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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 2015, at 4.1 per 1,000 inhabitants. Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge had the lowest, at -9.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was -3.1 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was -2.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4.1München, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest-9.2Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge
Median-3.1400 areas
Germany-2.3History

Top 40 areas, 2015

München, Kreisfreie Stadt: 4.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt4.1Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 3.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…3.2Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsOffenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…2.8Freising: 2.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreising2.3Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis: 2.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis2.1Tübingen, Landkreis: 1.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsTübingen, Landkreis1.8Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.7Vechta: 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsVechta1.7Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6Cloppenburg: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsCloppenburg1.5Erding: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsErding1.5Heidelberg, Stadtkreis: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsHeidelberg, Stadtkreis1.5Stuttgart, Stadtkreis: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsStuttgart, Stadtkreis1.5Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsBonn, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsDresden, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4Hamburg: 1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsHamburg1.2Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt1.2Berlin: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsBerlin1.1Eichstätt: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsEichstätt1.1Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsRosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt1.1Dachau: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsDachau1Paderborn: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsPaderborn1Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsPotsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt1Ludwigsburg: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsLudwigsburg0.9Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt0.9Böblingen: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsBöblingen0.8Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsLeipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt0.8Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt0.8Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsFürth, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsJena, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsPfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm0.7Groß-Gerau: 0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsGroß-Gerau0.6München, Landkreis: 0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünchen, Landkreis0.6Ebersberg: 0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsEbersberg0.4Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3Ulm, Stadtkreis: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsUlm, Stadtkreis0.3Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsErlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt0.2Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsKiel, Kreisfreie Stadt0.2Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.1
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

RankAreas2015
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2014
1München, Kreisfreie Stadt4.1-0.1 pts
2Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt3.2-0.6 pts
3Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt2.8+0.3 pts
4Freising2.3+0.1 pts
5Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis2.1-0.5 pts
6Tübingen, Landkreis1.8+0.2 pts
7Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.7-1.2 pts
7Vechta1.7-0.9 pts
9Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt1.60 pts
9Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6+0.5 pts
11Cloppenburg1.5-0.1 pts
11Erding1.5-0.6 pts
11Heidelberg, Stadtkreis1.5-0.3 pts
11Stuttgart, Stadtkreis1.5-0.3 pts
15Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4-0.7 pts
15Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4-1 pts
17Hamburg1.2-0.1 pts
17Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt1.2-0.3 pts
19Berlin1.1-0.4 pts
19Eichstätt1.1-0.3 pts
19Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt1.1+1.2 pts
22Dachau1+0.3 pts
22Paderborn1+0.1 pts
22Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt1-1 pts
25Ludwigsburg0.9+0.1 pts
25Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt0.9-1.2 pts
27Böblingen0.8-0.4 pts
27Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt0.8+0.1 pts
27Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt0.8-0.2 pts
30Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7+0.4 pts
30Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7-1.5 pts
30Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm0.7-0.2 pts
33Groß-Gerau0.60 pts
33München, Landkreis0.6-0.2 pts
35Ebersberg0.4-1.5 pts
36Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3-0.4 pts
36Ulm, Stadtkreis0.3-1 pts
38Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt0.2-0.7 pts
38Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt0.2+0.5 pts
40Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.1-1.2 pts
41Aichach-Friedberg0-0.8 pts
41Alb-Donau-Kreis0+0.2 pts
41Biberach0-0.5 pts
41Esslingen0-0.5 pts
41Landshut, Landkreis0+0.1 pts
41Schwäbisch Hall0+0.1 pts
47Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis-0.1-0.2 pts
48Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.2-1 pts
48Pforzheim, Stadtkreis-0.2-0.2 pts
48Würzburg, Landkreis-0.2+0.2 pts
51Fürstenfeldbruck-0.3-0.8 pts
51Regensburg, Landkreis-0.3-0.5 pts
53Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald-0.4+0.1 pts
53Neu-Ulm-0.4-0.3 pts
55Borken-0.5-0.3 pts
55Gütersloh-0.5-0.3 pts
55Heilbronn, Stadtkreis-0.5+0.2 pts
58Landsberg am Lech-0.6-0.7 pts
58Offenbach, Landkreis-0.6-0.5 pts
58Ravensburg-0.6-0.9 pts
61Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.7-0.1 pts
61Heilbronn, Landkreis-0.7-0.4 pts
61Main-Taunus-Kreis-0.7-0.3 pts
61Mannheim, Stadtkreis-0.7-0.8 pts
61Neuburg-Schrobenhausen-0.7-0.3 pts
61Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.7+0.3 pts
67Emmendingen-0.8+0.2 pts
68Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.9-0.3 pts
68Germersheim-0.9-0.7 pts
68Gifhorn-0.9-0.5 pts
68Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt-0.9-1 pts
68Ostallgäu-0.90 pts
68Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.9+0.5 pts
68Tuttlingen-0.9-1.1 pts
75Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt-1-0.6 pts
75Günzburg-1-0.4 pts
75Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt-1+1.1 pts
75Mainz-Bingen-1-0.6 pts
75Rems-Murr-Kreis-1-0.2 pts
80Bodenseekreis-1.1-0.1 pts
80Konstanz-1.1+0.8 pts
80Reutlingen-1.1-1.2 pts
80Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1-0.4 pts
80Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1+0.1 pts
85Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen-1.2-0.1 pts
85Donau-Ries-1.2-0.1 pts
85Emsland-1.2-0.6 pts
85Erlangen-Höchstadt-1.2-1.1 pts
85Neumarkt i. d. OPf.-1.2-0.4 pts
85Ostalbkreis-1.2+0.1 pts
85Starnberg-1.2-0.5 pts
85Warendorf-1.2+0.3 pts
93Augsburg, Landkreis-1.3-0.5 pts
93Darmstadt-Dieburg-1.3-0.9 pts
93Dillingen a.d. Donau-1.3+0.2 pts
93Forchheim-1.3+0.3 pts
93Gießen, Landkreis-1.3-0.8 pts
93Hohenlohekreis-1.3-1 pts
93Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3-0.2 pts
93Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3-0.5 pts
93Rhein-Neckar-Kreis-1.3-0.3 pts
93Rhein-Sieg-Kreis-1.30 pts
93Sigmaringen-1.3+0.3 pts
104Grafschaft Bentheim-1.4-0.4 pts
104Kelheim-1.4-0.8 pts
104Rosenheim, Landkreis-1.4-0.1 pts
104Steinfurt-1.4-0.8 pts
104Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.4-0.1 pts
109Coesfeld-1.5-0.1 pts
109Eichsfeld-1.5-0.3 pts
109Rottweil-1.5+0.6 pts
109Straubing-Bogen-1.50 pts
109Weilheim-Schongau-1.5-0.6 pts
114Alzey-Worms-1.6-0.2 pts
114Lörrach-1.6-0.6 pts
116Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.7+0.4 pts
116Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.7-0.3 pts
116Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.7-0.5 pts
116Harburg-1.70 pts
116Hochtaunuskreis-1.7+0.5 pts
116Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.7-0.6 pts
116Oberallgäu-1.7-0.4 pts
116Olpe-1.7+0.1 pts
116Ortenaukreis-1.7-0.5 pts
116Rhein-Erft-Kreis-1.7-0.2 pts
116Stade-1.70 pts
127Calw-1.8-0.9 pts
127Enzkreis-1.8-0.1 pts
127Karlsruhe, Landkreis-1.8-0.5 pts
127Osnabrück, Landkreis-1.8-0.7 pts
127Verden-1.8-0.7 pts
127Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.8-0.8 pts
133Bamberg, Landkreis-1.9-0.6 pts
133Fulda-1.9-0.6 pts
133Göppingen-1.9+0.1 pts
133Lüneburg, Landkreis-1.9-0.8 pts
133Miesbach-1.90 pts
133Region Hannover-1.9-0.6 pts
133Unterallgäu-1.9-0.2 pts
140Dingolfing-Landau-2-0.8 pts
140Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt-2+0.2 pts
140Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2-0.4 pts
140Mayen-Koblenz-2+1 pts
140Rastatt-2+0.2 pts
140Schweinfurt, Landkreis-2-0.4 pts
146Freudenstadt-2.1-0.3 pts
146Main-Kinzig-Kreis-2.1-0.3 pts
146Städteregion Aachen-2.1-0.6 pts
149Haßberge-2.20 pts
149Heidenheim-2.2+0.3 pts
149Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.2+1.4 pts
149Marburg-Biedenkopf-2.2-0.5 pts
149Miltenberg-2.2-0.6 pts
154Ansbach, Landkreis-2.3-0.3 pts
154Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.3-0.1 pts
154Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis-2.3-0.2 pts
154Segeberg-2.3-0.5 pts
154Stormarn-2.3+0.1 pts
154Trier-Saarburg-2.3-0.4 pts
160Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm-2.4+1 pts
160Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.4+1.2 pts
160Pinneberg-2.4-0.6 pts
160Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis-2.4-0.5 pts
164Aschaffenburg, Landkreis-2.5-0.7 pts
164Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.5+0.1 pts
164Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.5-0.6 pts
164Rhein-Kreis Neuss-2.5-0.8 pts
164Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.5+0.1 pts
169Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.6+0.2 pts
169Lindau (Bodensee)-2.60 pts
169Wetteraukreis-2.6-0.5 pts
172Ammerland-2.7-1 pts
172Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.7+0.3 pts
172Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt-2.7-0.6 pts
172Fürth, Landkreis-2.7-0.7 pts
172Kitzingen-2.7-0.7 pts
172Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim-2.7-0.1 pts
172Roth-2.7-1.2 pts
172Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.7+0.7 pts
180Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8-0.4 pts
180Deggendorf-2.80 pts
180Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8-0.3 pts
180Kaiserslautern, Landkreis-2.8-0.1 pts
180Siegen-Wittgenstein-2.8+0.1 pts
180Zollernalbkreis-2.80 pts
186Berchtesgadener Land-2.9-0.3 pts
186Rotenburg (Wümme)-2.9-0.4 pts
186Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.9-1.4 pts
189Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt-3+1.2 pts
189Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt-3-1 pts
189Potsdam-Mittelmark-30 pts
189Südliche Weinstraße-3-0.2 pts
189Traunstein-3-1.3 pts
194Heinsberg-3.1-0.5 pts
194Kleve-3.1-0.5 pts
194Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1-0.1 pts
194Minden-Lübbecke-3.1-0.1 pts
194Oberbergischer Kreis-3.1-0.5 pts
194Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis-3.1-0.1 pts
194Waldshut-3.1-0.6 pts
194Westerwaldkreis-3.1-0.3 pts
202Altötting-3.2-1.4 pts
202Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.2+0.1 pts
202Herford-3.2-0.5 pts
202Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.2-0.3 pts
202Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis-3.2-0.1 pts
202Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis-3.2-0.1 pts
208Bergstraße-3.3-0.7 pts
208Cham-3.3-1.3 pts
208Leer-3.3-0.4 pts
208Mühldorf a. Inn-3.3-1.3 pts
208Nürnberger Land-3.3+0.1 pts
208Oldenburg, Landkreis-3.3-0.4 pts
208Rottal-Inn-3.3-0.1 pts
208Soest-3.3-0.5 pts
216Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4-0.3 pts
216Limburg-Weilburg-3.4+0.1 pts
216Lippe-3.4-0.4 pts
216Nordwestmecklenburg-3.4+0.3 pts
216Passau, Landkreis-3.4-0.3 pts
216Rendsburg-Eckernförde-3.4-0.1 pts
216Schwandorf-3.40 pts
216Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4-0.3 pts
216Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4+0.8 pts
216Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen-3.4+0.3 pts
226Herzogtum Lauenburg-3.5-0.7 pts
226Oberhavel-3.5-0.4 pts
226Osterholz-3.5-0.1 pts
226Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.5-0.4 pts
230Bernkastel-Wittlich-3.6-1.1 pts
230Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.6-0.3 pts
230Havelland-3.6-0.7 pts
230Heidekreis-3.6+0.5 pts
230Märkischer Kreis-3.6+0.1 pts
230Saale-Holzland-Kreis-3.6-1.2 pts
230Viersen-3.6-0.4 pts
230Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.6-2.9 pts
238Düren-3.7-0.8 pts
238Neuwied-3.7+0.7 pts
240Celle-3.8-0.5 pts
240Dahme-Spreewald-3.8-0.2 pts
240Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.80 pts
240Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt-3.8-0.8 pts
240Lahn-Dill-Kreis-3.8-0.9 pts
240Main-Tauber-Kreis-3.8-0.4 pts
246Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.9-1.1 pts
246Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.9+0.8 pts
248Altenkirchen (Westerwald)-4+0.1 pts
248Mettmann-4-0.9 pts
248Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab-4-0.5 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 4.1 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural change rate?

Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge, with -9.2 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2015.

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