NUTS 3 areas of Germany by natural population change

München, Kreisfreie Stadt had the highest natural population change of 400 areas in 2019, at 6,289. Erzgebirgskreis had the lowest, at -2,791. The median was -334 and the figure for Germany was -161,430. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest6,289München, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lowest-2,791Erzgebirgskreis

Median-334400 areas

Germany-161,430History

Top 40 areas, 2019

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	2019 persons	Change on 2018
1	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	6,289	-4.1%
2	Berlin	4,764	+10.7%
3	Hamburg	3,466	+17.2%
4	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,961	-4.2%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,573	+2.7%
6	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	1,484	+25.4%
7	Böblingen	597	-15%
8	Ludwigsburg	581	+20.3%
9	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	555	-13.7%
10	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	520	+36.1%
11	Vechta	477	+36.3%
12	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	431	-16.5%
13	Tübingen, Landkreis	407	-6.4%
14	Freising	405	-22.7%
14	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	405	-15.4%
16	Cloppenburg	398	+29.6%
17	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	372	-21%
18	Eichstätt	364	+25.5%
19	Biberach	328	+65.7%
20	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	318	+13.2%
21	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	309	-1.3%
22	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	304	-42.3%
23	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	292	-29.5%
24	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	290	+128.3%
25	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	249	-6.4%
26	Groß-Gerau	244	-37.6%
27	Dachau	243	+27.2%
28	Heilbronn, Landkreis	239	+89.7%
29	Paderborn	224	+52.4%
30	Ulm, Stadtkreis	194	-7.6%
31	Ravensburg	172	-34.6%
32	Fürstenfeldbruck	149	-22.4%
33	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	144	-66.4%
34	Erding	137	-34.8%
35	Ebersberg	111	-24%
36	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	108	-15.6%
37	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	100	-57.3%
38	Kelheim	90	-16.7%
39	Alb-Donau-Kreis	80	-39.8%
39	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	80	+60%
41	München, Landkreis	69	-23.3%
41	Neu-Ulm	69	+243.8%
41	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	69	-81%
44	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	62	-8.8%
45	Pforzheim, Stadtkreis	60	+400%
46	Rosenheim, Kreisfreie Stadt	56	-52.5%
47	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	52	+218.2%
48	Würzburg, Landkreis	35	+218.2%
49	Landshut, Landkreis	34	-50%
50	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	28	+660%
51	Günzburg	23	+283.3%
52	Borken	22	-60%
53	Augsburg, Landkreis	17	+312.5%
54	Dingolfing-Landau	16	+118%
55	Esslingen	14	-75.4%
56	Heilbronn, Stadtkreis	12	+9.1%
57	Aichach-Friedberg	10	-90.6%
58	Hohenlohekreis	4	+105.3%
59	Kaiserslautern, Landkreis	1	+102%
60	Reutlingen	-6	+95.4%
61	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	-8	-200%
62	Gütersloh	-9	+93.3%
63	Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	-12	+86%
64	Regensburg, Landkreis	-16	+84.2%
65	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	-17	-148.6%
66	Unterallgäu	-18	+85%
67	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-20	-122.2%
68	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-29	-141.7%
68	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	-29	+37%
70	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	-30	+88.3%
70	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	-30	-183.3%
70	Tuttlingen	-30	-156.6%
73	Offenbach, Landkreis	-33	-155.9%
74	Donau-Ries	-39	+79.7%
75	Main-Taunus-Kreis	-47	+21.7%
76	Aschaffenburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-53	+59.2%
77	Emmendingen	-55	+54.2%
78	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	-60	-217.6%
79	Emsland	-62	+65.2%
80	Landsberg am Lech	-63	-261.5%
81	Landau in der Pfalz, Kreisfreie Stadt	-65	+33.7%
82	Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt	-66	-40.4%
83	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-67	+55.6%
84	Neustadt a. d. Waldnaab	-73	+50.7%
85	Landshut, Kreisfreie Stadt	-76	+18.3%
86	Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt	-77	+54.7%
87	Ostallgäu	-81	-215.7%
88	Delmenhorst, Kreisfreie Stadt	-82	+24.8%
88	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	-82	-15.5%
90	Schwäbisch Hall	-85	+17.5%
91	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	-86	+31.7%
92	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	-87	-261.1%
93	Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt	-88	-14.3%
94	Grafschaft Bentheim	-90	+40.8%
95	Erlangen-Höchstadt	-91	+11.7%
96	Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt	-92	-3.4%
97	Straubing-Bogen	-93	-69.1%
98	Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	-96	-23.1%
99	Forchheim	-97	+46.7%
99	Gießen, Landkreis	-97	-40.6%
101	Gifhorn	-99	-395%
101	Oberallgäu	-99	+20.2%
103	Sigmaringen	-101	+27.9%
104	Schweinfurt, Landkreis	-104	+46.1%
105	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	-113	-8.7%
106	Kitzingen	-115	+40.7%
107	Worms, Kreisfreie Stadt	-119	-77.6%
108	Enzkreis	-125	-45.3%
109	Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt	-129	+26.7%
109	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	-129	-416%
109	Lörrach	-129	-50%
112	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-139	-107.5%
113	Amberg-Sulzbach	-140	+24.7%
114	Rottweil	-141	+9%
115	Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-142	+15%
116	Bamberg, Landkreis	-143	+9.5%
116	Lindau (Bodensee)	-143	+21%
118	Mühldorf a. Inn	-147	+25%
119	Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt	-148	+11.9%
120	Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt	-149	+14.9%
121	Dillingen a.d. Donau	-150	-127.3%
122	Deggendorf	-151	+51.8%
123	Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt	-152	+20%
124	Haßberge	-156	-22.8%
125	Mainz-Bingen	-160	+13%
125	Weilheim-Schongau	-160	-73.9%
127	Rems-Murr-Kreis	-162	-105.1%
128	Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt	-164	+40.1%
128	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt	-164	-23.3%
130	Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim	-175	+12.5%
131	Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt	-183	-17.3%
132	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	-184	+42.7%
133	Germersheim	-185	-72.9%
134	Coburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-190	-20.3%
134	Waldshut	-190	+33.8%
136	Calw	-193	-103.2%
137	Berchtesgadener Land	-198	-13.8%
138	Miesbach	-202	-12.8%
139	Altötting	-203	-125.6%
139	Freudenstadt	-203	-32.7%
141	Steinfurt	-204	+15%
142	Starnberg	-206	-66.1%
143	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm	-211	0%
144	Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-216	-0.5%
144	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	-216	+42.6%
146	Bodenseekreis	-222	-34.5%
147	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt	-223	-6.7%
147	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	-223	+14.9%
149	Ammerland	-225	+1.3%
150	Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	-227	+1.7%
151	Eichsfeld	-230	+9.8%
152	Rhön-Grabfeld	-237	+25.2%
153	Konstanz	-242	-89.1%
153	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	-242	-536.8%
155	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	-243	+15.3%
156	Roth	-244	-45.2%
157	Fürth, Landkreis	-247	-4.7%
157	Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt	-247	-19.9%
159	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	-249	+25.9%
160	Miltenberg	-251	+18.5%
161	Lüneburg, Landkreis	-253	+20.7%
162	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	-255	+27.8%
163	Lichtenfels	-256	+14.4%
164	Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt	-257	+39%
165	Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt	-258	-26.5%
165	Stade	-258	+15.1%
167	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	-259	-20.5%
167	Oldenburg, Landkreis	-259	+24.3%
169	Regen	-263	+22.9%
170	Alzey-Worms	-264	-207%
170	Olpe	-264	+23.9%
172	Heidenheim	-268	+2.9%
173	Donnersbergkreis	-269	+6.3%
174	Ansbach, Landkreis	-279	+22.5%
174	Main-Tauber-Kreis	-279	+22.7%
174	Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt	-279	-37.4%
177	Rosenheim, Landkreis	-282	-31.2%
178	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	-284	-29.7%
179	Coburg, Landkreis	-292	+23%
180	Freyung-Grafenau	-294	+13%
180	Trier-Saarburg	-294	+16%
182	Kusel	-296	+16.1%
183	Weimarer Land	-301	+16.4%
184	Schwandorf	-302	+23%
185	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	-306	+46.2%
186	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt	-307	-5.9%
187	Birkenfeld	-310	+40.4%
187	Coesfeld	-310	-20.6%
189	Wittmund	-316	+12%
190	Verden	-317	-16.1%
191	Darmstadt-Dieburg	-321	-51.4%
192	Main-Spessart	-323	+29.6%
193	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	-325	+39.8%
194	Traunstein	-326	+21.4%
195	Bayreuth, Landkreis	-327	+22.1%
195	Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt	-327	+3.8%
197	Bernkastel-Wittlich	-329	+27.4%
198	Nürnberger Land	-330	+41.3%
199	Osnabrück, Landkreis	-332	+49.5%
200	Peine	-334	+32.3%
200	Südliche Weinstraße	-334	+16.3%
202	Cham	-337	+18.6%
203	Fulda	-340	+1.4%
204	Remscheid, Kreisfreie Stadt	-343	-2.4%
205	Vulkaneifel	-345	+9.7%
206	Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis	-346	-37.8%
206	Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt	-346	+16%
206	Rottal-Inn	-346	+11.5%
209	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	-352	+9.7%
210	Cochem-Zell	-364	+2.7%
211	Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt	-367	+1.9%
212	Odenwaldkreis	-377	+9.8%
213	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	-381	-33.7%
214	Göppingen	-384	-35.2%
214	Wesermarsch	-384	+7.5%
216	Cottbus, Kreisfreie Stadt	-392	+24.2%
217	Lüchow-Dannenberg	-396	-1%
218	Kronach	-397	+10.6%
219	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	-404	+21.2%
220	Kulmbach	-411	+1.9%
221	Harburg	-415	+9.6%
222	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	-420	+31.7%
222	Osterholz	-420	-1%
222	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	-420	0%
225	Tirschenreuth	-424	+2.3%
226	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	-428	-2.6%
227	Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt	-431	+21.1%
228	Sömmerda	-436	-3.6%
229	Leer	-445	-0.5%
230	Altmarkkreis Salzwedel	-447	+17.8%
231	Rastatt	-448	+5.3%
232	Saale-Holzland-Kreis	-449	-27.9%
233	Heidekreis	-452	-5.4%
234	Nienburg (Weser)	-458	+23.5%
235	Bad Kissingen	-459	+21.9%
235	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	-459	+19%
237	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	-466	-4,136.4%
238	Marburg-Biedenkopf	-469	-1.5%
239	Rotenburg (Wümme)	-470	-4.2%
240	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	-472	+3.7%
241	Bad Kreuznach	-474	+9.7%
242	Hochtaunuskreis	-477	+2.3%
243	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	-482	-18.4%
243	Wolfenbüttel	-482	+12.7%
245	Neuwied	-483	+18.5%
246	Hildburghausen	-486	-33.5%
247	Ortenaukreis	-494	-4.7%
248	Warendorf	-495	-6.9%
249	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	-500	-1.6%
250	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	-509	+5.9%

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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 6,289 in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural population change?

Erzgebirgskreis, with -2,791 in 2019.

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.