NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population aged 15 to 64

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population aged 15 to 64, 2015
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 400 areas in 2015, at 2.34 million. Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 22,172. The median was 99,487 and the figure for Germany was 53.42 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest2,344,437Berlin

Lowest22,172Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median99,487400 areas

Germany53,422,103History

Top 40 areas, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2015 persons	Change on 2014
1	Berlin	2,344,437	+1%
2	Hamburg	1,194,586	+0.8%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	990,748	+1.4%
4	Region Hannover	740,236	+0.6%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	724,417	+1.2%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	504,078	+2.3%
7	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	422,169	+1.4%
8	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	406,689	+0.8%
9	Recklinghausen	400,985	-0.5%
10	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	386,643	+0.5%
11	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	381,622	+0.3%
12	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	376,656	+0.6%
13	Städteregion Aachen	369,914	+0.4%
14	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	366,204	+0.4%
15	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	359,035	+2.5%
16	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	349,855	+0.2%
17	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	347,780	+0.7%
18	Ludwigsburg	347,630	+0.9%
19	Esslingen	339,442	+0.9%
20	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	333,998	+0.3%
21	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	318,940	-0.2%
22	Mettmann	301,777	-0.2%
23	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	300,564	+0.2%
24	Wesel	299,076	-0.4%
25	Steinfurt	288,791	+0.5%
26	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	286,409	+0.1%
27	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	285,184	+0.1%
28	Ortenaukreis	273,799	+0.5%
29	Rems-Murr-Kreis	270,779	+0.7%
30	Märkischer Kreis	269,736	-0.8%
31	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	267,512	+0.3%
32	Unna	255,360	-0.3%
33	Böblingen	245,804	+1%
34	Borken	244,146	+0.1%
35	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	240,466	-0.3%
36	Gütersloh	234,804	+0.6%
37	Osnabrück, Landkreis	230,507	+0.1%
38	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	225,590	+0.4%
39	Offenbach, Landkreis	222,592	+0.6%
40	Heilbronn, Landkreis	220,838	+1%
41	Lippe	219,842	-0.3%
42	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	218,540	+0.2%
43	Erzgebirgskreis	215,900	-1.6%
44	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	215,476	-0.7%
45	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	213,682	+0.7%
46	Göttingen	213,353	+0.2%
47	München, Landkreis	212,911	+0.6%
48	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	211,975	+0.7%
49	Emsland	211,661	+0.6%
50	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	208,598	-0.3%
51	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	207,495	+0.2%
52	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	205,703	+1.1%
53	Paderborn	203,980	+0.8%
54	Ostalbkreis	203,192	+0.5%
55	Kleve	203,020	+0.7%
56	Minden-Lübbecke	199,257	-0.2%
57	Zwickau	198,635	-1.5%
58	Wetteraukreis	196,160	+0.4%
59	Pinneberg	195,249	+0.9%
60	Soest	194,451	+0.4%
61	Viersen	194,066	-0.3%
62	Mittelsachsen	193,172	-1.5%
63	Darmstadt-Dieburg	190,924	+0.4%
64	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	190,060	+1.8%
65	Bautzen	189,122	-1.3%
66	Reutlingen	183,354	+0.7%
67	Ravensburg	182,564	+0.6%
68	Siegen-Wittgenstein	182,452	+0.2%
69	Konstanz	182,333	+0.8%
70	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	180,695	-0.1%
71	Warendorf	178,474	+0.1%
72	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	178,051	+0.2%
73	Gießen, Landkreis	177,989	+2.5%
74	Hildesheim	177,141	-0.2%
75	Oberbergischer Kreis	176,534	+0.1%
76	Bergstraße	173,132	+0.1%
77	Groß-Gerau	173,112	+1%
78	Segeberg	171,854	+0.5%
79	Düren	171,331	-0%
80	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	170,910	-0.1%
81	Hochsauerlandkreis	170,270	-0.2%
82	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	170,044	+0.3%
83	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	169,621	-0.3%
84	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	169,392	+0.6%
85	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	169,199	-1.1%
86	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	166,519	+0.5%
87	Heinsberg	165,870	+0.2%
88	Rosenheim, Landkreis	164,698	+0.6%
89	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	164,401	-0.2%
90	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	164,282	+0.8%
91	Marburg-Biedenkopf	164,109	-0.3%
92	Göppingen	163,086	+0.5%
93	Leipzig	161,655	-0.7%
94	Herford	160,967	-0%
95	Augsburg, Landkreis	160,291	+0.5%
96	Görlitz	157,290	-1.6%
97	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	157,180	+0.7%
98	Harburg	157,111	+0.8%
99	Vorpommern-Greifswald	155,392	-1%
100	Tübingen, Landkreis	152,240	+0.6%
101	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	150,181	-0.8%
102	Stormarn	149,815	+0.8%
103	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	149,770	+0.1%
104	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	149,746	+0.2%
105	Meißen	149,593	-0.6%
106	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	149,252	-0.3%
107	Rastatt	148,461	+0.4%
108	Kassel, Landkreis	148,301	-0.4%
109	Main-Taunus-Kreis	147,592	+0.6%
110	Lörrach	147,535	+0.7%
111	Hochtaunuskreis	145,285	+0.5%
112	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	145,229	+1.3%
113	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	144,382	-0.1%
114	Coesfeld	143,747	0%
115	Vorpommern-Rügen	143,416	-0.3%
116	Fulda	142,793	+0.3%
117	Vogtlandkreis	141,411	-1.6%
118	Ludwigslust-Parchim	140,629	-0.4%
119	Mayen-Koblenz	139,061	-0%
120	Landkreis Rostock	138,686	-0.1%
121	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	138,445	+0.5%
122	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	138,272	-0.2%
123	Harz	137,642	-1.4%
124	Diepholz	136,887	+0.3%
125	Mainz-Bingen	136,209	-0.1%
126	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	135,736	+0.1%
127	Bodenseekreis	135,558	+0.8%
128	Potsdam-Mittelmark	135,441	+0.6%
129	Fürstenfeldbruck	134,594	+0.7%
130	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	134,094	-0.2%
131	Oberhavel	133,390	+0.6%
132	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	133,350	+0.3%
133	Westerwaldkreis	131,957	-0.1%
134	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	131,423	+0.2%
135	Stade	129,020	+0.1%
136	Saarlouis	128,620	-0.9%
137	Enzkreis	127,292	+0.4%
138	Biberach	127,276	+0.9%
139	Schwäbisch Hall	126,930	+0.5%
140	Regensburg, Landkreis	126,802	+0.2%
141	Nordsachsen	125,696	-0.8%
142	Alb-Donau-Kreis	125,544	+0.7%
143	Euskirchen	124,151	+0.1%
144	Schleswig-Flensburg	123,854	+0.1%
145	Cuxhaven	123,756	-0.2%
146	Passau, Landkreis	123,332	+0.2%
147	Salzlandkreis	123,326	-1.6%
148	Märkisch-Oderland	122,959	-0.4%
149	Ostholstein	122,258	-0.1%
150	Herzogtum Lauenburg	121,882	+0.9%
151	Zollernalbkreis	121,803	+1%
152	Aurich	121,685	+0.2%
153	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	120,207	+0.1%
154	Ansbach, Landkreis	120,003	+0.2%
155	Saalekreis	120,001	-1.6%
156	Freising	118,741	+0.7%
157	Lüneburg, Landkreis	118,498	+0.7%
158	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	117,904	+0.1%
159	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	116,882	-0.2%
160	Neuwied	116,467	-0.3%
161	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	115,385	0%
162	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	115,344	-0.3%
163	Burgenlandkreis	115,282	-1.1%
164	Gifhorn	114,782	+0.4%
165	Börde	113,965	-0.7%
166	Barnim	113,899	+0.1%
167	Oder-Spree	113,420	-0.1%
168	Limburg-Weilburg	112,633	+0.1%
169	Celle	111,993	+0.2%
170	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	111,805	+1.6%
171	Neu-Ulm	111,351	+0.7%
172	Traunstein	110,673	+0.9%
173	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	110,145	+0.6%
174	Cloppenburg	109,455	+1.6%
175	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	108,441	+1.1%
176	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	108,432	+1.2%
177	Leer	108,220	+0.4%
178	Nürnberger Land	108,022	+0.3%
179	Waldshut	107,407	+0.4%
180	Wartburgkreis	107,222	-1%
181	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	107,048	+0.4%
182	Rotenburg (Wümme)	106,460	+0.1%
183	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	106,337	+0.2%
184	Würzburg, Landkreis	106,319	-0%
185	Teltow-Fläming	105,766	+0.2%
186	Emmendingen	105,464	+0.7%
187	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	104,954	+1.4%
188	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	104,595	-1.7%
189	Dahme-Spreewald	104,417	+0.5%
190	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	104,105	+0.3%
191	Nordfriesland	103,357	+0.2%
192	Landshut, Landkreis	102,749	+0.9%
193	Nordwestmecklenburg	102,035	-0.3%
194	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	101,698	+0.7%
195	Havelland	101,486	+0.7%
196	Bad Kreuznach	101,216	-0.1%
197	Waldeck-Frankenberg	101,036	-0.5%
198	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	100,954	-0.1%
199	Calw	100,317	+0.7%
200	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	100,016	+1.5%
201	Schaumburg	98,957	-0%
202	Bamberg, Landkreis	98,770	0%
203	Dachau	98,712	+1.1%
204	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	97,688	+0.1%
205	Oberallgäu	97,598	+0.1%
206	Trier-Saarburg	96,995	+0.3%
207	Schwandorf	96,739	+0.4%
208	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	93,544	-0.3%
209	Vechta	93,179	+1.8%
210	Saarpfalz-Kreis	93,138	-0.8%
211	Höxter	92,911	0%
212	Hameln-Pyrmont	92,777	-0.3%
213	Unterallgäu	90,765	+1.1%
214	Erding	90,591	+1.2%
215	Olpe	89,843	-0.2%
216	Ostallgäu	88,677	+0.8%
217	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	88,648	+1.4%
218	Rottweil	88,530	+0.5%
219	Ebersberg	88,449	+1.3%
220	Tuttlingen	88,299	+1.1%
221	Erlangen-Höchstadt	88,278	+0.3%
222	Mansfeld-Südharz	88,079	-1.6%
223	Grafschaft Bentheim	87,962	+0.5%
224	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	87,668	+0.8%
225	Heidekreis	87,628	-0.1%
226	Neunkirchen	87,082	-0.6%
227	Gotha	86,791	-0.3%
228	Donau-Ries	86,766	+0.5%
229	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	86,583	-0.7%
230	Eichstätt	86,170	+1.1%
231	Aichach-Friedberg	86,002	+0.5%
232	Verden	85,957	+0.1%
233	Germersheim	85,639	+0.3%
234	Goslar	85,527	-0.6%
235	Alzey-Worms	85,439	+0.3%
236	Main-Tauber-Kreis	85,239	+0.2%
237	Bad Dürkheim	85,191	-0.2%
238	Miltenberg	85,129	-0.2%
239	Weilheim-Schongau	84,975	+0.3%
240	Northeim	84,872	-0.9%
241	Sigmaringen	84,707	+0.5%
242	Peine	84,585	+0.3%
243	Cham	84,457	0%
244	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	84,170	-0.5%
245	Steinburg	84,147	0%
246	Dithmarschen	83,721	-0.3%
247	Main-Spessart	83,384	-0.8%
248	Oldenburg, Landkreis	83,258	+0.8%
249	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	83,182	+1.5%
250	Heidenheim	83,081	+0.7%

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About this ranking

Resident population aged 15 to 64 on 1 January (Eurostat).

The working-age band Eurostat uses for EU comparisons. population_16_64 (INE, Spain) starts at 16, so the two series differ.

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 on 1 January by broad age group, 15 to 64, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which area has the highest population aged 15 to 64?

Berlin, with 2.34 million in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 22,172 in 2015.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by broad age group, 15 to 64, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). Retrieved 2026-10-09.