NUTS 3 areas of Germany by deaths

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by deaths, 2020
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest deaths of 400 areas in 2020, at 37,642. Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 423. The median was 1,846 and the figure for Germany was 985,572. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest37,642Berlin

Lowest423Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,846400 areas

Germany985,572History

Top 40 areas, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Berlin	37,642	+8.4%
2	Hamburg	18,308	+4.8%
3	Region Hannover	13,241	+3.9%
4	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	12,266	+8.1%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	10,238	+1.9%
6	Recklinghausen	8,422	+3.9%
7	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	7,544	+7.6%
8	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	7,110	+3.3%
9	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,642	+5.9%
10	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	6,637	+4.7%
11	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,609	+5.7%
12	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,527	+8.3%
13	Mettmann	6,467	+8.1%
14	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,266	+0.8%
15	Städteregion Aachen	6,220	+1.7%
16	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,181	+5.7%
17	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,165	+10.8%
18	Wesel	6,102	+7.9%
19	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,056	+2.7%
20	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	5,993	+2.5%
21	Erzgebirgskreis	5,902	+13.8%
22	Zwickau	5,870	+15.3%
23	Esslingen	5,500	+5.9%
24	Ludwigsburg	5,458	+9.2%
25	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	5,436	+6.1%
26	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	5,429	+3.4%
27	Unna	5,334	+5.3%
28	Märkischer Kreis	5,331	+0.6%
29	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	5,301	+0.9%
30	Mittelsachsen	5,152	+17%
31	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	4,920	+2.5%
32	Bautzen	4,909	+15.9%
33	Ortenaukreis	4,900	+5.6%
34	Görlitz	4,806	+19.6%
35	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	4,788	+4.8%
36	Steinfurt	4,737	+2.5%
37	Rems-Murr-Kreis	4,690	+8.2%
38	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	4,532	+4.1%
39	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,513	+6.4%
40	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,456	+0.6%
41	Lippe	4,444	+2.8%
42	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	4,400	+1.2%
43	Osnabrück, Landkreis	4,147	+6%
44	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	4,127	+22.6%
45	Vogtlandkreis	4,067	+8.9%
46	Borken	4,060	+7.5%
47	Göttingen	3,970	-1.6%
48	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,925	+11.5%
49	Meißen	3,916	+17.3%
50	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,886	+9.9%
51	Gütersloh	3,866	+6.4%
52	Minden-Lübbecke	3,789	+0.9%
53	Böblingen	3,733	+3.5%
54	Kleve	3,695	+0.4%
55	Hildesheim	3,694	+1.2%
56	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,684	+3.9%
57	Leipzig	3,647	+4.2%
58	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	3,632	-2.5%
59	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,629	+4.4%
59	Pinneberg	3,629	+1.2%
61	Viersen	3,628	+3%
62	Wetteraukreis	3,601	+6.8%
63	Soest	3,600	+4.7%
64	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	3,596	+9.3%
65	Harz	3,554	+1.6%
66	Siegen-Wittgenstein	3,535	+8.4%
67	Ostalbkreis	3,495	-1.9%
68	Vorpommern-Greifswald	3,484	-3.1%
69	Emsland	3,424	+2.8%
70	Oberbergischer Kreis	3,406	-1.5%
71	Düren	3,397	+3.7%
72	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	3,380	-0.6%
73	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,372	+2.9%
74	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,361	+6.7%
74	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,361	+8.6%
76	München, Landkreis	3,320	+5.9%
77	Bergstraße	3,298	+8.6%
78	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	3,266	-1.5%
79	Vorpommern-Rügen	3,232	+3.1%
80	Salzlandkreis	3,222	-0.5%
81	Kassel, Landkreis	3,202	+4.5%
82	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,191	+3.6%
83	Darmstadt-Dieburg	3,181	+3.1%
84	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	3,167	+2.7%
85	Hochsauerlandkreis	3,143	-1.8%
86	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	3,137	+12%
87	Warendorf	3,117	+3.1%
88	Herford	3,105	+1.6%
89	Rosenheim, Landkreis	3,091	+13.3%
90	Reutlingen	3,023	+6.9%
91	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,008	+0.9%
92	Heinsberg	3,005	+2.2%
93	Konstanz	3,001	+2.6%
94	Nordsachsen	2,997	+9.4%
95	Segeberg	2,994	+0.5%
96	Paderborn	2,991	+4.8%
97	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,957	+1.1%
98	Ostholstein	2,934	+4.7%
99	Stormarn	2,932	+8.8%
100	Gießen, Landkreis	2,931	+7.4%
101	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	2,923	-1.6%
102	Burgenlandkreis	2,901	+2.3%
103	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,893	+5%
104	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,887	+1.1%
105	Göppingen	2,877	+1.1%
106	Ludwigslust-Parchim	2,845	+2.3%
107	Groß-Gerau	2,815	+7.6%
108	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,811	-1.1%
108	Ravensburg	2,811	+2.5%
110	Harburg	2,809	+4.3%
111	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,803	+2.9%
112	Cuxhaven	2,781	+3.4%
113	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,765	+6%
114	Landkreis Rostock	2,744	+0.7%
115	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,730	+2.1%
116	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,718	+4.1%
117	Hochtaunuskreis	2,714	+6.1%
118	Diepholz	2,689	+5.7%
119	Saalekreis	2,685	+8.5%
120	Oder-Spree	2,673	+8.9%
121	Märkisch-Oderland	2,650	+10.2%
122	Saarlouis	2,628	-3.6%
123	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,627	+3.1%
124	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,603	+8.1%
125	Mayen-Koblenz	2,596	+0.9%
126	Rastatt	2,591	-0.1%
127	Oberhavel	2,578	+8.9%
128	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,574	-0.1%
129	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	2,568	+4.9%
130	Potsdam-Mittelmark	2,558	+9.2%
131	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,533	+0.3%
132	Euskirchen	2,514	+9.6%
132	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	2,514	+6.1%
134	Lörrach	2,511	+7.4%
135	Fulda	2,506	+4.6%
136	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	2,489	+4.1%
137	Schleswig-Flensburg	2,452	-0.6%
138	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,450	+5.5%
139	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,442	+7.6%
140	Zollernalbkreis	2,430	+11.2%
141	Aurich	2,420	+2.9%
141	Börde	2,420	+5.5%
143	Stade	2,415	+10.2%
144	Herzogtum Lauenburg	2,352	-1.2%
145	Celle	2,347	+1.7%
146	Neuwied	2,346	+5.4%
147	Westerwaldkreis	2,334	-1.9%
148	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,311	+6.1%
149	Barnim	2,304	+5.7%
150	Coesfeld	2,303	-1.5%
151	Mansfeld-Südharz	2,297	+7.1%
152	Enzkreis	2,286	+12.3%
153	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,282	-0.1%
154	Passau, Landkreis	2,264	+2.7%
155	Wartburgkreis	2,245	+1.9%
156	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,224	+2.3%
157	Goslar	2,223	-0.5%
158	Ansbach, Landkreis	2,218	+7.5%
159	Bodenseekreis	2,217	-0.4%
160	Schwäbisch Hall	2,199	+9.3%
161	Mainz-Bingen	2,198	+6.2%
162	Dahme-Spreewald	2,189	+7.3%
163	Teltow-Fläming	2,180	+8.6%
164	Limburg-Weilburg	2,168	+2%
165	Traunstein	2,161	+9.3%
166	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,158	+10.2%
167	Fürstenfeldbruck	2,143	+7.5%
167	Hameln-Pyrmont	2,143	+1.4%
169	Waldeck-Frankenberg	2,132	+2.3%
170	Wittenberg	2,131	+10.8%
171	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	2,124	+3.1%
172	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,113	+2.2%
173	Schaumburg	2,111	-5%
174	Bad Kreuznach	2,095	+13.6%
175	Nürnberger Land	2,075	+12.5%
176	Nordfriesland	2,062	-3.2%
177	Alb-Donau-Kreis	2,022	+7.8%
178	Havelland	2,017	+5.6%
178	Nordwestmecklenburg	2,017	+6%
180	Saarpfalz-Kreis	2,008	+1%
181	Leer	2,006	-1.3%
182	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	1,983	+20.3%
183	Waldshut	1,979	+6.8%
184	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,960	+8.2%
185	Lüneburg, Landkreis	1,956	+2.5%
186	Regensburg, Landkreis	1,949	+6.8%
187	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,948	+8.9%
188	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,937	+4.7%
189	Neunkirchen	1,936	-0.2%
190	Spree-Neiße	1,935	+10.4%
191	Northeim	1,924	+2.6%
192	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,919	+9%
193	Uckermark	1,913	+12.7%
194	Gotha	1,881	+4.9%
195	Biberach	1,879	+0.1%
195	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1,879	-3.4%
197	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,872	+0.8%
198	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	1,864	-4%
199	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	1,859	-0.5%
200	Gifhorn	1,849	-1.8%
201	Neu-Ulm	1,842	+7.5%
202	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,813	-2.3%
203	Tübingen, Landkreis	1,796	-4.1%
204	Heidekreis	1,789	+2.9%
205	Emmendingen	1,774	+8.6%
206	Dithmarschen	1,766	-3.8%
207	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1,755	+6.4%
208	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,749	+3.7%
209	Höxter	1,744	-2.8%
210	Schwandorf	1,741	+5.3%
211	Cloppenburg	1,739	+9.8%
212	Bad Dürkheim	1,737	+2%
213	Stendal	1,717	+4.1%
214	Trier-Saarburg	1,712	+5.5%
215	Calw	1,708	+4%
216	Greiz	1,692	+9.2%
217	Elbe-Elster	1,682	+5.7%
218	Oberallgäu	1,674	+1.6%
219	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	1,672	+11.6%
220	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,670	+2.3%
221	Peine	1,668	+5.5%
222	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,666	-0.2%
223	Steinburg	1,665	-4.5%
224	Ahrweiler	1,661	+0.8%
225	Nienburg (Weser)	1,649	+8.3%
226	Unterallgäu	1,635	+8.3%
227	Werra-Meißner-Kreis	1,634	+8.9%
228	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,632	+7.8%
229	Rottweil	1,627	+6.3%
230	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	1,626	+11.8%
231	Verden	1,619	+2.1%
232	Rottal-Inn	1,614	+14.6%
233	Olpe	1,608	+8.4%
234	Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis	1,605	+13.3%
235	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	1,597	-1.7%
235	Landshut, Landkreis	1,597	+9.8%
235	Plön	1,597	+4.2%
238	Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,584	+7.5%
239	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,582	+4.7%
240	Main-Spessart	1,578	+13.5%
241	Heidenheim	1,570	+5.5%
242	Dachau	1,564	+14.1%
242	Oldenburg, Landkreis	1,564	+9.3%
244	Cham	1,562	+7%
245	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,559	-0.8%
246	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,545	+7.4%
247	Wolfenbüttel	1,541	+4.5%
248	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1,534	+8.9%
249	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,509	+5.5%
250	Donau-Ries	1,506	+12.6%

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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 37,642 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest deaths?

Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 423 in 2020.

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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.