Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by natural population change

Oberbayern had the highest natural population change of 38 regions in 2014, at 5,826. Sachsen-Anhalt had the lowest, at -13,766. The median was -3,791 and the figure for Germany was -153,429. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest5,826Oberbayern
Lowest-13,766Sachsen-Anhalt
Median-3,79138 regions
Germany-153,429History

All regions, 2014

Oberbayern: 5,826 personsOberbayern5,826Berlin: 5,054 personsBerlin5,054Hamburg: 2,259 personsHamburg2,259Darmstadt: 245 personsDarmstadt245Stuttgart: 18 personsStuttgart18Tübingen: -289 personsTübingen-289Bremen: -1,226 personsBremen-1,226Trier: -1,306 personsTrier-1,306Schwaben: -1,711 personsSchwaben-1,711Leipzig: -1,949 personsLeipzig-1,949Freiburg: -2,058 personsFreiburg-2,058Oberpfalz: -2,202 personsOberpfalz-2,202Mittelfranken: -2,379 personsMittelfranken-2,379Gießen: -2,551 personsGießen-2,551Karlsruhe: -2,702 personsKarlsruhe-2,702Niederbayern: -2,733 personsNiederbayern-2,733Unterfranken: -2,816 personsUnterfranken-2,816Detmold: -3,254 personsDetmold-3,254Weser-Ems: -3,756 personsWeser-Ems-3,756Rheinhessen-Pfalz: -3,825 personsRheinhessen-Pfalz-3,825Köln: -3,827 personsKöln-3,827Dresden: -4,158 personsDresden-4,158Oberfranken: -4,179 personsOberfranken-4,179Kassel: -4,246 personsKassel-4,246Münster: -4,971 personsMünster-4,971Lüneburg: -5,072 personsLüneburg-5,072Saarland: -5,201 personsSaarland-5,201Koblenz: -5,749 personsKoblenz-5,749Braunschweig: -5,849 personsBraunschweig-5,849Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: -6,088 personsMecklenburg-Vorpommern-6,088Hannover: -6,488 personsHannover-6,488Schleswig-Holstein: -8,883 personsSchleswig-Holstein-8,883Thüringen: -9,070 personsThüringen-9,070Chemnitz: -9,117 personsChemnitz-9,117Brandenburg: -9,651 personsBrandenburg-9,651Arnsberg: -12,124 personsArnsberg-12,124Düsseldorf: -13,635 personsDüsseldorf-13,635Sachsen-Anhalt: -13,766 personsSachsen-Anhalt-13,766
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2014
persons
Change on 2013
1Oberbayern5,826+72.9%
2Berlin5,054+125%
3Hamburg2,259+157%
4Darmstadt245+108.2%
5Stuttgart18+100.7%
6Tübingen-289+66.7%
7Bremen-1,226+42.7%
8Trier-1,306+15.4%
9Schwaben-1,711+40.6%
10Leipzig-1,949+30.2%
11Freiburg-2,058+27.2%
12Oberpfalz-2,202+24.1%
13Mittelfranken-2,379+24.8%
14Gießen-2,551+19.3%
15Karlsruhe-2,702+35.5%
16Niederbayern-2,733+10.9%
17Unterfranken-2,816+23.8%
18Detmold-3,254+32.6%
19Weser-Ems-3,756+40.2%
20Rheinhessen-Pfalz-3,825+30.8%
21Köln-3,827+49.5%
22Dresden-4,158+19.5%
23Oberfranken-4,179+16.4%
24Kassel-4,246+23.9%
25Münster-4,971+28.2%
26Lüneburg-5,072+19.9%
27Saarland-5,201+13%
28Koblenz-5,749+11.2%
29Braunschweig-5,849+20.8%
30Mecklenburg-Vorpommern-6,088+16.3%
31Hannover-6,488+15.7%
32Schleswig-Holstein-8,883+18.6%
33Thüringen-9,070+10.8%
34Chemnitz-9,117+10.4%
35Brandenburg-9,651+14.8%
36Arnsberg-12,124+21.4%
37Düsseldorf-13,635+27.8%
38Sachsen-Anhalt-13,766+5.6%

Other periods

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

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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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Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by natural population change, 2014. Eurostat, European Commission, 21 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/germany-regions?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Oberbayern, with 5,826 in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Sachsen-Anhalt, with -13,766 in 2014.

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