NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births, 2021
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Berlin had the highest live births of 400 areas in 2021, at 39,168. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 233. The median was 1,431 and the figure for Germany was 795,492. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest39,168Berlin

Lowest233Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,431400 areas

Germany795,492History

Top 40 areas, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Berlin	39,168	+1.2%
2	Hamburg	21,018	+2.9%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	18,286	+4.2%
4	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	11,614	+4.9%
5	Region Hannover	11,526	+0.2%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	8,601	+0.2%
7	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	6,748	+4.5%
8	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,549	+1.7%
9	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,315	-2.5%
10	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,074	+3.6%
11	Ludwigsburg	5,914	+5.5%
12	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,863	-0.4%
13	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,824	+0.9%
14	Recklinghausen	5,778	+4.5%
15	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,573	-2.2%
16	Esslingen	5,556	+4.5%
16	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	5,556	+0.1%
18	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,508	+3.7%
19	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	5,295	+7.3%
20	Städteregion Aachen	5,170	+2%
21	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,121	+3.6%
22	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	4,651	+5.8%
23	Steinfurt	4,629	+7.2%
24	Ortenaukreis	4,441	+7.4%
25	Mettmann	4,411	+5.3%
26	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	4,388	+3.6%
27	Böblingen	4,370	+5.2%
28	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	4,351	+5.7%
29	Rems-Murr-Kreis	4,251	+2.2%
30	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	4,190	+9%
31	Borken	4,039	+5.5%
32	Wesel	4,023	+6.3%
33	Gütersloh	3,778	+4.8%
34	Märkischer Kreis	3,773	-0.4%
35	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,733	+2%
36	Osnabrück, Landkreis	3,732	+6%
37	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,723	+6.2%
38	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,636	+5.1%
39	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,520	+2.5%
40	Unna	3,499	+1%
41	Lippe	3,402	+2.9%
42	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,370	+4.1%
43	Emsland	3,333	-0.1%
44	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,293	+0.5%
45	München, Landkreis	3,267	+3.9%
46	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	3,251	+5.2%
47	Ostalbkreis	3,228	+8.7%
48	Paderborn	3,147	-1.7%
49	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,144	+5.9%
50	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,104	+2.4%
51	Minden-Lübbecke	3,052	+5%
52	Ravensburg	3,047	+6.8%
53	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,025	-1%
54	Groß-Gerau	3,021	+10.2%
55	Kleve	2,999	+6.1%
56	Reutlingen	2,993	+8.3%
57	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	2,945	+6.1%
58	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	2,932	-0.6%
59	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,931	+7.6%
60	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,887	+2%
61	Soest	2,854	+6.5%
62	Wetteraukreis	2,849	+2.3%
63	Darmstadt-Dieburg	2,840	+6.7%
64	Pinneberg	2,828	+0.7%
65	Warendorf	2,803	+7.6%
66	Konstanz	2,792	+4.1%
67	Göttingen	2,741	-1.5%
68	Gießen, Landkreis	2,703	+1.2%
69	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,688	+7%
70	Oberbergischer Kreis	2,680	+2.4%
71	Siegen-Wittgenstein	2,679	+3.4%
72	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,634	+5.5%
72	Düren	2,634	+2.1%
74	Bergstraße	2,613	+7.8%
75	Viersen	2,606	+4.9%
76	Göppingen	2,582	+11.8%
77	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,581	+5.2%
78	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,544	-0.9%
79	Segeberg	2,532	+6.4%
80	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	2,529	+0.8%
81	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	2,500	+2.2%
82	Harburg	2,499	+13.6%
83	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,472	+8.7%
84	Hildesheim	2,453	+5.9%
85	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,435	+1.2%
86	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	2,406	+4.1%
87	Heinsberg	2,380	+4.8%
88	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,373	+5.3%
89	Herford	2,368	+3.2%
90	Hochsauerlandkreis	2,361	+4.1%
91	Tübingen, Landkreis	2,350	+4%
92	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	2,345	+4.6%
93	Erzgebirgskreis	2,268	-2%
94	Alb-Donau-Kreis	2,243	+7.7%
95	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,228	-0%
96	Biberach	2,211	+4.9%
97	Bautzen	2,189	+1.8%
97	Mittelsachsen	2,189	+0.1%
99	Zwickau	2,175	-0.3%
100	Coesfeld	2,161	+2.5%
101	Cloppenburg	2,154	+5.8%
101	Fulda	2,154	+1.6%
103	Bodenseekreis	2,151	+5.1%
104	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	2,138	-0.7%
105	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	2,137	-2.3%
106	Schwäbisch Hall	2,133	+6.3%
107	Lörrach	2,128	+3.9%
108	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,126	+3.6%
109	Rastatt	2,122	+3%
110	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,109	+3.6%
111	Stormarn	2,103	+5%
112	Fürstenfeldbruck	2,102	+1.2%
113	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,100	-1.5%
114	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,080	-1.9%
115	Kassel, Landkreis	2,079	+3%
116	Diepholz	2,067	+6.9%
117	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,061	-5.7%
118	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,048	+2.6%
119	Freising	2,015	+11.7%
120	Stade	2,006	-0.4%
121	Enzkreis	2,005	+8%
122	Mayen-Koblenz	1,986	-0.8%
123	Neu-Ulm	1,972	+10.9%
124	Hochtaunuskreis	1,964	+4%
125	Mainz-Bingen	1,943	+7.5%
126	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,917	-0.6%
127	Westerwaldkreis	1,912	+0.8%
128	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,908	+2.5%
129	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,903	-4.4%
130	Leipzig	1,890	-5.6%
131	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,888	+4.9%
132	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,876	+1.5%
133	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,874	+0.6%
134	Euskirchen	1,860	+7.6%
135	Neuwied	1,847	+8.1%
136	Ansbach, Landkreis	1,840	-0.5%
137	Schleswig-Flensburg	1,839	+9.7%
138	Gifhorn	1,823	+4.4%
139	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,814	-0.8%
140	Herzogtum Lauenburg	1,791	+5%
141	Zollernalbkreis	1,787	-1.7%
142	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1,757	-4.9%
143	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,746	+14.6%
144	Cuxhaven	1,736	+2.4%
144	Traunstein	1,736	+6.8%
146	Passau, Landkreis	1,727	+2.5%
147	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,724	+14.5%
148	Leer	1,710	+4.3%
149	Landshut, Landkreis	1,705	+5.2%
150	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	1,703	-5.5%
151	Görlitz	1,701	+1%
152	Emmendingen	1,694	+5.3%
153	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,687	+1.8%
154	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,684	+1%
155	Vechta	1,680	+0.7%
156	Oberallgäu	1,674	+11.8%
157	Oberhavel	1,664	+4%
158	Celle	1,658	+4.5%
159	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,647	-0.5%
160	Landkreis Rostock	1,642	+1.7%
161	Calw	1,641	+5.1%
161	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,641	+2.7%
163	Lüneburg, Landkreis	1,640	-1%
164	Aurich	1,635	+2.6%
165	Saarlouis	1,633	+2.1%
166	Dachau	1,631	+2%
167	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,630	+3.3%
168	Meißen	1,624	-3.8%
169	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,618	-0.1%
170	Nürnberger Land	1,610	+2.9%
171	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,601	0%
171	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,601	+4.7%
173	Limburg-Weilburg	1,599	+5.8%
174	Tuttlingen	1,596	+3.4%
175	Vorpommern-Greifswald	1,595	-0.4%
176	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,583	-0.3%
177	Unterallgäu	1,566	+4.5%
178	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	1,559	+7.6%
179	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	1,538	+2.9%
180	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,535	+0.7%
181	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1,516	+4.1%
182	Ludwigslust-Parchim	1,515	-6.3%
183	Ostallgäu	1,513	+3.3%
184	Vogtlandkreis	1,508	+1%
185	Ebersberg	1,505	+10.4%
186	Rottweil	1,502	+5.8%
187	Potsdam-Mittelmark	1,500	-1.8%
188	Eichstätt	1,491	+1%
189	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,488	-1.1%
190	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	1,486	+1.2%
191	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,480	-0.4%
192	Grafschaft Bentheim	1,474	+10.6%
192	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,474	+2.5%
194	Bad Kreuznach	1,473	+6%
195	Erding	1,466	+6.9%
196	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	1,459	+14.7%
197	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,457	+2.9%
198	Vorpommern-Rügen	1,447	-4%
199	Nordfriesland	1,441	+8.5%
200	Harz	1,434	+0.1%
201	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,428	+3.4%
202	Dahme-Spreewald	1,424	+5.9%
203	Teltow-Fläming	1,419	-0.7%
204	Peine	1,414	+4.7%
204	Schwandorf	1,414	+2.2%
206	Ostholstein	1,410	+1%
207	Märkisch-Oderland	1,409	+4%
208	Barnim	1,400	-1.8%
208	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	1,400	+1.2%
210	Donau-Ries	1,397	+3.1%
211	Aichach-Friedberg	1,396	+3.6%
212	Erlangen-Höchstadt	1,381	+6.8%
213	Waldshut	1,366	+3.9%
214	Weilheim-Schongau	1,361	+3.4%
215	Hameln-Pyrmont	1,358	+5.9%
216	Nordsachsen	1,352	-11.2%
217	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	1,348	+4%
218	Ulm, Stadtkreis	1,346	+3.7%
219	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,340	+0.4%
220	Schaumburg	1,328	+4.4%
221	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,320	+1.3%
222	Verden	1,319	+3.8%
223	Günzburg	1,318	+4.9%
224	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1,315	+1.4%
225	Kelheim	1,310	+9.4%
226	Saalekreis	1,305	-2.3%
227	Oder-Spree	1,300	-6.9%
228	Alzey-Worms	1,299	+4.1%
229	Germersheim	1,295	+7.3%
230	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,293	+1.9%
231	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	1,289	+4.5%
232	Oldenburg, Landkreis	1,287	+11.9%
233	Olpe	1,284	+2.6%
234	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,281	+8.7%
235	Roth	1,278	+7.8%
236	Salzlandkreis	1,276	-1.2%
237	Burgenlandkreis	1,268	+4.3%
237	Heidekreis	1,268	-2.5%
239	Heidenheim	1,267	+3.1%
240	Trier-Saarburg	1,265	-4%
241	Sigmaringen	1,263	+3.5%
242	Börde	1,261	+0.2%
243	Havelland	1,256	-0.2%
244	Höxter	1,252	-0.6%
245	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	1,251	-0.6%
246	Cham	1,231	+3.4%
247	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	1,229	+6.5%
248	Ahrweiler	1,219	+5.8%
249	Starnberg	1,203	+12.9%
250	Hohenlohekreis	1,198	+5.4%

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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 39,168 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest live births?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 233 in 2021.

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.