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

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2020
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2020, at 8.02 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,156. The median was 870,253 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 287.6 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest8,017,732Ile-de-France

Lowest18,156Åland

Median870,253244 regions

European Union (27)287,596,903History

Top 40 regions, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2020 persons	Change on 2019
1	Ile-de-France	8,017,732	0%
2	Lombardia	6,388,684	+0.1%
3	Andalusia	5,679,854	+0.6%
4	Catalonia	5,093,323	+1.6%
5	Community of Madrid	4,506,305	+1.9%
6	Rhône-Alpes	4,171,539	+0.3%
7	Campania	3,798,435	-0.8%
8	Lazio	3,724,796	-0.6%
9	Düsseldorf	3,357,391	-0.3%
10	Valencian Community	3,329,782	+1.3%
11	Sicilia	3,156,690	-1.1%
12	Oberbayern	3,123,408	+0.3%
13	Veneto	3,109,692	-0.3%
14	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3,058,163	-0%
15	Śląskie	2,957,087	-1.3%
16	Köln	2,947,546	-0.1%
17	Emilia-Romagna	2,809,030	+0.1%
18	Stuttgart	2,732,249	-0.1%
19	Piemonte	2,669,819	-0.6%
20	Darmstadt	2,637,660	+0.3%
21	Puglia	2,553,640	-0.9%
22	Nord-Pas de Calais	2,552,111	-0.5%
23	Attiki	2,525,206	-0%
24	Berlin	2,444,421	+0.5%
25	Zuid-Holland	2,427,231	+0.8%
26	Norte	2,357,571	-0.5%
27	Pays de la Loire	2,327,532	+0.3%
28	Wielkopolskie	2,315,942	-0.7%
29	Arnsberg	2,310,579	-0.6%
30	Toscana	2,292,476	-0.3%
31	Małopolskie	2,246,456	-0.4%
32	Aquitaine	2,120,820	+0.2%
33	Bretagne	2,033,655	+0.2%
34	Nord-Est Estimated	2,032,054	-0.9%
35	Warszawski stołeczny	1,982,796	+0.1%
36	Noord-Holland	1,911,095	+0.9%
37	Midi-Pyrénées	1,903,068	+0.3%
38	Dolnośląskie	1,893,925	-1.2%
39	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	1,867,639	-1.5%
40	Karlsruhe	1,852,933	-0.2%
41	Schleswig-Holstein	1,843,038	-0.1%
42	Languedoc-Roussillon	1,715,556	+0.4%
43	Münster	1,710,937	-0.5%
44	Galicia	1,698,388	-0.1%
45	Nord-Vest Estimated	1,689,600	-0.8%
46	Noord-Brabant	1,656,510	+0.5%
47	Eastern and Midland	1,646,471	+1.7%
48	Weser-Ems	1,646,317	-0.1%
49	Łódzkie	1,598,094	-1.4%
50	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	1,578,213	-0.8%
51	Brandenburg	1,559,886	-0.5%
52	Stockholm	1,556,608	+1.5%
53	Mazowiecki regionalny	1,546,836	-1.3%
54	Canary Islands	1,540,100	+1.2%
55	Centre - Val de Loire	1,537,285	-0.3%
56	Sud-Est Estimated	1,532,522	-1.5%
57	Pomorskie	1,528,839	-0.5%
58	Castile and León	1,503,166	-0.6%
59	Centru Estimated	1,502,682	-0.9%
60	Freiburg	1,475,069	-0.2%
61	Lorraine	1,450,534	-0.6%
62	Basque Country	1,412,493	+0.7%
63	Podkarpackie	1,407,107	-0.9%
64	Lubelskie	1,388,684	-1.3%
65	Hannover	1,376,004	-0.5%
66	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,372,366	-1.1%
67	Castilla-La Mancha	1,353,325	+0.7%
68	Grande Lisboa	1,340,551	+1.1%
69	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,337,743	-0.4%
70	Gelderland	1,333,884	+0.4%
71	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,332,157	-1.5%
72	Detmold	1,327,876	-0.4%
73	Yugozapaden	1,326,433	-1.4%
74	Wien	1,317,304	+0.7%
75	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,303,888	-0.5%
76	Thüringen	1,301,527	-1.4%
77	Västsverige	1,285,349	+0.9%
78	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1,248,472	-1.4%
79	Hamburg	1,246,260	+0.2%
80	Západné Slovensko	1,240,440	-1.2%
81	Schwaben	1,239,796	+0.2%
82	Calabria	1,226,513	-1.6%
83	Hovedstaden	1,222,657	+0.4%
84	Tübingen	1,221,911	-0.1%
85	Alsace	1,216,980	-0%
86	Latvija	1,211,074	-1.2%
87	Picardie	1,193,943	-0.6%
88	Prov. Antwerpen	1,189,937	+0.3%
89	Vest Estimated	1,184,515	-1.1%
90	Kentriki Makedonia	1,168,024	-0.5%
91	Mittelfranken	1,164,440	-0.2%
92	Haute-Normandie	1,138,570	-0.5%
93	Budapest	1,128,890	-0.9%
94	Zachodniopomorskie	1,115,399	-1.3%
95	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,114,276	+1%
96	Východné Slovensko	1,099,686	-0.6%
97	Niederösterreich	1,099,169	+0.1%
98	Jihovýchod	1,088,017	-0.4%
99	Lüneburg	1,084,280	-0.2%
100	Poitou-Charentes	1,071,479	-0.3%
101	Southern	1,069,889	+1.2%
102	Östra Mellansverige	1,062,448	+1%
103	Sardegna	1,040,554	-1.4%
104	Braunschweig	1,020,739	-0.5%
105	Centro (PT)	1,015,230	-0.7%
106	Region of Murcia	1,014,595	+1.4%
107	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	996,186	-1.1%
108	Oberösterreich	986,904	+0.2%
109	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	974,107	+0.5%
110	Severovýchod	961,242	-0.5%
111	Bourgogne	960,091	-0.6%
112	Dresden	958,216	-0.8%
113	Koblenz	955,219	-0.5%
114	Sydsverige	951,547	+0.9%
115	Észak-Alföld	948,201	-1.5%
116	Warmińsko-mazurskie	947,907	-1.3%
117	Marche	944,082	-0.7%
118	Liguria	919,450	-0.6%
119	Stredné Slovensko	910,912	-1%
120	Utrecht	891,382	+0.8%
121	Střední Čechy	883,188	+0.6%
122	Basse-Normandie	875,494	-0.5%
123	Prov. Hainaut	865,012	+0.1%
124	Praha	862,264	+0.9%
125	Aragon	857,843	+0.9%
126	Unterfranken	855,289	-0.7%
127	Pest	847,475	+0.7%
128	Midtjylland	846,964	+0.2%
129	Eesti	843,986	-0.2%
130	Länsi-Suomi	835,371	-0.5%
131	Yuzhen tsentralen	831,615	-2.1%
132	Jadranska Hrvatska	830,945	-1.3%
133	Chemnitz	828,528	-1.6%
134	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	825,104	+1%
135	Steiermark	823,768	-0.1%
136	Abruzzo	821,350	-0.9%
137	Niederbayern	820,322	-0.1%
138	Balearic Islands	817,254	+1.8%
139	Auvergne	817,011	-0.6%
140	Świętokrzyskie	807,882	-1.6%
141	Champagne-Ardenne	805,137	-0.6%
142	Dél-Alföld	797,269	-1.5%
143	Jihozápad	788,848	-0.1%
144	Kassel	777,592	-0.5%
145	Moravskoslezsko	775,886	-1%
146	Střední Morava	775,079	-0.9%
147	Podlaskie	770,611	-1.1%
148	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	763,038	-1.2%
149	Syddanmark	761,724	-0.4%
150	Overijssel	744,456	+0.4%
151	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	743,537	-0.5%
152	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	739,815	-0%
153	Oberpfalz	736,768	-0.4%
154	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	734,691	+0.6%
155	Észak-Magyarország	727,836	-1.5%
156	Severozápad	717,583	-0.7%
157	Franche-Comté	716,752	-0.5%
158	Prov. Liège	713,462	-0%
159	Vzhodna Slovenija	712,925	-0.2%
160	Limburg (NL)	707,076	-0.4%
161	Közép-Dunántúl	704,970	-0.5%
162	Extremadura	698,919	-0.4%
163	Etelä-Suomi	692,141	-0.8%
164	Oberfranken	689,866	-0.8%
165	Gießen	687,537	-0.3%
166	Lubuskie	670,035	-1.2%
167	Panonska Hrvatska	669,233	-2.9%
168	Leipzig	663,583	+0.2%
169	Nyugat-Dunántúl	647,821	-0.4%
170	Zahodna Slovenija	643,130	+0.5%
171	Asturias	642,017	-0.8%
172	Opolskie	629,355	-1.5%
173	Saarland	628,497	-1.1%
174	Kýpros	611,152	+0.9%
175	Yugoiztochen	595,726	-2.1%
176	Dél-Dunántúl	569,076	-1.6%
177	Prov. Limburg (BE)	563,344	-0%
178	La Réunion	560,650	-0.2%
179	Northern and Western	559,164	+1.2%
180	Umbria	537,784	-0.6%
181	Sostinės regionas	534,809	+0.3%
182	Severoiztochen	529,564	-2.6%
183	Småland med öarna	522,088	+0.4%
184	Sjeverna Hrvatska	515,543	-1.4%
185	Sjælland	513,319	-0.2%
186	Tirol	509,444	+0.1%
187	Norra Mellansverige	507,267	-0.2%
188	Península de Setúbal	506,743	+0.6%
189	Grad Zagreb	499,985	-0.8%
190	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	494,703	-0.4%
191	Bremen	444,006	-0.7%
192	Severen tsentralen	438,523	-3.1%
193	Bratislavský kraj	437,940	+0.5%
194	Luxembourg	435,244	+1.9%
195	Thessalia	430,674	-0.9%
196	Navarre	428,423	+1.1%
197	Limousin	424,240	-0.7%
198	Severozapaden	422,409	-2.5%
199	Dytiki Elláda	416,018	-0.7%
200	Friesland (NL)	406,909	+0.1%
201	Kriti	402,258	-0%
202	Groningen	387,741	0%
203	Cantabria	377,633	-0%
204	Salzburg	370,842	+0.2%
205	Nordjylland	368,990	-0.4%
206	Kärnten	362,716	-0.4%
207	Basilicata	358,505	-1.4%
208	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	355,842	-0.8%
209	Malta	353,665	+5.3%
210	Trier	348,994	-0.2%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	346,352	+0.2%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	343,756	+0.3%
213	Peloponnisos	337,817	-1.1%
214	Prov. Namur	322,242	+0.3%
215	Sterea Elláda	321,611	-1%
216	Övre Norrland	319,109	-0.1%
217	Drenthe	304,133	-0%
218	Algarve	293,818	+0.7%
219	Alentejo	284,341	-0.8%
220	Flevoland	284,284	+1.3%
221	Vorarlberg	263,948	+0.4%
222	Guadeloupe	259,666	-1%
223	Prov. Brabant wallon	259,522	+0.3%
224	Zeeland	234,230	-0.4%
225	Martinique	224,861	-1.7%
226	Mellersta Norrland	222,985	-0.2%
227	Notio Aigaio	215,776	+0.2%
228	Corse	208,650	+0.6%
229	La Rioja	205,864	+0.9%
230	Ipeiros	194,824	-0.8%
231	Molise	191,058	-1.8%
232	Burgenland	190,282	-0.2%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	188,448	+1%
234	Guyane	176,214	+0.9%
235	Região Autónoma da Madeira	168,842	-0.5%
236	Dytiki Makedonia	163,517	-1.5%
237	Região Autónoma dos Açores	162,798	-0.7%
238	Mayotte	149,822	+3.8%
239	Ionia Nisia	129,815	-0.3%
240	Voreio Aigaio	124,766	+2.1%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	78,641	-0.8%
242	Melilla	57,584	+0.1%
243	Ceuta	57,380	-0.5%
244	Åland	18,156	-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 8.02 million in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Åland, with 18,156 in 2020.

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.