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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 2018, at 4.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at -10.7 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was -2.6 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was -2 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4.5München, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest-10.7Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt
Median-2.6400 areas
Germany-2History

Top 40 areas, 2018

München, Kreisfreie Stadt: 4.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt4.5Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 4.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…4.1Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 4 per 1,000 inhabitantsOffenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…4Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 3 per 1,000 inhabitantsIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt3Freising: 2.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreising2.9Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis: 2.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis2.8Vechta: 2.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsVechta2.5Heidelberg, Stadtkreis: 2.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsHeidelberg, Stadtkreis2.4Eichstätt: 2.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsEichstätt2.2Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2 per 1,000 inhabitantsDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt2Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsRosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt1.9Stuttgart, Stadtkreis: 1.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsStuttgart, Stadtkreis1.9Tübingen, Landkreis: 1.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsTübingen, Landkreis1.9Böblingen: 1.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsBöblingen1.8Cloppenburg: 1.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsCloppenburg1.8Ulm, Stadtkreis: 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsUlm, Stadtkreis1.7Hamburg: 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsHamburg1.6Erding: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsErding1.5Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt1.5Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsBonn, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4Groß-Gerau: 1.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsGroß-Gerau1.4Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt1.3Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsPotsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt1.3Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt1.3Berlin: 1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsBerlin1.2Dachau: 1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsDachau1.2Biberach: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsBiberach1Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsDresden, Kreisfreie Stadt1Ebersberg: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsEbersberg1Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsPfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm1Fürstenfeldbruck: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsFürstenfeldbruck0.9Kelheim: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsKelheim0.9Ludwigsburg: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsLudwigsburg0.9Ravensburg: 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsRavensburg0.9Aichach-Friedberg: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsAichach-Friedberg0.8Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt0.8Alb-Donau-Kreis: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlb-Donau-Kreis0.7Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsJena, Kreisfreie Stadt0.5
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

RankAreas2018
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2017
1München, Kreisfreie Stadt4.5+0.2 pts
2Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt4.10 pts
3Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt4+0.8 pts
4Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt3+1 pts
5Freising2.9+0.1 pts
6Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis2.8-0.6 pts
7Vechta2.5-0.5 pts
8Heidelberg, Stadtkreis2.4-0.4 pts
9Eichstätt2.2-0.4 pts
10Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt20 pts
11Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt1.9+0.5 pts
11Stuttgart, Stadtkreis1.9-0.2 pts
11Tübingen, Landkreis1.9-0.6 pts
14Böblingen1.8+0.3 pts
14Cloppenburg1.80 pts
16Ulm, Stadtkreis1.70 pts
17Hamburg1.6-0.3 pts
18Erding1.5-0.7 pts
18Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt1.50 pts
20Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4+0.2 pts
20Groß-Gerau1.40 pts
20Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt1.4-0.8 pts
23Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt1.3-0.1 pts
23Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt1.3-0.6 pts
23Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt1.3-0.3 pts
26Berlin1.2-0.4 pts
26Dachau1.2+0.2 pts
28Biberach1-0.2 pts
28Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt1-0.8 pts
28Ebersberg1+0.1 pts
28Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm10 pts
32Fürstenfeldbruck0.9+0.4 pts
32Kelheim0.9+1.6 pts
32Ludwigsburg0.9-0.6 pts
32Ravensburg0.9+0.4 pts
36Aichach-Friedberg0.8-0.8 pts
36Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt0.8-0.5 pts
38Alb-Donau-Kreis0.7+0.4 pts
38Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7-0.3 pts
40Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt0.5-0.4 pts
40Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt0.5-0.3 pts
40Ostallgäu0.5+0.4 pts
40Paderborn0.5-0.8 pts
44Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen0.4+0.4 pts
44Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt0.4+0.1 pts
44Heilbronn, Landkreis0.40 pts
44Landshut, Landkreis0.4-0.2 pts
44Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt0.4+0.1 pts
44Neuburg-Schrobenhausen0.40 pts
44Tuttlingen0.4+0.3 pts
51Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3+0.4 pts
51Landsberg am Lech0.3+0.1 pts
51München, Landkreis0.3-0.2 pts
54Offenbach, Landkreis0.2+0.1 pts
55Borken0.1+0.1 pts
55Esslingen0.1+0.1 pts
55Heilbronn, Stadtkreis0.1+0.3 pts
55Pforzheim, Stadtkreis0.1+1.3 pts
55Würzburg, Landkreis0.1+0.7 pts
60Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt0-0.3 pts
60Augsburg, Landkreis0-0.1 pts
60Günzburg0+0.2 pts
60Neumarkt i. d. OPf.0+1.3 pts
60Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt0+0.5 pts
60Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt0-0.5 pts
66Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.1+0.3 pts
66Gifhorn-0.1+0.7 pts
66Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis-0.1+0.5 pts
66Mannheim, Stadtkreis-0.1+0.1 pts
70Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald-0.2-0.3 pts
70Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.2-0.2 pts
70Rems-Murr-Kreis-0.2+0.5 pts
73Gießen, Landkreis-0.3+0.2 pts
73Main-Taunus-Kreis-0.3-0.3 pts
73Neu-Ulm-0.3-0.9 pts
76Enzkreis-0.4+0.1 pts
76Gütersloh-0.4+0.1 pts
76Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.4-0.5 pts
76Konstanz-0.4+0.4 pts
76Lörrach-0.4+0.7 pts
76Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt-0.4+0.1 pts
82Emsland-0.5-0.6 pts
82Kaiserslautern, Landkreis-0.5+0.9 pts
82Regensburg, Landkreis-0.5-0.4 pts
82Reutlingen-0.5-0.5 pts
82Schwäbisch Hall-0.5-1.1 pts
82Steinfurt-0.50 pts
82Straubing-Bogen-0.5+0.2 pts
82Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.5+1.2 pts
90Calw-0.6+0.6 pts
91Alzey-Worms-0.7+0.8 pts
91Darmstadt-Dieburg-0.7+0.5 pts
91Dillingen a.d. Donau-0.7+0.8 pts
91Emmendingen-0.7-0.7 pts
91Hohenlohekreis-0.7-0.1 pts
91Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt-0.7+0.5 pts
91Weilheim-Schongau-0.7+0.8 pts
98Altötting-0.8+1 pts
98Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.8-0.2 pts
98Bodenseekreis-0.8-0.1 pts
98Erlangen-Höchstadt-0.8-0.6 pts
98Germersheim-0.8-0.7 pts
98Oberallgäu-0.8+0.1 pts
98Rosenheim, Landkreis-0.8+0.5 pts
98Unterallgäu-0.8+1 pts
98Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.8+0.2 pts
107Dingolfing-Landau-0.9-0.6 pts
107Mainz-Bingen-0.9-0.3 pts
107Starnberg-0.9+0.3 pts
110Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt-1+0.1 pts
111Bamberg, Landkreis-1.1+0.5 pts
111Göppingen-1.1+0.2 pts
111Grafschaft Bentheim-1.1+0.1 pts
111Ortenaukreis-1.1-0.1 pts
111Ostalbkreis-1.10 pts
111Rottweil-1.1-0.1 pts
111Sigmaringen-1.1-0.5 pts
111Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1-0.2 pts
119Coesfeld-1.2+0.2 pts
120Freudenstadt-1.3+0.2 pts
120Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3+1.2 pts
120Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.30 pts
120Main-Kinzig-Kreis-1.30 pts
120Rhein-Sieg-Kreis-1.3+0.2 pts
120Roth-1.3-0.6 pts
120Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3+0.4 pts
127Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.4-1.2 pts
127Donau-Ries-1.4-0.7 pts
127Region Hannover-1.4-0.2 pts
127Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis-1.4+1 pts
131Haßberge-1.5+0.7 pts
131Rhein-Erft-Kreis-1.5+0.3 pts
131Stade-1.5-0.3 pts
134Forchheim-1.6-0.9 pts
134Fulda-1.6-0.9 pts
134Karlsruhe, Landkreis-1.6-0.1 pts
134Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab-1.6+2.1 pts
138Berchtesgadener Land-1.7+0.2 pts
138Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.7-0.3 pts
138Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.70 pts
138Lüneburg, Landkreis-1.7-0.3 pts
138Mühldorf a. Inn-1.7+0.3 pts
138Rhein-Neckar-Kreis-1.7-0.8 pts
138Schweinfurt, Landkreis-1.7+0.1 pts
138Waldshut-1.7-0.3 pts
138Warendorf-1.7+0.2 pts
147Amberg-Sulzbach-1.8+1.9 pts
147Ammerland-1.8+0.2 pts
147Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt-1.80 pts
147Harburg-1.8-0.6 pts
147Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.8+0.3 pts
147Miesbach-1.8-0.5 pts
147Osnabrück, Landkreis-1.8-0.9 pts
147Siegen-Wittgenstein-1.8+0.3 pts
155Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.9-0.1 pts
155Marburg-Biedenkopf-1.9+0.4 pts
155Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis-1.9-0.3 pts
155Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.9+1.4 pts
155Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.9-0.3 pts
155Städteregion Aachen-1.9-0.4 pts
155Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.9+0.1 pts
162Ansbach, Landkreis-2-0.2 pts
162Fürth, Landkreis-2+0.2 pts
162Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim-2+1 pts
162Verden-2-0.2 pts
166Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1+0.4 pts
166Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1-0.2 pts
166Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm-2.1-0.4 pts
166Heidenheim-2.10 pts
166Hochtaunuskreis-2.1-0.5 pts
166Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1+0.5 pts
166Kitzingen-2.1-0.2 pts
166Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1-1.1 pts
166Rastatt-2.1-0.1 pts
166Rhein-Kreis Neuss-2.1-0.2 pts
176Aschaffenburg, Landkreis-2.2-1.2 pts
176Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.2-0.1 pts
176Euskirchen-2.2+0.8 pts
176Lindau (Bodensee)-2.2-0.1 pts
176Pinneberg-2.20 pts
176Zollernalbkreis-2.2-0.2 pts
182Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.3-0.4 pts
182Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt-2.3+0.6 pts
182Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.3-0.8 pts
182Mayen-Koblenz-2.30 pts
182Traunstein-2.3-0.2 pts
182Wetteraukreis-2.3-0.2 pts
188Miltenberg-2.4-0.2 pts
188Trier-Saarburg-2.4-0.8 pts
190Eichsfeld-2.50 pts
190Garmisch-Partenkirchen-2.5+0.4 pts
190Heinsberg-2.5+0.1 pts
190Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis-2.5-0.2 pts
190Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.5-1 pts
190Segeberg-2.5-0.3 pts
196Bergstraße-2.6-0.2 pts
196Deggendorf-2.6+0.4 pts
196Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.6+0.2 pts
196Herzogtum Lauenburg-2.6+0.4 pts
196Leer-2.6-0.4 pts
196Oldenburg, Landkreis-2.6-0.5 pts
196Olpe-2.6-1.7 pts
196Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.6+2 pts
204Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.7-0.1 pts
204Lippe-2.70 pts
204Main-Tauber-Kreis-2.7-0.1 pts
204Schwandorf-2.7-1.1 pts
208Kleve-2.8-0.1 pts
208Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8-1.1 pts
208Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8-0.8 pts
208Rotenburg (Wümme)-2.8+0.4 pts
208Soest-2.8-0.4 pts
208Viersen-2.8-0.1 pts
208Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen-2.8-0.2 pts
208Westerwaldkreis-2.8+0.2 pts
216Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis-2.9-0.1 pts
217Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt-3-0.3 pts
217Oberbergischer Kreis-3-0.5 pts
217Passau, Landkreis-30 pts
217Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt-3-0.4 pts
217Stormarn-3+0.1 pts
222Diepholz-3.1-0.2 pts
222Düren-3.1-0.4 pts
222Heidekreis-3.1+0.7 pts
222Limburg-Weilburg-3.1-0.2 pts
222Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1+0.2 pts
227Cham-3.2-0.2 pts
227Lahn-Dill-Kreis-3.2-0.1 pts
227Minden-Lübbecke-3.2-0.4 pts
227Rottal-Inn-3.2-0.3 pts
227Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.2-0.5 pts
232Bad Kreuznach-3.3-0.1 pts
232Herford-3.3-0.4 pts
232Neuwied-3.3-0.2 pts
232Nürnberger Land-3.3-0.8 pts
236Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4-0.1 pts
236Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4-0.1 pts
238Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.5-0.6 pts
238Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.5+0.1 pts
238Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.5-0.1 pts
241Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.6-0.9 pts
241Main-Spessart-3.6-0.3 pts
241Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.6+0.3 pts
241Südliche Weinstraße-3.6-0.8 pts
241Teltow-Fläming-3.6-0.2 pts
246Göttingen-3.7-0.1 pts
246Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.7-0.8 pts
246Osterholz-3.7-0.5 pts
246Peine-3.7-0.8 pts
246Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis-3.7-0.6 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 4.5 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural change rate?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with -10.7 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2018.

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.

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