NUTS 3 areas of Germany by birth rate

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by birth rate, 2017
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Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest birth rate of 400 areas in 2017, at 12.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 6.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 9.1 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was 9.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12.2Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest6.4Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median9.1400 areas

Germany9.5History

Top 40 areas, 2017

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per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2017 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2016
1	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.2	0 pts
2	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.1	-0.2 pts
2	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.1	-0.5 pts
4	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.9	-0.2 pts
5	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.8	-0.5 pts
6	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.6	-0.3 pts
6	Hamburg	11.6	-0.3 pts
8	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	11.5	+0.4 pts
8	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.5	-0.4 pts
8	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.5	-0.3 pts
11	Cloppenburg	11.4	0 pts
12	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.3	0 pts
12	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.3	+1.2 pts
14	Berlin	11.2	-0.4 pts
14	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.2	-0.1 pts
14	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.2	-0.2 pts
17	Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.1	0 pts
17	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.1	0 pts
19	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	11	0 pts
19	Eichstätt	11	0 pts
19	Vechta	11	-0.5 pts
22	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.8	+0.1 pts
22	Freising	10.8	+0.3 pts
22	Ludwigsburg	10.8	+0.4 pts
22	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	10.8	-0.4 pts
26	Groß-Gerau	10.7	-0.3 pts
26	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	10.7	-0.4 pts
26	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.7	0 pts
26	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.7	-0.3 pts
26	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	10.7	-0.4 pts
31	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.6	+0.3 pts
31	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.6	+0.6 pts
31	Biberach	10.6	+0.2 pts
31	Böblingen	10.6	-0.3 pts
31	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.6	+0.1 pts
31	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.6	-0.2 pts
31	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.6	+0.7 pts
31	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.6	-0.4 pts
39	Aichach-Friedberg	10.5	+0.5 pts
39	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.5	-0.2 pts
39	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.5	-0.7 pts
39	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.5	+1.8 pts
39	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.5	0 pts
39	Ulm, Stadtkreis	10.5	-0.1 pts
45	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.4	+0.1 pts
45	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.4	+0.4 pts
45	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.4	+0.1 pts
45	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	10.4	-0.3 pts
45	Paderborn	10.4	-0.1 pts
45	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	10.4	+0.4 pts
45	Tübingen, Landkreis	10.4	-0.1 pts
52	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.3	-0.2 pts
52	Erding	10.3	+0.4 pts
52	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.3	0 pts
52	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	10.3	-0.9 pts
52	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	10.3	+0.1 pts
52	Offenbach, Landkreis	10.3	+0.1 pts
52	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.3	-1.3 pts
52	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.3	+0.3 pts
60	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.2	-0.4 pts
60	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.2	-0.3 pts
60	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.2	0 pts
60	Schwäbisch Hall	10.2	+0.2 pts
64	Borken	10.1	+0.3 pts
64	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	-0.1 pts
64	Emsland	10.1	-0.2 pts
64	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	-0.1 pts
64	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	-0.6 pts
64	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	+0.3 pts
64	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	10.1	0 pts
64	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	-1.2 pts
64	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	-0.4 pts
64	Ostallgäu	10.1	+0.2 pts
64	Tuttlingen	10.1	-0.3 pts
64	Verden	10.1	+0.5 pts
76	Alb-Donau-Kreis	10	-0.2 pts
76	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	10	+0.6 pts
76	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10	-1.2 pts
76	Fürstenfeldbruck	10	0 pts
76	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	10	+0.4 pts
76	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	10	-0.4 pts
76	Landshut, Landkreis	10	+0.7 pts
76	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	10	+0.1 pts
76	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	10	-0.5 pts
76	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	10	-0.3 pts
76	Olpe	10	+1 pts
76	Reutlingen	10	+0.3 pts
76	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	10	+0.6 pts
89	Augsburg, Landkreis	9.9	+0.4 pts
89	Dachau	9.9	-0.2 pts
89	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.9	-0.1 pts
89	Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.9	-0.3 pts
89	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.9	-1.1 pts
89	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.9	-0.3 pts
89	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	9.9	+0.1 pts
89	Ravensburg	9.9	+0.1 pts
89	Region Hannover	9.9	-0.5 pts
89	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.9	+0.3 pts
89	Steinfurt	9.9	0 pts
100	Emmendingen	9.8	+0.3 pts
100	Gießen, Landkreis	9.8	-0.2 pts
100	Gütersloh	9.8	-0.1 pts
100	Heilbronn, Landkreis	9.8	-0.1 pts
100	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.8	-0.4 pts
100	Neu-Ulm	9.8	+0.1 pts
100	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.8	+0.3 pts
107	Ansbach, Landkreis	9.7	+0.1 pts
107	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	9.7	+0.2 pts
107	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm	9.7	+0.1 pts
107	Fulda	9.7	0 pts
107	Hohenlohekreis	9.7	-0.3 pts
107	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.7	-0.4 pts
107	Osnabrück, Landkreis	9.7	+0.2 pts
107	Sigmaringen	9.7	+0.7 pts
107	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.7	-0.5 pts
116	Esslingen	9.6	-0.1 pts
116	Grafschaft Bentheim	9.6	+0.5 pts
116	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.6	+0.7 pts
116	Lippe	9.6	-0.1 pts
116	Mühldorf a. Inn	9.6	-0.2 pts
116	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.6	+0.1 pts
116	Siegen-Wittgenstein	9.6	+0.3 pts
123	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	-0.8 pts
123	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	9.5	-0.1 pts
123	Donau-Ries	9.5	0 pts
123	Eichsfeld	9.5	-0.4 pts
123	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	-0.7 pts
123	Germersheim	9.5	+0.2 pts
123	Günzburg	9.5	+0.3 pts
123	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	-0.4 pts
123	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	-0.9 pts
123	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	0 pts
123	Lörrach	9.5	-0.3 pts
123	Rems-Murr-Kreis	9.5	-0.2 pts
123	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	9.5	+0.1 pts
123	Rottweil	9.5	-0.3 pts
123	Soest	9.5	+0.4 pts
123	Stade	9.5	-0.4 pts
123	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	-0.1 pts
123	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	+0.5 pts
123	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	9.5	+0.2 pts
123	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	-0.1 pts
143	Altötting	9.4	-0.3 pts
143	Alzey-Worms	9.4	+0.2 pts
143	Düren	9.4	0 pts
143	Ebersberg	9.4	-0.6 pts
143	Erlangen-Höchstadt	9.4	-0.1 pts
143	Forchheim	9.4	+0.4 pts
143	Gifhorn	9.4	-1.1 pts
143	Göppingen	9.4	0 pts
143	Leer	9.4	-0.3 pts
143	Main-Taunus-Kreis	9.4	-0.6 pts
143	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	9.4	+0.7 pts
143	Oberallgäu	9.4	-0.1 pts
143	Oberbergischer Kreis	9.4	-0.2 pts
143	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.4	0 pts
143	Ortenaukreis	9.4	-0.2 pts
143	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	9.4	-0.3 pts
143	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	9.4	0 pts
143	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	9.4	-0.1 pts
143	Roth	9.4	0 pts
162	Bodenseekreis	9.3	0 pts
162	Darmstadt-Dieburg	9.3	-0.2 pts
162	Lindau (Bodensee)	9.3	+0.5 pts
162	Minden-Lübbecke	9.3	-0.5 pts
162	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.3	-0.5 pts
162	München, Landkreis	9.3	-0.4 pts
162	Ostalbkreis	9.3	+0.3 pts
162	Regensburg, Landkreis	9.3	0 pts
162	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	9.3	+0.1 pts
162	Schweinfurt, Landkreis	9.3	+0.3 pts
162	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.3	+0.8 pts
162	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.3	+0.3 pts
174	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.2	+0.5 pts
174	Bad Kreuznach	9.2	+0.2 pts
174	Bergstraße	9.2	+0.7 pts
174	Calw	9.2	0 pts
174	Dingolfing-Landau	9.2	+0.3 pts
174	Enzkreis	9.2	+0.3 pts
174	Freudenstadt	9.2	-0.1 pts
174	Heidenheim	9.2	+0.6 pts
174	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.2	-0.6 pts
174	Konstanz	9.2	-0.5 pts
174	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	9.2	+0.1 pts
174	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	9.2	-0.2 pts
174	Mayen-Koblenz	9.2	-0.2 pts
174	Miesbach	9.2	0 pts
174	Neuwied	9.2	0 pts
174	Peine	9.2	-0.3 pts
174	Pinneberg	9.2	-0.3 pts
174	Rosenheim, Landkreis	9.2	+0.2 pts
174	Städteregion Aachen	9.2	-0.1 pts
174	Straubing-Bogen	9.2	+0.3 pts
194	Bamberg, Landkreis	9.1	-0.9 pts
194	Berchtesgadener Land	9.1	+0.6 pts
194	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.1	+0.2 pts
194	Donnersbergkreis	9.1	+0.9 pts
194	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	9.1	-0.1 pts
194	Harburg	9.1	0 pts
194	Haßberge	9.1	+0.1 pts
194	Herzogtum Lauenburg	9.1	-0.5 pts
194	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	9.1	0 pts
194	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	9.1	-1.1 pts
194	Kelheim	9.1	-1 pts
194	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.1	-0.3 pts
194	Main-Tauber-Kreis	9.1	+0.4 pts
194	Märkischer Kreis	9.1	-0.2 pts
194	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	9.1	+0.2 pts
194	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	9.1	+0.3 pts
194	Rhön-Grabfeld	9.1	0 pts
194	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.1	-0.4 pts
194	Traunstein	9.1	+0.3 pts
194	Unterallgäu	9.1	-0.8 pts
194	Wetteraukreis	9.1	+0.5 pts
194	Würzburg, Landkreis	9.1	-0.2 pts
216	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	9	+0.6 pts
216	Aurich	9	+0.2 pts
216	Bernkastel-Wittlich	9	-0.2 pts
216	Celle	9	-0.2 pts
216	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	9	+0.8 pts
216	Coesfeld	9	-0.4 pts
216	Euskirchen	9	+0.1 pts
216	Fürth, Landkreis	9	-0.5 pts
216	Heinsberg	9	0 pts
216	Helmstedt	9	+0.6 pts
216	Herford	9	-0.3 pts
216	Kitzingen	9	0 pts
216	Limburg-Weilburg	9	+0.6 pts
216	Lüneburg, Landkreis	9	-0.5 pts
216	Mainz-Bingen	9	+0.1 pts
216	Mettmann	9	-0.2 pts
216	Nürnberger Land	9	+0.2 pts
216	Oldenburg, Landkreis	9	-0.4 pts
216	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	9	-0.9 pts
216	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	9	-0.5 pts
216	Unna	9	+0.5 pts
216	Weilheim-Schongau	9	-0.1 pts
216	Zollernalbkreis	9	+0.4 pts
239	Cham	8.9	-0.1 pts
239	Dillingen a.d. Donau	8.9	-0.3 pts
239	Kleve	8.9	-0.3 pts
239	Landsberg am Lech	8.9	-0.2 pts
239	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	8.9	+0.1 pts
239	Recklinghausen	8.9	0 pts
239	Regen	8.9	+0.6 pts
239	Rottal-Inn	8.9	+0.2 pts
239	Schwandorf	8.9	-0.1 pts
239	Segeberg	8.9	+0.1 pts
239	Trier-Saarburg	8.9	0 pts
239	Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis	8.9	+0.7 pts

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Live births per 1,000 residents during the year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Crude birth rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which area has the highest birth rate?

Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 12.2 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest birth rate?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 6.4 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Crude birth rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.