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NUTS 3 areas of Germany by natural change rate

München, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest natural change rate of 392 areas in 2013, at 3.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at -10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was -3.5 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was -2.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest3.8München, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest-10.5Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt
Median-3.5392 areas
Germany-2.6History

Top 40 areas, 2013

München, Kreisfreie Stadt: 3.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt3.8Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 3.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…3.1Freising: 2.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreising2.5Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsOffenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…2.5Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis: 2.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis2.4Tübingen, Landkreis: 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsTübingen, Landkreis1.7Vechta: 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsVechta1.7Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsPotsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsDresden, Kreisfreie Stadt1.5Ebersberg: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsEbersberg1.5Erding: 1.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsErding1.4Eichstätt: 1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsEichstätt1.2Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt1.2Stuttgart, Stadtkreis: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsStuttgart, Stadtkreis1.1Heidelberg, Stadtkreis: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsHeidelberg, Stadtkreis1Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsJena, Kreisfreie Stadt1Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsErlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt0.9Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.9Ludwigsburg: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsLudwigsburg0.9Ulm, Stadtkreis: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsUlm, Stadtkreis0.9Berlin: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsBerlin0.7Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsBonn, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7Cloppenburg: 0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsCloppenburg0.6Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm: 0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsPfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm0.6Dachau: 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsDachau0.5Hamburg: 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsHamburg0.5Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt0.5Böblingen: 0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsBöblingen0.4Fürstenfeldbruck: 0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsFürstenfeldbruck0.4Paderborn: 0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsPaderborn0.4Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3München, Landkreis: 0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünchen, Landkreis0.2Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.1Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis: 0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsKarlsruhe, Stadtkreis0.1Neuburg-Schrobenhausen: 0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsNeuburg-Schrobenhausen0.1Alb-Donau-Kreis: 0 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlb-Donau-Kreis0Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.1Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsLeipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.1Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.1
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

RankAreas2013
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2012
1München, Kreisfreie Stadt3.8+0.4 pts
2Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt3.1+0.3 pts
3Freising2.5+0.8 pts
3Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt2.5+0.7 pts
5Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis2.4+0.1 pts
6Tübingen, Landkreis1.7+0.9 pts
6Vechta1.7-0.4 pts
8Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6-0.3 pts
9Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt1.5-0.4 pts
9Ebersberg1.5+0.9 pts
11Erding1.4+0.4 pts
12Eichstätt1.2+0.1 pts
12Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt1.2+0.5 pts
14Stuttgart, Stadtkreis1.1+0.2 pts
15Heidelberg, Stadtkreis1-0.4 pts
15Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt1+0.4 pts
17Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt0.9+1 pts
17Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.9+0.5 pts
17Ludwigsburg0.9+0.5 pts
17Ulm, Stadtkreis0.9+0.5 pts
21Berlin0.70 pts
21Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7-0.3 pts
21Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7-0.1 pts
24Cloppenburg0.6-0.1 pts
24Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm0.6+1.1 pts
26Dachau0.5+0.3 pts
26Hamburg0.5+0.1 pts
26Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt0.5+0.1 pts
29Böblingen0.4-0.1 pts
29Fürstenfeldbruck0.4+0.6 pts
29Paderborn0.4+0.1 pts
32Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3+0.2 pts
33München, Landkreis0.2-0.5 pts
34Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.1-0.3 pts
34Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis0.1+1.3 pts
34Neuburg-Schrobenhausen0.1-0.1 pts
37Alb-Donau-Kreis0+1.1 pts
38Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.1+0.2 pts
38Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.1+0.1 pts
38Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.1-0.8 pts
41Biberach-0.3-0.3 pts
41Esslingen-0.3+0.3 pts
41Landsberg am Lech-0.3+0.3 pts
41Landshut, Landkreis-0.3-0.1 pts
45Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.4+0.2 pts
46Aichach-Friedberg-0.5-0.7 pts
46Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.5+0.5 pts
46Kelheim-0.5+0.1 pts
46Neu-Ulm-0.5+0.2 pts
50Erlangen-Höchstadt-0.6+0.4 pts
50Main-Taunus-Kreis-0.6-0.5 pts
50Regensburg, Landkreis-0.6+0.5 pts
50Reutlingen-0.6+0.7 pts
54Borken-0.7-0.2 pts
54Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald-0.7+0.5 pts
54Heilbronn, Landkreis-0.7+0.6 pts
54Heilbronn, Stadtkreis-0.7-0.5 pts
54Würzburg, Landkreis-0.7+0.5 pts
59Groß-Gerau-0.8-0.3 pts
59Mannheim, Stadtkreis-0.8+0.5 pts
59Ravensburg-0.8-0.2 pts
59Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.8-1.4 pts
63Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.9-0.2 pts
64Bodenseekreis-1+0.2 pts
64Offenbach, Landkreis-1-0.7 pts
64Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt-1+0.2 pts
64Straubing-Bogen-1+0.9 pts
64Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt-1-0.2 pts
69Augsburg, Landkreis-1.10 pts
69Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen-1.1+0.5 pts
69Donau-Ries-1.1+0.6 pts
69Emmendingen-1.1+0.5 pts
69Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1-0.6 pts
69Gütersloh-1.1+0.4 pts
75Tuttlingen-1.2-0.5 pts
75Unterallgäu-1.2+1.3 pts
77Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3+0.1 pts
78Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.5+0.3 pts
78Dingolfing-Landau-1.5+1 pts
78Karlsruhe, Landkreis-1.5-0.2 pts
78Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.5-0.1 pts
78Schwäbisch Hall-1.5-0.3 pts
78Steinfurt-1.5-0.2 pts
84Darmstadt-Dieburg-1.6-0.5 pts
84Forchheim-1.6+0.1 pts
84Germersheim-1.6-0.3 pts
84Gießen, Landkreis-1.60 pts
84Grafschaft Bentheim-1.6+0.1 pts
84Hochtaunuskreis-1.6+0.5 pts
84Neumarkt i. d. OPf.-1.6+0.2 pts
84Rems-Murr-Kreis-1.6-0.3 pts
84Rhein-Neckar-Kreis-1.6-0.5 pts
84Rhein-Sieg-Kreis-1.6-0.3 pts
84Rottweil-1.6+0.4 pts
95Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.7-0.8 pts
95Eichsfeld-1.70 pts
95Emsland-1.7-1.1 pts
95Gifhorn-1.7-1 pts
95Mainz-Bingen-1.7-0.7 pts
95Ostalbkreis-1.7+0.5 pts
95Pforzheim, Stadtkreis-1.7+0.5 pts
95Sigmaringen-1.7-0.1 pts
103Bamberg, Landkreis-1.8+0.3 pts
103Enzkreis-1.8-0.5 pts
103Harburg-1.8+0.5 pts
103Lörrach-1.8-0.8 pts
103Lüneburg, Landkreis-1.8+0.1 pts
103Rosenheim, Landkreis-1.8-0.6 pts
103Weilheim-Schongau-1.8-0.8 pts
103Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.8-1.8 pts
111Calw-1.90 pts
111Ortenaukreis-1.9-0.3 pts
113Fulda-2+0.3 pts
113Günzburg-2-0.2 pts
113Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt-2-0.4 pts
113Region Hannover-2+0.1 pts
113Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt-2n/a
113Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt-2-0.1 pts
113Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2+0.9 pts
120Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.10 pts
120Ostallgäu-2.1-0.2 pts
120Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis-2.1+0.8 pts
123Alzey-Worms-2.2-0.3 pts
123Ansbach, Landkreis-2.2+0.4 pts
123Dillingen a.d. Donau-2.20 pts
123Konstanz-2.2-0.5 pts
123Main-Kinzig-Kreis-2.2+0.4 pts
123Starnberg-2.2-0.9 pts
129Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt-2.3+0.6 pts
129Fürth, Landkreis-2.3-0.6 pts
129Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.3-1.1 pts
129Miltenberg-2.3-0.3 pts
129Oberallgäu-2.3-0.6 pts
129Rhein-Erft-Kreis-2.3+0.1 pts
129Segeberg-2.3-0.6 pts
136Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.4-0.4 pts
136Coesfeld-2.4-0.7 pts
136Marburg-Biedenkopf-2.4-0.4 pts
136Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.4-1.1 pts
136Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim-2.4+1.1 pts
136Rastatt-2.4+0.3 pts
136Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis-2.4+0.7 pts
136Roth-2.4+0.1 pts
136Stade-2.4+0.4 pts
136Städteregion Aachen-2.4-0.3 pts
146Hohenlohekreis-2.5-1.1 pts
146Miesbach-2.5+0.6 pts
146Osnabrück, Landkreis-2.5-0.8 pts
146Traunstein-2.5+0.6 pts
146Warendorf-2.5-0.5 pts
151Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.6+0.3 pts
151Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.6+0.4 pts
151Kitzingen-2.6+0.3 pts
151Rhein-Kreis Neuss-2.6-0.5 pts
151Trier-Saarburg-2.6-0.4 pts
151Verden-2.6-0.3 pts
151Zollernalbkreis-2.6-0.1 pts
158Aschaffenburg, Landkreis-2.7-0.1 pts
158Schweinfurt, Landkreis-2.7-0.2 pts
160Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8-0.2 pts
160Kleve-2.8-0.4 pts
160Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.80 pts
160Stormarn-2.8+0.5 pts
160Waldshut-2.8-1.2 pts
160Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8-0.3 pts
166Freudenstadt-2.9-0.4 pts
166Olpe-2.9-0.8 pts
166Pinneberg-2.90 pts
166Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.9-0.7 pts
170Deggendorf-3-0.4 pts
170Göppingen-3-1 pts
170Haßberge-3-0.1 pts
170Heinsberg-3+0.5 pts
170Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt-3+0.5 pts
170Limburg-Weilburg-3+0.6 pts
170Lindau (Bodensee)-3+0.7 pts
170Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3-0.7 pts
170Oldenburg, Landkreis-3-0.5 pts
179Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1-0.7 pts
179Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1+0.6 pts
179Mühldorf a. Inn-3.1+0.2 pts
179Südliche Weinstraße-3.1+0.3 pts
179Wetteraukreis-3.1-0.5 pts
184Ammerland-3.2-0.8 pts
184Passau, Landkreis-3.2-0.2 pts
184Potsdam-Mittelmark-3.2+0.1 pts
184Weimarer Land-3.2-0.2 pts
188Leer-3.3-0.1 pts
188Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.3+1.5 pts
188Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis-3.3-0.2 pts
188Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.3-0.4 pts
192Main-Tauber-Kreis-3.4+0.8 pts
193Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.5-1.3 pts
193Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.5-0.3 pts
193Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm-3.5-0.1 pts
193Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.5-2 pts
193Herzogtum Lauenburg-3.5-0.5 pts
193Kaiserslautern, Landkreis-3.5-0.2 pts
193Oberhavel-3.5-0.2 pts
193Rotenburg (Wümme)-3.5-1.1 pts
193Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen-3.5+0.8 pts
202Freyung-Grafenau-3.6+0.5 pts
202Heidenheim-3.6-0.4 pts
202Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.6+0.4 pts
202Lippe-3.6-0.9 pts
202Saale-Holzland-Kreis-3.6-0.8 pts
202Schleswig-Flensburg-3.6-0.1 pts
208Altötting-3.7-0.8 pts
208Herford-3.7+0.4 pts
208Mayen-Koblenz-3.7-0.5 pts
208Minden-Lübbecke-3.70 pts
208Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab-3.7-0.2 pts
208Nürnberger Land-3.7-0.3 pts
208Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.70 pts
215Amberg-Sulzbach-3.8-0.2 pts
215Dahme-Spreewald-3.80 pts
215Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.8-0.7 pts
215Lahn-Dill-Kreis-3.8-0.4 pts
215Main-Spessart-3.8-0.2 pts
215Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis-3.80 pts
215Oberbergischer Kreis-3.8-1.2 pts
215Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.8+0.9 pts
215Schwandorf-3.8-0.3 pts
215Siegen-Wittgenstein-3.8+0.1 pts
215Westerwaldkreis-3.8-0.4 pts
215Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.8+0.8 pts
227Bergstraße-3.9-0.8 pts
227Rottal-Inn-3.9-0.3 pts
229Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt-4+0.5 pts
229Nordwestmecklenburg-4n/a
229Rendsburg-Eckernförde-4-0.6 pts
229Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis-4-1 pts
229Teltow-Fläming-4-0.8 pts
234Bad Kreuznach-4.1+0.1 pts
234Barnim-4.1-0.8 pts
234Diepholz-4.1-0.4 pts
234Düren-4.1-1.1 pts
234Garmisch-Partenkirchen-4.1+0.3 pts
234Havelland-4.1-0.9 pts
234Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.1-2 pts
234Märkischer Kreis-4.1-1 pts
234Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.1-0.2 pts
234Nienburg (Weser)-4.1+1.1 pts
234Osterholz-4.1+0.6 pts
234Rhön-Grabfeld-4.1-1.2 pts
234Sömmerda-4.1+0.8 pts
234Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt-4.1+0.6 pts
248Altenkirchen (Westerwald)-4.2+0.6 pts
248Berchtesgadener Land-4.2-0.6 pts
248Bernkastel-Wittlich-4.2-0.3 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. 8 areas with data in other periods have no value for 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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?

München, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 3.8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2013, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural change rate?

Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt, with -10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2013.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 8 areas have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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