NUTS 3 areas of Germany by fertility rate

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by fertility rate, 2021
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Kaiserslautern, Landkreis had the highest fertility rate of 394 areas in 2021, at 2.21 children per woman. Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 1.14 children per woman. The median was 1.68 children per woman and the figure for Germany was 1.58 children per woman. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest2.21Kaiserslautern, Landkreis

Lowest1.14Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median1.68394 areas

Germany1.58History

Top 40 areas, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2021 children per woman	Change on 2020
1	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	2.21	+0.07
2	Cloppenburg	2.01	+0.08
2	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	2.01	+0.07
4	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.99	-0.01
5	Alb-Donau-Kreis	1.93	+0.12
6	Peine	1.92	+0.06
7	Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.91	+0.26
7	Grafschaft Bentheim	1.91	+0.17
9	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.9	+0.04
9	Straubing-Bogen	1.9	+0.13
11	Harburg	1.89	+0.21
11	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	1.89	+0.19
11	Oberallgäu	1.89	+0.19
11	Osnabrück, Landkreis	1.89	+0.09
11	Rottweil	1.89	+0.09
16	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.88	+0.02
16	Gifhorn	1.88	+0.06
16	Tuttlingen	1.88	+0.04
16	Warendorf	1.88	+0.12
20	Amberg-Sulzbach	1.87	+0.04
20	Unterallgäu	1.87	+0.05
22	Borken	1.86	+0.08
22	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	1.86	+0.08
22	Steinfurt	1.86	+0.11
25	Bautzen	1.85	+0.08
25	Dingolfing-Landau	1.85	+0.25
25	Oldenburg, Landkreis	1.85	+0.18
25	Ostallgäu	1.85	+0.03
29	Calw	1.84	+0.08
29	Landshut, Landkreis	1.84	+0.07
29	Neuwied	1.84	+0.11
29	Vechta	1.84	+0.01
33	Gütersloh	1.83	+0.08
33	Lippe	1.83	+0.05
33	Osterholz	1.83	+0.2
36	Coesfeld	1.82	+0.03
36	Donau-Ries	1.82	+0.05
36	Kusel	1.82	+0.09
36	Minden-Lübbecke	1.82	+0.07
36	Oberbergischer Kreis	1.82	+0.03
41	Alzey-Worms	1.81	+0.06
41	Eichstätt	1.81	+0.01
41	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	1.81	+0.21
44	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	1.8	+0.1
44	Dillingen a.d. Donau	1.8	-0.05
44	Eichsfeld	1.8	-0.01
44	Enzkreis	1.8	+0.12
44	Heilbronn, Landkreis	1.8	+0.02
44	Roth	1.8	+0.11
44	Schwäbisch Hall	1.8	+0.1
51	Ahrweiler	1.79	+0.1
51	Aichach-Friedberg	1.79	+0.05
51	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	1.79	+0.22
51	Augsburg, Landkreis	1.79	+0.08
51	Bernkastel-Wittlich	1.79	+0.04
51	Biberach	1.79	+0.08
51	Ebersberg	1.79	+0.17
51	Emmendingen	1.79	+0.08
51	Hohenlohekreis	1.79	+0.08
51	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.79	+0.17
51	Main-Tauber-Kreis	1.79	+0.14
51	Weilheim-Schongau	1.79	+0.05
63	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.78	-0.02
63	Bergstraße	1.78	+0.13
63	Böblingen	1.78	+0.1
63	Diepholz	1.78	+0.09
63	Hameln-Pyrmont	1.78	+0.08
63	Kelheim	1.78	+0.14
63	Leer	1.78	+0.05
63	Neu-Ulm	1.78	+0.15
63	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	1.78	0
63	Ortenaukreis	1.78	+0.11
63	Verden	1.78	+0.05
63	Wittenberg	1.78	-0.02
75	Altenburger Land	1.77	+0.25
75	Burgenlandkreis	1.77	+0.11
75	Cuxhaven	1.77	+0.02
75	Erzgebirgskreis	1.77	-0.02
75	Groß-Gerau	1.77	+0.17
75	Höxter	1.77	-0.02
75	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.77	0
75	Reutlingen	1.77	+0.14
75	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	1.77	+0.03
84	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	1.76	+0.1
84	Bad Kissingen	1.76	+0.06
84	Euskirchen	1.76	+0.1
84	Haßberge	1.76	+0.1
84	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	1.76	+0.04
84	Kitzingen	1.76	+0.09
84	Mittelsachsen	1.76	+0.06
84	Mühldorf a. Inn	1.76	+0.09
84	Oder-Spree	1.76	-0.06
84	Ravensburg	1.76	+0.11
94	Elbe-Elster	1.75	-0.04
94	Erlangen-Höchstadt	1.75	+0.09
94	Forchheim	1.75	+0.07
94	Freudenstadt	1.75	+0.09
94	Jerichower Land	1.75	-0.04
94	Landkreis Rostock	1.75	+0.04
94	Ostalbkreis	1.75	+0.13
94	Rhön-Grabfeld	1.75	+0.09
94	Rosenheim, Landkreis	1.75	+0.08
94	Schleswig-Flensburg	1.75	+0.12
94	Stade	1.75	-0.02
105	Bamberg, Landkreis	1.74	+0.07
105	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.74	-0.08
105	Düren	1.74	+0.02
105	Emsland	1.74	-0.02
105	Göppingen	1.74	+0.17
105	Herford	1.74	+0.05
105	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	1.74	+0.14
105	Recklinghausen	1.74	+0.08
105	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	1.74	+0.07
105	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	1.74	+0.06
105	Saale-Orla-Kreis	1.74	-0.04
105	Schweinfurt, Landkreis	1.74	+0.08
105	Soest	1.74	+0.1
105	Tirschenreuth	1.74	+0.04
119	Altötting	1.73	+0.01
119	Ansbach, Landkreis	1.73	-0.02
119	Bad Kreuznach	1.73	+0.09
119	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	1.73	+0.13
119	Bayreuth, Landkreis	1.73	+0.18
119	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	1.73	+0.06
119	Germersheim	1.73	+0.12
119	Günzburg	1.73	+0.05
119	Helmstedt	1.73	-0.04
119	Leipzig	1.73	-0.07
119	Ludwigsburg	1.73	+0.1
119	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.73	+0.05
119	Main-Taunus-Kreis	1.73	+0.07
119	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	1.73	+0.01
119	Northeim	1.73	+0.09
119	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	1.73	-0.01
119	Starnberg	1.73	+0.21
136	Börde	1.72	+0.1
136	Herzogtum Lauenburg	1.72	+0.07
136	Miesbach	1.72	+0.15
136	Offenbach, Landkreis	1.72	+0.08
136	Olpe	1.72	+0.05
136	Regensburg, Landkreis	1.72	+0.08
136	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	1.72	+0.08
136	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.72	-0.02
136	Sigmaringen	1.72	+0.05
136	Traunstein	1.72	+0.1
136	Vogtlandkreis	1.72	+0.08
136	Würzburg, Landkreis	1.72	+0.07
148	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	1.71	-0.02
148	Celle	1.71	+0.06
148	Cham	1.71	+0.06
148	Coburg, Landkreis	1.71	+0.11
148	Darmstadt-Dieburg	1.71	+0.11
148	Erding	1.71	+0.09
148	Esslingen	1.71	+0.08
148	Görlitz	1.71	+0.02
148	Hochsauerlandkreis	1.71	+0.06
148	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	1.71	+0.08
148	Kassel, Landkreis	1.71	+0.03
148	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	1.71	+0.06
148	Mansfeld-Südharz	1.71	+0.05
148	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.71	-0.02
148	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	1.71	-0.01
148	Wolfenbüttel	1.71	0
164	Ammerland	1.7	+0.08
164	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	1.7	+0.09
164	Bad Dürkheim	1.7	+0.11
164	Bodenseekreis	1.7	+0.08
164	Gotha	1.7	+0.1
164	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.7	+0.07
164	Mainz-Bingen	1.7	+0.12
164	Märkischer Kreis	1.7	-0.01
164	Nienburg (Weser)	1.7	-0.08
164	Odenwaldkreis	1.7	+0.02
164	Rems-Murr-Kreis	1.7	+0.04
164	Spree-Neiße	1.7	-0.01
164	Westerwaldkreis	1.7	+0.01
164	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.7	+0.06
178	Dachau	1.69	+0.04
178	Friesland (DE)	1.69	+0.03
178	Heidenheim	1.69	+0.05
178	Mettmann	1.69	+0.08
178	Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim	1.69	-0.03
178	Nürnberger Land	1.69	+0.04
178	Stormarn	1.69	+0.08
178	Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis	1.69	-0.14
186	Birkenfeld	1.68	-0.05
186	Fürth, Landkreis	1.68	+0.05
186	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	1.68	-0.06
186	Greiz	1.68	-0.06
186	Heidekreis	1.68	-0.07
186	Landsberg am Lech	1.68	-0.02
186	Limburg-Weilburg	1.68	+0.08
186	Lindau (Bodensee)	1.68	+0.1
186	Ludwigslust-Parchim	1.68	-0.05
186	Regen	1.68	+0.08
186	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	1.68	+0.04
186	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	1.68	+0.12
186	Rottal-Inn	1.68	+0.1
186	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.68	+0.09
186	Südliche Weinstraße	1.68	+0.12
201	Fürstenfeldbruck	1.67	+0.04
201	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.67	+0.01
201	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	1.67	-0.01
201	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	1.67	+0.03
201	Rotenburg (Wümme)	1.67	-0.02
201	Saalekreis	1.67	+0.02
201	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.67	+0.08
201	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.67	+0.02
201	Zollernalbkreis	1.67	-0.05
210	Aurich	1.66	+0.04
210	Dahme-Spreewald	1.66	+0.04
210	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.66	+0.05
210	Freising	1.66	+0.17
210	Heinsberg	1.66	+0.06
210	Kyffhäuserkreis	1.66	-0.11
210	Meißen	1.66	-0.03
210	Miltenberg	1.66	-0.04
210	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.66	+0.04
210	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.66	-0.06
210	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	1.66	-0.04
210	Schwandorf	1.66	+0.03
210	Uelzen	1.66	+0.09
210	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1.66	+0.01
210	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.66	+0.04
210	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.66	+0.09
210	Zwickau	1.66	+0.03
227	Cochem-Zell	1.65	+0.03
227	Donnersbergkreis	1.65	+0.02
227	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	1.65	+0.09
227	Fulda	1.65	+0.02
227	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	1.65	+0.07
227	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.65	+0.06
227	Holzminden	1.65	-0.11
227	Kleve	1.65	+0.09
227	Mayen-Koblenz	1.65	-0.02
227	Neunkirchen	1.65	+0.1
227	Nordfriesland	1.65	+0.11
227	Oberhavel	1.65	+0.06
227	Salzlandkreis	1.65	+0.02
227	Schaumburg	1.65	+0.06
227	Teltow-Fläming	1.65	-0.01
227	Unna	1.65	+0.02
227	Vogelsbergkreis	1.65	+0.05
244	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	1.64	+0.04
244	Harz	1.64	+0.05
244	Havelland	1.64	+0.02
244	Hildburghausen	1.64	-0.02
244	Lichtenfels	1.64	+0.17
244	Pinneberg	1.64	-0.01
244	Siegen-Wittgenstein	1.64	+0.06

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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 2021 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 2.21 children per woman in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest fertility rate?

Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 1.14 children per woman in 2021.

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 2021 and are not ranked.