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

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2016, at 7.99 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,269. The median was 890,540 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 290.35 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest7,987,488Ile-de-France

Lowest18,269Åland

Median890,540244 regions

European Union (27)290,352,383History

Top 40 regions, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2016 persons	Change on 2015
1	Ile-de-France	7,987,488	-0%
2	Lombardia	6,362,319	-0.2%
3	Andalusia	5,652,987	-0%
4	Catalonia	4,889,116	+0.1%
5	Community of Madrid	4,295,441	+0.2%
6	Rhône-Alpes	4,119,554	+0.1%
7	Campania	3,872,985	-0.3%
8	Lazio	3,750,160	+0.1%
9	Düsseldorf	3,385,531	+1.3%
10	Sicilia	3,273,200	-0.7%
11	Valencian Community	3,266,762	-0.4%
12	Veneto	3,134,261	-0.5%
13	Śląskie	3,122,872	-1.3%
14	Oberbayern	3,067,726	+1.6%
15	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3,064,595	-0.4%
16	Köln	2,947,483	+1.3%
17	Emilia-Romagna	2,785,910	-0.1%
18	Piemonte	2,732,483	-0.7%
19	Stuttgart	2,704,154	+1.7%
20	Puglia	2,637,281	-0.7%
21	Darmstadt	2,604,866	+1.4%
22	Nord-Pas de Calais	2,593,463	-0.6%
23	Attiki	2,562,782	-1.3%
24	Norte	2,416,794	-0.7%
25	Wielkopolskie	2,388,308	-0.7%
26	Berlin	2,367,765	+1%
27	Zuid-Holland	2,363,378	+0.4%
28	Arnsberg	2,361,363	+1.2%
29	Toscana	2,317,704	-0.5%
30	Pays de la Loire	2,297,363	+0.1%
31	Małopolskie	2,290,348	-0.3%
32	Nord-Est	2,114,700	-0.9%
33	Aquitaine	2,098,918	+0.1%
34	Bretagne	2,021,782	-0.1%
35	Warszawski stołeczny	1,998,879	-0.3%
36	Sud-Muntenia	1,996,238	-1.5%
37	Dolnośląskie	1,990,592	-1.2%
38	Midi-Pyrénées	1,876,900	+0.1%
39	Noord-Holland	1,854,007	+0.7%
40	Karlsruhe	1,844,760	+1.5%
41	Schleswig-Holstein	1,837,307	+0.9%
42	Nord-Vest	1,751,258	-0.9%
43	Münster	1,738,430	+1.3%
44	Galicia	1,733,472	-1%
45	Languedoc-Roussillon	1,698,736	+0.1%
46	Łódzkie	1,692,573	-1.2%
47	Weser-Ems	1,645,647	+1.5%
48	Sud-Est	1,639,950	-1.6%
49	Noord-Brabant	1,628,458	+0.1%
50	Mazowiecki regionalny	1,618,562	-0.8%
51	Bucureşti-Ilfov	1,617,634	-0.7%
52	Brandenburg	1,596,522	+0.5%
53	Centru	1,568,821	-1.1%
54	Pomorskie	1,565,992	-0.7%
55	Centre - Val de Loire	1,565,368	-0.7%
56	Castile and León	1,558,651	-1.4%
57	Eastern and Midland	1,544,719	+1.5%
58	Canary Islands	1,488,623	0%
59	Lorraine	1,487,300	-0.7%
60	Freiburg	1,469,508	+1.5%
61	Stockholm	1,461,443	+1.2%
62	Lubelskie	1,456,914	-0.9%
63	Podkarpackie	1,449,987	-0.4%
64	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,431,613	-1%
65	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,418,913	-0.2%
66	Yugozapaden	1,408,387	-1.5%
67	Basque Country	1,398,361	-0.4%
68	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,387,876	-1.7%
69	Hannover	1,385,010	+1.2%
70	Thüringen	1,379,742	-0.1%
71	Castilla-La Mancha	1,355,790	-0.8%
72	Detmold	1,349,791	+1.5%
73	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,347,356	+0.6%
74	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,328,824	-1.5%
75	Gelderland	1,313,447	+0.2%
76	Grande Lisboa	1,311,904	+0.2%
77	Západné Slovensko	1,299,743	-0.9%
78	Latvija	1,282,112	-1.6%
79	Calabria	1,277,111	-0.7%
80	Wien	1,269,098	+2.7%
81	Vest	1,240,993	-1.2%
82	Västsverige	1,236,623	+0.6%
83	Alsace	1,220,640	-0.3%
84	Schwaben	1,220,465	+1.4%
85	Picardie	1,218,184	-0.6%
86	Tübingen	1,214,120	+1.6%
87	Hamburg	1,211,143	+1.4%
88	Kentriki Makedonia	1,194,561	-1.1%
89	Hovedstaden	1,188,379	+1.3%
90	Prov. Antwerpen	1,178,756	+0.4%
91	Zachodniopomorskie	1,177,650	-1.3%
92	Haute-Normandie	1,163,320	-0.7%
93	Budapest	1,163,131	-0.7%
94	Mittelfranken	1,156,258	+1.4%
95	Východné Slovensko	1,125,727	-0.4%
96	Jihovýchod	1,115,324	-0.8%
97	Lüneburg	1,094,231	+1.3%
98	Niederösterreich	1,089,832	+0.9%
99	Poitou-Charentes	1,084,690	-0.4%
100	Sardegna	1,084,305	-0.9%
101	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,080,098	+0.5%
102	Centro (PT)	1,060,173	-1%
103	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,043,070	+0.1%
104	Braunschweig	1,040,585	+1.3%
105	Southern	1,018,866	+0.1%
106	Östra Mellansverige	1,017,725	+0.4%
107	Észak-Alföld	996,790	-0.9%
108	Dresden	994,684	+0.1%
109	Warmińsko-mazurskie	994,535	-1%
110	Severovýchod	990,895	-1%
111	Bourgogne	989,738	-0.9%
112	Region of Murcia	985,086	0%
113	Oberösterreich	975,456	+1%
114	Koblenz	970,853	+0.5%
115	Marche	966,179	-0.8%
116	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	961,394	+0.5%
117	Stredné Slovensko	948,772	-0.8%
118	Liguria	937,906	-0.9%
119	Sydsverige	912,705	+0.6%
120	Yuzhen tsentralen	905,744	-2.2%
121	Basse-Normandie	896,514	-0.8%
122	Chemnitz	891,297	-0.8%
123	Jadranska Hrvatska	889,782	-1.8%
124	Střední Čechy	873,382	-0.2%
125	Prov. Hainaut	867,690	+0.1%
126	Unterfranken	867,277	+0.3%
127	Utrecht	864,247	+0.6%
128	Świętokrzyskie	854,588	-1.2%
129	Eesti	854,174	-0.4%
130	Länsi-Suomi	852,934	-0.7%
131	Aragon	852,548	-0.9%
132	Abruzzo	847,660	-0.8%
133	Praha	844,932	-0.2%
134	Dél-Alföld	841,582	-1.2%
135	Midtjylland	834,427	+0.6%
136	Champagne-Ardenne	830,998	-1%
137	Auvergne	829,943	-0.7%
138	Pest	826,207	+0.1%
139	Steiermark	825,267	+0.7%
140	Moravskoslezsko	813,948	-1.3%
141	Niederbayern	812,961	+1.2%
142	Střední Morava	808,935	-1.1%
143	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	807,192	+1.5%
144	Jihozápad	803,803	-0.8%
145	Podlaskie	800,864	-0.7%
146	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	799,830	-1%
147	Kassel	788,166	+1.1%
148	Balearic Islands	774,022	+0.4%
149	Észak-Magyarország	769,669	-1.4%
150	Syddanmark	764,103	+0.3%
151	Panonska Hrvatska	760,715	-2.3%
152	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	753,981	-0.8%
153	Severozápad	746,496	-1.3%
154	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	742,850	-0.1%
155	Oberpfalz	737,063	+0.8%
156	Overijssel	735,136	+0.2%
157	Vzhodna Slovenija	732,412	-1%
158	Franche-Comté	729,321	-0.6%
159	Limburg (NL)	721,771	-0.6%
160	Közép-Dunántúl	721,602	-0.9%
161	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	720,559	+0.4%
162	Extremadura	717,708	-0.5%
163	Etelä-Suomi	717,051	-1%
164	Prov. Liège	716,257	+0.1%
165	Lubuskie	702,446	-1.2%
166	Oberfranken	697,911	+0.2%
167	Gießen	694,542	+1%
168	Asturias	671,724	-1.4%
169	Opolskie	662,154	-1.2%
170	Nyugat-Dunántúl	661,749	-0.8%
171	Leipzig	655,282	+1.4%
172	Saarland	652,884	+0.3%
173	Yugoiztochen	648,385	-2.1%
174	Zahodna Slovenija	645,284	-0.6%
175	Dél-Dunántúl	604,158	-1.6%
176	Kýpros	595,598	-0.1%
177	Severoiztochen	586,112	-2.5%
178	Prov. Limburg (BE)	569,452	+0.1%
179	La Réunion	560,801	+0.1%
180	Sjeverna Hrvatska	554,555	-1.5%
181	Umbria	549,426	-0.7%
182	Sostinės regionas	539,854	-1.1%
183	Northern and Western	533,678	+0.3%
184	Grad Zagreb	520,471	-1%
185	Sjælland	513,782	+0.6%
186	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	511,651	-0.8%
187	Småland med öarna	507,892	+0.3%
188	Norra Mellansverige	506,923	0%
189	Península de Setúbal	504,129	-0%
190	Tirol	503,098	+1.3%
191	Severen tsentralen	496,440	-3.1%
192	Severozapaden	467,773	-2.8%
193	Thessalia	447,166	-1.1%
194	Bremen	442,590	+1.2%
195	Limousin	438,659	-0.9%
196	Bratislavský kraj	436,031	+0.1%
197	Dytiki Elláda	428,899	-0.9%
198	Navarre	415,721	-0%
199	Friesland (NL)	408,423	-0.2%
200	Kriti	404,823	-0.4%
201	Luxembourg	399,401	+2.6%
202	Groningen	390,636	-0.3%
203	Cantabria	383,025	-1%
204	Basilicata	373,354	-0.8%
205	Nordjylland	371,864	+0.3%
206	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	369,222	-1.1%
207	Kärnten	368,582	+0.2%
208	Salzburg	367,601	+1.3%
209	Trier	357,124	+2%
210	Peloponnisos	354,026	-1.1%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	345,242	-0.1%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	337,305	+0.3%
213	Sterea Elláda	335,087	-1.3%
214	Prov. Namur	320,703	+0.5%
215	Övre Norrland	319,619	-0.5%
216	Drenthe	304,238	-0.3%
217	Malta	303,233	+2.2%
218	Alentejo	298,726	-1.1%
219	Algarve	290,626	+0.2%
220	Flevoland	273,956	+0.4%
221	Guadeloupe	271,849	-1.2%
222	Vorarlberg	257,861	+1.2%
223	Prov. Brabant wallon	256,987	+0.6%
224	Martinique	239,539	-1.5%
225	Zeeland	236,343	-0.1%
226	Mellersta Norrland	223,717	-0.3%
227	Notio Aigaio	215,716	-1%
228	Corse	206,030	+0.6%
229	La Rioja	204,103	-0.4%
230	Ipeiros	203,148	-1.5%
231	Molise	200,246	-0.6%
232	Burgenland	191,862	+0.4%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	185,033	+1.4%
234	Região Autónoma da Madeira	174,482	-1.5%
235	Dytiki Makedonia	172,150	-1.1%
236	Região Autónoma dos Açores	167,795	-0.7%
237	Guyane	167,423	+4.7%
238	Ionia Nisia	132,316	-0.6%
239	Mayotte	129,085	+3.8%
240	Voreio Aigaio	115,400	-2.1%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	80,509	-1%
242	Ceuta	57,208	-0.3%
243	Melilla	56,819	+0.4%
244	Åland	18,269	-0.3%

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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 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Åland, with 18,269 in 2016.

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.