NUTS 3 areas of Germany by fertility rate

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by fertility rate, 2017
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest fertility rate of 394 areas in 2017, at 1.95 children per woman. Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 1.07 children per woman. The median was 1.65 children per woman and the figure for Germany was 1.57 children per woman. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1.95Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest1.07Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1.65394 areas

Germany1.57History

Top 40 areas, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

children per woman. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2017 children per woman	Change on 2016
1	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.95	-0.06
2	Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.93	-0.02
3	Verden	1.91	+0.08
4	Cloppenburg	1.9	-0.01
4	Jerichower Land	1.9	+0.04
6	Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis	1.89	+0.16
7	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.88	+0.02
7	Saale-Orla-Kreis	1.88	+0.12
9	Bautzen	1.86	-0.09
9	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	1.86	+0.04
11	Aichach-Friedberg	1.85	+0.09
11	Eichsfeld	1.85	-0.02
11	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	1.85	-0.01
14	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.84	-0.08
15	Steinfurt	1.83	0
16	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.82	+0.3
16	Lippe	1.82	-0.01
16	Prignitz	1.82	-0.11
19	Gifhorn	1.81	-0.19
19	Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge	1.81	+0.15
21	Altenburger Land	1.8	+0.1
21	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.8	+0.05
21	Olpe	1.8	+0.18
21	Osnabrück, Landkreis	1.8	+0.03
21	Ostallgäu	1.8	+0.01
26	Harburg	1.79	0
26	Oder-Spree	1.79	+0.02
26	Peine	1.79	-0.07
29	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	1.78	+0.11
29	Eichstätt	1.78	0
29	Erzgebirgskreis	1.78	-0.06
29	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.78	-0.06
29	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1.78	+0.13
29	Oldenburg, Landkreis	1.78	-0.08
35	Borken	1.77	+0.04
35	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.77	+0.07
35	Görlitz	1.77	-0.01
35	Grafschaft Bentheim	1.77	+0.1
35	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.77	-0.06
35	Kyffhäuserkreis	1.77	-0.01
35	Landshut, Landkreis	1.77	+0.1
35	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	1.77	-0.02
35	Spree-Neiße	1.77	+0.06
35	Zwickau	1.77	+0.06
45	Alb-Donau-Kreis	1.76	-0.04
45	Augsburg, Landkreis	1.76	+0.06
45	Biberach	1.76	+0.01
45	Donnersbergkreis	1.76	+0.17
45	Emsland	1.76	-0.05
45	Höxter	1.76	-0.03
45	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.76	+0.11
45	Soest	1.76	+0.07
53	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.75	+0.12
53	Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.75	+0.07
53	Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.75	+0.05
53	Herzogtum Lauenburg	1.75	-0.09
53	Minden-Lübbecke	1.75	-0.11
53	Mittelsachsen	1.75	-0.07
53	Nordsachsen	1.75	-0.05
53	Oberbergischer Kreis	1.75	-0.04
53	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1.75	-0.03
53	Schwäbisch Hall	1.75	+0.04
53	Vechta	1.75	-0.08
64	Alzey-Worms	1.74	+0.03
64	Aurich	1.74	+0.02
64	Cuxhaven	1.74	+0.07
64	Emmendingen	1.74	+0.05
64	Gütersloh	1.74	-0.02
64	Kassel, Landkreis	1.74	+0.07
64	Leipzig	1.74	-0.01
64	Offenbach, Landkreis	1.74	+0.03
64	Osterholz	1.74	-0.03
64	Schleswig-Flensburg	1.74	-0.08
64	Sigmaringen	1.74	+0.11
64	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.74	+0.05
64	Stade	1.74	-0.07
64	Stendal	1.74	+0.05
64	Wesermarsch	1.74	-0.09
64	Wittenberg	1.74	+0.06
80	Bad Kreuznach	1.73	+0.05
80	Bernkastel-Wittlich	1.73	-0.02
80	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm	1.73	+0.01
80	Helmstedt	1.73	-0.38
80	Hildburghausen	1.73	+0.12
80	Leer	1.73	-0.06
80	Meißen	1.73	-0.09
80	Neuwied	1.73	0
80	Saalekreis	1.73	-0.02
80	Steinburg	1.73	0
80	Teltow-Fläming	1.73	+0.02
80	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1.73	-0.03
80	Weimarer Land	1.73	-0.13
80	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	1.73	+0.02
80	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.73	-0.01
80	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.73	-0.07
96	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	1.72	+0.05
96	Bergstraße	1.72	+0.14
96	Cochem-Zell	1.72	+0.2
96	Coesfeld	1.72	-0.09
96	Elbe-Elster	1.72	-0.04
96	Fürstenfeldbruck	1.72	+0.01
96	Gotha	1.72	-0.09
96	Ludwigsburg	1.72	+0.04
96	Oberallgäu	1.72	-0.03
96	Rottweil	1.72	-0.07
96	Tuttlingen	1.72	-0.05
96	Uckermark	1.72	-0.01
108	Ansbach, Landkreis	1.71	+0.01
108	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	1.71	-0.03
108	Euskirchen	1.71	+0.02
108	Greiz	1.71	+0.05
108	Roth	1.71	0
108	Salzlandkreis	1.71	0
108	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.71	+0.11
108	Sömmerda	1.71	-0.17
108	Unna	1.71	+0.09
117	Ahrweiler	1.7	+0.06
117	Calw	1.7	-0.02
117	Düren	1.7	-0.02
117	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	1.7	-0.15
117	Groß-Gerau	1.7	-0.06
117	Landkreis Rostock	1.7	-0.2
117	Mettmann	1.7	-0.03
117	Mühldorf a. Inn	1.7	-0.05
117	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	1.7	+0.05
117	Reutlingen	1.7	+0.04
127	Altmarkkreis Salzwedel	1.69	-0.08
127	Altötting	1.69	-0.07
127	Böblingen	1.69	-0.07
127	Dahme-Spreewald	1.69	-0.1
127	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.69	+0.01
127	Kusel	1.69	+0.18
127	Ludwigslust-Parchim	1.69	-0.08
127	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1.69	+0.07
127	Märkisch-Oderland	1.69	-0.02
127	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	1.69	-0.06
127	Nienburg (Weser)	1.69	-0.12
127	Pinneberg	1.69	-0.06
127	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	1.69	+0.01
127	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	1.69	0
127	Rhön-Grabfeld	1.69	0
127	Warendorf	1.69	-0.06
143	Donau-Ries	1.68	+0.01
143	Friesland (DE)	1.68	-0.16
143	Fulda	1.68	0
143	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.68	-0.01
143	Hochtaunuskreis	1.68	+0.02
143	Hohenlohekreis	1.68	-0.06
143	Lindau (Bodensee)	1.68	+0.07
143	Märkischer Kreis	1.68	-0.05
143	Mayen-Koblenz	1.68	-0.04
143	Ostprignitz-Ruppin	1.68	-0.1
143	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	1.68	-0.05
143	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	1.68	-0.01
143	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.68	+0.19
143	Schweinfurt, Landkreis	1.68	+0.05
157	Bad Kissingen	1.67	+0.09
157	Enzkreis	1.67	+0.03
157	Erding	1.67	+0.06
157	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	1.67	-0.03
157	Heilbronn, Landkreis	1.67	-0.03
157	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	1.67	-0.17
157	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	1.67	+0.02
157	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.67	-0.1
157	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1.67	+0.01
157	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	1.67	+0.11
157	Vogtlandkreis	1.67	-0.12
157	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.67	+0.05
157	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.67	+0.03
170	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.66	+0.04
170	Darmstadt-Dieburg	1.66	-0.04
170	Diepholz	1.66	-0.13
170	Forchheim	1.66	+0.08
170	Göppingen	1.66	-0.02
170	Haßberge	1.66	+0.02
170	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	1.66	-0.06
170	Herford	1.66	-0.07
170	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.66	+0.12
170	Hochsauerlandkreis	1.66	-0.08
170	Limburg-Weilburg	1.66	+0.1
170	Main-Spessart	1.66	-0.02
170	Ortenaukreis	1.66	-0.03
170	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1.66	-0.07
170	Recklinghausen	1.66	0
170	Rosenheim, Landkreis	1.66	+0.05
170	Straubing-Bogen	1.66	+0.05
170	Südliche Weinstraße	1.66	+0.09
188	Burgenlandkreis	1.65	-0.14
188	Erlangen-Höchstadt	1.65	-0.02
188	Freudenstadt	1.65	-0.03
188	Fürth, Landkreis	1.65	-0.1
188	Günzburg	1.65	+0.04
188	Heidenheim	1.65	+0.1
188	Landsberg am Lech	1.65	-0.04
188	Mainz-Bingen	1.65	+0.01
188	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	1.65	-0.04
188	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.65	-0.18
188	Miesbach	1.65	-0.02
188	Potsdam-Mittelmark	1.65	-0.09
188	Ravensburg	1.65	0
188	Regen	1.65	+0.09
188	Rems-Murr-Kreis	1.65	-0.04
188	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.65	-0.17
188	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	1.65	-0.09
188	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	1.65	-0.07
188	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.65	+0.02
188	Unterallgäu	1.65	-0.16
188	Weilheim-Schongau	1.65	-0.02
188	Zollernalbkreis	1.65	+0.06
210	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.64	+0.09
210	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1.64	+0.11
210	Bad Dürkheim	1.64	-0.06
210	Hameln-Pyrmont	1.64	-0.13
210	Heinsberg	1.64	0
210	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.64	-0.06
210	Lüchow-Dannenberg	1.64	+0.03
210	Mansfeld-Südharz	1.64	-0.1
210	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.64	+0.01
210	Regensburg, Landkreis	1.64	+0.01
210	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	1.64	+0.01
210	Traunstein	1.64	+0.04
222	Ammerland	1.63	-0.18
222	Bodenseekreis	1.63	-0.01
222	Börde	1.63	-0.08
222	Celle	1.63	-0.07
222	Dithmarschen	1.63	-0.05
222	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	1.63	+0.05
222	Heidekreis	1.63	-0.02
222	Main-Taunus-Kreis	1.63	-0.09
222	Nürnberger Land	1.63	+0.01
222	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	1.63	-0.09
222	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	1.63	+0.01
222	Segeberg	1.63	+0.01
222	Siegen-Wittgenstein	1.63	+0.06
222	Stormarn	1.63	-0.05
222	Wetteraukreis	1.63	+0.09
222	Wittmund	1.63	+0.08
222	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.63	-0.25
239	Barnim	1.62	-0.16
239	Freyung-Grafenau	1.62	+0.08
239	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.62	0
239	Germersheim	1.62	+0.02
239	Harz	1.62	+0.07
239	Havelland	1.62	-0.12
239	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.62	+0.01
239	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	1.62	-0.04
239	Oberhavel	1.62	-0.05
239	Ostalbkreis	1.62	+0.05
239	Paderborn	1.62	-0.03
239	Starnberg	1.62	-0.05

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About this ranking

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. 6 areas with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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?

Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 1.95 children per woman in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest fertility rate?

Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 1.07 children per woman in 2017.

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. 6 areas have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.