EU regions (NUTS 2) by natural population change
Ile-de-France had the highest natural population change of 244 regions in 2023, at 76,085. Lombardia had the lowest, at -38,386. The median was -4,173 and the figure for the European Union (27) was -1.19 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 76,085 | -5.5% |
| 2 | Eastern and Midland | 12,490 | +0.3% |
| 3 | Rhône-Alpes | 11,906 | -17.9% |
| 4 | Stockholm | 9,730 | -4.3% |
| 5 | Mayotte | 9,320 | -4.9% |
| 6 | La Réunion | 7,367 | +8.1% |
| 7 | Guyane | 6,461 | -0.7% |
| 8 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 5,463 | -7.1% |
| 9 | Hovedstaden | 4,474 | +1.4% |
| 10 | Southern | 4,297 | -5.1% |
| 11 | Zuid-Holland | 3,667 | +0.8% |
| 12 | Kýpros | 3,499 | +20.6% |
| 13 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 2,985 | -6.3% |
| 14 | Northern and Western | 2,695 | +10.8% |
| 15 | Utrecht | 2,513 | -9.2% |
| 16 | Východné Slovensko | 2,461 | +21.4% |
| 17 | Flevoland | 2,054 | -7.6% |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 1,889 | -7.7% |
| 19 | Prov. Antwerpen | 1,815 | +71.1% |
| 20 | Community of Madrid | 1,653 | +956.5% |
| 21 | Västsverige | 1,584 | -39.6% |
| 22 | Noord-Holland | 1,468 | -41.7% |
| 23 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 1,328 | +11.7% |
| 24 | Midtjylland | 1,202 | -13.2% |
| 25 | Wien | 823 | -25.2% |
| 26 | Sydsverige | 678 | -39.1% |
| 27 | Region of Murcia | 660 | +192% |
| 28 | Vorarlberg | 565 | +60.1% |
| 29 | Guadeloupe | 500 | +1.2% |
| 30 | Grande Lisboa | 457 | +132% |
| 31 | Malta | 432 | +446.8% |
| 32 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 417 | +1,637.5% |
| 33 | Praha | 363 | -49.4% |
| 34 | Melilla | 271 | -33.9% |
| 35 | Bratislavský kraj | 179 | +9.1% |
| 36 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 132 | +142.7% |
| 37 | Ceuta | 123 | +8.8% |
| 38 | Tirol | 119 | -74.6% |
| 39 | Balearic Islands | 99 | +141.1% |
| 40 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 81 | -40% |
| 41 | Åland | -11 | +80.4% |
| 42 | Salzburg | -52 | -143.3% |
| 43 | Notio Aigaio | -100 | -42.9% |
| 44 | Alsace | -101 | -262.9% |
| 45 | Picardie | -119 | -129.5% |
| 46 | Prov. Brabant wallon | -243 | +11% |
| 47 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | -327 | +49.2% |
| 48 | Östra Mellansverige | -422 | -151.8% |
| 49 | Haute-Normandie | -449 | -572.6% |
| 50 | Martinique | -485 | +30.3% |
| 51 | Prov. Namur | -525 | -1.7% |
| 52 | Pays de la Loire | -570 | -1,325% |
| 53 | Overijssel | -592 | -41.6% |
| 54 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | -655 | +12.6% |
| 55 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | -724 | +3.2% |
| 56 | Voreio Aigaio | -779 | +37.1% |
| 57 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | -806 | +32.1% |
| 58 | Småland med öarna | -839 | -156.6% |
| 59 | Prov. Liège | -971 | +27.2% |
| 60 | Península de Setúbal | -1,011 | +42% |
| 61 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | -1,040 | +22.7% |
| 62 | Zeeland | -1,060 | -12.2% |
| 63 | Corse | -1,063 | -6.8% |
| 64 | Oberösterreich | -1,116 | -156% |
| 65 | Nordjylland | -1,129 | +19.1% |
| 66 | Ionia Nisia | -1,144 | +13.5% |
| 67 | Kriti | -1,173 | +7.9% |
| 68 | Mellersta Norrland | -1,178 | +3.3% |
| 69 | Hamburg | -1,205 | -46.4% |
| 70 | La Rioja | -1,237 | +2.8% |
| 71 | Övre Norrland | -1,255 | -8.8% |
| 72 | Algarve | -1,306 | +27.2% |
| 73 | Friesland (NL) | -1,335 | -2.9% |
| 74 | Groningen | -1,336 | -11.5% |
| 75 | Zahodna Slovenija | -1,346 | -1.4% |
| 76 | Navarre | -1,351 | +13.3% |
| 77 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | -1,370 | +3.7% |
| 78 | Burgenland | -1,477 | +3.7% |
| 79 | Střední Čechy | -1,516 | -71.5% |
| 80 | Gelderland | -1,560 | +18.7% |
| 81 | Drenthe | -1,754 | +12% |
| 82 | Franche-Comté | -1,819 | -27.9% |
| 83 | Bremen | -1,913 | +12% |
| 84 | Sostinės regionas | -2,014 | +25.5% |
| 85 | Grad Zagreb | -2,030 | +6.9% |
| 86 | Dytiki Makedonia | -2,079 | +14.5% |
| 87 | Prov. Hainaut | -2,243 | -3.2% |
| 88 | Kärnten | -2,259 | +2.2% |
| 89 | Champagne-Ardenne | -2,282 | -20% |
| 90 | Trier | -2,283 | +3.8% |
| 91 | Molise | -2,294 | +11.8% |
| 92 | Ipeiros | -2,326 | +10.1% |
| 93 | Tübingen | -2,384 | -2.8% |
| 94 | Pest | -2,445 | +19.7% |
| 95 | Stredné Slovensko | -2,457 | +6.9% |
| 96 | Syddanmark | -2,533 | +0.2% |
| 97 | Norra Mellansverige | -2,632 | -30.5% |
| 98 | Noord-Brabant | -2,646 | -40.4% |
| 99 | Jihovýchod | -2,647 | -23.2% |
| 100 | Jihozápad | -2,759 | -9.6% |
| 101 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | -2,790 | +12.8% |
| 102 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | -2,803 | -36.1% |
| 103 | Sjælland | -2,929 | -2.2% |
| 104 | Oberbayern | -3,055 | -120.9% |
| 105 | Cantabria | -3,056 | +13.7% |
| 106 | Střední Morava | -3,074 | -8.6% |
| 107 | Schwaben | -3,137 | +3.9% |
| 108 | Steiermark | -3,160 | +9.3% |
| 109 | Vzhodna Slovenija | -3,205 | +9.4% |
| 110 | Oberpfalz | -3,509 | -11.4% |
| 111 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | -3,518 | +17.1% |
| 112 | Basilicata | -3,536 | +9.4% |
| 113 | Severovýchod | -3,567 | -7.1% |
| 114 | Dytiki Elláda | -3,634 | +19.7% |
| 115 | Podlaskie | -3,773 | +12.5% |
| 116 | Pomorskie | -3,819 | +14.4% |
| 117 | Alentejo | -3,894 | +11.1% |
| 118 | Limousin | -3,922 | +3.6% |
| 119 | Niederbayern | -3,967 | -15.9% |
| 120 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | -4,036 | +10.4% |
| 121 | Moravskoslezsko | -4,046 | +2.5% |
| 122 | Sterea Elláda | -4,105 | +6.1% |
| 123 | Lubuskie | -4,241 | +7.1% |
| 124 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | -4,314 | +9.6% |
| 125 | Észak-Alföld | -4,329 | +16.7% |
| 126 | Berlin | -4,353 | -13.3% |
| 127 | Gießen | -4,366 | -2% |
| 128 | Severozápad | -4,400 | -16.4% |
| 129 | Peloponnisos | -4,418 | +9.1% |
| 130 | Opolskie | -4,447 | +10.3% |
| 131 | Limburg (NL) | -4,453 | -8.6% |
| 132 | Małopolskie | -4,454 | +8.6% |
| 133 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | -4,524 | +14.5% |
| 134 | Extremadura | -4,551 | +18.3% |
| 135 | Centre - Val de Loire | -4,576 | -16.1% |
| 136 | Podkarpackie | -4,828 | +5.8% |
| 137 | Basse-Normandie | -4,912 | +7.7% |
| 138 | Midi-Pyrénées | -4,919 | -18.3% |
| 139 | Unterfranken | -4,946 | -4% |
| 140 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | -4,976 | -36.7% |
| 141 | Thessalia | -5,017 | +8.4% |
| 142 | Warszawski stołeczny | -5,020 | -50.6% |
| 143 | Eesti | -5,053 | +10.9% |
| 144 | Észak-Magyarország | -5,063 | +17.9% |
| 145 | Aragon | -5,188 | +18.8% |
| 146 | Közép-Dunántúl | -5,290 | +6.8% |
| 147 | Mittelfranken | -5,324 | -0.8% |
| 148 | Castilla-La Mancha | -5,372 | +10.9% |
| 149 | Auvergne | -5,491 | -4.4% |
| 150 | Lorraine | -5,502 | -4.5% |
| 151 | Freiburg | -5,559 | -14.8% |
| 152 | Niederösterreich | -5,598 | -12.3% |
| 153 | Yugoiztochen | -5,614 | +35% |
| 154 | Západné Slovensko | -5,689 | +12% |
| 155 | Dél-Dunántúl | -5,693 | +8.7% |
| 156 | Leipzig | -5,710 | -3.9% |
| 157 | Canary Islands | -5,832 | +10.2% |
| 158 | Severoiztochen | -5,837 | +26.8% |
| 159 | Stuttgart | -5,883 | +1.1% |
| 160 | Länsi-Suomi | -5,972 | +0.6% |
| 161 | Oberfranken | -6,032 | +3.7% |
| 162 | Umbria | -6,044 | +9.5% |
| 163 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | -6,107 | +1.8% |
| 164 | Languedoc-Roussillon | -6,126 | -8.2% |
| 165 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | -6,264 | +5.5% |
| 166 | Budapest | -6,306 | +17.9% |
| 167 | Bourgogne | -6,386 | +0.3% |
| 168 | Jadranska Hrvatska | -6,680 | +16.9% |
| 169 | Kassel | -6,696 | -4% |
| 170 | Saarland | -6,791 | +10.6% |
| 171 | Centru | -6,820 | +16.6% |
| 172 | Nord-Vest | -6,849 | +21.1% |
| 173 | Panonska Hrvatska | -6,877 | +20.3% |
| 174 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | -6,980 | +4% |
| 175 | Etelä-Suomi | -7,037 | -4% |
| 176 | Świętokrzyskie | -7,146 | +6.3% |
| 177 | Aquitaine | -7,189 | -1.8% |
| 178 | Detmold | -7,206 | -4% |
| 179 | Dél-Alföld | -7,441 | +9.1% |
| 180 | Severen tsentralen | -7,506 | +25.5% |
| 181 | Koblenz | -7,511 | +0.7% |
| 182 | Wielkopolskie | -7,602 | -0.7% |
| 183 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | -7,627 | +11.3% |
| 184 | Poitou-Charentes | -7,706 | +4.5% |
| 185 | Mazowiecki regionalny | -7,936 | +12.2% |
| 186 | Karlsruhe | -7,963 | -13.5% |
| 187 | Yugozapaden | -8,108 | +36.4% |
| 188 | Severozapaden | -8,154 | +21.7% |
| 189 | Zachodniopomorskie | -8,249 | +6% |
| 190 | Abruzzo | -8,251 | +5.8% |
| 191 | Darmstadt | -8,311 | -14.1% |
| 192 | Bretagne | -8,325 | -3.5% |
| 193 | Asturias | -8,467 | +7.9% |
| 194 | Münster | -8,567 | +2.7% |
| 195 | Yuzhen tsentralen | -8,590 | +30.6% |
| 196 | Calabria | -8,696 | +8.3% |
| 197 | Vest | -8,724 | +4.9% |
| 198 | Weser-Ems | -8,759 | -3.5% |
| 199 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | -8,801 | +3.5% |
| 200 | Basque Country | -8,866 | +15.9% |
| 201 | Marche | -8,939 | +17.4% |
| 202 | Lüneburg | -8,986 | -0.2% |
| 203 | Braunschweig | -9,316 | -5% |
| 204 | Lubelskie | -9,418 | +3% |
| 205 | Centro (PT) | -9,918 | +14.2% |
| 206 | Kentriki Makedonia | -10,405 | +18% |
| 207 | Nord-Est | -10,450 | -7.8% |
| 208 | Hannover | -10,848 | -0.4% |
| 209 | Norte | -11,033 | +11.8% |
| 210 | Valencian Community | -11,305 | +20.6% |
| 211 | Sardegna | -11,524 | +10.3% |
| 212 | Dresden | -11,652 | -6.2% |
| 213 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | -11,698 | +12% |
| 214 | Dolnośląskie | -12,685 | +5% |
| 215 | Liguria | -13,261 | +14.1% |
| 216 | Andalusia | -13,299 | +16.9% |
| 217 | Catalonia | -13,488 | +6.1% |
| 218 | Latvija | -13,541 | +8.4% |
| 219 | Köln | -13,645 | -9.2% |
| 220 | Łódzkie | -13,977 | +8% |
| 221 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | -14,334 | +1.5% |
| 222 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | -14,368 | +20.7% |
| 223 | Chemnitz | -14,545 | -1.9% |
| 224 | Sud-Est | -14,928 | +4.7% |
| 225 | Castile and León | -15,606 | +12.7% |
| 226 | Campania | -15,977 | +6% |
| 227 | Attiki | -16,704 | +10.5% |
| 228 | Schleswig-Holstein | -17,431 | -4.1% |
| 229 | Arnsberg | -17,769 | +0.5% |
| 230 | Puglia | -17,829 | +3% |
| 231 | Thüringen | -18,185 | +2.6% |
| 232 | Galicia | -18,778 | +8.4% |
| 233 | Sud-Muntenia | -19,538 | +11.8% |
| 234 | Veneto | -20,633 | +13% |
| 235 | Brandenburg | -20,737 | -3.9% |
| 236 | Sicilia | -21,297 | +6% |
| 237 | Sachsen-Anhalt | -22,027 | +3.3% |
| 238 | Emilia-Romagna | -22,698 | +10.6% |
| 239 | Düsseldorf | -23,332 | +1.1% |
| 240 | Toscana | -23,379 | +14.3% |
| 241 | Śląskie | -24,082 | +4% |
| 242 | Piemonte | -28,968 | +11.9% |
| 243 | Lazio | -29,943 | -6% |
| 244 | Lombardia | -38,386 | +13.9% |
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Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).
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Eurostat. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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Which region has the highest natural population change?
Ile-de-France, with 76,085 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest natural population change?
Lombardia, with -38,386 in 2023.
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