 338.8/km2
24 Alzey Alzey-Worms 19,468 19,035 17,531 35.2 km2 552.8/km2
25 Bad Dürkheim Bad Dürkheim 19,159 19,020 18,219 103 km2 186.8/km2
26 Wittlich Bernkastel-Wittlich 19,049 18,751 18,237 49.6 km2 383.7/km2
27 Lahnstein Rhein-Lahn-Kreis 18,719 18,299 17,726 37.6 km2 497.6/km2
28 Wörth am Rhein Germersheim 18,387 18,558 17,289 132 km2 139.7/km2
29 Konz Trier-Saarburg 18,121 17,999 17,561 44.6 km2 406.6/km2
30 Bendorf Mayen-Koblenz 17,726 17,581 16,589 24.1 km2 734.9/km2
31 Remagen Ahrweiler 17,603 17,719 15,835 33.2 km2 530.1/km2
32 Sinzig Ahrweiler 17,256 17,272 17,073 41.1 km2 419.9/km2
33 Boppard Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis 15,771 15,769 15,413 74.9 km2 210.6/km2
34 Bitburg Bitburg-Prüm 15,554 15,405 13,295 47.5 km2 327.1/km2
35 Montabaur Westerwaldkreis 14,884 14,601 12,503 33.8 km2 440.7/km2
36 Grünstadt Bad Dürkheim 14,419 14,180 12,849 18.1 km2 797.1/km2
37 Mutterstadt Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 13,403 13,203 12,392 20.5 km2 654.8/km2
38 Limburgerhof Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 11,684 11,551 10,776 9.0 km2 1,298/km2
39 Diez Rhein-Lahn-Kreis 11,428 11,167 10,862 12.4 km2 920.9/km2
40 Mülheim-Kärlich Mayen-Koblenz 11,159 11,135 10,691 16.4 km2 679.6/km2
41 Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz Südliche Weinstraße 11,093 10,856 10,311 29.1 km2 380.8/km2
42 Grafschaft, Rhineland Ahrweiler 10,817 11,067 10,798 57.6 km2 187.8/km2
43 Böhl-Iggelheim Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 10,645 10,460 10,173 32.8 km2 324.2/km2
44 Morbach Bernkastel-Wittlich 10,542 10,582 10,532 122 km2 86.2/km2
45 Betzdorf Altenkirchen 10,363 10,142 10,058 9.6 km2 1,084/km2
46 Bobenheim-Roxheim Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis 10,045 9,949 9,832 20.5 km2 489.8/km
47 Bad Ems Rhein-Lahn-Kreis 10,030 9,914 8,979 15.4 km2 650.9/km

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. ^ a b c d e "Homepage - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)". www.destatis.de.
  4. ^ "Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany): Cities and Communes in Counties - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  5. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht für Kreise und kreisfreie Städte" (XLS) (in German). Wiesbaden: Federal Statistical Office of Germany. April 10, 2014.
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