Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by deaths

Name: Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by deaths, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Düsseldorf had the highest deaths of 38 regions in 2016, at 60,889. Trier had the lowest, at 5,836. The median was 20,906 and the figure for Germany was 910,902. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest60,889Düsseldorf

Lowest5,836Trier

Median20,90638 regions

Germany910,902History

All regions, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Düsseldorf	60,889	-1.8%
2	Köln	45,797	-1.3%
3	Arnsberg	44,066	-1.8%
4	Oberbayern	40,858	-2.3%
5	Stuttgart	38,803	-1.7%
6	Darmstadt	37,996	-4.1%
7	Berlin	34,051	-0.7%
8	Schleswig-Holstein	33,879	+0.6%
9	Sachsen-Anhalt	31,453	-2.8%
10	Brandenburg	30,790	+0.1%
11	Münster	28,740	+0.7%
12	Karlsruhe	28,416	-0.4%
13	Thüringen	28,312	-1.8%
14	Weser-Ems	27,396	+1.3%
15	Hannover	25,276	-2.6%
16	Detmold	22,759	+0.8%
17	Freiburg	22,219	-1.2%
18	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	21,895	-3.2%
19	Chemnitz	21,366	-2%
20	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	20,445	+0.6%
21	Lüneburg	19,869	+1.2%
22	Braunschweig	19,827	+0.1%
23	Dresden	19,820	-2.9%
24	Mittelfranken	18,659	-3.2%
25	Schwaben	18,490	-2%
26	Koblenz	18,133	+0.2%
27	Hamburg	17,267	-1.7%
28	Tübingen	17,192	-2.2%
29	Kassel	14,692	-2.3%
30	Unterfranken	13,988	-4%
31	Niederbayern	12,925	-3.9%
32	Saarland	12,897	-3.9%
33	Oberfranken	12,856	-3.7%
34	Leipzig	12,144	-0.9%
35	Oberpfalz	11,776	-3.5%
36	Gießen	11,393	-3.9%
37	Bremen	7,732	-1%
38	Trier	5,836	-3.6%

Other periods

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 regions 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 region has the highest deaths?

Düsseldorf, with 60,889 in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest deaths?

Trier, with 5,836 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.