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NUTS 3 areas of Germany by natural change rate, 2024

Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest natural change rate of 400 areas in 2024, at 2.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at -14.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was -4.3 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was -4 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest2.2Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest-14.6Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt
Median-4.3400 areas
Germany-4History

Top 40 areas, 2024

Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsOffenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…2.2München, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt2Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…1.6Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis0.7Cloppenburg: 0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsCloppenburg0.6Tübingen, Landkreis: 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsTübingen, Landkreis0.5Vechta: 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsVechta0.5Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsRosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt0.2Freising: 0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreising0.1Eichstätt: 0 per 1,000 inhabitantsEichstätt0Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0 per 1,000 inhabitantsMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt0Biberach: -0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsBiberach-0.1Erding: -0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsErding-0.2Stuttgart, Stadtkreis: -0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsStuttgart, Stadtkreis-0.2Böblingen: -0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsBöblingen-0.3Heidelberg, Stadtkreis: -0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsHeidelberg, Stadtkreis-0.3Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm: -0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsPfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm-0.4Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.4Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsErlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.5Ulm, Stadtkreis: -0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsUlm, Stadtkreis-0.5Hamburg: -0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsHamburg-0.6Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsLudwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie…-0.6Tuttlingen: -0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsTuttlingen-0.6Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.8Hohenlohekreis: -0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsHohenlohekreis-0.9Ludwigsburg: -0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsLudwigsburg-0.9Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.9Dachau: -1 per 1,000 inhabitantsDachau-1Landshut, Landkreis: -1 per 1,000 inhabitantsLandshut, Landkreis-1Aichach-Friedberg: -1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsAichach-Friedberg-1.1Berlin: -1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsBerlin-1.1Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt: -1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1Ostallgäu: -1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsOstallgäu-1.1Regensburg, Landkreis: -1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsRegensburg, Landkreis-1.1Alb-Donau-Kreis: -1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlb-Donau-Kreis-1.2Heilbronn, Stadtkreis: -1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsHeilbronn, Stadtkreis-1.2Mannheim, Stadtkreis: -1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsMannheim, Stadtkreis-1.2Würzburg, Landkreis: -1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsWürzburg, Landkreis-1.2
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankAreas2024
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2023
1Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt2.2+0.3 pts
2München, Kreisfreie Stadt20 pts
3Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6+0.2 pts
4Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis0.70 pts
5Cloppenburg0.6+0.2 pts
6Tübingen, Landkreis0.5+0.1 pts
6Vechta0.5-0.4 pts
8Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3+0.8 pts
8Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3+0.1 pts
10Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt0.2+0.9 pts
11Freising0.1-0.7 pts
12Eichstätt0+0.3 pts
12Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt0-0.2 pts
14Biberach-0.1+0.2 pts
15Erding-0.2-0.1 pts
15Stuttgart, Stadtkreis-0.2+0.3 pts
17Böblingen-0.3-0.1 pts
17Heidelberg, Stadtkreis-0.3+0.4 pts
19Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm-0.4+0.1 pts
19Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.4+0.4 pts
21Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.5+0.5 pts
21Ulm, Stadtkreis-0.5-0.7 pts
23Hamburg-0.6+0.1 pts
23Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.6+0.2 pts
23Tuttlingen-0.6-0.1 pts
26Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.8+0.2 pts
27Hohenlohekreis-0.9+0.5 pts
27Ludwigsburg-0.9-0.3 pts
27Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.9+0.8 pts
30Dachau-1+0.2 pts
30Landshut, Landkreis-10 pts
32Aichach-Friedberg-1.1+0.2 pts
32Berlin-1.1+0.1 pts
32Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1+0.1 pts
32Ostallgäu-1.1+0.5 pts
32Regensburg, Landkreis-1.1+1.2 pts
37Alb-Donau-Kreis-1.2-0.6 pts
37Heilbronn, Stadtkreis-1.2-0.4 pts
37Mannheim, Stadtkreis-1.2+0.5 pts
37Würzburg, Landkreis-1.2+0.7 pts
41Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.30 pts
41Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3+0.2 pts
41Ebersberg-1.3-0.5 pts
41Paderborn-1.3+0.1 pts
45Heilbronn, Landkreis-1.4-0.1 pts
45Landsberg am Lech-1.4-0.3 pts
45Neu-Ulm-1.4-0.6 pts
45Pforzheim, Stadtkreis-1.4-0.1 pts
45Ravensburg-1.4-0.2 pts
50Esslingen-1.50 pts
51Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.6+0.4 pts
51Groß-Gerau-1.60 pts
51Günzburg-1.6-0.1 pts
51Kaiserslautern, Landkreis-1.6+0.2 pts
51Kelheim-1.6-0.2 pts
51Offenbach, Landkreis-1.6+0.5 pts
57Augsburg, Landkreis-1.7-0.3 pts
57Calw-1.7+0.4 pts
57Schwäbisch Hall-1.7-0.5 pts
60Dingolfing-Landau-1.8+0.5 pts
60Straubing-Bogen-1.8+0.7 pts
62Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.9+1 pts
62Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.9-0.4 pts
62Main-Taunus-Kreis-1.9+0.3 pts
62Reutlingen-1.90 pts
66Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-2+0.4 pts
66Borken-20 pts
66Emsland-2+0.1 pts
66Erlangen-Höchstadt-2+0.8 pts
66Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis-20 pts
66Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2+0.4 pts
66Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt-2-0.1 pts
66Rems-Murr-Kreis-2+0.4 pts
66Unterallgäu-2+0.1 pts
75Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1+0.4 pts
75Emmendingen-2.1+0.1 pts
75Fürstenfeldbruck-2.1+0.3 pts
75Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1-1.6 pts
75Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1+0.1 pts
75Rottweil-2.1+0.1 pts
81Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen-2.20 pts
81Bodenseekreis-2.2+0.1 pts
81Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald-2.2+0.2 pts
81Grafschaft Bentheim-2.2+0.6 pts
81Miesbach-2.2+1.1 pts
81Oberallgäu-2.2+0.3 pts
81Steinfurt-2.2+0.3 pts
88Neuburg-Schrobenhausen-2.3-0.3 pts
88Neumarkt i. d. OPf.-2.3-1.1 pts
88Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.3+0.6 pts
88Sigmaringen-2.3-0.9 pts
92Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.4+0.1 pts
92Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab-2.4-0.3 pts
92Ortenaukreis-2.4+0.2 pts
92Weilheim-Schongau-2.40 pts
96Dillingen a.d. Donau-2.5-0.3 pts
96Gießen, Landkreis-2.5+0.3 pts
96Karlsruhe, Landkreis-2.5+0.8 pts
96Mühldorf a. Inn-2.5-0.3 pts
96Rosenheim, Landkreis-2.5+0.4 pts
101Freudenstadt-2.6+0.5 pts
101Gütersloh-2.6-0.3 pts
101Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.6+0.9 pts
101Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.6-0.2 pts
105Ansbach, Landkreis-2.7-0.3 pts
105Donau-Ries-2.7-1.2 pts
105Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.7+0.5 pts
105Germersheim-2.7-0.4 pts
105Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.7+0.1 pts
105München, Landkreis-2.7-0.9 pts
105Ostalbkreis-2.7-0.8 pts
105Warendorf-2.7+0.7 pts
113Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8-0.3 pts
113Enzkreis-2.8+0.1 pts
113Gifhorn-2.8+0.1 pts
116Bamberg, Landkreis-2.9-0.1 pts
116Kitzingen-2.9-0.7 pts
116Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.9+0.5 pts
116Rhein-Neckar-Kreis-2.9+0.5 pts
116Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis-2.9+0.4 pts
121Darmstadt-Dieburg-3-0.1 pts
121Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt-3-0.5 pts
121Lörrach-3+0.5 pts
121Main-Kinzig-Kreis-3+0.5 pts
125Coesfeld-3.10 pts
125Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.10 pts
125Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1+0.3 pts
125Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1-1.1 pts
125Konstanz-3.10 pts
125Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1-0.2 pts
125Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.10 pts
132Alzey-Worms-3.2-1.1 pts
132Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.2-0.1 pts
132Rastatt-3.2+0.7 pts
132Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.2+0.9 pts
136Amberg-Sulzbach-3.3+0.2 pts
136Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.3-0.1 pts
136Mainz-Bingen-3.3+0.2 pts
136Rhein-Sieg-Kreis-3.30 pts
136Städteregion Aachen-3.3+0.1 pts
141Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4+0.1 pts
141Göppingen-3.4-0.9 pts
141Heidenheim-3.4+0.4 pts
141Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4-0.7 pts
141Roth-3.4+0.1 pts
141Schwandorf-3.4+1 pts
141Stade-3.4+0.9 pts
148Altötting-3.5+0.6 pts
148Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm-3.5+0.3 pts
148Harburg-3.5-0.1 pts
148Marburg-Biedenkopf-3.5+0.3 pts
148Osnabrück, Landkreis-3.5-0.2 pts
148Traunstein-3.5-0.8 pts
154Forchheim-3.6-0.4 pts
154Region Hannover-3.6+0.2 pts
154Starnberg-3.6+0.4 pts
154Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen-3.6+0.1 pts
158Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.7+0.6 pts
158Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.7+0.5 pts
158Verden-3.7-0.1 pts
161Deggendorf-3.8-0.6 pts
161Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.8-0.5 pts
161Miltenberg-3.8+0.9 pts
164Aschaffenburg, Landkreis-3.9-0.9 pts
164Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.9-0.5 pts
164Düren-3.9+0.2 pts
164Fulda-3.9-1.5 pts
164Haßberge-3.9-0.5 pts
164Rhein-Erft-Kreis-3.9-0.4 pts
170Berchtesgadener Land-4+0.4 pts
170Cham-4+0.6 pts
170Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt-4-0.6 pts
170Kleve-4+0.6 pts
170Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim-40 pts
170Olpe-4+0.6 pts
170Rhein-Kreis Neuss-4+0.6 pts
170Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis-4+0.6 pts
170Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt-4+1 pts
170Schweinfurt, Landkreis-40 pts
170Waldshut-4+0.5 pts
181Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.10 pts
181Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.1+0.4 pts
181Freyung-Grafenau-4.1+1.5 pts
181Fürth, Landkreis-4.1+0.3 pts
181Lindau (Bodensee)-4.1-0.5 pts
181Lüneburg, Landkreis-4.1-0.5 pts
181Oberbergischer Kreis-4.1+0.7 pts
181Rhön-Grabfeld-4.1+0.3 pts
181Zollernalbkreis-4.1-0.6 pts
190Bergstraße-4.2+0.1 pts
190Main-Tauber-Kreis-4.2+0.1 pts
190Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.2-0.4 pts
190Passau, Landkreis-4.2-0.1 pts
190Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.2+0.2 pts
190Rottal-Inn-4.2+0.2 pts
190Siegen-Wittgenstein-4.20 pts
190Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.2+0.1 pts
198Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.3+1.5 pts
198Euskirchen-4.3-0.4 pts
198Heinsberg-4.3-0.3 pts
198Lippe-4.3+0.3 pts
198Rotenburg (Wümme)-4.3+0.1 pts
198Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.3+0.2 pts
198Wetteraukreis-4.3-0.5 pts
205Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.4-0.1 pts
205Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.4+0.4 pts
205Pinneberg-4.4+0.1 pts
205Trier-Saarburg-4.4-0.8 pts
209Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.5+0.7 pts
209Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.5-0.3 pts
209Herford-4.5+0.9 pts
209Hochtaunuskreis-4.50 pts
209Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.5-0.2 pts
209Minden-Lübbecke-4.5-0.3 pts
209Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis-4.5-1 pts
209Peine-4.5+0.3 pts
209Westerwaldkreis-4.5+0.3 pts
218Diepholz-4.6-0.4 pts
218Mayen-Koblenz-4.6+0.2 pts
218Nürnberger Land-4.6+0.3 pts
218Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.6-0.3 pts
222Hochsauerlandkreis-4.7+0.2 pts
222Leer-4.7-0.3 pts
222Limburg-Weilburg-4.7+0.3 pts
222Neuwied-4.7-1.1 pts
222Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis-4.7+0.7 pts
222Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.7-1.1 pts
228Ahrweiler-4.80 pts
228Ammerland-4.8-0.7 pts
228Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.8-0.2 pts
228Segeberg-4.8-0.3 pts
232Bernkastel-Wittlich-4.9+0.9 pts
232Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.9-0.2 pts
232Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt-4.9-1.3 pts
232Höxter-4.9+0.8 pts
232Soest-4.90 pts
237Herzogtum Lauenburg-50 pts
237Main-Spessart-5+0.4 pts
237Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt-5+0.4 pts
240Oldenburg, Landkreis-5.1-0.8 pts
240Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt-5.1+2.4 pts
240Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt-5.1-0.4 pts
243Altenkirchen (Westerwald)-5.2-0.2 pts
243Lahn-Dill-Kreis-5.2-0.7 pts
243Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt-5.2+0.2 pts
243Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis-5.2+0.2 pts
243Südliche Weinstraße-5.2-0.3 pts
248Bayreuth, Landkreis-5.30 pts
248Garmisch-Partenkirchen-5.3-1.7 pts
248Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis-5.3-0.2 pts

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Live births minus deaths during the year per 1,000 average residents (Eurostat crude rate of natural change).

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. Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which area has the highest natural change rate?

Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 2.2 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural change rate?

Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt, with -14.6 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024.

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