NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births, 2015
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest live births of 400 areas in 2015, at 38,030. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 244. The median was 1,301 and the figure for Germany was 737,575. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest38,030Berlin

Lowest244Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,301400 areas

Germany737,575History

Top 40 areas, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

count. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Berlin	38,030	+1.8%
2	Hamburg	19,768	+3.8%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	17,009	+1.9%
4	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	11,580	+3.1%
5	Region Hannover	10,578	-0.2%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	8,526	+4.3%
7	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,598	+5.5%
8	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,523	+1.4%
9	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	6,410	+3.8%
10	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,222	-1.2%
11	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,618	+8.6%
12	Ludwigsburg	5,535	+14.2%
13	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,481	+1.4%
14	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,347	+2.7%
15	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	5,258	+4.2%
16	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,148	+0.6%
17	Recklinghausen	4,977	+3.2%
18	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	4,930	+4.3%
19	Esslingen	4,923	+2.7%
20	Städteregion Aachen	4,844	+0.5%
21	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,570	+4%
22	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	4,139	+0.1%
23	Mettmann	4,029	+1.4%
24	Steinfurt	3,901	+1.6%
25	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	3,862	-0%
26	Ortenaukreis	3,797	+4.4%
27	Böblingen	3,758	+6.1%
28	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	3,709	+0.1%
29	Rems-Murr-Kreis	3,706	+5%
30	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	3,597	+3.5%
31	Märkischer Kreis	3,580	+4.5%
32	Wesel	3,548	+2.3%
33	Borken	3,498	+5.5%
34	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,383	+1%
35	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,347	+9.5%
36	München, Landkreis	3,339	+7.1%
37	Gütersloh	3,310	+2.4%
38	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,294	+6.8%
39	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,261	+2.4%
40	Unna	3,184	+0.6%
41	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,139	-1.3%
42	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,134	+7.4%
43	Lippe	3,133	+6.9%
44	Paderborn	3,114	+7.2%
45	Osnabrück, Landkreis	3,105	-0.4%
46	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,102	+6.2%
47	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,013	+0.9%
48	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	3,002	-1.3%
49	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,937	+3.8%
50	Emsland	2,889	-0.9%
51	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,846	+3.7%
52	Ostalbkreis	2,815	+7.7%
53	Groß-Gerau	2,751	+4.9%
54	Erzgebirgskreis	2,693	+1.5%
55	Minden-Lübbecke	2,691	-0.5%
56	Pinneberg	2,687	+4.5%
57	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	2,647	+5.9%
58	Soest	2,621	+4.7%
59	Göttingen	2,617	-0.3%
60	Ravensburg	2,581	+0.5%
61	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	2,577	+2.7%
62	Kleve	2,574	+5.6%
63	Darmstadt-Dieburg	2,567	+2.4%
64	Bautzen	2,517	-0.1%
65	Wetteraukreis	2,514	+2.7%
66	Reutlingen	2,499	+1.5%
67	Konstanz	2,497	+9.3%
68	Zwickau	2,493	-4.2%
69	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,492	+5.8%
70	Siegen-Wittgenstein	2,478	+8.3%
71	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,469	+7.9%
72	Gießen, Landkreis	2,453	+8.3%
73	Mittelsachsen	2,452	+0.2%
74	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	2,431	+0.3%
75	Warendorf	2,427	+4.8%
76	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,408	+4.8%
77	Oberbergischer Kreis	2,388	+4.1%
78	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,351	+4.1%
79	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,348	+12.3%
80	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,320	+6.9%
81	Viersen	2,314	+3.1%
82	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	2,263	+4%
83	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,224	+2.9%
84	Bergstraße	2,211	+0.8%
84	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	2,211	+1.5%
86	Herford	2,209	+4.8%
86	Segeberg	2,209	-1.7%
88	Düren	2,205	+2.9%
89	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,198	+3.4%
90	Hildesheim	2,188	+4.5%
91	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,171	+5.8%
92	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,161	+6.2%
93	Harburg	2,160	+5%
94	Göppingen	2,158	+5.8%
95	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,131	+4.4%
96	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	2,123	+3.9%
97	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	2,109	+2%
98	Tübingen, Landkreis	2,096	+5.3%
99	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,094	+4.7%
100	Heinsberg	2,083	+3%
101	Stormarn	2,081	+7.4%
102	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,064	-4%
103	Hochsauerlandkreis	2,040	+1.9%
103	Hochtaunuskreis	2,040	+8.7%
105	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,039	+1.4%
106	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	2,026	-0.4%
107	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1,996	-0.9%
107	Meißen	1,996	+1.7%
109	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,978	+7%
110	Fulda	1,968	+2.9%
111	Leipzig	1,964	+2.1%
112	Rastatt	1,955	+8.9%
113	Vorpommern-Greifswald	1,932	+9.6%
114	Fürstenfeldbruck	1,923	-0.5%
115	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,917	+2.7%
116	Görlitz	1,896	-5.1%
117	Lörrach	1,891	+0.3%
118	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,887	+0.6%
119	Biberach	1,881	-0.2%
120	Mayen-Koblenz	1,875	+8.4%
121	Coesfeld	1,868	-0.5%
122	Bodenseekreis	1,850	+4.8%
123	Schwäbisch Hall	1,849	+7.8%
124	Mainz-Bingen	1,847	+3.6%
125	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	1,838	+2.1%
126	Alb-Donau-Kreis	1,802	+7.5%
127	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,785	-4.5%
128	Kassel, Landkreis	1,780	+1.6%
129	Freising	1,779	+9.6%
130	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,767	+0.6%
131	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,764	+8.4%
132	Stade	1,762	+6%
133	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,751	-0.2%
134	Cloppenburg	1,743	+2.7%
135	Vogtlandkreis	1,740	+4.3%
136	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,737	+4.3%
137	Landkreis Rostock	1,727	+0.9%
138	Vorpommern-Rügen	1,711	+9.1%
139	Westerwaldkreis	1,690	+6.1%
140	Oberhavel	1,673	+2.3%
141	Ludwigslust-Parchim	1,666	-2.2%
142	Diepholz	1,642	-2.3%
143	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,624	-0.1%
144	Ansbach, Landkreis	1,610	+7%
145	Enzkreis	1,607	+7.4%
146	Herzogtum Lauenburg	1,598	+0.7%
147	Harz	1,574	+1.2%
147	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,574	+6.6%
149	Potsdam-Mittelmark	1,570	-0.3%
150	Gifhorn	1,560	+1%
151	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,557	+0.3%
152	Euskirchen	1,548	+5.6%
153	Schleswig-Flensburg	1,546	+8%
154	Lüneburg, Landkreis	1,543	-5.3%
155	Aurich	1,530	+3.7%
156	Saarlouis	1,528	-0.8%
156	Zollernalbkreis	1,528	+5.3%
158	Nordsachsen	1,521	+2.3%
159	Neu-Ulm	1,518	+2.4%
160	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,512	-1.2%
161	Celle	1,507	-2.2%
162	Passau, Landkreis	1,499	+3.2%
163	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,498	+1.5%
163	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,498	+1.4%
163	Traunstein	1,498	+3.5%
166	Neuwied	1,496	+7.5%
167	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,475	+7.7%
168	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,473	+10%
169	Cuxhaven	1,468	+2.3%
170	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	1,467	+3.7%
171	Landshut, Landkreis	1,460	+10.9%
172	Emmendingen	1,453	+8.8%
173	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,449	+0.9%
174	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,447	+7.1%
175	Limburg-Weilburg	1,433	+5.8%
176	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	1,429	+10.1%
177	Dachau	1,427	+8%
178	Wartburgkreis	1,414	+0.9%
179	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,413	+4%
180	Burgenlandkreis	1,407	+7.2%
181	Börde	1,405	+6.8%
182	Nürnberger Land	1,400	+8.7%
183	Leer	1,394	+1.5%
184	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	1,392	-1.8%
185	Salzlandkreis	1,388	-2.3%
186	Märkisch-Oderland	1,375	-6.4%
187	Saalekreis	1,373	0%
188	Vechta	1,363	-4.1%
189	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1,356	+12.5%
190	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,354	-2%
191	Barnim	1,327	-2.1%
192	Eichstätt	1,325	+10%
193	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,319	+8.3%
194	Ostholstein	1,316	+3.1%
195	Calw	1,315	-1%
195	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,315	-0.2%
197	Oberallgäu	1,311	+2%
198	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,309	+2.7%
199	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,305	+7.4%
200	Dahme-Spreewald	1,302	+5.2%
201	Teltow-Fläming	1,299	-4.6%
202	Erding	1,297	+3.3%
203	Rottweil	1,290	+15.7%
204	Nordwestmecklenburg	1,288	+5.7%
205	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,276	+1.4%
205	Tuttlingen	1,276	-0.7%
207	Olpe	1,266	+7.7%
208	Ebersberg	1,262	-7.1%
208	Oder-Spree	1,262	-4.4%
210	Unterallgäu	1,260	+8.2%
210	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,260	+5.4%
212	Trier-Saarburg	1,254	+4.7%
213	Nordfriesland	1,251	+2.7%
213	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1,251	+6.4%
215	Ulm, Stadtkreis	1,249	+4.3%
216	Waldshut	1,248	-0.8%
217	Ostallgäu	1,239	+1.3%
218	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	1,235	+6.5%
219	Bad Kreuznach	1,228	-4.8%
220	Verden	1,227	+1.9%
221	Aichach-Friedberg	1,225	+3%
221	Havelland	1,225	-0.9%
223	Grafschaft Bentheim	1,218	-0.7%
224	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	1,211	+3.8%
224	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	1,211	+4.9%
226	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,206	+6.8%
227	Weilheim-Schongau	1,194	+3%
228	Schwandorf	1,188	+7.3%
229	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	1,173	+0.2%
230	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,170	+7.2%
231	Erlangen-Höchstadt	1,168	+2.5%
232	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,162	+15.4%
233	Heidenheim	1,157	+8.4%
234	Heidekreis	1,153	+9%
235	Germersheim	1,146	+1.8%
236	Schaumburg	1,143	+0.2%
237	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	1,132	+5.1%
238	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,130	+6.9%
239	Sigmaringen	1,124	+4%
240	Alzey-Worms	1,117	+6.3%
241	Hameln-Pyrmont	1,116	+0.8%
242	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,112	-7.2%
243	Höxter	1,109	+0.3%
244	Saarpfalz-Kreis	1,107	+6.6%
245	Gotha	1,104	+0.9%
245	Starnberg	1,104	+3.8%
247	Donau-Ries	1,100	+0.5%
247	Günzburg	1,100	+3.3%
249	Miltenberg	1,086	+4%
250	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	1,079	+7.3%

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About this ranking

Live births to mothers resident in the area 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. Live births during the year 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 live births?

Berlin, with 38,030 in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest live births?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 244 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Live births during the year by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.