NUTS 3 areas of Germany by deaths, 2024

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by deaths, 2024
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest deaths of 400 areas in 2024, at 37,686. Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 482. The median was 1,896 and the figure for Germany was 1.01 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest37,686Berlin

Lowest482Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,896400 areas

Germany1,007,758History

Top 40 areas, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Berlin	37,686	-2%
2	Hamburg	18,591	-4.5%
3	Region Hannover	13,754	-2.1%
4	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	12,509	-1.4%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	10,558	-2.2%
6	Recklinghausen	8,731	+1.1%
7	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	7,621	-3.2%
8	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	7,466	-1.8%
9	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,845	-0.9%
10	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	6,826	-0.6%
11	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,751	-2%
12	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,575	-2%
13	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,563	-2.4%
14	Mettmann	6,523	-4.2%
15	Städteregion Aachen	6,445	-2.2%
16	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,246	-1.9%
17	Wesel	6,235	-2%
18	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	6,116	-4%
19	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,860	-2.8%
20	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,834	-2.5%
21	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	5,809	+2%
22	Esslingen	5,715	+1.2%
23	Unna	5,495	-2.9%
24	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	5,475	-5.4%
25	Ludwigsburg	5,456	+0.6%
26	Märkischer Kreis	5,434	-2.7%
26	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	5,434	-5.1%
28	Zwickau	5,289	-0.1%
29	Erzgebirgskreis	5,186	-2.2%
30	Steinfurt	5,055	-1.9%
31	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	4,975	-2.9%
32	Ortenaukreis	4,964	-0.6%
33	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	4,874	-6.5%
34	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	4,766	-0.6%
35	Rems-Murr-Kreis	4,726	-1.2%
36	Mittelsachsen	4,578	-2.3%
37	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,534	-7.7%
38	Lippe	4,492	-4.6%
39	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	4,427	-5.4%
40	Osnabrück, Landkreis	4,395	-1.5%
41	Bautzen	4,361	-2.4%
42	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,323	-6.4%
43	Göttingen	4,283	-0.5%
44	Borken	4,203	-3%
45	Gütersloh	4,158	+0.8%
45	Minden-Lübbecke	4,158	+2%
47	Görlitz	4,118	-1.2%
48	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	4,095	-0.9%
49	Pinneberg	3,977	+0.8%
50	Viersen	3,940	+0.4%
51	Hildesheim	3,928	-1.7%
52	Böblingen	3,898	+0.8%
53	Soest	3,855	-1.3%
54	Kleve	3,848	-6.4%
55	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,823	-1.8%
56	Vogtlandkreis	3,805	-1.7%
57	Wetteraukreis	3,774	-0.2%
58	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,761	-2.5%
59	Harz	3,740	-0.6%
60	Emsland	3,732	-0.3%
61	München, Landkreis	3,685	+7.3%
62	Vorpommern-Greifswald	3,667	-2.5%
63	Leipzig	3,617	-2.9%
64	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,603	-2.8%
65	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,598	-3.5%
66	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	3,587	-3.1%
67	Ostalbkreis	3,586	+3.2%
68	Vorpommern-Rügen	3,580	+0.6%
69	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	3,579	-3.5%
70	Meißen	3,512	-1.2%
71	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	3,497	-0.9%
72	Segeberg	3,496	+1.3%
73	Siegen-Wittgenstein	3,488	-1.2%
74	Düren	3,474	-3.1%
75	Oberbergischer Kreis	3,460	-5.6%
76	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,433	-3.2%
77	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	3,383	+5.1%
78	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,379	-5.9%
79	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,337	-4.9%
80	Bergstraße	3,333	+0.1%
81	Hochsauerlandkreis	3,322	-3.1%
82	Darmstadt-Dieburg	3,260	-1.3%
83	Heinsberg	3,257	+2.2%
84	Paderborn	3,253	+1.5%
85	Kassel, Landkreis	3,251	-4.7%
86	Konstanz	3,241	-0.7%
87	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	3,196	-2.5%
88	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,179	-5.1%
89	Ostholstein	3,173	+0.1%
90	Herford	3,168	-6%
91	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,150	+0.9%
92	Salzlandkreis	3,148	-6.5%
93	Warendorf	3,146	-7.8%
94	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	3,135	-6%
95	Reutlingen	3,124	-1%
96	Göppingen	3,107	+4.9%
97	Stormarn	3,088	-6.6%
98	Harburg	3,028	+0.6%
99	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,008	-5%
100	Landkreis Rostock	3,006	-1.2%
101	Gießen, Landkreis	2,996	-1.4%
102	Cuxhaven	2,990	-3.5%
102	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,990	-3.2%
104	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,987	-4.4%
105	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,982	-5.6%
106	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,967	-5.1%
107	Ravensburg	2,944	-2.6%
108	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,941	+0.2%
109	Ludwigslust-Parchim	2,934	-2.9%
110	Burgenlandkreis	2,893	-6.9%
111	Groß-Gerau	2,888	-3.6%
112	Schleswig-Flensburg	2,886	-6.8%
113	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,848	-4.7%
114	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,845	-1.9%
115	Diepholz	2,824	+2.4%
116	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,815	-2.6%
117	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,800	-1.5%
118	Nordsachsen	2,796	-2.2%
119	Saarlouis	2,792	-0.8%
120	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,772	+0.5%
121	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,771	-0.1%
122	Hochtaunuskreis	2,763	+1.1%
123	Mayen-Koblenz	2,746	-3.3%
124	Fulda	2,732	+9.2%
125	Märkisch-Oderland	2,724	-1.7%
126	Oder-Spree	2,719	-3.3%
127	Aurich	2,718	+1.4%
128	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,713	+0.8%
129	Oberhavel	2,695	-10.1%
130	Herzogtum Lauenburg	2,640	+3%
131	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	2,631	-1.9%
132	Rastatt	2,627	-6.1%
133	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,608	-1.3%
134	Coesfeld	2,591	-2.4%
135	Saalekreis	2,583	-6.7%
135	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	2,583	-1.1%
137	Potsdam-Mittelmark	2,555	-5.3%
138	Westerwaldkreis	2,538	-4.9%
139	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,531	-3.8%
140	Euskirchen	2,514	+3.7%
141	Lörrach	2,500	-3%
142	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	2,494	-1.5%
143	Barnim	2,487	-4%
144	Stade	2,476	-5.5%
145	Celle	2,454	-4.3%
146	Neuwied	2,448	+6.4%
147	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,437	-3.4%
148	Börde	2,392	-6.8%
148	Zollernalbkreis	2,392	+1.4%
150	Mansfeld-Südharz	2,375	+0.1%
151	Schaumburg	2,360	-5.9%
152	Bodenseekreis	2,357	-3.1%
153	Hameln-Pyrmont	2,350	-1.9%
154	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,348	+1.1%
155	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,339	+0.3%
156	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,324	+0.6%
157	Enzkreis	2,313	+0.1%
158	Mainz-Bingen	2,302	-3.8%
159	Fürstenfeldbruck	2,297	-4.5%
160	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,291	-1.3%
161	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	2,289	-2.3%
162	Nordfriesland	2,285	-2.9%
163	Nordwestmecklenburg	2,270	+4.8%
164	Passau, Landkreis	2,261	-2.8%
165	Wartburgkreis	2,260	-2.4%
166	Limburg-Weilburg	2,258	-3.5%
167	Teltow-Fläming	2,252	-2%
168	Leer	2,244	+0.2%
169	Dahme-Spreewald	2,241	-7.6%
170	Goslar	2,202	-8.7%
171	Lüneburg, Landkreis	2,180	+1%
172	Waldeck-Frankenberg	2,163	-9%
173	Bad Kreuznach	2,153	+3.1%
174	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,139	-1.2%
175	Ansbach, Landkreis	2,136	+1.8%
175	Havelland	2,136	-4.6%
177	Saarpfalz-Kreis	2,133	+0.1%
178	Schwäbisch Hall	2,111	-2.3%
179	Neunkirchen	2,105	+3.8%
180	Traunstein	2,072	+4.9%
181	Nürnberger Land	2,069	-2%
182	Alb-Donau-Kreis	2,066	+2.3%
183	Gifhorn	2,049	-2.2%
184	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,003	-1.6%
185	Northeim	2,000	-5.9%
186	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,987	-4.2%
187	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	1,984	-4%
188	Uckermark	1,983	-0.5%
189	Biberach	1,982	-2.2%
190	Heidekreis	1,979	+2.5%
191	Gotha	1,974	-3.1%
192	Wittenberg	1,966	-7.6%
193	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,960	-0.6%
194	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,947	-5.3%
194	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	1,947	+3%
196	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,928	-5.1%
197	Tübingen, Landkreis	1,927	-0.3%
198	Dithmarschen	1,925	-7.1%
199	Neu-Ulm	1,917	-0.3%
200	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,903	0%
201	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,889	-2.3%
202	Waldshut	1,873	-4.2%
203	Plön	1,871	+0.9%
204	Steinburg	1,867	+3.6%
205	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,866	+0.6%
206	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,859	-5.5%
207	Höxter	1,838	-4.4%
208	Emmendingen	1,834	+0.1%
209	Stendal	1,806	-0.6%
210	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,779	+2%
210	Spree-Neiße	1,779	-2.4%
212	Calw	1,772	-3%
213	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	1,769	-2.2%
214	Schwandorf	1,768	-6%
215	Elbe-Elster	1,767	+4.8%
216	Peine	1,761	+0.1%
217	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	1,754	+5%
218	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,749	-1.7%
219	Cloppenburg	1,746	-3.3%
220	Oberallgäu	1,742	-3.4%
221	Bad Dürkheim	1,726	-4.4%
222	Oldenburg, Landkreis	1,722	+3.7%
223	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	1,718	-4.2%
224	Verden	1,715	-2.1%
225	Trier-Saarburg	1,707	+0.2%
226	Nienburg (Weser)	1,694	-1.6%
227	Unterallgäu	1,657	-5.4%
228	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	1,653	+0.1%
229	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,647	-1.7%
230	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1,641	-2.8%
231	Ahrweiler	1,613	-2.1%
232	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,612	-0.3%
233	Greiz	1,593	-1.2%
234	Landshut, Landkreis	1,592	-0.6%
234	Rottweil	1,592	-4.2%
236	Wolfenbüttel	1,588	-8.4%
237	Grafschaft Bentheim	1,583	-7.4%
238	Olpe	1,581	-7.8%
239	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,579	-3.8%
240	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,575	+6.2%
241	Ammerland	1,562	-0.8%
241	Heidenheim	1,562	-1.1%
241	Tuttlingen	1,562	+5.5%
244	Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,558	+5.3%
244	Main-Spessart	1,558	-5.2%
246	Cham	1,554	-5.5%
247	Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,552	+1.6%
248	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,550	-4.3%
248	Werra-Meißner-Kreis	1,550	-8.5%
250	Freising	1,549	+1.2%

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About this ranking

Deaths of residents 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. Deaths 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 deaths?

Berlin, with 37,686 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 482 in 2024.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Deaths during the year by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.