EU regions (NUTS 2) by deaths

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by deaths, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Lombardia had the highest deaths of 241 regions in 2016, at 94,301. Åland had the lowest, at 297. The median was 14,692 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.53 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest94,301Lombardia

Lowest297Åland

Median14,692241 regions

European Union (27)4,534,200History

Top 40 regions, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

count. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Lombardia	94,301	-5.2%
2	Ile-de-France	74,621	+0.1%
3	Andalusia	69,231	-3.8%
4	Catalonia	63,289	-2.4%
5	Düsseldorf	60,889	-1.8%
6	Lazio	56,838	-2.7%
7	Campania	53,044	-6.6%
8	Rhône-Alpes	51,717	-0.5%
9	Piemonte	50,984	-5.7%
10	Sicilia	49,989	-5.9%
11	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	49,731	-0.3%
12	Emilia-Romagna	49,377	-4.3%
13	Śląskie	48,958	-2.9%
14	Veneto	47,856	-3.4%
15	Köln	45,797	-1.3%
16	Community of Madrid	45,066	-3.8%
17	Arnsberg	44,066	-1.8%
18	Sud-Muntenia	43,705	+0.2%
19	Nord-Est	43,375	-1.5%
20	Valencian Community	42,697	-3.7%
21	Toscana	42,477	-6.3%
22	Oberbayern	40,858	-2.3%
23	Attiki	40,224	-1.5%
24	Stuttgart	38,803	-1.7%
25	Darmstadt	37,996	-4.1%
26	Puglia	37,546	-5%
27	Nord-Pas de Calais	37,044	-0.8%
28	Sud-Est	34,561	+1%
29	Bretagne	34,489	+2%
30	Berlin	34,051	-0.7%
31	Norte	34,043	+1.5%
32	Schleswig-Holstein	33,879	+0.6%
33	Pays de la Loire	33,675	-0.6%
34	Aquitaine	33,565	-1.2%
35	Wielkopolskie	32,327	-2.5%
36	Galicia	31,757	+0.2%
37	Sachsen-Anhalt	31,453	-2.8%
38	Nord-Vest	31,410	-3.7%
39	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	31,174	-1.7%
40	Brandenburg	30,790	+0.1%
41	Małopolskie	30,716	-2.1%
42	Dolnośląskie	30,566	-3.1%
43	Zuid-Holland	30,407	+1.5%
44	Łódzkie	30,213	-2.9%
45	Warszawski stołeczny	29,711	0%
46	Midi-Pyrénées	28,911	-0%
47	Münster	28,740	+0.7%
48	Yugozapaden	28,610	-1.1%
49	Languedoc-Roussillon	28,608	+1.3%
50	Latvija	28,580	+0.4%
51	Centru	28,503	-1.9%
52	Castile and León	28,436	-3%
53	Karlsruhe	28,416	-0.4%
54	Thüringen	28,312	-1.8%
55	Weser-Ems	27,396	+1.3%
56	Sud-Vest Oltenia	27,367	-4.6%
57	Centre - Val de Loire	26,237	-0.5%
58	Bucureşti-Ilfov	25,852	+0.3%
59	Hannover	25,276	-2.6%
60	Mazowiecki regionalny	25,156	-0.7%
61	Vest	23,631	-3.2%
62	Noord-Holland	23,276	+1.1%
63	Lorraine	22,802	-0.1%
64	Detmold	22,759	+0.8%
65	Noord-Brabant	22,356	+1.9%
66	Lubelskie	22,284	-2.3%
67	Freiburg	22,219	-1.2%
68	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	21,895	-3.2%
69	Chemnitz	21,366	-2%
70	Budapest	21,231	-3%
71	Basque Country	21,224	-1.3%
72	Yuzhen tsentralen	21,162	-2.1%
73	Pomorskie	21,145	+0.5%
74	Centro (PT)	20,862	+2.3%
75	Liguria	20,853	-7.2%
76	Kentriki Makedonia	20,769	-0.5%
77	Kujawsko-pomorskie	20,525	0%
78	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	20,445	+0.6%
79	Poitou-Charentes	19,946	+0.6%
80	Lüneburg	19,869	+1.2%
81	Braunschweig	19,827	+0.1%
82	Dresden	19,820	-2.9%
83	Grande Lisboa	19,388	+0.7%
84	Calabria	19,267	-5.1%
85	Západné Slovensko	19,160	-1.5%
86	Castilla-La Mancha	19,144	-3.9%
87	Podkarpackie	19,103	-1.6%
88	Mittelfranken	18,659	-3.2%
89	Észak-Alföld	18,590	-2.9%
90	Schwaben	18,490	-2%
91	Bourgogne	18,470	-0.3%
92	Picardie	18,146	+0.6%
93	Koblenz	18,133	+0.2%
94	Gelderland	18,124	+1.3%
95	Västsverige	18,021	+1.4%
96	Dél-Alföld	17,580	-4.6%
97	Marche	17,322	-4.9%
98	Hamburg	17,267	-1.7%
99	Haute-Normandie	17,221	-0.5%
100	Tübingen	17,192	-2.2%
101	Zachodniopomorskie	17,047	-1.3%
102	Niederösterreich	16,961	-1.7%
103	Prov. Antwerpen	16,884	-2.2%
104	Jihovýchod	16,735	-3.2%
105	Jadranska Hrvatska	16,647	-3.6%
106	Észak-Magyarország	16,618	-2.3%
107	Sardegna	16,143	-2.3%
108	Wien	16,031	-3%
109	Stockholm	15,913	+0.5%
110	Basse-Normandie	15,853	+1.4%
111	Alsace	15,713	-1.3%
112	Östra Mellansverige	15,667	+1.9%
113	Yugoiztochen	15,547	-3.5%
114	Auvergne	15,393	-0.5%
115	Eesti	15,392	+1%
116	Hovedstaden	15,320	+0.2%
117	Severozapaden	15,315	-2.6%
118	Severovýchod	15,300	-3.4%
119	Prov. Hainaut	15,096	-1.2%
120	Canary Islands	15,035	-0.5%
121	Kassel	14,692	-2.3%
122	Abruzzo	14,546	-5.3%
123	Länsi-Suomi	14,451	+3%
124	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	14,173	-3.3%
125	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	14,119	+2.4%
126	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	14,091	-4.8%
127	Warmińsko-mazurskie	14,078	+1.6%
128	Pest	14,074	-4.1%
129	Unterfranken	13,988	-4%
130	Świętokrzyskie	13,948	-3.2%
131	Közép-Dunántúl	13,864	-4.2%
132	Východné Slovensko	13,861	-5.5%
133	Sydsverige	13,712	+1.7%
134	Severen tsentralen	13,651	-2.7%
135	Aragon	13,481	-6%
136	Stredné Slovensko	13,400	-2.7%
137	Champagne-Ardenne	13,351	-0.9%
138	Severoiztochen	13,295	-2.9%
139	Asturias	13,204	-2.6%
140	Moravskoslezsko	13,133	-3.1%
141	Eastern and Midland	13,027	-1.3%
142	Etelä-Suomi	12,986	+3.4%
143	Niederbayern	12,925	-3.9%
143	Střední Morava	12,925	-2.7%
145	Oberösterreich	12,911	-5.4%
146	Saarland	12,897	-3.9%
147	Oberfranken	12,856	-3.7%
148	Střední Čechy	12,695	-2.7%
149	Jihozápad	12,596	-4.9%
150	Dél-Dunántúl	12,499	-4.6%
151	Nyugat-Dunántúl	12,489	-1.5%
152	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	12,361	-2.3%
153	Steiermark	12,311	-4%
154	Podlaskie	12,271	-0.3%
155	Severozápad	12,225	-2.2%
156	Leipzig	12,144	-0.9%
157	Praha	12,141	-2.2%
158	Helsinki-Uusimaa	12,070	+2%
159	Oberpfalz	11,776	-3.5%
160	Syddanmark	11,715	+0.1%
161	Prov. Liège	11,687	-3.2%
162	Southern	11,583	+5.6%
163	Limburg (NL)	11,539	-2.3%
164	Vzhodna Slovenija	11,395	-0.8%
165	Gießen	11,393	-3.9%
166	Extremadura	11,237	-2.4%
167	Franche-Comté	11,029	+0.7%
168	Midtjylland	11,021	+0.1%
169	Region of Murcia	10,867	-3.3%
170	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	10,456	+3.5%
171	Umbria	10,252	-5.2%
172	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	10,185	-1%
173	Overijssel	10,134	+1.5%
174	Opolskie	10,006	-4.4%
175	Lubuskie	9,955	-2%
176	Utrecht	9,946	+1.4%
177	Sostinės regionas	9,932	-1.3%
178	Norra Mellansverige	9,502	-3%
179	Limousin	9,277	-2.3%
180	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	9,074	-2.8%
181	Sjælland	8,775	+2.1%
182	Thessalia	8,646	+1.5%
183	Småland med öarna	8,440	-2.3%
184	Zahodna Slovenija	8,294	-0.7%
185	Península de Setúbal	8,189	+1.6%
186	Balearic Islands	7,939	-4.6%
187	Bremen	7,732	-1%
188	Dytiki Elláda	7,580	-3.1%
189	Alentejo	7,385	-1.1%
190	Prov. Limburg (BE)	7,327	-1.5%
191	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	7,225	-2.6%
192	Peloponnisos	7,059	-6.5%
193	Sterea Elláda	6,441	-2.1%
194	Friesland (NL)	6,286	+3.7%
195	Basilicata	6,203	-3.3%
196	Northern and Western	6,057	+1.6%
197	Nordjylland	5,993	+0.3%
198	Kriti	5,962	-3.2%
199	Kärnten	5,961	-1.1%
200	Cantabria	5,936	-1.7%
201	Bratislavský kraj	5,930	-0.2%
202	Tirol	5,860	-2.3%
203	Trier	5,836	-3.6%
204	Navarre	5,727	+0.8%
205	Groningen	5,583	+1.9%
206	Kýpros	5,471	-6.6%
207	Övre Norrland	5,423	-1.1%
208	Algarve	5,227	+8.5%
209	Drenthe	5,084	+2.2%
210	Prov. Namur	5,057	-2.6%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	4,959	-1.8%
212	La Réunion	4,689	+3.5%
213	Salzburg	4,490	-0.6%
214	Mellersta Norrland	4,304	-4.7%
215	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	4,249	-2.5%
216	Luxembourg	3,967	-0.4%
217	Ipeiros	3,903	-4.1%
218	Zeeland	3,885	-1.1%
219	Molise	3,579	-7.9%
220	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,503	-4.6%
221	Guadeloupe	3,383	+10.8%
222	Malta	3,342	-2.9%
223	Martinique	3,284	+7.4%
224	Dytiki Makedonia	3,216	-4.4%
225	Burgenland	3,215	-2.5%
226	Corse	3,092	-0.5%
227	La Rioja	2,967	-4.1%
228	Vorarlberg	2,929	-1.4%
229	Notio Aigaio	2,805	+0.3%
230	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,750	+2.7%
231	Região Autónoma da Madeira	2,615	+0.1%
232	Ionia Nisia	2,565	-5%
233	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,408	+4.4%
234	Voreio Aigaio	2,393	-3.7%
235	Flevoland	2,377	+5.2%
236	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1,385	-8%
237	Guyane	901	+8%
238	Mayotte	705	+10.8%
239	Ceuta	508	+0.8%
240	Melilla	486	-5.8%
241	Åland	297	+4.2%

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About this ranking

Deaths of residents in the area during the year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 3 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Deaths during the year by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which region has the highest deaths?

Lombardia, with 94,301 in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Åland, with 297 in 2016.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Deaths during the year by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08. 3 regions have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.