Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by deaths

Name: Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by deaths, 2022
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Düsseldorf had the highest deaths of 38 regions in 2022, at 70,809. Trier had the lowest, at 6,823. The median was 24,607 and the figure for Germany was 1.07 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest70,809Düsseldorf

Lowest6,823Trier

Median24,60738 regions

Germany1,066,341History

All regions, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Düsseldorf	70,809	+6.6%
2	Köln	53,308	+5.6%
3	Arnsberg	50,082	+6.2%
4	Oberbayern	48,444	+3.7%
5	Stuttgart	45,870	+5.5%
6	Darmstadt	45,081	+5%
7	Schleswig-Holstein	40,697	+10.6%
8	Berlin	39,572	+4.9%
9	Brandenburg	37,402	0%
10	Sachsen-Anhalt	37,281	-0%
11	Münster	33,657	+6.6%
12	Thüringen	32,795	-5.8%
13	Karlsruhe	32,464	+3.8%
14	Weser-Ems	32,240	+9.5%
15	Hannover	29,667	+6.7%
16	Detmold	26,320	+7.9%
17	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	26,244	+6.8%
18	Freiburg	26,018	+4.7%
19	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	25,377	+5.1%
20	Lüneburg	23,836	+9.7%
21	Chemnitz	23,646	-9.1%
22	Braunschweig	22,664	+8%
23	Dresden	22,281	-7.9%
24	Schwaben	21,922	+2.8%
25	Mittelfranken	21,724	+3.1%
26	Koblenz	20,869	+5.4%
27	Tübingen	20,321	+4.6%
28	Hamburg	19,877	+5.5%
29	Kassel	16,856	+2.3%
30	Unterfranken	16,570	+4.5%
31	Saarland	15,409	+7.9%
32	Oberfranken	15,105	+3.5%
33	Niederbayern	14,920	-0.6%
34	Leipzig	14,139	-0.1%
35	Oberpfalz	13,732	+2.3%
36	Gießen	13,426	+4.5%
37	Bremen	8,893	+8.7%
38	Trier	6,823	+9.9%

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 70,809 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest deaths?

Trier, with 6,823 in 2022.

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.