NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population aged 15 to 64

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by population aged 15 to 64, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Berlin had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 400 areas in 2016, at 2.37 million. Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 22,218. The median was 101,145 and the figure for Germany was 53.99 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest2,367,765Berlin

Lowest22,218Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median101,145400 areas

Germany53,994,380History

Top 40 areas, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2016 persons	Change on 2015
1	Berlin	2,367,765	+1%
2	Hamburg	1,211,143	+1.4%
3	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,003,623	+1.3%
4	Region Hannover	752,204	+1.6%
5	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	733,460	+1.2%
6	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	514,930	+2.2%
7	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	431,226	+2.1%
8	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	411,771	+1.2%
9	Recklinghausen	403,420	+0.6%
10	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	390,532	+1%
11	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	388,175	+1.7%
12	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	382,601	+1.6%
13	Städteregion Aachen	374,340	+1.2%
14	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	369,573	+2.9%
15	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	369,128	+0.8%
16	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	354,353	+1.3%
17	Ludwigsburg	352,919	+1.5%
18	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	351,498	+1.1%
19	Esslingen	345,020	+1.6%
20	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	340,693	+2%
21	Duisburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	323,243	+1.3%
22	Mettmann	305,025	+1.1%
23	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	304,891	+1.4%
24	Wesel	301,980	+1%
25	Steinfurt	293,369	+1.6%
26	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	291,180	+1.7%
27	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	287,687	+0.9%
28	Ortenaukreis	276,293	+0.9%
29	Rems-Murr-Kreis	274,739	+1.5%
30	Märkischer Kreis	271,074	+0.5%
31	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	270,029	+0.9%
32	Unna	258,233	+1.1%
33	Böblingen	250,643	+2%
34	Borken	247,213	+1.3%
35	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	242,506	+0.8%
36	Gütersloh	239,333	+1.9%
37	Osnabrück, Landkreis	235,057	+2%
38	Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt	228,717	+1.4%
39	Offenbach, Landkreis	225,989	+1.5%
40	Heilbronn, Landkreis	224,531	+1.7%
41	Lippe	223,543	+1.7%
42	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	220,836	+1.1%
43	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	219,682	+2.8%
44	München, Landkreis	218,310	+2.5%
45	Göttingen	217,313	+1.9%
46	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	215,854	+0.2%
47	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	215,360	+1.6%
48	Emsland	214,409	+1.3%
49	Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis	213,687	+3%
50	Erzgebirgskreis	211,265	-2.1%
51	Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis	210,484	+0.9%
52	Mannheim, Stadtkreis	210,366	+2.3%
53	Paderborn	207,384	+1.7%
54	Kleve	206,782	+1.9%
55	Ostalbkreis	206,244	+1.5%
56	Minden-Lübbecke	201,966	+1.4%
57	Soest	199,162	+2.4%
58	Wetteraukreis	198,944	+1.4%
59	Pinneberg	197,361	+1.1%
60	Zwickau	196,328	-1.2%
61	Viersen	195,434	+0.7%
62	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	193,993	+2.1%
63	Darmstadt-Dieburg	193,443	+1.3%
64	Mittelsachsen	191,342	-0.9%
65	Bautzen	187,504	-0.9%
66	Reutlingen	186,243	+1.6%
67	Siegen-Wittgenstein	185,828	+1.9%
68	Konstanz	185,566	+1.8%
69	Ravensburg	185,513	+1.6%
70	Warendorf	181,154	+1.5%
71	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	180,774	0%
72	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	179,961	+1.1%
73	Gießen, Landkreis	179,645	+0.9%
74	Hildesheim	178,685	+0.9%
75	Oberbergischer Kreis	178,364	+1%
76	Groß-Gerau	176,508	+2%
77	Bergstraße	174,900	+1%
78	Düren	173,813	+1.4%
79	Segeberg	173,226	+0.8%
80	Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt	172,114	+1.2%
81	Hochsauerlandkreis	172,107	+1.1%
82	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	171,770	+0.5%
83	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	171,309	+1.1%
84	Gelsenkirchen, Kreisfreie Stadt	171,297	+1%
85	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	169,229	+1.6%
86	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	168,380	-0.5%
87	Heinsberg	167,880	+1.2%
88	Rosenheim, Landkreis	167,503	+1.7%
89	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	167,149	+1.7%
90	Marburg-Biedenkopf	166,514	+1.5%
91	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	165,243	+0.5%
92	Göppingen	164,767	+1%
93	Herford	163,135	+1.3%
94	Augsburg, Landkreis	162,106	+1.1%
95	Leipzig	160,658	-0.6%
96	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	159,949	+1.8%
97	Harburg	159,085	+1.3%
98	Görlitz	155,967	-0.8%
99	Tübingen, Landkreis	154,380	+1.4%
100	Vorpommern-Greifswald	154,339	-0.7%
101	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	152,332	+1.7%
102	Stormarn	151,551	+1.2%
103	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	151,546	+1.5%
104	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	151,413	+1.1%
105	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	150,002	-0.1%
106	Rastatt	149,965	+1%
107	Meißen	149,713	+0.1%
108	Kassel, Landkreis	149,513	+0.8%
109	Lörrach	149,505	+1.3%
110	Main-Taunus-Kreis	149,220	+1.1%
111	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	147,010	+1.2%
112	Hochtaunuskreis	146,835	+1.1%
113	Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	146,178	+1.2%
114	Coesfeld	145,022	+0.9%
115	Fulda	144,886	+1.5%
116	Vorpommern-Rügen	143,398	-0%
117	Ludwigslust-Parchim	140,904	+0.2%
118	Vogtlandkreis	140,030	-1%
119	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	139,661	+0.9%
120	Mayen-Koblenz	139,527	+0.3%
121	Oberhausen, Kreisfreie Stadt	139,075	+0.6%
122	Diepholz	138,829	+1.4%
123	Mainz-Bingen	138,538	+1.7%
124	Landkreis Rostock	138,503	-0.1%
125	Harz	138,000	+0.3%
126	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	137,952	+1.6%
127	Bodenseekreis	137,141	+1.2%
128	Potsdam-Mittelmark	137,071	+1.2%
129	Fürstenfeldbruck	136,562	+1.5%
130	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	135,675	+1.7%
131	Oberhavel	134,556	+0.9%
132	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	134,465	+0.3%
133	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	134,014	+2%
134	Westerwaldkreis	132,304	+0.3%
135	Stade	130,645	+1.3%
136	Biberach	129,737	+1.9%
137	Saarlouis	128,810	+0.1%
138	Enzkreis	128,621	+1%
139	Schwäbisch Hall	128,433	+1.2%
140	Regensburg, Landkreis	127,845	+0.8%
141	Alb-Donau-Kreis	127,572	+1.6%
142	Euskirchen	125,879	+1.4%
143	Nordsachsen	125,051	-0.5%
144	Passau, Landkreis	124,595	+1%
145	Schleswig-Flensburg	124,487	+0.5%
146	Cuxhaven	124,206	+0.4%
147	Märkisch-Oderland	123,627	+0.5%
148	Herzogtum Lauenburg	123,474	+1.3%
149	Zollernalbkreis	123,131	+1.1%
150	Ostholstein	122,753	+0.4%
151	Salzlandkreis	122,389	-0.8%
152	Aurich	122,193	+0.4%
153	Hagen, Kreisfreie Stadt	121,197	+0.8%
154	Ansbach, Landkreis	121,153	+1%
155	Freising	120,966	+1.9%
156	Lüneburg, Landkreis	120,285	+1.5%
157	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	118,876	+0.8%
158	Saalekreis	118,853	-1%
159	Hamm, Kreisfreie Stadt	117,540	+1.9%
160	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	117,228	+0.3%
161	Neuwied	117,121	+0.6%
162	Oder-Spree	115,945	+2.2%
163	Gifhorn	115,768	+0.9%
164	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	115,742	+0.3%
165	Barnim	114,654	+0.7%
166	Burgenlandkreis	114,587	-0.6%
167	Börde	113,594	-0.3%
168	Limburg-Weilburg	113,545	+0.8%
169	Neu-Ulm	113,195	+1.7%
170	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	113,006	+1.1%
171	Celle	112,979	+0.9%
172	Traunstein	112,328	+1.5%
173	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt	112,231	+1.9%
174	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	111,827	+4.5%
175	Cloppenburg	111,037	+1.4%
176	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	110,542	+1.9%
177	Leer	109,450	+1.1%
178	Waldshut	109,256	+1.7%
179	Nürnberger Land	109,020	+0.9%
180	Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt	108,563	+0.1%
181	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	107,817	+2.7%
182	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Kreisfreie Stadt	107,769	+1.3%
183	Rotenburg (Wümme)	107,431	+0.9%
184	Wartburgkreis	106,856	-0.3%
185	Emmendingen	106,841	+1.3%
186	Teltow-Fläming	106,744	+0.9%
187	Würzburg, Landkreis	106,479	+0.2%
188	Dahme-Spreewald	105,728	+1.3%
189	Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt	105,360	+1.2%
190	Nordfriesland	104,636	+1.2%
191	Landshut, Landkreis	104,559	+1.8%
192	Anhalt-Bitterfeld	103,667	-0.9%
193	Havelland	103,020	+1.5%
194	Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt	103,017	+1.3%
195	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	102,486	+2.5%
196	Calw	102,122	+1.8%
197	Nordwestmecklenburg	101,947	-0.1%
198	Herne, Kreisfreie Stadt	101,857	+0.9%
199	Waldeck-Frankenberg	101,785	+0.7%
200	Bad Kreuznach	101,374	+0.2%
201	Dachau	100,915	+2.2%
202	Bamberg, Landkreis	99,219	+0.5%
203	Schaumburg	99,040	+0.1%
204	Oberallgäu	98,540	+1%
205	Trier-Saarburg	98,535	+1.6%
206	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	98,281	+0.6%
207	Schwandorf	97,544	+0.8%
208	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	94,397	+0.9%
209	Vechta	94,282	+1.2%
210	Höxter	93,594	+0.7%
211	Saarpfalz-Kreis	93,427	+0.3%
212	Hameln-Pyrmont	92,852	+0.1%
213	Unterallgäu	91,911	+1.3%
214	Erding	91,883	+1.4%
215	Olpe	90,843	+1.1%
216	Ebersberg	90,637	+2.5%
217	Heidekreis	90,600	+3.4%
218	Ostallgäu	89,886	+1.4%
219	Tuttlingen	89,798	+1.7%
220	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	89,736	+1.2%
221	Rottweil	89,476	+1.1%
222	Erlangen-Höchstadt	88,799	+0.6%
223	Grafschaft Bentheim	88,640	+0.8%
224	Neumarkt i. d. OPf.	88,533	+1%
225	Donau-Ries	87,520	+0.9%
226	Eichstätt	87,369	+1.4%
227	Neunkirchen	87,337	+0.3%
228	Gotha	87,231	+0.5%
229	Mansfeld-Südharz	86,990	-1.2%
230	Sigmaringen	86,963	+2.7%
231	Aichach-Friedberg	86,919	+1.1%
232	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	86,913	+0.4%
233	Verden	86,634	+0.8%
234	Main-Tauber-Kreis	86,444	+1.4%
235	Weilheim-Schongau	86,263	+1.5%
236	Goslar	86,084	+0.7%
237	Alzey-Worms	85,985	+0.6%
238	Germersheim	85,936	+0.3%
239	Peine	85,720	+1.3%
240	Northeim	85,317	+0.5%
241	Bad Dürkheim	85,249	+0.1%
242	Miltenberg	85,206	+0.1%
243	Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt	85,009	+2.2%
244	Steinburg	84,981	+1%
245	Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm	84,846	+2.3%
246	Cham	84,457	0%
247	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)	84,437	+0.3%
248	Oldenburg, Landkreis	84,436	+1.4%
249	Heidenheim	84,271	+1.4%
250	Dithmarschen	83,941	+0.3%

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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 2.37 million in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 22,218 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.