List of cities in Thuringia by population

The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Thuringia with a population of more than 10,000.[1] As of December 31, 2025, 35 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 33 cities and communes in Thuringia 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 Erfurt urban district 218,793 218,200 200,868 270 km2 810.6/km2
2 Jena urban district 109,725 110,369 105,739 115 km2 956.0/km2
3 Gera urban district 95,608 93,120 96,067 152 km2 628.3/km2
4 Weimar urban district 65,954 65,494 62,764 84.5 km2 780.8/km2
5 Gotha Gotha 46,400 45,832 44,322 69.6 km2 666.9/km2
6 Nordhausen Nordhausen 40,767 40,732 42,473 108.2 km2 376.6/km2
7 Eisenach urban district 40,747 39,931 41,753 104 km2 391.2/km2
8 Ilmenau Ilm-Kreis 38,834 38,574 39,612 198.7 km2 195.5/km2
9 Mühlhausen/Thüringen Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 36,353 36,113 37,421 151.0 km2 240.7/km2
10 Suhl urban district 34,685 35,410 36,960 141.6 km2 244.9/km2
11 Altenburg Altenburger Land 31,093 30,224 34,090 45.7 km2 680.5/km2
12 Saalfeld/Saale Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 29,086 29,106 30,807 145.5 km2 199.9/km2
13 Arnstadt Ilm-Kreis 28,615 27,869 26,529 105.0 km2 272.5/km2
14 Meiningen Schmalkalden-Meiningen 25,002 24,962 25,590 123.0 km2 203.2/km2
15 Rudolstadt Saalfeld-Rudolstadt 24,852 24,684 26,093 135.2 km2 183.9/km2
16 Sonneberg Sonneberg 22,843 23,064 21,970 84.7 km2 269.7/km2
17 Apolda Weimarer Land 22,787 22,606 22,079 46.3 km2 492.6/km2
18 Bad Salzungen Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 22,557 22,806 24,475 152.0 km2 148.4/km2
19 Sondershausen Kyffhäuserkreis 20,910 20,971 22,541 201 km2 103.9/km2
20 Leinefelde-Worbis Eichsfeld 19,957 20,066 20,496 115.8 km2 172.4/km2
21 Greiz Greiz 19,766 19,883 22,175 84.9 km2 232.9/km2
22 Schmalkalden Schmalkalden-Meiningen 19,323 18,968 20,127 105.4 km2 183.4/km2
23 Sömmerda Sömmerda 18,503 18,355 19,613 87.6 km2 211.3/km2
24 Heilbad Heiligenstadt Eichsfeld 18,230 18,000 18,095 91.5 km2 199.3/km2
25 Bad Langensalza Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 16,717 16,717 18,055 129.4 km2 129.2/km2
26 Zeulenroda-Triebes Greiz 15,677 15,916 17,685 135 km2 116.0/km2
27 Schmölln Altenburger Land 13,542 13,700 14,724 94.5 km2 143.3/km2
28 Waltershausen Gotha 12,871 13,192 13,268 60.6 km2 212.3/km2
29 Dingelstädt Eichsfeld 12,204 12,260 12,780 118.6 km2 102.9/km2
30 Zella-Mehlis Schmalkalden-Meiningen 12,157 12,323 13,607 53.0 km2 229.4/km2
31 Pößneck Saale-Orla-Kreis 11,960 11,832 12,445 24.4 km2 489.6/km2
32 Hildburghausen Hildburghausen 11,632 11,761 11,775 72.9 km2 159.6/km2
33 Eisenberg Saale-Holzland-Kreis 10,955 10,612 10,619 24.7 km2 444.1/km2
34 Schleusingen Hildburghausen 10,225 10,583 11,415 125.6 km2 81.4/km2
35 Meuselwitz Altenburger Land 10,148 10,121 10,964 53.7 km2 189.1/km2

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. ^ "Thuringia (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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