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

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2015
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2015, at 7.99 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,321. The median was 901,275 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 290.75 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest7,987,962Ile-de-France

Lowest18,321Åland

Median901,275244 regions

European Union (27)290,752,643History

Top 40 regions, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2015 persons	Change on 2014
1	Ile-de-France	7,987,962	-0.1%
2	Lombardia	6,376,724	-0.2%
3	Andalusia	5,654,009	-0.2%
4	Catalonia	4,883,886	-0.7%
5	Community of Madrid	4,286,090	-0.6%
6	Rhône-Alpes	4,115,505	+0.3%
7	Campania	3,883,923	-0.3%
8	Lazio	3,746,655	-0%
9	Düsseldorf	3,343,170	+0.2%
10	Sicilia	3,295,241	-0.5%
11	Valencian Community	3,278,604	-0.8%
12	Śląskie	3,163,223	-1.2%
13	Veneto	3,150,563	-0.5%
14	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3,075,451	-0.1%
15	Oberbayern	3,020,116	+1%
16	Köln	2,908,534	+0.5%
17	Emilia-Romagna	2,788,640	-0.3%
18	Piemonte	2,751,907	-0.9%
19	Stuttgart	2,659,836	+0.9%
20	Puglia	2,656,585	-0.8%
21	Nord-Pas de Calais	2,608,744	-0.6%
22	Attiki	2,596,020	-1.3%
23	Darmstadt	2,568,093	+0.8%
24	Norte	2,432,967	-0.9%
25	Wielkopolskie	2,405,276	-0.7%
26	Zuid-Holland	2,354,576	+0.3%
27	Berlin	2,344,437	+1%
28	Arnsberg	2,334,365	-0.1%
29	Toscana	2,329,215	-0.6%
30	Małopolskie	2,298,311	-0.2%
31	Pays de la Loire	2,294,776	+0.1%
32	Nord-Est	2,133,762	-0.6%
33	Aquitaine	2,095,918	+0.2%
34	Sud-Muntenia	2,026,728	-1.4%
35	Bretagne	2,022,902	-0.2%
36	Dolnośląskie	2,014,322	-1.1%
37	Warszawski stołeczny	2,005,159	-0.1%
38	Midi-Pyrénées	1,875,553	+0.2%
39	Noord-Holland	1,840,702	+0.5%
40	Schleswig-Holstein	1,820,085	+0.4%
41	Karlsruhe	1,816,630	+0.5%
42	Nord-Vest	1,767,831	-0.7%
43	Galicia	1,750,879	-1.2%
44	Münster	1,716,085	+0.1%
45	Łódzkie	1,713,953	-1.2%
46	Languedoc-Roussillon	1,696,243	+0.1%
47	Sud-Est	1,665,847	-1.6%
48	Mazowiecki regionalny	1,632,006	-0.7%
49	Bucureşti-Ilfov	1,629,147	-1%
50	Noord-Brabant	1,626,257	-0.1%
51	Weser-Ems	1,622,041	+0.5%
52	Brandenburg	1,588,328	-0.2%
53	Centru	1,585,572	-0.9%
54	Castile and León	1,580,071	-1.2%
55	Pomorskie	1,576,534	-0.6%
56	Centre - Val de Loire	1,576,406	-0.7%
57	Eastern and Midland	1,521,355	+1.3%
58	Lorraine	1,498,209	-0.7%
59	Canary Islands	1,488,503	+0.1%
60	Lubelskie	1,470,592	-0.9%
61	Podkarpackie	1,455,643	-0.3%
62	Freiburg	1,448,179	+0.6%
63	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,446,018	-0.9%
64	Stockholm	1,443,476	+1.2%
65	Yugozapaden	1,430,192	-1.4%
66	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,421,744	-1.1%
67	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,411,226	-1.1%
68	Basque Country	1,404,248	-0.7%
69	Thüringen	1,381,105	-1%
70	Hannover	1,368,526	+0.3%
71	Castilla-La Mancha	1,366,181	-0.8%
72	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,348,873	-1.3%
73	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,339,314	+0.2%
74	Detmold	1,330,301	+0.2%
75	Západné Slovensko	1,311,934	-0.7%
76	Gelderland	1,310,372	-0%
77	Grande Lisboa	1,308,973	-0.1%
78	Latvija	1,303,300	-1.7%
79	Calabria	1,286,374	-0.7%
80	Vest	1,256,303	-1%
81	Wien	1,236,127	+1.8%
82	Västsverige	1,229,500	+0.4%
83	Picardie	1,225,094	-0.6%
84	Alsace	1,223,714	-0.2%
85	Kentriki Makedonia	1,207,237	-0.9%
86	Schwaben	1,203,758	+0.8%
87	Tübingen	1,195,172	+0.8%
88	Hamburg	1,194,586	+0.8%
89	Zachodniopomorskie	1,192,614	-1.2%
90	Prov. Antwerpen	1,174,439	+0.2%
91	Hovedstaden	1,173,598	+1%
92	Budapest	1,171,421	-0.1%
93	Haute-Normandie	1,171,382	-0.6%
94	Mittelfranken	1,140,752	+0.3%
95	Východné Slovensko	1,130,219	-0.3%
96	Jihovýchod	1,124,618	-0.8%
97	Sardegna	1,094,152	-0.8%
98	Poitou-Charentes	1,089,157	-0.5%
99	Niederösterreich	1,080,436	+0.5%
100	Lüneburg	1,080,311	+0.2%
101	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,074,499	+0.5%
102	Centro (PT)	1,071,189	-1.3%
103	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,041,590	-0.5%
104	Braunschweig	1,027,716	+0.1%
105	Southern	1,017,945	-0.2%
106	Östra Mellansverige	1,013,405	+0.2%
107	Észak-Alföld	1,006,006	-0.9%
108	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,004,591	-0.9%
109	Severovýchod	1,001,365	-1%
110	Bourgogne	998,299	-0.9%
111	Dresden	993,966	-0.5%
112	Region of Murcia	984,601	-0.2%
113	Marche	973,764	-0.6%
114	Koblenz	965,989	-0.1%
115	Oberösterreich	965,350	+0.6%
116	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	957,001	+0.2%
117	Stredné Slovensko	956,475	-0.6%
118	Liguria	946,175	-1.1%
119	Yuzhen tsentralen	925,882	-2%
120	Sydsverige	907,175	+0.5%
121	Jadranska Hrvatska	906,323	-1.5%
122	Basse-Normandie	903,662	-0.8%
123	Chemnitz	898,888	-1.3%
124	Střední Čechy	874,701	-0.1%
125	Prov. Hainaut	866,807	-0.1%
126	Unterfranken	865,027	-0.3%
127	Świętokrzyskie	864,900	-1%
128	Aragon	860,353	-0.8%
129	Utrecht	859,069	+0.5%
130	Länsi-Suomi	858,585	-0.7%
131	Eesti	857,323	-1%
132	Abruzzo	854,783	-0.8%
133	Dél-Alföld	852,233	-1.4%
134	Praha	846,961	+0.5%
135	Champagne-Ardenne	839,102	-0.9%
136	Auvergne	835,791	-0.6%
137	Midtjylland	829,390	+0.1%
138	Pest	825,626	-0.4%
139	Moravskoslezsko	824,734	-1.3%
140	Steiermark	819,868	+0.3%
141	Střední Morava	817,972	-1.1%
142	Jihozápad	810,003	-0.8%
143	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	808,112	-1%
144	Podlaskie	806,855	-0.7%
145	Niederbayern	803,197	+0.7%
146	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	795,049	+0.9%
147	Észak-Magyarország	780,750	-1.5%
148	Kassel	779,925	-0.2%
149	Panonska Hrvatska	778,684	-1.8%
150	Balearic Islands	770,641	+0.1%
151	Syddanmark	761,523	+0.1%
152	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	759,961	-0.8%
153	Severozápad	756,470	-1.3%
154	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	743,355	-0.2%
155	Vzhodna Slovenija	739,691	-0.9%
156	Franche-Comté	733,436	-0.6%
157	Overijssel	733,391	-0.2%
158	Oberpfalz	731,503	+0.3%
159	Közép-Dunántúl	727,796	-1.1%
160	Limburg (NL)	726,069	-0.8%
161	Etelä-Suomi	724,240	-1%
162	Extremadura	721,664	-0.5%
163	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	717,461	+0.1%
164	Prov. Liège	715,551	-0.1%
165	Lubuskie	710,818	-1.1%
166	Oberfranken	696,413	-0.2%
167	Gießen	687,815	+0.4%
168	Asturias	681,490	-1.7%
169	Opolskie	670,303	-1.1%
170	Nyugat-Dunántúl	667,347	-1%
171	Yugoiztochen	662,425	-2%
172	Saarland	651,001	-0.7%
173	Zahodna Slovenija	649,487	-0.6%
174	Leipzig	646,386	+1%
175	Dél-Dunántúl	613,980	-1.6%
176	Severoiztochen	601,208	-2.4%
177	Kýpros	596,423	-0.6%
178	Prov. Limburg (BE)	568,979	-0.3%
179	Sjeverna Hrvatska	563,199	-1.3%
180	La Réunion	560,272	+0.6%
181	Umbria	553,162	-1%
182	Sostinės regionas	545,642	-0.6%
183	Northern and Western	532,060	-0.5%
184	Grad Zagreb	525,640	-0.8%
185	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	515,677	-1.1%
186	Severen tsentralen	512,227	-2.9%
187	Sjælland	510,517	+0.2%
188	Norra Mellansverige	506,901	-0.4%
189	Småland med öarna	506,318	-0%
190	Península de Setúbal	504,330	-0.2%
191	Tirol	496,629	+0.8%
192	Severozapaden	481,333	-2.8%
193	Thessalia	452,245	-1.1%
194	Limousin	442,809	-0.7%
195	Bremen	437,211	+0.5%
196	Bratislavský kraj	435,661	-0.1%
197	Dytiki Elláda	432,923	-0.9%
198	Navarre	415,928	-0.5%
199	Friesland (NL)	409,438	-0.5%
200	Kriti	406,270	-0.4%
201	Groningen	391,621	-0.1%
202	Luxembourg	389,371	+2.5%
203	Cantabria	386,860	-1%
204	Basilicata	376,251	-0.8%
205	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	373,343	-1.1%
206	Nordjylland	370,911	-0%
207	Kärnten	367,807	-0%
208	Salzburg	363,009	+0.6%
209	Peloponnisos	358,043	-1.1%
210	Trier	350,008	+0.3%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	345,457	-0%
212	Sterea Elláda	339,408	-1.2%
213	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	336,302	+0.3%
214	Övre Norrland	321,287	-0.3%
215	Prov. Namur	319,081	+0.1%
216	Drenthe	305,014	-0.5%
217	Alentejo	302,148	-1.3%
218	Malta	296,565	+2.1%
219	Algarve	290,019	-0.2%
220	Guadeloupe	275,196	-0.7%
221	Flevoland	272,874	+0.3%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	255,357	+0.4%
223	Vorarlberg	254,741	+0.6%
224	Martinique	243,118	-1.3%
225	Zeeland	236,592	-0.6%
226	Mellersta Norrland	224,376	-0.3%
227	Notio Aigaio	217,866	-0.9%
228	Ipeiros	206,306	-1.4%
229	La Rioja	204,978	-0.9%
230	Corse	204,870	-0%
231	Molise	201,441	-0.9%
232	Burgenland	191,018	-0.2%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	182,504	+0.5%
234	Região Autónoma da Madeira	177,072	-1.6%
235	Dytiki Makedonia	174,132	-1%
236	Região Autónoma dos Açores	168,941	-0.8%
237	Guyane	159,908	+3.5%
238	Ionia Nisia	133,098	-0.5%
239	Mayotte	124,376	+4.4%
240	Voreio Aigaio	117,817	-2%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	81,288	-0.9%
242	Ceuta	57,354	-0.3%
243	Melilla	56,567	+0.7%
244	Åland	18,321	+0.1%

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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 7.99 million in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Åland, with 18,321 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.