EU regions (NUTS 2) by natural population change
Ile-de-France had the highest natural population change of 241 regions in 2014, at 112,213. Sud-Muntenia had the lowest, at -15,868. The median was -716 and the figure for the European Union (27) was -12,373. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2014
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2014 | Change on 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 112,213 | +3.7% |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 34,401 | +5.3% |
| 3 | Community of Madrid | 22,441 | -2.2% |
| 4 | Eastern and Midland | 22,181 | -2.1% |
| 5 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 19,317 | +5.4% |
| 6 | Andalusia | 15,873 | +0.6% |
| 7 | Stockholm | 13,866 | -3.7% |
| 8 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 12,854 | -1.1% |
| 9 | Pays de la Loire | 12,551 | +0.9% |
| 10 | Zuid-Holland | 11,961 | +18.9% |
| 11 | Southern | 10,739 | -3.7% |
| 12 | Catalonia | 10,270 | -4.8% |
| 13 | La Réunion | 9,740 | -0% |
| 14 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 9,554 | +6.1% |
| 15 | Noord-Holland | 8,350 | +14.6% |
| 16 | Alsace | 7,162 | +10.7% |
| 17 | Picardie | 6,724 | +2.2% |
| 18 | Mayotte | 6,716 | |
| 19 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 6,388 | -5.5% |
| 20 | Wielkopolskie | 5,943 | +39.2% |
| 21 | Haute-Normandie | 5,942 | -3.8% |
| 22 | Hovedstaden | 5,923 | +25.8% |
| 23 | Region of Murcia | 5,911 | -1.3% |
| 24 | Oberbayern | 5,826 | +72.9% |
| 25 | Guyane | 5,805 | +1.7% |
| 26 | Utrecht | 5,779 | +10% |
| 27 | Västsverige | 5,343 | +13.7% |
| 28 | Northern and Western | 5,123 | -9.2% |
| 29 | Berlin | 5,054 | +125% |
| 30 | Midi-Pyrénées | 5,002 | +18.8% |
| 31 | Małopolskie | 4,808 | +19.3% |
| 32 | Pomorskie | 4,484 | +16.3% |
| 33 | Prov. Antwerpen | 4,474 | +21.2% |
| 34 | Warszawski stołeczny | 4,351 | +84.6% |
| 35 | Centre - Val de Loire | 4,305 | +14% |
| 36 | Východné Slovensko | 3,998 | +4.3% |
| 37 | Sydsverige | 3,950 | +16.9% |
| 38 | Kýpros | 3,834 | -8.7% |
| 39 | Lorraine | 3,633 | +3% |
| 40 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 3,581 | -9.2% |
| 41 | Östra Mellansverige | 3,515 | +32.3% |
| 42 | Noord-Brabant | 3,430 | +13.8% |
| 43 | Wien | 3,246 | +37.6% |
| 44 | Bretagne | 3,098 | +7.2% |
| 45 | Franche-Comté | 3,021 | -3.7% |
| 46 | Gelderland | 2,831 | +20.1% |
| 47 | Balearic Islands | 2,826 | -1.6% |
| 48 | Valencian Community | 2,793 | -23.8% |
| 49 | Flevoland | 2,788 | +14.3% |
| 50 | Champagne-Ardenne | 2,566 | +6.7% |
| 51 | Praha | 2,506 | +45.9% |
| 52 | Overijssel | 2,471 | +3% |
| 53 | Midtjylland | 2,290 | +15% |
| 54 | Zahodna Slovenija | 2,280 | +4.3% |
| 55 | Střední Čechy | 2,271 | +75.5% |
| 56 | Hamburg | 2,259 | +157% |
| 57 | Guadeloupe | 2,232 | -18.2% |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 2,229 | -2.8% |
| 59 | Canary Islands | 2,067 | -7.6% |
| 60 | Bratislavský kraj | 2,029 | +38.1% |
| 61 | Grande Lisboa | 1,992 | +55% |
| 62 | Aquitaine | 1,970 | +5.5% |
| 63 | Jihovýchod | 1,857 | +228.7% |
| 64 | Oberösterreich | 1,816 | +193.4% |
| 65 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 1,805 | +70.9% |
| 66 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 1,682 | +14.7% |
| 67 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 1,641 | +21.3% |
| 68 | Podkarpackie | 1,592 | -10.6% |
| 69 | Tirol | 1,442 | +9.3% |
| 70 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 1,396 | +13.4% |
| 71 | Vorarlberg | 1,275 | +34.5% |
| 72 | Melilla | 1,140 | +8.8% |
| 73 | Salzburg | 1,129 | +46.4% |
| 74 | Martinique | 1,048 | -14.5% |
| 75 | Malta | 921 | +15.7% |
| 76 | Prov. Liège | 878 | +114.1% |
| 77 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 860 | +387.6% |
| 78 | Småland med öarna | 807 | +162.9% |
| 79 | Ceuta | 693 | +24.9% |
| 80 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 675 | +14.6% |
| 81 | Navarre | 672 | -10.6% |
| 82 | Kriti | 567 | -25.4% |
| 83 | Friesland (NL) | 528 | +62% |
| 84 | Notio Aigaio | 479 | -10.6% |
| 85 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 431 | -22.1% |
| 86 | Basse-Normandie | 397 | +15.7% |
| 87 | Länsi-Suomi | 369 | -63.4% |
| 88 | Severovýchod | 280 | +141.8% |
| 89 | Prov. Namur | 259 | +90.4% |
| 90 | Darmstadt | 245 | +108.2% |
| 91 | Lubuskie | 163 | +152.8% |
| 92 | Zeeland | 117 | +137.3% |
| 93 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 109 | -59.8% |
| 94 | Groningen | 92 | +250.8% |
| 95 | Åland | 31 | +72.2% |
| 96 | Stuttgart | 18 | +100.7% |
| 97 | Castilla-La Mancha | 13 | -98.5% |
| 98 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 3 | +100.5% |
| 99 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 1 | +101% |
| 100 | Vzhodna Slovenija | -1 | +99.8% |
| 101 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | -40 | -107.8% |
| 102 | La Rioja | -52 | -262.5% |
| 103 | Corse | -60 | +50.8% |
| 104 | Jihozápad | -78 | +90% |
| 105 | Prov. Hainaut | -114 | +80.5% |
| 106 | Stredné Slovensko | -118 | +64.2% |
| 107 | Övre Norrland | -128 | -19.6% |
| 108 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | -170 | +25.4% |
| 109 | Tübingen | -289 | +66.7% |
| 110 | Drenthe | -316 | +48.6% |
| 111 | Nordjylland | -355 | +52.9% |
| 112 | Península de Setúbal | -398 | +11.9% |
| 113 | Syddanmark | -476 | -5.5% |
| 114 | Bourgogne | -505 | +39.6% |
| 115 | Střední Morava | -582 | +54.4% |
| 116 | Ionia Nisia | -606 | -19.5% |
| 117 | Campania | -634 | -215.1% |
| 118 | Mellersta Norrland | -661 | +14.4% |
| 119 | Voreio Aigaio | -702 | -5.7% |
| 120 | Mazowiecki regionalny | -706 | +42% |
| 121 | Sostinės regionas | -716 | +42.7% |
| 122 | Zachodniopomorskie | -749 | +52% |
| 123 | Norra Mellansverige | -761 | +44.5% |
| 124 | Basque Country | -787 | -30.3% |
| 125 | Poitou-Charentes | -806 | +50.6% |
| 126 | Podlaskie | -821 | +46.4% |
| 127 | Algarve | -937 | +11.1% |
| 128 | Severozápad | -941 | +40.3% |
| 129 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | -995 | -66.7% |
| 130 | Dytiki Makedonia | -1,005 | +3.8% |
| 131 | Burgenland | -1,008 | +9.1% |
| 132 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | -1,026 | +26.8% |
| 133 | Auvergne | -1,036 | +28.7% |
| 134 | Kärnten | -1,038 | +10.3% |
| 135 | Moravskoslezsko | -1,118 | +33.5% |
| 136 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | -1,146 | +44.7% |
| 137 | Ipeiros | -1,193 | +0.5% |
| 138 | Opolskie | -1,215 | +40.4% |
| 139 | Bremen | -1,226 | +42.7% |
| 140 | Trier | -1,306 | +15.4% |
| 141 | Cantabria | -1,334 | -72.8% |
| 142 | Molise | -1,348 | -4.3% |
| 143 | Steiermark | -1,451 | -0.4% |
| 144 | Pest | -1,564 | +26.1% |
| 145 | Extremadura | -1,632 | +24.5% |
| 146 | Etelä-Suomi | -1,702 | -3.8% |
| 147 | Schwaben | -1,711 | +40.6% |
| 148 | Dytiki Elláda | -1,839 | -8% |
| 149 | Basilicata | -1,841 | +1.1% |
| 150 | Sjælland | -1,852 | +11.5% |
| 151 | Eesti | -1,933 | -12.8% |
| 152 | Niederösterreich | -1,941 | +22.4% |
| 153 | Leipzig | -1,949 | +30.2% |
| 154 | Freiburg | -2,058 | +27.2% |
| 155 | Limburg (NL) | -2,073 | -1.2% |
| 156 | Limousin | -2,080 | +13.5% |
| 157 | Aragon | -2,140 | -26.6% |
| 158 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | -2,162 | -11.6% |
| 159 | Sterea Elláda | -2,186 | -20.2% |
| 160 | Oberpfalz | -2,202 | +24.1% |
| 161 | Západné Slovensko | -2,222 | +0.8% |
| 162 | Lubelskie | -2,279 | +26.7% |
| 163 | Mittelfranken | -2,379 | +24.8% |
| 164 | Centru | -2,396 | +9.4% |
| 165 | Peloponnisos | -2,510 | -3.7% |
| 166 | Thessalia | -2,516 | -19.6% |
| 167 | Gießen | -2,551 | +19.3% |
| 168 | Karlsruhe | -2,702 | +35.5% |
| 169 | Niederbayern | -2,733 | +10.9% |
| 170 | Dolnośląskie | -2,736 | +41.7% |
| 171 | Calabria | -2,786 | -34.6% |
| 172 | Unterfranken | -2,816 | +23.8% |
| 173 | Świętokrzyskie | -2,871 | +17.3% |
| 174 | Umbria | -2,892 | -5.2% |
| 175 | Észak-Alföld | -3,176 | +19.4% |
| 176 | Jadranska Hrvatska | -3,230 | -14.1% |
| 177 | Detmold | -3,254 | +32.6% |
| 178 | Attiki | -3,501 | -32.9% |
| 179 | Alentejo | -3,589 | +0.4% |
| 180 | Közép-Dunántúl | -3,677 | +10.6% |
| 181 | Puglia | -3,688 | -63.6% |
| 182 | Weser-Ems | -3,756 | +40.2% |
| 183 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | -3,825 | +30.8% |
| 184 | Köln | -3,827 | +49.5% |
| 185 | Abruzzo | -3,848 | -6.2% |
| 186 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | -3,935 | +8% |
| 187 | Sardegna | -3,972 | -18.8% |
| 188 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | -4,139 | +10.1% |
| 189 | Dresden | -4,158 | +19.5% |
| 190 | Oberfranken | -4,179 | +16.4% |
| 191 | Lombardia | -4,222 | -47.9% |
| 192 | Budapest | -4,235 | +14.5% |
| 193 | Kassel | -4,246 | +23.9% |
| 194 | Dél-Dunántúl | -4,320 | +12.3% |
| 195 | Kentriki Makedonia | -4,417 | -51% |
| 196 | Marche | -4,463 | -5.3% |
| 197 | Severoiztochen | -4,526 | -15.6% |
| 198 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | -4,577 | +4.7% |
| 198 | Lazio | -4,577 | -115.2% |
| 200 | Nord-Est | -4,602 | +14.4% |
| 201 | Nord-Vest | -4,630 | +22.4% |
| 202 | Sicilia | -4,789 | +7% |
| 203 | Münster | -4,971 | +28.2% |
| 204 | Észak-Magyarország | -4,975 | +9.7% |
| 205 | Lüneburg | -5,072 | +19.9% |
| 206 | Yugoiztochen | -5,079 | -16.4% |
| 207 | Śląskie | -5,111 | +19.2% |
| 208 | Saarland | -5,201 | +13% |
| 209 | Veneto | -5,336 | -22% |
| 210 | Koblenz | -5,749 | +11.2% |
| 211 | Braunschweig | -5,849 | +20.8% |
| 212 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | -6,088 | +16.3% |
| 213 | Asturias | -6,212 | -2.7% |
| 214 | Norte | -6,283 | +0.4% |
| 215 | Vest | -6,405 | +9.7% |
| 216 | Hannover | -6,488 | +15.7% |
| 217 | Latvija | -6,720 | +17% |
| 218 | Dél-Alföld | -6,780 | +1.4% |
| 219 | Łódzkie | -7,023 | +20.5% |
| 220 | Severen tsentralen | -7,240 | -10.9% |
| 221 | Yuzhen tsentralen | -7,518 | -14.1% |
| 222 | Yugozapaden | -7,754 | -0.1% |
| 223 | Centro (PT) | -8,332 | +3.7% |
| 224 | Schleswig-Holstein | -8,883 | +18.6% |
| 225 | Thüringen | -9,070 | +10.8% |
| 226 | Chemnitz | -9,117 | +10.4% |
| 227 | Severozapaden | -9,250 | -7.2% |
| 228 | Brandenburg | -9,651 | +14.8% |
| 229 | Sud-Est | -9,753 | -3% |
| 230 | Castile and León | -9,901 | -2.3% |
| 231 | Liguria | -9,906 | +7.3% |
| 232 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | -10,172 | +10.8% |
| 233 | Galicia | -10,299 | +3.8% |
| 234 | Emilia-Romagna | -11,060 | -14% |
| 235 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | -11,425 | -8.2% |
| 236 | Arnsberg | -12,124 | +21.4% |
| 237 | Toscana | -12,389 | +2.5% |
| 238 | Düsseldorf | -13,635 | +27.8% |
| 239 | Sachsen-Anhalt | -13,766 | +5.6% |
| 240 | Piemonte | -14,775 | -2.4% |
| 241 | Sud-Muntenia | -15,868 | -1.1% |
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Which region has the highest natural population change?
Ile-de-France, with 112,213 in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest natural population change?
Sud-Muntenia, with -15,868 in 2014.
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. 3 regions have no value for 2014 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