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

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2021
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2021, at 8.06 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,224. The median was 866,746 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 285.72 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest8,058,240Ile-de-France

Lowest18,224Åland

Median866,746244 regions

European Union (27)285,721,875History

Top 40 regions, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2021 persons	Change on 2020
1	Ile-de-France	8,058,240	+0.5%
2	Lombardia	6,368,311	-0.3%
3	Andalusia	5,703,082	+0.4%
4	Catalonia	5,131,295	+0.7%
5	Community of Madrid	4,524,261	+0.4%
6	Rhône-Alpes	4,194,662	+0.6%
7	Campania	3,698,861	-2.6%
8	Lazio	3,688,832	-1%
9	Valencian Community	3,347,343	+0.5%
10	Düsseldorf	3,338,339	-0.6%
11	Oberbayern	3,118,411	-0.2%
12	Veneto	3,103,767	-0.2%
13	Sicilia	3,093,448	-2%
14	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3,071,835	+0.4%
15	Köln	2,932,586	-0.5%
16	Śląskie Series break	2,811,396	-4.9%
17	Emilia-Romagna	2,799,960	-0.3%
18	Stuttgart	2,717,570	-0.5%
19	Piemonte	2,644,794	-0.9%
20	Darmstadt	2,633,047	-0.2%
21	Nord-Pas de Calais	2,549,761	-0.1%
22	Puglia	2,522,245	-1.2%
23	Attiki	2,521,339	-0.2%
24	Berlin	2,435,086	-0.4%
25	Zuid-Holland	2,434,685	+0.3%
26	Norte	2,344,484	-0.6%
27	Pays de la Loire	2,339,242	+0.5%
28	Toscana	2,296,260	+0.2%
29	Arnsberg	2,292,196	-0.8%
30	Wielkopolskie Series break	2,281,814	-1.5%
31	Małopolskie Series break	2,191,641	-2.4%
32	Aquitaine	2,134,805	+0.7%
33	Warszawski stołeczny Series break	2,126,595	+7.3%
34	Bretagne	2,041,809	+0.4%
35	Nord-Est Estimated	2,006,920	-1.2%
36	Midi-Pyrénées	1,917,332	+0.7%
37	Noord-Holland	1,913,585	+0.1%
38	Dolnośląskie Series break	1,862,406	-1.7%
39	Karlsruhe	1,840,896	-0.6%
40	Schleswig-Holstein	1,840,529	-0.1%
41	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	1,838,058	-1.6%
42	Languedoc-Roussillon	1,725,640	+0.6%
43	Münster	1,700,685	-0.6%
44	Galicia	1,692,570	-0.3%
45	Nord-Vest Estimated	1,673,841	-0.9%
46	Eastern and Midland	1,669,488	+1.4%
47	Noord-Brabant	1,660,178	+0.2%
48	Weser-Ems	1,644,066	-0.1%
49	Stockholm	1,567,434	+0.7%
50	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	1,567,306	-0.7%
51	Brandenburg	1,553,572	-0.4%
52	Canary Islands	1,541,022	+0.1%
53	Łódzkie Series break	1,537,266	-3.8%
54	Centre - Val de Loire	1,532,710	-0.3%
55	Pomorskie Series break	1,507,491	-1.4%
56	Sud-Est Estimated	1,503,696	-1.9%
57	Castile and León	1,494,780	-0.6%
58	Centru Estimated	1,484,507	-1.2%
59	Freiburg	1,471,029	-0.3%
60	Mazowiecki regionalny Series break	1,463,148	-5.4%
61	Lorraine	1,445,458	-0.3%
62	Basque Country	1,412,761	0%
63	Hannover	1,369,535	-0.5%
64	Castilla-La Mancha	1,361,413	+0.6%
65	Gelderland	1,336,437	+0.2%
66	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,328,981	-0.7%
67	Grande Lisboa	1,328,282	-0.9%
68	Wien	1,324,864	+0.6%
69	Detmold	1,319,601	-0.6%
70	Yugozapaden	1,315,790	-0.8%
71	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,311,828	-1.5%
72	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,301,108	-0.2%
73	Podkarpackie Series break	1,299,299	-7.7%
74	Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break	1,293,057	-5.8%
75	Västsverige	1,290,564	+0.4%
76	Lubelskie Series break	1,285,381	-7.4%
77	Thüringen	1,281,689	-1.5%
78	Hamburg	1,249,247	+0.2%
79	Schwaben	1,237,511	-0.2%
80	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1,228,640	-1.6%
81	Hovedstaden	1,227,610	+0.4%
82	Západné Slovensko	1,225,701	-1.2%
83	Tübingen	1,217,666	-0.3%
84	Alsace	1,216,401	-0%
85	Latvija	1,196,547	-1.2%
86	Prov. Antwerpen	1,191,867	+0.2%
87	Calabria	1,189,374	-3%
88	Picardie	1,187,286	-0.6%
89	Vest Estimated	1,166,755	-1.5%
90	Mittelfranken	1,159,191	-0.5%
91	Kentriki Makedonia	1,156,692	-1%
92	Haute-Normandie	1,134,897	-0.3%
93	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,121,014	+0.6%
94	Budapest	1,107,960	-1.9%
95	Niederösterreich	1,100,196	+0.1%
96	Východné Slovensko	1,093,415	-0.6%
97	Lüneburg	1,083,074	-0.1%
98	Southern	1,078,834	+0.8%
99	Poitou-Charentes	1,070,614	-0.1%
100	Östra Mellansverige	1,067,862	+0.5%
101	Jihovýchod Series break	1,066,727	-2%
102	Zachodniopomorskie Series break	1,058,070	-5.1%
103	Region of Murcia	1,021,987	+0.7%
104	Sardegna	1,014,827	-2.5%
105	Centro (PT)	1,012,437	-0.3%
106	Braunschweig	1,011,749	-0.9%
107	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	987,952	-0.8%
108	Oberösterreich	986,929	0%
109	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	978,191	+0.4%
110	Sydsverige	958,108	+0.7%
111	Bourgogne	955,335	-0.5%
112	Koblenz	950,353	-0.5%
113	Dresden	949,671	-0.9%
114	Severovýchod Series break	938,218	-2.4%
115	Észak-Alföld	935,888	-1.3%
116	Marche	933,339	-1.1%
117	Liguria	915,885	-0.4%
118	Stredné Slovensko	901,824	-1%
119	Utrecht	893,925	+0.3%
120	Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break	876,048	-7.6%
121	Basse-Normandie	873,433	-0.2%
122	Střední Čechy Series break	868,866	-1.6%
123	Prov. Hainaut	864,625	-0%
124	Aragon	860,040	+0.3%
125	Pest	852,485	+0.6%
126	Unterfranken	848,787	-0.8%
127	Midtjylland	847,699	+0.1%
128	Eesti	840,956	-0.4%
129	Länsi-Suomi	833,056	-0.3%
130	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	831,198	+0.7%
131	Yuzhen tsentralen	826,446	-0.6%
132	Steiermark	821,431	-0.3%
133	Balearic Islands	821,183	+0.5%
134	Niederbayern	817,083	-0.4%
135	Jadranska Hrvatska	816,517	-1.7%
136	Chemnitz	815,510	-1.6%
137	Auvergne	813,901	-0.4%
138	Abruzzo	807,927	-1.6%
139	Praha Series break	807,419	-6.4%
140	Champagne-Ardenne	800,620	-0.6%
141	Dél-Alföld	784,631	-1.6%
142	Kassel	772,543	-0.6%
143	Jihozápad Series break	767,138	-2.8%
144	Moravskoslezsko Series break	758,857	-2.2%
145	Syddanmark	758,832	-0.4%
146	Střední Morava Series break	757,931	-2.2%
147	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	756,275	-0.9%
148	Overijssel	746,754	+0.3%
149	Świętokrzyskie Series break	744,359	-7.9%
150	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	741,544	-0.3%
151	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	739,194	-0.1%
152	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	737,091	+0.3%
153	Oberpfalz	731,968	-0.7%
154	Podlaskie Series break	718,741	-6.7%
155	Észak-Magyarország	718,588	-1.3%
156	Franche-Comté	716,342	-0.1%
157	Prov. Liège	712,763	-0.1%
158	Vzhodna Slovenija	709,565	-0.5%
159	Limburg (NL)	702,147	-0.7%
160	Közép-Dunántúl	697,841	-1%
161	Extremadura	696,889	-0.3%
162	Severozápad Series break	693,467	-3.4%
163	Etelä-Suomi	688,425	-0.5%
164	Gießen	684,125	-0.5%
165	Oberfranken	683,736	-0.9%
166	Leipzig	664,207	+0.1%
167	Panonska Hrvatska	654,608	-2.2%
168	Zahodna Slovenija	645,966	+0.4%
169	Nyugat-Dunántúl	644,279	-0.5%
170	Asturias	636,295	-0.9%
171	Lubuskie Series break	636,232	-5%
172	Saarland	622,269	-1%
173	Kýpros	617,389	+1%
174	Opolskie Series break	599,795	-4.7%
175	Yugoiztochen	591,085	-0.8%
176	Northern and Western	563,829	+0.8%
177	La Réunion	563,041	+0.4%
178	Prov. Limburg (BE)	562,254	-0.2%
179	Dél-Dunántúl	560,854	-1.4%
180	Umbria	533,186	-0.9%
181	Sostinės regionas	532,642	-0.4%
182	Severoiztochen	525,200	-0.8%
183	Småland med öarna	522,479	+0.1%
184	Península de Setúbal	512,785	+1.2%
185	Sjælland	512,648	-0.1%
186	Tirol	509,565	0%
187	Sjeverna Hrvatska	509,064	-1.3%
188	Norra Mellansverige	505,905	-0.3%
189	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	499,510	+1%
190	Grad Zagreb	494,086	-1.2%
191	Bremen	441,449	-0.6%
192	Luxembourg	440,598	+1.2%
193	Bratislavský kraj	438,523	+0.1%
194	Severen tsentralen	430,786	-1.8%
195	Navarre	430,021	+0.4%
196	Thessalia	426,217	-1%
197	Limousin	422,674	-0.4%
198	Severozapaden	416,422	-1.4%
199	Dytiki Elláda	412,630	-0.8%
200	Friesland (NL)	406,432	-0.1%
201	Kriti	400,967	-0.3%
202	Groningen	386,880	-0.2%
203	Cantabria	378,327	+0.2%
204	Salzburg	371,081	+0.1%
205	Nordjylland	368,200	-0.2%
206	Kärnten	361,899	-0.2%
207	Malta	352,914	-0.2%
208	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	351,980	-1.1%
209	Basilicata	350,329	-2.3%
210	Trier	347,858	-0.3%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	346,624	+0.8%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	345,034	-0.4%
213	Peloponnisos	333,472	-1.3%
214	Prov. Namur	322,639	+0.1%
215	Övre Norrland	318,702	-0.1%
216	Sterea Elláda	316,076	-1.7%
217	Drenthe	303,683	-0.1%
218	Algarve	294,780	+0.3%
219	Flevoland	286,830	+0.9%
220	Alentejo	283,613	-0.3%
221	Vorarlberg	264,661	+0.3%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	260,133	+0.2%
223	Guadeloupe	259,107	-0.2%
224	Zeeland	234,613	+0.2%
225	Martinique	222,520	-1%
226	Mellersta Norrland	222,357	-0.3%
227	Notio Aigaio	214,147	-0.8%
228	Corse	210,629	+0.9%
229	La Rioja	206,410	+0.3%
230	Ipeiros	192,120	-1.4%
231	Burgenland	190,263	-0%
232	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	189,997	+0.8%
233	Molise	185,513	-2.9%
234	Guyane	177,061	+0.5%
235	Região Autónoma da Madeira	169,038	+0.1%
236	Região Autónoma dos Açores	163,058	+0.2%
237	Dytiki Makedonia	161,109	-1.5%
238	Mayotte	154,817	+3.3%
239	Ionia Nisia	129,338	-0.4%
240	Voreio Aigaio	122,227	-2%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	78,077	-0.7%
242	Melilla	57,698	+0.2%
243	Ceuta	57,269	-0.2%
244	Åland	18,224	+0.4%

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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 8.06 million in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Åland, with 18,224 in 2021.

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.