NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births, 2017
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest live births of 400 areas in 2017, at 40,163. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 226. The median was 1,402 and the figure for Germany was 784,901. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest40,163Berlin

Lowest226Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,402400 areas

Germany784,901History

Top 40 areas, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Berlin	40,163	-2.2%
2	Hamburg	21,133	-1.6%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	17,624	-1.9%
4	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	12,035	-1.6%
5	Region Hannover	11,345	-5%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	9,065	+1.4%
7	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,872	-0.5%
8	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,798	-2.6%
9	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	6,719	-3.6%
10	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,358	-1.7%
11	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,898	-1.5%
12	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,874	-1.3%
13	Ludwigsburg	5,820	+3.9%
14	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,779	-2.3%
15	Recklinghausen	5,500	+0.3%
16	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,498	-2.1%
17	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	5,407	-4.6%
18	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	5,186	+1.3%
19	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,180	+1.3%
20	Städteregion Aachen	5,091	-1%
21	Esslingen	5,084	-0.1%
22	Steinfurt	4,417	+0.7%
23	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	4,403	-2.9%
24	Mettmann	4,389	-0.9%
25	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	4,223	+0.1%
26	Böblingen	4,093	-2.1%
27	Rems-Murr-Kreis	4,026	-1.1%
28	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	4,012	+0.2%
29	Ortenaukreis	3,995	-1%
30	Wesel	3,864	-3%
31	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	3,834	-2%
32	Märkischer Kreis	3,749	-3%
33	Borken	3,731	+3%
34	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,644	+3.3%
35	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,614	+1.6%
36	Unna	3,553	+5.2%
37	Gütersloh	3,546	-0.6%
38	Osnabrück, Landkreis	3,435	+1.8%
39	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,418	-2%
40	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,391	-5.5%
41	Lippe	3,365	-0.5%
42	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,338	+0.2%
43	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,315	+2.6%
44	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,310	-1%
45	Emsland	3,248	-1.6%
46	München, Landkreis	3,223	-3.1%
47	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	3,172	-3.1%
48	Paderborn	3,168	-1.1%
49	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,131	-4.2%
50	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,069	-0.1%
51	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	3,017	+3.8%
52	Ostalbkreis	2,894	+3.4%
53	Minden-Lübbecke	2,888	-5.9%
54	Groß-Gerau	2,885	-2%
55	Soest	2,865	+4.5%
56	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	2,862	+3.9%
57	Pinneberg	2,857	-2.4%
58	Reutlingen	2,849	+3.6%
59	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,832	-10%
60	Ravensburg	2,788	+0.9%
61	Wetteraukreis	2,775	+6.1%
62	Göttingen	2,774	-7.1%
63	Kleve	2,772	-2.8%
64	Darmstadt-Dieburg	2,761	-1.3%
65	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,725	+4.1%
66	Siegen-Wittgenstein	2,668	+3.1%
67	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	2,628	+4.1%
68	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,622	+2%
69	Gießen, Landkreis	2,608	-0.9%
70	Konstanz	2,591	-5.1%
71	Erzgebirgskreis	2,588	-6.9%
72	Zwickau	2,577	+1.1%
73	Oberbergischer Kreis	2,556	-2.2%
74	Viersen	2,511	+1.1%
75	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,508	-3.2%
76	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,481	-0.6%
77	Warendorf	2,480	-3%
78	Bergstraße	2,478	+9.3%
79	Bautzen	2,468	-6.2%
80	Düren	2,460	-0.3%
81	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,459	+4.7%
82	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,458	+5.9%
83	Mittelsachsen	2,442	-5.3%
84	Segeberg	2,422	+1.6%
85	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	2,391	+4.5%
86	Göppingen	2,389	-0.2%
86	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,389	+3.8%
88	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	2,387	-2.9%
89	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,363	-7.9%
90	Tübingen, Landkreis	2,339	-0.3%
91	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	2,333	+1.6%
92	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,310	-3.8%
93	Harburg	2,292	+0.6%
94	Heinsberg	2,274	+0.2%
94	Hochsauerlandkreis	2,274	-4.4%
96	Herford	2,262	-3.5%
97	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	2,252	+1.9%
98	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,237	+2.8%
99	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,226	-5.4%
100	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,194	+0.8%
101	Hildesheim	2,186	-4.5%
102	Fürstenfeldbruck	2,184	+2%
103	Lörrach	2,162	-3.4%
104	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,161	-2.9%
105	Fulda	2,159	+1.2%
106	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,132	+0.8%
107	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,130	-3.6%
108	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	2,097	-0.6%
109	Biberach	2,083	+3%
110	Hochtaunuskreis	2,073	+0.5%
111	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,054	+3.7%
112	Kassel, Landkreis	2,051	+5.1%
113	Stormarn	2,032	-2.6%
114	Leipzig	2,023	-1.7%
115	Rastatt	2,005	-1.3%
116	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,001	+0.3%
117	Bodenseekreis	1,990	+0.3%
118	Schwäbisch Hall	1,984	+3.4%
119	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,979	-0.8%
120	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,976	-3.1%
120	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1,976	-5%
122	Coesfeld	1,968	-4.2%
123	Mayen-Koblenz	1,966	-1.5%
124	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	1,960	+1.4%
125	Alb-Donau-Kreis	1,937	-1.4%
126	Görlitz	1,932	-4.2%
127	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,929	-2%
128	Stade	1,924	-3%
129	Cloppenburg	1,906	+0.8%
130	Freising	1,904	+3.7%
131	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,890	+2.5%
132	Meißen	1,889	-6.8%
133	Mainz-Bingen	1,880	+1.2%
134	Vorpommern-Greifswald	1,869	-2.7%
135	Diepholz	1,840	-6.4%
136	Enzkreis	1,810	+3%
137	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,781	+1.2%
138	Herzogtum Lauenburg	1,779	-4.8%
139	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,775	-0.7%
140	Ansbach, Landkreis	1,765	+1.6%
141	Westerwaldkreis	1,736	-5.6%
142	Euskirchen	1,732	+1.9%
143	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,730	+0.5%
144	Schleswig-Flensburg	1,713	-2.8%
145	Aurich	1,705	+1.8%
146	Zollernalbkreis	1,691	+4.3%
147	Neu-Ulm	1,685	+1.9%
148	Landkreis Rostock	1,682	-8.8%
149	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,674	+0.1%
149	Potsdam-Mittelmark	1,674	-2.4%
151	Neuwied	1,672	+0.7%
151	Oberhavel	1,672	-1.2%
153	Vogtlandkreis	1,666	-8.2%
154	Cuxhaven	1,660	+1.7%
155	Vorpommern-Rügen	1,658	-1.3%
156	Ludwigslust-Parchim	1,653	-6.1%
157	Gifhorn	1,649	-9.6%
158	Lüneburg, Landkreis	1,647	-4.6%
159	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	1,644	+1.6%
159	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,644	+1.5%
161	Saarlouis	1,641	+2.2%
162	Emmendingen	1,604	+4.3%
163	Traunstein	1,601	+4%
164	Celle	1,599	-2.5%
165	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,598	-4.2%
166	Harz	1,594	+3.2%
166	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,594	+3%
168	Leer	1,579	-2.7%
169	Passau, Landkreis	1,575	+1.5%
170	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,571	+7.8%
171	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,558	+0.1%
172	Landshut, Landkreis	1,557	+7.8%
173	Limburg-Weilburg	1,555	+7%
174	Vechta	1,547	-2.8%
175	Nordsachsen	1,538	-4.2%
176	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	1,525	+7.5%
177	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	1,520	-2.8%
178	Nürnberger Land	1,517	+2.2%
178	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,517	-2.8%
180	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,515	+1.1%
181	Waldshut	1,514	-6.5%
182	Märkisch-Oderland	1,509	-0.7%
183	Dachau	1,508	-0.5%
184	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,502	+8.2%
185	Saalekreis	1,466	-2.6%
186	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,462	-2.2%
187	Teltow-Fläming	1,456	+0.8%
188	Oberallgäu	1,454	-0.1%
189	Bad Kreuznach	1,453	+3%
190	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,448	-4.1%
191	Eichstätt	1,445	+1%
192	Calw	1,439	+0.1%
192	Salzlandkreis	1,439	-3%
194	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,438	-0.6%
195	Oder-Spree	1,432	-1.2%
196	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,429	+0.9%
197	Barnim	1,426	-7.8%
198	Ostholstein	1,419	+3.9%
199	Erding	1,407	+5.3%
199	Tuttlingen	1,407	-1.5%
201	Ostallgäu	1,397	+2.2%
202	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,396	+0.5%
203	Aichach-Friedberg	1,392	+6.4%
204	Dahme-Spreewald	1,389	-7%
205	Wartburgkreis	1,386	+0.1%
206	Verden	1,376	+5.6%
207	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1,357	-2.1%
208	Olpe	1,355	+10.4%
209	Börde	1,350	-5.7%
210	Nordfriesland	1,343	-3.2%
211	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,341	+7.6%
212	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1,339	-2.6%
213	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	1,334	-2.2%
214	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,325	-9%
215	Rottweil	1,321	-2.2%
216	Ebersberg	1,315	-4.9%
216	Ulm, Stadtkreis	1,315	+0.2%
218	Trier-Saarburg	1,312	-0.2%
219	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	1,310	+4.6%
220	Schwandorf	1,304	+0.4%
221	Grafschaft Bentheim	1,302	+5.9%
222	Burgenlandkreis	1,297	-9.7%
223	Unterallgäu	1,292	-7.5%
224	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,279	-10.7%
225	Erlangen-Höchstadt	1,270	-0.4%
226	Havelland	1,262	-5.8%
226	Sigmaringen	1,262	+7.1%
228	Donau-Ries	1,261	+1%
229	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	1,251	+4.3%
230	Höxter	1,246	-2.4%
231	Schaumburg	1,237	-8.8%
232	Nordwestmecklenburg	1,235	-2.8%
233	Peine	1,228	-2.5%
234	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	1,227	+3.5%
235	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,222	+0.3%
236	Hameln-Pyrmont	1,220	-6.6%
237	Germersheim	1,218	+2%
238	Heidenheim	1,217	+7.8%
239	Weilheim-Schongau	1,212	-0.4%
240	Alzey-Worms	1,206	+2.5%
241	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,203	+4.7%
242	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,201	-0.3%
243	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	1,198	+2.5%
244	Roth	1,185	+0.8%
245	Heidekreis	1,180	-1%
246	Günzburg	1,176	+3.8%
247	Oldenburg, Landkreis	1,172	-3.4%
248	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,160	+0.8%
249	Steinburg	1,142	+0.8%
250	Starnberg	1,139	-3.2%

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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 40,163 in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest live births?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 226 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, Live births during the year by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.