Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by live births

Name: Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by live births, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Düsseldorf had the highest live births of 38 regions in 2018, at 50,241. Trier had the lowest, at 4,655. The median was 17,930 and the figure for Germany was 787,523. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest50,241Düsseldorf

Lowest4,655Trier

Median17,93038 regions

Germany787,523History

All regions, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Düsseldorf	50,241	+0.2%
2	Oberbayern	49,323	+1.6%
3	Köln	44,109	+1.9%
4	Stuttgart	41,548	+0.9%
5	Darmstadt	40,907	+0.8%
6	Berlin	40,203	+0.1%
7	Arnsberg	33,232	-1.4%
8	Karlsruhe	26,767	+1.9%
9	Münster	25,597	+2.6%
10	Schleswig-Holstein	25,236	+0.7%
11	Weser-Ems	24,069	-1%
12	Freiburg	22,242	+2.7%
13	Hamburg	21,126	-0%
14	Detmold	19,971	+0.4%
15	Brandenburg	19,881	-2.2%
16	Hannover	19,777	+1.9%
17	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	19,605	+1%
18	Schwaben	18,443	+0.6%
19	Tübingen	18,362	+0.6%
20	Mittelfranken	17,498	+0.7%
21	Thüringen	17,437	-3.8%
22	Sachsen-Anhalt	17,410	-2.4%
23	Lüneburg	15,202	+0.6%
24	Braunschweig	14,604	+3%
25	Dresden	14,237	-3.4%
26	Koblenz	13,387	+1.2%
27	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	13,032	-0.4%
28	Unterfranken	11,839	-1.1%
29	Chemnitz	11,224	-4.3%
30	Niederbayern	10,990	+0.4%
31	Kassel	10,652	-3.4%
32	Oberpfalz	10,499	+5.2%
33	Leipzig	10,429	+0.7%
34	Gießen	9,453	+0.5%
35	Oberfranken	9,024	-0.5%
36	Saarland	8,149	-2%
37	Bremen	7,163	+2.3%
38	Trier	4,655	-3.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

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 regions 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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Questions

Which region has the highest live births?

Düsseldorf, with 50,241 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest live births?

Trier, with 4,655 in 2018.

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.