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, 2025, 43 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

The following table lists the 41 cities and communes in Brandenburg with a population of at least 15,000 on December 31, 2024, 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[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 May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 German census[1]
  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, 2025[2]
  7. The city population density as of December 31, 2025 (residents per unit of land area)[2]
2025
rank 		City District 2025 estimate 2022 census 2011 census 2025 land area 2025 pop. density
1 Potsdam urban district 184,754 182,806 156,021 188 km2 981.5/km2
2 Cottbus urban district 95,123 93,926 99,984 166 km2 574.4/km2
3 Brandenburg an der Havel urban district 74,113 73,552 71,569 230 km2 322.6/km2
4 Frankfurt (Oder) urban district 57,107 55,841 59,140 148 km2 386.2/km2
5 Oranienburg Oberhavel 49,122 47,608 41,269 164 km2 300.1/km2
6 Falkensee Havelland (district) 45,720 44,683 40,228 43.3 km2 1,055/km2
7 Bernau bei Berlin Barnim 44,597 43,164 35,631 104 km2 428.0/km2
8 Eberswalde Barnim 41,481 40,607 39,166 93.6 km2 443.0/km2
9 Königs Wusterhausen Dahme-Spreewald 39,360 38,400 33,706 96.0 km2 382.2/km2
10 Schwedt Uckermark (district) 33,730 33,578 36,543 361 km2 93.50/km2
11 Fürstenwalde Oder-Spree 32,002 31,851 30,913 70.7 km2 452.8/km2
12 Neuruppin Ostprignitz-Ruppin 31,962 31,421 30,328 305 km2 104.7/km2
13 Ludwigsfelde Teltow-Fläming 29,514 27,667 23,661 110 km2 268.4/km2
14 Blankenfelde-Mahlow Teltow-Fläming 29,129 28,970 25,503 55.2 km2 528.0/km2
15 Strausberg Märkisch-Oderland 27,719 26,902 25,591 68.0 km2 408.0/km2
16 Teltow Potsdam-Mittelmark 27,682 27,212 22,356 21.6 km2 1,282/km2
17 Werder (Havel) Potsdam-Mittelmark 27,065 26,938 23,196 117 km2 231.1/km2
18 Hohen Neuendorf Oberhavel 26,857 26,551 24,459 48.6 km2 553.1/km2
19 Hennigsdorf Oberhavel 26,677 26,679 25,520 31.5 km2 847.4/km2
20 Rathenow Havelland (district) 25,087 24,416 24,462 113 km2 221.8/km2
21 Eisenhüttenstadt Oder-Spree 24,703 23,608 28,219 63.5 km2 389.2/km2
22 Wandlitz Barnim 24,503 23,951 20,615 163 km2 150.5/km2
23 Senftenberg Oberspreewald-Lausitz 23,466 23,777 25,582 128 km2 184.0/km2
24 Zossen Teltow-Fläming 21,412 20,192 17,267 180 km2 118.7/km2
25 Panketal Barnim 21,153 21,028 18,886 25.9 km2 818.0/km2
26 Spremberg Spree-Neiße 21,140 21,378 23,615 202 km2 104.5/km2
27 Luckenwalde Teltow-Fläming 21,010 20,600 20,242 46.6 km2 450.8/km2
28 Nauen Havelland (district) 19,679 18,918 16,385 268 km2 73.4/km2
29 Kleinmachnow Potsdam-Mittelmark 19,274 19,602 19,874 11.9 km2 1,618/km2
30 Neuenhagen bei Berlin Märkisch-Oderland 19,225 19,151 16,751 19.6 km2 980.4/km2
31 Schönefeld Dahme-Spreewald 19,154 18,461 13,076 81.6 km2 234.7/km2
32 Prenzlau Uckermark (district) 18,928 18,847 19,296 143 km2 132.4/km2
33 Hoppegarten Märkisch-Oderland 18,218 18,109 16,628 32.0 km2 569.7/km2
34 Forst (Lausitz) Spree-Neiße 17,155 17,388 19,757 111 km2 155.0/km2
35 Wittenberge Prignitz 17,058 16,829 17,792 50.6 km2 336.9/km2
36 Stahnsdorf Potsdam-Mittelmark 16,087 15,850 14,031 49.5 km2 325.2/km2
37 Rüdersdorf bei Berlin Märkisch-Oderland 15,889 15,435 14,922 70.4 km2 225.7/km2
38 Guben Spree-Neiße 15,794 16,237 18,620 44.0 km2 359.0/km2
39 Lübbenau Oberspreewald-Lausitz 15,778 15,764 16,489 139 km2 113.1/km2
40 Templin Uckermark (district) 15,590 15,593 16,237 379 km2 41.1/km2
41 Finsterwalde Elbe-Elster 15,496 15,606 16,970 77.2 km2 199.9/km2
42 Petershagen-Eggersdorf Märkisch-Oderland 15,432 15,419 13,890 17.6 km2 875.3/km2
43 Mühlenbecker Land Oberhavel 15,177 15,369 13,933 52.7 km2 288.3/km2

References

  1. ^ a b "Brandenburg (Germany): Cities and Communes in Counties - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "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.
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