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NUTS 3 areas of Germany by fertility rate

Kaiserslautern, Landkreis had the highest fertility rate of 400 areas in 2023, at 1.91 children per woman. Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 0.99 children per woman. The median was 1.48 children per woman and the figure for Germany was 1.39 children per woman. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1.91Kaiserslautern, Landkreis
Lowest0.99Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt
Median1.48400 areas
Germany1.39History

Top 40 areas, 2023

CSVChart (SVG)

Kaiserslautern, LandkreisKaiserslautern, Landkreis: 1.91 children per woman1.91Salzgitter, Kreisfreie StadtSalzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.83 children per woman1.83KuselKusel: 1.77 children per woman1.77Neustadt a. d. WaldnaabNeustadt a. d. Waldnaab: 1.77 children per woman1.77UnterallgäuUnterallgäu: 1.77 children per woman1.77Ansbach, Kreisfreie StadtAnsbach, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.76 children per woman1.76Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie StadtKaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.74 children per woman1.74RottweilRottweil: 1.74 children per woman1.74EichsfeldEichsfeld: 1.73 children per woman1.73CloppenburgCloppenburg: 1.72 children per woman1.72Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie StadtGelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.72 children per woman1.72GifhornGifhorn: 1.7 children per woman1.7Osnabrück, LandkreisOsnabrück, Landkreis: 1.69 children per woman1.69Amberg-SulzbachAmberg-Sulzbach: 1.68 children per woman1.68OstallgäuOstallgäu: 1.68 children per woman1.68VogelsbergkreisVogelsbergkreis: 1.68 children per woman1.68Elbe-ElsterElbe-Elster: 1.67 children per woman1.67VerdenVerden: 1.67 children per woman1.67Donau-RiesDonau-Ries: 1.66 children per woman1.66KitzingenKitzingen: 1.66 children per woman1.66OberallgäuOberallgäu: 1.66 children per woman1.66Hersfeld-RotenburgHersfeld-Rotenburg: 1.65 children per woman1.65Memmingen, Kreisfreie StadtMemmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.65 children per woman1.65TuttlingenTuttlingen: 1.65 children per woman1.65CalwCalw: 1.64 children per woman1.64LippeLippe: 1.64 children per woman1.64Schwäbisch HallSchwäbisch Hall: 1.64 children per woman1.64BorkenBorken: 1.63 children per woman1.63Speyer, Kreisfreie StadtSpeyer, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.63 children per woman1.63Alzey-WormsAlzey-Worms: 1.62 children per woman1.62Grafschaft BentheimGrafschaft Bentheim: 1.62 children per woman1.62GüterslohGütersloh: 1.62 children per woman1.62Hameln-PyrmontHameln-Pyrmont: 1.62 children per woman1.62Altmarkkreis SalzwedelAltmarkkreis Salzwedel: 1.61 children per woman1.61Duisburg, Kreisfreie StadtDuisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.61 children per woman1.61Groß-GerauGroß-Gerau: 1.61 children per woman1.61VechtaVechta: 1.61 children per woman1.61WittenbergWittenberg: 1.61 children per woman1.61CoesfeldCoesfeld: 1.6 children per woman1.6Hagen, Kreisfreie StadtHagen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.6 children per woman1.6
children per woman. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankAreas2023
children per woman		Change on 2022
1Kaiserslautern, Landkreis1.91-0.27
2Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt1.830
3Kusel1.77-0.04
3Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab1.77-0.21
3Unterallgäu1.77-0.01
6Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt1.76-0.02
7Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt1.74+0.06
7Rottweil1.74-0.01
9Eichsfeld1.73+0.09
10Cloppenburg1.72-0.12
10Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.72-0.1
12Gifhorn1.7-0.07
13Osnabrück, Landkreis1.69+0.02
14Amberg-Sulzbach1.68-0.15
14Ostallgäu1.68-0.08
14Vogelsbergkreis1.68+0.04
17Elbe-Elster1.67+0.16
17Verden1.67+0.01
19Donau-Ries1.66-0.04
19Kitzingen1.66-0.04
19Oberallgäu1.66+0.03
22Hersfeld-Rotenburg1.65+0.02
22Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.65-0.05
22Tuttlingen1.65-0.11
25Calw1.64-0.08
25Lippe1.64-0.1
25Schwäbisch Hall1.64-0.01
28Borken1.63-0.03
28Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt1.63-0.02
30Alzey-Worms1.62-0.05
30Grafschaft Bentheim1.62-0.08
30Gütersloh1.62-0.09
30Hameln-Pyrmont1.62-0.02
34Altmarkkreis Salzwedel1.610
34Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt1.61+0.12
34Groß-Gerau1.61+0.01
34Vechta1.61-0.08
34Wittenberg1.61+0.02
39Coesfeld1.6-0.11
39Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6-0.13
39Höxter1.6-0.03
39Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis1.6+0.02
39Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6-0.05
39Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6+0.14
45Alb-Donau-Kreis1.59-0.15
45Altenkirchen (Westerwald)1.59-0.06
45Cuxhaven1.59-0.07
45Emsland1.59-0.14
45Haßberge1.59+0.02
45Holzminden1.59-0.08
45Landshut, Landkreis1.59-0.09
45Leer1.59-0.06
45Main-Kinzig-Kreis1.59-0.02
45Neuburg-Schrobenhausen1.59-0.13
45Neumarkt i. d. OPf.1.59-0.12
45Sigmaringen1.59-0.01
45Steinfurt1.59-0.12
45Warendorf1.59-0.09
45Weilheim-Schongau1.590
60Biberach1.58-0.09
60Ebersberg1.58-0.1
60Enzkreis1.58-0.12
60Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt1.58-0.1
60Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim1.58-0.05
65Aichach-Friedberg1.57-0.03
65Aschaffenburg, Landkreis1.57-0.02
65Bad Kissingen1.57-0.11
65Bautzen1.57-0.17
65Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt1.57-0.2
65Göppingen1.570
65Neu-Ulm1.57-0.02
65Neuwied1.57-0.12
65Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm1.57-0.09
65Rosenheim, Landkreis1.57-0.08
65Tirschenreuth1.57-0.01
65Traunstein1.57-0.02
77Ammerland1.56-0.06
77Ansbach, Landkreis1.56-0.09
77Augsburg, Landkreis1.56-0.09
77Celle1.56-0.03
77Diepholz1.56-0.07
77Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt1.56-0.03
77Landsberg am Lech1.56-0.01
77Lüchow-Dannenberg1.56-0.04
77Oberbergischer Kreis1.56-0.15
86Bayreuth, Landkreis1.55-0.09
86Birkenfeld1.55-0.29
86Heilbronn, Landkreis1.55-0.14
86Hohenlohekreis1.55-0.09
86Ludwigsburg1.55-0.04
86Main-Tauber-Kreis1.55-0.03
86Minden-Lübbecke1.55-0.14
86Mühldorf a. Inn1.55-0.27
86Oldenburg, Landkreis1.55-0.19
86Ostalbkreis1.55-0.05
86Prignitz1.55-0.01
86Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis1.55-0.11
86Südwestpfalz1.55+0.07
86Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis1.55-0.04
100Altötting1.54-0.2
100Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen1.54-0.18
100Böblingen1.54-0.08
100Hochsauerlandkreis1.54-0.05
100Kelheim1.54-0.06
100Mainz-Bingen1.540
100Northeim1.54+0.04
100Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt1.54+0.05
100Osterholz1.540
100Ravensburg1.54-0.03
100Recklinghausen1.54-0.12
100Saalekreis1.54-0.04
100Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis1.54-0.08
100Schweinfurt, Landkreis1.54-0.09
100Stendal1.54+0.07
100Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt1.54+0.13
100Zollernalbkreis1.54-0.08
117Aurich1.53+0.02
117Bad Dürkheim1.53-0.05
117Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt1.53+0.11
117Emmendingen1.53-0.24
117Forchheim1.53-0.04
117Günzburg1.53-0.07
117Harburg1.53-0.07
117Kyffhäuserkreis1.53-0.15
117Lindau (Bodensee)1.53-0.02
117Ludwigslust-Parchim1.53-0.04
117Weimarer Land1.53-0.08
117Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen1.53-0.15
117Würzburg, Landkreis1.53+0.02
130Ahrweiler1.52-0.08
130Bodenseekreis1.52-0.05
130Dachau1.52-0.02
130Dithmarschen1.52+0.02
130Erzgebirgskreis1.52-0.15
130Fulda1.52-0.02
130Greiz1.52-0.19
130Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt1.52-0.15
130Limburg-Weilburg1.52-0.03
130Mansfeld-Südharz1.52-0.06
130Odenwaldkreis1.52-0.05
130Olpe1.52-0.16
130Ortenaukreis1.52-0.12
130Pforzheim, Stadtkreis1.52-0.29
130Rottal-Inn1.52-0.02
130Unna1.52-0.1
146Börde1.51+0.02
146Düren1.51-0.14
146Eichstätt1.51-0.13
146Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm1.51+0.06
146Erding1.51-0.04
146Euskirchen1.51-0.05
146Fürstenfeldbruck1.51-0.09
146Kassel, Landkreis1.510
146Main-Taunus-Kreis1.51-0.09
146Mecklenburgische Seenplatte1.51+0.03
146Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt1.51+0.05
146Offenbach, Landkreis1.51-0.05
146Peine1.51-0.26
146Regensburg, Landkreis1.51-0.16
146Reutlingen1.51-0.11
146Rotenburg (Wümme)1.51-0.12
146Uelzen1.51-0.09
146Wesermarsch1.51-0.12
164Bernkastel-Wittlich1.5-0.08
164Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald1.5-0.13
164Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt1.5-0.2
164Heidekreis1.5-0.08
164Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt1.5+0.07
164Regen1.5-0.17
164Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis1.5-0.2
164Rhön-Grabfeld1.5-0.2
164Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.5-0.15
164Soest1.5-0.13
164Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt1.5+0.06
164Vulkaneifel1.5-0.15
164Wetteraukreis1.5-0.04
177Bamberg, Landkreis1.49-0.08
177Cochem-Zell1.49-0.1
177Freudenstadt1.49-0.2
177Fürth, Landkreis1.49-0.04
177Garmisch-Partenkirchen1.49+0.01
177Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.49-0.08
177Lahn-Dill-Kreis1.49-0.09
177Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt1.49-0.07
177Saalfeld-Rudolstadt1.49n/a
177Schaumburg1.49-0.08
177Stade1.49-0.22
177Straubing-Bogen1.49-0.24
177Werra-Meißner-Kreis1.49-0.01
190Cham1.48-0.1
190Dahme-Spreewald1.48-0.19
190Dillingen a.d. Donau1.48-0.2
190Esslingen1.48-0.03
190Friesland (DE)1.48+0.05
190Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt1.48-0.1
190Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt1.48+0.03
190Mayen-Koblenz1.48-0.09
190Nordsachsen1.48-0.13
190Passau, Landkreis1.48-0.09
190Rastatt1.48-0.1
190Roth1.48-0.03
190Schwalm-Eder-Kreis1.48-0.07
190Steinburg1.48-0.03
190Waldeck-Frankenberg1.48-0.19
190Wesel1.48-0.01
206Germersheim1.47-0.09
206Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt1.47-0.02
206Märkischer Kreis1.47-0.12
206Mettmann1.47-0.07
206Oberspreewald-Lausitz1.47-0.17
206Rhein-Erft-Kreis1.47-0.11
206Rhein-Sieg-Kreis1.47-0.11
206Schleswig-Flensburg1.47-0.14
206Siegen-Wittgenstein1.47-0.01
206Uckermark1.47-0.14
216Anhalt-Bitterfeld1.46-0.13
216Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt1.46-0.08
216Deggendorf1.46-0.11
216Erlangen-Höchstadt1.46-0.12
216Heinsberg1.46-0.16
216Helmstedt1.46-0.11
216Herford1.46-0.13
216Hildesheim1.46+0.04
216Landkreis Rostock1.46-0.15
216Main-Spessart1.46-0.11
216Miesbach1.46-0.22
216Miltenberg1.46-0.16
216Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt1.46-0.09
216Nienburg (Weser)1.46-0.14
216Rems-Murr-Kreis1.46-0.15
216Rhein-Lahn-Kreis1.46-0.03
216Salzlandkreis1.46-0.08
233Coburg, Landkreis1.45-0.09
233Freyung-Grafenau1.45-0.02
233Leipzig1.45-0.1
233Oder-Spree1.45-0.07
233Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt1.45-0.14
233Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis1.45-0.13
233Spree-Neiße1.45-0.06
233Wartburgkreis1.45n/a
241Darmstadt-Dieburg1.44-0.13
241Dingolfing-Landau1.44-0.15
241Donnersbergkreis1.44-0.07
241Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis1.44-0.07
241Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt1.44-0.01
241Lüneburg, Landkreis1.44+0.08
241Schwandorf1.44-0.17
241Westerwaldkreis1.44-0.14
249Bad Kreuznach1.43-0.22
249Bergstraße1.43-0.18

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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 1.91 children per woman in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest fertility rate?

Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 0.99 children per woman in 2023.

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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