Bavaria
Major cities
Table:
City

Region

Inhabitants
(2000)

Inhabitants
(2005)

Inhabitants
(2010)

Inhabitants
(2015)

Change
(%)

Munich

Upper Bavaria

1,210,223

1,259,677

1,353,186

1,450,381

+11.81

Nuremberg

Middle Franconia

488,400

499,237

505,664

509,975

+3.53

Augsburg

Swabia

254,982

262,676

264,708

286,374

+3.81

Regensburg

Upper Palatinate

125,676

129,859

135,520

145,465

+7.83

Ingolstadt

Upper Bavaria

115,722

121,314

125,088

132,438

+8.09

Würzburg

Lower Franconia

127,966

133,906

133,799

124,873

+4.56

Fürth

Middle Franconia

110,477

113,422

114,628

124,171

+3.76

Erlangen

Middle Franconia

100,778

103,197

105,629

108,336

+4.81

Bayreuth

Upper Franconia

74,153

73,997

72,683

72,148

−1.98

Bamberg

Upper Franconia

69,036

70,081

70,004

73,331

+1.40

Aschaffenburg

Lower Franconia

67,592

68,642

68,678

68,986

+1.61

Landshut

Lower Bavaria

58,746

61,368

63,258

69,211

+7.68

Kempten

Swabia

61,389

61,360

62,060

66,947

+1.09

Rosenheim

Upper Bavaria

58,908

60,226

61,299

61,844

+4.06

Neu-Ulm

Swabia

50,188

51,410

53,504

57,237

+6.61

Schweinfurt

Lower Franconia

54,325

54,273

53,415

51,969

−1.68

Passau

Lower Bavaria

50,536

50,651

50,594

50,566

+0.11

Freising

Upper Bavaria

40,890

42,854

45,223

46,963

+10.60

Straubing

Lower Bavaria

44,014

44,633

44,450

46,806

+0.99

Dachau

Upper Bavaria

38,398

39,922

42,954

46,705

+11.87

Taking into account the table titled Bavaria — section "Major cities", provide an answer in a short sentence to the question below: What are the three most populated cities in Bavaria in 2015? Provide just your answer in a JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: In Bavaria, Munich is the most populated (1,450,381 inhabitants), followed by Nuremberg (509,975 inhabitants) and Augsburg (286,374 inhabitants).