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

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 15 to 64, 2024
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 244 regions in 2024, at 8.23 million. Åland had the lowest, at 18,286. The median was 872,775 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 286.49 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest8,233,457Ile-de-France

Lowest18,286Åland

Median872,775244 regions

European Union (27)286,491,649History

Top 40 regions, 2024

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2024 persons	Change on 2023
1	Ile-de-France Provisional	8,233,457	+1.1%
2	Lombardia	6,403,473	+0.5%
3	Andalusia	5,804,984	+0.5%
4	Catalonia	5,349,199	+1.8%
5	Community of Madrid	4,748,699	+2.4%
6	Rhône-Alpes Provisional	4,275,276	+0.6%
7	Lazio	3,677,785	-0.1%
8	Campania	3,667,445	-0.5%
9	Valencian Community	3,530,647	+2.3%
10	Düsseldorf	3,348,231	+0.2%
11	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional	3,138,900	+1%
12	Oberbayern	3,106,451	+0.3%
13	Veneto	3,080,869	-0%
14	Sicilia	3,054,811	-0.6%
15	Köln	2,916,220	+0.2%
16	Emilia-Romagna	2,816,147	+0.5%
17	Śląskie	2,698,247	-1.2%
18	Stuttgart	2,693,170	+0.2%
19	Piemonte	2,633,386	+0.1%
20	Darmstadt	2,620,420	+0.5%
21	Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional	2,545,399	-0.1%
22	Zuid-Holland	2,505,585	+0.9%
23	Puglia	2,477,985	-0.7%
24	Attiki	2,462,983	-0.6%
25	Berlin	2,448,136	+1.2%
26	Pays de la Loire Provisional	2,381,478	+0.6%
27	Norte	2,357,595	+0.5%
28	Toscana	2,278,528	0%
29	Arnsberg	2,275,123	-0.3%
30	Wielkopolskie	2,237,144	-0.5%
31	Aquitaine Provisional	2,184,179	+0.7%
32	Małopolskie	2,157,984	-0.3%
33	Warszawski stołeczny	2,139,384	+0.4%
34	Bretagne Provisional	2,079,428	+0.7%
35	Nord-Est Estimated	2,037,428	+0.2%
36	Noord-Holland	1,971,263	+0.8%
37	Midi-Pyrénées Provisional	1,958,331	+0.6%
38	Schleswig-Holstein	1,854,885	+0.4%
39	Karlsruhe	1,842,345	+0.2%
40	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	1,806,616	-0.3%
41	Dolnośląskie	1,805,313	-0.8%
42	Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional	1,765,699	+0.8%
43	Eastern and Midland	1,765,651	+1.4%
44	Münster	1,697,628	+0.1%
45	Noord-Brabant	1,694,159	+0.5%
46	Galicia	1,690,330	+0.2%
47	Nord-Vest Estimated	1,652,451	+0.3%
48	Weser-Ems	1,639,737	0%
49	Stockholm	1,615,285	+0.7%
50	Canary Islands	1,584,065	+1.2%
51	Brandenburg	1,549,334	+0.1%
52	Centre - Val de Loire Provisional	1,534,963	+0.1%
53	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	1,520,748	+0.8%
54	Pomorskie	1,486,728	-0.2%
55	Castile and León	1,484,280	+0.1%
56	Sud-Est Estimated	1,483,137	-0.4%
57	Freiburg	1,477,770	+0.4%
58	Łódzkie	1,473,275	-1.2%
59	Centru Estimated	1,448,458	+0.2%
60	Lorraine Provisional	1,428,963	-0.4%
61	Basque Country	1,419,078	+0.5%
62	Mazowiecki regionalny	1,409,923	-1.1%
63	Castilla-La Mancha	1,397,572	+1%
64	Wien	1,387,896	+1.3%
65	Gelderland	1,358,597	+0.5%
66	Grande Lisboa	1,353,651	+1.2%
67	Hannover	1,343,979	+0.2%
68	Detmold	1,318,662	-0.2%
69	Västsverige	1,316,345	+0.6%
70	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,315,830	+0.1%
71	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,304,272	+0.4%
72	Yugozapaden	1,302,782	-0.1%
73	Sachsen-Anhalt	1,277,141	-0.4%
74	Hovedstaden	1,272,723	+1.3%
75	Thüringen	1,263,816	-0.5%
76	Podkarpackie	1,261,864	-0.8%
77	Hamburg	1,253,012	+1.3%
78	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,244,262	-1.1%
79	Lubelskie	1,232,411	-1.2%
80	Schwaben	1,228,583	+0.5%
81	Alsace Provisional	1,222,495	+0.4%
82	Prov. Antwerpen	1,220,448	+0.8%
83	Tübingen	1,219,095	+0.3%
84	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1,194,633	-0.5%
85	Západné Slovensko	1,187,559	-1%
86	Latvija	1,187,398	-1%
87	Picardie Provisional	1,174,741	-0.5%
88	Calabria	1,165,005	-0.8%
89	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,162,630	+1.9%
90	Mittelfranken	1,155,705	+0.2%
91	Southern	1,148,747	+2.3%
92	Haute-Normandie Provisional	1,133,067	-0.2%
93	Kentriki Makedonia	1,131,235	-0.4%
94	Budapest	1,122,883	+1.5%
95	Niederösterreich	1,107,816	-0.1%
96	Jihovýchod	1,103,224	+0.9%
97	Östra Mellansverige	1,088,770	+0.4%
98	Vest Estimated	1,073,935	-0.1%
99	Lüneburg	1,071,445	-0%
100	Poitou-Charentes Provisional	1,071,188	-0.1%
101	Region of Murcia	1,060,684	+1.2%
102	Východné Slovensko	1,040,517	-0.6%
103	Centro (PT)	1,026,684	+1.4%
104	Zachodniopomorskie	1,013,080	-1.3%
105	Braunschweig	1,002,122	-0%
106	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,001,353	+0.7%
107	Oberösterreich	997,595	+0.1%
108	Sardegna	991,128	-0.9%
109	Sydsverige	982,563	+0.7%
110	Severovýchod	965,709	+0.6%
111	Koblenz	953,788	-0.1%
112	Bourgogne Provisional	951,549	-0.1%
113	Dresden	947,471	+0.1%
114	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	945,516	-0.3%
115	Střední Čechy	927,230	+1.6%
116	Marche	922,167	-0.2%
117	Utrecht	916,541	+0.8%
118	Liguria	913,292	+0.2%
119	Praha	909,437	+2.9%
120	Észak-Alföld	906,387	-0.9%
121	Aragon	873,247	+0.9%
122	Eesti	872,898	+0.9%
123	Basse-Normandie Provisional	872,651	+0.2%
124	Pest	872,365	+0.5%
125	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	871,654	+1.5%
126	Prov. Hainaut	869,976	+0.1%
127	Midtjylland	867,274	+0.4%
128	Stredné Slovensko	860,247	-1%
129	Balearic Islands	859,687	+2.2%
130	Länsi-Suomi	844,505	+0.9%
131	Warmińsko-mazurskie	839,240	-1.3%
132	Unterfranken	829,823	-0.2%
133	Steiermark	824,253	-0.2%
134	Jadranska Hrvatska	811,433	+0.9%
135	Auvergne Provisional	808,411	-0.5%
136	Yuzhen tsentralen	805,847	-0.3%
137	Jihozápad	804,037	+1.1%
138	Niederbayern	803,319	+0.1%
139	Chemnitz	799,681	-0.1%
140	Abruzzo	796,053	-0.5%
141	Champagne-Ardenne Provisional	786,896	-0.7%
142	Syddanmark	764,458	-0%
143	Střední Morava	761,658	0%
144	Dél-Alföld	759,413	-1.1%
145	Overijssel	757,334	+0.2%
146	Moravskoslezsko	757,202	-0.1%
147	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	755,292	+0.7%
148	Kassel	752,014	-0.1%
149	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	749,920	+0.1%
150	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	747,368	+0.3%
151	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	737,234	-0%
152	Oberpfalz	721,773	+0.3%
153	Prov. Liège	717,694	+0.3%
154	Franche-Comté Provisional	711,275	-0.6%
155	Świętokrzyskie	708,397	-1.5%
156	Severozápad	706,978	+0.3%
157	Vzhodna Slovenija	702,911	+0.1%
158	Limburg (NL)	701,823	-0.1%
159	Podlaskie	691,486	-1.1%
160	Észak-Magyarország	690,614	-1.4%
161	Etelä-Suomi	686,902	+0.5%
162	Extremadura	686,854	-0.3%
163	Közép-Dunántúl	685,884	-0.4%
164	Leipzig	677,580	+0.8%
165	Gießen	668,586	0%
166	Oberfranken	667,529	-0.1%
167	Kýpros	647,403	+1.5%
168	Zahodna Slovenija	645,681	+0.3%
169	Nyugat-Dunántúl	637,978	-0.6%
170	Saarland	632,018	-0.4%
171	Asturias	626,200	0%
172	Panonska Hrvatska	617,126	-1.4%
173	Lubuskie	611,528	-1.1%
174	Northern and Western	597,231	+1.7%
175	Yugoiztochen	578,263	-0.1%
176	Sostinės regionas	575,752	+2.9%
177	La Réunion Provisional	573,559	+0.7%
178	Opolskie	573,045	-1.4%
179	Prov. Limburg (BE)	568,887	+0.2%
180	Dél-Dunántúl	540,480	-1.2%
181	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	526,521	+2.2%
182	Umbria	525,597	-0.4%
183	Småland med öarna	525,596	-0.2%
184	Península de Setúbal	523,774	+1.2%
185	Sjælland	520,181	+0.4%
186	Severoiztochen	515,927	0%
187	Tirol	513,972	+0.2%
188	Sjeverna Hrvatska	505,029	+0.4%
189	Norra Mellansverige	502,309	-0.5%
190	Grad Zagreb	497,164	+0.8%
191	Bratislavský kraj	473,536	+0.3%
192	Luxembourg	465,273	+1.6%
193	Bremen	455,010	+1%
194	Navarre	441,042	+1.1%
195	Limousin Provisional	420,942	+0.1%
196	Thessalia	415,408	-0.4%
197	Friesland (NL)	409,513	+0.1%
198	Severen tsentralen	408,802	-1.4%
199	Dytiki Elláda	400,225	-0.8%
200	Kriti	396,470	-0.3%
201	Groningen	395,329	+1%
202	Severozapaden	391,926	-1.5%
203	Malta	390,555	+4.9%
204	Cantabria	379,529	+0.2%
205	Salzburg	373,843	+0.2%
206	Nordjylland	366,891	-0.5%
207	Kärnten	360,783	-0.5%
208	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	353,485	+0.8%
209	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	345,506	+0.5%
210	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	344,626	+0.3%
211	Basilicata	338,855	-1.3%
212	Trier	336,754	-0%
213	Prov. Namur	326,020	+0.1%
214	Peloponnisos	322,466	-0.9%
215	Övre Norrland	321,165	+0.5%
216	Sterea Elláda	308,691	0%
217	Drenthe	305,952	-0%
218	Algarve	300,861	+0.9%
219	Flevoland	299,481	+1.1%
220	Alentejo	286,106	+0.5%
221	Vorarlberg	269,506	+0.5%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	262,643	+0.2%
223	Guadeloupe Provisional	251,861	-0.8%
224	Zeeland	236,097	-0.2%
225	Mellersta Norrland	221,341	-0.3%
226	Martinique Provisional	216,140	-1.1%
227	Corse Provisional	215,032	+0.8%
228	Notio Aigaio	210,119	-0.3%
229	La Rioja	209,251	+0.6%
230	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	194,428	+0.2%
231	Ipeiros	191,051	+0.7%
232	Burgenland	190,117	-0.5%
233	Guyane Provisional	182,910	+1.7%
234	Molise	181,075	-0.7%
235	Mayotte Provisional	171,759	+3.4%
236	Região Autónoma da Madeira	171,690	+0.9%
237	Região Autónoma dos Açores	164,501	+0.1%
238	Dytiki Makedonia	152,487	-1.7%
239	Voreio Aigaio	125,195	+3.8%
240	Ionia Nisia	123,868	-1.5%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	77,260	-0.3%
242	Melilla	58,040	+0.9%
243	Ceuta	57,562	+0.6%
244	Åland	18,286	+0.5%

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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 8.23 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Åland, with 18,286 in 2024.

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.