NUTS 3 areas of Germany by natural population change

München, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest natural population change of 400 areas in 2017, at 6,281. Erzgebirgskreis had the lowest, at -2,405. The median was -347 and the figure for Germany was -147,371. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest6,281München, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest-2,405Erzgebirgskreis

Median-347400 areas

Germany-147,371History

Top 40 areas, 2017

persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2017 persons	Change on 2016
1	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,281	-11.3%
2	Berlin	5,824	-17.2%
3	Hamburg	3,493	-17.1%
4	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,077	-7.5%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,407	-9.5%
6	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	1,300	-18.4%
7	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	999	-25%
8	Ludwigsburg	809	+13.3%
9	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	781	+6.7%
10	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	620	-27.1%
11	Böblingen	582	-22.1%
12	Tübingen, Landkreis	572	-5%
13	Freising	492	+0.6%
14	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	485	-45.8%
15	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	463	-26.3%
16	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	446	+8.5%
17	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	437	-22.8%
18	Vechta	416	+8.6%
19	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	408	-1.9%
20	Paderborn	394	-16.5%
21	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	392	-35%
22	Groß-Gerau	366	-6.4%
23	Eichstätt	343	+1.5%
24	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	330	-15.6%
25	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	316	-7.9%
26	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	300	-23.5%
27	Cloppenburg	298	-2.6%
27	Erding	298	+31.3%
29	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	263	+15.4%
30	Biberach	242	-21.9%
31	Ulm, Stadtkreis	216	+13.7%
32	Aichach-Friedberg	212	+165%
33	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	201	-2.9%
34	München, Landkreis	168	-44.2%
35	Dachau	153	-16.4%
36	Ravensburg	151	-15.6%
37	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	131	-27.6%
38	Ebersberg	130	-39.5%
39	Heilbronn, Landkreis	120	0%
40	Schwäbisch Hall	119	+557.7%
41	Fürstenfeldbruck	106	-26.4%
42	Neu-Ulm	98	+8.9%
43	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	96	+9.1%
43	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	96	-50.3%
45	Landshut, Landkreis	87	+24.3%
45	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	87	-3.3%
47	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	77	+1,183.3%
48	Alb-Donau-Kreis	62	-57.5%
49	Offenbach, Landkreis	46	-80.8%
50	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	42	-80.6%
51	Emsland	38	-62.7%
52	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	37	-39.3%
53	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	36	-72.5%
54	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	27	+237.5%
55	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	25	-84%
56	Landsberg am Lech	19	+18.8%
57	Borken	17	-69.6%
57	Ostallgäu	17	+206.3%
59	Augsburg, Landkreis	14	+141.2%
60	Reutlingen	13	+134.2%
61	Esslingen	12	-95.4%
62	Tuttlingen	11	-86.4%
63	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	6	+105.9%
64	Main-Taunus-Kreis	4	-97.9%
65	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	2	+104.1%
66	Emmendingen	-4	+73.3%
67	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	-6	-104.8%
68	Germersheim	-12	+63.6%
69	Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt	-13	+23.5%
70	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	-22	-127.2%
71	Regensburg, Landkreis	-27	-22.7%
72	Günzburg	-30	+56.5%
73	Erlangen-Höchstadt	-31	+26.2%
74	Dingolfing-Landau	-32	+40.7%
75	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-34	+71.9%
76	Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt	-45	-350%
77	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	-50	-933.3%
78	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	-65	-41.3%
79	Straubing-Bogen	-66	+44.5%
80	Hohenlohekreis	-67	-316.1%
81	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	-73	+52%
82	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	-79	-476.2%
83	Kelheim	-80	-358.1%
84	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	-82	-356.3%
85	Forchheim	-83	-22.1%
85	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt	-83	-318.4%
85	Sigmaringen	-83	-62.7%
88	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	-85	-60.4%
89	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	-86	-437.5%
90	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	-92	-2,200%
91	Donau-Ries	-93	-86%
91	Roth	-93	+35%
93	Würzburg, Landkreis	-94	-652.9%
94	Enzkreis	-95	+37.5%
95	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	-96	-45.5%
96	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	-106	-58.2%
97	Olpe	-115	+62.2%
98	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-126	-672.7%
99	Miesbach	-128	-45.5%
100	Gießen, Landkreis	-130	-320.3%
101	Mainz-Bingen	-131	-65.8%
102	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	-137	+30.1%
103	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	-139	-63.5%
104	Dillingen a.d. Donau	-142	-91.9%
105	Oberallgäu	-143	-110.3%
106	Gifhorn	-145	-259.3%
106	Rottweil	-145	-9%
108	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt	-146	-4.3%
109	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-148	-26.5%
110	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	-149	-28.4%
110	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	-149	-148.3%
110	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	-149	-747.8%
113	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-151	+13.2%
114	Bodenseekreis	-152	-56.7%
115	Fulda	-159	+14.5%
116	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	-160	+9.6%
117	Grafschaft Bentheim	-162	-7.3%
118	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm	-165	-41%
119	Gütersloh	-167	-456.7%
120	Kitzingen	-168	-5.7%
120	Starnberg	-168	-40%
122	Lindau (Bodensee)	-169	+4.5%
122	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	-169	-21.6%
124	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	-172	-83%
124	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt	-172	-32.3%
126	Freudenstadt	-173	+15.6%
127	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-180	+4.3%
127	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	-180	-227.3%
129	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	-181	+36.5%
130	Haßberge	-187	-179.1%
131	Calw	-189	+13.3%
132	Alzey-Worms	-190	-265.4%
132	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	-190	-227.5%
134	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	-192	+17.2%
135	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	-195	-21.9%
136	Altötting	-198	-200%
136	Donnersbergkreis	-198	+23.6%
136	Weilheim-Schongau	-198	-110.6%
139	Berchtesgadener Land	-203	+37.7%
140	Rhön-Grabfeld	-204	+7.3%
141	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	-205	+14.9%
142	Schweinfurt, Landkreis	-207	-65.6%
143	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-209	+15.7%
144	Steinfurt	-211	-43.5%
145	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-213	-1,021.1%
146	Freyung-Grafenau	-214	+31%
147	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	-216	+1.8%
148	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt	-220	+14.4%
149	Mühldorf a. Inn	-225	-10.3%
150	Konstanz	-232	-47.8%
151	Schwandorf	-233	+32.3%
152	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt	-234	-66%
153	Bamberg, Landkreis	-238	-23,700%
154	Trier-Saarburg	-240	-0.4%
154	Verden	-240	-14.8%
154	Waldshut	-240	-10.1%
157	Stade	-244	-57.4%
158	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	-246	-46.4%
159	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	-247	-93%
160	Eichsfeld	-249	-42.3%
161	Ammerland	-250	0%
161	Lörrach	-250	-216.5%
163	Unterallgäu	-251	-578.4%
164	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	-253	-3.3%
165	Fürth, Landkreis	-258	-166%
166	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-259	-684.8%
167	Lüneburg, Landkreis	-260	-118.5%
168	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	-261	+28.3%
168	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	-261	-58.2%
170	Regen	-265	+1.1%
171	Oldenburg, Landkreis	-267	-27.1%
172	Miltenberg	-277	-77.6%
173	Rems-Murr-Kreis	-278	-387.7%
174	Heidenheim	-281	+3.4%
175	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	-282	+22.5%
176	Wittmund	-283	+14.5%
177	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	-291	-18.3%
178	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	-295	-52.8%
179	Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim	-298	-23.1%
180	Harburg	-299	-47.3%
181	Kusel	-301	+11.7%
182	Südliche Weinstraße	-307	-2.3%
183	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	-308	+2.5%
184	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	-312	+12.8%
185	Coesfeld	-314	-105.2%
186	Sömmerda	-316	-3.3%
187	Vulkaneifel	-320	+8.6%
188	Göppingen	-324	-28.6%
189	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt	-326	-7.6%
190	Osnabrück, Landkreis	-327	+26.2%
190	Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt	-327	-31.9%
192	Ostalbkreis	-329	-14.2%
193	Lichtenfels	-333	-18.5%
194	Ansbach, Landkreis	-334	-72.2%
195	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	-335	-25.9%
196	Weimarer Land	-336	-75%
197	Cochem-Zell	-345	+12.9%
197	Rosenheim, Landkreis	-345	-26.4%
199	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	-346	-5.8%
199	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	-346	-70.4%
201	Main-Tauber-Kreis	-348	-3.3%
201	Rottal-Inn	-348	-17.6%
203	Bernkastel-Wittlich	-349	-53.7%
204	Darmstadt-Dieburg	-350	-288.9%
205	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	-351	-18.2%
206	Deggendorf	-353	-20.5%
207	Osterholz	-363	-15.6%
208	Leer	-374	-17.6%
209	Saale-Holzland-Kreis	-375	-38.9%
210	Hochtaunuskreis	-376	-30.6%
211	Amberg-Sulzbach	-377	+4.3%
212	Traunstein	-378	-6.5%
213	Coburg, Landkreis	-380	-6.7%
214	Cham	-383	-35.3%
215	Zollernalbkreis	-384	+21.8%
216	Peine	-386	-6.9%
217	Lüchow-Dannenberg	-392	+7.5%
218	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	-396	-1.8%
219	Tirschenreuth	-397	+2%
220	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	-403	-28.8%
221	Bayreuth, Landkreis	-408	+5.1%
222	Ortenaukreis	-412	-27.2%
223	Wesermarsch	-413	-21.8%
224	Hildburghausen	-416	-15.2%
225	Main-Spessart	-419	-40.6%
226	Nürnberger Land	-425	-23.5%
227	Kronach	-428	+0.7%
228	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	-431	-42.2%
229	Friesland (DE)	-434	-8.5%
229	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	-434	-7.4%
231	Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt	-439	-29.1%
232	Rastatt	-456	-41.2%
233	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	-469	+2.5%
234	Bad Kissingen	-471	+1.7%
235	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	-475	-16.7%
236	Kulmbach	-480	-24.7%
237	Sonneberg	-481	-24.6%
238	Odenwaldkreis	-483	-36.4%
239	Mayen-Koblenz	-489	-11.1%
240	Steinburg	-490	-1.7%
241	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	-493	-9.6%
242	Bad Kreuznach	-498	-1.6%
243	Limburg-Weilburg	-499	-11.1%
244	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	-501	-35.8%
245	Helmstedt	-502	+13.4%
246	Höxter	-503	-28.6%
246	Südwestpfalz	-503	+8.7%
248	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	-513	-72.1%
249	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	-514	+15.2%
250	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	-516	-17.5%

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About this ranking

Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).

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, 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 population change?

München, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 6,281 in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural population change?

Erzgebirgskreis, with -2,405 in 2017.

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, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.