# EU regions (NUTS 2) by population aged 16 to 64, 2025

All 19 values come from Instituto Nacional de Estadística for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_16_64`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population aged 16 to 64 on 1 January (INE annual census). Used as the working-age denominator.
- Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Censo anual de población: población de 16 a 64 años (tabla 68540) (https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=68540)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-07
- Citation: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Censo anual de población: población de 16 a 64 años (tabla 68540). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=68540. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-16-64/eu-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population-16-64/eu-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Andalusia | 5,726,826 |
| 2 | Catalonia | 5,351,868 |
| 3 | Community of Madrid | 4,749,590 |
| 4 | Valencian Community | 3,544,801 |
| 5 | Galicia | 1,669,796 |
| 6 | Canary Islands | 1,573,181 |
| 7 | Castile and León | 1,463,094 |
| 8 | Basque Country | 1,405,177 |
| 9 | Castilla-La Mancha | 1,385,627 |
| 10 | Region of Murcia | 1,053,505 |
| 11 | Aragon | 867,523 |
| 12 | Balearic Islands | 860,002 |
| 13 | Extremadura | 671,744 |
| 14 | Asturias | 618,700 |
| 15 | Navarre | 437,252 |
| 16 | Cantabria | 374,416 |
| 17 | La Rioja | 207,144 |
| 18 | Melilla | 57,752 |
| 19 | Ceuta | 56,772 |