EU regions (NUTS 2) by median age

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by median age, 2015
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Chemnitz had the highest median age of 244 regions in 2015, at 50.8 years. Mayotte had the lowest, at 18.1 years. The median was 42.9 years. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest50.8Chemnitz

Lowest18.1Mayotte

Median42.9244 regions

Top 40 regions, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2015 years	Change on 2014
1	Chemnitz	50.8	+0.2
2	Sachsen-Anhalt	50.1	+0.4
3	Liguria	49.6	+0.4
4	Brandenburg	49.5	+0.4
5	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	49.3	+0.4
5	Thüringen	49.3	+0.4
7	Saarland	48.3	+0.3
8	Severozapaden	48.1	+0.4
9	Dresden	48	+0.2
10	Asturias	47.9	+0.5
11	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	47.7	+0.5
12	Alentejo	47.4	+0.5
13	Koblenz	47.2	+0.3
13	Piemonte	47.2	+0.4
15	Toscana	47.1	+0.4
16	Kassel	47	+0.3
16	Limousin	47	+0.4
16	Severen tsentralen	47	+0.6
19	Castile and León	46.9	+0.5
19	Oberfranken	46.9	+0.3
21	Lüneburg	46.8	+0.3
21	Schleswig-Holstein	46.8	+0.3
21	Umbria	46.8	+0.4
24	Braunschweig	46.7	+0.2
25	Limburg (NL)	46.6	+0.4
26	Centro (PT)	46.5	+0.6
27	Hannover	46.4	+0.2
27	Molise	46.4	+0.4
29	Emilia-Romagna	46.3	+0.4
29	Ipeiros	46.3	+0.5
29	Marche	46.3	+0.4
32	Arnsberg	46.2	+0.2
32	Düsseldorf	46.2	+0.2
32	Galicia	46.2	+0.4
32	Sardegna	46.2	+0.6
32	Unterfranken	46.2	+0.4
32	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	46.2	+0.5
38	Burgenland	46.1	+0.3
38	Leipzig	46.1	-0.1
38	Peloponnisos	46.1	+0.5
41	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	46	+0.2
42	Abruzzo	45.8	+0.4
43	Drenthe	45.7	+0.5
43	Kärnten	45.7	+0.4
43	Trier	45.7	+0.2
46	Veneto	45.5	+0.5
46	Zeeland	45.5	+0.4
48	Dytiki Makedonia	45.4	+0.6
48	Gießen	45.4	+0.2
48	Niederbayern	45.4	+0.2
51	Etelä-Suomi	45.3	+0.2
51	Münster	45.3	+0.3
51	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	45.3	+0.5
51	Poitou-Charentes	45.3	+0.3
55	Basilicata	45.2	+0.5
55	Basque Country	45.2	+0.4
55	Lombardia	45.2	+0.4
55	Oberpfalz	45.2	+0.3
55	Sterea Elláda	45.2	+0.6
60	Auvergne	45.1	+0.2
60	Detmold	45.1	+0.2
60	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	45.1	+0.3
63	Mittelfranken	45	+0.2
63	Schwaben	45	+0.3
63	Sjælland	45	+0.2
63	Voreio Aigaio	45	+0.8
63	Weser-Ems	45	+0.3
68	Bourgogne	44.9	+0.3
68	Freiburg	44.9	+0.2
68	Thessalia	44.9	+0.5
71	Ionia Nisia	44.8	+0.4
71	Karlsruhe	44.8	+0.2
71	Lazio	44.8	+0.4
71	Norra Mellansverige	44.8	-0.1
75	Bremen	44.7	0
75	Yuzhen tsentralen	44.7	+0.5
77	Cantabria	44.6	+0.4
77	Köln	44.6	+0.2
77	Mellersta Norrland	44.6	-0.1
77	Niederösterreich	44.6	+0.4
77	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	44.6	+0.4
82	Corse	44.5	+0.4
83	Darmstadt	44.4	+0.1
84	Martinique	44.3	+0.7
85	Jadranska Hrvatska	44.2	+0.3
85	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	44.2	+0.1
85	Stuttgart	44.2	+0.2
85	Tübingen	44.2	+0.2
89	Steiermark	44.1	+0.3
90	Aragon	43.9	+0.4
90	Basse-Normandie	43.9	+0.4
92	Åland	43.8	+0.2
92	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	43.8	+0.5
92	Puglia	43.8	+0.5
92	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	43.8	+0.4
96	Vzhodna Slovenija	43.7	+0.4
96	Yugoiztochen	43.7	+0.4
98	Aquitaine	43.6	+0.1
98	Calabria	43.6	+0.4
98	Languedoc-Roussillon	43.6	+0.2
101	Algarve	43.5	+0.6
101	Friesland (NL)	43.5	+0.4
101	Kentriki Makedonia	43.5	+0.5
101	Panonska Hrvatska	43.5	+0.4
101	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	43.5	+0.2
106	Dél-Dunántúl	43.4	+0.3
106	La Rioja	43.4	+0.5
106	Norte	43.4	+0.6
106	Prov. Limburg (BE)	43.4	+0.3
110	Dytiki Elláda	43.3	+0.6
110	Oberbayern	43.3	+0.1
110	Severoiztochen	43.3	+0.7
113	Extremadura	43.2	+0.5
113	Sicilia	43.2	+0.5
115	Centre - Val de Loire	43.1	+0.2
115	Noord-Brabant	43.1	+0.3
115	Syddanmark	43.1	+0.2
118	Nordjylland	43	+0.2
118	Småland med öarna	43	0
120	Attiki	42.9	+0.6
120	Dél-Alföld	42.9	+0.4
120	Gelderland	42.9	+0.3
120	Länsi-Suomi	42.9	+0.1
120	Övre Norrland	42.9	0
120	Sud-Vest Oltenia	42.9	+0.4
126	Bretagne	42.8	+0.3
126	Midi-Pyrénées	42.8	+0.1
126	Oberösterreich	42.8	+0.2
129	Latvija	42.7	+0.3
129	Navarre	42.7	+0.5
129	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	42.7	+0.3
132	Nyugat-Dunántúl	42.6	+0.4
132	Salzburg	42.6	+0.2
132	Sud-Muntenia	42.6	+0.5
135	Berlin	42.5	-0.2
136	Península de Setúbal	42.4	+0.4
136	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	42.4	+0.1
138	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	42.3	+0.2
138	Sjeverna Hrvatska	42.3	+0.4
138	Valencian Community	42.3	+0.5
141	Sud-Est	42.2	+0.4
142	Grande Lisboa	42.1	+0.2
142	Közép-Dunántúl	42.1	+0.5
142	Lorraine	42.1	+0.2
142	Yugozapaden	42.1	+0.4
146	Champagne-Ardenne	42	+0.3
146	Zahodna Slovenija	42	+0.3
148	Catalonia	41.9	+0.4
148	Észak-Magyarország	41.9	+0.3
148	Franche-Comté	41.9	+0.3
148	Prov. Antwerpen	41.9	+0.1
148	Tirol	41.9	+0.2
153	Grad Zagreb	41.8	+0.2
153	Guadeloupe	41.8	+0.7
153	Hamburg	41.8	0
153	Jihozápad	41.8	+0.5
153	Střední Morava	41.8	+0.5
158	Campania	41.7	+0.5
158	Moravskoslezsko	41.7	+0.4
160	Castilla-La Mancha	41.5	+0.6
160	Łódzkie	41.5	+0.4
160	Overijssel	41.5	+0.3
160	Região Autónoma da Madeira	41.5	+0.9
160	Severovýchod	41.5	+0.5
160	Vest	41.5	+0.4
166	Budapest	41.4	+0.2
166	Eesti	41.4	+0.1
166	Groningen	41.4	+0.2
166	Prov. Brabant wallon	41.4	+0.1
170	Canary Islands	41.3	+0.6
170	Community of Madrid	41.3	+0.5
170	Jihovýchod	41.3	+0.4
170	Östra Mellansverige	41.3	0
170	Severozápad	41.3	+0.6
175	Opolskie	41.2	+0.4
175	Prov. Hainaut	41.2	+0.2
175	Vorarlberg	41.2	+0.2
178	Alsace	41.1	+0.3
178	Noord-Holland	41.1	+0.1
178	Pays de la Loire	41.1	+0.3
178	Prov. Liège	41.1	+0.1
178	Śląskie	41.1	+0.4
183	Prov. Namur	40.9	+0.2
184	Praha	40.8	+0.1
184	Świętokrzyskie	40.8	+0.4
184	Västsverige	40.8	0
184	Zuid-Holland	40.8	+0.1
188	Haute-Normandie	40.7	+0.2
188	Kriti	40.7	+0.5
188	Sydsverige	40.7	0
191	Centru	40.6	+0.3
191	Észak-Alföld	40.6	+0.5
191	Midtjylland	40.6	+0.3
191	Západné Slovensko	40.6	+0.6
195	Andalusia	40.5	+0.5
195	Pest	40.5	+0.6
197	Dolnośląskie	40.4	+0.3
197	Malta	40.4	-0.1
197	Notio Aigaio	40.4	+0.6
197	Picardie	40.4	+0.3
201	Balearic Islands	40.3	+0.4
201	Střední Čechy	40.3	+0.4
203	Wien	40.1	-0.2
203	Zachodniopomorskie	40.1	+0.4
205	Nord-Vest	40	+0.4
205	Rhône-Alpes	40	+0.2
207	Sostinės regionas	39.9	+0.2
208	Nord-Est	39.8	+0.3
208	Podlaskie	39.8	+0.4
210	Bratislavský kraj	39.7	+0.2
210	Utrecht	39.7	+0.2
210	Warszawski stołeczny	39.7	+0.2
213	Lubelskie	39.6	+0.4
214	Bucureşti-Ilfov	39.5	+0.3
215	Kujawsko-pomorskie	39.4	+0.4
215	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	39.4	+0.2
217	Luxembourg	39.3	+0.1
217	Region of Murcia	39.3	+0.5
219	Helsinki-Uusimaa	39.2	+0.1
219	Lubuskie	39.2	+0.4
221	Stredné Slovensko	39.1	+0.5
222	Hovedstaden	38.9	+0.1
223	Mazowiecki regionalny	38.8	+0.4
224	Warmińsko-mazurskie	38.7	+0.4
225	Małopolskie	38.4	+0.4
225	Podkarpackie	38.4	+0.4
225	Pomorskie	38.4	+0.4
225	Região Autónoma dos Açores	38.4	+0.6
229	Nord-Pas de Calais	38.3	+0.2
229	Wielkopolskie	38.3	+0.4
231	Stockholm	38.1	0
232	Flevoland	38	+0.3
233	Northern and Western	37.6	+0.5
234	Southern	37.3	+0.5
235	Kýpros	37.1	+0.4
236	Ile-de-France	37	+0.2
237	Východné Slovensko	36.8	+0.4
238	Ceuta	35.8	+0.3
239	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	35.6	+0.1
240	Eastern and Midland	35.2	+0.4
241	La Réunion	34.4	+0.4
242	Melilla	33.6	0
243	Guyane	25.2	+0.3
244	Mayotte	18.1	+0.3

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About this ranking

Age that divides the resident population into two halves of equal size. Spain and the EU: on 1 January. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

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. Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which region has the highest median age?

Chemnitz, with 50.8 years in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest median age?

Mayotte, with 18.1 years in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.