EU regions (NUTS 2) by natural population change
Ile-de-France had the highest natural population change of 240 regions in 2013, at 108,158. Düsseldorf had the lowest, at -18,896. The median was -1,082 and the figure for the European Union (27) was -116,969. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2013
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2013 | Change on 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 108,158 | -0.5% |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 32,675 | -2.1% |
| 3 | Community of Madrid | 22,950 | -13.6% |
| 4 | Eastern and Midland | 22,658 | |
| 5 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 18,323 | -1% |
| 6 | Andalusia | 15,780 | -12.4% |
| 7 | Stockholm | 14,398 | +7.4% |
| 8 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 12,992 | +7.1% |
| 9 | Pays de la Loire | 12,445 | -5% |
| 10 | Southern | 11,153 | -10.3% |
| 11 | Catalonia | 10,784 | -25.4% |
| 12 | Zuid-Holland | 10,059 | |
| 13 | La Réunion | 9,744 | -3.7% |
| 14 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 9,002 | -0.4% |
| 15 | Noord-Holland | 7,286 | -5% |
| 16 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 6,761 | +1.6% |
| 17 | Picardie | 6,579 | -5.9% |
| 18 | Alsace | 6,470 | -5.2% |
| 19 | Haute-Normandie | 6,175 | -13% |
| 20 | Region of Murcia | 5,990 | -0.2% |
| 21 | Guyane | 5,708 | -1.9% |
| 22 | Northern and Western | 5,639 | |
| 23 | Utrecht | 5,255 | |
| 24 | Hovedstaden | 4,708 | -11.7% |
| 25 | Västsverige | 4,700 | +6.6% |
| 26 | Wielkopolskie | 4,269 | -32.2% |
| 27 | Midi-Pyrénées | 4,209 | -12.3% |
| 28 | Kýpros | 4,200 | -6.6% |
| 29 | Małopolskie | 4,030 | -11% |
| 30 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 3,945 | +13.3% |
| 31 | Pomorskie | 3,854 | -15.8% |
| 32 | Východné Slovensko | 3,834 | -5.4% |
| 33 | Centre - Val de Loire | 3,777 | -23.9% |
| 34 | Prov. Antwerpen | 3,692 | -10.6% |
| 35 | Valencian Community | 3,666 | -30.4% |
| 36 | Lorraine | 3,528 | -9.8% |
| 37 | Sydsverige | 3,379 | +7.8% |
| 38 | Oberbayern | 3,370 | +31.7% |
| 39 | Franche-Comté | 3,138 | -6.3% |
| 40 | Noord-Brabant | 3,013 | -15.6% |
| 41 | Bretagne | 2,891 | -23.8% |
| 42 | Balearic Islands | 2,872 | -2.1% |
| 43 | Guadeloupe | 2,728 | -8.2% |
| 44 | Östra Mellansverige | 2,656 | -0.1% |
| 45 | Flevoland | 2,440 | -12.2% |
| 46 | Champagne-Ardenne | 2,405 | -5.5% |
| 47 | Overijssel | 2,398 | -18.6% |
| 48 | Wien | 2,359 | +26.8% |
| 49 | Gelderland | 2,357 | -5.7% |
| 49 | Warszawski stołeczny | 2,357 | |
| 51 | Luxembourg | 2,293 | +6.7% |
| 52 | Berlin | 2,246 | -8.7% |
| 53 | Canary Islands | 2,238 | -28.3% |
| 54 | Zahodna Slovenija | 2,185 | -19.2% |
| 55 | Midtjylland | 1,992 | -21.1% |
| 56 | Aquitaine | 1,868 | +8.2% |
| 57 | Podkarpackie | 1,780 | |
| 58 | Praha | 1,718 | -2.7% |
| 59 | Bratislavský kraj | 1,469 | -17.1% |
| 60 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 1,467 | +3.5% |
| 61 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 1,353 | -18.7% |
| 62 | Tirol | 1,319 | +0.6% |
| 63 | Střední Čechy | 1,294 | -22.8% |
| 64 | Grande Lisboa | 1,285 | |
| 65 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 1,231 | -0.4% |
| 66 | Martinique | 1,226 | -25.2% |
| 67 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 1,056 | -29.7% |
| 68 | Melilla | 1,048 | +0.3% |
| 69 | Länsi-Suomi | 1,007 | -36.3% |
| 70 | Vorarlberg | 948 | -12.7% |
| 71 | Hamburg | 879 | +26.7% |
| 72 | Castilla-La Mancha | 840 | -36.9% |
| 73 | Malta | 796 | +11.8% |
| 74 | Salzburg | 771 | -10.7% |
| 75 | Kriti | 760 | -27.1% |
| 76 | Navarre | 752 | -44.5% |
| 77 | Oberösterreich | 619 | -40.6% |
| 78 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 589 | -22.4% |
| 79 | Jihovýchod | 565 | +1.8% |
| 80 | Ceuta | 555 | -13.4% |
| 81 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 553 | +15.9% |
| 82 | Campania | 551 | -78.2% |
| 83 | Notio Aigaio | 536 | -19.9% |
| 84 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 515 | -37% |
| 85 | Prov. Liège | 410 | -42.4% |
| 86 | Basse-Normandie | 343 | -61.5% |
| 87 | Friesland (NL) | 326 | -47.4% |
| 88 | Småland med öarna | 307 | +89.5% |
| 89 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 271 | -44.4% |
| 90 | Prov. Namur | 136 | -61.1% |
| 91 | La Rioja | 32 | -80.6% |
| 92 | Åland | 18 | +158.1% |
| 93 | Groningen | -61 | -142.4% |
| 94 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | -103 | |
| 95 | Övre Norrland | -107 | +73.7% |
| 96 | Corse | -122 | -237.1% |
| 97 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | -228 | -115.1% |
| 98 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | -299 | -132.7% |
| 99 | Lubuskie | -309 | -140.7% |
| 100 | Zeeland | -314 | -166.1% |
| 101 | Stredné Slovensko | -330 | -33.6% |
| 102 | Vzhodna Slovenija | -408 | -1,673.9% |
| 103 | Syddanmark | -451 | -178.4% |
| 104 | Península de Setúbal | -452 | |
| 105 | Ionia Nisia | -507 | +24.7% |
| 106 | Prov. Hainaut | -584 | -158.4% |
| 107 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | -597 | |
| 108 | Basque Country | -604 | -339.7% |
| 109 | Drenthe | -615 | -41.7% |
| 110 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | -632 | -292.7% |
| 111 | Voreio Aigaio | -664 | +11% |
| 112 | Severovýchod | -670 | -294.1% |
| 113 | Nordjylland | -754 | -210.3% |
| 114 | Cantabria | -772 | -3.2% |
| 114 | Mellersta Norrland | -772 | -2.3% |
| 116 | Jihozápad | -781 | -829.8% |
| 117 | Bourgogne | -836 | -60.2% |
| 118 | Tübingen | -869 | +37% |
| 119 | Dytiki Makedonia | -1,045 | -6.9% |
| 120 | Algarve | -1,054 | |
| 121 | Burgenland | -1,109 | +3.3% |
| 122 | Kärnten | -1,157 | -0.1% |
| 123 | Ipeiros | -1,199 | -2% |
| 124 | Mazowiecki regionalny | -1,217 | |
| 125 | Sostinės regionas | -1,250 | |
| 126 | Střední Morava | -1,277 | -28% |
| 127 | Molise | -1,292 | +0.2% |
| 128 | Norra Mellansverige | -1,370 | -0.2% |
| 129 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | -1,402 | -65.1% |
| 130 | Steiermark | -1,445 | +11.9% |
| 131 | Auvergne | -1,453 | +5.2% |
| 132 | Podlaskie | -1,533 | |
| 133 | Trier | -1,544 | -2.8% |
| 134 | Zachodniopomorskie | -1,561 | -196.8% |
| 135 | Severozápad | -1,577 | -58.3% |
| 136 | Poitou-Charentes | -1,632 | -91.3% |
| 137 | Etelä-Suomi | -1,639 | -32.3% |
| 138 | Moravskoslezsko | -1,681 | -23.5% |
| 139 | Aragon | -1,691 | +3% |
| 140 | Dytiki Elláda | -1,702 | +5.9% |
| 141 | Eesti | -1,713 | -22.9% |
| 142 | Sterea Elláda | -1,818 | +18.9% |
| 143 | Basilicata | -1,861 | -22.4% |
| 144 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | -1,938 | -7.8% |
| 145 | Opolskie | -2,040 | -64.4% |
| 146 | Limburg (NL) | -2,048 | -8.8% |
| 147 | Calabria | -2,070 | +8.6% |
| 148 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | -2,074 | +16.8% |
| 149 | Sjælland | -2,092 | -12.5% |
| 150 | Thessalia | -2,103 | +2.6% |
| 151 | Pest | -2,115 | +2.2% |
| 152 | Lazio | -2,127 | +26.2% |
| 153 | Bremen | -2,141 | -15.9% |
| 154 | Extremadura | -2,163 | -12.4% |
| 155 | Západné Slovensko | -2,239 | +9.7% |
| 156 | Puglia | -2,254 | -33% |
| 157 | Limousin | -2,405 | -18.2% |
| 158 | Peloponnisos | -2,420 | +6.3% |
| 159 | Niederösterreich | -2,501 | +7.5% |
| 160 | Stuttgart | -2,561 | +10.6% |
| 161 | Attiki | -2,634 | -139% |
| 162 | Centru | -2,645 | -15.3% |
| 163 | Umbria | -2,749 | +2.6% |
| 164 | Leipzig | -2,792 | -6.3% |
| 165 | Freiburg | -2,825 | -7.8% |
| 166 | Jadranska Hrvatska | -2,830 | -4.2% |
| 167 | Lombardia | -2,854 | -45.7% |
| 168 | Schwaben | -2,880 | +6.6% |
| 169 | Oberpfalz | -2,902 | -2.5% |
| 170 | Kentriki Makedonia | -2,926 | -6.6% |
| 171 | Darmstadt | -2,972 | -30.3% |
| 172 | Niederbayern | -3,068 | -3% |
| 173 | Lubelskie | -3,111 | |
| 174 | Gießen | -3,160 | -7.2% |
| 175 | Mittelfranken | -3,165 | +7.9% |
| 176 | Sardegna | -3,344 | -5.1% |
| 177 | Świętokrzyskie | -3,473 | |
| 178 | Alentejo | -3,604 | |
| 179 | Abruzzo | -3,624 | -8.7% |
| 180 | Unterfranken | -3,696 | -1.5% |
| 181 | Severoiztochen | -3,915 | +2.1% |
| 182 | Észak-Alföld | -3,941 | +12.2% |
| 183 | Közép-Dunántúl | -4,114 | -1.1% |
| 184 | Karlsruhe | -4,187 | +1.3% |
| 185 | Marche | -4,237 | -8.1% |
| 186 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | -4,277 | |
| 187 | Yugoiztochen | -4,362 | +8.1% |
| 188 | Veneto | -4,374 | -64.9% |
| 189 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | -4,605 | +5.3% |
| 190 | Dolnośląskie | -4,693 | -46.3% |
| 191 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | -4,804 | -4.8% |
| 192 | Detmold | -4,825 | -7.1% |
| 193 | Dél-Dunántúl | -4,928 | +4.6% |
| 194 | Budapest | -4,951 | +5.4% |
| 195 | Oberfranken | -5,000 | -0.1% |
| 196 | Sicilia | -5,147 | -4.4% |
| 197 | Dresden | -5,168 | -9% |
| 198 | Nord-Est | -5,375 | -34.4% |
| 199 | Észak-Magyarország | -5,509 | +7.8% |
| 200 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | -5,525 | -3% |
| 201 | Kassel | -5,576 | -11.1% |
| 202 | Nord-Vest | -5,966 | -26.7% |
| 203 | Saarland | -5,977 | -10.4% |
| 204 | Asturias | -6,051 | -9.4% |
| 205 | Weser-Ems | -6,276 | -23.9% |
| 206 | Norte | -6,310 | |
| 207 | Śląskie | -6,327 | -41.8% |
| 208 | Lüneburg | -6,332 | -2.7% |
| 209 | Koblenz | -6,474 | -1.6% |
| 210 | Severen tsentralen | -6,529 | +6.3% |
| 211 | Yuzhen tsentralen | -6,589 | +5.6% |
| 212 | Dél-Alföld | -6,877 | +10.2% |
| 213 | Münster | -6,924 | -10.4% |
| 214 | Vest | -7,093 | -11.5% |
| 215 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | -7,270 | -17.3% |
| 216 | Braunschweig | -7,386 | -13.6% |
| 217 | Köln | -7,578 | -25.3% |
| 218 | Hannover | -7,696 | +1.6% |
| 219 | Yugozapaden | -7,745 | +2% |
| 220 | Latvija | -8,095 | +11.3% |
| 221 | Severozapaden | -8,627 | +9.8% |
| 222 | Centro (PT) | -8,655 | |
| 223 | Łódzkie | -8,831 | |
| 224 | Sud-Est | -9,471 | -1.4% |
| 225 | Castile and León | -9,680 | -5.1% |
| 226 | Emilia-Romagna | -9,706 | +1.8% |
| 227 | Thüringen | -10,167 | -3.8% |
| 228 | Chemnitz | -10,176 | -9.9% |
| 229 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | -10,561 | -3.5% |
| 230 | Liguria | -10,689 | -5.3% |
| 231 | Galicia | -10,706 | -9.4% |
| 232 | Schleswig-Holstein | -10,907 | -15.6% |
| 233 | Brandenburg | -11,323 | -14.1% |
| 234 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | -11,400 | |
| 235 | Toscana | -12,706 | -3% |
| 236 | Piemonte | -14,423 | -7.3% |
| 237 | Sachsen-Anhalt | -14,588 | -8.6% |
| 238 | Arnsberg | -15,425 | -8.7% |
| 239 | Sud-Muntenia | -15,691 | -4.4% |
| 240 | Düsseldorf | -18,896 | -11.5% |
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Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).
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Which region has the highest natural population change?
Ile-de-France, with 108,158 in 2013, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest natural population change?
Düsseldorf, with -18,896 in 2013.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 4 regions have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.
Natural population change: other rankings
- Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Hungary (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Romania (NUTS 2)
- NUTS 3 areas of Czechia
- NUTS 3 areas of Slovakia
- NUTS 3 areas of Lithuania