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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 2020, at 3.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. Görlitz had the lowest, at -12.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was -3.1 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was -2.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest3.6München, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest-12.4Görlitz
Median-3.1400 areas
Germany-2.6History

Top 40 areas, 2020

München, Kreisfreie Stadt: 3.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt3.6Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 3.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…3.3Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 3.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsOffenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…3.1Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis: 2.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis2.8Freising: 2.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreising2.2Vechta: 2.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsVechta2.1Eichstätt: 2 per 1,000 inhabitantsEichstätt2Tübingen, Landkreis: 2 per 1,000 inhabitantsTübingen, Landkreis2Cloppenburg: 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsCloppenburg1.7Heidelberg, Stadtkreis: 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsHeidelberg, Stadtkreis1.7Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.7Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsRosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6Stuttgart, Stadtkreis: 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsStuttgart, Stadtkreis1.6Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.5Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt1.3Biberach: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsBiberach1.1Böblingen: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsBöblingen1.1Erding: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsErding1.1Hamburg: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsHamburg1.1Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt1.1Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt1Heilbronn, Landkreis: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsHeilbronn, Landkreis0.8Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt0.8Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsBonn, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsErlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7Paderborn: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsPaderborn0.7Ulm, Stadtkreis: 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsUlm, Stadtkreis0.5Alb-Donau-Kreis: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlb-Donau-Kreis0.3Berlin: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsBerlin0.3Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3Ebersberg: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsEbersberg0.3Landsberg am Lech: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsLandsberg am Lech0.3Ludwigsburg: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsLudwigsburg0.3Tuttlingen: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsTuttlingen0.3Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsWiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3Aichach-Friedberg: 0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsAichach-Friedberg0.2Dachau: 0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsDachau0.2Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsFürth, Kreisfreie Stadt0.1Landshut, Landkreis: 0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsLandshut, Landkreis0.1Ravensburg: 0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsRavensburg0.1
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

RankAreas2020
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2019
1München, Kreisfreie Stadt3.6-0.7 pts
2Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt3.3-0.6 pts
3Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt3.1-0.2 pts
4Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis2.8+0.4 pts
5Freising2.2-0.1 pts
6Vechta2.1-1.3 pts
7Eichstätt2-0.7 pts
7Tübingen, Landkreis2+0.2 pts
9Cloppenburg1.7-0.6 pts
9Heidelberg, Stadtkreis1.7-1.5 pts
9Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.7-0.4 pts
12Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt1.6+0.7 pts
12Stuttgart, Stadtkreis1.6-0.7 pts
14Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt1.5-0.4 pts
15Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt1.3-0.2 pts
16Biberach1.1-0.5 pts
16Böblingen1.1-0.4 pts
16Erding1.1+0.1 pts
16Hamburg1.1-0.8 pts
16Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt1.1-0.8 pts
21Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt1-0.3 pts
22Heilbronn, Landkreis0.8+0.1 pts
22Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt0.8-0.6 pts
24Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7-0.4 pts
24Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt0.7+0.9 pts
24Paderborn0.70 pts
27Ulm, Stadtkreis0.5-1 pts
28Alb-Donau-Kreis0.3-0.1 pts
28Berlin0.3-1 pts
28Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3+0.1 pts
28Ebersberg0.3-0.5 pts
28Landsberg am Lech0.3+0.8 pts
28Ludwigsburg0.3-0.8 pts
28Tuttlingen0.3+0.5 pts
28Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt0.3+0.1 pts
36Aichach-Friedberg0.2+0.1 pts
36Dachau0.2-1.4 pts
38Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt0.1-0.5 pts
38Landshut, Landkreis0.1-0.1 pts
38Ravensburg0.1-0.5 pts
41Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt0-0.3 pts
42Kaiserslautern, Landkreis-0.1-0.1 pts
42Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.1-0.5 pts
42Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt-0.1+0.4 pts
42Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm-0.1-0.9 pts
46Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.2-0.6 pts
46Ostallgäu-0.2+0.4 pts
48Emsland-0.3-0.1 pts
48Esslingen-0.3-0.3 pts
48Fürstenfeldbruck-0.3-1 pts
48Groß-Gerau-0.3-1.2 pts
52Augsburg, Landkreis-0.4-0.5 pts
52Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald-0.4-0.3 pts
52Neu-Ulm-0.4-0.8 pts
52Straubing-Bogen-0.4+0.5 pts
56Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen-0.5+0.2 pts
56Dillingen a.d. Donau-0.5+1.1 pts
56Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.50 pts
56Kelheim-0.5-1.2 pts
56Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.5+1.7 pts
56München, Landkreis-0.5-0.7 pts
56Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.5-1.1 pts
63Borken-0.6-0.7 pts
63Erlangen-Höchstadt-0.6+0.1 pts
63Gifhorn-0.60 pts
63Günzburg-0.6-0.8 pts
63Heilbronn, Stadtkreis-0.6-0.7 pts
63Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis-0.6-0.2 pts
63Pforzheim, Stadtkreis-0.6-1.1 pts
63Würzburg, Landkreis-0.6-0.8 pts
71Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.7-0.6 pts
71Gütersloh-0.7-0.7 pts
71Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.7-0.2 pts
71Neuburg-Schrobenhausen-0.7-0.4 pts
71Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.7+0.4 pts
76Bodenseekreis-0.8+0.2 pts
76Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.8-1.3 pts
76Main-Taunus-Kreis-0.8-0.6 pts
76Neumarkt i. d. OPf.-0.8-1 pts
76Regensburg, Landkreis-0.8-0.7 pts
81Alzey-Worms-0.9+1.1 pts
81Calw-0.9+0.3 pts
81Coesfeld-0.9+0.5 pts
81Mannheim, Stadtkreis-0.9-0.1 pts
81Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.9-0.9 pts
81Reutlingen-0.9-0.9 pts
81Steinfurt-0.9-0.4 pts
81Unterallgäu-0.9-0.8 pts
89Bamberg, Landkreis-10 pts
89Emmendingen-1-0.7 pts
89Forchheim-1-0.2 pts
89Gießen, Landkreis-1-0.6 pts
89Hohenlohekreis-1-1 pts
89Schwäbisch Hall-1-0.6 pts
89Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt-1-0.2 pts
89Weilheim-Schongau-1+0.2 pts
97Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1-0.8 pts
97Donau-Ries-1.1-0.8 pts
97Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1+1.4 pts
97Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt-1.1-0.1 pts
97Konstanz-1.1-0.3 pts
97Oberallgäu-1.1-0.5 pts
97Sigmaringen-1.1-0.3 pts
104Grafschaft Bentheim-1.2-0.5 pts
104Offenbach, Landkreis-1.2-1.1 pts
104Rems-Murr-Kreis-1.2-0.8 pts
107Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3-1.2 pts
107Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3-1 pts
107Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3+0.3 pts
107Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.3+0.1 pts
111Dingolfing-Landau-1.4-1.6 pts
111Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.4-0.4 pts
113Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.5-1 pts
113Region Hannover-1.5+0.1 pts
113Rottweil-1.5-0.5 pts
116Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.6-0.9 pts
116Haßberge-1.6+0.2 pts
116Lüneburg, Landkreis-1.6-0.2 pts
116Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis-1.6-0.5 pts
116Schweinfurt, Landkreis-1.6-0.7 pts
121Darmstadt-Dieburg-1.7-0.6 pts
121Fulda-1.7-0.2 pts
121Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.7-0.3 pts
121Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.7-0.8 pts
121Osnabrück, Landkreis-1.7-0.8 pts
121Ostalbkreis-1.7+0.3 pts
127Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.8-0.7 pts
127Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-1.8-1.1 pts
127Karlsruhe, Landkreis-1.8-0.1 pts
127Mainz-Bingen-1.8-1 pts
127Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab-1.8-1 pts
127Ortenaukreis-1.8-0.7 pts
127Rhein-Sieg-Kreis-1.8-0.1 pts
127Roth-1.8+0.1 pts
127Warendorf-1.80 pts
136Germersheim-1.9-0.5 pts
136Kitzingen-1.9-0.6 pts
136Rhein-Neckar-Kreis-1.9-0.6 pts
136Starnberg-1.9-0.4 pts
140Ansbach, Landkreis-2-0.5 pts
140Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt-2-0.1 pts
140Lörrach-2-1.4 pts
140Stade-2-0.7 pts
144Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1-0.4 pts
144Enzkreis-2.1-1.5 pts
144Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.1-0.9 pts
144Leer-2.1+0.5 pts
144Miltenberg-2.1-0.2 pts
144Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim-2.1-0.4 pts
144Städteregion Aachen-2.1-0.3 pts
151Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm-2.2-0.1 pts
151Göppingen-2.2-0.7 pts
151Main-Kinzig-Kreis-2.2-0.6 pts
151Rhein-Erft-Kreis-2.2-0.7 pts
151Segeberg-2.2-0.1 pts
151Westerwaldkreis-2.2+1.2 pts
151Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.2-1.1 pts
158Peine-2.3+0.2 pts
158Rastatt-2.3-0.4 pts
160Harburg-2.4-0.8 pts
160Miesbach-2.4-0.4 pts
160Rhein-Kreis Neuss-2.4+0.1 pts
160Rosenheim, Landkreis-2.4-1.3 pts
160Rotenburg (Wümme)-2.4+0.5 pts
160Schwandorf-2.4-0.4 pts
166Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.5-1.2 pts
166Verden-2.5-0.2 pts
168Aschaffenburg, Landkreis-2.6-1.4 pts
168Freudenstadt-2.6-0.9 pts
168Heidenheim-2.6-0.6 pts
168Pinneberg-2.60 pts
168Rhön-Grabfeld-2.6+0.4 pts
168Trier-Saarburg-2.6-0.6 pts
168Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen-2.6-0.2 pts
168Wetteraukreis-2.6-0.7 pts
176Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.7-1.1 pts
176Marburg-Biedenkopf-2.7-0.8 pts
176Olpe-2.7-0.7 pts
179Ammerland-2.8-1 pts
179Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8-0.6 pts
179Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8-0.9 pts
179Kleve-2.8-0.2 pts
179Lindau (Bodensee)-2.8-1.1 pts
179Mayen-Koblenz-2.8+0.4 pts
179Minden-Lübbecke-2.8-0.2 pts
179Mühldorf a. Inn-2.8-1.5 pts
179Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt-2.8-0.6 pts
188Cham-2.9-0.3 pts
188Heinsberg-2.9-0.5 pts
188Oberbergischer Kreis-2.9+0.2 pts
191Fürth, Landkreis-3-0.9 pts
191Garmisch-Partenkirchen-3+0.2 pts
191Main-Tauber-Kreis-3-0.9 pts
191Nürnberger Land-3-1.1 pts
191Passau, Landkreis-3+0.1 pts
191Traunstein-3-1.2 pts
197Amberg-Sulzbach-3.1-1.7 pts
197Düren-3.1-0.3 pts
197Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.10 pts
197Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1-0.4 pts
197Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis-3.1-0.1 pts
197Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis-3.1-0.6 pts
197Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.1+1.1 pts
197Soest-3.1-0.8 pts
205Bergstraße-3.2-1.3 pts
205Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.2+0.2 pts
205Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.2-1.3 pts
205Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.2-0.5 pts
205Herford-3.2-0.2 pts
205Oldenburg, Landkreis-3.2-1.2 pts
205Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.2-0.7 pts
205Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.2+0.2 pts
205Zollernalbkreis-3.2-0.3 pts
214Deggendorf-3.3-2 pts
214Herzogtum Lauenburg-3.3+0.3 pts
214Lippe-3.3-0.3 pts
214Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.30 pts
218Altenkirchen (Westerwald)-3.4+0.3 pts
218Altötting-3.4-1.6 pts
218Hochsauerlandkreis-3.4+0.4 pts
218Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4-1.7 pts
218Lahn-Dill-Kreis-3.4+0.1 pts
218Siegen-Wittgenstein-3.4-1.2 pts
218Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.4-0.3 pts
225Bernkastel-Wittlich-3.5-0.6 pts
225Diepholz-3.5-0.8 pts
225Heidekreis-3.5-0.3 pts
225Hochtaunuskreis-3.5-1.5 pts
225Höxter-3.5+0.9 pts
225Neuwied-3.5-0.9 pts
231Berchtesgadener Land-3.6-1.7 pts
231Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.6-1 pts
231Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis-3.6-0.6 pts
234Donnersbergkreis-3.7-0.1 pts
234Göttingen-3.7+0.6 pts
234Main-Spessart-3.7-1.1 pts
234Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.7-0.6 pts
234Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.7-0.6 pts
234Rendsburg-Eckernförde-3.7+0.1 pts
234Südliche Weinstraße-3.7-0.7 pts
241Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt-3.8-0.8 pts
241Limburg-Weilburg-3.8+0.4 pts
241Märkischer Kreis-3.80 pts
241Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis-3.8-0.4 pts
241Schleswig-Flensburg-3.8-0.2 pts
241Stormarn-3.8-1.1 pts
241Viersen-3.8-0.4 pts
248Ahrweiler-3.9+0.1 pts
248Waldshut-3.9-2.8 pts
250Eichsfeld-4-1.7 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 3.6 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural change rate?

Görlitz, with -12.4 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020.

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