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NUTS 3 areas of Germany by fertility rate

Kaiserslautern, Landkreis had the highest fertility rate of 394 areas in 2020, at 2.14 children per woman. Heidelberg, Stadtkreis had the lowest, at 1.09 children per woman. The median was 1.63 children per woman and the figure for Germany was 1.53 children per woman. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest2.14Kaiserslautern, Landkreis
Lowest1.09Heidelberg, Stadtkreis
Median1.63394 areas
Germany1.53History

Top 40 areas, 2020

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Kaiserslautern, LandkreisKaiserslautern, Landkreis: 2.14 children per woman2.14Salzgitter, Kreisfreie StadtSalzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2 children per woman2Neustadt a. d. WaldnaabNeustadt a. d. Waldnaab: 1.94 children per woman1.94CloppenburgCloppenburg: 1.93 children per woman1.93Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie StadtGelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.86 children per woman1.86Hagen, Kreisfreie StadtHagen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.86 children per woman1.86PeinePeine: 1.86 children per woman1.86Dillingen a.d. DonauDillingen a.d. Donau: 1.85 children per woman1.85TuttlingenTuttlingen: 1.84 children per woman1.84Amberg-SulzbachAmberg-Sulzbach: 1.83 children per woman1.83NordsachsenNordsachsen: 1.83 children per woman1.83Unstrut-Hainich-KreisUnstrut-Hainich-Kreis: 1.83 children per woman1.83VechtaVechta: 1.83 children per woman1.83Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie StadtBremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.82 children per woman1.82GifhornGifhorn: 1.82 children per woman1.82Oder-SpreeOder-Spree: 1.82 children per woman1.82OstallgäuOstallgäu: 1.82 children per woman1.82UnterallgäuUnterallgäu: 1.82 children per woman1.82Alb-Donau-KreisAlb-Donau-Kreis: 1.81 children per woman1.81EichsfeldEichsfeld: 1.81 children per woman1.81Ansbach, Kreisfreie StadtAnsbach, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.8 children per woman1.8EichstättEichstätt: 1.8 children per woman1.8LeipzigLeipzig: 1.8 children per woman1.8Osnabrück, LandkreisOsnabrück, Landkreis: 1.8 children per woman1.8RottweilRottweil: 1.8 children per woman1.8WittenbergWittenberg: 1.8 children per woman1.8CoesfeldCoesfeld: 1.79 children per woman1.79Elbe-ElsterElbe-Elster: 1.79 children per woman1.79ErzgebirgskreisErzgebirgskreis: 1.79 children per woman1.79HöxterHöxter: 1.79 children per woman1.79Jerichower LandJerichower Land: 1.79 children per woman1.79Oberbergischer KreisOberbergischer Kreis: 1.79 children per woman1.79BorkenBorken: 1.78 children per woman1.78Heilbronn, LandkreisHeilbronn, Landkreis: 1.78 children per woman1.78LippeLippe: 1.78 children per woman1.78Neumarkt i. d. OPf.Neumarkt i. d. OPf.: 1.78 children per woman1.78Nienburg (Weser)Nienburg (Weser): 1.78 children per woman1.78Pforzheim, StadtkreisPforzheim, Stadtkreis: 1.78 children per woman1.78Saale-Orla-KreisSaale-Orla-Kreis: 1.78 children per woman1.78BautzenBautzen: 1.77 children per woman1.77
children per woman. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankAreas2020
children per woman		Change on 2019
1Kaiserslautern, Landkreis2.14+0.11
2Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt2+0.04
3Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab1.94+0.05
4Cloppenburg1.93+0.01
5Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.86+0.11
5Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.86+0.05
5Peine1.86+0.11
8Dillingen a.d. Donau1.85+0.25
9Tuttlingen1.84+0.12
10Amberg-Sulzbach1.83-0.03
10Nordsachsen1.83-0.02
10Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis1.83+0.05
10Vechta1.83-0.02
14Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt1.82+0.02
14Gifhorn1.82-0.04
14Oder-Spree1.82+0.09
14Ostallgäu1.82+0.08
14Unterallgäu1.82-0.01
19Alb-Donau-Kreis1.81+0.08
19Eichsfeld1.81-0.14
21Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt1.8-0.19
21Eichstätt1.8-0.01
21Leipzig1.8+0.11
21Osnabrück, Landkreis1.8-0.05
21Rottweil1.8+0.03
21Wittenberg1.8+0.11
27Coesfeld1.79+0.05
27Elbe-Elster1.79-0.03
27Erzgebirgskreis1.79+0.02
27Höxter1.79+0.13
27Jerichower Land1.79+0.03
27Oberbergischer Kreis1.790
33Borken1.78+0.01
33Heilbronn, Landkreis1.78+0.06
33Lippe1.78+0.01
33Neumarkt i. d. OPf.1.78+0.02
33Nienburg (Weser)1.78+0.06
33Pforzheim, Stadtkreis1.78-0.01
33Saale-Orla-Kreis1.78+0.16
40Bautzen1.77-0.1
40Donau-Ries1.77+0.05
40Helmstedt1.77+0.1
40Kyffhäuserkreis1.77+0.21
40Landshut, Landkreis1.77+0.13
40Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.77+0.2
40Oberspreewald-Lausitz1.77+0.13
40Stade1.77+0.06
40Straubing-Bogen1.77+0.17
49Calw1.76+0.1
49Emsland1.76+0.02
49Holzminden1.76+0.29
49Warendorf1.76+0.05
53Alzey-Worms1.75+0.12
53Ansbach, Landkreis1.75+0.05
53Bernkastel-Wittlich1.75+0.04
53Cuxhaven1.75+0.16
53Gütersloh1.75-0.01
53Heidekreis1.75+0.01
53Minden-Lübbecke1.75-0.03
53Steinfurt1.75-0.04
61Aichach-Friedberg1.74+0.09
61Garmisch-Partenkirchen1.74+0.28
61Grafschaft Bentheim1.74+0.01
61Greiz1.74+0.04
61Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis1.74+0.08
61Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis1.740
61Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.74+0.14
61Weilheim-Schongau1.74+0.09
69Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen1.73+0.08
69Birkenfeld1.73-0.31
69Kusel1.73-0.02
69Leer1.73+0.03
69Ludwigslust-Parchim1.73-0.04
69Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt1.73+0.17
69Neuwied1.73-0.05
69Verden1.73-0.01
69Wittmund1.73+0.19
78Altötting1.72-0.07
78Düren1.72+0.01
78Hersfeld-Rotenburg1.72-0.04
78Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis1.72+0.06
78Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim1.72+0.06
78Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt1.720
78Stendal1.72-0.04
78Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen1.72-0.02
78Wesermarsch1.72+0.05
78Zollernalbkreis1.72+0.16
88Augsburg, Landkreis1.71+0.03
88Biberach1.71-0.1
88Emmendingen1.71+0.03
88Hohenlohekreis1.710
88Landkreis Rostock1.71-0.1
88Main-Spessart1.71+0.09
88Märkischer Kreis1.71+0.02
88Spree-Neiße1.71+0.03
88Wolfenbüttel1.71+0.06
97Bad Kissingen1.7+0.09
97Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald1.7-0.02
97Gera, Kreisfreie Stadt1.7-0.1
97Hameln-Pyrmont1.7-0.01
97Landsberg am Lech1.7+0.07
97Miltenberg1.7+0.05
97Mittelsachsen1.7-0.02
97Neuburg-Schrobenhausen1.7+0.11
97Oberallgäu1.7-0.08
97Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge1.7-0.09
97Schwäbisch Hall1.7+0.05
97Tirschenreuth1.7+0.14
109Ahrweiler1.69+0.04
109Diepholz1.69-0.03
109Görlitz1.69+0.01
109Herford1.690
109Hof, Landkreis1.69+0.08
109Meißen1.69-0.11
109Rotenburg (Wümme)1.690
109Roth1.69+0.11
109Westerwaldkreis1.69+0.16
118Böblingen1.68-0.02
118Enzkreis1.68-0.05
118Forchheim1.68+0.06
118Günzburg1.68-0.04
118Harburg1.68-0.08
118Kassel, Landkreis1.68+0.07
118Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt1.68-0.06
118Odenwaldkreis1.68+0.06
118Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt1.68+0.02
118Rhein-Kreis Neuss1.68+0.03
118Rhein-Sieg-Kreis1.68+0.06
118Weimarer Land1.68-0.11
130Bamberg, Landkreis1.67-0.01
130Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt1.67-0.01
130Kitzingen1.67+0.08
130Mayen-Koblenz1.67+0.1
130Mühldorf a. Inn1.67-0.04
130Oldenburg, Landkreis1.67-0.07
130Olpe1.67+0.06
130Ortenaukreis1.67-0.01
130Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis1.67-0.05
130Rosenheim, Landkreis1.670
130Sigmaringen1.67-0.09
141Altenkirchen (Westerwald)1.660
141Burgenlandkreis1.660
141Erlangen-Höchstadt1.66+0.04
141Euskirchen1.66+0.01
141Freudenstadt1.660
141Friesland (DE)1.66-0.01
141Haßberge1.66+0.08
141Hildburghausen1.66+0.04
141Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt1.66+0.12
141Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.66+0.01
141Main-Taunus-Kreis1.66+0.04
141Mansfeld-Südharz1.66+0.02
141Mecklenburgische Seenplatte1.66-0.05
141Recklinghausen1.66-0.01
141Rems-Murr-Kreis1.66-0.02
141Rhön-Grabfeld1.66+0.1
141Schweinfurt, Landkreis1.66-0.14
141Teltow-Fläming1.66+0.04
159Bergstraße1.65-0.07
159Celle1.65-0.06
159Cham1.65+0.09
159Dachau1.65-0.01
159Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt1.65-0.24
159Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt1.65+0.03
159Herzogtum Lauenburg1.65+0.04
159Hochsauerlandkreis1.65+0.04
159Lahn-Dill-Kreis1.65+0.09
159Main-Tauber-Kreis1.65-0.07
159Nürnberger Land1.65+0.04
159Pinneberg1.65+0.02
159Plön1.65+0.04
159Ravensburg1.65-0.05
159Saalekreis1.65+0.01
159Waldeck-Frankenberg1.65-0.04
159Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt1.65-0.02
159Würzburg, Landkreis1.65-0.03
177Bad Kreuznach1.64+0.03
177Heidenheim1.640
177Kelheim1.64-0.13
177Northeim1.64+0.04
177Offenbach, Landkreis1.64-0.03
177Regensburg, Landkreis1.640
177Rendsburg-Eckernförde1.64-0.05
177Rhein-Erft-Kreis1.64-0.01
177Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis1.64+0.02
177Soest1.64-0.03
177Vogtlandkreis1.64-0.01
177Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt1.64-0.02
189Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt1.63-0.01
189Donnersbergkreis1.630
189Esslingen1.63+0.03
189Fulda1.63+0.05
189Fürstenfeldbruck1.63-0.05
189Fürth, Landkreis1.630
189Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.63+0.05
189Karlsruhe, Landkreis1.63+0.03
189Ludwigsburg1.630
189Neu-Ulm1.63-0.01
189Osterholz1.63-0.14
189Reutlingen1.63-0.04
189Salzlandkreis1.63+0.05
189Schleswig-Flensburg1.63-0.09
189Schwandorf1.63+0.02
189Unna1.63-0.02
189Zwickau1.63-0.05
206Ammerland1.62-0.13
206Aurich1.62-0.07
206Bodenseekreis1.62+0.02
206Börde1.62-0.01
206Cochem-Zell1.62+0.02
206Dahme-Spreewald1.62-0.05
206Ebersberg1.620
206Erding1.62+0.06
206Havelland1.62+0.03
206Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt1.62-0.32
206Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt1.620
206Ostalbkreis1.62+0.01
206Paderborn1.62+0.06
206Traunstein1.62-0.04
206Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt1.62+0.03
221Anhalt-Bitterfeld1.61-0.02
221Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt1.61-0.03
221Germersheim1.61+0.05
221Mettmann1.61-0.06
221Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt1.61+0.11
221Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt1.61-0.07
221Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt1.61+0.05
221Stormarn1.61-0.02
229Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis1.6+0.12
229Coburg, Landkreis1.6-0.07
229Darmstadt-Dieburg1.6-0.06
229Dingolfing-Landau1.6-0.08
229Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6-0.05
229Gotha1.6-0.08
229Groß-Gerau1.6-0.06
229Heinsberg1.6-0.05
229Limburg-Weilburg1.6+0.1
229Main-Kinzig-Kreis1.6-0.03
229Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm1.6-0.15
229Regen1.6-0.03
229Schwalm-Eder-Kreis1.6+0.07
229Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6+0.02
229Sömmerda1.6-0.08
229Uckermark1.6-0.1
229Vogelsbergkreis1.6-0.02
229Wetteraukreis1.6-0.01
247Bad Dürkheim1.59+0.01
247Barnim1.59+0.04
247Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt1.59+0.02
247Harz1.59-0.02

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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. 6 areas with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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?

Kaiserslautern, Landkreis, with 2.14 children per woman in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest fertility rate?

Heidelberg, Stadtkreis, with 1.09 children per woman 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, Fertility indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_find3). Retrieved 2026-10-09. 6 areas have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.

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