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EU regions (NUTS 2) by population density
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest had the highest population density of 231 regions in 2013, at 7,260.7 inhabitants per km². Guyane had the lowest, at 3 inhabitants per km². The median was 118.2 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the European Union (27) was 107.4 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Bru… Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 7,260.7 inhabitants per km² 7,260.7 Melilla Melilla: 6,245 inhabitants per km² 6,245 Wien Wien: 4,440.5 inhabitants per km² 4,440.5 Ceuta Ceuta: 4,392.9 inhabitants per km² 4,392.9 Berlin Berlin: 3,811.3 inhabitants per km² 3,811.3 Budapest Budapest: 3,313.8 inhabitants per km² 3,313.8 Praha Praha: 2,564.9 inhabitants per km² 2,564.9 Hamburg Hamburg: 2,304.1 inhabitants per km² 2,304.1 Bremen Bremen: 1,564.9 inhabitants per km² 1,564.9 Malta Malta: 1,348 inhabitants per km² 1,348 Bucureşti-Ilfov Bucureşti-Ilfov: 1,297.7 inhabitants per km² 1,297.7 Noord-Holland Noord-Holland: 1,025.3 inhabitants per km² 1,025.3 Attiki Attiki: 1,019.5 inhabitants per km² 1,019.5 Ile-de-France Ile-de-France: 998.5 inhabitants per km² 998.5 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf: 960.8 inhabitants per km² 960.8 Community of Madrid Community of Madrid: 803.5 inhabitants per km² 803.5 Hovedstaden Hovedstaden: 681.8 inhabitants per km² 681.8 Prov. Antwerpen Prov. Antwerpen: 644.7 inhabitants per km² 644.7 Köln Köln: 587.2 inhabitants per km² 587.2 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: 526 inhabitants per km² 526 Limburg (NL) Limburg (NL): 521.4 inhabitants per km² 521.4 Darmstadt Darmstadt: 511.3 inhabitants per km² 511.3 Noord-Brabant Noord-Brabant: 503.7 inhabitants per km² 503.7 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: 497.8 inhabitants per km² 497.8 Arnsberg Arnsberg: 443.9 inhabitants per km² 443.9 Campania Campania: 425.7 inhabitants per km² 425.7 Lombardia Lombardia: 414.2 inhabitants per km² 414.2 Gelderland Gelderland: 406 inhabitants per km² 406 Karlsruhe Karlsruhe: 389.5 inhabitants per km² 389.5 Saarland Saarland: 386.4 inhabitants per km² 386.4 Prov. West-Vlaanderen Prov. West-Vlaanderen: 376.5 inhabitants per km² 376.5 Śląskie Śląskie: 375.2 inhabitants per km² 375.2 Stuttgart Stuttgart: 375.1 inhabitants per km² 375.1 Münster Münster: 372 inhabitants per km² 372 Prov. Limburg (BE) Prov. Limburg (BE): 358.7 inhabitants per km² 358.7 Prov. Brabant wallon Prov. Brabant wallon: 357.9 inhabitants per km² 357.9 Prov. Hainaut Prov. Hainaut: 353.1 inhabitants per km² 353.1 Overijssel Overijssel: 342.8 inhabitants per km² 342.8 Martinique Martinique: 341.1 inhabitants per km² 341.1 La Réunion La Réunion: 335.1 inhabitants per km² 335.1 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat . Retrieved 2026-10-08. Full ranking Rank Regions 2013inhabitants per km² Change on 2012 1 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 7,260.7 +0.9% 2 Melilla 6,245 +1.3% 3 Wien 4,440.5 +1.4% 4 Ceuta 4,392.9 +0.5% 5 Berlin 3,811.3 +1.4% 6 Budapest 3,313.8 +0.5% 7 Praha 2,564.9 +0.1% 8 Hamburg 2,304.1 +0.8% 9 Bremen 1,564.9 +0.4% 10 Malta 1,348 +1.4% 11 Bucureşti-Ilfov 1,297.7 +0.1% 12 Noord-Holland 1,025.3 +0.6% 13 Attiki 1,019.5 -1.3% 14 Ile-de-France 998.5 +0.5% 15 Düsseldorf 960.8 +0.1% 16 Community of Madrid 803.5 -0.4% 17 Hovedstaden 681.8 +0.7% 18 Prov. Antwerpen 644.7 +0.5% 19 Köln 587.2 +0.4% 20 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 526 +0.6% 21 Limburg (NL) 521.4 -0.2% 22 Darmstadt 511.3 +0.8% 23 Noord-Brabant 503.7 +0.3% 24 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 497.8 +0.5% 25 Arnsberg 443.9 -0.3% 26 Campania 425.7 -1.1% 27 Lombardia 414.2 -3.1% 28 Gelderland 406 +0.2% 29 Karlsruhe 389.5 +0.6% 30 Saarland 386.4 -0.4% 31 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 376.5 +0.2% 32 Śląskie 375.2 -0.3% 33 Stuttgart 375.1 +0.6% 34 Münster 372 -0.1% 35 Prov. Limburg (BE) 358.7 +0.4% 36 Prov. Brabant wallon 357.9 +0.6% 37 Prov. Hainaut 353.1 +0.3% 38 Overijssel 342.8 +0.1% 39 Martinique 341.1 -0.6% 40 La Réunion 335.1 +0.5% 41 Lazio 331.6 +1.3% 42 Stockholm 328.7 +1.7% 43 Guadeloupe 328.5 n/a 44 Nord-Pas de Calais 327.7 +0.3% 45 Região Autónoma da Madeira 327.3 -0.5% 46 Detmold 310.3 -0.1% 47 Basque Country 301.7 -0.4% 48 Bratislavský kraj 299.8 +1% 49 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 291.7 +0.2% 50 Liguria 291.5 -0.8% 51 Prov. Liège 284.7 +0.4% 52 Canary Islands 283.3 +0.7% 53 Flevoland 282 +0.5% 54 Veneto 266.4 -3.8% 55 Oberbayern 253.4 +1.2% 56 Groningen 250.4 +0.2% 57 Leipzig 247.8 +0.8% 58 Mittelfranken 235.1 +0.6% 59 Catalonia 232.9 -0.6% 60 Hannover 231.8 +0.1% 61 Freiburg 231.7 +0.5% 62 Moravskoslezsko 230.5 -0.3% 63 Chemnitz 226 -0.8% 64 Alsace 225.9 +0.4% 65 Balearic Islands 223 +0.7% 66 Małopolskie 221.2 +0.2% 67 Valencian Community 215.7 -0.6% 68 Zeeland 213.5 -0.1% 69 Luxembourg 210.1 +2.3% 70 Puglia 208.3 -1.3% 71 Dresden 200.6 -0% 72 Tübingen 199.2 +0.4% 73 Emilia-Romagna 196.5 +1.2% 74 Sicilia 195.4 -0.7% 75 Braunschweig 194.4 -0.1% 76 Friesland (NL) 193.6 -0.1% 77 Pest 190.8 +0.3% 78 Gießen 190.1 -0.2% 79 Drenthe 185.5 -0.2% 80 Koblenz 182.7 -0.2% 81 Schwaben 180.1 +0.7% 82 Schleswig-Holstein 177.9 +0.2% 83 Piemonte 173.5 -1.2% 84 Helsinki-Uusimaa 173.3 +1.2% 85 Norte 171.7 -0.6% 86 Marche 164.8 +0.1% 87 Weser-Ems 163.3 +0.2% 88 Toscana 161.9 -0.3% 89 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 158.2 +0.4% 90 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 155.9 -3.4% 91 Eastern and Midland 154.2 +0.7% 92 Unterfranken 152.1 -0.1% 93 Haute-Normandie 150.4 +0.3% 94 Vorarlberg 147.6 +0.6% 95 Rhône-Alpes 147.2 +1% 96 Oberfranken 146.2 -0.3% 97 Dolnośląskie 145.3 -0.1% 98 Kassel 144.9 -0.2% 99 Łódzkie 138.3 n/a 100 Střední Morava 134.2 -0.2% 101 Thüringen 133.9 -0.5% 102 Severozápad 133 -0.2% 103 Prov. Namur 132.8 +0.3% 104 Region of Murcia 129.5 0% 105 Calabria 129.4 -2.5% 106 Pomorskie 128.8 +0.3% 107 Zahodna Slovenija 123.4 +0.5% 108 Severovýchod 123 -0.1% 109 Západné Slovensko 122.6 0% 110 Jihovýchod 122.5 +0.1% 111 Abruzzo 122.2 -0.7% 112 Oberösterreich 121.4 +0.4% 113 Bretagne 120.1 +0.6% 114 Střední Čechy 120 +0.8% 115 Kujawsko-pomorskie 118.4 -0.1% 116 Podkarpackie 118.2 n/a 117 Wielkopolskie 117 +0.2% 118 Niederbayern 114.8 +0.6% 119 Pays de la Loire 114.6 +0.8% 120 Sjælland 113.1 -0.1% 121 Cantabria 111.9 -0.4% 122 Oberpfalz 111.1 +0.3% 123 Sachsen-Anhalt 110.1 -0.7% 124 Świętokrzyskie 108.1 n/a 125 Lüneburg 107.7 +0.1% 126 Região Autónoma dos Açores 106.6 +0.1% 127 Yugozapaden 106.2 -0.1% 128 Trier 105.4 +0.1% 129 Umbria 105.3 -1.8% 130 Opolskie 103.8 -0.5% 131 Východné Slovensko 102.5 +0.1% 132 Sydsverige 102.2 +0.7% 133 Asturias 100.5 -0.8% 134 Languedoc-Roussillon 100.1 +0.9% 135 Kentriki Makedonia 99.6 -0.5% 136 Lorraine 99.5 -0.2% 137 Picardie 99.4 +0.2% 138 Syddanmark 98.1 +0.1% 139 Midtjylland 98 +0.3% 140 Andalusia 97 +0.1% 141 Közép-Dunántúl 96.7 -0.2% 142 Galicia 93.9 -0.4% 143 Kýpros 93.5 -0.3% 144 Sud-Muntenia 92.5 -0.8% 145 Nord-Est 90.7 -0.3% 146 Ionia Nisia 90.2 -0.3% 147 Vzhodna Slovenija 88.9 -0.1% 148 Algarve 88.7 -0.4% 149 Észak-Magyarország 88.1 -1% 150 Nyugat-Dunántúl 86.9 0% 151 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 85.9 0% 152 Lubelskie 85.8 n/a 153 Niederösterreich 85.7 +0.2% 154 Sostinės regionas 85.5 0% 155 Basse-Normandie 84.1 +0.1% 156 Észak-Alföld 83.9 -0.5% 157 Brandenburg 83.1 0% 158 Stredné Slovensko 82.9 -0.1% 159 Sud-Est 80.7 -0.5% 160 Aquitaine 80.6 +0.9% 161 Burgenland 78.2 +0.3% 162 Zachodniopomorskie 78 -0.3% 163 Nord-Vest 77 -0.1% 164 Kriti 75.6 +0.1% 164 Salzburg 75.6 +0.4% 166 Steiermark 74.6 +0.3% 167 Nordjylland 73.7 0% 168 Lubuskie 73.5 -0.1% 169 Franche-Comté 72.7 +0.1% 170 Sud-Vest Oltenia 71.7 -0.4% 171 Jihozápad 70.9 +0.1% 172 Molise 70.4 -1.7% 173 Dél-Alföld 70 -0.7% 174 Centru 69.8 -0.1% 175 Poitou-Charentes 69.5 +0.4% 176 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 69.3 +0.7% 177 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 68.9 -0.3% 178 Sardegna 68.6 0% 179 Yuzhen tsentralen 66.7 -0.6% 180 Severoiztochen 66.1 -0.3% 181 Centre - Val de Loire 65.7 +0.2% 182 Västsverige 65.5 +0.8% 183 Midi-Pyrénées 65.4 +0.9% 184 Dél-Dunántúl 64.9 -0.9% 185 Notio Aigaio 63.1 0% 186 La Rioja 63 -0.9% 187 Prov. Luxembourg (BE) 62.6 +0.5% 188 Warmińsko-mazurskie 62.5 -0.2% 189 Navarre 61.6 -0.3% 190 Dytiki Elláda 60 -0.8% 191 Kärnten 59.4 0% 192 Podlaskie 58.6 n/a 193 Severen tsentralen 57.8 -1% 194 Vest 57.6 -0.3% 195 Tirol 57.5 +0.9% 196 Basilicata 57.3 -3.5% 197 Jadranska Hrvatska 56.9 -0.2% 198 Yugoiztochen 54.9 -0.5% 199 Southern 53.1 +0.4% 200 Thessalia 52.6 -0.6% 201 Champagne-Ardenne 52.3 0% 202 Auvergne 52.2 +0.2% 203 Bourgogne 52 0% 204 Voreio Aigaio 51.6 -0.6% 205 Severozapaden 43.8 -1.6% 206 Limousin 43.5 -0.2% 207 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 43 -0.2% 208 Östra Mellansverige 41.6 +1% 209 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 40.4 -1.5% 210 Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 39.3 0% 211 Peloponnisos 37.8 -0.3% 212 Ipeiros 37.3 -0.8% 213 Corse 37.1 +1.1% 214 Etelä-Suomi 36.6 +0.3% 215 Sterea Elláda 36 0% 216 Latvija 32.4 -0.9% 217 Northern and Western 32.3 0% 218 Eesti 30.3 -0.7% 219 Dytiki Makedonia 29.6 -0.7% 220 Aragon 28.1 -0.7% 221 Extremadura 27 -0.4% 222 Castile and León 26.8 -0.7% 223 Castilla-La Mancha 26.4 -0.8% 224 Småland med öarna 24.7 +0.4% 225 Länsi-Suomi 23.5 0% 226 Åland 18.4 +0.5% 227 Norra Mellansverige 13 0% 228 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 6.4 0% 229 Mellersta Norrland 5.2 0% 230 Övre Norrland 3.4 +3% 231 Guyane 3 +3.4%
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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.
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Questions Which region has the highest population density? Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, with 7,260.7 inhabitants per km² in 2013, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest population density? Guyane, with 3 inhabitants per km² in 2013.
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. 11 regions have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.
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