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Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by natural population change

Hamburg had the highest natural population change of 38 regions in 2023, at -1,205. Düsseldorf had the lowest, at -23,332. The median was -7,093 and the figure for Germany was -335,217. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest-1,205Hamburg
Lowest-23,332Düsseldorf
Median-7,09338 regions
Germany-335,217History

All regions, 2023

Hamburg: -1,205 personsHamburg-1,205Bremen: -1,913 personsBremen-1,913Trier: -2,283 personsTrier-2,283Tübingen: -2,384 personsTübingen-2,384Oberbayern: -3,055 personsOberbayern-3,055Schwaben: -3,137 personsSchwaben-3,137Oberpfalz: -3,509 personsOberpfalz-3,509Niederbayern: -3,967 personsNiederbayern-3,967Berlin: -4,353 personsBerlin-4,353Gießen: -4,366 personsGießen-4,366Unterfranken: -4,946 personsUnterfranken-4,946Mittelfranken: -5,324 personsMittelfranken-5,324Freiburg: -5,559 personsFreiburg-5,559Leipzig: -5,710 personsLeipzig-5,710Stuttgart: -5,883 personsStuttgart-5,883Oberfranken: -6,032 personsOberfranken-6,032Kassel: -6,696 personsKassel-6,696Saarland: -6,791 personsSaarland-6,791Rheinhessen-Pfalz: -6,980 personsRheinhessen-Pfalz-6,980Detmold: -7,206 personsDetmold-7,206Koblenz: -7,511 personsKoblenz-7,511Karlsruhe: -7,963 personsKarlsruhe-7,963Darmstadt: -8,311 personsDarmstadt-8,311Münster: -8,567 personsMünster-8,567Weser-Ems: -8,759 personsWeser-Ems-8,759Lüneburg: -8,986 personsLüneburg-8,986Braunschweig: -9,316 personsBraunschweig-9,316Hannover: -10,848 personsHannover-10,848Dresden: -11,652 personsDresden-11,652Köln: -13,645 personsKöln-13,645Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: -14,334 personsMecklenburg-Vorpommern-14,334Chemnitz: -14,545 personsChemnitz-14,545Schleswig-Holstein: -17,431 personsSchleswig-Holstein-17,431Arnsberg: -17,769 personsArnsberg-17,769Thüringen: -18,185 personsThüringen-18,185Brandenburg: -20,737 personsBrandenburg-20,737Sachsen-Anhalt: -22,027 personsSachsen-Anhalt-22,027Düsseldorf: -23,332 personsDüsseldorf-23,332Hamburg: -1,205 personsHamburg-1,205Bremen: -1,913 personsBremen-1,913Trier: -2,283 personsTrier-2,283Tübingen: -2,384 personsTübingen-2,384Oberbayern: -3,055 personsOberbayern-3,055Schwaben: -3,137 personsSchwaben-3,137Oberpfalz: -3,509 personsOberpfalz-3,509Niederbayern: -3,967 personsNiederbayern-3,967Berlin: -4,353 personsBerlin-4,353Gießen: -4,366 personsGießen-4,366Unterfranken: -4,946 personsUnterfranken-4,946Mittelfranken: -5,324 personsMittelfranken-5,324Freiburg: -5,559 personsFreiburg-5,559Leipzig: -5,710 personsLeipzig-5,710Stuttgart: -5,883 personsStuttgart-5,883Oberfranken: -6,032 personsOberfranken-6,032Kassel: -6,696 personsKassel-6,696Saarland: -6,791 personsSaarland-6,791Rheinhessen-Pfalz: -6,980 personsRheinhessen-Pfalz-6,980Detmold: -7,206 personsDetmold-7,206Koblenz: -7,511 personsKoblenz-7,511Karlsruhe: -7,963 personsKarlsruhe-7,963Darmstadt: -8,311 personsDarmstadt-8,311Münster: -8,567 personsMünster-8,567Weser-Ems: -8,759 personsWeser-Ems-8,759Lüneburg: -8,986 personsLüneburg-8,986Braunschweig: -9,316 personsBraunschweig-9,316Hannover: -10,848 personsHannover-10,848Dresden: -11,652 personsDresden-11,652Köln: -13,645 personsKöln-13,645Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: -14,334 personsMecklenburg-Vorpommern-14,334Chemnitz: -14,545 personsChemnitz-14,545Schleswig-Holstein: -17,431 personsSchleswig-Holstein-17,431Arnsberg: -17,769 personsArnsberg-17,769Thüringen: -18,185 personsThüringen-18,185Brandenburg: -20,737 personsBrandenburg-20,737Sachsen-Anhalt: -22,027 personsSachsen-Anhalt-22,027Düsseldorf: -23,332 personsDüsseldorf-23,332
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Hamburg-1,205-46.4%
2Bremen-1,913+12%
3Trier-2,283+3.8%
4Tübingen-2,384-2.8%
5Oberbayern-3,055-120.9%
6Schwaben-3,137+3.9%
7Oberpfalz-3,509-11.4%
8Niederbayern-3,967-15.9%
9Berlin-4,353-13.3%
10Gießen-4,366-2%
11Unterfranken-4,946-4%
12Mittelfranken-5,324-0.8%
13Freiburg-5,559-14.8%
14Leipzig-5,710-3.9%
15Stuttgart-5,883+1.1%
16Oberfranken-6,032+3.7%
17Kassel-6,696-4%
18Saarland-6,791+10.6%
19Rheinhessen-Pfalz-6,980+4%
20Detmold-7,206-4%
21Koblenz-7,511+0.7%
22Karlsruhe-7,963-13.5%
23Darmstadt-8,311-14.1%
24Münster-8,567+2.7%
25Weser-Ems-8,759-3.5%
26Lüneburg-8,986-0.2%
27Braunschweig-9,316-5%
28Hannover-10,848-0.4%
29Dresden-11,652-6.2%
30Köln-13,645-9.2%
31Mecklenburg-Vorpommern-14,334+1.5%
32Chemnitz-14,545-1.9%
33Schleswig-Holstein-17,431-4.1%
34Arnsberg-17,769+0.5%
35Thüringen-18,185+2.6%
36Brandenburg-20,737-3.9%
37Sachsen-Anhalt-22,027+3.3%
38Düsseldorf-23,332+1.1%

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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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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by natural population change, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table

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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, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by natural population change, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/germany-regions?period=2023.

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Which region has the highest natural population change?

Hamburg, with -1,205 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest natural population change?

Düsseldorf, with -23,332 in 2023.

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