Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by deaths

Name: Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by deaths, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Düsseldorf had the highest deaths of 38 regions in 2018, at 63,617. Trier had the lowest, at 6,177. The median was 22,188 and the figure for Germany was 954,874. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest63,617Düsseldorf

Lowest6,177Trier

Median22,18838 regions

Germany954,874History

All regions, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Düsseldorf	63,617	+3%
2	Köln	48,620	+3.9%
3	Arnsberg	45,409	+2.8%
4	Oberbayern	42,036	-0.2%
5	Stuttgart	40,508	+1.6%
6	Darmstadt	39,794	+1.1%
7	Schleswig-Holstein	35,921	+4.3%
8	Berlin	35,900	+4.5%
9	Sachsen-Anhalt	33,485	+2.1%
10	Brandenburg	32,684	+2.9%
11	Münster	29,868	+2.3%
12	Thüringen	29,824	+1.6%
13	Karlsruhe	29,517	+1.8%
14	Weser-Ems	28,518	+3.9%
15	Hannover	26,350	+1.8%
16	Detmold	23,626	+3.1%
17	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	23,471	+2.3%
18	Freiburg	23,127	+2.2%
19	Chemnitz	22,427	+3.3%
20	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	21,948	+5.8%
21	Dresden	20,791	+2.1%
22	Lüneburg	20,766	+2.3%
23	Braunschweig	20,531	+2.3%
24	Mittelfranken	19,478	+0.1%
25	Schwaben	19,307	+1.7%
26	Koblenz	18,651	+0.9%
27	Hamburg	18,168	+3%
28	Tübingen	17,982	+2.1%
29	Kassel	15,446	+3.5%
30	Unterfranken	14,818	+1.2%
31	Saarland	13,872	+4.5%
32	Oberfranken	13,428	+0.2%
33	Niederbayern	13,300	-0.5%
34	Leipzig	13,072	+3.6%
35	Oberpfalz	12,442	+4.2%
36	Gießen	11,927	-1%
37	Bremen	8,068	+2.1%
38	Trier	6,177	+3.4%

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 63,617 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest deaths?

Trier, with 6,177 in 2018.

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.