The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Brandenburg with a population of more than 15,000. 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. A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital.
The city rank by population as of December 31, 2024, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of German The city name The name of the district (Landkreis) in which the city lies (some cities are districts on their own called urban districts) The city population as of May 15, 2022, as enumerated by the 2022 German census The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census The city land area as of December 31, 2025 The city population density as of December 31, 2025 (residents per unit of land area)
+2025rankCityDistrict2025 estimate2022 census2011 census2025 land area2025 pop. density1Potsdamurban district184,754182,806156,021188 km2981.5/km22Cottbusurban district95,12393,92699,984166 km2 574.4/km23Brandenburg an der Havelurban district74,11373,55271,569230 km2322.6/km24Frankfurt (Oder)urban district57,10755,84159,140148 km2386.2/km25OranienburgOberhavel49,12247,60841,269164 km2300.1/km26FalkenseeHavelland (district)45,72044,68340,22843.3 km21,055/km2 7Bernau bei BerlinBarnim44,59743,16435,631104 km2428.0/km28EberswaldeBarnim41,48140,60739,16693.6 km2443.0/km29Königs WusterhausenDahme-Spreewald39,36038,40033,70696.0 km2382.2/km210SchwedtUckermark (district)33,73033,57836,543361 km293.50/km211FürstenwaldeOder-Spree32,00231,85130,91370.7 km2452.8/km212NeuruppinOstprignitz-Ruppin31,96231,42130,328305 km2104.7/km213LudwigsfeldeTeltow-Fläming29,51427,66723,661110 km2268.4/km214Blankenfelde-MahlowTeltow-Fläming29,12928,97025,50355.2 km2528.0/km215StrausbergMärkisch-Oderland27,71926,90225,59168.0 km2408.0/km216TeltowPotsdam-Mittelmark27,68227,21222,35621.6 km21,282/km217Werder (Havel)Potsdam-Mittelmark27,06526,93823,196117 km2231.1/km218Hohen NeuendorfOberhavel26,85726,55124,45948.6 km2553.1/km219HennigsdorfOberhavel26,67726,67925,52031.5 km2847.4/km220RathenowHavelland (district)25,08724,41624,462113 km2221.8/km221EisenhüttenstadtOder-Spree24,70323,60828,21963.5 km2389.2/km222WandlitzBarnim24,50323,95120,615163 km2150.5/km223SenftenbergOberspreewald-Lausitz23,46623,77725,582128 km2184.0/km224ZossenTeltow-Fläming21,41220,19217,267180 km2118.7/km225PanketalBarnim21,15321,02818,88625.9 km2818.0/km226SprembergSpree-Neiße21,14021,37823,615202 km2104.5/km227LuckenwaldeTeltow-Fläming21,01020,60020,24246.6 km2450.8/km228NauenHavelland (district)19,67918,91816,385268 km273.4/km229KleinmachnowPotsdam-Mittelmark19,27419,60219,87411.9 km21,618/km230Neuenhagen bei BerlinMärkisch-Oderland19,22519,15116,75119.6 km2980.4/km231SchönefeldDahme-Spreewald19,15418,46113,07681.6 km2 234.7/km232PrenzlauUckermark (district)18,92818,84719,296143 km2132.4/km2 33HoppegartenMärkisch-Oderland18,21818,10916,62832.0 km2569.7/km234Forst (Lausitz)Spree-Neiße17,15517,38819,757111 km2155.0/km235WittenbergePrignitz17,05816,82917,79250.6 km2336.9/km236StahnsdorfPotsdam-Mittelmark16,08715,85014,03149.5 km2325.2/km237Rüdersdorf bei BerlinMärkisch-Oderland15,88915,43514,92270.4 km2225.7/km238GubenSpree-Neiße15,79416,23718,62044.0 km2359.0/km239LübbenauOberspreewald-Lausitz15,77815,76416,489139 km2113.1/km240TemplinUckermark (district)15,59015,59316,237379 km241.1/km241FinsterwaldeElbe-Elster15,49615,60616,97077.2 km2199.9/km242Petershagen-EggersdorfMärkisch-Oderland15,43215,41913,89017.6 km2 875.3/km243Mühlenbecker LandOberhavel15,17715,36913,93352.7 km2288.3/km2
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