| Stadt |
landkreis |
Einwohner
31.12.2000 |
Einwohner
30.6.2005 |
| Hannover |
Region Hannover |
515.001 |
515.772 |
| braunschweig |
kreisfrei |
245.816 |
245.895 |
| Osnabrück |
kreisfrei |
164.101 |
164.066 |
| Oldenburg (Oldenburg) |
kreisfrei |
154.832 |
158.341 |
| Göttingen |
Göttingen |
124.132 |
121.865 |
| Wolfsburg |
kreisfrei |
121.805 |
121.829 |
| Salzgitter |
kreisfrei |
112.302 |
108.340 |
| hildesheim |
hildesheim |
103.909 |
102.767 |
| Wilhelmshaven |
kreisfrei |
85.287 |
83.765 |
| Delmenhorst |
kreisfrei |
76.644 |
76.046 |
| Lüneburg |
Lüneburg |
67.398 |
71.532 |
|
| Stadt |
landkreis |
Einwohner
31.12.2000 |
Einwohner
30.6.2005 |
| Celle |
Celle |
72.127 |
71.402 |
| Garbsen |
Region Hannover |
63.269 |
62.960 |
| hameln |
hameln-Pyrmont |
58.807 |
58.789 |
| Wolfenbüttel |
Wolfenbüttel |
54.690 |
54.537 |
| Nordhorn |
Grafschaft Bentheim |
51.968 |
53.026 |
| Cuxhaven |
Cuxhaven |
53.391 |
52.384 |
| Emden |
kreisfrei |
50.963 |
51.719 |
| Lingen (Ems) |
Emsland |
51.684 |
51.318 |
| Langenhagen |
Region Hannover |
49.432 |
50.613 |
| Peine |
Peine |
49.494 |
49.885 |
|