EU regions (NUTS 2) by median age

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by median age, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Chemnitz had the highest median age of 244 regions in 2016, at 50.9 years. Mayotte had the lowest, at 18.1 years. The median was 43.1 years. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest50.9Chemnitz

Lowest18.1Mayotte

Median43.1244 regions

Top 40 regions, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2016 years	Change on 2015
1	Chemnitz	50.9	+0.1
2	Sachsen-Anhalt	50.1	0
3	Liguria	50	+0.4
4	Brandenburg	49.6	+0.1
5	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	49.4	+0.1
6	Thüringen	49.3	0
7	Saarland	48.4	+0.1
7	Severozapaden	48.4	+0.3
9	Asturias	48.3	+0.4
10	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	48.1	+0.4
11	Dresden	48	0
12	Alentejo	47.7	+0.3
13	Piemonte	47.6	+0.4
14	Severen tsentralen	47.5	+0.5
14	Toscana	47.5	+0.4
16	Castile and León	47.4	+0.5
17	Koblenz	47.3	+0.1
18	Limousin	47.2	+0.2
18	Umbria	47.2	+0.4
20	Oberfranken	47.1	+0.2
21	Centro (PT)	47	+0.5
21	Limburg (NL)	47	+0.4
23	Kassel	46.9	-0.1
23	Schleswig-Holstein	46.9	+0.1
25	Ipeiros	46.8	+0.5
25	Lüneburg	46.8	0
27	Galicia	46.7	+0.5
27	Marche	46.7	+0.4
27	Molise	46.7	+0.3
27	Sardegna	46.7	+0.5
27	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	46.7	+0.5
32	Emilia-Romagna	46.6	+0.3
33	Braunschweig	46.5	-0.2
33	Peloponnisos	46.5	+0.4
35	Burgenland	46.3	+0.2
35	Hannover	46.3	-0.1
35	Unterfranken	46.3	+0.1
38	Abruzzo	46.2	+0.4
39	Arnsberg	46.1	-0.1
39	Drenthe	46.1	+0.4
41	Düsseldorf	46	-0.2
41	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	46	0
41	Veneto	46	+0.5
44	Dytiki Makedonia	45.9	+0.5
44	Kärnten	45.9	+0.2
46	Leipzig	45.8	-0.3
46	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	45.8	+0.5
46	Sterea Elláda	45.8	+0.6
46	Voreio Aigaio	45.8	+0.8
46	Zeeland	45.8	+0.3
51	Basilicata	45.7	+0.5
52	Poitou-Charentes	45.6	+0.3
53	Basque Country	45.5	+0.3
53	Etelä-Suomi	45.5	+0.2
53	Lombardia	45.5	+0.3
56	Auvergne	45.4	+0.3
56	Niederbayern	45.4	0
56	Trier	45.4	-0.3
59	Gießen	45.3	-0.1
59	Oberpfalz	45.3	+0.1
59	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	45.3	+0.2
59	Thessalia	45.3	+0.4
63	Bourgogne	45.2	+0.3
63	Lazio	45.2	+0.4
63	Martinique	45.2	+0.9
63	Münster	45.2	-0.1
63	Sjælland	45.2	+0.2
63	Yuzhen tsentralen	45.2	+0.5
69	Cantabria	45.1	+0.5
69	Ionia Nisia	45.1	+0.3
71	Detmold	45	-0.1
71	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	45	+0.4
71	Weser-Ems	45	0
74	Corse	44.9	+0.4
74	Mittelfranken	44.9	-0.1
74	Schwaben	44.9	-0.1
77	Freiburg	44.8	-0.1
78	Niederösterreich	44.7	+0.1
78	Norra Mellansverige	44.7	-0.1
80	Karlsruhe	44.6	-0.2
81	Jadranska Hrvatska	44.5	+0.3
81	Mellersta Norrland	44.5	-0.1
83	Aragon	44.4	+0.5
83	Köln	44.4	-0.2
83	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	44.4	+0.2
86	Basse-Normandie	44.3	+0.4
86	Bremen	44.3	-0.4
86	Darmstadt	44.3	-0.1
86	Puglia	44.3	+0.5
86	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	44.3	+0.5
91	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	44.2	+0.4
91	Steiermark	44.2	+0.1
93	Yugoiztochen	44.1	+0.4
94	Åland	44	+0.2
94	Calabria	44	+0.4
94	Kentriki Makedonia	44	+0.5
94	Norte	44	+0.6
94	Stuttgart	44	-0.2
94	Tübingen	44	-0.2
94	Vzhodna Slovenija	44	+0.3
101	Algarve	43.9	+0.4
101	Aquitaine	43.9	+0.3
101	Friesland (NL)	43.9	+0.4
101	La Rioja	43.9	+0.5
101	Languedoc-Roussillon	43.9	+0.3
101	Panonska Hrvatska	43.9	+0.4
101	Severoiztochen	43.9	+0.6
108	Dél-Dunántúl	43.8	+0.4
108	Dytiki Elláda	43.8	+0.5
110	Extremadura	43.7	+0.5
110	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	43.7	+0.2
112	Prov. Limburg (BE)	43.6	+0.2
113	Sicilia	43.5	+0.3
113	Sud-Vest Oltenia	43.5	+0.6
115	Attiki	43.4	+0.5
115	Centre - Val de Loire	43.4	+0.3
115	Noord-Brabant	43.4	+0.3
118	Dél-Alföld	43.2	+0.3
118	Gelderland	43.2	+0.3
118	Oberbayern	43.2	-0.1
118	Syddanmark	43.2	+0.1
122	Bretagne	43.1	+0.3
122	Navarre	43.1	+0.4
122	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	43.1	+0.4
122	Sud-Muntenia	43.1	+0.5
126	Länsi-Suomi	43	+0.1
126	Midi-Pyrénées	43	+0.2
126	Nordjylland	43	0
126	Nyugat-Dunántúl	43	+0.4
130	Latvija	42.9	+0.2
130	Övre Norrland	42.9	0
130	Småland med öarna	42.9	-0.1
133	Oberösterreich	42.8	0
133	Península de Setúbal	42.8	+0.4
133	Valencian Community	42.8	+0.5
136	Sjeverna Hrvatska	42.7	+0.4
136	Sud-Est	42.7	+0.5
138	Salzburg	42.6	0
139	Yugozapaden	42.5	+0.4
140	Guadeloupe	42.4	+0.6
140	Közép-Dunántúl	42.4	+0.3
140	Lorraine	42.4	+0.3
140	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	42.4	0
140	Região Autónoma da Madeira	42.4	+0.9
145	Catalonia	42.3	+0.4
145	Grande Lisboa	42.3	+0.2
145	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	42.3	0
145	Zahodna Slovenija	42.3	+0.3
149	Berlin	42.2	-0.3
149	Champagne-Ardenne	42.2	+0.2
149	Észak-Magyarország	42.2	+0.3
149	Franche-Comté	42.2	+0.3
149	Střední Morava	42.2	+0.4
154	Campania	42.1	+0.4
154	Jihozápad	42.1	+0.3
154	Moravskoslezsko	42.1	+0.4
157	Castilla-La Mancha	42	+0.5
158	Grad Zagreb	41.9	+0.1
158	Prov. Antwerpen	41.9	0
158	Severovýchod	41.9	+0.4
161	Budapest	41.8	+0.4
161	Canary Islands	41.8	+0.5
161	Community of Madrid	41.8	+0.5
161	Łódzkie	41.8	+0.3
161	Tirol	41.8	-0.1
161	Vest	41.8	+0.3
167	Jihovýchod	41.7	+0.4
167	Overijssel	41.7	+0.2
167	Severozápad	41.7	+0.4
170	Eesti	41.6	+0.2
170	Groningen	41.6	+0.2
170	Opolskie	41.6	+0.4
173	Hamburg	41.5	-0.3
173	Prov. Brabant wallon	41.5	+0.1
175	Alsace	41.4	+0.3
175	Śląskie	41.4	+0.3
177	Östra Mellansverige	41.3	0
177	Pays de la Loire	41.3	+0.2
177	Prov. Hainaut	41.3	+0.1
177	Vorarlberg	41.3	+0.1
181	Kriti	41.2	+0.5
181	Noord-Holland	41.2	+0.1
181	Świętokrzyskie	41.2	+0.4
184	Prov. Liège	41.1	0
185	Andalusia	41	+0.5
185	Centru	41	+0.4
185	Észak-Alföld	41	+0.4
185	Haute-Normandie	41	+0.3
185	Pest	41	+0.5
185	Praha	41	+0.2
185	Západné Slovensko	41	+0.4
192	Notio Aigaio	40.9	+0.5
192	Prov. Namur	40.9	0
192	Zuid-Holland	40.9	+0.1
195	Dolnośląskie	40.8	+0.4
195	Västsverige	40.8	0
197	Balearic Islands	40.7	+0.4
197	Midtjylland	40.7	+0.1
197	Střední Čechy	40.7	+0.4
197	Sydsverige	40.7	0
201	Zachodniopomorskie	40.6	+0.5
202	Malta	40.5	+0.1
202	Picardie	40.5	+0.1
204	Nord-Vest	40.3	+0.3
205	Nord-Est	40.1	+0.3
205	Podlaskie	40.1	+0.3
205	Rhône-Alpes	40.1	+0.1
205	Sostinės regionas	40.1	+0.2
209	Warszawski stołeczny	40	+0.3
210	Bratislavský kraj	39.9	+0.2
210	Lubelskie	39.9	+0.3
212	Bucureşti-Ilfov	39.8	+0.3
212	Kujawsko-pomorskie	39.8	+0.4
212	Utrecht	39.8	+0.1
215	Region of Murcia	39.7	+0.4
215	Wien	39.7	-0.4
217	Lubuskie	39.6	+0.4
218	Stredné Slovensko	39.5	+0.4
219	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	39.4	0
220	Helsinki-Uusimaa	39.3	+0.1
220	Luxembourg	39.3	0
222	Mazowiecki regionalny	39.1	+0.3
222	Região Autónoma dos Açores	39.1	+0.7
222	Warmińsko-mazurskie	39.1	+0.4
225	Hovedstaden	38.9	0
226	Podkarpackie	38.8	+0.4
227	Małopolskie	38.7	+0.3
227	Pomorskie	38.7	+0.3
227	Wielkopolskie	38.7	+0.4
230	Nord-Pas de Calais	38.6	+0.3
231	Flevoland	38.3	+0.3
232	Stockholm	38.2	+0.1
233	Northern and Western	38	+0.4
234	Southern	37.7	+0.4
235	Kýpros	37.5	+0.4
236	Východné Slovensko	37.2	+0.4
237	Ile-de-France	37.1	+0.1
238	Ceuta	36.2	+0.4
239	Eastern and Midland	35.5	+0.3
239	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	35.5	-0.1
241	La Réunion	35.1	+0.7
242	Melilla	33.8	+0.2
243	Guyane	25.8	+0.6
244	Mayotte	18.1	0

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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 50.9 years in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest median age?

Mayotte, with 18.1 years in 2016.

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.