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

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2019
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2019, at 8.01 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,216. The median was 871,248 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 288.13 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest8,014,582Ile-de-France

Lowest18,216Åland

Median871,248244 regions

European Union (27)288,129,095History

Top 40 regions, 2019

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2019 persons	Change on 2018
1	Ile-de-France	8,014,582	0%
2	Lombardia	6,379,578	+0.2%
3	Andalusia	5,644,362	+0.1%
4	Catalonia	5,015,245	+1.4%
5	Community of Madrid	4,423,872	+1.5%
6	Rhône-Alpes	4,158,018	+0.5%
7	Campania	3,829,593	-0.5%
8	Lazio	3,745,737	-0.1%
9	Düsseldorf	3,367,641	-0.3%
10	Valencian Community	3,287,285	+0.7%
11	Sicilia	3,191,669	-0.9%
12	Veneto	3,117,637	-0%
13	Oberbayern	3,113,076	+0.6%
14	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3,058,498	+0.2%
15	Śląskie	2,997,494	-1.4%
16	Köln	2,951,622	+0.1%
17	Emilia-Romagna	2,804,871	+0.4%
18	Stuttgart	2,734,042	+0.1%
19	Piemonte	2,685,313	-0.6%
20	Darmstadt	2,630,875	+0.3%
21	Puglia	2,576,954	-0.9%
22	Nord-Pas de Calais	2,563,797	-0.3%
23	Attiki	2,526,402	-0.4%
24	Berlin	2,433,094	+0.7%
25	Zuid-Holland	2,407,368	+0.6%
26	Norte	2,370,493	-0.5%
27	Wielkopolskie	2,333,365	-0.7%
28	Arnsberg	2,323,512	-0.4%
29	Pays de la Loire	2,319,598	+0.5%
30	Toscana	2,300,389	-0.3%
31	Małopolskie	2,256,341	-0.5%
32	Aquitaine	2,115,865	+0.5%
33	Nord-Est	2,050,392	-1%
34	Bretagne	2,029,401	+0.3%
35	Warszawski stołeczny	1,981,783	-0.1%
36	Dolnośląskie	1,916,151	-1.3%
37	Midi-Pyrénées	1,896,604	+0.5%
38	Sud-Muntenia	1,895,788	-1.7%
39	Noord-Holland	1,894,980	+0.7%
40	Karlsruhe	1,856,893	-0%
41	Schleswig-Holstein	1,844,697	-0%
42	Münster	1,720,323	-0.4%
43	Languedoc-Roussillon	1,709,433	+0.5%
44	Nord-Vest	1,703,394	-0.8%
45	Galicia	1,700,731	-0.4%
46	Weser-Ems	1,648,386	+0.1%
47	Noord-Brabant	1,648,220	+0.5%
48	Łódzkie	1,620,870	-1.5%
49	Eastern and Midland	1,618,428	+2.1%
50	Bucureşti-Ilfov	1,590,373	-0.3%
51	Brandenburg	1,567,338	-0.6%
52	Mazowiecki regionalny	1,567,048	-1.3%
53	Sud-Est	1,555,619	-1.7%
54	Centre - Val de Loire	1,542,666	-0.2%
55	Pomorskie	1,536,481	-0.6%
56	Stockholm	1,534,225	+1.6%
57	Canary Islands	1,522,507	+1.1%
58	Centru	1,515,756	-1%
59	Castile and León	1,511,534	-0.8%
60	Freiburg	1,478,628	-0%
61	Lorraine	1,459,697	-0.5%
62	Podkarpackie	1,419,866	-0.8%
63	Lubelskie	1,407,003	-1.3%
64	Basque Country	1,402,470	+0.4%
65	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,388,302	-1.1%
66	Hannover	1,382,686	0%
67	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,353,124	-1.7%
68	Yugozapaden	1,345,102	-1.5%
69	Castilla-La Mancha	1,344,434	+0.1%
70	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,342,662	-0.2%
71	Detmold	1,333,479	-0.3%
72	Gelderland	1,328,331	+0.4%
73	Grande Lisboa	1,326,334	+0.5%
74	Thüringen	1,319,600	-1.3%
75	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,310,820	-1.2%
76	Wien	1,308,339	+0.4%
77	Västsverige	1,273,857	+0.9%
78	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,266,263	-1.6%
79	Západné Slovensko	1,255,350	-1.2%
80	Calabria	1,245,857	-1%
81	Hamburg	1,244,301	+0.5%
82	Schwaben	1,237,389	+0.5%
83	Latvija	1,225,909	-1.2%
84	Tübingen	1,222,994	+0.2%
85	Hovedstaden	1,217,548	+0.6%
86	Alsace	1,217,352	+0.1%
87	Picardie	1,201,191	-0.2%
88	Vest	1,198,274	-1%
89	Prov. Antwerpen	1,185,898	+0.3%
90	Kentriki Makedonia	1,173,340	-0.5%
91	Mittelfranken	1,166,364	+0.3%
92	Haute-Normandie	1,144,593	-0.4%
93	Budapest	1,139,005	-0.5%
94	Zachodniopomorskie	1,130,429	-1.3%
95	Východné Slovensko	1,106,291	-0.6%
96	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,103,101	+0.7%
97	Niederösterreich	1,097,687	+0.2%
98	Jihovýchod	1,092,839	-0.6%
99	Lüneburg	1,085,946	-0.2%
100	Poitou-Charentes	1,074,527	-0%
101	Southern	1,057,649	+1.5%
102	Sardegna	1,054,864	-1.1%
103	Östra Mellansverige	1,052,261	+1%
104	Braunschweig	1,026,351	-0.3%
105	Centro (PT)	1,021,913	-1.1%
106	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,007,684	-1.1%
107	Region of Murcia	1,000,318	+0.9%
108	Oberösterreich	984,653	+0.3%
109	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	969,569	+0.4%
110	Bourgogne	966,349	-0.5%
111	Dresden	965,875	-0.7%
112	Severovýchod	965,859	-0.6%
113	Észak-Alföld	962,845	-1.3%
114	Warmińsko-mazurskie	960,817	-1.2%
115	Koblenz	959,825	-0.4%
116	Marche	950,576	-0.5%
117	Sydsverige	943,022	+1%
118	Liguria	924,959	-0.5%
119	Stredné Slovensko	920,572	-1%
120	Utrecht	883,974	+0.8%
121	Basse-Normandie	880,010	-0.4%
122	Střední Čechy	878,132	+0.5%
123	Prov. Hainaut	864,363	-0.1%
124	Unterfranken	861,058	-0.2%
125	Praha	854,866	+0.6%
126	Aragon	850,370	+0.6%
127	Yuzhen tsentralen	849,713	-2.2%
128	Eesti	845,549	0%
129	Midtjylland	845,520	+0.3%
130	Chemnitz	842,164	-1.5%
131	Jadranska Hrvatska	841,601	-1.7%
132	Pest	841,479	+0.7%
133	Länsi-Suomi	839,251	-0.5%
134	Abruzzo	829,114	-0.6%
135	Steiermark	824,587	-0.1%
136	Auvergne	821,793	-0.2%
137	Niederbayern	821,496	+0.3%
138	Świętokrzyskie	821,049	-1.4%
139	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	816,917	+1%
140	Champagne-Ardenne	810,148	-0.6%
141	Dél-Alföld	809,011	-1.2%
142	Balearic Islands	802,570	+1.6%
143	Jihozápad	789,523	-0.4%
144	Moravskoslezsko	783,759	-1.1%
145	Střední Morava	782,491	-1%
146	Kassel	781,724	-0.4%
147	Podlaskie	779,226	-1%
148	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	772,328	-1.2%
149	Syddanmark	764,699	-0.1%
150	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	747,421	-0.1%
151	Overijssel	741,289	+0.5%
152	Oberpfalz	740,048	-0%
153	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	740,040	-0.1%
154	Észak-Magyarország	739,235	-1.4%
155	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	730,114	+0.5%
156	Severozápad	722,654	-0.8%
157	Franche-Comté	720,355	-0.2%
158	Vzhodna Slovenija	714,288	-0.4%
159	Prov. Liège	713,607	-0.2%
160	Limburg (NL)	709,985	-0.7%
161	Közép-Dunántúl	708,357	-0.3%
162	Extremadura	701,746	-0.6%
163	Etelä-Suomi	697,952	-1%
164	Oberfranken	695,619	-0.3%
165	Gießen	689,816	-0.3%
166	Panonska Hrvatska	689,244	-3%
167	Lubuskie	677,966	-1.2%
168	Leipzig	662,423	0%
169	Nyugat-Dunántúl	650,536	-0.3%
170	Asturias	647,192	-1.2%
171	Zahodna Slovenija	639,860	+0.4%
172	Opolskie	638,786	-1.3%
173	Saarland	635,400	-1.1%
174	Yugoiztochen	608,196	-2.1%
175	Kýpros	605,464	+0.9%
176	Dél-Dunántúl	578,473	-1.6%
177	Prov. Limburg (BE)	563,550	-0.3%
178	La Réunion	562,029	+0.3%
179	Northern and Western	552,752	+1.5%
180	Severoiztochen	543,450	-2.6%
181	Umbria	540,980	-0.5%
182	Sostinės regionas	533,268	+0.3%
183	Sjeverna Hrvatska	522,724	-1.8%
184	Småland med öarna	520,249	+0.5%
185	Sjælland	514,434	-0.1%
186	Tirol	508,816	+0.1%
187	Norra Mellansverige	508,125	-0.2%
188	Grad Zagreb	503,937	-0.9%
189	Península de Setúbal	503,587	+0.1%
190	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	496,494	-0.9%
191	Severen tsentralen	452,725	-3.1%
192	Bremen	446,934	+0.1%
193	Bratislavský kraj	435,847	+0.1%
194	Thessalia	434,459	-0.9%
195	Severozapaden	433,383	-2.6%
196	Limousin	427,079	-0.8%
197	Luxembourg	426,959	+2%
198	Navarre	423,562	+1.1%
199	Dytiki Elláda	419,042	-0.7%
200	Friesland (NL)	406,600	-0.2%
201	Kriti	402,322	-0.1%
202	Groningen	387,654	-0%
203	Cantabria	377,754	-0.2%
204	Nordjylland	370,347	-0.3%
205	Salzburg	370,074	+0.2%
206	Kärnten	364,014	-0.4%
207	Basilicata	363,681	-1%
208	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	358,570	-0.8%
209	Trier	349,777	-0.2%
210	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	345,762	+0.1%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	342,784	+0.6%
212	Peloponnisos	341,686	-1.2%
213	Malta	335,805	+4.6%
214	Sterea Elláda	324,834	-0.9%
215	Prov. Namur	321,177	+0.1%
216	Övre Norrland	319,558	-0.3%
217	Drenthe	304,185	-0.2%
218	Algarve	291,720	+0.3%
219	Alentejo	286,501	-1.2%
220	Flevoland	280,696	+1%
221	Vorarlberg	262,780	+0.4%
222	Guadeloupe	262,402	-0.8%
223	Prov. Brabant wallon	258,669	+0.3%
224	Zeeland	235,058	-0.2%
225	Martinique	228,803	-1.5%
226	Mellersta Norrland	223,448	-0.4%
227	Notio Aigaio	215,399	+0.1%
228	Corse	207,411	-0.1%
229	La Rioja	204,049	+0.3%
230	Ipeiros	196,339	-0.9%
231	Molise	194,585	-1.3%
232	Burgenland	190,574	-0.2%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	186,590	+0.5%
234	Guyane	174,618	+2.4%
235	Região Autónoma da Madeira	169,751	-0.6%
236	Dytiki Makedonia	165,943	-1.2%
237	Região Autónoma dos Açores	163,946	-0.8%
238	Mayotte	144,403	+3.8%
239	Ionia Nisia	130,245	-0.5%
240	Voreio Aigaio	122,198	+2.1%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	79,247	-0.6%
242	Ceuta	57,640	-0%
243	Melilla	57,520	+0.7%
244	Åland	18,216	-0.2%

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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 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Åland, with 18,216 in 2019.

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.