The following list sorts all cities and communes in the German state of Thuringia with a population of more than 10,000. 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. 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. density1Erfurturban district218,793218,200200,868270 km2 810.6/km22Jenaurban district109,725110,369105,739115 km2 956.0/km23Geraurban district95,60893,12096,067152 km2628.3/km24Weimarurban district65,95465,49462,76484.5 km2780.8/km25GothaGotha46,40045,83244,32269.6 km2666.9/km26NordhausenNordhausen40,76740,73242,473108.2 km2376.6/km27Eisenachurban district40,74739,93141,753104 km2391.2/km28IlmenauIlm-Kreis38,83438,57439,612198.7 km2195.5/km29Mühlhausen/ThüringenUnstrut-Hainich-Kreis36,35336,11337,421151.0 km2240.7/km210Suhlurban district34,68535,41036,960141.6 km2244.9/km211AltenburgAltenburger Land31,09330,22434,09045.7 km2680.5/km212Saalfeld/SaaleSaalfeld-Rudolstadt29,08629,10630,807145.5 km2199.9/km213ArnstadtIlm-Kreis28,61527,86926,529105.0 km2272.5/km214MeiningenSchmalkalden-Meiningen25,00224,96225,590123.0 km2203.2/km215RudolstadtSaalfeld-Rudolstadt24,85224,68426,093135.2 km2183.9/km216SonnebergSonneberg22,84323,06421,97084.7 km2269.7/km217ApoldaWeimarer Land22,78722,60622,07946.3 km2492.6/km2 18Bad SalzungenUnstrut-Hainich-Kreis22,55722,80624,475152.0 km2148.4/km219SondershausenKyffhäuserkreis20,91020,97122,541201 km2103.9/km2 20Leinefelde-WorbisEichsfeld19,95720,06620,496115.8 km2172.4/km221GreizGreiz19,76619,88322,17584.9 km2232.9/km222SchmalkaldenSchmalkalden-Meiningen19,32318,96820,127105.4 km2183.4/km223SömmerdaSömmerda18,50318,35519,61387.6 km2211.3/km224Heilbad HeiligenstadtEichsfeld18,23018,00018,09591.5 km2199.3/km2 25Bad LangensalzaUnstrut-Hainich-Kreis16,71716,71718,055129.4 km2129.2/km226Zeulenroda-TriebesGreiz15,67715,91617,685135 km2116.0/km227SchmöllnAltenburger Land13,54213,70014,72494.5 km2143.3/km228WaltershausenGotha12,87113,19213,26860.6 km2212.3/km229DingelstädtEichsfeld12,20412,26012,780118.6 km2102.9/km230Zella-MehlisSchmalkalden-Meiningen12,15712,32313,60753.0 km2229.4/km231PößneckSaale-Orla-Kreis11,96011,83212,44524.4 km2489.6/km232HildburghausenHildburghausen11,63211,76111,77572.9 km2159.6/km233EisenbergSaale-Holzland-Kreis10,95510,61210,61924.7 km2444.1/km234SchleusingenHildburghausen10,22510,58311,415125.6 km281.4/km235MeuselwitzAltenburger Land10,14810,12110,96453.7 km2189.1/km2
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