page_title: List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population
section_title: List
hierarchical_section_title: List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population / List
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Essen-Südviertel, Blick von Osten
context_page_description: The following list sorts all cities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with a population of more than 50,000. As of December 31, 2017, 76 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.
context_section_description: The following table lists the 76 cities in North Rhine Westphalia with a population of at least 50,000 on December 31, 2017, 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, 2017, 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 December 31, 2017, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany
  The city population as of May 9, 2011, as enumerated by the 2011 European Union census
  The city land area as of December 31, 2017
  The city population density as of December 31, 2017 (residents per unit of land area)
caption: Essen
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