NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births, 2018
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Berlin had the highest live births of 400 areas in 2018, at 40,203. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 202. The median was 1,407 and the figure for Germany was 787,523. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest40,203Berlin

Lowest202Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,407400 areas

Germany787,523History

Top 40 areas, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Berlin	40,203	+0.1%
2	Hamburg	21,126	-0%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	17,723	+0.6%
4	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	11,851	-1.5%
5	Region Hannover	11,363	+0.2%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	9,122	+0.6%
7	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,764	-1.6%
8	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,756	-0.6%
9	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	6,618	-1.5%
10	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,095	-4.1%
11	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,009	+4%
12	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,978	+1.8%
13	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,897	-0%
14	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	5,652	+4.5%
15	Ludwigsburg	5,645	-3%
16	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,601	+1.9%
17	Recklinghausen	5,521	+0.4%
18	Esslingen	5,268	+3.6%
19	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,144	-0.7%
20	Städteregion Aachen	5,126	+0.7%
21	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	5,055	-2.5%
22	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	4,623	+5%
23	Steinfurt	4,473	+1.3%
24	Mettmann	4,318	-1.6%
25	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	4,250	+0.6%
26	Böblingen	4,208	+2.8%
27	Rems-Murr-Kreis	4,131	+2.6%
28	Ortenaukreis	4,109	+2.9%
29	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	4,061	+1.2%
30	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	3,969	+3.5%
31	Wesel	3,917	+1.4%
32	Borken	3,822	+2.4%
33	Märkischer Kreis	3,695	-1.4%
34	Gütersloh	3,673	+3.6%
35	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,613	-0.9%
36	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,497	-3.2%
37	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,492	+2.2%
38	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,466	+2.2%
39	Unna	3,456	-2.7%
40	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,428	+2.7%
41	Osnabrück, Landkreis	3,400	-1%
42	Lippe	3,364	-0%
43	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,360	+1.4%
44	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	3,303	+4.1%
45	Emsland	3,212	-1.1%
46	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,209	-3.1%
47	München, Landkreis	3,198	-0.8%
48	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,159	+0.9%
49	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,085	+0.5%
50	Paderborn	3,082	-2.7%
51	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	2,985	-1.1%
52	Pinneberg	2,982	+4.4%
53	Groß-Gerau	2,969	+2.9%
53	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,969	+4.8%
55	Ostalbkreis	2,968	+2.6%
56	Darmstadt-Dieburg	2,912	+5.5%
57	Göttingen	2,871	+3.5%
58	Minden-Lübbecke	2,869	-0.7%
59	Reutlingen	2,863	+0.5%
60	Ravensburg	2,853	+2.3%
61	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	2,834	-1%
62	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,811	+3.2%
63	Kleve	2,802	+1.1%
64	Soest	2,793	-2.5%
65	Konstanz	2,731	+5.4%
66	Wetteraukreis	2,730	-1.6%
67	Siegen-Wittgenstein	2,727	+2.2%
68	Gießen, Landkreis	2,650	+1.6%
69	Warendorf	2,635	+6.3%
70	Oberbergischer Kreis	2,627	+2.8%
71	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,577	-1.7%
72	Viersen	2,575	+2.5%
73	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	2,564	-2.4%
74	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	2,549	+6.6%
75	Erzgebirgskreis	2,540	-1.9%
76	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,520	+1.6%
77	Düren	2,482	+0.9%
78	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,480	-1.1%
79	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,468	+4.4%
80	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,449	-0.4%
80	Göppingen	2,449	+2.5%
82	Segeberg	2,445	+0.9%
83	Zwickau	2,428	-5.8%
84	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,423	+1.4%
85	Bergstraße	2,402	-3.1%
86	Bautzen	2,388	-3.2%
87	Heinsberg	2,386	+4.9%
88	Hildesheim	2,382	+9%
89	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	2,378	-0.4%
90	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,347	+1.6%
91	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,320	-5.6%
92	Herford	2,317	+2.4%
93	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,297	+3.2%
94	Harburg	2,293	0%
95	Lörrach	2,290	+5.9%
96	Mittelsachsen	2,289	-6.3%
97	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	2,278	-2.4%
98	Tübingen, Landkreis	2,273	-2.8%
99	Fürstenfeldbruck	2,272	+4%
100	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,227	-0.4%
101	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,182	-0.5%
102	Coesfeld	2,177	+10.6%
103	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	2,176	-3.4%
104	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,171	+0.5%
105	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,154	+1%
106	Hochsauerlandkreis	2,153	-5.3%
107	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,151	+1%
108	Biberach	2,135	+2.5%
109	Stormarn	2,133	+5%
110	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	2,112	+7.8%
111	Rastatt	2,067	+3.1%
112	Leipzig	2,054	+1.5%
113	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	2,048	-2.3%
114	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,042	-0.6%
115	Fulda	2,038	-5.6%
116	Alb-Donau-Kreis	2,005	+3.5%
117	Bodenseekreis	1,990	0%
118	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,971	-0.3%
119	Hochtaunuskreis	1,970	-5%
119	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,970	-1.5%
121	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,969	+4.2%
122	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,955	+1.3%
122	Schwäbisch Hall	1,955	-1.5%
122	Stade	1,955	+1.6%
125	Mayen-Koblenz	1,944	-1.1%
126	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,938	-2.1%
127	Kassel, Landkreis	1,928	-6%
128	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1,914	-3.1%
129	Cloppenburg	1,903	-0.2%
130	Meißen	1,901	+0.6%
131	Euskirchen	1,887	+8.9%
132	Mainz-Bingen	1,884	+0.2%
133	Enzkreis	1,879	+3.8%
134	Freising	1,867	-1.9%
135	Diepholz	1,853	+0.7%
136	Vorpommern-Greifswald	1,849	-1.1%
137	Herzogtum Lauenburg	1,828	+2.8%
138	Görlitz	1,805	-6.6%
139	Westerwaldkreis	1,794	+3.3%
140	Ludwigslust-Parchim	1,773	+7.3%
141	Gifhorn	1,767	+7.2%
142	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,757	+1.6%
143	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,750	-1.7%
144	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,712	-3.5%
145	Ansbach, Landkreis	1,703	-3.5%
146	Landkreis Rostock	1,698	+1%
147	Cuxhaven	1,697	+2.2%
148	Schleswig-Flensburg	1,692	-1.2%
149	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,679	+10.7%
150	Neu-Ulm	1,678	-0.4%
151	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,676	+10.6%
152	Neuwied	1,673	+0.1%
152	Zollernalbkreis	1,673	-1.1%
154	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,660	-0.8%
155	Leer	1,647	+4.3%
155	Vogtlandkreis	1,647	-1.1%
157	Oberhavel	1,641	-1.9%
158	Aurich	1,636	-4%
159	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,634	+2.3%
160	Lüneburg, Landkreis	1,633	-0.9%
161	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,632	-0.7%
162	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,631	+4.7%
163	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	1,630	-0.9%
164	Nordsachsen	1,619	+5.3%
165	Dachau	1,613	+7%
166	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,609	+0.9%
167	Celle	1,598	-0.1%
168	Traunstein	1,588	-0.8%
169	Potsdam-Mittelmark	1,583	-5.4%
170	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	1,579	+3.9%
171	Vorpommern-Rügen	1,571	-5.2%
172	Emmendingen	1,566	-2.4%
173	Limburg-Weilburg	1,564	+0.6%
174	Vechta	1,552	+0.3%
174	Waldshut	1,552	+2.5%
176	Saarlouis	1,549	-5.6%
177	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,536	+5.1%
178	Passau, Landkreis	1,521	-3.4%
178	Teltow-Fläming	1,521	+4.5%
180	Harz	1,519	-4.7%
181	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,514	-3.6%
182	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,512	+4.4%
183	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1,492	+11.4%
184	Ostholstein	1,490	+5%
185	Tuttlingen	1,482	+5.3%
186	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,476	+3.3%
187	Nürnberger Land	1,463	-3.6%
188	Eichstätt	1,462	+1.2%
189	Oberallgäu	1,454	0%
190	Landshut, Landkreis	1,449	-6.9%
191	Märkisch-Oderland	1,439	-4.6%
192	Bad Kreuznach	1,435	-1.2%
192	Barnim	1,435	+0.6%
194	Oder-Spree	1,431	-0.1%
195	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,430	-4.8%
196	Calw	1,428	-0.8%
197	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,424	-1%
198	Ostallgäu	1,423	+1.9%
199	Burgenlandkreis	1,416	+9.2%
200	Unterallgäu	1,408	+9%
201	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,405	+6%
202	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,382	-1%
203	Saalekreis	1,377	-6.1%
203	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	1,377	-9.7%
205	Ebersberg	1,376	+4.6%
206	Ulm, Stadtkreis	1,372	+4.3%
207	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	1,366	+2.4%
208	Dahme-Spreewald	1,363	-1.9%
209	Salzlandkreis	1,348	-6.3%
210	Erding	1,343	-4.5%
211	Nordfriesland	1,339	-0.3%
212	Aichach-Friedberg	1,336	-4%
213	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,330	+4%
214	Rottweil	1,316	-0.4%
214	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1,316	-3%
216	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	1,314	+7.1%
217	Schaumburg	1,312	+6.1%
218	Grafschaft Bentheim	1,309	+0.5%
219	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	1,308	+9.2%
220	Wartburgkreis	1,303	-6%
221	Verden	1,299	-5.6%
222	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	1,295	-1.1%
223	Schwandorf	1,283	-1.6%
224	Nordwestmecklenburg	1,276	+3.3%
225	Weilheim-Schongau	1,275	+5.2%
226	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,273	+6%
227	Börde	1,272	-5.8%
228	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,268	-5.4%
229	Heidekreis	1,251	+6%
230	Erlangen-Höchstadt	1,250	-1.6%
231	Germersheim	1,249	+2.5%
232	Trier-Saarburg	1,247	-5%
233	Hameln-Pyrmont	1,244	+2%
234	Alzey-Worms	1,239	+2.7%
235	Peine	1,231	+0.2%
236	Günzburg	1,223	+4%
237	Kelheim	1,221	+10.9%
238	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,220	+1.4%
239	Donau-Ries	1,211	-4%
240	Heidenheim	1,210	-0.6%
241	Olpe	1,206	-11%
242	Roth	1,201	+1.4%
243	Sigmaringen	1,198	-5.1%
244	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	1,191	+11.9%
245	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,190	+8%
246	Havelland	1,185	-6.1%
247	Starnberg	1,178	+3.4%
248	Höxter	1,174	-5.8%
249	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,162	+4.9%
250	Saarpfalz-Kreis	1,161	+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 40,203 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest live births?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 202 in 2018.

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.