NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births, 2022
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest live births of 400 areas in 2022, at 35,729. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 227. The median was 1,336 and the figure for Germany was 738,819. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest35,729Berlin

Lowest227Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,336400 areas

Germany738,819History

Top 40 areas, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Berlin	35,729	-8.8%
2	Hamburg	19,054	-9.3%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	16,519	-9.7%
4	Region Hannover	10,536	-8.6%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	10,261	-11.6%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	8,014	-6.8%
7	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,245	-4.6%
8	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	5,919	-12.3%
9	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,732	-5.6%
10	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,671	-10.2%
11	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,650	-3.6%
12	Recklinghausen	5,585	-3.3%
13	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,534	-5%
14	Ludwigsburg	5,416	-8.4%
15	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	5,299	-4.6%
16	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,994	-9.3%
17	Esslingen	4,941	-11.1%
18	Städteregion Aachen	4,832	-6.5%
19	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	4,782	-9.7%
20	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,734	-15.1%
21	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,644	-9.3%
22	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	4,323	-7.1%
23	Steinfurt	4,309	-6.9%
24	Ortenaukreis	4,128	-7%
25	Mettmann	4,084	-7.4%
26	Rems-Murr-Kreis	4,055	-4.6%
27	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	4,035	-7.3%
28	Böblingen	3,976	-9%
29	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	3,947	-10.1%
30	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	3,915	-6.6%
31	Wesel	3,771	-6.3%
32	Borken	3,679	-8.9%
33	Gütersloh	3,572	-5.5%
34	Märkischer Kreis	3,553	-5.8%
35	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,538	-5.2%
36	Unna	3,469	-0.9%
37	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,456	-7.2%
38	Emsland	3,368	+1.1%
39	Osnabrück, Landkreis	3,320	-11%
40	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,311	-8.9%
41	Lippe	3,274	-3.8%
42	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,262	-7.3%
43	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,124	-7.3%
44	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,043	-7.6%
45	Paderborn	3,026	-3.8%
46	München, Landkreis	3,020	-7.6%
47	Ostalbkreis	2,989	-7.4%
48	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	2,984	-8.2%
49	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,905	-7.6%
50	Minden-Lübbecke	2,892	-5.2%
51	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,833	-6.3%
52	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,825	-9%
53	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,808	-2.7%
54	Kleve	2,791	-6.9%
55	Reutlingen	2,771	-7.4%
56	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	2,769	-5.6%
57	Ravensburg	2,753	-9.6%
58	Wetteraukreis	2,748	-3.5%
59	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	2,730	-7.3%
60	Groß-Gerau	2,724	-9.8%
61	Soest	2,694	-5.6%
62	Pinneberg	2,692	-4.8%
63	Göttingen	2,648	-3.4%
64	Darmstadt-Dieburg	2,625	-7.6%
65	Oberbergischer Kreis	2,560	-4.5%
66	Düren	2,551	-3.2%
67	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,549	-13%
68	Warendorf	2,537	-9.5%
69	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,529	-0.6%
70	Gießen, Landkreis	2,515	-7%
71	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,476	-4.1%
72	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,464	-6.5%
73	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,461	-8.4%
74	Siegen-Wittgenstein	2,423	-9.6%
75	Konstanz	2,421	-13.3%
76	Segeberg	2,420	-4.4%
77	Bergstraße	2,390	-8.5%
78	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	2,379	-4.8%
79	Heinsberg	2,371	-0.4%
80	Göppingen	2,343	-9.3%
81	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	2,337	-7.6%
82	Viersen	2,327	-10.7%
83	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,319	-6.2%
84	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,272	-6.7%
85	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	2,238	-7%
86	Hochsauerlandkreis	2,222	-5.9%
87	Hildesheim	2,219	-9.5%
88	Herford	2,189	-7.6%
89	Harburg	2,177	-12.9%
90	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,176	-8.3%
91	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	2,169	-7.5%
92	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,157	-3.2%
93	Tübingen, Landkreis	2,134	-9.2%
94	Zwickau	2,127	-2.2%
95	Biberach	2,082	-5.8%
96	Erzgebirgskreis	2,079	-8.3%
97	Rastatt	2,067	-2.6%
98	Coesfeld	2,062	-4.6%
99	Alb-Donau-Kreis	2,058	-8.2%
100	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,056	-3.3%
101	Fulda	2,040	-5.3%
102	Fürstenfeldbruck	2,023	-3.8%
103	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	2,022	-5.4%
104	Bodenseekreis	2,009	-6.6%
105	Stade	2,005	-0%
106	Cloppenburg	2,002	-7.1%
107	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,999	-4.8%
108	Schwäbisch Hall	1,990	-6.7%
108	Stormarn	1,990	-5.4%
110	Bautzen	1,989	-9.1%
111	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,958	-5.9%
112	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,955	-7.3%
113	Mittelsachsen	1,941	-11.3%
114	Diepholz	1,939	-6.2%
115	Lörrach	1,928	-9.4%
116	Enzkreis	1,915	-4.5%
117	Mayen-Koblenz	1,907	-4%
118	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,882	-11.9%
119	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,880	-8.8%
120	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,878	-8.3%
121	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,862	-2.9%
122	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,857	-2.7%
123	Kassel, Landkreis	1,845	-11.3%
124	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,830	-3.1%
125	Westerwaldkreis	1,797	-6%
126	Neu-Ulm	1,789	-9.3%
127	Hochtaunuskreis	1,785	-9.1%
128	Freising	1,784	-11.5%
129	Ansbach, Landkreis	1,769	-3.9%
130	Mainz-Bingen	1,768	-9%
131	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,767	-2.6%
132	Zollernalbkreis	1,747	-2.2%
133	Neuwied	1,736	-6%
134	Gifhorn	1,717	-5.8%
135	Schleswig-Flensburg	1,716	-6.7%
136	Emmendingen	1,703	+0.5%
137	Herzogtum Lauenburg	1,685	-5.9%
138	Passau, Landkreis	1,680	-2.7%
139	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,677	-0.6%
140	Euskirchen	1,663	-10.6%
140	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,663	-11.4%
142	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,658	-11.5%
143	Leipzig	1,652	-12.6%
144	Cuxhaven	1,650	-5%
145	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,648	-13.4%
146	Traunstein	1,628	-6.2%
147	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1,596	-9.2%
148	Leer	1,589	-7.1%
149	Landshut, Landkreis	1,572	-7.8%
150	Celle	1,571	-5.2%
151	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,567	-4.9%
151	Vechta	1,567	-6.7%
153	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,553	+4.4%
154	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	1,552	-8.9%
155	Saarlouis	1,550	-5.1%
156	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,547	-10.3%
157	Calw	1,543	-6%
158	Görlitz	1,538	-9.6%
159	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,537	-5.7%
160	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,514	-7.7%
160	Unterallgäu	1,514	-3.3%
162	Vorpommern-Greifswald	1,508	-5.5%
163	Lüneburg, Landkreis	1,505	-8.2%
164	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,502	-10.8%
164	Tuttlingen	1,502	-5.9%
166	Aurich	1,498	-8.4%
167	Meißen	1,497	-7.8%
168	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	1,494	-4.2%
169	Landkreis Rostock	1,492	-9.1%
169	Limburg-Weilburg	1,492	-6.7%
169	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,492	-5.7%
172	Dachau	1,476	-9.5%
173	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1,473	-2.8%
174	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,469	-0.7%
175	Oberallgäu	1,462	-12.7%
175	Oberhavel	1,462	-12.1%
177	Ostallgäu	1,461	-3.4%
178	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	1,457	-2%
179	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,452	-9.3%
180	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,449	-17%
181	Dahme-Spreewald	1,441	+1.2%
181	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,441	-10.9%
183	Ebersberg	1,423	-5.4%
184	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,421	-11.2%
185	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,420	-3.7%
186	Bad Kreuznach	1,419	-3.7%
187	Rottweil	1,413	-5.9%
188	Ludwigslust-Parchim	1,410	-6.9%
189	Ostholstein	1,409	-0.1%
190	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,408	-8.3%
191	Schwandorf	1,394	-1.4%
192	Barnim	1,380	-1.4%
193	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	1,368	-2.3%
194	Nürnberger Land	1,366	-15.2%
195	Vogtlandkreis	1,352	-10.3%
196	Potsdam-Mittelmark	1,348	-10.1%
197	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1,344	+2.2%
198	Erding	1,338	-8.7%
199	Grafschaft Bentheim	1,337	-9.3%
200	Eichstätt	1,336	-10.4%
201	Vorpommern-Rügen	1,335	-7.7%
202	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	1,333	-13.3%
203	Nordfriesland	1,327	-7.9%
204	Donau-Ries	1,326	-5.1%
204	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	1,326	-9.1%
206	Nordsachsen	1,319	-2.4%
207	Peine	1,317	-6.9%
207	Teltow-Fläming	1,317	-7.2%
209	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,315	-9.7%
210	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	1,282	-4.9%
211	Schaumburg	1,281	-3.5%
212	Hameln-Pyrmont	1,278	-5.9%
213	Harz	1,272	-11.3%
214	Mühldorf a. Inn	1,262	+5.3%
215	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,261	-11.7%
216	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	1,259	+0.6%
216	Waldshut	1,259	-7.8%
218	Verden	1,251	-5.2%
219	Ulm, Stadtkreis	1,249	-7.2%
220	Aichach-Friedberg	1,248	-10.6%
220	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	1,248	-3.2%
220	Olpe	1,248	-2.8%
223	Erlangen-Höchstadt	1,243	-10%
224	Heidekreis	1,235	-2.6%
225	Heidenheim	1,229	-3%
225	Oldenburg, Landkreis	1,229	-4.5%
227	Märkisch-Oderland	1,228	-12.8%
228	Weilheim-Schongau	1,225	-10%
229	Günzburg	1,223	-7.2%
230	Saalekreis	1,214	-7%
231	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,213	-8.1%
232	Alzey-Worms	1,201	-7.5%
233	Sigmaringen	1,200	-5%
234	Trier-Saarburg	1,189	-6%
235	Kelheim	1,187	-9.4%
236	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,186	+3.4%
237	Havelland	1,177	-6.3%
238	Höxter	1,174	-6.2%
239	Germersheim	1,173	-9.4%
240	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	1,170	-4.8%
241	Salzlandkreis	1,152	-9.7%
242	Cham	1,149	-6.7%
243	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,144	-11.5%
244	Oder-Spree	1,143	-12.1%
245	Freudenstadt	1,139	-2.1%
246	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,138	-11.2%
246	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,138	-15.1%
248	Ammerland	1,134	-2.1%
248	Miltenberg	1,134	-2.3%
250	Burgenlandkreis	1,116	-12%

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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 35,729 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest live births?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 227 in 2022.

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.