The following article sorts the 107 urban districts ('' Kreisfreie Städte'' – cities that constitute districts in their own right) and the metropolitan districts of

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

Aachen Aachen is the List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population, 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants. Aachen is locat ...

and

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...

by their

gross domestic product Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the total market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries. GDP is often used to measure the economic performanc ...

(GDP) in the year 2021. Most figures are from the

Federal Statistical Office of Germany The Federal Statistical Office (, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and analysing statistical informati ...

; figures from other sources are otherwise referenced. The GDP of German cities are shown in EUR€.

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The 11 largest

metropolitan regions A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metropolitan area usually ...

in Germany by their gross domestic product in 2021. {, class="wikitable sortable" ! Rank ! Metropolitan Area ! GDP (€ Million) (2021) ! Population (2022){{cite web , title=Einwohner in den Metropolregionen in Deutschland , url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/603747/umfrage/einwohner-in-den-metropolregionen-in-deutschland/ , website=Statista , access-date=2024-11-08 ! GDP per capita (€) , - , 1 ,

Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region () is the largest metropolitan region in Germany, with over ten million inhabitants. A polycentric conurbation with several major urban concentrations, the region covers an area of , entirely within the feder ...

, 536,431 , 13,000,000 , 41,264 , - , 2 ,

Munich Metropolitan Region The Munich Metropolitan Region is one of eleven metropolitan regions in Germany, consisting of the agglomeration areas of Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Landshut, Rosenheim and Landsberg am Lech. It is Germany's richest and fifth most populous ...

, 361,310 , 6,300,000 , 57,349 , - , 3 , Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region , 300,868 , 5,900,000 , 50,144 , - , 4 ,

Stuttgart Metropolitan Region The Stuttgart Metropolitan Region is a metropolitan region in south-west Germany consisting of the cities and regions around Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Tübingen/Reutlingen. These cities are arranged into three agglomeration areas. The population of t ...

, 275,060 , 5,300,000 , 51,896 , - , 5 ,

Hamburg Metropolitan Region The Hamburg Metropolitan Region () is a metropolitan region centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts () in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts () in the state of Schleswig-Holstein and two ...

, 249,406 , 5,100,000 , 48,902 , - , 6 ,

Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region The Berlin/Brandenburg metropolitan region () or capital region () is one of eleven metropolitan regions of Germany, consisting of the entire territories of the state of Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg. The region covers an area o ...

, 246,020 , 6,300,000 , 39,048 , - , 7 , Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region , 169,198 , 3,900,000 , 43,384 , - , 8 ,

Nuremberg Metropolitan Region The Nuremberg Metropolitan Region comprises 3.5 million people on 21,800 square kilometers. With a gross domestic product of 134 billion euros and about 1.9 million employees, this metropolitan region is one of the strongest economic areas in Ger ...

, 156,517 , 3,500,000 , 44,719 , - , 9 ,

Northwest Metropolitan Region The European Northwest Metropolitan Region (), formerly Metropolitan Region of Bremen/Oldenburg () is one of the eleven metropolitan regions in Germany. It covers the area of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen with its cities of Bremen and Bremerha ...

, 108,006 , 2,700,000 , 40,002 , - , 10 ,

Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (, ), often referred to as the Rhein-Neckar Triangle, is a polycentric metropolitan region located in south western Germany, between the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region to the north and the Stuttgart Region to ...

, 105,201 , 2,400,000 , 43,834 , - , 11 ,

Central German Metropolitan Region The Central German Metropolitan Region () is one of the officially established metropolitan regions in Germany. It is centered on the major cities of Leipzig and Halle, extending over Central German parts of the states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia ...

, 102,532 , 2,800,000 , 36,619

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GDP Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the total market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries. GDP is often used to measure the economic performance o ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

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