EU regions (NUTS 2) by deaths

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by deaths, 2020
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Lombardia had the highest deaths of 244 regions in 2020, at 135,595. Åland had the lowest, at 291. The median was 16,473 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 5.19 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest135,595Lombardia

Lowest291Åland

Median16,473244 regions

European Union (27)5,185,351History

Top 40 regions, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Lombardia	135,595	+35.6%
2	Ile-de-France	90,567	+19.5%
3	Catalonia	79,784	+23.6%
4	Andalusia	78,461	+11.3%
5	Community of Madrid	66,648	+41.3%
6	Piemonte	65,883	+24%
7	Düsseldorf	65,021	+5%
8	Rhône-Alpes	63,335	+16.8%
9	Lazio	62,393	+9.9%
10	Śląskie	60,054	+16%
11	Emilia-Romagna	59,211	+17.8%
12	Campania	58,934	+9.4%
13	Veneto	57,337	+17.3%
14	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	55,613	+8%
15	Sicilia	55,583	+6.1%
16	Sud-Muntenia	50,496	+16.2%
17	Nord-Est	50,182	+14.3%
18	Köln	49,270	+3.2%
19	Valencian Community	48,549	+10.3%
20	Toscana	47,821	+9.5%
21	Arnsberg	45,817	+3.3%
22	Oberbayern	45,577	+7%
23	Puglia	44,002	+12.4%
24	Attiki	42,750	+1.9%
25	Stuttgart	42,521	+4.9%
26	Darmstadt	41,810	+5.3%
27	Nord-Pas de Calais	41,084	+10.5%
28	Norte	40,035	+14.5%
29	Wielkopolskie	40,013	+16.8%
30	Sud-Est	39,167	+10.6%
31	Małopolskie	38,807	+17.7%
32	Berlin	37,642	+8.4%
33	Dolnośląskie	37,581	+14.9%
34	Nord-Vest	37,282	+18.2%
35	Pays de la Loire	36,807	+4.1%
36	Warszawski stołeczny	36,523	+16.1%
37	Castile and León	36,197	+26%
38	Aquitaine	36,162	+2.5%
39	Łódzkie	35,807	+17%
40	Bretagne	35,735	+1.3%
41	Schleswig-Holstein	35,192	+0.7%
42	Zuid-Holland	34,734	+12.5%
43	Brandenburg	34,633	+8.1%
44	Centru	34,124	+17.6%
45	Sachsen-Anhalt	33,804	+4.7%
46	Yugozapaden	33,172	+15.4%
47	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	32,962	+14.1%
48	Galicia	32,845	+5%
49	Languedoc-Roussillon	31,260	+6.2%
50	Midi-Pyrénées	31,222	+3.1%
51	Mazowiecki regionalny	30,991	+18.2%
52	Münster	30,582	+3.7%
53	Bucureşti-Ilfov	30,558	+17.8%
54	Karlsruhe	30,433	+2.7%
55	Sud-Vest Oltenia	30,308	+11.4%
56	Thüringen	30,226	+3.5%
57	Weser-Ems	28,923	+3.9%
58	Latvija	28,854	+4.1%
59	Centre - Val de Loire	28,612	+5.6%
60	Vest	27,407	+17%
61	Lubelskie	27,244	+18.4%
62	Lorraine	26,679	+13.8%
63	Hannover	26,627	+3%
64	Noord-Brabant	26,555	+16%
65	Castilla-La Mancha	25,835	+32.7%
66	Liguria	25,733	+20.5%
67	Pomorskie	25,663	+14.3%
68	Noord-Holland	25,481	+10.4%
69	Kujawsko-pomorskie	25,465	+15.2%
70	Yuzhen tsentralen	25,193	+18.8%
71	Kentriki Makedonia	24,979	+14.1%
72	Chemnitz	24,916	+13.6%
73	Freiburg	24,268	+4.3%
74	Basque Country	24,252	+12.5%
75	Podkarpackie	24,145	+20.6%
76	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	24,006	+3%
77	Dresden	23,923	+16.6%
78	Detmold	23,623	+2.9%
79	Budapest	22,873	+7.9%
80	Centro (PT)	22,539	+7.8%
81	Grande Lisboa	22,065	+11%
82	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	21,854	+0.7%
83	Západné Slovensko	21,511	+13.3%
84	Poitou-Charentes	21,258	+2.2%
85	Lüneburg	21,073	+2.4%
86	Zachodniopomorskie	21,035	+13.9%
87	Calabria	21,024	+4.3%
88	Gelderland	20,943	+9.8%
89	Észak-Alföld	20,927	+8.9%
90	Schwaben	20,662	+5.9%
91	Bourgogne	20,630	+9.5%
92	Mittelfranken	20,598	+5.7%
93	Picardie	20,484	+11%
94	Jihovýchod	20,465	+14.8%
95	Braunschweig	20,357	+1.8%
96	Marche	19,967	+14.5%
97	Prov. Antwerpen	19,440	+14.2%
98	Dél-Alföld	19,410	+8.2%
99	Haute-Normandie	19,393	+7.7%
100	Alsace	19,236	+17.3%
101	Västsverige	19,110	+7.3%
102	Koblenz	18,977	+3.7%
103	Sardegna	18,809	+10.6%
104	Tübingen	18,784	+3.4%
105	Niederösterreich	18,634	+6.8%
106	Stockholm	18,429	+19.9%
107	Észak-Magyarország	18,428	+8.5%
108	Severovýchod	18,329	+14.1%
109	Hamburg	18,308	+4.8%
110	Jadranska Hrvatska	17,947	+7.7%
111	Wien	17,901	+10.8%
112	Yugoiztochen	17,897	+13.1%
113	Panonska Hrvatska	17,757	n/a
114	Prov. Hainaut	17,665	+19.7%
115	Świętokrzyskie	17,309	+19.4%
116	Basse-Normandie	17,033	+3.1%
117	Auvergne	17,029	+8.3%
118	Severozapaden	16,878	+11.7%
119	Östra Mellansverige	16,755	+9.7%
119	Warmińsko-mazurskie	16,755	+12.5%
121	Aragon	16,711	+22.7%
122	Canary Islands	16,486	+4.6%
123	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	16,460	+12.7%
124	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	16,406	+14.6%
125	Východné Slovensko	16,233	+12.6%
126	Severen tsentralen	16,106	+17.3%
127	Pest	16,081	+9.1%
128	Abruzzo	16,027	+9.7%
129	Moravskoslezsko	15,967	+16%
130	Střední Morava	15,920	+20.6%
131	Eesti	15,811	+2.7%
132	Kassel	15,773	+5.3%
133	Közép-Dunántúl	15,679	+9.3%
134	Hovedstaden	15,591	+1.8%
135	Severoiztochen	15,489	+14.9%
136	Střední Čechy	15,302	+13.6%
137	Unterfranken	15,048	+4.9%
138	Oberösterreich	14,888	+9.1%
139	Jihozápad	14,866	+12.3%
140	Stredné Slovensko	14,838	+7.8%
141	Severozápad	14,819	+17.5%
142	Champagne-Ardenne	14,758	+9.4%
143	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	14,697	+16%
144	Eastern and Midland	14,633	+8.2%
145	Podlaskie	14,622	+17%
146	Asturias	14,550	+12.9%
147	Länsi-Suomi	14,527	+1.8%
148	Sydsverige	14,485	+8.2%
149	Steiermark	14,449	+13.9%
150	Niederbayern	14,432	+8.6%
151	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	14,404	+2.7%
152	Prov. Liège	14,287	+25.2%
153	Nyugat-Dunántúl	14,235	+13.1%
154	Oberfranken	14,016	+7.8%
155	Vzhodna Slovenija	13,838	+18.2%
156	Saarland	13,784	+1.7%
157	Dél-Dunántúl	13,633	+6.2%
158	Limburg (NL)	13,625	+13.5%
159	Praha	13,621	+11.8%
160	Leipzig	13,253	+6.1%
161	Etelä-Suomi	13,162	+1.1%
162	Helsinki-Uusimaa	13,104	+6%
163	Extremadura	13,099	+16.3%
164	Oberpfalz	13,034	+7.8%
165	Franche-Comté	13,030	+14.8%
166	Opolskie	12,716	+18.9%
167	Lubuskie	12,625	+14%
168	Gießen	12,468	+4.1%
169	Region of Murcia	12,392	+7.1%
170	Syddanmark	12,299	+1.1%
171	Overijssel	11,562	+10.3%
172	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	11,549	+11.6%
173	Midtjylland	11,516	+1.3%
174	Southern	11,473	+1.8%
175	Sjeverna Hrvatska	11,381	n/a
176	Utrecht	11,179	+9.9%
177	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	11,092	+8.4%
178	Umbria	11,045	+7.6%
179	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	11,000	+23.1%
180	Sostinės regionas	10,585	+12.6%
181	Zahodna Slovenija	10,178	+14.7%
182	Grad Zagreb	9,938	n/a
183	Norra Mellansverige	9,877	+8%
184	Thessalia	9,728	+8.2%
185	Limousin	9,497	+0.5%
186	Sjælland	9,286	+2.5%
187	Småland med öarna	9,235	+13.5%
188	Península de Setúbal	9,210	+9.4%
189	Prov. Limburg (BE)	8,790	+13%
190	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	8,709	+14.4%
191	Balearic Islands	8,559	+7.1%
192	Bremen	8,151	+5.8%
193	Dytiki Elláda	8,068	+0.8%
194	Alentejo	7,894	+7.2%
195	Peloponnisos	7,571	+0.4%
196	Kärnten	6,819	+13.1%
197	Sterea Elláda	6,817	-1.8%
198	Tirol	6,788	+8.8%
199	Basilicata	6,711	+3.1%
200	Navarre	6,662	+19.6%
201	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	6,526	+28.6%
202	Bratislavský kraj	6,507	+7.3%
203	Cantabria	6,467	+7.6%
204	Friesland (NL)	6,453	+3.1%
205	Kýpros	6,422	+2.9%
206	Kriti	6,364	-0.9%
207	Northern and Western	6,281	+1.9%
208	Trier	6,186	+2.7%
209	Nordjylland	5,953	-1.6%
210	Prov. Namur	5,898	+15.6%
211	Groningen	5,716	+3.9%
212	Övre Norrland	5,624	+3%
213	Drenthe	5,551	+7.9%
214	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	5,447	+22.3%
215	Algarve	5,409	+5.6%
216	Salzburg	5,194	+9.8%
217	La Réunion	5,154	+1.8%
218	Luxembourg	4,609	+7.6%
218	Mellersta Norrland	4,609	+10.6%
220	Ipeiros	4,209	+1.3%
221	Zeeland	4,139	+5.2%
222	Malta	4,091	+10.9%
223	Prov. Brabant wallon	4,084	+17.1%
224	Molise	4,049	+10.5%
225	Guadeloupe	3,912	+7.4%
226	Dytiki Makedonia	3,808	+9.7%
227	La Rioja	3,700	+17.6%
228	Martinique	3,586	+0.8%
229	Burgenland	3,528	+4%
230	Corse	3,398	+5.7%
230	Vorarlberg	3,398	+11%
232	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	3,026	+13.6%
233	Notio Aigaio	2,966	+0.5%
234	Flevoland	2,740	+11%
235	Região Autónoma da Madeira	2,713	+1.3%
236	Ionia Nisia	2,651	-0.3%
237	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,439	+7.4%
238	Voreio Aigaio	2,427	+1.6%
239	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1,814	+30.3%
240	Guyane	990	-2.9%
241	Mayotte	967	+24.5%
242	Ceuta	648	+20.7%
243	Melilla	602	+22.6%
244	Åland	291	+9.4%

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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. 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 135,595 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Åland, with 291 in 2020.

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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.