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

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2018, at 8.01 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,246. The median was 871,159 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 288.62 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest8,011,693Ile-de-France

Lowest18,246Åland

Median871,159244 regions

European Union (27)288,620,106History

Top 40 regions, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2018 persons	Change on 2017
1	Ile-de-France	8,011,693	+0.1%
2	Lombardia	6,364,362	+0.1%
3	Andalusia	5,636,345	-0.1%
4	Catalonia	4,946,317	+0.8%
5	Community of Madrid	4,358,532	+1%
6	Rhône-Alpes	4,138,488	+0.3%
7	Campania	3,849,577	-0.3%
8	Lazio	3,749,544	-0.1%
9	Düsseldorf	3,376,459	-0.2%
10	Valencian Community	3,265,621	+0.1%
11	Sicilia	3,220,398	-0.9%
12	Veneto	3,117,749	-0.2%
13	Oberbayern	3,093,021	0%
14	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3,051,796	-0%
15	Śląskie	3,039,041	-1.4%
16	Köln	2,949,715	+0.1%
17	Emilia-Romagna	2,794,359	+0.2%
18	Stuttgart	2,730,106	+0.5%
19	Piemonte	2,701,016	-0.6%
20	Darmstadt	2,624,114	+0.4%
21	Puglia	2,599,091	-0.7%
22	Nord-Pas de Calais	2,571,148	-0.3%
23	Attiki	2,536,909	-0.6%
24	Berlin	2,416,043	+0.9%
25	Zuid-Holland	2,392,286	+0.6%
26	Norte	2,383,293	-0.6%
27	Wielkopolskie	2,350,651	-0.8%
28	Arnsberg	2,332,783	-0.5%
29	Toscana	2,307,491	-0.2%
30	Pays de la Loire	2,307,033	+0.3%
31	Małopolskie	2,267,912	-0.5%
32	Aquitaine	2,105,452	+0.2%
33	Nord-Est	2,071,874	-1%
34	Bretagne	2,022,690	+0.1%
35	Warszawski stołeczny	1,983,505	-0.4%
36	Dolnośląskie	1,940,839	-1.3%
37	Sud-Muntenia	1,928,593	-1.9%
38	Midi-Pyrénées	1,886,636	+0.3%
39	Noord-Holland	1,881,263	+0.6%
40	Karlsruhe	1,857,051	+0.3%
41	Schleswig-Holstein	1,845,473	-0%
42	Münster	1,727,777	-0.4%
43	Nord-Vest	1,717,419	-1%
44	Galicia	1,707,358	-0.7%
45	Languedoc-Roussillon	1,701,394	+0.1%
46	Weser-Ems	1,647,506	+0.1%
47	Łódzkie	1,645,137	-1.5%
48	Noord-Brabant	1,639,999	+0.4%
49	Bucureşti-Ilfov	1,595,080	-0.4%
50	Mazowiecki regionalny	1,587,245	-1%
51	Eastern and Midland	1,585,477	+1.1%
52	Sud-Est	1,582,347	-1.8%
53	Brandenburg	1,576,203	-0.6%
54	Centre - Val de Loire	1,546,276	-0.6%
55	Pomorskie	1,545,352	-0.7%
56	Centru	1,531,759	-1.2%
57	Castile and León	1,523,579	-1.1%
58	Stockholm	1,510,201	+1.7%
59	Canary Islands	1,505,555	+0.7%
60	Freiburg	1,478,698	+0.3%
61	Lorraine	1,466,445	-0.6%
62	Podkarpackie	1,431,487	-0.7%
63	Lubelskie	1,425,107	-1.2%
64	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,403,950	-1%
65	Basque Country	1,396,991	0%
66	Hannover	1,382,252	-0.1%
67	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,376,065	-1.6%
68	Yugozapaden	1,364,902	-1.5%
69	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,345,269	-0.3%
70	Castilla-La Mancha	1,342,728	-0.5%
71	Thüringen	1,337,596	-1.3%
72	Detmold	1,336,945	-0.3%
73	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,326,378	-2.2%
74	Gelderland	1,323,023	+0.3%
75	Grande Lisboa	1,319,917	+0.5%
76	Wien	1,303,141	+1.1%
77	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,287,386	-1.7%
78	Západné Slovensko	1,270,112	-1.2%
79	Västsverige	1,262,119	+0.9%
80	Calabria	1,258,196	-0.8%
81	Latvija	1,240,230	-1.5%
82	Hamburg	1,237,822	+1%
83	Schwaben	1,231,405	+0.6%
84	Tübingen	1,220,954	+0.3%
85	Alsace	1,216,684	-0%
86	Vest	1,210,911	-1.2%
87	Hovedstaden	1,209,788	+0.8%
88	Picardie	1,204,004	-0.5%
89	Prov. Antwerpen	1,182,579	+0.2%
90	Kentriki Makedonia	1,178,649	-0.6%
91	Mittelfranken	1,162,442	+0.2%
92	Haute-Normandie	1,149,107	-0.5%
93	Zachodniopomorskie	1,145,867	-1.4%
94	Budapest	1,144,494	-0.6%
95	Východné Slovensko	1,112,776	-0.6%
96	Jihovýchod	1,098,891	-0.7%
97	Niederösterreich	1,095,967	+0.1%
98	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,095,449	+0.7%
99	Lüneburg	1,087,630	-0.3%
100	Poitou-Charentes	1,074,937	-0.3%
101	Sardegna	1,066,130	-0.8%
102	Southern	1,041,976	+1.1%
103	Östra Mellansverige	1,041,391	+1.1%
104	Centro (PT)	1,033,775	-1.2%
105	Braunschweig	1,029,713	-0.3%
106	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,019,183	-1.1%
107	Region of Murcia	991,112	+0.3%
108	Oberösterreich	982,150	+0.3%
109	Észak-Alföld	975,665	-1.1%
110	Warmińsko-mazurskie	972,875	-1.1%
111	Dresden	972,865	-1%
112	Severovýchod	972,105	-0.9%
113	Bourgogne	971,651	-0.8%
114	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	965,587	+0.1%
115	Koblenz	963,203	-0.5%
116	Marche	955,624	-0.4%
117	Sydsverige	934,066	+1.1%
118	Stredné Slovensko	930,079	-1%
119	Liguria	929,356	-0.6%
120	Basse-Normandie	883,568	-0.6%
121	Utrecht	876,711	+0.7%
122	Střední Čechy	873,540	+0.1%
123	Yuzhen tsentralen	868,778	-2.1%
124	Prov. Hainaut	865,379	-0.1%
125	Unterfranken	862,748	-0.2%
126	Jadranska Hrvatska	856,405	-2.1%
127	Chemnitz	854,980	-1.8%
128	Praha	850,044	+0.4%
129	Eesti	845,525	-0.2%
130	Aragon	845,076	-0.4%
131	Länsi-Suomi	843,253	-0.6%
132	Midtjylland	843,089	+0.4%
133	Pest	835,538	+0.7%
134	Abruzzo	834,481	-0.8%
135	Świętokrzyskie	833,065	-1.4%
136	Steiermark	825,291	-0.1%
137	Auvergne	823,461	-0.2%
138	Niederbayern	819,210	+0.6%
139	Dél-Alföld	819,046	-1.2%
140	Champagne-Ardenne	814,974	-0.9%
141	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	808,561	+0.5%
142	Moravskoslezsko	792,722	-1.3%
143	Jihozápad	792,612	-0.6%
144	Střední Morava	790,442	-1.1%
145	Balearic Islands	789,824	+1.1%
146	Podlaskie	787,312	-0.9%
147	Kassel	784,490	-0.4%
148	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	781,717	-1.3%
149	Syddanmark	765,429	0%
150	Észak-Magyarország	749,415	-1.2%
151	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	748,487	-0.2%
152	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	740,803	-0.2%
153	Oberpfalz	740,073	+0.1%
154	Overijssel	737,933	+0.2%
155	Severozápad	728,839	-1%
156	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	726,570	+0.4%
157	Franche-Comté	721,689	-0.3%
158	Vzhodna Slovenija	717,335	-1.1%
159	Limburg (NL)	714,884	-0.6%
160	Prov. Liège	714,811	-0.1%
161	Panonska Hrvatska	710,578	-3.9%
162	Közép-Dunántúl	710,313	-0.4%
163	Extremadura	705,965	-0.8%
164	Etelä-Suomi	704,723	-1%
165	Oberfranken	697,752	+0.1%
166	Gießen	691,803	-0.2%
167	Lubuskie	686,081	-1.3%
168	Leipzig	662,163	+0.6%
169	Asturias	654,754	-1.3%
170	Nyugat-Dunántúl	652,590	-0.4%
171	Opolskie	647,112	-1.2%
172	Saarland	642,325	-1%
173	Zahodna Slovenija	637,606	-0.6%
174	Yugoiztochen	621,499	-2.2%
175	Kýpros	599,921	+0.6%
176	Dél-Dunántúl	587,886	-1.3%
177	Prov. Limburg (BE)	565,328	-0.4%
178	La Réunion	560,263	-0.1%
179	Severoiztochen	557,684	-2.5%
180	Northern and Western	544,795	+0.9%
181	Umbria	543,513	-0.5%
182	Sjeverna Hrvatska	532,518	-2.1%
183	Sostinės regionas	531,905	-0.6%
184	Småland med öarna	517,459	+0.7%
185	Sjælland	514,825	-0.1%
186	Norra Mellansverige	509,290	-0.2%
187	Grad Zagreb	508,440	-1.4%
188	Tirol	508,160	+0.3%
189	Península de Setúbal	503,215	0%
190	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	500,830	-1.1%
191	Severen tsentralen	467,199	-3%
192	Bremen	446,492	0%
193	Severozapaden	445,081	-2.5%
194	Thessalia	438,333	-0.9%
195	Bratislavský kraj	435,597	0%
196	Limousin	430,430	-1%
197	Dytiki Elláda	422,030	-0.8%
198	Navarre	418,932	+0.5%
199	Luxembourg	418,675	+2%
200	Friesland (NL)	407,256	-0.2%
201	Kriti	402,671	-0.2%
202	Groningen	387,712	-0.4%
203	Cantabria	378,657	-0.5%
204	Nordjylland	371,426	-0%
205	Salzburg	369,506	+0.2%
206	Basilicata	367,485	-0.8%
207	Kärnten	365,419	-0.5%
208	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	361,622	-0.9%
209	Trier	350,552	-0.5%
210	Peloponnisos	345,712	-1.2%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	345,420	+0.2%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	340,888	+0.5%
213	Sterea Elláda	327,767	-1.1%
214	Malta	320,973	+3.9%
215	Prov. Namur	320,885	-0.1%
216	Övre Norrland	320,511	+0.2%
217	Drenthe	304,796	-0.2%
218	Algarve	290,799	+0.2%
219	Alentejo	290,027	-1.4%
220	Flevoland	277,997	+0.7%
221	Guadeloupe	264,552	-1.4%
222	Vorarlberg	261,717	+0.5%
223	Prov. Brabant wallon	257,868	+0.1%
224	Zeeland	235,484	-0.2%
225	Martinique	232,293	-1.4%
226	Mellersta Norrland	224,382	-0.1%
227	Notio Aigaio	215,182	-0.2%
228	Corse	207,654	+0.1%
229	La Rioja	203,464	-0%
230	Ipeiros	198,202	-1%
231	Molise	197,092	-0.8%
232	Burgenland	190,922	-0.3%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	185,621	-0.1%
234	Região Autónoma da Madeira	170,847	-0.9%
235	Guyane	170,597	+2.5%
236	Dytiki Makedonia	167,959	-1.2%
237	Região Autónoma dos Açores	165,185	-0.7%
238	Mayotte	139,069	+3.8%
239	Ionia Nisia	130,842	-0.5%
240	Voreio Aigaio	119,697	+1.9%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	79,690	-0.5%
242	Ceuta	57,661	+0.3%
243	Melilla	57,129	+0.1%
244	Åland	18,246	-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 8.01 million in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Åland, with 18,246 in 2018.

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.