EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64
Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2023, at 8.15 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,198. The median was 868,927 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 285.76 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2023
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| Rank | Regions | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ile-de-France Provisional | 8,146,206 | +0.3% |
| 2 | Lombardia | 6,371,890 | +0.5% |
| 3 | Andalusia | 5,774,858 | +0.9% |
| 4 | Catalonia | 5,255,889 | +2.2% |
| 5 | Community of Madrid | 4,638,086 | +2.3% |
| 6 | Rhône-Alpes Provisional | 4,248,046 | +0.5% |
| 7 | Campania | 3,686,896 | -0.4% |
| 8 | Lazio | 3,681,609 | +0.2% |
| 9 | Valencian Community | 3,451,753 | +2.3% |
| 10 | Düsseldorf Series break | 3,342,783 | +0.6% |
| 11 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional | 3,108,669 | +0.4% |
| 12 | Oberbayern Series break | 3,097,662 | -0.5% |
| 13 | Veneto | 3,082,014 | 0% |
| 14 | Sicilia | 3,073,990 | -0.6% |
| 15 | Köln Series break | 2,911,457 | -0.2% |
| 16 | Emilia-Romagna | 2,803,235 | +0.5% |
| 17 | Śląskie Estimated | 2,730,747 | -1.4% |
| 18 | Stuttgart Series break | 2,687,317 | -0.5% |
| 19 | Piemonte | 2,631,876 | 0% |
| 20 | Darmstadt Series break | 2,608,340 | -0.5% |
| 21 | Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional | 2,547,825 | -0.1% |
| 22 | Puglia | 2,496,698 | -0.6% |
| 23 | Zuid-Holland | 2,482,241 | +1.3% |
| 24 | Attiki | 2,478,273 | -0.7% |
| 25 | Berlin Series break | 2,419,693 | -1% |
| 26 | Pays de la Loire Provisional | 2,368,269 | +0.5% |
| 27 | Norte | 2,344,966 | +0.4% |
| 28 | Arnsberg Series break | 2,281,495 | +0.2% |
| 29 | Toscana | 2,278,391 | +0.2% |
| 30 | Wielkopolskie Estimated | 2,247,955 | -0.7% |
| 31 | Aquitaine Provisional | 2,168,997 | +0.6% |
| 32 | Małopolskie Estimated | 2,165,528 | -0.5% |
| 33 | Warszawski stołeczny Estimated | 2,130,951 | +0.1% |
| 34 | Bretagne Provisional | 2,064,218 | +0.4% |
| 35 | Nord-Est Estimated | 2,032,635 | -0.2% |
| 36 | Noord-Holland | 1,955,288 | +1.6% |
| 37 | Midi-Pyrénées Provisional | 1,947,442 | +0.7% |
| 38 | Schleswig-Holstein Series break | 1,848,187 | +0.4% |
| 39 | Karlsruhe Series break | 1,839,463 | +0.3% |
| 40 | Dolnośląskie Estimated | 1,820,359 | -1% |
| 41 | Sud-Muntenia Estimated | 1,811,579 | -0.7% |
| 42 | Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional | 1,752,510 | +0.6% |
| 43 | Eastern and Midland | 1,741,032 | +2.2% |
| 44 | Münster Series break | 1,695,424 | +0.1% |
| 45 | Galicia | 1,687,534 | +0.2% |
| 46 | Noord-Brabant | 1,685,839 | +1.1% |
| 47 | Nord-Vest Estimated | 1,648,220 | -0% |
| 48 | Weser-Ems Series break | 1,639,515 | -0.2% |
| 49 | Stockholm | 1,603,326 | +1.3% |
| 50 | Canary Islands | 1,564,948 | +1.4% |
| 51 | Brandenburg Series break | 1,547,609 | -0% |
| 52 | Centre - Val de Loire Provisional | 1,534,101 | -0.1% |
| 53 | Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated | 1,509,376 | +0.6% |
| 54 | Łódzkie Estimated | 1,491,154 | -1.4% |
| 55 | Pomorskie Estimated | 1,490,217 | -0.5% |
| 56 | Sud-Est Estimated | 1,488,961 | -0.8% |
| 57 | Castile and León | 1,483,421 | +0.1% |
| 58 | Freiburg Series break | 1,472,460 | +0.3% |
| 59 | Centru Estimated | 1,445,327 | -0.1% |
| 60 | Lorraine Provisional | 1,434,826 | -0.4% |
| 61 | Mazowiecki regionalny Estimated | 1,425,189 | -1.3% |
| 62 | Basque Country | 1,411,789 | +0.5% |
| 63 | Castilla-La Mancha | 1,384,243 | +1.3% |
| 64 | Wien | 1,370,209 | +2.8% |
| 65 | Gelderland | 1,352,235 | +0.9% |
| 66 | Hannover Series break | 1,341,500 | -1.7% |
| 67 | Grande Lisboa | 1,337,034 | +1.2% |
| 68 | Detmold Series break | 1,321,387 | +0.5% |
| 69 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz Series break | 1,314,706 | -0.5% |
| 70 | Västsverige | 1,308,935 | +0.9% |
| 71 | Yugozapaden | 1,303,970 | -0.2% |
| 72 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 1,299,120 | +0.7% |
| 73 | Sachsen-Anhalt Series break | 1,282,716 | -1.1% |
| 74 | Podkarpackie Estimated | 1,272,642 | -0.9% |
| 75 | Thüringen Series break | 1,269,745 | +0.2% |
| 76 | Kujawsko-pomorskie Estimated | 1,258,052 | -1.3% |
| 77 | Hovedstaden | 1,256,540 | +1.6% |
| 78 | Lubelskie Estimated | 1,247,658 | -1.4% |
| 79 | Hamburg Series break | 1,236,671 | -1% |
| 80 | Schwaben Series break | 1,222,132 | -1.3% |
| 81 | Alsace Provisional | 1,218,221 | 0% |
| 82 | Tübingen Series break | 1,215,918 | -0% |
| 83 | Prov. Antwerpen | 1,210,678 | +1.2% |
| 84 | Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated | 1,200,395 | -0.8% |
| 85 | Latvija | 1,199,603 | +1.3% |
| 86 | Západné Slovensko | 1,198,960 | -1.1% |
| 87 | Picardie Provisional | 1,180,468 | -0.4% |
| 88 | Calabria | 1,174,415 | -0.8% |
| 89 | Mittelfranken Series break | 1,153,484 | -0% |
| 90 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 1,141,465 | +1.3% |
| 91 | Kentriki Makedonia | 1,135,292 | -0.7% |
| 92 | Haute-Normandie Provisional | 1,135,200 | -0.2% |
| 93 | Southern | 1,123,176 | +2.6% |
| 94 | Niederösterreich | 1,108,523 | +0.6% |
| 95 | Budapest | 1,106,478 | +0.7% |
| 96 | Jihovýchod | 1,093,126 | +2.7% |
| 97 | Östra Mellansverige | 1,084,384 | +0.8% |
| 98 | Vest Estimated | 1,075,065 | -0.4% |
| 99 | Poitou-Charentes Provisional | 1,072,632 | -0.1% |
| 100 | Lüneburg Series break | 1,071,508 | -1.1% |
| 101 | Region of Murcia | 1,048,349 | +1.7% |
| 102 | Východné Slovensko | 1,046,529 | -0.7% |
| 103 | Zachodniopomorskie Estimated | 1,025,940 | -1.4% |
| 104 | Centro (PT) | 1,012,264 | -0% |
| 105 | Braunschweig Series break | 1,002,329 | -0.4% |
| 106 | Sardegna | 1,000,179 | -0.9% |
| 107 | Oberösterreich | 997,087 | +0.8% |
| 108 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 994,731 | +1.1% |
| 109 | Sydsverige | 975,812 | +1% |
| 110 | Severovýchod | 960,324 | +2.8% |
| 111 | Koblenz Series break | 954,363 | +0.9% |
| 112 | Bourgogne Provisional | 952,182 | -0.4% |
| 113 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Series break | 948,608 | -3.3% |
| 114 | Dresden Series break | 946,074 | +0.4% |
| 115 | Marche | 923,855 | -0.2% |
| 116 | Észak-Alföld | 914,482 | -0.9% |
| 117 | Střední Čechy | 912,381 | +4.1% |
| 118 | Liguria | 911,614 | +0.1% |
| 119 | Utrecht | 908,964 | +1.3% |
| 120 | Praha | 883,418 | +7.6% |
| 121 | Basse-Normandie Provisional | 871,242 | -0.2% |
| 122 | Prov. Hainaut | 869,284 | +0.3% |
| 123 | Stredné Slovensko | 868,569 | -1.1% |
| 124 | Pest | 868,437 | +0.7% |
| 125 | Aragon | 865,637 | +1.1% |
| 126 | Eesti | 865,512 | +2.8% |
| 127 | Midtjylland | 863,662 | +1.3% |
| 128 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 858,733 | +2.8% |
| 129 | Warmińsko-mazurskie Estimated | 850,100 | -1.4% |
| 130 | Balearic Islands | 840,936 | +2.3% |
| 131 | Länsi-Suomi | 836,919 | +0.4% |
| 132 | Unterfranken Series break | 831,215 | -1.5% |
| 133 | Steiermark | 825,501 | +0.5% |
| 134 | Auvergne Provisional | 812,190 | -0.3% |
| 135 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 808,021 | -0.7% |
| 136 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 804,211 | -0.2% |
| 137 | Niederbayern Series break | 802,563 | -1.7% |
| 138 | Chemnitz Series break | 800,543 | -0.6% |
| 139 | Abruzzo | 799,733 | -0.4% |
| 140 | Jihozápad | 795,419 | +3.8% |
| 141 | Champagne-Ardenne Provisional | 792,562 | -0.5% |
| 142 | Dél-Alföld | 767,835 | -0.9% |
| 143 | Syddanmark | 764,491 | +0.6% |
| 144 | Střední Morava | 761,350 | +1.3% |
| 145 | Moravskoslezsko | 758,072 | +0.8% |
| 146 | Overijssel | 755,902 | +0.9% |
| 147 | Kassel Series break | 752,848 | -2.1% |
| 148 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 750,079 | +1.1% |
| 149 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 749,145 | -0.5% |
| 150 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 744,829 | +0.7% |
| 151 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 737,413 | 0% |
| 152 | Oberpfalz Series break | 719,420 | -1.5% |
| 153 | Świętokrzyskie Estimated | 719,228 | -1.6% |
| 154 | Franche-Comté Provisional | 715,621 | -0.1% |
| 155 | Prov. Liège | 715,573 | +0.3% |
| 156 | Severozápad | 704,782 | +2.3% |
| 157 | Limburg (NL) | 702,800 | +0.4% |
| 158 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 702,293 | -0.1% |
| 159 | Észak-Magyarország | 700,709 | -1.2% |
| 160 | Podlaskie Estimated | 699,450 | -1.3% |
| 161 | Extremadura | 689,144 | -0.5% |
| 162 | Közép-Dunántúl | 688,654 | -0.5% |
| 163 | Etelä-Suomi | 683,404 | -0.2% |
| 164 | Leipzig Series break | 672,016 | +0.9% |
| 165 | Gießen Series break | 668,334 | -1.9% |
| 166 | Oberfranken Series break | 667,946 | -1.7% |
| 167 | Zahodna Slovenija | 643,440 | +0.3% |
| 168 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 641,558 | 0% |
| 169 | Kýpros | 638,106 | +1.8% |
| 170 | Saarland Series break | 634,612 | +2.9% |
| 171 | Asturias | 626,167 | -0.3% |
| 172 | Panonska Hrvatska | 625,920 | -2.1% |
| 173 | Lubuskie Estimated | 618,294 | -1.3% |
| 174 | Northern and Western | 587,231 | +3% |
| 175 | Opolskie Estimated | 581,047 | -1.5% |
| 176 | Yugoiztochen | 578,877 | -0.7% |
| 177 | La Réunion Provisional | 569,353 | +0.2% |
| 178 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 567,599 | +0.8% |
| 179 | Sostinės regionas | 559,366 | +4.1% |
| 180 | Dél-Dunántúl | 547,004 | -1.1% |
| 181 | Umbria | 527,637 | -0.1% |
| 182 | Småland med öarna | 526,814 | +0.4% |
| 183 | Sjælland | 518,297 | +0.7% |
| 184 | Península de Setúbal | 517,611 | +0.9% |
| 185 | Severoiztochen | 515,792 | -0.6% |
| 186 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 515,030 | +1.4% |
| 187 | Tirol | 512,918 | +0.6% |
| 188 | Norra Mellansverige | 504,595 | -0.1% |
| 189 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 502,997 | -0.4% |
| 190 | Grad Zagreb | 493,265 | +0.3% |
| 191 | Bratislavský kraj | 472,214 | +0.1% |
| 192 | Luxembourg | 457,774 | +2.3% |
| 193 | Bremen Series break | 450,368 | +3% |
| 194 | Navarre | 436,292 | +1.2% |
| 195 | Limousin Provisional | 420,694 | -0.4% |
| 196 | Thessalia | 417,249 | -1% |
| 197 | Severen tsentralen | 414,455 | -1.5% |
| 198 | Friesland (NL) | 409,209 | +0.7% |
| 199 | Dytiki Elláda | 403,573 | -1.1% |
| 200 | Severozapaden | 397,793 | -1.7% |
| 201 | Kriti | 397,480 | -0.4% |
| 202 | Groningen | 391,377 | +0.9% |
| 203 | Cantabria | 378,660 | +0.3% |
| 204 | Salzburg | 372,932 | +0.7% |
| 205 | Malta | 372,319 | +5% |
| 206 | Nordjylland | 368,877 | +0.3% |
| 207 | Kärnten | 362,682 | +0.3% |
| 208 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 350,508 | 0% |
| 209 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 343,693 | +0.2% |
| 210 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 343,511 | +0.2% |
| 211 | Basilicata | 343,259 | -0.9% |
| 212 | Trier Series break | 336,918 | -3% |
| 213 | Prov. Namur | 325,605 | +0.5% |
| 214 | Peloponnisos | 325,326 | -1.1% |
| 215 | Övre Norrland | 319,502 | +0.2% |
| 216 | Sterea Elláda | 308,568 | -0.7% |
| 217 | Drenthe | 306,042 | +0.6% |
| 218 | Algarve | 298,139 | +1.6% |
| 219 | Flevoland | 296,166 | +2.1% |
| 220 | Alentejo | 284,755 | -0% |
| 221 | Vorarlberg | 268,109 | +1% |
| 222 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 262,241 | +0.6% |
| 223 | Guadeloupe Provisional | 253,810 | -1.4% |
| 224 | Zeeland | 236,684 | +0.9% |
| 225 | Mellersta Norrland | 221,958 | -0.1% |
| 226 | Martinique Provisional | 218,541 | -1.3% |
| 227 | Corse Provisional | 213,257 | +0.5% |
| 228 | Notio Aigaio | 210,771 | -0.7% |
| 229 | La Rioja | 207,948 | +0.9% |
| 230 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 194,036 | +1.1% |
| 231 | Burgenland | 191,064 | +0.5% |
| 232 | Ipeiros | 189,708 | -0.4% |
| 233 | Molise | 182,415 | -0.7% |
| 234 | Guyane Provisional | 179,910 | +0.9% |
| 235 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 170,105 | +0.4% |
| 236 | Mayotte Provisional | 166,181 | +3.5% |
| 237 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 164,341 | +0.6% |
| 238 | Dytiki Makedonia | 155,119 | -1.9% |
| 239 | Ionia Nisia | 125,799 | -1.7% |
| 240 | Voreio Aigaio | 120,609 | +0.3% |
| 241 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 77,482 | -0.2% |
| 242 | Melilla | 57,521 | +0.8% |
| 243 | Ceuta | 57,195 | +0.5% |
| 244 | Åland | 18,198 | -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.
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Which region has the highest population aged 15 to 64?
Ile-de-France, with 8.15 million in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?
Åland, with 18,198 in 2023.
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