Number of bed-places (Number)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Bayern | 587,460 | 654,411 | 694,121 | 658,404 | 662,114 |
| Niedersachsen | 299,858 | 356,517 | 361,203 | 367,980 | 366,882 |
| Baden-Württemberg | 304,304 | 345,312 | 374,877 | 360,117 | 359,864 |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 261,439 | 292,400 | 328,873 | 312,545 | 318,701 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | | 238,790 | 259,795 | 273,120 | 279,899 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 218,638 | 238,294 | 249,114 | 247,188 | 245,849 |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 195,256 | 222,005 | 235,975 | 224,857 | 230,644 |
| Hessen | 165,569 | 214,613 | 236,410 | 226,352 | 226,752 |
| Sachsen | | 131,935 | 137,666 | 136,790 | 138,557 |
| Berlin | 30,264 | 64,738 | 84,519 | 114,398 | 124,524 |
| Brandenburg | | 113,726 | 120,356 | 117,918 | 119,964 |
| Thüringen | | 82,642 | 98,209 | 99,843 | 99,707 |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | | 67,664 | 71,889 | 70,638 | 70,787 |
| Hamburg | 20,967 | 28,537 | 36,470 | 46,898 | 48,781 |
| Saarland | 9,621 | 18,325 | 19,576 | 17,551 | 18,272 |
| Bremen | 6,297 | 9,085 | 18,040 | 12,363 | 12,701 |