Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by deaths

Name: Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by deaths, 2020
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Düsseldorf had the highest deaths of 38 regions in 2020, at 65,021. Trier had the lowest, at 6,186. The median was 23,773 and the figure for Germany was 985,572. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest65,021Düsseldorf

Lowest6,186Trier

Median23,77338 regions

Germany985,572History

All regions, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Düsseldorf	65,021	+5%
2	Köln	49,270	+3.2%
3	Arnsberg	45,817	+3.3%
4	Oberbayern	45,577	+7%
5	Stuttgart	42,521	+4.9%
6	Darmstadt	41,810	+5.3%
7	Berlin	37,642	+8.4%
8	Schleswig-Holstein	35,192	+0.7%
9	Brandenburg	34,633	+8.1%
10	Sachsen-Anhalt	33,804	+4.7%
11	Münster	30,582	+3.7%
12	Karlsruhe	30,433	+2.7%
13	Thüringen	30,226	+3.5%
14	Weser-Ems	28,923	+3.9%
15	Hannover	26,627	+3%
16	Chemnitz	24,916	+13.6%
17	Freiburg	24,268	+4.3%
18	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	24,006	+3%
19	Dresden	23,923	+16.6%
20	Detmold	23,623	+2.9%
21	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	21,854	+0.7%
22	Lüneburg	21,073	+2.4%
23	Schwaben	20,662	+5.9%
24	Mittelfranken	20,598	+5.7%
25	Braunschweig	20,357	+1.8%
26	Koblenz	18,977	+3.7%
27	Tübingen	18,784	+3.4%
28	Hamburg	18,308	+4.8%
29	Kassel	15,773	+5.3%
30	Unterfranken	15,048	+4.9%
31	Niederbayern	14,432	+8.6%
32	Oberfranken	14,016	+7.8%
33	Saarland	13,784	+1.7%
34	Leipzig	13,253	+6.1%
35	Oberpfalz	13,034	+7.8%
36	Gießen	12,468	+4.1%
37	Bremen	8,151	+5.8%
38	Trier	6,186	+2.7%

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 65,021 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest deaths?

Trier, with 6,186 in 2020.

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.