NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births, 2019
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest live births of 400 areas in 2019, at 39,503. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 215. The median was 1,382 and the figure for Germany was 778,090. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest39,503Berlin

Lowest215Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,382400 areas

Germany778,090History

Top 40 areas, 2019

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Berlin	39,503	-1.7%
2	Hamburg	20,940	-0.9%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	17,637	-0.5%
4	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	11,624	-1.9%
5	Region Hannover	10,898	-4.1%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	8,860	-2.9%
7	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	6,733	+1.7%
8	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,499	-3.8%
9	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,362	-5.9%
10	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,967	-0.7%
11	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,932	-0.8%
12	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,867	-3.7%
13	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,866	-0.5%
14	Ludwigsburg	5,581	-1.1%
15	Recklinghausen	5,545	+0.4%
16	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,383	-3.9%
17	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	5,342	-5.5%
18	Esslingen	5,209	-1.1%
19	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	5,132	+1.5%
20	Städteregion Aachen	5,095	-0.6%
21	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,086	-1.1%
22	Steinfurt	4,416	-1.3%
23	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	4,411	-4.6%
24	Mettmann	4,321	+0.1%
25	Böblingen	4,203	-0.1%
26	Rems-Murr-Kreis	4,171	+1%
27	Ortenaukreis	4,145	+0.9%
28	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	4,144	-2.5%
29	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	4,036	-0.6%
30	Wesel	3,911	-0.2%
31	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	3,887	-2.1%
32	Borken	3,798	-0.6%
33	Märkischer Kreis	3,750	+1.5%
34	Gütersloh	3,626	-1.3%
35	Osnabrück, Landkreis	3,582	+5.4%
36	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,517	+0.7%
36	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,517	+2.6%
38	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,502	+0.1%
39	Unna	3,479	+0.7%
40	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,469	-4%
41	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,354	-3.2%
42	Lippe	3,288	-2.3%
43	Emsland	3,268	+1.7%
44	München, Landkreis	3,204	+0.2%
45	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,181	-5.3%
46	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	3,160	-4.3%
47	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,121	+1.2%
48	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,079	-2.5%
49	Paderborn	3,077	-0.2%
50	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,995	-6.7%
51	Minden-Lübbecke	2,958	+3.1%
52	Ostalbkreis	2,922	-1.5%
53	Ravensburg	2,915	+2.2%
54	Groß-Gerau	2,861	-3.6%
55	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	2,858	+0.8%
55	Kleve	2,858	+2%
57	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	2,853	-4.4%
58	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,841	-4.3%
59	Reutlingen	2,822	-1.4%
60	Wetteraukreis	2,799	+2.5%
61	Pinneberg	2,781	-6.7%
62	Darmstadt-Dieburg	2,764	-5.1%
63	Soest	2,729	-2.3%
64	Konstanz	2,684	-1.7%
65	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,672	-4.9%
66	Siegen-Wittgenstein	2,652	-2.8%
67	Göttingen	2,635	-8.2%
68	Gießen, Landkreis	2,633	-0.6%
69	Oberbergischer Kreis	2,620	-0.3%
70	Düren	2,528	+1.9%
71	Warendorf	2,527	-4.1%
72	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,520	0%
73	Bergstraße	2,512	+4.6%
74	Viersen	2,506	-2.7%
75	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	2,496	-2.7%
76	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,464	-0.6%
77	Göppingen	2,461	+0.5%
78	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,445	+0.9%
79	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,431	-1.5%
80	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,425	-1%
81	Segeberg	2,411	-1.4%
82	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,397	-7%
83	Erzgebirgskreis	2,394	-5.7%
84	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	2,390	+0.5%
85	Hildesheim	2,339	-1.8%
86	Zwickau	2,338	-3.7%
87	Heinsberg	2,333	-2.2%
88	Herford	2,308	-0.4%
89	Bautzen	2,298	-3.8%
90	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	2,291	-10.1%
91	Harburg	2,279	-0.6%
91	Tübingen, Landkreis	2,279	+0.3%
93	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	2,276	+4.6%
94	Mittelsachsen	2,269	-0.9%
95	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,242	-4.5%
96	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,233	-3.8%
97	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,223	-3.2%
98	Lörrach	2,210	-3.5%
99	Hochsauerlandkreis	2,208	+2.6%
100	Biberach	2,205	+3.3%
101	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	2,197	-3.6%
102	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,181	+0.5%
103	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,168	-2.6%
104	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	2,148	+1.7%
105	Rastatt	2,146	+3.8%
106	Fürstenfeldbruck	2,143	-5.7%
107	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,141	-0.5%
108	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,120	-1.6%
109	Hochtaunuskreis	2,080	+5.6%
110	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,068	-5.2%
111	Fulda	2,055	+0.8%
112	Stormarn	2,044	-4.2%
113	Coesfeld	2,029	-6.8%
114	Bodenseekreis	2,003	+0.7%
115	Cloppenburg	1,982	+4.2%
116	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,971	+1.7%
117	Alb-Donau-Kreis	1,956	-2.4%
118	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1,953	+2%
119	Diepholz	1,949	+5.2%
120	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,948	-1.1%
121	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	1,942	-5.2%
122	Kassel, Landkreis	1,936	+0.4%
123	Stade	1,934	-1.1%
124	Schwäbisch Hall	1,926	-1.5%
125	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,919	-1.8%
126	Enzkreis	1,910	+1.6%
126	Mainz-Bingen	1,910	+1.4%
128	Leipzig	1,904	-7.3%
129	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,889	-4.1%
130	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,881	-4.6%
131	Mayen-Koblenz	1,880	-3.3%
132	Meißen	1,859	-2.2%
133	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,836	-10.1%
134	Freising	1,831	-1.9%
135	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,809	+3.4%
136	Ansbach, Landkreis	1,784	+4.8%
137	Gifhorn	1,783	+0.9%
138	Neu-Ulm	1,782	+6.2%
139	Schleswig-Flensburg	1,748	+3.3%
140	Görlitz	1,747	-3.2%
141	Neuwied	1,742	+4.1%
142	Vorpommern-Greifswald	1,736	-6.1%
143	Landkreis Rostock	1,721	+1.4%
144	Euskirchen	1,703	-9.8%
145	Westerwaldkreis	1,702	-5.1%
146	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,693	-1.1%
147	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,688	-3.9%
147	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	1,688	+3.6%
147	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,688	+4.9%
150	Herzogtum Lauenburg	1,666	-8.9%
150	Vechta	1,666	+7.3%
152	Saarlouis	1,663	+7.4%
152	Waldshut	1,663	+7.2%
154	Ludwigslust-Parchim	1,660	-6.4%
155	Aurich	1,656	+1.2%
155	Lüneburg, Landkreis	1,656	+1.4%
157	Traunstein	1,652	+4%
158	Celle	1,643	+2.8%
158	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,643	-2.1%
160	Zollernalbkreis	1,632	-2.5%
161	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,625	-2.1%
162	Dachau	1,614	+0.1%
163	Passau, Landkreis	1,602	+5.3%
164	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,597	-2.1%
165	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,596	+5.4%
166	Nordsachsen	1,589	-1.9%
167	Leer	1,588	-3.6%
168	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,587	-2.8%
169	Emmendingen	1,578	+0.8%
170	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,574	-3.7%
171	Oberhavel	1,571	-4.3%
172	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,557	-7.1%
173	Vogtlandkreis	1,552	-5.8%
174	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,549	+0.8%
175	Oberallgäu	1,548	+6.5%
176	Potsdam-Mittelmark	1,538	-2.8%
177	Cuxhaven	1,521	-10.4%
178	Nürnberger Land	1,515	+3.6%
179	Vorpommern-Rügen	1,512	-3.8%
180	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,500	-0.8%
181	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	1,498	-5.1%
182	Unterallgäu	1,492	+6%
183	Landshut, Landkreis	1,489	+2.8%
184	Eichstätt	1,485	+1.6%
185	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,475	+3.1%
185	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,475	-0.1%
187	Harz	1,472	-3.1%
188	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1,469	-1.5%
189	Calw	1,450	+1.5%
190	Märkisch-Oderland	1,449	+0.7%
191	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,441	+4.3%
192	Tuttlingen	1,430	-3.5%
193	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,428	+1.6%
194	Limburg-Weilburg	1,409	-9.9%
195	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	1,407	+2.2%
196	Ostallgäu	1,390	-2.3%
197	Rottweil	1,389	+5.5%
198	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	1,386	+7%
199	Barnim	1,384	-3.6%
199	Teltow-Fläming	1,384	-9%
201	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,379	-3.2%
202	Dahme-Spreewald	1,374	+0.8%
203	Ebersberg	1,373	-0.2%
204	Bad Kreuznach	1,371	-4.5%
205	Oder-Spree	1,361	-4.9%
206	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	1,360	+4%
207	Ulm, Stadtkreis	1,354	-1.3%
208	Schwandorf	1,352	+5.4%
209	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	1,335	-2.3%
210	Trier-Saarburg	1,329	+6.6%
211	Erding	1,326	-1.3%
212	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1,324	+0.6%
213	Nordwestmecklenburg	1,320	+3.4%
213	Saalekreis	1,320	-4.1%
215	Grafschaft Bentheim	1,314	+0.4%
216	Ostholstein	1,307	-12.3%
217	Donau-Ries	1,299	+7.3%
218	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,297	-2.5%
219	Sigmaringen	1,290	+7.7%
220	Hameln-Pyrmont	1,287	+3.5%
221	Heidekreis	1,286	+2.8%
222	Börde	1,277	+0.4%
222	Nordfriesland	1,277	-4.6%
224	Kelheim	1,275	+4.4%
224	Salzlandkreis	1,275	-5.4%
226	Aichach-Friedberg	1,270	-4.9%
227	Verden	1,269	-2.3%
228	Günzburg	1,268	+3.7%
229	Erlangen-Höchstadt	1,260	+0.8%
230	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,259	-0.7%
231	Wartburgkreis	1,255	-3.7%
232	Schaumburg	1,253	-4.5%
233	Burgenlandkreis	1,252	-11.6%
234	Peine	1,247	+1.3%
235	Weilheim-Schongau	1,238	-2.9%
236	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,232	+1%
237	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,221	-4.1%
238	Heidenheim	1,220	+0.8%
239	Olpe	1,219	+1.1%
240	Havelland	1,218	+2.8%
241	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	1,194	-9.1%
242	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	1,184	-0.6%
243	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,182	+2.4%
244	Germersheim	1,180	-5.5%
245	Höxter	1,172	-0.2%
245	Oldenburg, Landkreis	1,172	+1%
247	Ammerland	1,166	+6.4%
248	Schweinfurt, Landkreis	1,155	+12.4%
249	Miltenberg	1,154	+3.3%
250	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	1,152	+1.6%

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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 39,503 in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest live births?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 215 in 2019.

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.