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NUTS 3 areas of Germany by natural change rate

München, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest natural change rate of 400 areas in 2014, at 4.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at -8.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was -2.8 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was -1.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4.2München, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest-8.5Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt
Median-2.8400 areas
Germany-1.9History

Top 40 areas, 2014

München, Kreisfreie Stadt: 4.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt4.2Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 3.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…3.8Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt2.9Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis: 2.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis2.6Vechta: 2.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsVechta2.6Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsOffenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…2.5Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsDresden, Kreisfreie Stadt2.4Freising: 2.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreising2.2Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsJena, Kreisfreie Stadt2.2Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsBonn, Kreisfreie Stadt2.1Erding: 2.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsErding2.1Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt2.1Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2 per 1,000 inhabitantsPotsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt2Ebersberg: 1.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsEbersberg1.9Heidelberg, Stadtkreis: 1.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsHeidelberg, Stadtkreis1.8Stuttgart, Stadtkreis: 1.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsStuttgart, Stadtkreis1.8Cloppenburg: 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsCloppenburg1.6Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6Tübingen, Landkreis: 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsTübingen, Landkreis1.6Berlin: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsBerlin1.5Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt1.5Eichstätt: 1.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsEichstätt1.4Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.3Hamburg: 1.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsHamburg1.3Ulm, Stadtkreis: 1.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsUlm, Stadtkreis1.3Böblingen: 1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsBöblingen1.2Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt1.1Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt1Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsErlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt0.9Paderborn: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsPaderborn0.9Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsPfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm0.9Aichach-Friedberg: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsAichach-Friedberg0.8Ludwigsburg: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsLudwigsburg0.8Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsLudwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie…0.8München, Landkreis: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünchen, Landkreis0.8Dachau: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsDachau0.7Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsLeipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7Groß-Gerau: 0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsGroß-Gerau0.6Biberach: 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsBiberach0.5
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

RankAreas2014
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2013
1München, Kreisfreie Stadt4.2+0.4 pts
2Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt3.8+0.7 pts
3Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt2.9+2 pts
4Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis2.6+0.2 pts
4Vechta2.6+0.9 pts
6Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt2.50 pts
7Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt2.4+0.9 pts
8Freising2.2-0.3 pts
8Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt2.2+1.2 pts
10Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt2.1+1.4 pts
10Erding2.1+0.7 pts
10Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt2.1+2.2 pts
13Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt2+0.4 pts
14Ebersberg1.9+0.4 pts
15Heidelberg, Stadtkreis1.8+0.8 pts
15Stuttgart, Stadtkreis1.8+0.7 pts
17Cloppenburg1.6+1 pts
17Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6+0.9 pts
17Tübingen, Landkreis1.6-0.1 pts
20Berlin1.5+0.8 pts
20Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt1.5+1 pts
22Eichstätt1.4+0.2 pts
23Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.3+1.2 pts
23Hamburg1.3+0.8 pts
23Ulm, Stadtkreis1.3+0.4 pts
26Böblingen1.2+0.8 pts
27Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt1.1-0.1 pts
28Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt1+0.7 pts
29Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt0.90 pts
29Paderborn0.9+0.5 pts
29Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm0.9+0.3 pts
32Aichach-Friedberg0.8+1.3 pts
32Ludwigsburg0.8-0.1 pts
32Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt0.8+1.2 pts
32München, Landkreis0.8+0.6 pts
36Dachau0.7+0.2 pts
36Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7+0.8 pts
36Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7+0.8 pts
39Groß-Gerau0.6+1.4 pts
40Biberach0.5+0.8 pts
40Esslingen0.5+0.8 pts
40Fürstenfeldbruck0.5+0.1 pts
43Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3+1.4 pts
43Ravensburg0.3+1.1 pts
45Regensburg, Landkreis0.2+0.8 pts
45Tuttlingen0.2+1.4 pts
47Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis0.10 pts
47Landsberg am Lech0.1+0.4 pts
47Mannheim, Stadtkreis0.1+0.9 pts
47Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt0.1+1.1 pts
47Reutlingen0.1+0.7 pts
52Pforzheim, Stadtkreis0+1.7 pts
53Erlangen-Höchstadt-0.1+0.5 pts
53Landshut, Landkreis-0.1+0.2 pts
53Neu-Ulm-0.1+0.4 pts
53Offenbach, Landkreis-0.1+0.9 pts
53Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.1+0.7 pts
53Schwäbisch Hall-0.1+1.4 pts
59Alb-Donau-Kreis-0.2-0.2 pts
59Borken-0.2+0.5 pts
59Germersheim-0.2+1.4 pts
59Gütersloh-0.2+0.9 pts
63Heilbronn, Landkreis-0.3+0.4 pts
63Hohenlohekreis-0.3+2.2 pts
63Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.3+0.6 pts
66Darmstadt-Dieburg-0.4+1.2 pts
66Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.4+0.1 pts
66Gifhorn-0.4+1.3 pts
66Main-Taunus-Kreis-0.4+0.2 pts
66Mainz-Bingen-0.4+1.3 pts
66Neuburg-Schrobenhausen-0.4-0.5 pts
66Würzburg, Landkreis-0.4+0.3 pts
73Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald-0.5+0.2 pts
73Gießen, Landkreis-0.5+1.1 pts
75Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.6+0.9 pts
75Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.6+1.1 pts
75Emsland-0.6+1.1 pts
75Günzburg-0.6+1.4 pts
75Kelheim-0.6-0.1 pts
75Steinfurt-0.6+0.9 pts
81Heilbronn, Stadtkreis-0.70 pts
81Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.7+1.3 pts
81Starnberg-0.7+1.5 pts
81Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.7+1.1 pts
85Augsburg, Landkreis-0.8+0.3 pts
85Neumarkt i. d. OPf.-0.8+0.8 pts
85Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.8+0.5 pts
85Rems-Murr-Kreis-0.8+0.8 pts
89Calw-0.9+1 pts
89Ostallgäu-0.9+1.2 pts
89Weilheim-Schongau-0.9+0.9 pts
92Bodenseekreis-10 pts
92Emmendingen-1+0.1 pts
92Grafschaft Bentheim-1+0.6 pts
92Lörrach-1+0.8 pts
92Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt-1+0.5 pts
92Rhein-Neckar-Kreis-1+0.6 pts
92Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1+1.8 pts
99Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen-1.10 pts
99Donau-Ries-1.10 pts
99Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1+0.9 pts
99Lüneburg, Landkreis-1.1+0.7 pts
99Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1+1.3 pts
99Osnabrück, Landkreis-1.1+1.4 pts
99Verden-1.1+1.5 pts
106Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.2+2.3 pts
106Dingolfing-Landau-1.2+0.3 pts
106Eichsfeld-1.2+0.5 pts
106Ortenaukreis-1.2+0.7 pts
106Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.2+0.8 pts
111Bamberg, Landkreis-1.3+0.5 pts
111Fulda-1.3+0.7 pts
111Karlsruhe, Landkreis-1.3+0.2 pts
111Oberallgäu-1.3+1 pts
111Ostalbkreis-1.3+0.4 pts
111Region Hannover-1.3+0.7 pts
111Rhein-Sieg-Kreis-1.3+0.3 pts
111Rosenheim, Landkreis-1.3+0.5 pts
111Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3+0.7 pts
120Alzey-Worms-1.4+0.8 pts
120Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.4+1.4 pts
120Coesfeld-1.4+1 pts
120Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.4-0.4 pts
124Dillingen a.d. Donau-1.5+0.7 pts
124Rhein-Erft-Kreis-1.5+0.8 pts
124Roth-1.5+0.9 pts
124Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.5+1.4 pts
124Städteregion Aachen-1.5+0.9 pts
124Straubing-Bogen-1.5-0.5 pts
124Warendorf-1.5+1 pts
131Forchheim-1.60 pts
131Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.6+0.5 pts
131Miltenberg-1.6+0.7 pts
131Schweinfurt, Landkreis-1.6+1.1 pts
131Sigmaringen-1.6+0.1 pts
136Ammerland-1.7+1.5 pts
136Enzkreis-1.7+0.1 pts
136Harburg-1.7+0.1 pts
136Marburg-Biedenkopf-1.7+0.7 pts
136Rhein-Kreis Neuss-1.7+0.9 pts
136Stade-1.7+0.7 pts
136Traunstein-1.7+0.8 pts
136Unterallgäu-1.7-0.5 pts
144Altötting-1.8+1.9 pts
144Aschaffenburg, Landkreis-1.8+0.9 pts
144Freudenstadt-1.8+1.1 pts
144Main-Kinzig-Kreis-1.8+0.4 pts
144Olpe-1.8+1.1 pts
144Pinneberg-1.8+1.1 pts
144Segeberg-1.8+0.5 pts
151Konstanz-1.9+0.3 pts
151Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.9+2.2 pts
151Miesbach-1.9+0.6 pts
151Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis-1.9+0.5 pts
151Trier-Saarburg-1.9+0.7 pts
156Ansbach, Landkreis-2+0.2 pts
156Cham-2+2.3 pts
156Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt-2+1.5 pts
156Fürth, Landkreis-2+0.3 pts
156Göppingen-2+1 pts
156Kitzingen-2+0.6 pts
156Mühldorf a. Inn-2+1.1 pts
163Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1+0.3 pts
163Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1+0.2 pts
163Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1+0.9 pts
163Rottweil-2.1-0.5 pts
163Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis-2.10 pts
163Wetteraukreis-2.1+1 pts
169Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.2+0.9 pts
169Haßberge-2.2+0.8 pts
169Hochtaunuskreis-2.2-0.6 pts
169Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.2+0.1 pts
169Rastatt-2.2+0.2 pts
174Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.4+0.2 pts
174Saale-Holzland-Kreis-2.4+1.2 pts
174Stormarn-2.4+0.4 pts
177Bernkastel-Wittlich-2.5+1.7 pts
177Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.5+0.1 pts
177Heidenheim-2.5+1.1 pts
177Rotenburg (Wümme)-2.5+1 pts
177Teltow-Fläming-2.5+1.5 pts
177Waldshut-2.5+0.3 pts
183Berchtesgadener Land-2.6+1.6 pts
183Bergstraße-2.6+1.3 pts
183Heinsberg-2.6+0.4 pts
183Kleve-2.6+0.2 pts
183Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.6+0.2 pts
183Lindau (Bodensee)-2.6+0.4 pts
183Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim-2.6-0.2 pts
183Oberbergischer Kreis-2.6+1.2 pts
183Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.6+1.1 pts
192Herford-2.7+1 pts
192Kaiserslautern, Landkreis-2.7+0.8 pts
192Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.7+0.6 pts
195Deggendorf-2.8+0.2 pts
195Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8+2.1 pts
195Herzogtum Lauenburg-2.8+0.7 pts
195Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8+1 pts
195Soest-2.8+1.5 pts
195Südliche Weinstraße-2.8+0.3 pts
195Westerwaldkreis-2.8+1 pts
195Zollernalbkreis-2.8-0.2 pts
203Düren-2.9+1.2 pts
203Havelland-2.9+1.2 pts
203Lahn-Dill-Kreis-2.9+0.9 pts
203Leer-2.9+0.4 pts
203Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.9+1.5 pts
203Oldenburg, Landkreis-2.9+0.1 pts
203Siegen-Wittgenstein-2.9+0.9 pts
210Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt-3+1.8 pts
210Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt-3+1.2 pts
210Lippe-3+0.6 pts
210Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-30 pts
210Main-Spessart-3+0.8 pts
210Mayen-Koblenz-3+0.7 pts
210Minden-Lübbecke-3+0.7 pts
210Potsdam-Mittelmark-3+0.2 pts
210Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis-3+1 pts
219Bad Kreuznach-3.1+1 pts
219Diepholz-3.1+1 pts
219Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1+1.3 pts
219Mettmann-3.1+1.4 pts
219Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis-3.1+0.7 pts
219Oberhavel-3.1+0.4 pts
219Passau, Landkreis-3.1+0.1 pts
219Peine-3.1+1.8 pts
219Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis-3.1+0.2 pts
219Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1+1.3 pts
219Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1+1.2 pts
230Bayreuth, Landkreis-3.2+1.1 pts
230Freyung-Grafenau-3.2+0.4 pts
230Landkreis Rostock-3.2+1 pts
230Rottal-Inn-3.2+0.7 pts
230Viersen-3.2+1.1 pts
235Celle-3.3+1.2 pts
235Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.3+1 pts
235Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.3+1.4 pts
235Göttingen-3.3+1.3 pts
235Rendsburg-Eckernförde-3.3+0.7 pts
240Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm-3.4+0.1 pts
240Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4+1.5 pts
240Main-Tauber-Kreis-3.40 pts
240Nürnberger Land-3.4+0.3 pts
240Osterholz-3.4+0.7 pts
240Schwandorf-3.4+0.4 pts
240Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4-0.1 pts
240Weimarer Land-3.4-0.2 pts
248Garmisch-Partenkirchen-3.5+0.6 pts
248Hochsauerlandkreis-3.5+0.7 pts
248Limburg-Weilburg-3.5-0.5 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?

München, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 4.2 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural change rate?

Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt, with -8.5 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2014.

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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.

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