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NUTS 3 areas of Germany by birth rate

Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest birth rate of 400 areas in 2020, at 12.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. Altenburger Land had the lowest, at 5.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 9.1 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was 9.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12.2Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest5.8Altenburger Land
Median9.1400 areas
Germany9.3History

Top 40 areas, 2020

CSVChart (SVG)

Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 12.2 per 1,000 inhabitants12.2CloppenburgCloppenburg: 11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants11.9München, Kreisfreie StadtMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11.8 per 1,000 inhabitants11.8Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie StadtIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants11.6Kaiserslautern, LandkreisKaiserslautern, Landkreis: 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants11.6Pforzheim, StadtkreisPforzheim, Stadtkreis: 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants11.6VechtaVechta: 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants11.6Ansbach, Kreisfreie StadtAnsbach, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11.2 per 1,000 inhabitants11.2Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11.2 per 1,000 inhabitants11.2EichstättEichstätt: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1HamburgHamburg: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11Freiburg im Breisgau, StadtkreisFreiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie StadtGelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie StadtKaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Leipzig, Kreisfreie StadtLeipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Rosenheim, Kreisfreie StadtRosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Salzgitter, Kreisfreie StadtSalzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9TuttlingenTuttlingen: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie StadtWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Fürth, Kreisfreie StadtFürth, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants10.8Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie…Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants10.8Erlangen, Kreisfreie StadtErlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.7 per 1,000 inhabitants10.7Memmingen, Kreisfreie StadtMemmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.7 per 1,000 inhabitants10.7Neustadt a. d. WaldnaabNeustadt a. d. Waldnaab: 10.7 per 1,000 inhabitants10.7BerlinBerlin: 10.6 per 1,000 inhabitants10.6BöblingenBöblingen: 10.6 per 1,000 inhabitants10.6Dillingen a.d. DonauDillingen a.d. Donau: 10.6 per 1,000 inhabitants10.6Hagen, Kreisfreie StadtHagen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.6 per 1,000 inhabitants10.6Heilbronn, LandkreisHeilbronn, Landkreis: 10.6 per 1,000 inhabitants10.6Regensburg, Kreisfreie StadtRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.6 per 1,000 inhabitants10.6Alb-Donau-KreisAlb-Donau-Kreis: 10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants10.5Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie StadtBremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants10.5Darmstadt, Kreisfreie StadtDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants10.5Kassel, Kreisfreie StadtKassel, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants10.5Landshut, Kreisfreie StadtLandshut, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants10.5Würzburg, Kreisfreie StadtWürzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants10.5BiberachBiberach: 10.4 per 1,000 inhabitants10.4Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie StadtDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.4 per 1,000 inhabitants10.4Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie StadtKempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.4 per 1,000 inhabitants10.4OstallgäuOstallgäu: 10.4 per 1,000 inhabitants10.4
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankAreas2020
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2019
1Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt12.2-0.5 pts
2Cloppenburg11.9+0.2 pts
3München, Kreisfreie Stadt11.8-0.1 pts
4Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt11.6+0.3 pts
4Kaiserslautern, Landkreis11.6+0.4 pts
4Pforzheim, Stadtkreis11.6-0.1 pts
4Vechta11.6-0.1 pts
8Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt11.2-1.3 pts
8Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt11.2-0.5 pts
10Eichstätt11.1-0.1 pts
11Hamburg11-0.4 pts
12Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis10.9+0.1 pts
12Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt10.9+0.6 pts
12Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt10.9+0.8 pts
12Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt10.9-0.1 pts
12Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt10.9+0.3 pts
12Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt10.9+0.1 pts
12Tuttlingen10.9+0.7 pts
12Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt10.9+0.1 pts
20Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt10.8-0.4 pts
20Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt10.8-0.4 pts
22Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt10.7+1.1 pts
22Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt10.7+1.3 pts
22Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab10.7+0.3 pts
25Berlin10.6-0.2 pts
25Böblingen10.6-0.1 pts
25Dillingen a.d. Donau10.6+1.5 pts
25Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt10.6+0.3 pts
25Heilbronn, Landkreis10.6+0.4 pts
25Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.6-0.4 pts
31Alb-Donau-Kreis10.5+0.5 pts
31Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt10.5+0.1 pts
31Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt10.5-0.1 pts
31Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt10.50 pts
31Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt10.5+0.9 pts
31Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.5+1 pts
37Biberach10.4-0.6 pts
37Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt10.4+0.1 pts
37Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt10.4+0.3 pts
37Ostallgäu10.4+0.5 pts
37Paderborn10.4+0.4 pts
42Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt10.3-0.2 pts
42Borken10.3+0.1 pts
42Dachau10.3-0.2 pts
42Ludwigsburg10.3+0.1 pts
42Neumarkt i. d. OPf.10.3+0.2 pts
42Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.3-0.1 pts
42Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt10.3-0.2 pts
42Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt10.3+0.8 pts
42Ulm, Stadtkreis10.3-0.4 pts
42Unterallgäu10.30 pts
52Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt10.2-0.3 pts
52Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt10.2-0.4 pts
52Emsland10.2+0.2 pts
52Heilbronn, Stadtkreis10.2-0.4 pts
52Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt10.2-0.5 pts
52Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt10.2+0.2 pts
52Schwäbisch Hall10.2+0.4 pts
52Stuttgart, Stadtkreis10.2-0.4 pts
52Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.2-0.2 pts
61Donau-Ries10.1+0.4 pts
61Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt10.1-0.1 pts
61Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.1-0.9 pts
61Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt10.1-0.1 pts
61Hohenlohekreis10.1+0.1 pts
61Landshut, Landkreis10.1+0.8 pts
61Neu-Ulm10.1-0.1 pts
61Neuburg-Schrobenhausen10.1+0.6 pts
61Rottweil10.1+0.2 pts
61Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis10.10 pts
71Aichach-Friedberg10+0.5 pts
71Ansbach, Landkreis10+0.3 pts
71Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10-0.5 pts
71Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt100 pts
71Esslingen10+0.3 pts
71Freising10-0.2 pts
71Mannheim, Stadtkreis10-0.2 pts
71Peine10+0.7 pts
71Ravensburg10-0.2 pts
71Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt10-0.2 pts
81Amberg-Sulzbach9.9-0.1 pts
81Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt9.9-0.3 pts
81Erding9.9+0.3 pts
81Gifhorn9.9-0.2 pts
81Groß-Gerau9.9-0.5 pts
81Günzburg9.9-0.1 pts
81Gütersloh9.90 pts
81Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt9.9+0.7 pts
81Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm9.9-1 pts
81Region Hannover9.9+0.5 pts
81Straubing-Bogen9.9+0.9 pts
81Tübingen, Landkreis9.9-0.1 pts
81Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt9.9+0.1 pts
94Augsburg, Landkreis9.8+0.2 pts
94Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen9.8+0.4 pts
94Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt9.8-0.4 pts
94Calw9.8+0.7 pts
94Gießen, Landkreis9.80 pts
94Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt9.8-0.2 pts
94Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt9.80 pts
94Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt9.8+0.4 pts
94Osnabrück, Landkreis9.8-0.2 pts
94Stade9.8+0.3 pts
104Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt9.7-0.8 pts
104Düren9.7+0.1 pts
104Emmendingen9.7+0.2 pts
104Grafschaft Bentheim9.7+0.1 pts
104Kelheim9.7-0.7 pts
104Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt9.7+0.2 pts
104Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt9.7-0.1 pts
104Offenbach, Landkreis9.7-0.2 pts
104Rems-Murr-Kreis9.7-0.1 pts
104Weilheim-Schongau9.7+0.6 pts
114Altötting9.6-0.4 pts
114Alzey-Worms9.6+0.7 pts
114Bamberg, Landkreis9.6-0.1 pts
114Coesfeld9.6+0.4 pts
114Garmisch-Partenkirchen9.6+1.6 pts
114Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt9.6+0.2 pts
114Kitzingen9.6+0.5 pts
114Leer9.6+0.3 pts
114Mühldorf a. Inn9.6-0.2 pts
114Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim9.6+0.3 pts
114Oberallgäu9.6-0.3 pts
114Oberbergischer Kreis9.60 pts
114Ortenaukreis9.60 pts
114Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt9.60 pts
114Reutlingen9.6-0.2 pts
114Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt9.6+0.2 pts
114Steinfurt9.6-0.3 pts
114Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt9.6+0.4 pts
114Zollernalbkreis9.6+1 pts
133Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald9.5-0.1 pts
133Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt9.5-1.4 pts
133Ebersberg9.5-0.1 pts
133Forchheim9.5+0.4 pts
133Fulda9.5+0.3 pts
133Fürstenfeldbruck9.5-0.3 pts
133Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt9.5-0.2 pts
133Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt9.5-1.8 pts
133Lippe9.5+0.1 pts
133Ostalbkreis9.5+0.2 pts
133Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen9.5-0.1 pts
144Bodenseekreis9.4+0.2 pts
144Dingolfing-Landau9.4-0.5 pts
144Erlangen-Höchstadt9.4+0.2 pts
144Germersheim9.4+0.3 pts
144Helmstedt9.4+0.5 pts
144Konstanz9.40 pts
144Main-Taunus-Kreis9.4+0.1 pts
144Minden-Lübbecke9.4-0.1 pts
144Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt9.4+1 pts
144Olpe9.4+0.3 pts
144Rhein-Kreis Neuss9.4+0.2 pts
144Rosenheim, Landkreis9.40 pts
144Siegen-Wittgenstein9.4-0.2 pts
144Warendorf9.4+0.3 pts
144Westerwaldkreis9.4+1 pts
144Würzburg, Landkreis9.4-0.2 pts
160Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt9.3-1.5 pts
160Cham9.3+0.5 pts
160Enzkreis9.3-0.3 pts
160Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt9.3-0.4 pts
160Freudenstadt9.30 pts
160Heidelberg, Stadtkreis9.3-1.2 pts
160Heidenheim9.3+0.1 pts
160Märkischer Kreis9.3+0.2 pts
160Mayen-Koblenz9.3+0.5 pts
160Miltenberg9.3+0.3 pts
160Neuwied9.3-0.3 pts
160Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt9.3-0.5 pts
160Regensburg, Landkreis9.30 pts
160Rhein-Erft-Kreis9.3-0.1 pts
160Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis9.3+0.4 pts
160Roth9.3+0.5 pts
160Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt9.3-0.2 pts
160Schwandorf9.3+0.1 pts
160Schweinfurt, Landkreis9.3-0.7 pts
160Sigmaringen9.3-0.6 pts
160Verden9.30 pts
181Bernkastel-Wittlich9.2+0.3 pts
181Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt9.2-0.4 pts
181Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt9.2-0.2 pts
181Heidekreis9.20 pts
181Herford9.20 pts
181Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt9.2-0.6 pts
181Karlsruhe, Landkreis9.2+0.1 pts
181Landsberg am Lech9.2+0.4 pts
181Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt9.20 pts
181Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt9.2-0.2 pts
181Rhein-Sieg-Kreis9.2+0.3 pts
181Traunstein9.2-0.1 pts
193Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt9.1-0.7 pts
193Haßberge9.1+0.5 pts
193Lahn-Dill-Kreis9.1+0.4 pts
193Main-Kinzig-Kreis9.1-0.2 pts
193Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis9.1+0.3 pts
193Nienburg (Weser)9.1+0.3 pts
193Nürnberger Land9.1+0.2 pts
193Rotenburg (Wümme)9.1+0.1 pts
193Städteregion Aachen9.1-0.1 pts
202Bergstraße9-0.3 pts
202Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt9+0.3 pts
202Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt9+0.1 pts
202Fürth, Landkreis90 pts
202Höxter9+0.7 pts
202Kleve9-0.2 pts
202Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt9-0.6 pts
202Lörrach9-0.7 pts
202Lüneburg, Landkreis90 pts
202Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt9-0.4 pts
202München, Landkreis9-0.2 pts
202Recklinghausen90 pts
202Regionalverband Saarbrücken9+0.3 pts
202Rhein-Neckar-Kreis9-0.4 pts
202Rhön-Grabfeld9+0.6 pts
202Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt9-0.1 pts
202Tirschenreuth9+0.8 pts
202Wetteraukreis9-0.1 pts
202Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt9+0.2 pts
221Altenkirchen (Westerwald)8.90 pts
221Birkenfeld8.9-1.5 pts
221Celle8.9-0.3 pts
221Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt8.9-0.1 pts
221Darmstadt-Dieburg8.9-0.4 pts
221Diepholz8.9-0.1 pts
221Euskirchen8.9+0.1 pts
221Göppingen8.9-0.6 pts
221Heinsberg8.9-0.3 pts
221Kusel8.90 pts
221Lindau (Bodensee)8.9-0.3 pts
221Main-Tauber-Kreis8.9-0.4 pts
221Pinneberg8.9+0.1 pts
221Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt8.9+0.1 pts
221Rastatt8.9-0.4 pts
221Rottal-Inn8.9+0.1 pts
221Soest8.9-0.1 pts
221Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt8.9-0.4 pts
239Ahrweiler8.8+0.2 pts
239Bad Kreuznach8.8+0.1 pts
239Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm8.8-0.7 pts
239Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis8.8-0.3 pts
239Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt8.80 pts
239Limburg-Weilburg8.8+0.6 pts
239Main-Spessart8.8+0.3 pts
239Miesbach8.8-0.1 pts
239Oldenburg, Landkreis8.8-0.2 pts
239Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis8.8-0.2 pts
239Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt8.80 pts
239Trier-Saarburg8.8-0.1 pts

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Live births per 1,000 residents during the year.

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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 12.2 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest birth rate?

Altenburger Land, with 5.8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020.

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