NUTS 3 areas of Germany by deaths

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by deaths, 2023
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest deaths of 400 areas in 2023, at 38,473. Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 465. The median was 1,927 and the figure for Germany was 1.03 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest38,473Berlin

Lowest465Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1,927400 areas

Germany1,028,206History

Top 40 areas, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Berlin	38,473	-2.8%
2	Hamburg	19,469	-2.1%
3	Region Hannover	14,053	-4%
4	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	12,685	-2.8%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	10,798	+1.2%
6	Recklinghausen	8,633	-6.6%
7	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	7,873	-3%
8	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	7,603	-4%
9	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,909	-4.8%
10	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,891	-5.2%
11	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	6,868	-6.3%
12	Mettmann	6,809	-2.6%
13	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,723	-4.4%
14	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,711	-2.3%
15	Städteregion Aachen	6,589	-4.8%
16	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	6,374	-1.1%
17	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,364	-3.6%
18	Wesel	6,360	-3.1%
19	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,028	-0.9%
20	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	5,981	-6%
21	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	5,790	-4.2%
22	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	5,729	-0.4%
23	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	5,693	-3.4%
24	Unna	5,659	-0.6%
25	Esslingen	5,649	-4.1%
26	Märkischer Kreis	5,587	-8.3%
27	Ludwigsburg	5,422	-5.5%
28	Erzgebirgskreis	5,300	-3.9%
29	Zwickau	5,292	-4.5%
30	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	5,213	+0.7%
31	Steinfurt	5,152	-4.1%
32	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	5,123	-2.1%
33	Ortenaukreis	4,996	-5.5%
34	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,913	+0.4%
35	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	4,796	-3.9%
36	Rems-Murr-Kreis	4,784	-1%
37	Lippe	4,709	-2.5%
38	Mittelsachsen	4,685	-2.2%
39	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	4,680	-2.7%
40	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,618	-4.9%
41	Bautzen	4,469	-3.3%
42	Osnabrück, Landkreis	4,460	-2.5%
43	Borken	4,335	-3.7%
44	Göttingen	4,304	+0.3%
45	Görlitz	4,168	-2.5%
46	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	4,131	-5.9%
47	Gütersloh	4,123	-3.9%
48	Kleve	4,110	-1.9%
49	Minden-Lübbecke	4,078	-4.7%
50	Hildesheim	3,994	-0.9%
51	Pinneberg	3,945	-3%
52	Viersen	3,925	-2.3%
53	Soest	3,907	-5%
54	Offenbach, Landkreis	3,895	-6.7%
55	Vogtlandkreis	3,871	-4.1%
56	Böblingen	3,866	-7.1%
57	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,858	-5.2%
58	Wetteraukreis	3,783	-0.7%
59	Harz	3,761	-6.5%
59	Vorpommern-Greifswald	3,761	-6.3%
61	Emsland	3,743	-2.6%
62	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,729	-0.8%
63	Leipzig	3,724	-4.2%
64	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	3,710	-1.5%
65	Heilbronn, Landkreis	3,708	-2.5%
66	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	3,702	-2.9%
67	Oberbergischer Kreis	3,666	-2.8%
68	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,590	-2%
69	Düren	3,585	-2%
70	Vorpommern-Rügen	3,558	-7.2%
71	Meißen	3,555	-3.5%
72	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,545	-3.4%
73	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	3,530	-2.4%
74	Siegen-Wittgenstein	3,529	-4.4%
75	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,510	-3.8%
76	Ostalbkreis	3,476	-3.8%
77	Segeberg	3,452	-4.4%
78	München, Landkreis	3,434	-5.9%
79	Hochsauerlandkreis	3,429	-2.8%
80	Kassel, Landkreis	3,413	-1.2%
80	Warendorf	3,413	-0.9%
82	Herford	3,370	-5.2%
83	Salzlandkreis	3,367	-5.5%
84	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,351	-2.6%
85	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	3,334	-1.8%
86	Bergstraße	3,331	-4.6%
87	Stormarn	3,306	-0.2%
88	Darmstadt-Dieburg	3,304	-3.6%
89	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	3,278	-3.2%
90	Konstanz	3,264	-4.7%
91	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	3,219	-10.6%
92	Paderborn	3,205	-4.2%
93	Heinsberg	3,187	-5%
94	Ostholstein	3,171	-6.8%
95	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,166	-1.8%
96	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,158	-4.2%
97	Reutlingen	3,155	-1.6%
98	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,127	-2.9%
99	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,126	-5%
100	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,123	-9.5%
101	Burgenlandkreis	3,107	0%
102	Schleswig-Flensburg	3,098	+7.9%
103	Cuxhaven	3,097	-3.7%
104	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	3,089	-3.6%
105	Landkreis Rostock	3,041	-3.4%
106	Gießen, Landkreis	3,037	+3.1%
107	Ravensburg	3,024	-0.9%
108	Ludwigslust-Parchim	3,022	-2.3%
109	Harburg	3,010	-3%
110	Oberhavel	2,999	+3.4%
111	Groß-Gerau	2,995	-2.6%
112	Rosenheim, Landkreis	2,987	-0.1%
113	Göppingen	2,963	-5.3%
114	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,935	-1.3%
115	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,899	-9.6%
116	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,889	-6%
117	Nordsachsen	2,859	-4.1%
118	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,842	-4.3%
119	Mayen-Koblenz	2,839	-1.4%
120	Saarlouis	2,814	-6.3%
121	Oder-Spree	2,813	+2.6%
122	Rastatt	2,797	-3.8%
123	Marburg-Biedenkopf	2,775	-7.3%
124	Märkisch-Oderland	2,771	-4.2%
125	Saalekreis	2,769	-3.4%
126	Diepholz	2,758	-7.1%
126	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,758	-7.9%
128	Hochtaunuskreis	2,734	-4.5%
129	Potsdam-Mittelmark	2,697	-2.7%
130	Augsburg, Landkreis	2,692	-6.1%
131	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	2,681	-9.7%
132	Aurich	2,680	-8.1%
133	Westerwaldkreis	2,670	+0.5%
134	Coesfeld	2,656	-1.3%
135	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,643	-4.3%
136	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,631	-3.3%
137	Stade	2,621	+3.1%
138	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	2,613	+2.4%
139	Barnim	2,591	-3.1%
140	Lörrach	2,576	+0.8%
141	Börde	2,566	+0.1%
142	Celle	2,563	-5.4%
142	Herzogtum Lauenburg	2,563	-5.1%
144	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	2,532	-2.3%
145	Main-Taunus-Kreis	2,523	-6.9%
146	Schaumburg	2,507	+0.6%
147	Fulda	2,501	-8.4%
148	Bodenseekreis	2,433	-1.9%
149	Dahme-Spreewald	2,425	+0.2%
150	Euskirchen	2,424	-2.5%
151	Goslar	2,411	-1.8%
152	Fürstenfeldbruck	2,406	-1.1%
153	Hameln-Pyrmont	2,396	-3.2%
154	Mainz-Bingen	2,393	+2%
155	Waldeck-Frankenberg	2,376	+1.2%
156	Mansfeld-Südharz	2,373	-6.2%
157	Zollernalbkreis	2,360	-5.4%
158	Nordfriesland	2,354	-1.6%
159	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	2,343	-0.3%
160	Limburg-Weilburg	2,339	-0.9%
161	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,331	-6.5%
162	Passau, Landkreis	2,325	-2.3%
163	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,323	-5.5%
164	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,320	+0.5%
165	Wartburgkreis	2,315	-3%
166	Enzkreis	2,311	+2.4%
166	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,311	-2.5%
168	Neuwied	2,301	-5.2%
169	Teltow-Fläming	2,298	-1.1%
170	Leer	2,240	-5.8%
171	Havelland	2,239	+0.8%
172	Nordwestmecklenburg	2,167	-8.3%
173	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,164	-4.2%
174	Schwäbisch Hall	2,160	-6%
175	Lüneburg, Landkreis	2,158	-3.1%
176	Saarpfalz-Kreis	2,130	-5.4%
177	Wittenberg	2,128	-6.3%
178	Northeim	2,126	-2.8%
179	Nürnberger Land	2,111	-6.2%
180	Ansbach, Landkreis	2,098	-8.1%
181	Gifhorn	2,095	-2.6%
182	Bad Kreuznach	2,088	-9.2%
183	Rotenburg (Wümme)	2,075	-4.8%
184	Dithmarschen	2,072	+0.5%
185	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	2,067	+0.4%
186	Regensburg, Landkreis	2,055	-3.2%
187	Gotha	2,038	+4.9%
188	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,036	-5.7%
189	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,032	+0.4%
190	Neunkirchen	2,028	-4%
191	Biberach	2,026	-2.4%
192	Alb-Donau-Kreis	2,020	-6%
193	Uckermark	1,993	-4.8%
194	Traunstein	1,976	-3.6%
195	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1,972	-4.1%
196	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,968	-1.1%
197	Waldshut	1,956	-6.9%
198	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1,934	-6.6%
199	Tübingen, Landkreis	1,933	-5.4%
200	Heidekreis	1,931	-5.9%
201	Neu-Ulm	1,923	-4.4%
202	Höxter	1,922	-1.5%
203	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,903	-3.1%
204	Schmalkalden-Meiningen	1,890	-8.4%
205	Schwandorf	1,880	+1.3%
206	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	1,854	-2.2%
206	Plön	1,854	-0.3%
208	Emmendingen	1,832	-2.2%
209	Calw	1,827	-2.9%
210	Spree-Neiße	1,822	-4.5%
211	Stendal	1,817	-10.2%
212	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	1,808	-6.5%
213	Bad Dürkheim	1,805	-4.7%
213	Cloppenburg	1,805	-3.9%
215	Oberallgäu	1,804	+2.9%
216	Steinburg	1,802	-7.3%
217	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	1,794	-5.1%
218	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,780	-3.3%
219	Peine	1,760	-8.9%
220	Unterallgäu	1,751	+1.2%
220	Verden	1,751	-6.5%
222	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1,744	-8.4%
223	Wolfenbüttel	1,734	+0.3%
224	Nienburg (Weser)	1,721	-4.1%
225	Olpe	1,715	-1.8%
226	Grafschaft Bentheim	1,710	+5%
227	Trier-Saarburg	1,704	-6.3%
228	Würzburg, Landkreis	1,697	-2.5%
229	Werra-Meißner-Kreis	1,694	-2.9%
230	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	1,689	-7.7%
231	Elbe-Elster	1,686	-2.8%
232	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1,675	-5.9%
233	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	1,671	-0.4%
234	Rottweil	1,661	-0.7%
235	Oldenburg, Landkreis	1,660	+4.3%
236	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	1,652	-5.5%
237	Ahrweiler	1,648	-2.3%
238	Cham	1,644	-3.1%
239	Main-Spessart	1,643	-0.5%
240	Bamberg, Landkreis	1,641	-4.9%
241	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,619	-0.9%
242	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,617	+0.2%
243	Greiz	1,612	-8%
244	Landshut, Landkreis	1,601	-3.3%
245	Miltenberg	1,598	-3%
246	Heidenheim	1,580	-11.1%
247	Ammerland	1,574	-1%
248	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,571	+5.9%
249	Dachau	1,570	-3.9%
250	Ostallgäu	1,560	-0.4%

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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 38,473 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 465 in 2023.

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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.