EU regions (NUTS 2) by population density, 2024

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population density, 2024
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest had the highest population density of 242 regions in 2024, at 7,827.4 inhabitants per km². Övre Norrland had the lowest, at 3.5 inhabitants per km². The median was 120.9 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the European Union (27) was 109.7 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest7,827.4Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

Lowest3.5Övre Norrland

Median120.9242 regions

European Union (27)109.7History

Top 40 regions, 2024

CSV Chart (SVG)

inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2024 inhabitants per km²	Change on 2023
1	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	7,827.4	+0.7%
2	Melilla	6,180.4	+0.9%
3	Wien	5,093.5	+1.2%
4	Berlin	4,342.6	+0.7%
5	Ceuta	4,168.7	+0.3%
6	Budapest	3,305.3	+0.4%
7	Praha	2,868.7	+1.5%
8	Hamburg	2,615.6	+0.8%
9	Malta	1,817.4	+2.9%
10	Bremen	1,799.9	+0.6%
11	Grande Lisboa	1,620	+1.4%
12	Zuid-Holland	1,393.1	n/a
13	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	1,316.7	+0.5%
14	Noord-Holland	1,086.4	+0.7%
15	Ile-de-France Provisional	1,048.2	+0.9%
16	Düsseldorf	1,013.9	+0.2%
17	Attiki	994.8	-0.6%
18	Utrecht Provisional	938.3	n/a
19	Mayotte Provisional	890.2	+3.1%
20	Community of Madrid	885.8	+1.7%
21	Hovedstaden	788.9	+1%
22	Prov. Antwerpen	692	+0.8%
23	Köln	614.6	+0.3%
24	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	568.5	+0.7%
25	Península de Setúbal	557.7	+1.5%
26	Warszawski stołeczny	547.2	+0.5%
27	Darmstadt	545.2	+0.5%
28	Noord-Brabant	537.2	+0.7%
29	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	532.2	+0.7%
30	Limburg (NL)	525.9	+0.3%
31	Arnsberg	448	0%
32	Lombardia	434.9	+0.3%
33	Gelderland	431	+0.6%
34	Karlsruhe	414.9	+0.3%
35	Campania	409.8	-0.2%
36	Saarland	395	0%
37	Stuttgart	394.9	+0.3%
38	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	391.1	+0.5%
39	Münster	384.9	+0.4%
40	Prov. Limburg (BE)	379.3	+0.6%
41	Prov. Brabant wallon	379.1	+0.3%
42	Stockholm	377.7	+0.7%
43	La Réunion Provisional	363.6	+1.3%
44	Bratislavský kraj	363.5	+0.6%
45	Prov. Hainaut	359.8	+0.3%
46	Overijssel	354.7	+0.5%
47	Śląskie	345.9	-0.7%
48	Lazio	336.8	-0.1%
49	Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional	327.7	-0.1%
50	Martinique Provisional	326.5	+0.4%
51	Região Autónoma da Madeira	322.9	+1%
52	Detmold	319	+0.1%
53	Flevoland	316.1	+1.3%
54	Basque Country	310.9	+0.6%
55	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	305	+0.3%
56	Canary Islands	303	+1%
57	Prov. Liège	294.3	+0.4%
58	Veneto	279.7	0%
59	Liguria	279.1	+0.1%
60	Oberbayern	276.1	+0.6%
61	Leipzig	274.6	+0.3%
62	Luxembourg	261.8	+1.6%
63	Groningen	261.3	+0.5%
64	Catalonia	252.4	+1.4%
65	Freiburg	250.8	+0.4%
66	Balearic Islands	249.5	+1.6%
67	Mittelfranken	248.6	+0.4%
68	Guadeloupe Provisional	246.6	+0.2%
69	Hannover	236.2	+0.2%
70	Alsace Provisional	234.8	+0.6%
71	Valencian Community	232.2	+2%
72	Moravskoslezsko	223.2	-0.3%
73	Małopolskie	220.8	0%
74	Tübingen	219.1	+0.4%
75	Zeeland	217.6	+0.2%
76	Chemnitz	213.7	-0.4%
77	Pest	212.5	+0.3%
78	Dresden	204.3	-0.1%
79	Puglia	201.3	-0.4%
80	Emilia-Romagna	201.2	+0.2%
81	Friesland (NL)	200.8	+0.3%
82	Braunschweig	196.7	-0.1%
83	Schwaben	194.9	+0.8%
84	Helsinki-Uusimaa	194.7	+1.4%
85	Gießen	193.6	+0.2%
86	Schleswig-Holstein	191.9	+0.4%
87	Koblenz	190.7	+0.3%
88	Drenthe	189.2	+0.4%
89	Sicilia	186.5	-0.3%
90	Eastern and Midland	185.6	+1.5%
91	Norte	174.7	+0.7%
92	Weser-Ems	172.5	+0.2%
93	Piemonte	169	0%
94	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional	168.7	+1.2%
95	Vorarlberg	162.3	+0.6%
96	Toscana	160.5	-0.1%
97	Marche	158.9	-0.1%
98	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	157.7	-0.1%
99	Rhône-Alpes Provisional	155.6	+0.6%
100	Unterfranken	155	+0.3%
101	Haute-Normandie Provisional	152.3	+0.1%
102	Oberfranken	146.3	+0.2%
103	Kassel	145.3	+0.1%
104	Dolnośląskie	141.7	-0.3%
105	Region of Murcia	139.6	+1.2%
106	Prov. Namur	138.9	+0.3%
107	Střední Čechy	136.3	+0.9%
108	Střední Morava	132.9	-0.1%
109	Oberösterreich	130.9	+0.5%
110	Thüringen	130.8	-0.5%
111	Severozápad	130.3	-0.2%
112	Pomorskie	129.9	+0.1%
112	Zahodna Slovenija	129.9	+0.4%
114	Łódzkie	128.1	-0.6%
115	Jihovýchod	127.4	+0.5%
116	Bretagne Provisional	127.1	+0.9%
117	Severovýchod	125.5	+0.2%
118	Niederbayern	122.4	+0.6%
119	Pays de la Loire Provisional	122.2	+0.7%
120	Západné Slovensko	121.3	-0.2%
121	Calabria	121	-0.3%
122	Sjælland	120.7	+0.3%
123	Abruzzo	117.4	-0.2%
124	Wielkopolskie	116.5	-0.2%
125	Oberpfalz	116	+0.6%
126	Sydsverige	113.9	+0.4%
127	Cantabria	112.4	+0.4%
128	Lüneburg	111.9	+0.2%
129	Podkarpackie	110.2	-0.5%
130	Kujawsko-pomorskie	109.6	-0.5%
131	Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional	109.2	+0.9%
132	Midtjylland	107.3	+0.6%
132	Trier	107.3	0%
134	Kýpros	105.8	+1.7%
135	Sachsen-Anhalt	105.7	-0.4%
136	Região Autónoma dos Açores	104.8	+0.4%
137	Syddanmark	103.4	+0.2%
138	Umbria	102.6	-0.3%
139	Východné Slovensko	101.5	+0.1%
140	Yugozapaden	99.9	+0.1%
141	Andalusia	99.7	+0.5%
142	Algarve	99	+1.4%
143	Közép-Dunántúl	98.6	-0.4%
143	Picardie Provisional	98.6	-0.2%
145	Lorraine Provisional	98.4	-0.1%
146	Świętokrzyskie	96.1	-0.9%
147	Kentriki Makedonia	95.9	-0.4%
148	Asturias	95.8	+0.4%
149	Opolskie	95.3	-0.6%
150	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	94.2	+1.7%
151	Sostinės regionas	92.6	+1.6%
152	Galicia	92.3	+0.3%
153	Niederösterreich	91.3	+0.3%
154	Vzhodna Slovenija	90.2	+0.2%
155	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	88.7	+0.3%
156	Nord-Est Estimated	88.3	-0.1%
157	Brandenburg	88.1	+0.2%
158	Aquitaine Provisional	87.6	+0.9%
159	Ionia Nisia	87.5	-1.1%
160	Nyugat-Dunántúl	87.4	-0.5%
161	Basse-Normandie Provisional	83.7	+0.5%
162	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	83.6	-0.2%
163	Észak-Magyarország	81.1	-1%
163	Salzburg	81.1	+0.4%
165	Stredné Slovensko	80.3	-0.4%
166	Észak-Alföld	80.1	-0.5%
167	Burgenland	79.8	+0.1%
168	Steiermark	78.2	+0.3%
169	Lubelskie	77.4	-0.6%
170	Nordjylland	76.8	-0.1%
171	Mazowiecki regionalny	75	-0.5%
172	Kriti	74.8	-0.3%
173	Nord-Vest Estimated	74.7	+0.1%
174	Jihozápad	74	+0.4%
175	Centro (PT)	73.8	+1.2%
176	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	73.1	+0.6%
177	Franche-Comté Provisional	72.6	-0.3%
178	Västsverige	72.3	+0.3%
179	Zachodniopomorskie	72.1	-0.6%
180	Poitou-Charentes Provisional	71.2	+0.3%
181	Midi-Pyrénées Provisional	70.4	+0.4%
182	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	69.8	-0.1%
183	Sud-Est Estimated	69.4	-0.6%
184	Lubuskie	68.5	-0.4%
185	Centru Estimated	67.4	+0.1%
186	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	67.1	+0.4%
187	Centre - Val de Loire Provisional	66	+0.3%
188	Navarre	65.8	+0.8%
189	Dél-Alföld	65.6	-0.6%
189	Sardegna	65.6	-0.5%
191	Molise	64.9	-0.5%
192	La Rioja	64.7	+0.8%
193	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	64.6	-0.3%
194	Notio Aigaio	62.5	0%
195	Tirol	62.1	+0.3%
196	Dél-Dunántúl	61.7	-0.8%
197	Kärnten	60.9	+0.2%
197	Southern	60.9	+1.8%
199	Yuzhen tsentralen	59	+0.2%
200	Dytiki Elláda	57.8	-0.5%
201	Severoiztochen	56.8	+0.2%
202	Warmińsko-mazurskie	56.2	-0.7%
203	Podlaskie	53.8	-0.6%
204	Jadranska Hrvatska	53.7	+0.9%
204	Voreio Aigaio	53.7	+3.1%
206	Basilicata	53.1	-0.6%
207	Auvergne Provisional	52.5	0%
207	Vest Estimated	52.5	0%
209	Bourgogne Provisional	51.4	+0.2%
210	Champagne-Ardenne Provisional	50.9	-0.4%
211	Thessalia	48.6	-0.4%
211	Yugoiztochen	48.6	+0.2%
213	Severen tsentralen	46.2	-0.9%
214	Östra Mellansverige	46	+0.2%
215	Panonska Hrvatska	43.2	-0.9%
216	Limousin Provisional	43	+0.5%
217	Corse Provisional	41.5	+1.2%
218	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	40.3	+0.7%
219	Northern and Western	38.2	+1.6%
220	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	37.9	+0.3%
221	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	37.8	-0.3%
222	Etelä-Suomi	36.6	+0.3%
223	Ipeiros	35.5	+0.9%
224	Severozapaden	35	-1.1%
225	Peloponnisos	34.3	-0.6%
226	Sterea Elláda	32.8	+0.3%
227	Eesti	31.8	0%
228	Latvija	30	-0.7%
229	Aragon	28.6	+0.7%
230	Castilla-La Mancha	26.7	+0.8%
231	Dytiki Makedonia	26.6	-1.5%
231	Småland med öarna	26.6	0%
233	Extremadura	25.8	0%
234	Castile and León	25.5	0%
235	Länsi-Suomi	24.3	+0.4%
236	Åland	19.7	+0.5%
237	Alentejo	17.7	0%
238	Norra Mellansverige	13.4	-0.7%
239	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	6.2	0%
240	Mellersta Norrland	5.3	0%
241	Guyane Provisional	3.6	+2.9%
242	Övre Norrland	3.5	0%

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About this ranking

Resident population divided by land area in km². World Bank figures use mid-year population and land area excluding inland water.

United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July divided by land area (water excluded) from the latest Census Gazetteer files. US tables often give people per square mile; multiply persons per km² by 2.59 to compare.

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 density by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_d3dens). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_d3dens/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which region has the highest population density?

Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, with 7,827.4 inhabitants per km² in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population density?

Övre Norrland, with 3.5 inhabitants per km² 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 density by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_d3dens). Retrieved 2026-10-08.