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

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2022
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2022, at 8.12 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,259. The median was 864,289 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 284.97 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest8,118,248Ile-de-France

Lowest18,259Åland

Median864,289244 regions

European Union (27)284,972,921History

Top 40 regions, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 persons	Change on 2021
1	Ile-de-France	8,118,248	+0.7%
2	Lombardia	6,337,853	-0.5%
3	Andalusia	5,724,257	+0.4%
4	Catalonia	5,141,630	+0.2%
5	Community of Madrid	4,535,157	+0.2%
6	Rhône-Alpes	4,224,884	+0.7%
7	Campania	3,701,598	+0.1%
8	Lazio	3,675,214	-0.4%
9	Valencian Community	3,375,343	+0.8%
10	Düsseldorf	3,322,949	-0.5%
11	Oberbayern	3,113,806	-0.1%
12	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3,097,560	+0.8%
13	Sicilia	3,092,836	-0%
14	Veneto	3,081,649	-0.7%
15	Köln	2,916,058	-0.6%
16	Emilia-Romagna	2,790,283	-0.3%
17	Śląskie Estimated	2,768,309	-1.5%
18	Stuttgart	2,701,368	-0.6%
19	Piemonte	2,631,765	-0.5%
20	Darmstadt	2,620,237	-0.5%
21	Nord-Pas de Calais	2,551,577	+0.1%
22	Puglia	2,512,878	-0.4%
23	Attiki	2,496,690	-1%
24	Zuid-Holland	2,449,363	+0.6%
25	Berlin	2,443,159	+0.3%
26	Pays de la Loire	2,355,861	+0.7%
27	Norte	2,336,645	-0.3%
28	Arnsberg	2,275,839	-0.7%
29	Toscana	2,273,593	-1%
30	Wielkopolskie Estimated	2,264,486	-0.8%
31	Małopolskie Estimated	2,177,458	-0.6%
32	Aquitaine	2,156,109	+1%
33	Warszawski stołeczny Estimated	2,128,593	+0.1%
34	Bretagne	2,056,607	+0.7%
35	Nord-Est Estimated	2,036,036	+1.5%
36	Midi-Pyrénées	1,934,849	+0.9%
37	Noord-Holland	1,925,405	+0.6%
38	Schleswig-Holstein	1,841,301	0%
39	Dolnośląskie Estimated	1,839,388	-1.2%
40	Karlsruhe	1,833,957	-0.4%
41	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	1,824,054	-0.8%
42	Languedoc-Roussillon	1,742,482	+1%
43	Eastern and Midland	1,703,585	+2%
44	Münster	1,694,287	-0.4%
45	Galicia	1,684,886	-0.5%
46	Noord-Brabant	1,667,656	+0.5%
47	Nord-Vest Estimated	1,648,318	-1.5%
48	Weser-Ems	1,642,203	-0.1%
49	Stockholm	1,583,387	+1%
50	Brandenburg	1,548,053	-0.4%
51	Canary Islands	1,543,942	+0.2%
52	Centre - Val de Loire	1,535,583	+0.2%
53	Łódzkie Estimated	1,512,389	-1.6%
54	Sud-Est Estimated	1,501,340	-0.2%
55	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	1,500,598	-4.3%
56	Pomorskie Estimated	1,497,468	-0.7%
57	Castile and León	1,482,457	-0.8%
58	Freiburg	1,467,509	-0.2%
59	Centru Estimated	1,446,538	-2.6%
60	Mazowiecki regionalny Estimated	1,443,262	-1.4%
61	Lorraine	1,440,798	-0.3%
62	Basque Country	1,405,082	-0.5%
63	Castilla-La Mancha	1,366,132	+0.3%
64	Hannover	1,364,905	-0.3%
65	Gelderland	1,340,439	+0.3%
66	Wien	1,332,413	+0.6%
67	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,321,198	-0.6%
68	Grande Lisboa	1,320,561	-0.6%
69	Detmold	1,314,613	-0.4%
70	Yugozapaden	1,306,135	-0.7%
71	Västsverige	1,297,482	+0.5%
72	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,297,306	-1.1%
73	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,290,569	-0.8%
74	Podkarpackie Estimated	1,284,591	-1.1%
75	Kujawsko-pomorskie Estimated	1,274,473	-1.4%
76	Thüringen	1,267,377	-1.1%
77	Lubelskie Estimated	1,265,421	-1.6%
78	Hamburg	1,248,992	-0%
79	Schwaben	1,238,265	+0.1%
80	Hovedstaden	1,237,024	+0.8%
81	Alsace	1,218,073	+0.1%
82	Tübingen	1,216,030	-0.1%
83	Západné Slovensko	1,212,748	-1.1%
84	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1,210,282	-1.5%
85	Prov. Antwerpen	1,195,976	+0.3%
86	Picardie	1,184,644	-0.2%
87	Latvija	1,184,142	-1%
88	Calabria	1,184,090	-0.4%
89	Mittelfranken	1,153,689	-0.5%
90	Kentriki Makedonia	1,143,096	-1.2%
91	Haute-Normandie	1,136,920	+0.2%
92	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,127,349	+0.6%
93	Niederösterreich	1,101,481	+0.1%
94	Budapest	1,098,551	-0.8%
95	Southern	1,094,967	+1.5%
96	Lüneburg	1,083,028	-0%
97	Vest Estimated	1,079,900	-7.4%
98	Östra Mellansverige	1,076,206	+0.8%
99	Poitou-Charentes	1,073,246	+0.2%
100	Jihovýchod	1,064,348	-0.2%
101	Východné Slovensko	1,054,091	-3.6%
102	Zachodniopomorskie Estimated	1,040,376	-1.7%
103	Region of Murcia	1,031,133	+0.9%
104	Centro (PT)	1,012,697	0%
105	Sardegna	1,009,604	-0.5%
106	Braunschweig	1,006,443	-0.5%
107	Oberösterreich	989,442	+0.3%
108	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	983,803	+0.6%
109	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	980,554	-0.7%
110	Sydsverige	966,471	+0.9%
111	Bourgogne	955,833	+0.1%
112	Koblenz	945,722	-0.5%
113	Dresden	942,651	-0.7%
114	Severovýchod	934,113	-0.4%
115	Marche	925,280	-0.9%
116	Észak-Alföld	922,911	-1.4%
117	Liguria	910,519	-0.6%
118	Utrecht	897,329	+0.4%
119	Stredné Slovensko	878,490	-2.6%
120	Střední Čechy	876,292	+0.9%
121	Basse-Normandie	873,266	-0%
122	Prov. Hainaut	866,315	+0.2%
123	Warmińsko-mazurskie Estimated	862,263	-1.6%
124	Pest	862,174	+1.1%
125	Aragon	855,849	-0.5%
126	Midtjylland	852,983	+0.6%
127	Unterfranken	844,293	-0.5%
128	Eesti	841,851	+0.1%
129	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	835,359	+0.5%
130	Länsi-Suomi	833,933	+0.1%
131	Balearic Islands	821,885	+0.1%
132	Steiermark	821,096	-0%
133	Praha	820,761	+1.7%
134	Niederbayern	816,062	-0.1%
135	Auvergne	814,334	+0.1%
136	Yuzhen tsentralen	813,628	-1.6%
137	Jadranska Hrvatska	805,476	-1.4%
138	Chemnitz	805,060	-1.3%
139	Abruzzo	802,917	-0.6%
140	Champagne-Ardenne	796,392	-0.5%
141	Dél-Alföld	774,580	-1.3%
142	Kassel	768,609	-0.5%
143	Jihozápad	765,992	-0.1%
144	Syddanmark	759,760	+0.1%
145	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	752,869	-0.5%
146	Moravskoslezsko	751,965	-0.9%
147	Střední Morava	751,704	-0.8%
148	Overijssel	749,069	+0.3%
149	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	742,244	+0.7%
150	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	739,735	+0.1%
151	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	737,064	-0.6%
152	Świętokrzyskie Estimated	730,841	-1.8%
153	Oberpfalz	730,228	-0.2%
154	Franche-Comté	716,524	0%
155	Prov. Liège	713,205	+0.1%
156	Észak-Magyarország	709,121	-1.3%
157	Podlaskie Estimated	708,778	-1.4%
158	Vzhodna Slovenija	703,088	-0.9%
159	Limburg (NL)	699,741	-0.3%
160	Extremadura	692,830	-0.6%
161	Közép-Dunántúl	692,105	-0.8%
162	Severozápad	689,015	-0.6%
163	Etelä-Suomi	685,001	-0.5%
164	Gießen	681,283	-0.4%
165	Oberfranken	679,463	-0.6%
166	Leipzig	666,261	+0.3%
167	Zahodna Slovenija	641,411	-0.7%
168	Nyugat-Dunántúl	641,399	-0.4%
169	Panonska Hrvatska	639,341	-2.3%
170	Asturias	627,948	-1.3%
171	Kýpros	626,748	+1.5%
172	Lubuskie Estimated	626,453	-1.5%
173	Saarland	616,624	-0.9%
174	Opolskie Estimated	589,787	-1.7%
175	Yugoiztochen	583,008	-1.4%
176	Northern and Western	569,999	+1.1%
177	La Réunion	567,989	+0.9%
178	Prov. Limburg (BE)	563,292	+0.2%
179	Dél-Dunántúl	553,260	-1.4%
180	Sostinės regionas	537,415	+0.9%
181	Umbria	528,163	-0.9%
182	Småland med öarna	524,535	+0.4%
183	Severoiztochen	519,029	-1.2%
184	Sjælland	514,746	+0.4%
185	Península de Setúbal	512,989	0%
186	Tirol	509,905	+0.1%
187	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	507,740	+1.6%
188	Norra Mellansverige	505,185	-0.1%
189	Sjeverna Hrvatska	504,882	-0.8%
190	Grad Zagreb	491,849	-0.5%
191	Bratislavský kraj	471,629	+7.5%
192	Luxembourg	447,525	+1.6%
193	Bremen	437,068	-1%
194	Navarre	431,144	+0.3%
195	Limousin	422,303	-0.1%
196	Thessalia	421,259	-1.2%
197	Severen tsentralen	420,737	-2.3%
198	Dytiki Elláda	407,957	-1.1%
199	Friesland (NL)	406,560	0%
200	Severozapaden	404,763	-2.8%
201	Kriti	399,111	-0.5%
202	Groningen	388,059	+0.3%
203	Cantabria	377,712	-0.2%
204	Salzburg	370,423	-0.2%
205	Nordjylland	367,860	-0.1%
206	Kärnten	361,460	-0.1%
207	Malta	354,465	+0.4%
208	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	350,398	-0.4%
209	Trier	347,240	-0.2%
210	Basilicata	346,487	-1.1%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	343,092	-1%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	342,801	-0.6%
213	Peloponnisos	328,842	-1.4%
214	Prov. Namur	324,007	+0.4%
215	Övre Norrland	318,928	+0.1%
216	Sterea Elláda	310,847	-1.7%
217	Drenthe	304,309	+0.2%
218	Algarve	293,363	-0.5%
219	Flevoland	290,180	+1.2%
220	Alentejo	284,830	+0.4%
221	Vorarlberg	265,378	+0.3%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	260,704	+0.2%
223	Guadeloupe	257,329	-0.7%
224	Zeeland	234,648	0%
225	Mellersta Norrland	222,263	-0%
226	Martinique	221,404	-0.5%
227	Notio Aigaio	212,236	-0.9%
228	Corse	212,192	+0.7%
229	La Rioja	206,186	-0.1%
230	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	191,850	+1%
231	Ipeiros	190,547	-0.8%
232	Burgenland	190,052	-0.1%
233	Molise	183,646	-1%
234	Guyane	178,356	+0.7%
235	Região Autónoma da Madeira	169,409	+0.2%
236	Região Autónoma dos Açores	163,416	+0.2%
237	Mayotte	160,499	+3.7%
238	Dytiki Makedonia	158,077	-1.9%
239	Ionia Nisia	127,996	-1%
240	Voreio Aigaio	120,306	-1.6%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	77,602	-0.6%
242	Melilla	57,045	-1.1%
243	Ceuta	56,895	-0.7%
244	Åland	18,259	+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 8.12 million in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Åland, with 18,259 in 2022.

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.