NUTS 3 areas of Germany by deaths

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by deaths, 2015
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest deaths of 400 areas in 2015, at 34,278. Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 418. The median was 1,691 and the figure for Germany was 925,200. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest34,278Berlin

Lowest418Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,691400 areas

Germany925,200History

Top 40 areas, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Berlin	34,278	+6.1%
2	Hamburg	17,565	+4.7%
3	Region Hannover	12,781	+6.3%
4	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	11,139	+3.4%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	9,890	+3.4%
6	Recklinghausen	7,816	+4.1%
7	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	7,457	+5.5%
8	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	7,204	+9.8%
9	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,327	+5.2%
10	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,317	+5.6%
11	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,316	+5.7%
12	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,171	+12.1%
13	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,136	+4.8%
14	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	6,050	+4.6%
15	Städteregion Aachen	5,980	+6.1%
16	Mettmann	5,952	+9.3%
17	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,780	+5.1%
18	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	5,645	+7.3%
19	Wesel	5,498	+4.9%
20	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,484	+9.8%
21	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	5,480	+8.5%
22	Zwickau	5,179	+8%
23	Erzgebirgskreis	5,092	+2.7%
24	Ludwigsburg	5,074	+14.5%
25	Märkischer Kreis	5,062	+2.2%
25	Unna	5,062	+9%
27	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	4,970	+7.6%
28	Esslingen	4,935	+8.5%
29	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	4,914	+1.9%
30	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,641	+5.8%
31	Steinfurt	4,509	+9.9%
32	Mittelsachsen	4,496	+7.6%
33	Ortenaukreis	4,491	+8.2%
34	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	4,488	+5.6%
35	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	4,480	+7.8%
36	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	4,443	+5.6%
37	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	4,405	+4.8%
38	Lippe	4,330	+8.8%
39	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,175	+5.2%
40	Bautzen	4,158	+4.5%
41	Rems-Murr-Kreis	4,134	+7.2%
42	Görlitz	4,064	+5.6%
43	Göttingen	4,017	+8.3%
44	Osnabrück, Landkreis	3,739	+7.1%
45	Borken	3,681	+8%
46	Minden-Lübbecke	3,651	+0.2%
47	Vogtlandkreis	3,643	+7.4%
48	Hildesheim	3,608	+4.9%
49	Soest	3,604	+8.5%
50	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,571	+5.2%
51	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,556	+15.3%
52	Kleve	3,519	+9.2%
53	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	3,498	+11%
54	Gütersloh	3,488	+5.3%
55	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	3,482	+10.7%
56	Leipzig	3,475	+6.6%
57	Harz	3,474	+3.3%
58	Böblingen	3,468	+12.5%
59	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,448	+5.5%
60	Pinneberg	3,407	+8.8%
61	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,392	+4.4%
62	Viersen	3,377	+5.5%
63	Hochsauerlandkreis	3,319	+13.9%
64	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,318	+9.6%
65	Wetteraukreis	3,308	+8.1%
66	Siegen-Wittgenstein	3,262	+6.2%
67	Emsland	3,260	+5.3%
68	Oberbergischer Kreis	3,244	+8%
69	Vorpommern-Greifswald	3,225	+6.4%
70	Meißen	3,220	+7.2%
71	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	3,199	+6.3%
72	Ostalbkreis	3,190	+6.2%
73	Düren	3,168	+9.2%
74	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,166	+5.3%
75	Salzlandkreis	3,157	+4.5%
76	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	3,133	+3.8%
77	München, Landkreis	3,125	+9.3%
78	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	3,092	+7.6%
79	Bergstraße	3,090	+7.8%
80	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	3,081	+11.5%
81	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,054	+5.3%
82	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	3,027	+3%
83	Herford	3,004	+7.7%
84	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,957	+5.4%
85	Darmstadt-Dieburg	2,947	+12.3%
86	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,932	+8.4%
87	Kassel, Landkreis	2,922	+1.9%
88	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,919	+3.4%
89	Vorpommern-Rügen	2,918	+2.7%
90	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,893	+11.3%
91	Heinsberg	2,870	+7.2%
92	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,860	+9.8%
93	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,838	+1%
94	Segeberg	2,831	+4.3%
95	Reutlingen	2,818	+15.3%
96	Burgenlandkreis	2,815	+5%
97	Paderborn	2,814	+6.9%
98	Konstanz	2,792	-0.2%
99	Gießen, Landkreis	2,780	+16%
100	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,773	+5.6%
101	Ostholstein	2,760	+11.3%
102	Ravensburg	2,753	+10.4%
103	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,745	+7.9%
103	Warendorf	2,745	+1%
105	Ludwigslust-Parchim	2,702	+10.1%
106	Nordsachsen	2,646	+5.8%
107	Landkreis Rostock	2,642	+11.1%
107	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,642	+2.3%
109	Göppingen	2,630	+3.5%
110	Stormarn	2,624	+4.9%
111	Cuxhaven	2,619	+2.4%
112	Groß-Gerau	2,604	+5.8%
113	Saarlouis	2,592	+4.4%
114	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,589	+4.4%
115	Harburg	2,579	+3.8%
116	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,563	+5.8%
117	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,549	+7.9%
118	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	2,548	+3.9%
119	Diepholz	2,528	+8.5%
120	Saalekreis	2,521	+4.4%
121	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,498	+10.7%
122	Hochtaunuskreis	2,444	+2.8%
123	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,443	+0.2%
124	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,430	+5.9%
125	Rastatt	2,417	+5.2%
126	Oberhavel	2,405	+5.6%
127	Aurich	2,397	+11%
128	Fulda	2,394	+9.4%
129	Schleswig-Flensburg	2,387	+2.7%
130	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,333	+9.8%
131	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	2,325	+4.3%
132	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	2,322	+7%
133	Euskirchen	2,317	+7.8%
134	Westerwaldkreis	2,311	+7.3%
135	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,310	+8%
136	Mayen-Koblenz	2,301	-2.3%
137	Märkisch-Oderland	2,294	+7.1%
138	Börde	2,291	+10.1%
138	Wartburgkreis	2,291	+10%
140	Schaumburg	2,281	+8.7%
141	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,272	+1.7%
142	Herzogtum Lauenburg	2,264	+7.3%
143	Oder-Spree	2,260	+3.8%
144	Lörrach	2,255	+6.9%
145	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,224	+5.3%
146	Potsdam-Mittelmark	2,208	+1%
147	Coesfeld	2,187	+0.4%
148	Mansfeld-Südharz	2,184	+3.4%
149	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,178	+4.7%
150	Celle	2,177	+3%
151	Neuwied	2,158	-1.1%
152	Hameln-Pyrmont	2,148	+5.2%
153	Passau, Landkreis	2,134	+4.9%
154	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,129	+3.3%
155	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,126	-1.1%
156	Barnim	2,110	+4.4%
157	Stade	2,107	+5.9%
158	Waldeck-Frankenberg	2,087	+14.4%
159	Bodenseekreis	2,081	+4.9%
160	Goslar	2,070	+1.5%
161	Mainz-Bingen	2,057	+10.1%
162	Zollernalbkreis	2,047	+3.7%
163	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,033	+11.2%
164	Teltow-Fläming	2,025	+15.3%
165	Ansbach, Landkreis	2,023	+8.8%
166	Traunstein	2,012	+16.3%
167	Limburg-Weilburg	2,007	+3.2%
168	Fürstenfeldbruck	1,992	+8.9%
169	Nordfriesland	1,985	+6.1%
170	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	1,976	+0.1%
171	Enzkreis	1,966	+7.3%
172	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	1,953	+5.8%
173	Wittenberg	1,952	+5.2%
174	Leer	1,947	+5.5%
175	Nürnberger Land	1,943	+5.1%
176	Bad Kreuznach	1,932	+9%
177	Dahme-Spreewald	1,927	+5.6%
178	Neunkirchen	1,915	+9.1%
179	Saarpfalz-Kreis	1,906	+6.4%
180	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,904	+10.3%
181	Lüneburg, Landkreis	1,890	+3.4%
182	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,875	+7.6%
183	Biberach	1,873	+4.8%
184	Northeim	1,869	+1.6%
185	Schwäbisch Hall	1,857	+7.3%
186	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	1,848	+14.2%
187	Dithmarschen	1,845	+9.7%
188	Nordwestmecklenburg	1,819	+1.6%
189	Alb-Donau-Kreis	1,807	+5.4%
190	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,798	+11%
191	Gotha	1,793	+3.8%
192	Havelland	1,792	+6.7%
193	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,789	+10.4%
194	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,787	+5.9%
195	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,783	+3.1%
196	Waldshut	1,756	+4.6%
197	Gifhorn	1,719	+6.6%
198	Höxter	1,710	+2.5%
199	Uckermark	1,697	+8.4%
200	Tübingen, Landkreis	1,695	+3.5%
201	Spree-Neiße	1,687	+8.6%
202	Schwandorf	1,677	+5.3%
203	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,674	+7.9%
204	Stendal	1,673	+8.3%
205	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,661	+9.9%
206	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1,659	+7.3%
207	Heidekreis	1,656	+2.7%
208	Bad Dürkheim	1,649	+10.7%
209	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	1,640	+11.6%
210	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,622	+6.4%
211	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	1,618	+2.9%
211	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,618	+4.9%
213	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,616	-1.2%
214	Steinburg	1,611	+9.4%
215	Ahrweiler	1,605	+4.6%
216	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	1,600	+4.2%
217	Calw	1,595	+9.2%
218	Peine	1,593	+7.7%
219	Trier-Saarburg	1,592	+7.9%
220	Neu-Ulm	1,589	+6.4%
221	Emmendingen	1,584	+6.5%
222	Nienburg (Weser)	1,583	+5.4%
223	Oberallgäu	1,568	+5.7%
224	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,558	+7.9%
225	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,555	+6.7%
226	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	1,550	+0.4%
227	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,542	+13.2%
228	Plön	1,541	+10.9%
229	Elbe-Elster	1,538	+5.8%
230	Unterallgäu	1,531	+9.3%
231	Greiz	1,510	+4.1%
232	Main-Spessart	1,509	+14.1%
233	Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,508	+2.2%
234	Cloppenburg	1,505	+4.3%
235	Werra-Meißner-Kreis	1,501	+13.4%
236	Olpe	1,497	+5.3%
237	Rottweil	1,496	+6.5%
238	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,495	+2.3%
239	Wolfenbüttel	1,492	+3.5%
240	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,480	+12.6%
241	Verden	1,472	+9%
241	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,472	+3.7%
243	Landshut, Landkreis	1,465	+10.1%
244	Cham	1,461	+10.3%
244	Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis	1,461	+11.7%
246	Ilm-Kreis	1,457	+4.9%
247	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,453	+8.9%
248	Heidenheim	1,443	+4%
249	Rottal-Inn	1,432	+6.5%
250	Vogelsbergkreis	1,428	+4.1%

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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 34,278 in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest deaths?

Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 418 in 2015.

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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.