EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2025

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2025
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2025, at 8.27 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,283. The median was 878,541 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 286.91 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest8,273,288Ile-de-France

Lowest18,283Åland

Median878,541244 regions

European Union (27)286,912,339History

Top 40 regions, 2025

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2025 persons	Change on 2024
1	Ile-de-France Provisional	8,273,288	+0.5%
2	Lombardia	6,416,877	+0.2%
3	Andalusia	5,826,674	+0.4%
4	Catalonia	5,442,280	+1.7%
5	Community of Madrid	4,827,262	+1.7%
6	Rhône-Alpes Provisional	4,297,223	+0.5%
7	Lazio	3,669,189	-0.2%
8	Campania	3,648,539	-0.5%
9	Valencian Community	3,604,656	+2.1%
10	Düsseldorf	3,340,374	-0.2%
11	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional	3,154,922	+0.5%
12	Oberbayern	3,125,693	+0.6%
13	Veneto	3,073,899	-0.2%
14	Sicilia	3,038,107	-0.5%
15	Köln	2,909,417	-0.2%
16	Emilia-Romagna	2,823,355	+0.3%
17	Stuttgart	2,681,215	-0.4%
18	Śląskie	2,671,784	-1%
19	Piemonte	2,632,870	-0%
20	Darmstadt	2,623,560	+0.1%
21	Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional	2,541,049	-0.2%
22	Zuid-Holland	2,517,033	+0.5%
23	Berlin	2,466,429	+0.7%
24	Puglia	2,459,594	-0.7%
25	Attiki	2,453,986	-0.4%
26	Pays de la Loire Provisional	2,392,353	+0.5%
27	Norte	2,359,390	+0.1%
28	Toscana	2,275,630	-0.1%
29	Arnsberg	2,262,582	-0.6%
30	Wielkopolskie	2,230,068	-0.3%
31	Aquitaine Provisional	2,198,022	+0.6%
32	Warszawski stołeczny	2,157,195	+0.8%
33	Małopolskie	2,154,487	-0.2%
34	Bretagne Provisional	2,088,032	+0.4%
35	Nord-Est Estimated	2,041,055	+0.2%
36	Noord-Holland	1,978,407	+0.4%
37	Midi-Pyrénées Provisional	1,969,948	+0.6%
38	Schleswig-Holstein	1,852,417	-0.1%
39	Karlsruhe	1,836,162	-0.3%
40	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	1,807,636	+0.1%
41	Eastern and Midland	1,796,360	+1.7%
42	Dolnośląskie	1,795,645	-0.5%
43	Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional	1,776,130	+0.6%
44	Noord-Brabant	1,701,813	+0.5%
45	Galicia	1,694,746	+0.3%
46	Münster	1,689,396	-0.5%
47	Nord-Vest Estimated	1,658,978	+0.4%
48	Weser-Ems	1,629,316	-0.6%
49	Stockholm	1,628,867	+0.8%
50	Canary Islands	1,595,424	+0.7%
51	Brandenburg	1,540,998	-0.5%
52	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	1,535,412	+1%
53	Centre - Val de Loire Provisional	1,533,771	-0.1%
54	Pomorskie	1,485,897	-0.1%
55	Castile and León	1,485,188	+0.1%
56	Sud-Est Estimated	1,477,771	-0.4%
57	Freiburg	1,472,230	-0.4%
58	Łódzkie	1,459,797	-0.9%
59	Centru Estimated	1,454,300	+0.4%
60	Basque Country	1,427,852	+0.6%
61	Lorraine Provisional	1,422,894	-0.4%
62	Castilla-La Mancha	1,409,681	+0.9%
63	Wien	1,401,288	+1%
64	Mazowiecki regionalny	1,395,815	-1%
65	Grande Lisboa	1,373,075	+1.4%
66	Gelderland	1,361,844	+0.2%
67	Hannover	1,338,568	-0.4%
68	Västsverige	1,321,875	+0.4%
69	Detmold	1,310,148	-0.6%
70	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,308,213	-0.6%
71	Yugozapaden	1,305,773	+0.2%
72	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,296,371	-0.6%
73	Hovedstaden	1,287,934	+1.2%
74	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,266,266	-0.9%
75	Hamburg	1,260,836	+0.6%
76	Podkarpackie	1,251,123	-0.9%
77	Thüringen	1,247,444	-1.3%
78	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,233,438	-0.9%
79	Schwaben	1,229,825	+0.1%
80	Prov. Antwerpen	1,227,715	+0.6%
81	Alsace Provisional	1,222,993	0%
82	Lubelskie	1,218,702	-1.1%
83	Tübingen	1,213,243	-0.5%
84	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1,189,995	-0.4%
85	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,179,539	+1.5%
86	Západné Slovensko	1,178,199	-0.8%
87	Southern	1,175,154	+2.3%
88	Latvija	1,172,860	-1.2%
89	Picardie Provisional	1,169,690	-0.4%
90	Calabria	1,157,627	-0.6%
91	Mittelfranken	1,153,441	-0.2%
92	Haute-Normandie Provisional	1,131,412	-0.1%
93	Kentriki Makedonia	1,129,196	-0.2%
94	Budapest	1,128,114	+0.5%
95	Jihovýchod	1,106,006	+0.3%
96	Niederösterreich	1,104,282	-0.3%
97	Östra Mellansverige	1,091,965	+0.3%
98	Vest Estimated	1,074,864	+0.1%
99	Region of Murcia	1,073,255	+1.2%
100	Poitou-Charentes Provisional	1,070,848	-0%
101	Lüneburg	1,064,934	-0.6%
102	Centro (PT)	1,041,732	+1.5%
103	Východné Slovensko	1,036,797	-0.4%
104	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,007,474	+0.6%
105	Zachodniopomorskie	1,003,653	-0.9%
106	Oberösterreich	994,685	-0.3%
107	Braunschweig	994,580	-0.8%
108	Sydsverige	988,353	+0.6%
109	Sardegna	981,462	-1%
110	Severovýchod	966,899	+0.1%
111	Koblenz	949,478	-0.5%
112	Bourgogne Provisional	948,806	-0.3%
113	Dresden	943,302	-0.4%
114	Střední Čechy	939,165	+1.3%
115	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	935,958	-1%
116	Praha	925,154	+1.7%
117	Utrecht	920,570	+0.4%
118	Marche	919,382	-0.3%
119	Liguria	913,432	0%
120	Észak-Alföld	898,411	-0.9%
121	Aragon	881,899	+1%
122	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	881,244	+1.1%
123	Pest	875,838	+0.4%
124	Balearic Islands	872,987	+1.5%
125	Midtjylland	871,982	+0.5%
126	Prov. Hainaut	871,740	+0.2%
127	Basse-Normandie Provisional	871,416	-0.1%
128	Eesti	869,824	-0.4%
129	Stredné Slovensko	853,607	-0.8%
130	Länsi-Suomi	850,830	+0.7%
131	Warmińsko-mazurskie	829,216	-1.2%
132	Unterfranken	825,689	-0.5%
133	Steiermark	820,180	-0.5%
134	Jadranska Hrvatska	819,830	+1%
135	Jihozápad	805,839	+0.2%
136	Auvergne Provisional	805,337	-0.4%
137	Yuzhen tsentralen	803,357	-0.3%
138	Niederbayern	801,865	-0.2%
139	Abruzzo	793,204	-0.4%
140	Chemnitz	790,911	-1.1%
141	Champagne-Ardenne Provisional	781,580	-0.7%
142	Syddanmark	764,462	0%
143	Overijssel	760,103	+0.4%
144	Střední Morava	759,974	-0.2%
145	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	758,927	+0.5%
146	Moravskoslezsko	753,248	-0.5%
147	Dél-Alföld	752,599	-0.9%
148	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	749,313	-0.1%
149	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	748,645	+0.2%
150	Kassel	746,996	-0.7%
151	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	735,122	-0.3%
152	Oberpfalz	720,072	-0.2%
153	Prov. Liège	719,568	+0.3%
154	Franche-Comté Provisional	709,534	-0.2%
155	Severozápad	706,545	-0.1%
156	Vzhodna Slovenija	701,486	-0.2%
157	Limburg (NL)	699,049	-0.4%
158	Świętokrzyskie	698,283	-1.4%
159	Etelä-Suomi	688,902	+0.3%
160	Podlaskie	684,336	-1%
161	Extremadura	682,605	-0.6%
162	Észak-Magyarország	680,467	-1.5%
163	Közép-Dunántúl	679,796	-0.9%
164	Leipzig	679,227	+0.2%
165	Gießen	663,407	-0.8%
166	Oberfranken	662,292	-0.8%
167	Kýpros	654,355	+1.1%
168	Zahodna Slovenija	648,841	+0.5%
169	Nyugat-Dunántúl	630,169	-1.2%
170	Asturias	627,732	+0.2%
171	Saarland	625,401	-1%
172	Northern and Western	610,084	+2.2%
173	Panonska Hrvatska	609,067	-1.3%
174	Lubuskie	606,624	-0.8%
175	Sostinės regionas	582,521	+1.2%
176	Yugoiztochen	578,065	-0%
177	La Réunion Provisional	575,192	+0.3%
178	Prov. Limburg (BE)	569,472	+0.1%
179	Opolskie	566,554	-1.1%
180	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	535,936	+1.8%
181	Dél-Dunántúl	534,354	-1.1%
182	Península de Setúbal	533,511	+1.9%
183	Småland med öarna	525,862	+0.1%
184	Umbria	523,868	-0.3%
185	Sjælland	520,610	+0.1%
186	Severoiztochen	515,568	-0.1%
187	Tirol	512,072	-0.4%
188	Sjeverna Hrvatska	506,961	+0.4%
189	Grad Zagreb	502,831	+1.1%
190	Norra Mellansverige	501,108	-0.2%
191	Bratislavský kraj	475,592	+0.4%
192	Luxembourg	471,208	+1.3%
193	Bremen	456,243	+0.3%
194	Navarre	445,109	+0.9%
195	Limousin Provisional	419,865	-0.3%
196	Thessalia	413,857	-0.4%
197	Friesland (NL)	410,045	+0.1%
198	Severen tsentralen	403,157	-1.4%
199	Malta	398,714	+2.1%
200	Dytiki Elláda	397,588	-0.7%
201	Kriti	395,477	-0.3%
202	Groningen	395,279	-0%
203	Severozapaden	385,352	-1.7%
204	Cantabria	380,589	+0.3%
205	Salzburg	372,855	-0.3%
206	Nordjylland	365,970	-0.3%
207	Kärnten	358,552	-0.6%
208	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	357,731	+1.2%
209	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	345,749	+0.1%
210	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	344,521	-0%
211	Basilicata	334,919	-1.2%
212	Trier	334,043	-0.8%
213	Prov. Namur	326,448	+0.1%
214	Övre Norrland	323,475	+0.7%
215	Peloponnisos	320,003	-0.8%
216	Sterea Elláda	309,990	+0.4%
217	Algarve	306,876	+2%
218	Drenthe	306,814	+0.3%
219	Flevoland	302,509	+1%
220	Alentejo	286,465	+0.1%
221	Vorarlberg	269,477	-0%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	262,884	+0.1%
223	Guadeloupe Provisional	249,146	-1.1%
224	Zeeland	236,348	+0.1%
225	Mellersta Norrland	221,249	-0%
226	Corse Provisional	216,272	+0.6%
227	Martinique Provisional	213,477	-1.2%
228	La Rioja	210,722	+0.7%
229	Notio Aigaio	209,891	-0.1%
230	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	194,726	+0.2%
231	Ipeiros	193,247	+1.1%
232	Burgenland	188,281	-1%
233	Guyane Provisional	184,223	+0.7%
234	Molise	179,258	-1%
235	Mayotte Provisional	176,342	+2.7%
236	Região Autónoma da Madeira	173,133	+0.8%
237	Região Autónoma dos Açores	164,684	+0.1%
238	Dytiki Makedonia	149,878	-1.7%
239	Voreio Aigaio	131,589	+5.1%
240	Ionia Nisia	121,963	-1.5%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	76,944	-0.4%
242	Melilla	58,987	+1.6%
243	Ceuta	57,961	+0.7%
244	Åland	18,283	-0%

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About this ranking

Resident population aged 15 to 64 on 1 January (Eurostat).

The working-age band Eurostat uses for EU comparisons. population_16_64 (INE, Spain) starts at 16, so the two series differ.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population on 1 January by broad age group, 15 to 64, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which region has the highest population aged 15 to 64?

Ile-de-France, with 8.27 million in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Åland, with 18,283 in 2025.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by broad age group, 15 to 64, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). Retrieved 2026-10-09.