NUTS 3 areas of Germany by natural population change

München, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest natural population change of 400 areas in 2018, at 6,559. Zwickau had the lowest, at -2,896. The median was -386 and the figure for Germany was -167,351. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest6,559München, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest-2,896Zwickau

Median-386400 areas

Germany-167,351History

Top 40 areas, 2018

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	2018 persons	Change on 2017
1	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,559	+4.4%
2	Berlin	4,303	-26.1%
3	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	3,091	+0.5%
4	Hamburg	2,958	-15.3%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,532	-36.4%
6	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	1,183	-9%
7	Böblingen	702	+20.6%
8	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	643	-17.7%
9	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	527	-47.2%
10	Freising	524	+6.5%
11	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	516	+26.5%
12	Ludwigsburg	483	-40.3%
13	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	479	+3.5%
14	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	471	+20.2%
15	Tübingen, Landkreis	435	-24%
16	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	429	-30.8%
17	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	414	+57.4%
18	Groß-Gerau	391	+6.8%
19	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	382	-14.3%
20	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	364	-16.7%
21	Vechta	350	-15.9%
22	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	313	-0.9%
23	Cloppenburg	307	+3%
24	Eichstätt	290	-15.5%
25	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	281	-6.3%
26	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	266	-45.2%
27	Ravensburg	263	+74.2%
28	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	234	-29.1%
29	Erding	210	-29.5%
29	Ulm, Stadtkreis	210	-2.8%
31	Biberach	198	-18.2%
32	Fürstenfeldbruck	192	+81.1%
33	Dachau	191	+24.8%
34	Paderborn	147	-62.7%
35	Ebersberg	146	+12.3%
36	Alb-Donau-Kreis	133	+114.5%
37	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	128	-2.3%
38	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	127	-36.8%
39	Heilbronn, Landkreis	126	+5%
40	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	118	+35.6%
41	Kelheim	108	+235%
42	Aichach-Friedberg	106	-50%
43	München, Landkreis	90	-46.4%
44	Ostallgäu	70	+311.8%
45	Landshut, Landkreis	68	-21.8%
45	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	68	+61.9%
47	Offenbach, Landkreis	59	+28.3%
48	Esslingen	57	+375%
49	Borken	55	+223.5%
50	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	54	+800%
51	Tuttlingen	53	+381.8%
52	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	51	-46.9%
53	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	50	+38.9%
54	Landsberg am Lech	39	+105.3%
55	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	36	-2.7%
56	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	35	+683.3%
57	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	12	+108.1%
58	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	11	+150%
58	Würzburg, Landkreis	11	+111.7%
60	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	8	-89.6%
61	Günzburg	6	+120%
62	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	-5	+97.1%
63	Augsburg, Landkreis	-8	-157.1%
64	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-9	+73.5%
65	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-11	+95.8%
66	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-12	-112.5%
67	Gifhorn	-20	+86.2%
68	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	-25	+86.8%
69	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	-38	+24%
70	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	-44	-2,300%
71	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	-46	-284%
72	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt	-47	+43.4%
73	Neu-Ulm	-48	-149%
74	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	-50	+66.4%
75	Straubing-Bogen	-55	+16.7%
76	Main-Taunus-Kreis	-60	-1,600%
77	Dillingen a.d. Donau	-66	+53.5%
78	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	-67	+18.3%
78	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-67	+67.9%
80	Gießen, Landkreis	-69	+46.9%
81	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	-71	+10.1%
82	Hohenlohekreis	-76	-13.4%
83	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	-77	-18.5%
84	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	-78	+15.2%
85	Rems-Murr-Kreis	-79	+71.6%
86	Alzey-Worms	-86	+54.7%
86	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	-86	+18.9%
86	Enzkreis	-86	+9.5%
86	Lörrach	-86	+65.6%
90	Dingolfing-Landau	-89	-178.1%
90	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	-89	-4.7%
92	Altötting	-90	+54.5%
93	Weilheim-Schongau	-92	+53.5%
94	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	-93	+48.3%
95	Calw	-95	+49.7%
96	Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt	-98	-117.8%
97	Regensburg, Landkreis	-101	-274.1%
98	Erlangen-Höchstadt	-103	-232.3%
98	Schwäbisch Hall	-103	-186.6%
100	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	-104	-485.2%
101	Germersheim	-107	-791.7%
102	Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt	-109	-738.5%
103	Emmendingen	-120	-2,900%
103	Unterallgäu	-120	+52.2%
105	Oberallgäu	-124	+13.3%
105	Starnberg	-124	+26.2%
107	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	-126	-31.3%
108	Haßberge	-127	+32.1%
109	Konstanz	-128	+44.8%
110	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-130	-3.2%
110	Reutlingen	-130	-1,100%
112	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt	-133	+43.2%
113	Gütersloh	-134	+19.8%
114	Sigmaringen	-140	-68.7%
115	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	-148	+57.8%
116	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-151	-2%
117	Grafschaft Bentheim	-152	+6.2%
118	Freudenstadt	-153	+11.6%
119	Rottweil	-155	-6.9%
120	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	-156	+7.7%
121	Bamberg, Landkreis	-158	+33.6%
121	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-158	+12.2%
123	Bodenseekreis	-165	-8.6%
124	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-167	+21.6%
125	Roth	-168	-80.6%
125	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	-168	-5%
127	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	-170	-97.7%
128	Berchtesgadener Land	-174	+14.3%
129	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	-175	-139.7%
130	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	-176	-18.1%
131	Emsland	-178	-568.4%
132	Miesbach	-179	-39.8%
133	Lindau (Bodensee)	-181	-7.1%
134	Forchheim	-182	-119.3%
135	Mainz-Bingen	-184	-40.5%
136	Amberg-Sulzbach	-186	+50.7%
137	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt	-190	-30.1%
138	Donau-Ries	-192	-106.5%
139	Schweinfurt, Landkreis	-193	+6.8%
140	Kitzingen	-194	-15.5%
141	Mühldorf a. Inn	-196	+12.9%
142	Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim	-200	+32.9%
143	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	-203	-46%
144	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	-204	+41%
145	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	-206	+21.1%
146	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt	-209	-21.5%
147	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm	-211	-27.9%
148	Darmstadt-Dieburg	-212	+39.4%
149	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-215	-42.4%
149	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	-215	+0.5%
149	Rosenheim, Landkreis	-215	+37.7%
152	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	-219	+13.4%
153	Ammerland	-228	+8.8%
154	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	-231	-68.6%
155	Fürth, Landkreis	-236	+8.5%
156	Steinfurt	-240	-13.7%
157	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	-251	+25.1%
158	Eichsfeld	-255	-2.4%
159	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	-256	-24.9%
160	Coesfeld	-257	+18.2%
161	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	-262	-6.5%
162	Verden	-273	-13.8%
163	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	-274	-42.7%
164	Heidenheim	-276	+1.8%
165	Göppingen	-284	+12.3%
166	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	-285	-15.4%
167	Donnersbergkreis	-287	-44.9%
167	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	-287	+42.7%
167	Waldshut	-287	-19.6%
170	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt	-290	-31.8%
171	Lichtenfels	-299	+10.2%
172	Stade	-304	-24.6%
173	Miltenberg	-308	-11.2%
174	Deggendorf	-313	+11.3%
175	Rhön-Grabfeld	-317	-55.4%
176	Lüneburg, Landkreis	-319	-22.7%
177	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	-321	-64.6%
178	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	-335	-15.1%
179	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	-336	-9.1%
180	Freyung-Grafenau	-338	-57.9%
181	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	-340	+1.7%
182	Regen	-341	-28.7%
183	Oldenburg, Landkreis	-342	-28.1%
184	Ostalbkreis	-343	-4.3%
185	Fulda	-345	-117%
186	Olpe	-347	-201.7%
187	Trier-Saarburg	-350	-45.8%
188	Saale-Holzland-Kreis	-351	+6.4%
189	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	-353	-19.7%
189	Kusel	-353	-17.3%
191	Wittmund	-359	-26.9%
192	Ansbach, Landkreis	-360	-7.8%
192	Weimarer Land	-360	-7.1%
194	Main-Tauber-Kreis	-361	-3.7%
195	Hildburghausen	-364	+12.5%
196	Cochem-Zell	-374	-8.4%
196	Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt	-374	-14.4%
198	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	-376	-107.7%
199	Coburg, Landkreis	-379	+0.3%
200	Vulkaneifel	-382	-19.4%
201	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	-390	+3.2%
202	Rottal-Inn	-391	-12.4%
203	Lüchow-Dannenberg	-392	0%
203	Schwandorf	-392	-68.2%
205	Südliche Weinstraße	-399	-30%
206	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	-407	-55.9%
207	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt	-412	-26.4%
208	Cham	-414	-8.1%
209	Traunstein	-415	-9.8%
209	Wesermarsch	-415	-0.5%
211	Osterholz	-416	-14.6%
212	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	-417	-5.3%
213	Odenwaldkreis	-418	+13.5%
214	Kulmbach	-419	+12.7%
215	Bayreuth, Landkreis	-420	-2.9%
215	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	-420	-48.9%
217	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	-421	+2.3%
217	Sömmerda	-421	-33.2%
219	Zollernalbkreis	-424	-10.4%
220	Heidekreis	-429	+19.5%
221	Euskirchen	-431	+25%
222	Tirschenreuth	-434	-9.3%
223	Leer	-443	-18.4%
224	Kronach	-444	-3.7%
225	Rotenburg (Wümme)	-451	+12.8%
226	Bernkastel-Wittlich	-453	-29.8%
227	Brandenburg an der Havel, Kreisfreie Stadt	-454	-3.4%
228	Harburg	-459	-53.5%
228	Main-Spessart	-459	-9.5%
230	Marburg-Biedenkopf	-462	+18.1%
231	Warendorf	-463	+10.4%
232	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	-471	-8.5%
233	Ortenaukreis	-472	-14.6%
234	Rastatt	-473	-3.7%
235	Holzminden	-479	+7.4%
236	Mayen-Koblenz	-483	+1.2%
237	Hochtaunuskreis	-488	-29.8%
238	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	-490	+0.6%
239	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	-492	-3.6%
240	Peine	-493	-27.7%
241	Ahrweiler	-497	+11.7%
242	Siegen-Wittgenstein	-504	+14.3%
243	Herzogtum Lauenburg	-507	+13.9%
244	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	-513	+2.8%
245	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	-517	-0.2%
246	Birkenfeld	-520	+8.1%
247	Bad Kreuznach	-525	-5.4%
248	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	-526	-68.6%
249	Sonneberg	-530	-10.2%
250	Limburg-Weilburg	-531	-6.4%

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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 6,559 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural population change?

Zwickau, with -2,896 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, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.