City
|
1871 Pop
|
% Growth (from 1861)
|
Berlin
|
826,341
|
50.9
|
Hamburg
|
240,251
|
34.3
|
Breslau
|
207,997
|
34.5
|
Dresden
|
177,089
|
38.2
|
München
|
169,693
|
14.5
|
Köln
|
129,233
|
7.2
|
Königsberg
|
112,092
|
37.0
|
Leipzig
|
106,925
|
36.2
|
Stuttgart
|
91,623
|
49.4
|
Frankfurt am Main
|
91,040
|
27.2
|
Danzig
|
89,121
|
14.1
|
Hanover
|
87,626
|
45.8
|
Straßburg
|
85,654
|
4.4
|
Magdeburg
|
84,401
|
23.0
|
Nürnberg
|
83,214
|
43.3
|
Bremen
|
82,969
|
23.9
|
Stettin
|
76,280
|
30.4
|
Barmen
|
74,384
|
48.8
|
Aachen
|
74,146
|
26.6
|
Altona
|
74,100
|
62.8
|
|
City
|
1880 Pop
|
% Growth
|
Berlin
|
1,122,330
|
35.8
|
Hamburg
|
289,859
|
20.6
|
Breslau
|
272,912
|
31.2
|
München
|
230,023
|
35.6
|
Dresden
|
220,818
|
24.7
|
Leipzig
|
149,081
|
39.4
|
Köln
|
144,772
|
12.0
|
Königsberg
|
140,909
|
25.7
|
Frankfurt am Main
|
136,831
|
50.3
|
Hanover
|
122,843
|
40.2
|
Stuttgart
|
117,303
|
28.0
|
Bremen
|
112,453
|
35.5
|
Danzig
|
108,551
|
21.8
|
Straßburg
|
104,471
|
22.0
|
Nürnberg
|
99,519
|
19.6
|
Magdeburg
|
97,539
|
15.6
|
Barmen
|
95,941
|
29.0
|
Düsseldorf
|
95,458
|
37.6
|
Chemnitz
|
95,123
|
39.4
|
Elberfeld
|
93,538
|
31.0
|
|
City
|
1890 Pop
|
% Growth
|
Berlin
|
1,578,794
|
40.7
|
München
|
349,024
|
51.7
|
Breslau
|
335,186
|
22.8
|
Hamburg
|
323,923
|
11.8
|
Leipzig
|
295,025
|
97.9
|
Köln
|
281,681
|
94.6
|
Dresden
|
276,522
|
25.2
|
Magdeburg
|
202,234
|
107.3
|
Frankfurt am Main
|
179,985
|
31.5
|
Hannover
|
163,593
|
33.2
|
Königsberg
|
161,666
|
14.7
|
Düsseldorf
|
144,642
|
51.5
|
Altona
|
143,249
|
57.3
|
Nürnberg
|
142,590
|
43.3
|
Stuttgart
|
139,817
|
19.2
|
Chemnitz
|
138,954
|
46.1
|
Elberfeld
|
125,899
|
34.6
|
Bremen
|
125,684
|
11.8
|
Straßburg
|
123,500
|
18.2
|
Danzig
|
120,338
|
10.9
|
|
The urbanisation was focused in the Rhineland, Westphalia, Saxony, and Brandenburg and the largest industrial development was focused in the Ruhr, Saxony and Silesia. Generally this shift didn't affect the east, in the regions of East Prussia and Posen in 1910, 2/3 of the population lived in communities of less than 2,000, for the Rhineland and Westphalia the figure was 1/5.
In addition, the German cities of Duisburg, Essen, and Kiel all had their populations increase by five times or more during this time period.