EU regions (NUTS 2) by deaths

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by deaths, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Lombardia had the highest deaths of 241 regions in 2018, at 99,542. Åland had the lowest, at 272. The median was 15,027 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.69 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest99,542Lombardia

Lowest272Åland

Median15,027241 regions

European Union (27)4,693,576History

Top 40 regions, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Lombardia	99,542	+0.2%
2	Ile-de-France	75,571	0%
3	Andalusia	72,806	+2.2%
4	Catalonia	66,562	+0.6%
5	Düsseldorf	63,617	+3%
6	Lazio	57,289	-4.4%
7	Piemonte	53,838	+0.6%
8	Campania	53,740	-4.5%
9	Rhône-Alpes	53,085	-0.2%
10	Śląskie	52,159	+1.5%
11	Sicilia	51,983	-4.4%
12	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	50,759	-0.6%
13	Emilia-Romagna	49,811	-2.5%
14	Veneto	49,136	-0.6%
15	Köln	48,620	+3.9%
16	Community of Madrid	46,599	-1%
17	Nord-Est	45,627	+3.6%
18	Arnsberg	45,409	+2.8%
19	Valencian Community	45,330	+1.2%
20	Sud-Muntenia	43,675	-0.5%
21	Toscana	43,442	-2.4%
22	Oberbayern	42,036	-0.2%
23	Attiki	40,796	-3.1%
24	Stuttgart	40,508	+1.6%
25	Darmstadt	39,794	+1.1%
26	Puglia	38,830	-3.8%
27	Nord-Pas de Calais	38,180	+1.8%
28	Schleswig-Holstein	35,921	+4.3%
29	Berlin	35,900	+4.5%
30	Sud-Est	35,649	+1.4%
31	Bretagne	35,533	+2.3%
32	Norte	35,240	+2.8%
33	Wielkopolskie	35,121	+5.6%
34	Aquitaine	35,083	-0.4%
35	Pays de la Loire	34,800	0%
36	Sachsen-Anhalt	33,485	+2.1%
37	Dolnośląskie	32,991	+3%
38	Brandenburg	32,684	+2.9%
39	Nord-Vest	32,486	+0.4%
40	Małopolskie	32,467	+1.9%
41	Galicia	32,419	+1.4%
42	Warszawski stołeczny	32,148	+3.1%
43	Łódzkie	31,589	+1.3%
44	Zuid-Holland	31,176	+2.2%
45	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	29,941	-2.1%
46	Midi-Pyrénées	29,883	-0.8%
47	Münster	29,868	+2.3%
48	Thüringen	29,824	+1.6%
49	Languedoc-Roussillon	29,748	+2.5%
50	Karlsruhe	29,517	+1.8%
51	Castile and León	29,297	+1.1%
52	Centru	29,290	+2%
53	Latvija	28,820	+0.2%
54	Yugozapaden	28,654	-0.3%
55	Weser-Ems	28,518	+3.9%
56	Sud-Vest Oltenia	27,185	-1.9%
57	Centre - Val de Loire	26,861	+0.1%
58	Mazowiecki regionalny	26,577	+2%
59	Bucureşti-Ilfov	26,502	+1.8%
60	Hannover	26,350	+1.8%
61	Lubelskie	23,682	+1.1%
62	Detmold	23,626	+3.1%
63	Vest	23,497	-3.6%
64	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	23,471	+2.3%
65	Noord-Holland	23,424	+2.4%
66	Lorraine	23,416	+1.5%
67	Noord-Brabant	23,150	+2%
68	Freiburg	23,127	+2.2%
69	Kujawsko-pomorskie	22,629	+6.5%
70	Chemnitz	22,427	+3.3%
71	Pomorskie	22,395	+3.4%
72	Liguria	22,238	+0.5%
73	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	21,948	+5.8%
74	Basque Country	21,763	+0.6%
75	Budapest	21,652	-0.4%
76	Kentriki Makedonia	21,144	-1.8%
77	Centro (PT)	21,090	+1.3%
78	Yuzhen tsentralen	21,081	-3%
79	Dresden	20,791	+2.1%
80	Lüneburg	20,766	+2.3%
81	Poitou-Charentes	20,690	+1.1%
82	Braunschweig	20,531	+2.3%
83	Grande Lisboa	20,197	+5.4%
84	Západné Slovensko	19,811	+0.6%
85	Calabria	19,756	-5%
86	Podkarpackie	19,636	+1.6%
87	Castilla-La Mancha	19,574	-3.1%
88	Mittelfranken	19,478	+0.1%
89	Észak-Alföld	19,326	+2.5%
90	Schwaben	19,307	+1.7%
91	Gelderland	19,017	+2.1%
92	Bourgogne	18,688	-1.4%
93	Koblenz	18,651	+0.9%
94	Zachodniopomorskie	18,557	+4.3%
95	Picardie	18,285	+0.7%
96	Västsverige	18,237	-0.7%
97	Hamburg	18,168	+3%
98	Tübingen	17,982	+2.1%
99	Haute-Normandie	17,885	+2.3%
100	Dél-Alföld	17,847	-3.4%
101	Jihovýchod	17,819	+1.5%
102	Niederösterreich	17,605	+1.9%
103	Prov. Antwerpen	17,415	+0.2%
104	Marche	17,175	-6.9%
105	Észak-Magyarország	17,129	-0.1%
106	Wien	16,887	+2.8%
107	Jadranska Hrvatska	16,868	-4%
108	Alsace	16,658	+3.2%
109	Basse-Normandie	16,317	+2.3%
110	Canary Islands	16,310	+6.9%
111	Sardegna	16,277	-3%
112	Severovýchod	16,257	+2.4%
113	Stockholm	16,186	+2.2%
114	Östra Mellansverige	15,953	+1.2%
115	Yugoiztochen	15,910	-1%
116	Eesti	15,751	+1.3%
117	Hovedstaden	15,593	+1.7%
118	Auvergne	15,462	-2.3%
119	Kassel	15,446	+3.5%
120	Severozapaden	15,123	-2.4%
121	Prov. Hainaut	15,027	+1.9%
122	Warmińsko-mazurskie	14,973	+3.8%
123	Pest	14,892	-0.4%
124	Unterfranken	14,818	+1.2%
125	Abruzzo	14,680	-5.2%
126	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	14,621	+1.1%
127	Świętokrzyskie	14,619	+2%
128	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	14,476	-0.2%
129	Länsi-Suomi	14,463	+0.2%
130	Közép-Dunántúl	14,461	-0.6%
131	Východné Slovensko	14,430	+0.5%
132	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	14,373	+1.8%
133	Aragon	14,100	-0.8%
134	Severen tsentralen	14,058	-0.5%
135	Sydsverige	13,949	+0.8%
136	Saarland	13,872	+4.5%
137	Stredné Slovensko	13,768	+0.4%
138	Severoiztochen	13,700	+0.6%
139	Střední Čechy	13,687	+3.3%
140	Moravskoslezsko	13,649	+0.7%
141	Eastern and Midland	13,594	+1.5%
142	Oberösterreich	13,584	0%
143	Champagne-Ardenne	13,571	-0.5%
144	Oberfranken	13,428	+0.2%
145	Niederbayern	13,300	-0.5%
146	Střední Morava	13,290	-1%
147	Asturias	13,238	+0.7%
148	Etelä-Suomi	13,194	+2.3%
149	Leipzig	13,072	+3.6%
149	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	13,072	+1.1%
151	Jihozápad	12,972	-0.2%
152	Podlaskie	12,969	+3.5%
153	Nyugat-Dunántúl	12,891	-0.6%
154	Dél-Dunántúl	12,882	-1.3%
155	Severozápad	12,829	+2%
156	Steiermark	12,593	-1.9%
157	Syddanmark	12,488	+4.5%
158	Oberpfalz	12,442	+4.2%
159	Praha	12,417	+1.8%
160	Helsinki-Uusimaa	12,225	+1.5%
161	Gießen	11,927	-1%
162	Limburg (NL)	11,916	+0.6%
163	Prov. Liège	11,868	+0.4%
164	Vzhodna Slovenija	11,760	+0.3%
165	Midtjylland	11,745	+4.5%
166	Extremadura	11,451	-1.2%
167	Southern	11,438	+3.4%
168	Franche-Comté	11,404	+1.4%
169	Region of Murcia	11,327	-1.7%
170	Lubuskie	10,981	+6.8%
171	Opolskie	10,707	-1.6%
172	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	10,561	+2.9%
173	Overijssel	10,510	+2.5%
174	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	10,506	+3%
175	Utrecht	10,225	+1.6%
176	Umbria	10,078	-6.6%
177	Sostinės regionas	9,633	+0.9%
178	Norra Mellansverige	9,333	-1.6%
179	Limousin	9,283	+0.3%
180	Sjælland	9,198	+2.2%
181	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	8,940	-1.2%
182	Zahodna Slovenija	8,725	-0.7%
183	Småland med öarna	8,693	-1.3%
184	Thessalia	8,526	-4.3%
185	Península de Setúbal	8,343	+3.3%
186	Balearic Islands	8,206	-1.8%
187	Bremen	8,068	+2.1%
188	Prov. Limburg (BE)	7,737	+3.1%
189	Dytiki Elláda	7,565	-3.7%
190	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	7,384	-5.9%
191	Alentejo	7,341	+2.8%
192	Peloponnisos	7,316	-4.2%
193	Sterea Elláda	6,617	-2.6%
194	Friesland (NL)	6,426	+2.6%
195	Bratislavský kraj	6,284	+2%
196	Basilicata	6,251	-3.8%
197	Nordjylland	6,208	+8.2%
198	Trier	6,177	+3.4%
199	Tirol	6,137	+3.5%
200	Kärnten	6,130	+0.9%
201	Northern and Western	6,108	+2.5%
202	Cantabria	6,096	+2.3%
203	Kriti	5,983	-6.4%
204	Navarre	5,819	-0.4%
205	Kýpros	5,768	-3.8%
206	Groningen	5,650	-0.2%
207	Övre Norrland	5,585	+2.2%
208	Drenthe	5,340	+2.7%
209	Algarve	5,309	+0.2%
210	Prov. Namur	5,132	-0%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	5,014	-0.9%
212	La Réunion	5,011	+7.2%
213	Salzburg	4,626	-1.1%
214	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	4,397	0%
215	Luxembourg	4,318	+1.3%
216	Mellersta Norrland	4,249	-3.7%
217	Zeeland	4,043	+2.5%
218	Ipeiros	3,977	-2.4%
219	Molise	3,703	-3.9%
220	Malta	3,688	+3.3%
221	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,558	-2.5%
222	Guadeloupe	3,365	+2.8%
223	Burgenland	3,313	-1.3%
224	Martinique	3,292	+2.3%
225	Dytiki Makedonia	3,249	-4%
226	La Rioja	3,205	+5%
227	Corse	3,139	-0.8%
228	Vorarlberg	3,100	-0.4%
229	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,762	+1.3%
230	Notio Aigaio	2,756	-3.2%
231	Região Autónoma da Madeira	2,730	+8.6%
232	Ionia Nisia	2,611	-3.3%
233	Flevoland	2,486	+8.9%
234	Voreio Aigaio	2,372	-3.5%
235	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,295	+2.2%
236	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1,477	+1.6%
237	Guyane	899	-6.7%
238	Mayotte	758	+3.1%
239	Ceuta	535	-4.5%
240	Melilla	516	+4.5%
241	Åland	272	+15.7%

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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 2018 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 99,542 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Åland, with 272 in 2018.

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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 2018 and are not ranked.