NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by live births, 2023
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest live births of 400 areas in 2023, at 34,120. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 179. The median was 1,226 and the figure for Germany was 692,989. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest34,120Berlin

Lowest179Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,226400 areas

Germany692,989History

Top 40 areas, 2023

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Berlin	34,120	-4.5%
2	Hamburg	18,264	-4.1%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	15,645	-5.3%
4	Region Hannover	9,748	-7.5%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	9,619	-6.3%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	7,441	-7.1%
7	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,486	-0.9%
8	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,479	-12.3%
9	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,476	-4.5%
10	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	5,458	-7.8%
11	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,313	-6%
12	Recklinghausen	5,305	-5%
13	Ludwigsburg	5,125	-5.4%
14	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,033	-11.3%
15	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,017	+8%
16	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	4,878	-7.9%
17	Esslingen	4,826	-2.3%
18	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,711	-5.7%
19	Städteregion Aachen	4,614	-4.5%
20	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	4,490	-6.1%
21	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,285	-9.5%
22	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	4,043	-6.5%
23	Steinfurt	4,033	-6.4%
24	Mettmann	3,877	-5.1%
25	Ortenaukreis	3,868	-6.3%
26	Böblingen	3,787	-4.8%
27	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	3,751	-4.2%
28	Rems-Murr-Kreis	3,750	-7.5%
29	Wesel	3,701	-1.9%
30	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	3,629	-10.1%
31	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	3,619	-8.3%
32	Borken	3,590	-2.4%
33	Unna	3,299	-4.9%
34	Gütersloh	3,292	-7.8%
35	Märkischer Kreis	3,270	-8%
36	Osnabrück, Landkreis	3,267	-1.6%
37	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,245	-8.3%
38	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,153	-4.8%
39	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,136	-9.3%
40	Lippe	3,100	-5.3%
41	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,052	+0.3%
41	Emsland	3,052	-9.4%
43	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,049	-6.5%
44	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,870	-8.1%
45	Ostalbkreis	2,869	-4%
46	München, Landkreis	2,797	-7.4%
47	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	2,796	-6.3%
48	Paderborn	2,771	-8.4%
49	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	2,759	-0.4%
50	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,750	-5.3%
51	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,743	-2.3%
52	Minden-Lübbecke	2,720	-5.9%
53	Ravensburg	2,673	-2.9%
54	Kleve	2,654	-4.9%
55	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,646	-6.3%
56	Wetteraukreis	2,592	-5.7%
57	Reutlingen	2,589	-6.6%
58	Groß-Gerau	2,570	-5.7%
59	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,568	-9.4%
60	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	2,547	-6.7%
61	Göttingen	2,508	-5.3%
62	Pinneberg	2,502	-7.1%
63	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,468	-3.2%
64	Soest	2,449	-9.1%
64	Warendorf	2,449	-3.5%
66	Düren	2,443	-4.2%
67	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,432	-3.8%
68	Darmstadt-Dieburg	2,423	-7.7%
69	Konstanz	2,375	-1.9%
70	Siegen-Wittgenstein	2,374	-2%
71	Oberbergischer Kreis	2,353	-8.1%
72	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,322	-5.8%
73	Göppingen	2,306	-1.6%
74	Gießen, Landkreis	2,302	-8.5%
75	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,294	-6.8%
76	Viersen	2,238	-3.8%
77	Hildesheim	2,235	+0.7%
78	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,232	-9.9%
79	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	2,221	-5%
80	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	2,192	-7.9%
81	Segeberg	2,191	-9.5%
82	Hochsauerlandkreis	2,151	-3.2%
83	Heinsberg	2,143	-9.6%
84	Bergstraße	2,142	-10.4%
85	Harburg	2,102	-3.4%
86	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	2,083	-6.9%
87	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,078	-3.7%
88	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,066	-10.9%
89	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,059	-9.4%
90	Tübingen, Landkreis	2,030	-4.9%
91	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,026	+3.6%
92	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	2,017	-7%
93	Herford	1,993	-9%
93	Main-Taunus-Kreis	1,993	-8.4%
95	Fulda	1,963	-3.8%
96	Coesfeld	1,960	-4.9%
97	Biberach	1,954	-6.1%
98	Schwäbisch Hall	1,926	-3.2%
99	Bodenseekreis	1,916	-4.6%
100	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	1,903	-5.9%
101	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,897	+0.8%
102	Alb-Donau-Kreis	1,890	-8.2%
103	Rastatt	1,887	-8.7%
104	Fürstenfeldbruck	1,880	-7.1%
105	Cloppenburg	1,869	-6.6%
106	Marburg-Biedenkopf	1,865	-9.3%
107	Diepholz	1,840	-5.1%
108	Erzgebirgskreis	1,828	-12.1%
108	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,828	-6.6%
110	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,819	-3.1%
111	Mayen-Koblenz	1,796	-5.8%
112	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,787	-10.6%
113	Zwickau	1,780	-16.3%
114	Neu-Ulm	1,776	-0.7%
115	Bautzen	1,765	-11.3%
116	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,763	-6.2%
116	Kassel, Landkreis	1,763	-4.4%
118	Lörrach	1,756	-8.9%
118	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,756	-5.4%
118	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,756	-5.7%
121	Stormarn	1,753	-11.9%
122	Enzkreis	1,742	-9%
123	Stade	1,731	-13.7%
124	Mittelsachsen	1,725	-11.1%
125	Zollernalbkreis	1,679	-3.9%
126	Freising	1,678	-5.9%
127	Westerwaldkreis	1,670	-7.1%
128	Mainz-Bingen	1,668	-5.7%
129	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,666	-5.7%
130	Hochtaunuskreis	1,650	-7.6%
131	Ansbach, Landkreis	1,643	-7.1%
132	Euskirchen	1,636	-1.6%
133	Neuwied	1,617	-6.9%
134	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,611	-12%
135	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,594	-3.3%
136	Gifhorn	1,579	-8%
137	Cuxhaven	1,571	-4.8%
138	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,569	-6.4%
139	Schleswig-Flensburg	1,562	-9%
140	Herzogtum Lauenburg	1,549	-8.1%
141	Leipzig	1,537	-7%
142	Passau, Landkreis	1,530	-8.9%
143	Traunstein	1,521	-6.6%
144	Lüneburg, Landkreis	1,518	+0.9%
145	Saarlouis	1,514	-2.3%
146	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,504	+0.8%
147	Aurich	1,501	+0.2%
148	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,496	-10%
149	Vechta	1,493	-4.7%
150	Calw	1,490	-3.4%
151	Leer	1,488	-6.4%
152	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1,468	-8%
153	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,467	+1%
154	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,462	+0.9%
155	Limburg-Weilburg	1,461	-2.1%
155	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,461	-6.8%
157	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,459	-5.1%
158	Celle	1,456	-7.3%
159	Emmendingen	1,455	-14.6%
159	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,455	+1%
161	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,453	-6.1%
162	Unterallgäu	1,450	-4.2%
163	Landshut, Landkreis	1,448	-7.9%
164	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,444	-12.9%
165	Oberallgäu	1,423	-2.7%
166	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,422	-6.1%
167	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,415	-8.9%
168	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,404	-6.5%
168	Tuttlingen	1,404	-6.5%
170	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,387	-2.4%
171	Dachau	1,385	-6.2%
172	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,384	-1.7%
173	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	1,370	-6%
174	Oberhavel	1,368	-6.4%
175	Rottweil	1,359	-3.8%
176	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,354	-7.8%
177	Görlitz	1,351	-12.2%
178	Meißen	1,349	-9.9%
179	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	1,348	-13.1%
180	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	1,342	-10.2%
181	Ostallgäu	1,339	-8.4%
182	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1,336	-9.3%
183	Ludwigslust-Parchim	1,326	-6%
184	Grafschaft Bentheim	1,309	-2.1%
185	Erding	1,286	-3.9%
186	Landkreis Rostock	1,284	-13.9%
187	Nürnberger Land	1,277	-6.5%
188	Donau-Ries	1,273	-4%
188	Vorpommern-Greifswald	1,273	-15.6%
190	Ebersberg	1,271	-10.7%
191	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	1,270	-7.2%
192	Bad Kreuznach	1,260	-11.2%
193	Ostholstein	1,259	-10.6%
194	Hameln-Pyrmont	1,257	-1.6%
195	Verden	1,256	+0.4%
196	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	1,253	-6%
197	Dahme-Spreewald	1,249	-13.3%
198	Vogtlandkreis	1,236	-8.6%
199	Schwandorf	1,234	-11.5%
200	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,228	+1.2%
201	Weilheim-Schongau	1,223	-0.2%
202	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	1,222	-4.7%
203	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,221	-7.1%
204	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	1,219	-8.1%
204	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,219	-14.2%
206	Potsdam-Mittelmark	1,216	-9.8%
207	Schaumburg	1,208	-5.7%
208	Aichach-Friedberg	1,206	-3.4%
208	Eichstätt	1,206	-9.7%
210	Vorpommern-Rügen	1,205	-9.7%
211	Nordsachsen	1,194	-9.5%
212	Barnim	1,193	-13.6%
212	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,193	-5.4%
214	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1,192	-11.3%
215	Ulm, Stadtkreis	1,190	-4.7%
216	Waldshut	1,187	-5.7%
217	Sigmaringen	1,185	-1.3%
218	Nordfriesland	1,183	-10.9%
219	Trier-Saarburg	1,167	-1.9%
220	Günzburg	1,158	-5.3%
221	Teltow-Fläming	1,157	-12.1%
222	Alzey-Worms	1,156	-3.7%
223	Märkisch-Oderland	1,152	-6.2%
224	Heidekreis	1,148	-7%
225	Harz	1,142	-10.2%
226	Saalekreis	1,140	-6.1%
227	Saarpfalz-Kreis	1,137	+8.3%
228	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	1,135	-3%
229	Höxter	1,134	-3.4%
230	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	1,130	-10.2%
231	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,129	-4.8%
232	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,121	-1.5%
233	Kelheim	1,119	-5.7%
234	Germersheim	1,115	-4.9%
235	Erlangen-Höchstadt	1,111	-10.6%
236	Olpe	1,109	-11.1%
237	Peine	1,108	-15.9%
238	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,102	-3.2%
239	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	1,101	-11.8%
240	Oldenburg, Landkreis	1,095	-10.9%
241	Havelland	1,093	-7.1%
242	Mühldorf a. Inn	1,090	-13.6%
243	Oder-Spree	1,079	-5.6%
244	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,078	+1.8%
245	Heidenheim	1,071	-12.9%
246	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,069	-6.6%
247	Ammerland	1,058	-6.7%
248	Hohenlohekreis	1,057	-4.3%
248	Salzlandkreis	1,057	-8.2%
250	Cham	1,051	-8.5%

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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 34,120 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest live births?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 179 in 2023.

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.