EU regions (NUTS 2) by natural population change
Ile-de-France had the highest natural population change of 241 regions in 2015, at 105,223. Piemonte had the lowest, at -21,168. The median was -1,302 and the figure for the European Union (27) was -290,899. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2015
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2015 | Change on 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 105,223 | -6.2% |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 29,350 | -14.7% |
| 3 | Eastern and Midland | 20,305 | -8.5% |
| 4 | Community of Madrid | 18,020 | -19.7% |
| 5 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 15,051 | -22.1% |
| 6 | Stockholm | 13,551 | -2.3% |
| 7 | Southern | 10,248 | -4.6% |
| 8 | La Réunion | 9,480 | -2.7% |
| 9 | Zuid-Holland | 9,022 | -24.6% |
| 10 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 8,972 | -6.1% |
| 11 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 8,879 | -30.9% |
| 12 | Andalusia | 8,632 | -45.6% |
| 13 | Mayotte | 8,361 | +24.5% |
| 14 | Pays de la Loire | 8,182 | -34.8% |
| 15 | Noord-Holland | 6,477 | -22.4% |
| 16 | Guyane | 5,972 | +2.9% |
| 17 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 5,887 | -7.8% |
| 18 | Hovedstaden | 5,810 | -1.9% |
| 19 | Catalonia | 5,584 | -45.6% |
| 20 | Alsace | 5,294 | -26.1% |
| 21 | Picardie | 5,141 | -23.5% |
| 22 | Utrecht | 4,916 | -14.9% |
| 23 | Northern and Western | 4,856 | -5.2% |
| 24 | Västsverige | 4,850 | -9.2% |
| 25 | Region of Murcia | 4,743 | -19.8% |
| 26 | Haute-Normandie | 4,693 | -21% |
| 27 | Oberbayern | 4,239 | -27.2% |
| 28 | Warszawski stołeczny | 3,992 | -8.3% |
| 29 | Berlin | 3,752 | -25.8% |
| 30 | Sydsverige | 3,678 | -6.9% |
| 31 | Východné Slovensko | 3,623 | -9.4% |
| 32 | Wielkopolskie | 3,591 | -39.6% |
| 33 | Pomorskie | 3,561 | -20.6% |
| 34 | Wien | 3,405 | +4.9% |
| 35 | Małopolskie | 3,337 | -30.6% |
| 36 | Kýpros | 3,311 | -13.6% |
| 37 | Östra Mellansverige | 3,255 | -7.4% |
| 38 | Prov. Antwerpen | 2,871 | -35.8% |
| 39 | Midi-Pyrénées | 2,509 | -49.8% |
| 40 | Flevoland | 2,475 | -11.2% |
| 41 | Midtjylland | 2,415 | +5.5% |
| 42 | Praha | 2,339 | -6.7% |
| 43 | Guadeloupe | 2,316 | +3.8% |
| 44 | Balearic Islands | 2,275 | -19.5% |
| 45 | Hamburg | 2,203 | -2.5% |
| 46 | Luxembourg | 2,132 | -4.4% |
| 47 | Franche-Comté | 2,081 | -31.1% |
| 48 | Bratislavský kraj | 1,960 | -3.4% |
| 49 | Grande Lisboa | 1,956 | -1.8% |
| 50 | Overijssel | 1,780 | -28% |
| 51 | Zahodna Slovenija | 1,720 | -24.6% |
| 52 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1,637 | -54.3% |
| 53 | Gelderland | 1,635 | -42.2% |
| 54 | Noord-Brabant | 1,618 | -52.8% |
| 55 | Tirol | 1,575 | +9.2% |
| 56 | Střední Čechy | 1,553 | -31.6% |
| 57 | Centre - Val de Loire | 1,335 | -69% |
| 58 | Lorraine | 1,273 | -65% |
| 59 | Champagne-Ardenne | 1,122 | -56.3% |
| 59 | Vorarlberg | 1,122 | -12% |
| 61 | Canary Islands | 1,036 | -49.9% |
| 62 | Oberösterreich | 995 | -45.2% |
| 63 | Melilla | 994 | -12.8% |
| 64 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 980 | -29.8% |
| 65 | Salzburg | 977 | -13.5% |
| 66 | Martinique | 914 | -12.8% |
| 67 | Malta | 883 | -4.1% |
| 68 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 871 | -48.2% |
| 69 | Jihovýchod | 836 | -55% |
| 70 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 835 | -49.1% |
| 71 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 695 | -61.5% |
| 72 | Ceuta | 592 | -14.6% |
| 73 | Småland med öarna | 530 | -34.3% |
| 74 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 482 | -28.6% |
| 75 | Notio Aigaio | 331 | -30.9% |
| 76 | Navarre | 327 | -51.3% |
| 77 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 297 | -31.1% |
| 78 | Kriti | 209 | -63.1% |
| 79 | Podkarpackie | 147 | -90.8% |
| 80 | Länsi-Suomi | 39 | -89.4% |
| 81 | Åland | -10 | -132.3% |
| 82 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | -45 | -4,600% |
| 83 | Friesland (NL) | -48 | -109.1% |
| 84 | Prov. Namur | -60 | -123.2% |
| 85 | Groningen | -152 | -265.2% |
| 86 | Övre Norrland | -157 | -22.7% |
| 87 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | -215 | -297.2% |
| 88 | Corse | -240 | -300% |
| 89 | Severovýchod | -267 | -195.4% |
| 90 | Prov. Liège | -269 | -130.6% |
| 91 | Bretagne | -299 | -109.7% |
| 92 | Zeeland | -326 | -378.6% |
| 93 | La Rioja | -361 | -594.2% |
| 94 | Syddanmark | -412 | +13.4% |
| 95 | Nordjylland | -438 | -23.4% |
| 96 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | -518 | -204.7% |
| 97 | Sostinės regionas | -529 | +26.1% |
| 98 | Aquitaine | -582 | -129.5% |
| 99 | Mellersta Norrland | -633 | +4.2% |
| 100 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | -665 | +33.2% |
| 101 | Lubuskie | -736 | -551.5% |
| 102 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | -737 | -185.7% |
| 103 | Stredné Slovensko | -744 | -530.5% |
| 104 | Algarve | -747 | +20.3% |
| 105 | Jihozápad | -779 | -898.7% |
| 106 | Stuttgart | -813 | -4,616.7% |
| 107 | Voreio Aigaio | -839 | -19.5% |
| 108 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | -883 | -2,107.5% |
| 109 | Basse-Normandie | -896 | -325.7% |
| 110 | Península de Setúbal | -901 | -126.4% |
| 110 | Valencian Community | -901 | -132.3% |
| 112 | Ionia Nisia | -907 | -49.7% |
| 113 | Vzhodna Slovenija | -913 | -91,200% |
| 114 | Střední Morava | -945 | -62.4% |
| 115 | Drenthe | -946 | -199.4% |
| 116 | Tübingen | -963 | -233.2% |
| 117 | Burgenland | -1,049 | -4.1% |
| 118 | Norra Mellansverige | -1,111 | -46% |
| 119 | Prov. Hainaut | -1,235 | -983.3% |
| 120 | Dytiki Makedonia | -1,287 | -28.1% |
| 121 | Bremen | -1,302 | -6.2% |
| 122 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | -1,333 | -44,533.3% |
| 123 | Eesti | -1,336 | +30.9% |
| 124 | Kärnten | -1,380 | -32.9% |
| 125 | Severozápad | -1,462 | -55.4% |
| 125 | Trier | -1,462 | -11.9% |
| 127 | Podlaskie | -1,477 | -79.9% |
| 128 | Mazowiecki regionalny | -1,566 | -121.8% |
| 129 | Ipeiros | -1,580 | -32.4% |
| 130 | Darmstadt | -1,587 | -747.8% |
| 131 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | -1,588 | -38.6% |
| 132 | Cantabria | -1,666 | -24.9% |
| 133 | Steiermark | -1,678 | -15.6% |
| 134 | Moravskoslezsko | -1,684 | -50.6% |
| 135 | Molise | -1,703 | -26.3% |
| 136 | Castilla-La Mancha | -1,709 | -13,246.2% |
| 137 | Sjælland | -1,725 | +6.9% |
| 138 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | -1,726 | -68.2% |
| 139 | Etelä-Suomi | -2,053 | -20.6% |
| 140 | Schwaben | -2,117 | -23.7% |
| 141 | Leipzig | -2,174 | -11.5% |
| 142 | Zachodniopomorskie | -2,178 | -190.8% |
| 143 | Opolskie | -2,179 | -79.3% |
| 144 | Bourgogne | -2,213 | -338.2% |
| 145 | Basilicata | -2,292 | -24.5% |
| 146 | Dytiki Elláda | -2,336 | -27% |
| 147 | Freiburg | -2,437 | -18.4% |
| 148 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | -2,467 | -14.1% |
| 149 | Auvergne | -2,541 | -145.3% |
| 150 | Extremadura | -2,624 | -60.8% |
| 151 | Sterea Elláda | -2,629 | -20.3% |
| 152 | Pest | -2,631 | -68.2% |
| 153 | Niederösterreich | -2,659 | -37% |
| 154 | Basque Country | -2,662 | -238.2% |
| 155 | Oberpfalz | -2,690 | -22.2% |
| 156 | Thessalia | -2,698 | -7.2% |
| 157 | Aragon | -2,987 | -39.6% |
| 158 | Limousin | -3,021 | -45.2% |
| 159 | Gießen | -3,033 | -18.9% |
| 160 | Západné Slovensko | -3,063 | -37.8% |
| 161 | Limburg (NL) | -3,075 | -48.3% |
| 162 | Mittelfranken | -3,098 | -30.2% |
| 163 | Poitou-Charentes | -3,100 | -284.6% |
| 164 | Lubelskie | -3,101 | -36.1% |
| 165 | Niederbayern | -3,130 | -14.5% |
| 166 | Peloponnisos | -3,229 | -28.6% |
| 167 | Unterfranken | -3,487 | -23.8% |
| 168 | Karlsruhe | -3,584 | -32.6% |
| 169 | Detmold | -3,741 | -15% |
| 170 | Centru | -3,786 | -58% |
| 171 | Świętokrzyskie | -3,830 | -33.4% |
| 172 | Alentejo | -3,852 | -7.3% |
| 173 | Calabria | -3,935 | -41.2% |
| 174 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | -3,949 | -0.4% |
| 175 | Észak-Alföld | -4,038 | -27.1% |
| 176 | Umbria | -4,269 | -47.6% |
| 177 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | -4,284 | -3.5% |
| 178 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | -4,543 | -18.8% |
| 179 | Közép-Dunántúl | -4,686 | -27.4% |
| 180 | Kassel | -5,025 | -18.3% |
| 180 | Oberfranken | -5,025 | -20.2% |
| 182 | Jadranska Hrvatska | -5,066 | -56.8% |
| 183 | Nord-Est | -5,067 | -10.1% |
| 184 | Abruzzo | -5,127 | -33.2% |
| 185 | Köln | -5,137 | -34.2% |
| 185 | Severoiztochen | -5,137 | -13.5% |
| 187 | Dél-Dunántúl | -5,217 | -20.8% |
| 188 | Weser-Ems | -5,224 | -39.1% |
| 189 | Dolnośląskie | -5,282 | -93.1% |
| 190 | Nord-Vest | -5,303 | -14.5% |
| 191 | Münster | -5,327 | -7.2% |
| 192 | Yugoiztochen | -5,347 | -5.3% |
| 193 | Sardegna | -5,446 | -37.1% |
| 194 | Észak-Magyarország | -5,453 | -9.6% |
| 195 | Kentriki Makedonia | -5,474 | -23.9% |
| 196 | Budapest | -5,616 | -32.6% |
| 197 | Lüneburg | -5,668 | -11.8% |
| 198 | Dresden | -5,751 | -38.3% |
| 199 | Campania | -5,791 | -813.4% |
| 200 | Koblenz | -5,826 | -1.3% |
| 201 | Saarland | -5,916 | -13.7% |
| 202 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | -6,223 | -36% |
| 203 | Norte | -6,296 | -0.2% |
| 204 | Marche | -6,302 | -41.2% |
| 205 | Attiki | -6,430 | -83.7% |
| 206 | Latvija | -6,499 | +3.3% |
| 207 | Braunschweig | -6,568 | -12.3% |
| 208 | Vest | -6,938 | -8.3% |
| 209 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | -7,017 | -15.3% |
| 210 | Asturias | -7,095 | -14.2% |
| 211 | Dél-Alföld | -7,370 | -8.7% |
| 212 | Severen tsentralen | -7,416 | -2.4% |
| 213 | Hannover | -7,817 | -20.5% |
| 214 | Puglia | -7,948 | -115.5% |
| 215 | Yuzhen tsentralen | -8,202 | -9.1% |
| 216 | Centro (PT) | -8,540 | -2.5% |
| 217 | Yugozapaden | -8,737 | -12.7% |
| 218 | Śląskie | -8,810 | -72.4% |
| 219 | Łódzkie | -9,012 | -28.3% |
| 220 | Severozapaden | -9,328 | -0.8% |
| 221 | Sicilia | -9,810 | -104.8% |
| 222 | Sud-Est | -10,037 | -2.9% |
| 223 | Chemnitz | -10,076 | -10.5% |
| 224 | Schleswig-Holstein | -10,114 | -13.9% |
| 225 | Lazio | -10,157 | -121.9% |
| 226 | Veneto | -10,609 | -98.8% |
| 227 | Thüringen | -10,896 | -20.1% |
| 228 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | -11,182 | -9.9% |
| 229 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | -11,618 | -1.7% |
| 230 | Brandenburg | -11,638 | -20.6% |
| 231 | Castile and León | -11,913 | -20.3% |
| 232 | Galicia | -12,261 | -19.1% |
| 233 | Liguria | -12,313 | -24.3% |
| 234 | Arnsberg | -13,927 | -14.9% |
| 235 | Sachsen-Anhalt | -14,954 | -8.6% |
| 236 | Lombardia | -15,321 | -262.9% |
| 237 | Düsseldorf | -15,752 | -15.5% |
| 238 | Emilia-Romagna | -15,768 | -42.6% |
| 239 | Sud-Muntenia | -16,110 | -1.5% |
| 240 | Toscana | -17,856 | -44.1% |
| 241 | Piemonte | -21,168 | -43.3% |
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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 105,223 in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest natural population change?
Piemonte, with -21,168 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 change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 regions have no value for 2015 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