NUTS 3 areas of Germany by birth rate

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by birth rate, 2018
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Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest birth rate of 400 areas in 2018, at 13.1 per 1,000 inhabitants. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 5.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 9.2 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was 9.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest13.1Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest5.8Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median9.2400 areas

Germany9.5History

Top 40 areas, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2018 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2017
1	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	13.1	+1 pts
2	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.3	+1 pts
3	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.2	0 pts
4	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	12.1	0 pts
5	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	11.9	+1.1 pts
6	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.6	-0.2 pts
7	Hamburg	11.5	-0.1 pts
7	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.5	0 pts
7	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.5	-0.4 pts
10	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.4	+0.8 pts
11	Cloppenburg	11.3	-0.1 pts
11	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	11.3	+1.2 pts
13	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	11.2	-0.3 pts
14	Berlin	11.1	-0.1 pts
14	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.1	+0.1 pts
14	Eichstätt	11.1	+0.1 pts
14	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	11.1	-0.4 pts
18	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	11	-0.6 pts
18	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	11	-0.3 pts
18	Vechta	11	0 pts
18	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	11	+0.4 pts
22	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.9	-0.3 pts
22	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.9	-0.2 pts
22	Groß-Gerau	10.9	+0.2 pts
22	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	10.9	+0.2 pts
22	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.9	-0.3 pts
22	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.9	+0.3 pts
22	Ulm, Stadtkreis	10.9	+0.4 pts
29	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.8	+0.2 pts
29	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.8	+0.2 pts
29	Böblingen	10.8	+0.2 pts
29	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	10.8	+0.5 pts
29	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.8	+0.4 pts
29	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	10.8	+2.8 pts
29	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.8	+0.1 pts
36	Biberach	10.7	+0.1 pts
36	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	10.7	+0.7 pts
36	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.7	0 pts
36	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	10.7	+0.3 pts
36	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.7	+0.4 pts
41	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.6	+0.1 pts
41	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.6	+0.4 pts
41	Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.6	-0.5 pts
41	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.6	0 pts
41	Tuttlingen	10.6	+0.5 pts
46	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.5	0 pts
46	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.5	+0.2 pts
46	Dachau	10.5	+0.6 pts
46	Freising	10.5	-0.3 pts
46	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.5	+0.4 pts
51	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	10.4	+0.7 pts
51	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.4	+0.4 pts
51	Fürstenfeldbruck	10.4	+0.4 pts
51	Ludwigsburg	10.4	-0.4 pts
51	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.4	+0.5 pts
51	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.4	+0.8 pts
51	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	10.4	-0.3 pts
58	Alb-Donau-Kreis	10.3	+0.3 pts
58	Borken	10.3	+0.2 pts
58	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.3	-0.1 pts
58	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.3	+0.2 pts
58	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.3	+0.8 pts
58	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.3	-0.1 pts
64	Amberg-Sulzbach	10.2	+2 pts
64	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.2	-0.6 pts
64	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.2	-0.1 pts
64	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.2	+0.1 pts
64	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	10.2	-0.1 pts
64	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	10.2	+0.2 pts
64	Ostallgäu	10.2	+0.1 pts
64	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	10.2	-0.2 pts
64	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.2	-0.1 pts
73	Gifhorn	10.1	+0.7 pts
73	Gütersloh	10.1	+0.3 pts
73	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	-0.4 pts
73	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	+0.9 pts
73	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	0 pts
73	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	+0.3 pts
73	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	+0.1 pts
73	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	10.1	-0.1 pts
73	Paderborn	10.1	-0.3 pts
73	Ravensburg	10.1	+0.2 pts
83	Aichach-Friedberg	10	-0.5 pts
83	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	10	-0.1 pts
83	Heilbronn, Landkreis	10	+0.2 pts
83	Kelheim	10	+0.9 pts
83	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	10	-0.1 pts
83	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	10	+0.5 pts
83	Lörrach	10	+0.5 pts
83	Reutlingen	10	0 pts
83	Schwäbisch Hall	10	-0.2 pts
83	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	10	+0.7 pts
83	Steinfurt	10	+0.1 pts
83	Tübingen, Landkreis	10	-0.4 pts
83	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	10	+0.5 pts
96	Altötting	9.9	+0.5 pts
96	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.9	+0.4 pts
96	Coesfeld	9.9	+0.9 pts
96	Emsland	9.9	-0.2 pts
96	Esslingen	9.9	+0.3 pts
96	Gießen, Landkreis	9.9	+0.1 pts
96	Mühldorf a. Inn	9.9	+0.3 pts
96	Offenbach, Landkreis	9.9	-0.4 pts
96	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	9.9	+0.5 pts
105	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.8	-0.4 pts
105	Augsburg, Landkreis	9.8	-0.1 pts
105	Darmstadt-Dieburg	9.8	+0.5 pts
105	Erding	9.8	-0.5 pts
105	Euskirchen	9.8	+0.8 pts
105	Günzburg	9.8	+0.3 pts
105	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.8	+0.1 pts
105	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.8	-0.2 pts
105	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	9.8	+0.7 pts
105	Region Hannover	9.8	-0.1 pts
105	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.8	-0.1 pts
105	Siegen-Wittgenstein	9.8	+0.2 pts
105	Unterallgäu	9.8	+0.7 pts
118	Ebersberg	9.7	+0.3 pts
118	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	9.7	+0.6 pts
118	Germersheim	9.7	+0.2 pts
118	Hohenlohekreis	9.7	0 pts
118	Leer	9.7	+0.3 pts
118	Main-Taunus-Kreis	9.7	+0.3 pts
118	Neu-Ulm	9.7	-0.1 pts
118	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	9.7	-0.2 pts
118	Rems-Murr-Kreis	9.7	+0.2 pts
118	Stade	9.7	+0.2 pts
128	Alzey-Worms	9.6	+0.2 pts
128	Bamberg, Landkreis	9.6	+0.5 pts
128	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	9.6	+0.1 pts
128	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm	9.6	-0.1 pts
128	Grafschaft Bentheim	9.6	0 pts
128	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.6	-0.3 pts
128	Konstanz	9.6	+0.4 pts
128	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.6	+0.1 pts
128	Lippe	9.6	0 pts
128	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.6	+0.3 pts
128	Oberbergischer Kreis	9.6	+0.2 pts
128	Ortenaukreis	9.6	+0.2 pts
140	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	+0.3 pts
140	Dillingen a.d. Donau	9.5	+0.6 pts
140	Dingolfing-Landau	9.5	+0.3 pts
140	Emmendingen	9.5	-0.3 pts
140	Enzkreis	9.5	+0.3 pts
140	Freudenstadt	9.5	+0.3 pts
140	Göppingen	9.5	+0.1 pts
140	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	9.5	+0.4 pts
140	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	9.5	+0.3 pts
140	Osnabrück, Landkreis	9.5	-0.2 pts
140	Ostalbkreis	9.5	+0.2 pts
140	Pinneberg	9.5	+0.3 pts
140	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	+0.5 pts
140	Roth	9.5	+0.1 pts
140	Rottweil	9.5	0 pts
140	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	-0.5 pts
140	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	+0.4 pts
140	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.5	+0.2 pts
140	Verden	9.5	-0.6 pts
140	Warendorf	9.5	+0.6 pts
140	Weilheim-Schongau	9.5	+0.5 pts
140	Würzburg, Landkreis	9.5	+0.4 pts
162	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.4	-0.6 pts
162	Düren	9.4	0 pts
162	Heinsberg	9.4	+0.4 pts
162	Oberallgäu	9.4	0 pts
162	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	9.4	0 pts
162	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	9.4	+0.4 pts
168	Ansbach, Landkreis	9.3	-0.4 pts
168	Berchtesgadener Land	9.3	+0.2 pts
168	Eichsfeld	9.3	-0.2 pts
168	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.3	-0.2 pts
168	Herzogtum Lauenburg	9.3	+0.2 pts
168	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.3	-1.2 pts
168	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.3	-0.7 pts
168	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	9.3	-0.1 pts
168	Rosenheim, Landkreis	9.3	+0.1 pts
168	Soest	9.3	-0.2 pts
168	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.3	-0.2 pts
168	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.3	-0.2 pts
168	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.3	-0.4 pts
181	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.2	+0.1 pts
181	Bodenseekreis	9.2	-0.1 pts
181	Erlangen-Höchstadt	9.2	-0.2 pts
181	Fulda	9.2	-0.5 pts
181	Fürth, Landkreis	9.2	+0.2 pts
181	Heidenheim	9.2	0 pts
181	Herford	9.2	+0.2 pts
181	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	9.2	+0.1 pts
181	Kitzingen	9.2	+0.2 pts
181	Landshut, Landkreis	9.2	-0.8 pts
181	Main-Tauber-Kreis	9.2	+0.1 pts
181	Minden-Lübbecke	9.2	-0.1 pts
181	München, Landkreis	9.2	-0.1 pts
181	Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim	9.2	+0.6 pts
181	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.2	-0.7 pts
181	Neuwied	9.2	0 pts
181	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.2	-0.2 pts
181	Peine	9.2	0 pts
181	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	9.2	-0.3 pts
181	Sigmaringen	9.2	-0.5 pts
181	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.2	-0.6 pts
181	Städteregion Aachen	9.2	0 pts
181	Straubing-Bogen	9.2	0 pts
181	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	9.2	-0.3 pts
205	Bad Kreuznach	9.1	-0.1 pts
205	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	9.1	+1.3 pts
205	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.1	+0.1 pts
205	Donau-Ries	9.1	-0.4 pts
205	Harburg	9.1	0 pts
205	Haßberge	9.1	0 pts
205	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.1	-0.5 pts
205	Kusel	9.1	+0.5 pts
205	Limburg-Weilburg	9.1	+0.1 pts
205	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	9.1	0 pts
205	Mayen-Koblenz	9.1	-0.1 pts
205	Miesbach	9.1	-0.1 pts
205	Regensburg, Landkreis	9.1	-0.2 pts
205	Teltow-Fläming	9.1	+0.3 pts
205	Waldshut	9.1	+0.2 pts
220	Birkenfeld	9	+1.5 pts
220	Calw	9	-0.2 pts
220	Heidekreis	9	+0.5 pts
220	Kleve	9	+0.1 pts
220	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	9	-0.2 pts
220	Mainz-Bingen	9	0 pts
220	Märkischer Kreis	9	-0.1 pts
220	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	9	+0.9 pts
220	Rastatt	9	+0.3 pts
220	Recklinghausen	9	+0.1 pts
220	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	9	-0.1 pts
220	Rotenburg (Wümme)	9	+0.3 pts
220	Traunstein	9	-0.1 pts
233	Ammerland	8.9	+0.3 pts
233	Bergstraße	8.9	-0.3 pts
233	Celle	8.9	-0.1 pts
233	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	8.9	+0.6 pts
233	Forchheim	8.9	-0.5 pts
233	Lindau (Bodensee)	8.9	-0.4 pts
233	Lüneburg, Landkreis	8.9	-0.1 pts
233	Mettmann	8.9	-0.1 pts
233	Oldenburg, Landkreis	8.9	-0.1 pts
233	Olpe	8.9	-1.1 pts
233	Schweinfurt, Landkreis	8.9	-0.4 pts
233	Segeberg	8.9	0 pts
233	Westerwaldkreis	8.9	+0.3 pts
233	Wetteraukreis	8.9	-0.2 pts
233	Zollernalbkreis	8.9	-0.1 pts
248	Ahrweiler	8.8	+0.1 pts
248	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	8.8	+0.2 pts
248	Donnersbergkreis	8.8	-0.3 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?

Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 13.1 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest birth rate?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 5.8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2018.

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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.