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NUTS 3 areas of Germany by birth rate

Cloppenburg had the highest birth rate of 400 areas in 2021, at 12.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. Saalfeld-Rudolstadt had the lowest, at 6 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 9.4 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was 9.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12.4Cloppenburg
Lowest6Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Median9.4400 areas
Germany9.6History

Top 40 areas, 2021

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CloppenburgCloppenburg: 12.4 per 1,000 inhabitants12.4München, Kreisfreie StadtMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 12.3 per 1,000 inhabitants12.3Kaiserslautern, LandkreisKaiserslautern, Landkreis: 12.1 per 1,000 inhabitants12.1Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 12.1 per 1,000 inhabitants12.1Pforzheim, StadtkreisPforzheim, Stadtkreis: 12.1 per 1,000 inhabitants12.1Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie StadtIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants11.9VechtaVechta: 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants11.6Alb-Donau-KreisAlb-Donau-Kreis: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3HamburgHamburg: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3Pfaffenhofen a. d. IlmPfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3EichstättEichstätt: 11.2 per 1,000 inhabitants11.2Neu-UlmNeu-Ulm: 11.2 per 1,000 inhabitants11.2TuttlingenTuttlingen: 11.2 per 1,000 inhabitants11.2BöblingenBöblingen: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1FreisingFreising: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1Fürth, Kreisfreie StadtFürth, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie StadtGelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie…Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1Neuburg-SchrobenhausenNeuburg-Schrobenhausen: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1Neustadt a. d. WaldnaabNeustadt a. d. Waldnaab: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie StadtWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1Ansbach, Kreisfreie StadtAnsbach, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie StadtDelmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11BiberachBiberach: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Dingolfing-LandauDingolfing-Landau: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Freiburg im Breisgau, StadtkreisFreiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Groß-GerauGroß-Gerau: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9Hagen, Kreisfreie StadtHagen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9LudwigsburgLudwigsburg: 10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants10.9BorkenBorken: 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants10.8Heilbronn, LandkreisHeilbronn, Landkreis: 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants10.8Köln, Kreisfreie StadtKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants10.8Memmingen, Kreisfreie StadtMemmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants10.8Rosenheim, Kreisfreie StadtRosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants10.8Salzgitter, Kreisfreie StadtSalzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants10.8BerlinBerlin: 10.7 per 1,000 inhabitants10.7Grafschaft BentheimGrafschaft Bentheim: 10.7 per 1,000 inhabitants10.7Heilbronn, StadtkreisHeilbronn, Stadtkreis: 10.7 per 1,000 inhabitants10.7Nürnberg, Kreisfreie StadtNürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 10.7 per 1,000 inhabitants10.7
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankAreas2021
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2020
1Cloppenburg12.4+0.5 pts
2München, Kreisfreie Stadt12.3+0.5 pts
3Kaiserslautern, Landkreis12.1+0.5 pts
3Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt12.1-0.1 pts
3Pforzheim, Stadtkreis12.1+0.5 pts
6Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt11.9+0.3 pts
7Vechta11.60 pts
8Alb-Donau-Kreis11.3+0.8 pts
8Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt11.3+0.1 pts
8Hamburg11.3+0.3 pts
8Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm11.3+1.4 pts
12Eichstätt11.2+0.1 pts
12Neu-Ulm11.2+1.1 pts
12Tuttlingen11.2+0.3 pts
15Böblingen11.1+0.5 pts
15Freising11.1+1.1 pts
15Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt11.1+0.3 pts
15Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt11.1+0.2 pts
15Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt11.1+0.3 pts
15Neuburg-Schrobenhausen11.1+1 pts
15Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab11.1+0.4 pts
15Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt11.1+0.2 pts
23Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt11-0.2 pts
23Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt11+1.5 pts
25Biberach10.9+0.5 pts
25Dingolfing-Landau10.9+1.5 pts
25Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis10.90 pts
25Groß-Gerau10.9+1 pts
25Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt10.9+0.3 pts
25Ludwigsburg10.9+0.6 pts
31Borken10.8+0.5 pts
31Heilbronn, Landkreis10.8+0.2 pts
31Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt10.8+0.6 pts
31Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt10.8+0.1 pts
31Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt10.8-0.1 pts
31Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt10.8-0.1 pts
37Berlin10.7+0.1 pts
37Grafschaft Bentheim10.7+1 pts
37Heilbronn, Stadtkreis10.7+0.5 pts
37Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.7+0.4 pts
37Oberallgäu10.7+1.1 pts
37Rottweil10.7+0.6 pts
37Schwäbisch Hall10.7+0.5 pts
37Straubing-Bogen10.7+0.8 pts
37Stuttgart, Stadtkreis10.7+0.5 pts
37Unterallgäu10.7+0.4 pts
47Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.6+0.6 pts
47Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt10.6+0.1 pts
47Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt10.6+0.2 pts
47Hohenlohekreis10.6+0.5 pts
47Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt10.6+1.1 pts
47Kelheim10.6+0.9 pts
47Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt10.6+1.3 pts
47Ostallgäu10.6+0.2 pts
47Ravensburg10.6+0.6 pts
47Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.60 pts
47Ulm, Stadtkreis10.6+0.3 pts
47Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.6+0.1 pts
59Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt10.5+0.2 pts
59Dachau10.5+0.2 pts
59Erding10.5+0.6 pts
59Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt10.50 pts
59Landshut, Landkreis10.5+0.4 pts
59Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt10.5-0.4 pts
59Mannheim, Stadtkreis10.5+0.5 pts
59Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt10.5+0.6 pts
67Donau-Ries10.4+0.3 pts
67Ebersberg10.4+0.9 pts
67Esslingen10.4+0.4 pts
67Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt10.4-0.1 pts
67Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt10.40 pts
67Osnabrück, Landkreis10.4+0.6 pts
67Peine10.4+0.4 pts
67Reutlingen10.4+0.8 pts
67Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.4+0.2 pts
76Aichach-Friedberg10.3+0.3 pts
76Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.3+1 pts
76Augsburg, Landkreis10.3+0.5 pts
76Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.3+0.6 pts
76Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt10.3+0.1 pts
76Dillingen a.d. Donau10.3-0.3 pts
76Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt10.3+0.3 pts
76Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt10.3+0.4 pts
76Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt10.3+0.2 pts
76Gifhorn10.3+0.4 pts
76Günzburg10.3+0.4 pts
76Gütersloh10.3+0.4 pts
76Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt10.3+0.1 pts
76Neumarkt i. d. OPf.10.30 pts
76Ostalbkreis10.3+0.8 pts
76Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt10.30 pts
76Steinfurt10.3+0.7 pts
76Tübingen, Landkreis10.3+0.4 pts
94Amberg-Sulzbach10.2+0.3 pts
94Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt10.2+0.4 pts
94Calw10.2+0.4 pts
94Mühldorf a. Inn10.2+0.6 pts
94Offenbach, Landkreis10.2+0.5 pts
94Ortenaukreis10.2+0.6 pts
94Paderborn10.2-0.2 pts
101Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald10.1+0.6 pts
101Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt10.1-0.4 pts
101Emmendingen10.1+0.4 pts
101Emsland10.1-0.1 pts
101Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt10.10 pts
101Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt10.1-0.8 pts
101Kitzingen10.1+0.5 pts
101Neuwied10.1+0.8 pts
101Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt10.1-0.2 pts
101Warendorf10.1+0.7 pts
111Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt10-0.2 pts
111Enzkreis10+0.7 pts
111Erlangen-Höchstadt10+0.6 pts
111Germersheim10+0.6 pts
111Göppingen10+1.1 pts
111Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt10+0.3 pts
111Region Hannover10+0.1 pts
111Roth10+0.7 pts
111Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis10-0.1 pts
111Weilheim-Schongau10+0.3 pts
111Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt100 pts
122Alzey-Worms9.9+0.3 pts
122Ansbach, Landkreis9.9-0.1 pts
122Aschaffenburg, Landkreis9.9+1.3 pts
122Bamberg, Landkreis9.9+0.3 pts
122Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt9.9+0.8 pts
122Düren9.9+0.2 pts
122Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt9.9-0.2 pts
122Gießen, Landkreis9.9+0.1 pts
122Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt9.9+0.1 pts
122Leer9.9+0.3 pts
122Main-Kinzig-Kreis9.9+0.8 pts
122Main-Taunus-Kreis9.9+0.5 pts
122Oberbergischer Kreis9.9+0.3 pts
122Rems-Murr-Kreis9.9+0.2 pts
122Rhein-Erft-Kreis9.9+0.6 pts
137Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen9.80 pts
137Bodenseekreis9.8+0.4 pts
137Coesfeld9.8+0.2 pts
137Forchheim9.8+0.3 pts
137Freudenstadt9.8+0.5 pts
137Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt9.80 pts
137Lippe9.8+0.3 pts
137Minden-Lübbecke9.8+0.4 pts
137Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt9.8-0.1 pts
137Oldenburg, Landkreis9.8+1 pts
137Rosenheim, Landkreis9.8+0.4 pts
137Traunstein9.8+0.6 pts
137Würzburg, Landkreis9.8+0.4 pts
150Altötting9.7+0.1 pts
150Harburg9.7+1.1 pts
150Heidelberg, Stadtkreis9.7+0.4 pts
150Karlsruhe, Landkreis9.7+0.5 pts
150Konstanz9.7+0.3 pts
150Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt9.7-0.1 pts
150Regensburg, Landkreis9.7+0.4 pts
150Rhein-Kreis Neuss9.7+0.3 pts
150Rhein-Neckar-Kreis9.7+0.7 pts
150Schweinfurt, Landkreis9.7+0.4 pts
150Siegen-Wittgenstein9.7+0.3 pts
150Stade9.7-0.1 pts
162Bergstraße9.6+0.6 pts
162Cham9.6+0.3 pts
162Darmstadt-Dieburg9.6+0.7 pts
162Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt9.6-1.1 pts
162Euskirchen9.6+0.7 pts
162Fulda9.6+0.1 pts
162Fürstenfeldbruck9.6+0.1 pts
162Haßberge9.6+0.5 pts
162Main-Tauber-Kreis9.6+0.7 pts
162Miesbach9.6+0.8 pts
162Olpe9.6+0.2 pts
162Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt9.6+0.3 pts
162Sigmaringen9.6+0.3 pts
162Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt9.60 pts
162Verden9.6+0.3 pts
177Altenkirchen (Westerwald)9.5+0.6 pts
177Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis9.5+0.8 pts
177Deggendorf9.5+0.8 pts
177Diepholz9.5+0.6 pts
177Heidenheim9.5+0.2 pts
177Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt9.5-0.1 pts
177Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt9.5+0.3 pts
177Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt9.50 pts
177Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis9.5+0.7 pts
177Kleve9.5+0.5 pts
177Lahn-Dill-Kreis9.5+0.4 pts
177Lindau (Bodensee)9.5+0.6 pts
177Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt9.5+0.3 pts
177Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt9.5-0.2 pts
177Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis9.5+0.2 pts
177Rhön-Grabfeld9.5+0.5 pts
177Rottal-Inn9.5+0.6 pts
177Schwandorf9.5+0.2 pts
177Soest9.5+0.6 pts
177Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen9.50 pts
197Ahrweiler9.4+0.6 pts
197Bernkastel-Wittlich9.4+0.2 pts
197Fürth, Landkreis9.4+0.4 pts
197Garmisch-Partenkirchen9.4-0.2 pts
197Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt9.4+0.2 pts
197Herford9.4+0.2 pts
197Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt9.4+0.9 pts
197Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim9.4-0.2 pts
197Nürnberger Land9.4+0.3 pts
197Recklinghausen9.4+0.4 pts
197Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt9.4-0.2 pts
197Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt9.4+0.4 pts
197Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt9.4+1.1 pts
197Westerwaldkreis9.40 pts
197Zollernalbkreis9.4-0.2 pts
212Bad Kreuznach9.3+0.5 pts
212Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt9.3+0.8 pts
212Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt9.3+0.3 pts
212Kusel9.3+0.4 pts
212Limburg-Weilburg9.3+0.5 pts
212Lörrach9.3+0.3 pts
212Märkischer Kreis9.30 pts
212München, Landkreis9.3+0.3 pts
212Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt9.3-0.1 pts
212Rhein-Sieg-Kreis9.3+0.1 pts
212Städteregion Aachen9.3+0.2 pts
212Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt9.3-0.3 pts
224Ammerland9.2+0.5 pts
224Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt9.2+0.2 pts
224Celle9.2+0.3 pts
224Heinsberg9.2+0.3 pts
224Landsberg am Lech9.20 pts
224Mainz-Bingen9.2+0.7 pts
224Mayen-Koblenz9.2-0.1 pts
224Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis9.2+0.1 pts
224Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt9.20 pts
224Osterholz9.2+1 pts
224Tirschenreuth9.2+0.2 pts
224Wetteraukreis9.2+0.2 pts
236Bad Kissingen9.1+0.4 pts
236Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis9.1+0.5 pts
236Hameln-Pyrmont9.1+0.5 pts
236Helmstedt9.1-0.3 pts
236Hochsauerlandkreis9.1+0.4 pts
236Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt9.1+0.3 pts
236Mettmann9.1+0.5 pts
236Rastatt9.1+0.2 pts
236Regen9.1+0.5 pts
236Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis9.1+0.3 pts
236Segeberg9.1+0.5 pts
247Bayreuth, Landkreis9+0.9 pts
247Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt90 pts
247Coburg, Landkreis9+0.6 pts
247Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt9-0.2 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?

Cloppenburg, with 12.4 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest birth rate?

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, with 6 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021.

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