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

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2017
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2017, at 8 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,266. The median was 873,478 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 289.44 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest8,003,683Ile-de-France

Lowest18,266Åland

Median873,478244 regions

European Union (27)289,443,290History

Top 40 regions, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2017 persons	Change on 2016
1	Ile-de-France	8,003,683	+0.2%
2	Lombardia	6,358,954	-0.1%
3	Andalusia	5,644,294	-0.2%
4	Catalonia	4,909,242	+0.4%
5	Community of Madrid	4,315,970	+0.5%
6	Rhône-Alpes	4,124,332	+0.1%
7	Campania	3,859,891	-0.3%
8	Lazio	3,752,648	+0.1%
9	Düsseldorf	3,383,060	-0.1%
10	Valencian Community	3,262,216	-0.1%
11	Sicilia	3,249,296	-0.7%
12	Veneto	3,122,879	-0.4%
13	Oberbayern	3,091,496	+0.8%
14	Śląskie	3,081,360	-1.3%
15	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3,053,278	-0.4%
16	Köln	2,947,660	0%
17	Emilia-Romagna	2,787,917	+0.1%
18	Piemonte	2,718,497	-0.5%
19	Stuttgart	2,716,790	+0.5%
20	Puglia	2,617,548	-0.7%
21	Darmstadt	2,614,434	+0.4%
22	Nord-Pas de Calais	2,580,028	-0.5%
23	Attiki	2,551,146	-0.5%
24	Norte	2,398,090	-0.8%
25	Berlin	2,395,343	+1.2%
26	Zuid-Holland	2,377,062	+0.6%
27	Wielkopolskie	2,370,149	-0.8%
28	Arnsberg	2,344,056	-0.7%
29	Toscana	2,312,971	-0.2%
30	Pays de la Loire	2,299,377	+0.1%
31	Małopolskie	2,280,182	-0.4%
32	Aquitaine	2,100,409	+0.1%
33	Nord-Est	2,092,797	-1%
34	Bretagne	2,020,375	-0.1%
35	Warszawski stołeczny	1,991,044	-0.4%
36	Dolnośląskie	1,967,312	-1.2%
37	Sud-Muntenia	1,965,996	-1.5%
38	Midi-Pyrénées	1,880,537	+0.2%
39	Noord-Holland	1,869,573	+0.8%
40	Karlsruhe	1,851,205	+0.3%
41	Schleswig-Holstein	1,846,007	+0.5%
42	Münster	1,734,301	-0.2%
43	Nord-Vest	1,733,999	-1%
44	Galicia	1,719,867	-0.8%
45	Languedoc-Roussillon	1,699,792	+0.1%
46	Łódzkie	1,669,453	-1.4%
47	Weser-Ems	1,646,389	0%
48	Noord-Brabant	1,633,064	+0.3%
49	Sud-Est	1,611,057	-1.8%
50	Mazowiecki regionalny	1,603,973	-0.9%
51	Bucureşti-Ilfov	1,601,591	-1%
52	Brandenburg	1,585,244	-0.7%
53	Eastern and Midland	1,568,334	+1.5%
54	Pomorskie	1,556,504	-0.6%
55	Centre - Val de Loire	1,555,249	-0.6%
56	Centru	1,549,726	-1.2%
57	Castile and León	1,540,499	-1.2%
58	Canary Islands	1,495,512	+0.5%
59	Stockholm	1,484,827	+1.6%
60	Lorraine	1,474,965	-0.8%
61	Freiburg	1,473,931	+0.3%
62	Lubelskie	1,442,598	-1%
63	Podkarpackie	1,442,012	-0.6%
64	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,418,260	-0.9%
65	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,399,023	-1.4%
66	Basque Country	1,396,797	-0.1%
67	Yugozapaden	1,385,055	-1.7%
68	Hannover	1,383,791	-0.1%
69	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,356,443	-2.3%
70	Thüringen	1,355,815	-1.7%
71	Castilla-La Mancha	1,349,555	-0.5%
72	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,348,913	+0.1%
73	Detmold	1,341,495	-0.6%
74	Gelderland	1,318,909	+0.4%
75	Grande Lisboa	1,313,773	+0.1%
76	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,310,009	-1.4%
77	Wien	1,288,734	+1.5%
78	Západné Slovensko	1,285,671	-1.1%
79	Calabria	1,267,991	-0.7%
80	Latvija	1,258,620	-1.8%
81	Västsverige	1,250,664	+1.1%
82	Vest	1,225,369	-1.3%
83	Hamburg	1,225,179	+1.2%
84	Schwaben	1,224,529	+0.3%
85	Tübingen	1,217,502	+0.3%
86	Alsace	1,217,272	-0.3%
87	Picardie	1,210,594	-0.6%
88	Hovedstaden	1,200,399	+1%
89	Kentriki Makedonia	1,186,067	-0.7%
90	Prov. Antwerpen	1,180,574	+0.2%
91	Zachodniopomorskie	1,161,726	-1.4%
92	Mittelfranken	1,159,546	+0.3%
93	Haute-Normandie	1,154,648	-0.7%
94	Budapest	1,151,239	-1%
95	Východné Slovensko	1,119,764	-0.5%
96	Jihovýchod	1,106,153	-0.8%
97	Niederösterreich	1,095,092	+0.5%
98	Lüneburg	1,091,151	-0.3%
99	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,088,277	+0.8%
100	Poitou-Charentes	1,078,577	-0.6%
101	Sardegna	1,074,913	-0.9%
102	Centro (PT)	1,046,720	-1.3%
103	Braunschweig	1,033,171	-0.7%
104	Southern	1,030,721	+1.2%
105	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,030,135	-1.2%
106	Östra Mellansverige	1,029,762	+1.2%
107	Region of Murcia	988,596	+0.4%
108	Észak-Alföld	986,429	-1%
109	Warmińsko-mazurskie	983,654	-1.1%
110	Dresden	982,623	-1.2%
111	Severovýchod	980,561	-1%
112	Oberösterreich	979,560	+0.4%
113	Bourgogne	979,453	-1%
114	Koblenz	967,958	-0.3%
115	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	964,183	+0.3%
116	Marche	959,906	-0.6%
117	Stredné Slovensko	939,439	-1%
118	Liguria	934,623	-0.4%
119	Sydsverige	923,534	+1.2%
120	Basse-Normandie	889,317	-0.8%
121	Yuzhen tsentralen	887,619	-2%
122	Jadranska Hrvatska	874,446	-1.7%
123	Střední Čechy	872,510	-0.1%
124	Chemnitz	870,995	-2.3%
125	Utrecht	870,815	+0.8%
126	Prov. Hainaut	866,444	-0.1%
127	Unterfranken	864,588	-0.3%
128	Aragon	848,778	-0.4%
129	Länsi-Suomi	848,744	-0.5%
130	Eesti	847,552	-0.8%
131	Praha	846,980	+0.2%
132	Świętokrzyskie	844,533	-1.2%
133	Abruzzo	841,500	-0.7%
134	Midtjylland	839,372	+0.6%
135	Pest	829,703	+0.4%
136	Dél-Alföld	828,618	-1.5%
137	Steiermark	825,892	+0.1%
138	Auvergne	825,014	-0.6%
139	Champagne-Ardenne	822,454	-1%
140	Niederbayern	814,670	+0.2%
141	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	804,347	-0.4%
142	Moravskoslezsko	802,969	-1.3%
143	Střední Morava	799,218	-1.2%
144	Jihozápad	797,718	-0.8%
145	Podlaskie	794,612	-0.8%
146	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	792,317	-0.9%
147	Kassel	787,395	-0.1%
148	Balearic Islands	781,075	+0.9%
149	Syddanmark	765,321	+0.2%
150	Észak-Magyarország	758,874	-1.4%
151	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	750,214	-0.5%
152	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	741,930	-0.1%
153	Panonska Hrvatska	739,247	-2.8%
154	Oberpfalz	739,053	+0.3%
155	Severozápad	736,514	-1.3%
156	Overijssel	736,485	+0.2%
157	Vzhodna Slovenija	725,397	-1%
158	Franche-Comté	723,879	-0.7%
159	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	723,615	+0.4%
160	Limburg (NL)	719,179	-0.4%
161	Prov. Liège	715,653	-0.1%
162	Közép-Dunántúl	713,440	-1.1%
163	Extremadura	711,869	-0.8%
164	Etelä-Suomi	711,540	-0.8%
165	Oberfranken	697,329	-0.1%
166	Lubuskie	694,914	-1.1%
167	Gießen	692,872	-0.2%
168	Asturias	663,487	-1.2%
169	Leipzig	658,364	+0.5%
170	Nyugat-Dunántúl	655,442	-1%
171	Opolskie	654,704	-1.1%
172	Saarland	648,790	-0.6%
173	Zahodna Slovenija	641,478	-0.6%
174	Yugoiztochen	635,379	-2%
175	Kýpros	596,352	+0.1%
176	Dél-Dunántúl	595,613	-1.4%
177	Severoiztochen	572,122	-2.4%
178	Prov. Limburg (BE)	567,316	-0.4%
179	La Réunion	560,611	-0%
180	Umbria	546,334	-0.6%
181	Sjeverna Hrvatska	544,175	-1.9%
182	Northern and Western	540,079	+1.2%
183	Sostinės regionas	535,141	-0.9%
184	Grad Zagreb	515,428	-1%
185	Sjælland	515,341	+0.3%
186	Småland med öarna	513,712	+1.1%
187	Norra Mellansverige	510,117	+0.6%
188	Tirol	506,432	+0.7%
189	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	506,183	-1.1%
190	Península de Setúbal	503,161	-0.2%
191	Severen tsentralen	481,824	-2.9%
192	Severozapaden	456,299	-2.5%
193	Bremen	446,427	+0.9%
194	Thessalia	442,533	-1%
195	Bratislavský kraj	435,582	-0.1%
196	Limousin	434,721	-0.9%
197	Dytiki Elláda	425,250	-0.9%
198	Navarre	417,012	+0.3%
199	Luxembourg Series break	410,613	+2.8%
200	Friesland (NL)	408,156	-0.1%
201	Kriti	403,461	-0.3%
202	Groningen	389,440	-0.3%
203	Cantabria	380,452	-0.7%
204	Nordjylland	371,596	-0.1%
205	Basilicata	370,283	-0.8%
206	Salzburg	368,670	+0.3%
207	Kärnten	367,390	-0.3%
208	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	365,084	-1.1%
209	Trier	352,150	-1.4%
210	Peloponnisos	349,850	-1.2%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	344,900	-0.1%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	339,163	+0.6%
213	Sterea Elláda	331,309	-1.1%
214	Prov. Namur	321,291	+0.2%
215	Övre Norrland	319,979	+0.1%
216	Malta	308,971	+1.9%
217	Drenthe	305,491	+0.4%
218	Alentejo	294,220	-1.5%
219	Algarve	290,244	-0.1%
220	Flevoland	276,066	+0.8%
221	Guadeloupe	268,200	-1.3%
222	Vorarlberg	260,310	+0.9%
223	Prov. Brabant wallon	257,572	+0.2%
224	Zeeland	235,839	-0.2%
225	Martinique	235,602	-1.6%
226	Mellersta Norrland	224,707	+0.4%
227	Notio Aigaio	215,696	-0%
228	Corse	207,452	+0.7%
229	La Rioja	203,525	-0.3%
230	Ipeiros	200,242	-1.4%
231	Molise	198,762	-0.7%
232	Burgenland	191,528	-0.2%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	185,739	+0.4%
234	Região Autónoma da Madeira	172,479	-1.1%
235	Dytiki Makedonia	170,007	-1.2%
236	Guyane	166,409	-0.6%
237	Região Autónoma dos Açores	166,332	-0.9%
238	Mayotte	133,992	+3.8%
239	Ionia Nisia	131,538	-0.6%
240	Voreio Aigaio	117,475	+1.8%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	80,114	-0.5%
242	Ceuta	57,477	+0.5%
243	Melilla	57,086	+0.5%
244	Åland	18,266	-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 million in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Åland, with 18,266 in 2017.

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.