EU regions (NUTS 2) by natural population change
Ile-de-France had the highest natural population change of 241 regions in 2016, at 103,362. Piemonte had the lowest, at -19,252. The median was -999 and the figure for the European Union (27) was -155,760. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 103,362 | -1.8% |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 27,688 | -5.7% |
| 3 | Eastern and Midland | 19,811 | -2.4% |
| 4 | Community of Madrid | 18,046 | +0.1% |
| 5 | Stockholm | 13,544 | -0.1% |
| 6 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 13,520 | -10.2% |
| 7 | Andalusia | 10,032 | +16.2% |
| 8 | Zuid-Holland | 9,317 | +3.3% |
| 9 | La Réunion | 9,053 | -4.5% |
| 10 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 8,943 | -0.3% |
| 11 | Mayotte | 8,791 | +5.1% |
| 12 | Southern | 8,630 | -15.8% |
| 13 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 8,115 | -8.6% |
| 14 | Oberbayern | 7,683 | +81.2% |
| 15 | Pays de la Loire | 7,212 | -11.9% |
| 16 | Berlin | 7,036 | +87.5% |
| 17 | Hovedstaden | 6,992 | +20.3% |
| 18 | Noord-Holland | 6,600 | +1.9% |
| 19 | Guyane | 6,369 | +6.6% |
| 20 | Wielkopolskie | 5,910 | +64.6% |
| 21 | Warszawski stołeczny | 5,851 | +46.6% |
| 22 | Catalonia | 5,619 | +0.6% |
| 23 | Małopolskie | 5,615 | +68.3% |
| 24 | Västsverige | 5,491 | +13.2% |
| 25 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 5,117 | -13.1% |
| 26 | Alsace | 5,088 | -3.9% |
| 27 | Utrecht | 4,950 | +0.7% |
| 28 | Východné Slovensko | 4,894 | +35.1% |
| 29 | Wien | 4,773 | +40.2% |
| 30 | Northern and Western | 4,733 | -2.5% |
| 31 | Pomorskie | 4,720 | +32.5% |
| 32 | Region of Murcia | 4,661 | -1.7% |
| 33 | Haute-Normandie | 4,398 | -6.3% |
| 34 | Hamburg | 4,213 | +91.2% |
| 35 | Kýpros | 3,984 | +20.3% |
| 36 | Picardie | 3,964 | -22.9% |
| 37 | Sydsverige | 3,868 | +5.2% |
| 38 | Prov. Antwerpen | 3,476 | +21.1% |
| 39 | Östra Mellansverige | 3,332 | +2.4% |
| 40 | Midtjylland | 3,325 | +37.7% |
| 41 | Praha | 2,788 | +19.2% |
| 42 | Balearic Islands | 2,677 | +17.7% |
| 43 | Oberösterreich | 2,553 | +156.6% |
| 44 | Darmstadt | 2,445 | +254.1% |
| 45 | Grande Lisboa | 2,335 | +19.4% |
| 46 | Flevoland | 2,329 | -5.9% |
| 47 | Bratislavský kraj | 2,296 | +17.1% |
| 48 | Stuttgart | 2,295 | +382.3% |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 2,083 | -2.3% |
| 50 | Střední Čechy | 2,053 | +32.2% |
| 51 | Guadeloupe | 1,893 | -18.3% |
| 52 | Midi-Pyrénées | 1,817 | -27.6% |
| 53 | Jihovýchod | 1,765 | +111.1% |
| 54 | Tirol | 1,749 | +11% |
| 55 | Franche-Comté | 1,719 | -17.4% |
| 56 | Noord-Brabant | 1,651 | +2% |
| 57 | Overijssel | 1,594 | -10.4% |
| 58 | Zahodna Slovenija | 1,548 | -10% |
| 59 | Vorarlberg | 1,401 | +24.9% |
| 60 | Gelderland | 1,375 | -15.9% |
| 61 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 1,203 | +38.1% |
| 62 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 1,198 | +22.2% |
| 63 | Salzburg | 1,163 | +19% |
| 64 | Podkarpackie | 1,159 | +688.4% |
| 65 | Malta | 1,134 | +28.4% |
| 66 | Canary Islands | 1,124 | +8.5% |
| 67 | Småland med öarna | 1,080 | +103.8% |
| 68 | Centre - Val de Loire | 1,066 | -20.1% |
| 69 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 998 | +19.5% |
| 70 | Melilla | 970 | -2.4% |
| 71 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 892 | +28.3% |
| 72 | Severovýchod | 809 | +403% |
| 73 | Lorraine | 765 | -39.9% |
| 74 | Champagne-Ardenne | 758 | -32.4% |
| 75 | Tübingen | 750 | +177.9% |
| 76 | Kriti | 657 | +214.4% |
| 77 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 643 | -60.7% |
| 78 | Notio Aigaio | 606 | +83.1% |
| 79 | Ceuta | 552 | -6.8% |
| 80 | Martinique | 498 | -45.5% |
| 81 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 357 | +20.2% |
| 82 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 254 | -47.3% |
| 83 | Prov. Liège | 197 | +173.2% |
| 84 | Stredné Slovensko | 168 | +122.6% |
| 85 | Navarre | 167 | -48.9% |
| 86 | Övre Norrland | 113 | +172% |
| 87 | Syddanmark | 109 | +126.5% |
| 88 | Jihozápad | 91 | +111.7% |
| 89 | Prov. Namur | 8 | +113.3% |
| 90 | Åland | -4 | +60% |
| 91 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | -145 | -222.2% |
| 92 | Nordjylland | -156 | +64.4% |
| 93 | Groningen | -177 | -16.4% |
| 94 | Corse | -179 | +25.4% |
| 95 | Lubuskie | -221 | +70% |
| 96 | Schwaben | -249 | +88.2% |
| 97 | Friesland (NL) | -269 | -460.4% |
| 98 | La Rioja | -305 | +15.5% |
| 99 | Sostinės regionas | -306 | +42.2% |
| 100 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | -317 | -47.4% |
| 101 | Freiburg | -326 | +86.6% |
| 102 | Střední Morava | -365 | +61.4% |
| 103 | Mellersta Norrland | -397 | +37.3% |
| 104 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | -423 | +18.3% |
| 105 | Zeeland | -426 | -30.7% |
| 106 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | -504 | +68.3% |
| 107 | Aquitaine | -559 | +4% |
| 108 | Norra Mellansverige | -588 | +47.1% |
| 109 | Bremen | -596 | +54.2% |
| 110 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | -635 | +13.8% |
| 111 | Voreio Aigaio | -643 | +23.4% |
| 112 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | -685 | +48.6% |
| 113 | Valencian Community | -700 | +22.3% |
| 114 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | -757 | -13.8% |
| 115 | Ionia Nisia | -758 | +16.4% |
| 116 | Península de Setúbal | -873 | +3.1% |
| 117 | Drenthe | -876 | +7.4% |
| 118 | Vzhodna Slovenija | -892 | +2.3% |
| 119 | Podlaskie | -898 | +39.2% |
| 120 | Burgenland | -910 | +13.3% |
| 121 | Trier | -999 | +31.7% |
| 122 | Algarve | -1,052 | -40.8% |
| 123 | Moravskoslezsko | -1,081 | +35.8% |
| 124 | Kärnten | -1,089 | +21.1% |
| 125 | Steiermark | -1,097 | +34.6% |
| 126 | Mittelfranken | -1,120 | +63.8% |
| 127 | Länsi-Suomi | -1,124 | -2,982.1% |
| 128 | Mazowiecki regionalny | -1,132 | +27.7% |
| 129 | Severozápad | -1,147 | +21.5% |
| 130 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | -1,162 | +32.7% |
| 131 | Dytiki Makedonia | -1,221 | +5.1% |
| 132 | Eesti | -1,339 | -0.2% |
| 133 | Castilla-La Mancha | -1,352 | +20.9% |
| 134 | Zachodniopomorskie | -1,359 | +37.6% |
| 135 | Prov. Hainaut | -1,367 | -10.7% |
| 136 | Opolskie | -1,372 | +37% |
| 137 | Ipeiros | -1,437 | +9.1% |
| 138 | Sjælland | -1,480 | +14.2% |
| 139 | Molise | -1,491 | +12.4% |
| 140 | Leipzig | -1,497 | +31.1% |
| 141 | Niederösterreich | -1,537 | +42.2% |
| 142 | Köln | -1,569 | +69.5% |
| 143 | Pest | -1,651 | +37.2% |
| 144 | Cantabria | -1,692 | -1.6% |
| 145 | Basse-Normandie | -1,728 | -92.9% |
| 146 | Bretagne | -1,762 | -489.3% |
| 147 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | -1,845 | -108.9% |
| 148 | Karlsruhe | -1,860 | +48.1% |
| 149 | Oberpfalz | -1,958 | +27.2% |
| 150 | Gießen | -1,992 | +34.3% |
| 151 | Niederbayern | -2,089 | +33.3% |
| 152 | Dytiki Elláda | -2,109 | +9.7% |
| 153 | Západné Slovensko | -2,152 | +29.7% |
| 154 | Basilicata | -2,186 | +4.6% |
| 155 | Unterfranken | -2,194 | +37.1% |
| 156 | Sterea Elláda | -2,342 | +10.9% |
| 157 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | -2,357 | +4.5% |
| 158 | Detmold | -2,429 | +35.1% |
| 159 | Extremadura | -2,454 | +6.5% |
| 160 | Limburg (NL) | -2,545 | +17.2% |
| 161 | Aragon | -2,552 | +14.6% |
| 162 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | -2,573 | +43.4% |
| 163 | Centru | -2,615 | +30.9% |
| 164 | Lubelskie | -2,618 | +15.6% |
| 165 | Campania | -2,660 | +54.1% |
| 166 | Észak-Alföld | -2,670 | +33.9% |
| 167 | Peloponnisos | -2,674 | +17.2% |
| 168 | Auvergne | -2,760 | -8.6% |
| 169 | Weser-Ems | -2,914 | +44.2% |
| 170 | Bourgogne | -2,917 | -31.8% |
| 171 | Thessalia | -2,955 | -9.5% |
| 172 | Basque Country | -2,977 | -11.8% |
| 173 | Limousin | -3,049 | -0.9% |
| 174 | Dolnośląskie | -3,114 | +41% |
| 175 | Calabria | -3,231 | +17.9% |
| 176 | Etelä-Suomi | -3,253 | -58.5% |
| 177 | Świętokrzyskie | -3,338 | +12.8% |
| 178 | Poitou-Charentes | -3,362 | -8.5% |
| 179 | Nord-Vest | -3,531 | +33.4% |
| 180 | Münster | -3,713 | +30.3% |
| 181 | Alentejo | -3,726 | +3.3% |
| 182 | Közép-Dunántúl | -3,738 | +20.2% |
| 183 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | -3,780 | +11.8% |
| 184 | Kassel | -3,803 | +24.3% |
| 185 | Umbria | -3,899 | +8.7% |
| 186 | Oberfranken | -3,936 | +21.7% |
| 187 | Nord-Est | -4,410 | +13% |
| 188 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | -4,415 | -11.8% |
| 189 | Dél-Dunántúl | -4,464 | +14.4% |
| 190 | Abruzzo | -4,472 | +12.8% |
| 191 | Jadranska Hrvatska | -4,495 | +11.3% |
| 192 | Budapest | -4,528 | +19.4% |
| 193 | Észak-Magyarország | -4,531 | +16.9% |
| 194 | Dresden | -4,568 | +20.6% |
| 195 | Saarland | -4,682 | +20.9% |
| 196 | Lüneburg | -4,685 | +17.3% |
| 197 | Hannover | -4,727 | +39.5% |
| 198 | Severoiztochen | -4,766 | +7.2% |
| 199 | Koblenz | -4,773 | +18.1% |
| 200 | Braunschweig | -4,827 | +26.5% |
| 201 | Yugoiztochen | -5,077 | +5% |
| 202 | Kentriki Makedonia | -5,174 | +5.5% |
| 203 | Attiki | -5,483 | +14.7% |
| 204 | Vest | -5,563 | +19.8% |
| 205 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | -5,599 | +10% |
| 206 | Sardegna | -5,616 | -3.1% |
| 207 | Marche | -5,840 | +7.3% |
| 208 | Norte | -5,970 | +5.2% |
| 209 | Śląskie | -6,216 | +29.4% |
| 210 | Dél-Alföld | -6,252 | +15.2% |
| 211 | Puglia | -6,414 | +19.3% |
| 212 | Latvija | -6,612 | -1.7% |
| 213 | Asturias | -6,857 | +3.4% |
| 214 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | -7,003 | +0.2% |
| 215 | Severen tsentralen | -7,082 | +4.5% |
| 216 | Łódzkie | -7,419 | +17.7% |
| 217 | Yuzhen tsentralen | -8,186 | +0.2% |
| 218 | Sicilia | -8,348 | +14.9% |
| 219 | Yugozapaden | -8,431 | +3.5% |
| 220 | Schleswig-Holstein | -8,459 | +16.4% |
| 221 | Centro (PT) | -8,844 | -3.6% |
| 222 | Severozapaden | -9,054 | +2.9% |
| 223 | Lazio | -9,243 | +9% |
| 224 | Chemnitz | -9,324 | +7.5% |
| 225 | Sud-Est | -9,750 | +2.9% |
| 226 | Thüringen | -9,837 | +9.7% |
| 227 | Brandenburg | -9,856 | +15.3% |
| 228 | Veneto | -10,005 | +5.7% |
| 229 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | -10,274 | +11.6% |
| 230 | Düsseldorf | -10,368 | +34.2% |
| 231 | Arnsberg | -10,896 | +21.8% |
| 232 | Liguria | -10,952 | +11.1% |
| 233 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | -11,286 | -0.9% |
| 234 | Castile and León | -11,761 | +1.3% |
| 235 | Galicia | -12,695 | -3.5% |
| 236 | Lombardia | -12,713 | +17% |
| 237 | Sachsen-Anhalt | -13,361 | +10.7% |
| 238 | Emilia-Romagna | -14,799 | +6.1% |
| 239 | Toscana | -15,561 | +12.9% |
| 240 | Sud-Muntenia | -15,984 | +0.8% |
| 241 | Piemonte | -19,252 | +9.1% |
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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 103,362 in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest natural population change?
Piemonte, with -19,252 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 change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 regions have no value for 2016 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