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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 2022, at 2.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at -13.7 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was -4.3 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Germany was -3.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest2.3München, Kreisfreie Stadt
Lowest-13.7Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt
Median-4.3400 areas
Germany-3.9History

Top 40 areas, 2022

München, Kreisfreie Stadt: 2.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünchen, Kreisfreie Stadt2.3Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…1.9Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt: 1.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsOffenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Sta…1.8Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis: 1.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis1.2Freising: 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsFreising1.1Vechta: 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsVechta0.8Cloppenburg: 0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsCloppenburg0.7Eichstätt: 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsEichstätt0.5Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsIngolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt0.4Tübingen, Landkreis: 0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsTübingen, Landkreis0.4Erding: 0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsErding0.3Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsRosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt0.2Biberach: 0 per 1,000 inhabitantsBiberach0Ebersberg: 0 per 1,000 inhabitantsEbersberg0Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt: 0 per 1,000 inhabitantsMainz, Kreisfreie Stadt0Tuttlingen: -0.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsTuttlingen-0.1Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm: -0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsPfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm-0.2Stuttgart, Stadtkreis: -0.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsStuttgart, Stadtkreis-0.2Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsRegensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.3Alb-Donau-Kreis: -0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsAlb-Donau-Kreis-0.4Hamburg: -0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsHamburg-0.4Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsKöln, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.4Straubing-Bogen: -0.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsStraubing-Bogen-0.4Böblingen: -0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsBöblingen-0.5Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsDarmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.5Landshut, Landkreis: -0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsLandshut, Landkreis-0.5Pforzheim, Stadtkreis: -0.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsPforzheim, Stadtkreis-0.5Ludwigsburg: -0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsLudwigsburg-0.6Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsLudwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie…-0.6Ulm, Stadtkreis: -0.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsUlm, Stadtkreis-0.6Heidelberg, Stadtkreis: -0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsHeidelberg, Stadtkreis-0.7Ostallgäu: -0.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsOstallgäu-0.7Heilbronn, Landkreis: -0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsHeilbronn, Landkreis-0.8Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt: -0.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsMünster, Kreisfreie Stadt-0.8Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt: -1 per 1,000 inhabitantsBonn, Kreisfreie Stadt-1Dachau: -1 per 1,000 inhabitantsDachau-1Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt: -1 per 1,000 inhabitantsDüsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt-1Emmendingen: -1 per 1,000 inhabitantsEmmendingen-1Kelheim: -1 per 1,000 inhabitantsKelheim-1Paderborn: -1 per 1,000 inhabitantsPaderborn-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

RankAreas2022
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2021
1München, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break2.3-1.7 pts
2Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break1.9-1 pts
3Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break1.8-0.5 pts
4Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis Series break1.2-1.6 pts
5Freising Series break1.1-1.2 pts
6Vechta Series break0.8-1.6 pts
7Cloppenburg Series break0.7-1.4 pts
8Eichstätt Series break0.5-1.8 pts
9Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break0.4-0.9 pts
9Tübingen, Landkreis Series break0.4-1.3 pts
11Erding Series break0.3-1.4 pts
12Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break0.2+0.2 pts
13Biberach Series break0-0.8 pts
13Ebersberg Series break0-1 pts
13Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break0-1.5 pts
16Tuttlingen Series break-0.1-0.1 pts
17Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm Series break-0.2-1.6 pts
17Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Series break-0.2-2.1 pts
19Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-0.3-0.8 pts
20Alb-Donau-Kreis Series break-0.4-1.6 pts
20Hamburg Series break-0.4-1.6 pts
20Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-0.4-1.4 pts
20Straubing-Bogen Series break-0.4-0.1 pts
24Böblingen Series break-0.5-1.8 pts
24Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-0.5-1.7 pts
24Landshut, Landkreis Series break-0.5-1.4 pts
24Pforzheim, Stadtkreis Series break-0.5+0.1 pts
28Ludwigsburg Series break-0.6-1.3 pts
28Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-0.6-0.2 pts
28Ulm, Stadtkreis Series break-0.6-1.9 pts
31Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Series break-0.7-2.7 pts
31Ostallgäu Series break-0.7-0.5 pts
33Heilbronn, Landkreis Series break-0.8-0.9 pts
33Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-0.8-1.4 pts
35Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-1-1.8 pts
35Dachau Series break-1-1.6 pts
35Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-1-0.8 pts
35Emmendingen Series break-1-0.4 pts
35Kelheim Series break-1-1 pts
35Paderborn Series break-1-1.6 pts
35Ravensburg Series break-1-1.3 pts
42Berlin Series break-1.1-1.5 pts
42Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-1.1-0.4 pts
44Neu-Ulm Series break-1.2-1.7 pts
45Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-1.3-0.7 pts
45Groß-Gerau Series break-1.3-1.9 pts
45Mannheim, Stadtkreis Series break-1.3-0.9 pts
45Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-1.30 pts
45Neumarkt i. d. OPf. Series break-1.30 pts
50Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Series break-1.4+0.4 pts
50Emsland Series break-1.4-0.9 pts
50Heilbronn, Stadtkreis Series break-1.4-0.2 pts
50Kaiserslautern, Landkreis Series break-1.4-1.7 pts
50Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-1.4-1.7 pts
55Aichach-Friedberg Series break-1.5-1.7 pts
55Dillingen a.d. Donau Series break-1.5-1.2 pts
55Landsberg am Lech Series break-1.5-1.3 pts
55Regensburg, Landkreis Series break-1.5-0.9 pts
55Reutlingen Series break-1.5-1.2 pts
55Schwäbisch Hall Series break-1.5-1.5 pts
55Unterallgäu Series break-1.5-0.9 pts
62Augsburg, Landkreis Series break-1.6-0.6 pts
62Donau-Ries Series break-1.6-0.3 pts
62Gießen, Landkreis Series break-1.6-0.7 pts
62Günzburg Series break-1.6-1.2 pts
62Miesbach Series break-1.6+0.3 pts
62Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Series break-1.6-2.1 pts
68Enzkreis Series break-1.7-0.4 pts
69Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-1.8-1.2 pts
69Dingolfing-Landau Series break-1.8-1.8 pts
69Esslingen Series break-1.8-1.8 pts
69Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-1.8-0.9 pts
69Mühldorf a. Inn Series break-1.8+0.3 pts
69München, Landkreis Series break-1.8-1.3 pts
69Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab Series break-1.8-0.3 pts
69Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-1.8-1.8 pts
69Rems-Murr-Kreis Series break-1.8-1.1 pts
69Rottweil Series break-1.8-0.7 pts
79Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Series break-1.9-2 pts
79Erlangen-Höchstadt Series break-1.9-0.9 pts
79Fürstenfeldbruck Series break-1.9-1.4 pts
79Oberallgäu Series break-1.9-1.3 pts
79Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-1.9-2 pts
84Gütersloh Series break-2-1.3 pts
84Ostalbkreis Series break-2-0.9 pts
84Rosenheim, Landkreis Series break-2-0.5 pts
84Würzburg, Landkreis Series break-2-1.8 pts
88Alzey-Worms Series break-2.1-1 pts
88Bodenseekreis Series break-2.1-0.8 pts
88Calw Series break-2.1-1 pts
88Grafschaft Bentheim Series break-2.1-2.4 pts
88Hohenlohekreis Series break-2.1-1.7 pts
88Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Series break-2.1-1.6 pts
94Borken Series break-2.2-2.2 pts
94Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-2.2-1.1 pts
94Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-2.2-0.7 pts
94Main-Taunus-Kreis Series break-2.2-1.5 pts
94Sigmaringen Series break-2.2-0.7 pts
99Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-2.4-1.6 pts
99Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-2.4-0.8 pts
99Germersheim Series break-2.4-1.3 pts
99Offenbach, Landkreis Series break-2.4-1.7 pts
99Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-2.4-2.9 pts
99Steinfurt Series break-2.4-1.7 pts
99Traunstein Series break-2.4+0.2 pts
106Freudenstadt Series break-2.5-1 pts
106Gifhorn Series break-2.5-0.9 pts
106Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-2.5+0.2 pts
106Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Series break-2.5-0.1 pts
110Ortenaukreis Series break-2.6-1.2 pts
110Stade Series break-2.6-0.5 pts
112Darmstadt-Dieburg Series break-2.7-1.1 pts
112Karlsruhe, Landkreis Series break-2.7-0.9 pts
112Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-2.7-1.7 pts
112Lörrach Series break-2.7-1.3 pts
112Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-2.7-1.3 pts
112Oldenburg, Landkreis Series break-2.70 pts
112Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-2.7-1.3 pts
119Ansbach, Landkreis Series break-2.8-0.9 pts
119Bamberg, Landkreis Series break-2.8-1.5 pts
119Coesfeld Series break-2.8-1.4 pts
119Mainz-Bingen Series break-2.8-1.3 pts
123Aschaffenburg, Landkreis Series break-2.9-1.5 pts
123Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-2.9-1.8 pts
125Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3-0.8 pts
125Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3-1 pts
125Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3-1.7 pts
125Forchheim Series break-3-1.6 pts
125Göppingen Series break-3-1.1 pts
125Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3-0.4 pts
125Main-Kinzig-Kreis Series break-3-1.1 pts
125Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Series break-3-1.5 pts
125Weilheim-Schongau Series break-3-1.7 pts
134Fulda Series break-3.1-0.6 pts
134Schwandorf Series break-3.1-0.6 pts
134Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.1-2.5 pts
137Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.2-2.7 pts
137Kitzingen Series break-3.2-1.2 pts
137Warendorf Series break-3.2-1.5 pts
140Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.3-0.3 pts
140Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.3-0.4 pts
140Rhein-Erft-Kreis Series break-3.3-1.7 pts
143Altötting Series break-3.4-0.2 pts
143Haßberge Series break-3.4-1.3 pts
143Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.4-1.7 pts
143Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.4+0.1 pts
143Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Series break-3.4-1.4 pts
143Roth Series break-3.4-1.4 pts
143Wetteraukreis Series break-3.4-1 pts
143Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.4-2 pts
151Deggendorf Series break-3.5-0.3 pts
151Konstanz Series break-3.5-2.2 pts
151Osnabrück, Landkreis Series break-3.5-2.3 pts
151Schweinfurt, Landkreis Series break-3.5-1.3 pts
155Ammerland Series break-3.6-1.3 pts
155Berchtesgadener Land Series break-3.6+0.7 pts
155Harburg Series break-3.6-1.7 pts
155Passau, Landkreis Series break-3.6+0.7 pts
155Rastatt Series break-3.6-0.8 pts
155Region Hannover Series break-3.6-1.8 pts
161Amberg-Sulzbach Series break-3.7-1.3 pts
161Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.7-1.5 pts
161Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.7-1 pts
161Neuwied Series break-3.7-1.2 pts
161Städteregion Aachen Series break-3.7-1.5 pts
161Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Series break-3.7-0.9 pts
161Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.7-2.1 pts
168Heinsberg Series break-3.8-0.7 pts
168Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.8-2.3 pts
168Marburg-Biedenkopf Series break-3.8-1.4 pts
168Olpe Series break-3.8-1.3 pts
172Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.9-1.7 pts
172Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.9+0.1 pts
172Rottal-Inn Series break-3.90 pts
172Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-3.9-1.6 pts
172Zollernalbkreis Series break-3.9-1.2 pts
177Bergstraße Series break-4-1 pts
177Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4-1.4 pts
177Lüneburg, Landkreis Series break-4-1.8 pts
177Miltenberg Series break-4-1.8 pts
177Rhein-Kreis Neuss Series break-4-2 pts
182Düren Series break-4.1-1.4 pts
182Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.1-1.7 pts
182Heidenheim Series break-4.1-1.4 pts
182Rhön-Grabfeld Series break-4.1+0.6 pts
186Euskirchen Series break-4.2-0.2 pts
186Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.2-1.5 pts
186Lindau (Bodensee) Series break-4.2-1.9 pts
186Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim Series break-4.2-1.7 pts
186Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Series break-4.2-1.5 pts
186Segeberg Series break-4.2-1.8 pts
186Trier-Saarburg Series break-4.2-1.8 pts
186Westerwaldkreis Series break-4.2-1.2 pts
194Cham Series break-4.3-0.5 pts
194Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.3-0.9 pts
194Fürth, Landkreis Series break-4.3-1.4 pts
194Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.3-1.5 pts
194Pinneberg Series break-4.3-1 pts
194Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.3-0.1 pts
194Rotenburg (Wümme) Series break-4.3-1.1 pts
194Starnberg Series break-4.3-2.4 pts
202Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm Series break-4.4-1.3 pts
202Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.4-1.1 pts
202Kleve Series break-4.4-1.6 pts
202Minden-Lübbecke Series break-4.4-1.6 pts
202Oberbergischer Kreis Series break-4.4-0.6 pts
202Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.4-0.5 pts
208Bayreuth, Landkreis Series break-4.5-0.3 pts
208Hochtaunuskreis Series break-4.5-1.3 pts
208Lippe Series break-4.5-0.9 pts
208Mayen-Koblenz Series break-4.5-1.4 pts
208Peine Series break-4.5-3.1 pts
208Verden Series break-4.5-2.2 pts
214Leer Series break-4.6-2 pts
214Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis Series break-4.6-1.9 pts
214Siegen-Wittgenstein Series break-4.6-1.5 pts
217Ahrweiler Series break-4.7+0.4 pts
217Diepholz Series break-4.7-1.7 pts
217Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.7-2 pts
217Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.7-1.5 pts
217Soest Series break-4.7-1.5 pts
217Südliche Weinstraße Series break-4.7-1.8 pts
223Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.8-2.1 pts
223Garmisch-Partenkirchen Series break-4.8-2.2 pts
223Main-Spessart Series break-4.8-0.4 pts
223Main-Tauber-Kreis Series break-4.8-2.2 pts
223Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis Series break-4.8-1.2 pts
223Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-4.8-2.2 pts
229Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis Series break-4.9-1.3 pts
229Waldshut Series break-4.9-1.5 pts
231Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-5-0.9 pts
231Göttingen Series break-5-0.6 pts
231Herzogtum Lauenburg Series break-5-1.8 pts
231Hochsauerlandkreis Series break-5-1.1 pts
231Limburg-Weilburg Series break-5-0.9 pts
231Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-50 pts
237Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-5.1-1.3 pts
238Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-5.2+0.4 pts
238Nürnberger Land Series break-5.2-2.9 pts
238Regen Series break-5.2-0.5 pts
241Bernkastel-Wittlich Series break-5.3-1.9 pts
241Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-5.3-0.4 pts
241Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-5.3-1.1 pts
241Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt Series break-5.3-1.7 pts
245Bad Kreuznach Series break-5.4-1.6 pts
245Herford Series break-5.4-2.1 pts
245Lahn-Dill-Kreis Series break-5.4-1.6 pts
245Stormarn Series break-5.4-1.3 pts
249Altenkirchen (Westerwald) Series break-5.5-1.2 pts
249Bad Kissingen Series break-5.5-1.1 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.

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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 2.3 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural change rate?

Dessau-Roßlau, Kreisfreie Stadt, with -13.7 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022.

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