EU regions (NUTS 2) by natural population change
Ile-de-France had the highest natural population change of 241 regions in 2018, at 98,868. Piemonte had the lowest, at -24,766. The median was -1,548 and the figure for the European Union (27) was -449,223. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 98,868 | -1.4% |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 24,745 | -1.3% |
| 3 | Eastern and Midland | 17,324 | -5.4% |
| 4 | Stockholm | 12,520 | -3.5% |
| 5 | Community of Madrid | 10,955 | -18.8% |
| 6 | Mayotte | 8,832 | -2.2% |
| 7 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 8,816 | -22.7% |
| 8 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 8,508 | -2.8% |
| 9 | La Réunion | 8,353 | -7.5% |
| 10 | Southern | 8,258 | -4.7% |
| 11 | Zuid-Holland | 7,731 | -9.4% |
| 12 | Oberbayern | 7,287 | +13.5% |
| 13 | Guyane | 7,096 | 0% |
| 14 | Hovedstaden | 6,651 | -3.6% |
| 15 | Noord-Holland | 5,829 | -10.7% |
| 16 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 5,747 | -7.5% |
| 17 | Małopolskie | 5,397 | -14.5% |
| 18 | Pays de la Loire | 4,939 | -9.9% |
| 19 | Västsverige | 4,846 | +8.1% |
| 20 | Utrecht | 4,538 | -6.6% |
| 21 | Východné Slovensko | 4,313 | -4.6% |
| 22 | Berlin | 4,303 | -26.1% |
| 23 | Northern and Western | 4,300 | -3.1% |
| 24 | Pomorskie | 4,103 | -29.6% |
| 25 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 3,906 | -13.6% |
| 26 | Warszawski stołeczny | 3,815 | -23.4% |
| 27 | Wielkopolskie | 3,657 | -49.1% |
| 28 | Alsace | 3,572 | -17.1% |
| 29 | Kýpros | 3,561 | +10.1% |
| 30 | Sydsverige | 3,420 | +0.5% |
| 31 | Region of Murcia | 3,348 | -6.1% |
| 32 | Wien | 3,151 | -24.1% |
| 33 | Praha | 3,043 | -2.6% |
| 34 | Hamburg | 2,958 | -15.3% |
| 35 | Östra Mellansverige | 2,934 | -4.5% |
| 36 | Haute-Normandie | 2,732 | -20.4% |
| 37 | Picardie | 2,632 | -28.1% |
| 38 | Midtjylland | 2,624 | -14% |
| 39 | Prov. Antwerpen | 2,501 | -9.2% |
| 40 | Flevoland | 2,307 | +1.1% |
| 41 | Bratislavský kraj | 2,288 | +0.7% |
| 42 | Balearic Islands | 2,079 | +7.4% |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 1,956 | +2.4% |
| 44 | Grande Lisboa | 1,925 | -24.9% |
| 45 | Podkarpackie | 1,897 | -27% |
| 46 | Tirol | 1,560 | -14.9% |
| 47 | Oberösterreich | 1,532 | -15.6% |
| 48 | Guadeloupe | 1,437 | +6.2% |
| 49 | Vorarlberg | 1,221 | +4.5% |
| 50 | Jihovýchod | 1,205 | -13.1% |
| 51 | Darmstadt | 1,113 | -7.2% |
| 52 | Střední Čechy | 1,089 | -47.5% |
| 53 | Stuttgart | 1,040 | -19.6% |
| 54 | Salzburg | 974 | -16.7% |
| 55 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 887 | -7.2% |
| 56 | Melilla | 824 | -2.8% |
| 57 | Zahodna Slovenija | 808 | -14.8% |
| 58 | Småland med öarna | 806 | +31.7% |
| 59 | Malta | 756 | +1.1% |
| 60 | Overijssel | 668 | -38.8% |
| 61 | Notio Aigaio | 573 | +23% |
| 62 | Franche-Comté | 518 | -49.9% |
| 63 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 452 | -68.1% |
| 64 | Ceuta | 437 | -9.9% |
| 65 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 391 | -57.9% |
| 66 | Tübingen | 380 | -40.3% |
| 67 | Martinique | 378 | -10.6% |
| 68 | Noord-Brabant | 342 | -58.6% |
| 69 | Gelderland | 330 | -64% |
| 70 | Kriti | 258 | +280.4% |
| 71 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 251 | -12.5% |
| 72 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 179 | -40.7% |
| 73 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 123 | -43.6% |
| 74 | Åland | 8 | -81.8% |
| 75 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | -17 | -103.4% |
| 76 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | -42 | -55.6% |
| 77 | Midi-Pyrénées | -89 | -174.8% |
| 78 | Jihozápad | -142 | -195.8% |
| 79 | Stredné Slovensko | -153 | -104% |
| 80 | Prov. Namur | -223 | +18.6% |
| 81 | Corse | -285 | -15.4% |
| 82 | Mellersta Norrland | -286 | +40.8% |
| 83 | Norra Mellansverige | -295 | +42.5% |
| 84 | Övre Norrland | -298 | -204.1% |
| 85 | Severovýchod | -329 | -532.7% |
| 86 | Champagne-Ardenne | -377 | -7.7% |
| 87 | Nordjylland | -388 | -476.7% |
| 88 | Prov. Liège | -396 | -401.3% |
| 89 | Navarre | -421 | -329.6% |
| 90 | Voreio Aigaio | -481 | +30.4% |
| 91 | Střední Morava | -513 | +22.2% |
| 92 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | -573 | -4.6% |
| 93 | Sostinės regionas | -640 | -68% |
| 94 | Friesland (NL) | -647 | -117.8% |
| 95 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | -661 | -16.6% |
| 96 | Zeeland | -665 | -31.7% |
| 97 | Syddanmark | -710 | -716.1% |
| 98 | Groningen | -717 | -25.3% |
| 99 | Centre - Val de Loire | -768 | -72.2% |
| 100 | Ionia Nisia | -793 | +16.8% |
| 101 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | -811 | -46.4% |
| 102 | Schwaben | -864 | -32.5% |
| 103 | La Rioja | -875 | -80% |
| 104 | Freiburg | -885 | +8.5% |
| 105 | Bremen | -905 | -0.1% |
| 106 | Península de Setúbal | -927 | -22.9% |
| 107 | Algarve | -975 | +8.4% |
| 108 | Burgenland | -1,087 | +5.7% |
| 109 | Podlaskie | -1,179 | -149.8% |
| 110 | Lorraine | -1,260 | -2,580.9% |
| 111 | Moravskoslezsko | -1,262 | +14.8% |
| 112 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | -1,286 | -1,269.1% |
| 113 | Drenthe | -1,348 | -33.3% |
| 114 | Eesti | -1,384 | +21.3% |
| 115 | Dytiki Makedonia | -1,429 | -2.1% |
| 116 | Languedoc-Roussillon | -1,436 | -211.5% |
| 117 | Kärnten | -1,493 | -25.1% |
| 118 | Lubuskie | -1,514 | -10,193.3% |
| 119 | Trier | -1,522 | -30.1% |
| 120 | Canary Islands | -1,535 | -392.4% |
| 121 | Steiermark | -1,548 | -6.9% |
| 122 | Prov. Hainaut | -1,687 | -54.9% |
| 123 | Vzhodna Slovenija | -1,708 | -40.5% |
| 124 | Ipeiros | -1,755 | -0.9% |
| 125 | Andalusia | -1,777 | -151.5% |
| 126 | Molise | -1,808 | -4.2% |
| 127 | Sjælland | -1,933 | -5.6% |
| 128 | Oberpfalz | -1,943 | +1% |
| 129 | Severozápad | -1,975 | -42.8% |
| 130 | Mittelfranken | -1,980 | +5% |
| 131 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | -2,004 | +11.7% |
| 132 | Mazowiecki regionalny | -2,055 | -455.4% |
| 133 | Opolskie | -2,111 | -17.5% |
| 134 | Pest | -2,179 | +9% |
| 135 | Cantabria | -2,291 | -24.5% |
| 136 | Niederbayern | -2,310 | +4.5% |
| 137 | Gießen | -2,474 | +6.5% |
| 138 | Basilicata | -2,534 | -1.8% |
| 139 | Dytiki Elláda | -2,563 | +2.5% |
| 140 | Leipzig | -2,643 | -17.2% |
| 141 | Karlsruhe | -2,750 | -1.6% |
| 141 | Niederösterreich | -2,750 | -38.8% |
| 143 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | -2,763 | -684.9% |
| 144 | Länsi-Suomi | -2,779 | -46% |
| 145 | Sterea Elláda | -2,814 | +2.5% |
| 146 | Aquitaine | -2,871 | -4.9% |
| 147 | Basse-Normandie | -2,887 | -23.9% |
| 148 | Unterfranken | -2,979 | -11.2% |
| 149 | Auvergne | -2,995 | +10.7% |
| 150 | Catalonia | -2,996 | -569.6% |
| 151 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | -3,003 | +2.1% |
| 152 | Západné Slovensko | -3,102 | -16.4% |
| 153 | Zachodniopomorskie | -3,168 | -109.5% |
| 154 | Thessalia | -3,197 | +6.2% |
| 155 | Peloponnisos | -3,200 | +5.7% |
| 156 | Limburg (NL) | -3,206 | -6% |
| 157 | Limousin | -3,256 | -4% |
| 158 | Lubelskie | -3,581 | -41.6% |
| 159 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | -3,586 | -39.7% |
| 160 | Extremadura | -3,630 | -17.5% |
| 161 | Detmold | -3,655 | -21.3% |
| 162 | Castilla-La Mancha | -3,729 | -11.5% |
| 163 | Alentejo | -3,738 | -3.2% |
| 164 | Bourgogne | -3,770 | +1.3% |
| 165 | Bretagne | -3,832 | -47.2% |
| 166 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | -3,866 | -9.9% |
| 167 | Świętokrzyskie | -3,898 | -14.1% |
| 168 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | -4,041 | +2.5% |
| 169 | Centru | -4,050 | -74.1% |
| 170 | Aragon | -4,123 | -12.1% |
| 171 | Észak-Alföld | -4,210 | -22.7% |
| 172 | Münster | -4,271 | -0.6% |
| 173 | Umbria | -4,286 | +8.3% |
| 174 | Oberfranken | -4,404 | -1.7% |
| 175 | Weser-Ems | -4,449 | -42% |
| 176 | Etelä-Suomi | -4,499 | -28.8% |
| 177 | Köln | -4,511 | -29.1% |
| 178 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | -4,517 | -2.7% |
| 179 | Calabria | -4,579 | +10.6% |
| 180 | Nord-Vest | -4,729 | -27.5% |
| 181 | Kassel | -4,794 | -22.9% |
| 182 | Közép-Dunántúl | -4,860 | -5.9% |
| 183 | Jadranska Hrvatska | -4,915 | +14.7% |
| 184 | Dél-Dunántúl | -4,962 | +1.6% |
| 185 | Észak-Magyarország | -5,048 | -1.8% |
| 186 | Dolnośląskie | -5,201 | -43% |
| 187 | Poitou-Charentes | -5,249 | -11.5% |
| 188 | Koblenz | -5,264 | -0.2% |
| 189 | Lüneburg | -5,564 | -7.4% |
| 190 | Basque Country | -5,663 | -24.3% |
| 191 | Campania | -5,674 | +10.6% |
| 192 | Saarland | -5,723 | -15.3% |
| 193 | Vest | -5,733 | +9% |
| 194 | Severoiztochen | -5,734 | -4.9% |
| 195 | Abruzzo | -5,743 | +3.7% |
| 196 | Budapest | -5,777 | -1.7% |
| 197 | Yugoiztochen | -5,816 | -4.1% |
| 198 | Braunschweig | -5,927 | -0.6% |
| 199 | Dél-Alföld | -6,554 | +4.9% |
| 199 | Dresden | -6,554 | -16.8% |
| 201 | Hannover | -6,573 | -1.4% |
| 202 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | -6,647 | -4.3% |
| 203 | Sardegna | -6,839 | -3.1% |
| 204 | Marche | -7,004 | +10% |
| 205 | Kentriki Makedonia | -7,121 | -0.3% |
| 206 | Valencian Community | -7,312 | -63% |
| 207 | Asturias | -7,505 | -5.1% |
| 208 | Nord-Est | -7,523 | -94.4% |
| 209 | Norte | -7,711 | -14.2% |
| 210 | Severen tsentralen | -7,968 | -1.9% |
| 211 | Attiki | -8,331 | +7.4% |
| 212 | Yuzhen tsentralen | -8,460 | +4.1% |
| 213 | Łódzkie | -8,572 | -16% |
| 214 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | -8,916 | -16.5% |
| 215 | Yugozapaden | -9,166 | -5.6% |
| 216 | Severozapaden | -9,185 | +2.9% |
| 217 | Centro (PT) | -9,235 | -2.6% |
| 218 | Latvija | -9,506 | -19.9% |
| 219 | Śląskie | -9,563 | -48.7% |
| 220 | Puglia | -9,909 | +4% |
| 221 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | -10,222 | +1.9% |
| 222 | Schleswig-Holstein | -10,685 | -13.8% |
| 223 | Chemnitz | -11,203 | -12.2% |
| 224 | Sicilia | -11,334 | +12% |
| 225 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | -12,142 | -2.5% |
| 226 | Arnsberg | -12,177 | -16.2% |
| 227 | Sud-Est | -12,373 | -19.2% |
| 228 | Thüringen | -12,387 | -10.3% |
| 229 | Brandenburg | -12,803 | -11.9% |
| 230 | Liguria | -13,195 | -5% |
| 231 | Düsseldorf | -13,376 | -15% |
| 232 | Veneto | -13,743 | -6.9% |
| 233 | Castile and León | -14,253 | -5.8% |
| 234 | Lazio | -15,139 | +1.6% |
| 235 | Galicia | -15,859 | -17.3% |
| 236 | Sachsen-Anhalt | -16,075 | -7.5% |
| 237 | Sud-Muntenia | -16,989 | -5.2% |
| 238 | Emilia-Romagna | -17,411 | +3.6% |
| 239 | Toscana | -18,579 | -0.8% |
| 240 | Lombardia | -23,849 | -16.6% |
| 241 | Piemonte | -24,766 | -9% |
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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 98,868 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest natural population change?
Piemonte, with -24,766 in 2018.
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 2018 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