EU regions (NUTS 2) by natural population change
Ile-de-France had the highest natural population change of 244 regions in 2021, at 84,582. Lombardia had the lowest, at -38,902. The median was -3,942 and the figure for the European Union (27) was -1.21 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 84,582 | +8.6% |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 17,774 | +55.3% |
| 3 | Eastern and Midland | 15,731 | +15.4% |
| 4 | Stockholm | 13,442 | +33.9% |
| 5 | Mayotte | 9,469 | +15.2% |
| 6 | La Réunion | 7,720 | -3.4% |
| 7 | Hovedstaden | 7,078 | +8% |
| 8 | Southern | 6,874 | +4.2% |
| 9 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 6,870 | +39.7% |
| 10 | Guyane | 6,762 | -3.4% |
| 11 | Zuid-Holland | 6,235 | +61.4% |
| 12 | Västsverige | 4,999 | +36.6% |
| 13 | Noord-Holland | 4,947 | +39.4% |
| 14 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 4,637 | +7.3% |
| 15 | Utrecht | 4,461 | +24% |
| 16 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 4,257 | +34.9% |
| 17 | Oberbayern | 4,194 | +40.5% |
| 18 | Northern and Western | 3,656 | +9.1% |
| 19 | Kýpros | 3,107 | -11.4% |
| 20 | Sydsverige | 2,969 | +20.4% |
| 21 | Midtjylland | 2,860 | -3.1% |
| 22 | Pays de la Loire | 2,733 | +26.1% |
| 23 | Prov. Antwerpen | 2,641 | +895.5% |
| 24 | Östra Mellansverige | 2,491 | +68.7% |
| 25 | Flevoland | 2,234 | +4.8% |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 2,201 | +19% |
| 27 | Hamburg | 2,173 | +2.4% |
| 28 | Alsace | 1,598 | +1,547.4% |
| 29 | Community of Madrid | 1,509 | +110.6% |
| 30 | Berlin | 1,462 | +39.1% |
| 31 | Tirol | 1,308 | +79.2% |
| 32 | Wien | 1,273 | +1.4% |
| 33 | Region of Murcia | 1,132 | -13.9% |
| 34 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 1,039 | +364.4% |
| 35 | Vorarlberg | 914 | +12.4% |
| 36 | Haute-Normandie | 875 | +273.9% |
| 37 | Småland med öarna | 782 | +220.5% |
| 38 | Balearic Islands | 718 | -19.9% |
| 39 | Praha | 697 | -36.2% |
| 40 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 678 | +135.2% |
| 41 | Salzburg | 424 | -24.6% |
| 42 | Melilla | 368 | +2.2% |
| 43 | Picardie | 325 | +182.5% |
| 44 | Notio Aigaio | 236 | -47.7% |
| 45 | Malta | 232 | -28.2% |
| 46 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 204 | +383.3% |
| 47 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 193 | +175.4% |
| 48 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 183 | +137% |
| 49 | Stuttgart | 146 | +114% |
| 50 | Bratislavský kraj | 83 | -95.4% |
| 51 | Oberösterreich | 46 | +135.1% |
| 52 | Ceuta | 45 | -76.9% |
| 53 | Åland | 30 | +200% |
| 54 | Guadeloupe | 24 | -98.1% |
| 55 | Tübingen | -40 | +88.2% |
| 56 | Overijssel | -60 | +87% |
| 57 | Noord-Brabant | -123 | +96.1% |
| 58 | Prov. Namur | -189 | +81.8% |
| 59 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | -323 | +3.9% |
| 60 | Övre Norrland | -379 | -3% |
| 61 | Kriti | -441 | -167.3% |
| 62 | Nordjylland | -443 | -46.2% |
| 63 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | -480 | +61.7% |
| 64 | Gelderland | -516 | +51.2% |
| 65 | Prov. Liège | -562 | +83.4% |
| 66 | Mellersta Norrland | -594 | +44% |
| 67 | Navarre | -658 | +59.5% |
| 68 | Zahodna Slovenija | -663 | +27.5% |
| 69 | Voreio Aigaio | -685 | -506.2% |
| 70 | Friesland (NL) | -750 | -22.5% |
| 71 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | -759 | +26.9% |
| 72 | Corse | -889 | -25% |
| 73 | Groningen | -895 | -17.8% |
| 74 | Syddanmark | -908 | -14.2% |
| 75 | Franche-Comté | -928 | +47.7% |
| 76 | Ionia Nisia | -983 | -5.7% |
| 77 | Martinique | -1,015 | -1,745.5% |
| 78 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | -1,131 | -32.6% |
| 79 | Zeeland | -1,141 | -59.6% |
| 80 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | -1,207 | +51.3% |
| 81 | Bremen | -1,209 | -2.2% |
| 82 | La Rioja | -1,219 | +11.8% |
| 83 | Schwaben | -1,252 | +23.3% |
| 84 | Burgenland | -1,360 | +4.8% |
| 85 | Norra Mellansverige | -1,405 | +6.5% |
| 86 | Drenthe | -1,433 | -1.2% |
| 87 | Trier | -1,529 | -0.7% |
| 88 | Střední Čechy | -1,597 | -84.6% |
| 89 | Champagne-Ardenne | -1,642 | +17.4% |
| 90 | Východné Slovensko | -1,694 | -166.5% |
| 91 | Algarve | -1,756 | -62.7% |
| 92 | Kärnten | -1,865 | +17.4% |
| 93 | Prov. Hainaut | -1,897 | +58.9% |
| 94 | Freiburg | -1,972 | +15.8% |
| 95 | Midi-Pyrénées | -1,995 | -9.3% |
| 96 | Darmstadt | -2,082 | +19.6% |
| 97 | Steiermark | -2,175 | +38.1% |
| 98 | Sjælland | -2,266 | -7% |
| 99 | Ipeiros | -2,282 | -13.7% |
| 100 | Dytiki Makedonia | -2,327 | -16.4% |
| 101 | Oberpfalz | -2,344 | -3% |
| 102 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | -2,469 | +37.7% |
| 103 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | -2,499 | -243.3% |
| 104 | Molise | -2,631 | -12.6% |
| 105 | Cantabria | -2,767 | +9.6% |
| 106 | Península de Setúbal | -2,787 | -51.7% |
| 107 | Niederbayern | -2,791 | +2.9% |
| 108 | Grad Zagreb | -2,932 | -41.4% |
| 109 | Länsi-Suomi | -2,993 | +10.1% |
| 110 | Jihovýchod | -3,052 | -35.2% |
| 111 | Mittelfranken | -3,122 | -3.3% |
| 112 | Unterfranken | -3,163 | -11.8% |
| 113 | Gießen | -3,180 | -2.3% |
| 114 | Centre - Val de Loire | -3,306 | -1% |
| 115 | Basilicata | -3,508 | -10% |
| 116 | Vzhodna Slovenija | -3,614 | +16.6% |
| 117 | Karlsruhe | -3,618 | +15% |
| 118 | Jihozápad | -3,630 | -48.9% |
| 119 | Grande Lisboa | -3,779 | -220.5% |
| 120 | Limousin | -3,845 | -7.2% |
| 121 | Detmold | -3,864 | -6.8% |
| 122 | Sostinės regionas | -3,939 | -44.7% |
| 123 | Weser-Ems | -3,945 | +11.1% |
| 124 | Dytiki Elláda | -4,075 | -34.5% |
| 125 | Střední Morava | -4,112 | -17.4% |
| 126 | Sterea Elláda | -4,129 | -33.2% |
| 127 | Languedoc-Roussillon | -4,144 | -22.6% |
| 128 | Basse-Normandie | -4,236 | -8.6% |
| 128 | Peloponnisos | -4,236 | -18.8% |
| 130 | Lorraine | -4,240 | +25% |
| 131 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | -4,327 | +2.9% |
| 132 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | -4,386 | -10.2% |
| 133 | Auvergne | -4,393 | +17.7% |
| 134 | Canary Islands | -4,417 | -33.5% |
| 135 | Niederösterreich | -4,449 | -10.6% |
| 136 | Pest | -4,472 | -70.2% |
| 137 | Limburg (NL) | -4,490 | +9.7% |
| 138 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | -4,561 | +0.4% |
| 139 | Leipzig | -4,591 | -41.2% |
| 140 | Alentejo | -4,709 | -8.3% |
| 141 | Pomorskie | -4,737 | -305.6% |
| 142 | Aquitaine | -4,867 | -23.8% |
| 143 | Etelä-Suomi | -4,973 | -2.7% |
| 144 | Bretagne | -5,032 | -6.1% |
| 145 | Aragon | -5,053 | +33.7% |
| 146 | Extremadura | -5,071 | +11.3% |
| 147 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | -5,087 | -24.7% |
| 148 | Münster | -5,185 | +1.1% |
| 148 | Oberfranken | -5,185 | -4.6% |
| 150 | Severovýchod | -5,195 | -86.1% |
| 151 | Stredné Slovensko | -5,284 | -227.6% |
| 152 | Bourgogne | -5,303 | +14.8% |
| 153 | Eesti | -5,315 | -104.3% |
| 154 | Moravskoslezsko | -5,347 | -29.2% |
| 155 | Kassel | -5,469 | -10.1% |
| 156 | Thessalia | -5,738 | -25.3% |
| 157 | Koblenz | -5,832 | -7.2% |
| 158 | Severozápad | -5,862 | -39.9% |
| 159 | Castilla-La Mancha | -5,883 | +47% |
| 160 | Opolskie | -5,901 | -23.8% |
| 161 | Lubuskie | -5,906 | -48% |
| 162 | Saarland | -5,937 | -5.5% |
| 163 | Lüneburg | -5,964 | -1.5% |
| 164 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | -6,112 | -20.9% |
| 165 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | -6,133 | -14% |
| 166 | Braunschweig | -6,186 | -4.3% |
| 167 | Umbria | -6,250 | -8.2% |
| 168 | Köln | -6,448 | +3.8% |
| 169 | Warszawski stołeczny | -6,572 | -253.7% |
| 170 | Podlaskie | -6,613 | -62.7% |
| 171 | Poitou-Charentes | -6,918 | -11.6% |
| 172 | Közép-Dunántúl | -7,337 | -25.1% |
| 173 | Hannover | -7,429 | -12.3% |
| 174 | Małopolskie | -7,440 | -115.8% |
| 175 | Észak-Alföld | -7,742 | -46.5% |
| 176 | Dél-Dunántúl | -7,928 | -37.7% |
| 177 | Abruzzo | -7,976 | -2.4% |
| 178 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | -8,300 | -78.6% |
| 179 | Jadranska Hrvatska | -8,301 | -31.7% |
| 180 | Podkarpackie | -8,571 | -87.8% |
| 181 | Asturias | -8,582 | +12.2% |
| 182 | Basque Country | -8,810 | +7.4% |
| 183 | Észak-Magyarország | -8,855 | -38% |
| 184 | Budapest | -9,205 | -14.9% |
| 185 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | -9,288 | -3.5% |
| 186 | Calabria | -9,413 | -33.4% |
| 187 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | -9,434 | -180.9% |
| 188 | Wielkopolskie | -9,584 | -132.2% |
| 189 | Świętokrzyskie | -9,683 | -23.8% |
| 190 | Panonska Hrvatska | -9,884 | -13.3% |
| 191 | Západné Slovensko | -10,001 | -93.9% |
| 192 | Dél-Alföld | -10,316 | -27% |
| 193 | Sardegna | -10,361 | +1.8% |
| 194 | Zachodniopomorskie | -10,398 | -42.3% |
| 195 | Marche | -10,508 | +0.3% |
| 196 | Dresden | -11,412 | -4.7% |
| 197 | Schleswig-Holstein | -11,494 | -6.4% |
| 198 | Severoiztochen | -11,522 | -43.5% |
| 199 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | -11,563 | -55.2% |
| 200 | Catalonia | -11,708 | +45.1% |
| 201 | Yugoiztochen | -11,726 | -39.8% |
| 202 | Norte | -12,302 | +6.5% |
| 203 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | -12,307 | -25.7% |
| 204 | Centro (PT) | -12,360 | -12.1% |
| 205 | Mazowiecki regionalny | -12,967 | -45.1% |
| 206 | Arnsberg | -13,166 | -3.7% |
| 207 | Kentriki Makedonia | -13,272 | -16.2% |
| 208 | Andalusia | -13,689 | -5.8% |
| 209 | Severen tsentralen | -13,727 | -28.1% |
| 210 | Centru | -13,882 | -45.5% |
| 211 | Valencian Community | -13,971 | -9.3% |
| 212 | Lubelskie | -13,976 | -51.7% |
| 213 | Liguria | -14,006 | +17.5% |
| 214 | Severozapaden | -14,730 | -31% |
| 215 | Vest | -14,806 | -38.7% |
| 216 | Nord-Vest | -14,985 | -41.9% |
| 217 | Chemnitz | -15,822 | -8.7% |
| 218 | Dolnośląskie | -15,931 | -34.2% |
| 219 | Düsseldorf | -15,986 | +0.2% |
| 220 | Castile and León | -16,204 | +28.1% |
| 221 | Attiki | -16,318 | -43.5% |
| 222 | Latvija | -17,180 | -52% |
| 223 | Nord-Est | -17,462 | -52.5% |
| 224 | Campania | -17,518 | -26.4% |
| 225 | Yuzhen tsentralen | -17,901 | -32.2% |
| 226 | Galicia | -18,066 | -2.7% |
| 227 | Brandenburg | -18,367 | -17.5% |
| 228 | Łódzkie | -18,448 | -23.7% |
| 229 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | -18,589 | -30% |
| 230 | Thüringen | -19,453 | -36.7% |
| 231 | Puglia | -19,905 | -13.4% |
| 232 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | -20,477 | -18.6% |
| 233 | Yugozapaden | -20,711 | -50.8% |
| 234 | Veneto | -20,716 | +16% |
| 235 | Sachsen-Anhalt | -21,265 | -20.2% |
| 236 | Sicilia | -21,589 | -19.5% |
| 237 | Sud-Est | -22,353 | -34.6% |
| 238 | Toscana | -24,913 | +2.1% |
| 239 | Emilia-Romagna | -25,424 | +13.4% |
| 240 | Lazio | -26,702 | -9.4% |
| 241 | Piemonte | -29,714 | +23.4% |
| 242 | Sud-Muntenia | -30,825 | -24.6% |
| 243 | Śląskie | -31,416 | -43.4% |
| 244 | Lombardia | -38,902 | +41.4% |
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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 84,582 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest natural population change?
Lombardia, with -38,902 in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
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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