NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births, 2020
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest live births of 400 areas in 2020, at 38,693. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 236. The median was 1,387 and the figure for Germany was 773,144. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest38,693Berlin

Lowest236Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,387400 areas

Germany773,144History

Top 40 areas, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Berlin	38,693	-2.1%
2	Hamburg	20,431	-2.4%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	17,549	-0.5%
4	Region Hannover	11,500	+5.5%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	11,071	-4.8%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	8,581	-3.1%
7	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,476	-0.4%
8	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	6,455	-4.1%
9	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,441	+1.2%
10	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,886	-0.8%
11	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,864	-0%
12	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,773	-3.3%
13	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,697	-2.9%
14	Ludwigsburg	5,605	+0.4%
15	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	5,552	+3.9%
16	Recklinghausen	5,529	-0.3%
17	Esslingen	5,318	+2.1%
18	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,313	-1.3%
19	Städteregion Aachen	5,069	-0.5%
20	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,944	-2.8%
21	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	4,934	-3.9%
22	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	4,395	-0.4%
23	Steinfurt	4,320	-2.2%
24	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	4,237	+2.2%
25	Mettmann	4,190	-3%
26	Rems-Murr-Kreis	4,158	-0.3%
27	Böblingen	4,154	-1.2%
28	Ortenaukreis	4,134	-0.3%
29	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	4,117	+2%
30	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	3,844	-1.1%
31	Borken	3,828	+0.8%
32	Märkischer Kreis	3,790	+1.1%
33	Wesel	3,785	-3.2%
34	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,660	+4.1%
35	Gütersloh	3,606	-0.6%
36	Osnabrück, Landkreis	3,522	-1.7%
37	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,506	+1.1%
38	Unna	3,464	-0.4%
39	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,458	-1.3%
40	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,434	-2.4%
41	Emsland	3,336	+2.1%
42	Lippe	3,305	+0.5%
43	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,277	+3%
44	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,238	-3.5%
45	Paderborn	3,201	+4%
46	München, Landkreis	3,144	-1.9%
47	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	3,090	-2.2%
48	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,057	-0.7%
49	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,032	+1.2%
50	Ostalbkreis	2,970	+1.6%
51	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,968	-4.9%
52	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	2,950	+3.4%
53	Minden-Lübbecke	2,906	-1.8%
54	Ravensburg	2,852	-2.2%
55	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,831	+6%
56	Kleve	2,826	-1.1%
57	Pinneberg	2,807	+0.9%
58	Wetteraukreis	2,786	-0.5%
59	Göttingen	2,783	+5.6%
60	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	2,776	-2.9%
61	Reutlingen	2,763	-2.1%
62	Groß-Gerau	2,741	-4.2%
63	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,723	-4.2%
64	Konstanz	2,681	-0.1%
65	Soest	2,680	-1.8%
66	Gießen, Landkreis	2,670	+1.4%
67	Darmstadt-Dieburg	2,662	-3.7%
68	Oberbergischer Kreis	2,618	-0.1%
69	Warendorf	2,604	+3%
70	Siegen-Wittgenstein	2,592	-2.3%
71	Düren	2,581	+2.1%
72	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,566	+7.1%
73	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,513	-0.3%
74	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	2,508	+0.5%
75	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,497	+3%
76	Viersen	2,484	-0.9%
77	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,453	+0.3%
78	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	2,445	+2.3%
79	Bergstraße	2,424	-3.5%
80	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,406	-2.4%
81	Segeberg	2,379	-1.3%
82	Hildesheim	2,317	-0.9%
83	Erzgebirgskreis	2,314	-3.3%
84	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	2,311	+5.2%
85	Göppingen	2,310	-6.1%
86	Herford	2,295	-0.6%
87	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,275	-6.4%
88	Heinsberg	2,271	-2.7%
89	Hochsauerlandkreis	2,268	+2.7%
90	Tübingen, Landkreis	2,259	-0.9%
91	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,253	+1.3%
92	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	2,242	-1.5%
93	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,229	+2.8%
94	Harburg	2,199	-3.5%
95	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	2,188	-4.5%
96	Mittelsachsen	2,187	-3.6%
97	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,185	-2.1%
98	Zwickau	2,182	-6.7%
99	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	2,154	+0.3%
100	Bautzen	2,150	-6.4%
101	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,132	-4.9%
102	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,121	0%
103	Fulda	2,120	+3.2%
104	Coesfeld	2,108	+3.9%
105	Biberach	2,107	-4.4%
106	Alb-Donau-Kreis	2,083	+6.5%
107	Fürstenfeldbruck	2,077	-3.1%
108	Rastatt	2,060	-4%
109	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,052	-4.2%
110	Lörrach	2,048	-7.3%
111	Bodenseekreis	2,047	+2.2%
112	Cloppenburg	2,036	+2.7%
113	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,035	-6.7%
114	Kassel, Landkreis	2,019	+4.3%
115	Stade	2,014	+4.1%
116	Schwäbisch Hall	2,006	+4.2%
117	Leipzig	2,003	+5.2%
117	Stormarn	2,003	-2%
119	Mayen-Koblenz	2,002	+6.5%
120	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,996	+2.5%
121	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,991	-3.7%
122	Diepholz	1,933	-0.8%
123	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,929	-2.1%
124	Westerwaldkreis	1,897	+11.5%
125	Hochtaunuskreis	1,889	-9.2%
126	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,862	-1.4%
127	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,861	-3%
128	Enzkreis	1,857	-2.8%
129	Ansbach, Landkreis	1,850	+3.7%
130	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,849	+0.7%
131	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1,848	-5.4%
132	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,828	-2.8%
133	Zollernalbkreis	1,817	+11.3%
134	Mainz-Bingen	1,808	-5.3%
135	Freising	1,804	-1.5%
136	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	1,802	-7.2%
137	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,799	-0.6%
138	Neu-Ulm	1,778	-0.2%
139	Gifhorn	1,746	-2.1%
140	Euskirchen	1,729	+1.5%
141	Neuwied	1,709	-1.9%
142	Herzogtum Lauenburg	1,706	+2.4%
143	Cuxhaven	1,695	+11.4%
144	Meißen	1,688	-9.2%
145	Passau, Landkreis	1,685	+5.2%
146	Görlitz	1,684	-3.6%
147	Schleswig-Flensburg	1,677	-4.1%
148	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,668	-1.2%
148	Vechta	1,668	+0.1%
150	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,657	-2.1%
151	Lüneburg, Landkreis	1,656	0%
151	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,656	+4.3%
153	Leer	1,640	+3.3%
154	Traunstein	1,625	-1.6%
155	Landshut, Landkreis	1,621	+8.9%
156	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,620	-4%
157	Ludwigslust-Parchim	1,616	-2.7%
158	Landkreis Rostock	1,614	-6.2%
159	Emmendingen	1,609	+2%
160	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,601	+0.3%
160	Vorpommern-Greifswald	1,601	-7.8%
162	Oberhavel	1,600	+1.8%
163	Dachau	1,599	-0.9%
163	Saarlouis	1,599	-3.8%
165	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,598	+2.6%
166	Aurich	1,593	-3.8%
167	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,588	-3.3%
168	Celle	1,586	-3.5%
169	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,578	+0.3%
170	Nürnberger Land	1,564	+3.2%
171	Calw	1,562	+7.7%
172	Tuttlingen	1,544	+8%
173	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,529	-1.3%
174	Potsdam-Mittelmark	1,528	-0.7%
175	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,524	-6.2%
175	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,524	+1.6%
177	Nordsachsen	1,522	-4.2%
178	Limburg-Weilburg	1,511	+7.2%
179	Vorpommern-Rügen	1,508	-0.3%
180	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,506	-5.6%
181	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,505	+2%
182	Unterallgäu	1,498	+0.4%
183	Oberallgäu	1,497	-3.3%
184	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	1,495	-11.4%
185	Vogtlandkreis	1,493	-3.8%
186	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,486	+0.7%
187	Eichstätt	1,476	-0.6%
188	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	1,469	+4.4%
189	Ostallgäu	1,465	+5.4%
190	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1,456	-0.9%
191	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	1,449	-3.3%
192	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,438	+4.3%
193	Harz	1,432	-2.7%
194	Teltow-Fläming	1,429	+3.3%
195	Barnim	1,425	+3%
196	Rottweil	1,420	+2.2%
197	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,416	-0.8%
198	Oder-Spree	1,396	+2.6%
198	Ostholstein	1,396	+6.8%
200	Bad Kreuznach	1,390	+1.4%
201	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	1,384	+1.8%
202	Schwandorf	1,383	+2.3%
203	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,381	-4.2%
204	Erding	1,372	+3.5%
205	Ebersberg	1,363	-0.7%
206	Donau-Ries	1,355	+4.3%
206	Märkisch-Oderland	1,355	-6.5%
208	Peine	1,350	+8.3%
209	Aichach-Friedberg	1,347	+6.1%
210	Dahme-Spreewald	1,345	-2.1%
211	Saalekreis	1,336	+1.2%
212	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,335	+9.3%
213	Grafschaft Bentheim	1,333	+1.4%
214	Nordfriesland	1,328	+4%
215	Trier-Saarburg	1,318	-0.8%
216	Weilheim-Schongau	1,316	+6.3%
217	Waldshut	1,315	-20.9%
218	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,303	+3.5%
219	Heidekreis	1,300	+1.1%
220	Ulm, Stadtkreis	1,298	-4.1%
221	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1,297	-2%
222	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	1,296	-2.9%
223	Erlangen-Höchstadt	1,293	+2.6%
224	Salzlandkreis	1,292	+1.3%
225	Hameln-Pyrmont	1,282	-0.4%
226	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	1,272	-8.2%
226	Schaumburg	1,272	+1.5%
228	Verden	1,271	+0.2%
229	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,269	-2.2%
230	Havelland	1,259	+3.4%
230	Höxter	1,259	+7.4%
232	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	1,258	+5.4%
232	Börde	1,258	-1.5%
234	Günzburg	1,256	-0.9%
235	Olpe	1,252	+2.7%
236	Alzey-Worms	1,248	+8.5%
237	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	1,233	+4.1%
238	Heidenheim	1,229	+0.7%
239	Sigmaringen	1,220	-5.4%
240	Burgenlandkreis	1,216	-2.9%
241	Germersheim	1,207	+2.3%
242	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,203	+11.8%
243	Kelheim	1,197	-6.1%
244	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,195	+1.1%
244	Miltenberg	1,195	+3.6%
246	Cham	1,190	+6%
246	Nordwestmecklenburg	1,190	-9.8%
248	Roth	1,185	+6.5%
248	Wartburgkreis	1,185	-5.6%
250	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,179	-4.3%

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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 38,693 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest live births?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 236 in 2020.

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.