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Düsseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia · Germany
City population
618,685
#6
in Germany
#2
in North Rhine-Westphalia
#901
worldwide
BerlinDüsseldorf
51.223, 6.779 · 477 km from Berlin
City population
618,685
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Germany
#6
of 960 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#901
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Germany
0.7%
of the national population

About Düsseldorf

Ranked 901st in the world, Düsseldorf holds 618,685 people and stands as Germany's sixth-largest city by population. The city accounts for 0.7% of the national total, situated 477 km from Berlin. Neuss lies 7 km away with 152,457 residents, and Ratingen is 10 km distant with 91,606; four cities of 42,000 to 152,000 people cluster within 11 km.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Germany
#6of 960
LargestSmallest
Position in North Rhine-Westphalia
#2of 268
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Germany
Region
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rank in region
#2of 268
Distance to capital
477 km
to Berlin
Elevation
42 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
51.223, 6.779
Record updated
2026-05-06
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 960 in Germany

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

7KMNeuss152K people7KMMeerbusch55K people10KMRatingen92K people12KMHilden57K people14KMNeubrück51K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Düsseldorf619K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Düsseldorf compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Düsseldorf619K

Düsseldorf Population FAQ

What is the population of Düsseldorf?

Düsseldorf has a city population of 618,685. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Düsseldorf?

Düsseldorf is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 477 km from the capital, Berlin. Its coordinates are 51.223, 6.779.

How big is Düsseldorf compared with other cities in Germany?

It is the 6th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, holding 0.7% of the national population.

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