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NUTS 3 areas of Germany by fertility rate, 2024

Kaiserslautern, Landkreis had the highest fertility rate of 400 areas in 2024, at 2.06 children per woman. Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 0.97 children per woman. The median was 1.44 children per woman and the figure for Germany was 1.36 children per woman. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest2.06Kaiserslautern, Landkreis
Lowest0.97Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt
Median1.44400 areas
Germany1.36History

Top 40 areas, 2024

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Kaiserslautern, LandkreisKaiserslautern, Landkreis: 2.06 children per woman2.06Neustadt a. d. WaldnaabNeustadt a. d. Waldnaab: 1.81 children per woman1.81TuttlingenTuttlingen: 1.73 children per woman1.73GifhornGifhorn: 1.72 children per woman1.72KuselKusel: 1.71 children per woman1.71Salzgitter, Kreisfreie StadtSalzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.71 children per woman1.71CloppenburgCloppenburg: 1.7 children per woman1.7Amberg-SulzbachAmberg-Sulzbach: 1.66 children per woman1.66Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie StadtGelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.66 children per woman1.66Hameln-PyrmontHameln-Pyrmont: 1.66 children per woman1.66Osnabrück, LandkreisOsnabrück, Landkreis: 1.66 children per woman1.66RottweilRottweil: 1.66 children per woman1.66CalwCalw: 1.65 children per woman1.65Straubing-BogenStraubing-Bogen: 1.65 children per woman1.65UnterallgäuUnterallgäu: 1.65 children per woman1.65Hersfeld-RotenburgHersfeld-Rotenburg: 1.63 children per woman1.63HöxterHöxter: 1.63 children per woman1.63OberallgäuOberallgäu: 1.62 children per woman1.62BiberachBiberach: 1.61 children per woman1.61GreizGreiz: 1.61 children per woman1.61Regensburg, LandkreisRegensburg, Landkreis: 1.61 children per woman1.61SteinfurtSteinfurt: 1.61 children per woman1.61VerdenVerden: 1.61 children per woman1.61LippeLippe: 1.6 children per woman1.6Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie…Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.6 children per woman1.6Memmingen, Kreisfreie StadtMemmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.6 children per woman1.6EmslandEmsland: 1.59 children per woman1.59EnzkreisEnzkreis: 1.59 children per woman1.59OstallgäuOstallgäu: 1.59 children per woman1.59Rhein-Pfalz-KreisRhein-Pfalz-Kreis: 1.59 children per woman1.59Schwarzwald-Baar-KreisSchwarzwald-Baar-Kreis: 1.59 children per woman1.59VogelsbergkreisVogelsbergkreis: 1.59 children per woman1.59Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie S…Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.58 children per woman1.58GüterslohGütersloh: 1.58 children per woman1.58Landshut, LandkreisLandshut, Landkreis: 1.58 children per woman1.58SigmaringenSigmaringen: 1.58 children per woman1.58VechtaVechta: 1.58 children per woman1.58BirkenfeldBirkenfeld: 1.57 children per woman1.57BorkenBorken: 1.57 children per woman1.57HeidekreisHeidekreis: 1.57 children per woman1.57
children per woman. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankAreas2024
children per woman		Change on 2023
1Kaiserslautern, Landkreis2.06+0.15
2Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab1.81+0.04
3Tuttlingen1.73+0.08
4Gifhorn1.72+0.02
5Kusel1.71-0.06
5Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt1.71-0.12
7Cloppenburg1.7-0.02
8Amberg-Sulzbach1.66-0.02
8Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.66-0.06
8Hameln-Pyrmont1.66+0.04
8Osnabrück, Landkreis1.66-0.03
8Rottweil1.66-0.08
13Calw1.65+0.01
13Straubing-Bogen1.65+0.16
13Unterallgäu1.65-0.12
16Hersfeld-Rotenburg1.63-0.02
16Höxter1.63+0.03
18Oberallgäu1.62-0.04
19Biberach1.61+0.03
19Greiz1.61+0.09
19Regensburg, Landkreis1.61+0.1
19Steinfurt1.61+0.02
19Verden1.61-0.06
24Lippe1.6-0.04
24Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6+0.02
24Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6-0.05
27Emsland1.590
27Enzkreis1.59+0.01
27Ostallgäu1.59-0.09
27Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis1.59+0.09
27Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis1.59+0.05
27Vogelsbergkreis1.59-0.09
33Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt1.58+0.02
33Gütersloh1.58-0.04
33Landshut, Landkreis1.58-0.01
33Sigmaringen1.58-0.01
33Vechta1.58-0.03
38Birkenfeld1.57+0.02
38Borken1.57-0.06
38Heidekreis1.57+0.07
38Kitzingen1.57-0.09
38Leer1.57-0.02
38Lindau (Bodensee)1.57+0.04
38Peine1.57+0.06
45Grafschaft Bentheim1.56-0.06
45Oberbergischer Kreis1.560
45Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm1.56-0.01
45Rosenheim, Landkreis1.56-0.01
49Altötting1.55+0.01
49Bad Kissingen1.55-0.02
49Cuxhaven1.55-0.04
49Groß-Gerau1.55-0.06
49Minden-Lübbecke1.550
49Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim1.55-0.03
49Warendorf1.55-0.04
49Weilheim-Schongau1.55-0.04
57Aichach-Friedberg1.54-0.03
57Alb-Donau-Kreis1.54-0.05
57Ansbach, Landkreis1.54-0.02
57Coesfeld1.54-0.06
57Dillingen a.d. Donau1.54+0.06
57Emmendingen1.54+0.01
57Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.54-0.06
57Kelheim1.540
57Main-Kinzig-Kreis1.54-0.05
57Offenbach, Landkreis1.54+0.03
57Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt1.54-0.06
57Rhön-Grabfeld1.54+0.04
57Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt1.54-0.09
70Augsburg, Landkreis1.53-0.03
70Böblingen1.53-0.01
70Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald1.53+0.03
70Diepholz1.53-0.03
70Günzburg1.530
70Harburg1.530
70Hohenlohekreis1.53-0.02
70Main-Tauber-Kreis1.53-0.02
70Odenwaldkreis1.53+0.01
70Ortenaukreis1.53+0.01
70Recklinghausen1.53-0.01
70Stade1.53+0.04
70Südwestpfalz1.53-0.02
70Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen1.530
84Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt1.52-0.24
84Bernkastel-Wittlich1.52+0.02
84Esslingen1.52+0.04
84Jerichower Land1.52+0.09
84Limburg-Weilburg1.520
84Neuburg-Schrobenhausen1.52-0.07
84Schweinfurt, Landkreis1.52-0.02
84Waldeck-Frankenberg1.52+0.04
92Alzey-Worms1.51-0.11
92Dachau1.51-0.01
92Dingolfing-Landau1.51+0.07
92Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm1.510
92Euskirchen1.510
92Göppingen1.51-0.06
92Haßberge1.51-0.08
92Hochsauerlandkreis1.51-0.03
92Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.51+0.02
92Ludwigsburg1.51-0.04
92Ludwigslust-Parchim1.51-0.02
92Main-Taunus-Kreis1.510
92Mainz-Bingen1.51-0.03
92Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt1.51+0.02
92Mühldorf a. Inn1.51-0.04
92Neuwied1.51-0.06
92Rottal-Inn1.51-0.01
92Schwäbisch Hall1.51-0.13
92Würzburg, Landkreis1.51-0.02
111Aurich1.5-0.03
111Bodenseekreis1.5-0.02
111Burgenlandkreis1.5+0.12
111Coburg, Landkreis1.5+0.05
111Donau-Ries1.5-0.16
111Erding1.5-0.01
111Erlangen-Höchstadt1.5+0.04
111Freudenstadt1.5+0.01
111Heilbronn, Landkreis1.5-0.05
111Holzminden1.5-0.09
111Karlsruhe, Landkreis1.5+0.09
111Miesbach1.5+0.04
111Rems-Murr-Kreis1.5+0.04
111Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis1.5+0.05
111Stendal1.5-0.04
111Traunstein1.5-0.07
127Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen1.49-0.05
127Ebersberg1.49-0.09
127Freyung-Grafenau1.49+0.04
127Helmstedt1.49+0.03
127Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt1.49-0.03
127Lahn-Dill-Kreis1.490
127Landsberg am Lech1.49-0.07
127Oldenburg, Landkreis1.49-0.06
127Rastatt1.49+0.01
127Reutlingen1.49-0.02
127Schleswig-Flensburg1.49+0.02
127Wittenberg1.49-0.12
127Zollernalbkreis1.49-0.05
140Bautzen1.48-0.09
140Bayreuth, Landkreis1.48-0.07
140Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt1.48-0.09
140Cochem-Zell1.48-0.01
140Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt1.48-0.13
140Eichsfeld1.48-0.25
140Erzgebirgskreis1.48-0.04
140Herford1.48+0.02
140Herzogtum Lauenburg1.48+0.05
140Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt1.48-0.26
140Kyffhäuserkreis1.48-0.05
140Miltenberg1.48+0.02
140Neunkirchen1.48+0.09
140Schwandorf1.48+0.04
140Unna1.48-0.04
140Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt1.48+0.08
156Altenkirchen (Westerwald)1.47-0.12
156Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt1.47+0.01
156Celle1.47-0.09
156Cham1.47-0.01
156Düren1.47-0.04
156Elbe-Elster1.47-0.2
156Fürstenfeldbruck1.47-0.04
156Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt1.47-0.01
156Lichtenfels1.47+0.09
156Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis1.47-0.13
156Ostalbkreis1.47-0.08
167Forchheim1.46-0.07
167Fürth, Landkreis1.46-0.03
167Heilbronn, Stadtkreis1.46+0.05
167Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt1.46+0.05
167Kassel, Landkreis1.46-0.05
167Northeim1.46-0.08
167Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt1.46-0.08
167Pinneberg1.46+0.04
167Ravensburg1.46-0.08
167Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt1.46+0.01
167Roth1.46-0.02
167Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.46-0.04
167Siegen-Wittgenstein1.46-0.01
167Soest1.46-0.04
167Wesermarsch1.46-0.05
182Bergstraße1.45+0.02
182Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt1.45-0.05
182Eichstätt1.45-0.06
182Heinsberg1.45-0.01
182Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt1.45+0.08
182Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt1.45-0.05
182Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt1.45-0.03
182Neu-Ulm1.45-0.12
182Rhein-Sieg-Kreis1.45-0.02
182Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt1.45+0.1
192Bamberg, Landkreis1.44-0.05
192Donnersbergkreis1.440
192Fulda1.44-0.08
192Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.44-0.03
192Main-Spessart1.44-0.02
192Mayen-Koblenz1.44-0.04
192Neumarkt i. d. OPf.1.44-0.15
192Nienburg (Weser)1.44-0.02
192Olpe1.44-0.08
192Paderborn1.44+0.04
192Pforzheim, Stadtkreis1.44-0.08
192Regen1.44-0.06
192Tirschenreuth1.44-0.13
192Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis1.44-0.11
206Ahrweiler1.43-0.09
206Germersheim1.43-0.04
206Heidenheim1.43+0.04
206Hof, Landkreis1.430
206Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt1.43-0.01
206Mecklenburgische Seenplatte1.43-0.08
206Rhein-Erft-Kreis1.43-0.04
206Uelzen1.43-0.08
206Werra-Meißner-Kreis1.43-0.06
215Aschaffenburg, Landkreis1.42-0.15
215Dahme-Spreewald1.42-0.06
215Darmstadt-Dieburg1.42-0.02
215Hildesheim1.42-0.04
215Lüchow-Dannenberg1.42-0.14
215Mettmann1.42-0.05
215Oberspreewald-Lausitz1.42-0.05
215Rhein-Kreis Neuss1.42-0.01
215Rotenburg (Wümme)1.42-0.09
215Stormarn1.42-0.01
215Teltow-Fläming1.42+0.06
215Vogtlandkreis1.420
215Wesel1.42-0.06
215Wetteraukreis1.42-0.08
215Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt1.42+0.05
215Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt1.42-0.18
231Bad Dürkheim1.41-0.12
231Landkreis Rostock1.41-0.05
231Passau, Landkreis1.41-0.07
231Prignitz1.41-0.14
231Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis1.41-0.14
231Rhein-Lahn-Kreis1.41-0.05
231Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis1.41-0.01
231Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt1.41+0.08
231Schaumburg1.41-0.08
240Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis1.4-0.04
240Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4-0.01
240Hildburghausen1.4+0.02
240Mansfeld-Südharz1.4-0.12
240Märkischer Kreis1.4-0.07
240Mittelsachsen1.4-0.03
240Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4-0.11
240Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4+0.01
240Nürnberger Land1.4+0.02
240Rhein-Neckar-Kreis1.40
240Starnberg1.4+0.02

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Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current age-specific fertility rates.

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. Fertility indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_find3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_find3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which area has the highest fertility rate?

Kaiserslautern, Landkreis, with 2.06 children per woman in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest fertility rate?

Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 0.97 children per woman in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Fertility indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_find3). Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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