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EU regions (NUTS 2) by population density
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest had the highest population density of 234 regions in 2015, at 7,408 inhabitants per km². Guyane had the lowest, at 3.2 inhabitants per km². The median was 117.6 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the European Union (27) was 108.1 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Bru… Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 7,408 inhabitants per km² 7,408 Melilla Melilla: 6,512.8 inhabitants per km² 6,512.8 Wien Wien: 4,604.5 inhabitants per km² 4,604.5 Ceuta Ceuta: 4,456.4 inhabitants per km² 4,456.4 Berlin Berlin: 3,922.5 inhabitants per km² 3,922.5 Budapest Budapest: 3,448.1 inhabitants per km² 3,448.1 Praha Praha: 2,604.7 inhabitants per km² 2,604.7 Hamburg Hamburg: 2,351.1 inhabitants per km² 2,351.1 Bremen Bremen: 1,587.4 inhabitants per km² 1,587.4 Malta Malta: 1,408.4 inhabitants per km² 1,408.4 Bucureşti-Ilfov Bucureşti-Ilfov: 1,299.7 inhabitants per km² 1,299.7 Noord-Holland Noord-Holland: 1,041.1 inhabitants per km² 1,041.1 Ile-de-France Ile-de-France: 1,007.3 inhabitants per km² 1,007.3 Attiki Attiki: 999 inhabitants per km² 999 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf: 971.6 inhabitants per km² 971.6 Community of Madrid Community of Madrid: 803.9 inhabitants per km² 803.9 Hovedstaden Hovedstaden: 695.1 inhabitants per km² 695.1 Prov. Antwerpen Prov. Antwerpen: 652 inhabitants per km² 652 Mayotte Mayotte: 648.2 inhabitants per km² 648.2 Köln Köln: 596.3 inhabitants per km² 596.3 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: 532.2 inhabitants per km² 532.2 Darmstadt Darmstadt: 522.9 inhabitants per km² 522.9 Limburg (NL) Limburg (NL): 520.3 inhabitants per km² 520.3 Noord-Brabant Noord-Brabant: 508.4 inhabitants per km² 508.4 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: 503.4 inhabitants per km² 503.4 Warszawski stołeczny Warszawski stołeczny: 493.9 inhabitants per km² 493.9 Arnsberg Arnsberg: 446.5 inhabitants per km² 446.5 Lombardia Lombardia: 438.8 inhabitants per km² 438.8 Campania Campania: 437.3 inhabitants per km² 437.3 Gelderland Gelderland: 408.8 inhabitants per km² 408.8 Karlsruhe Karlsruhe: 396.4 inhabitants per km² 396.4 Saarland Saarland: 386 inhabitants per km² 386 Stuttgart Stuttgart: 382.6 inhabitants per km² 382.6 Prov. West-Vlaanderen Prov. West-Vlaanderen: 378.3 inhabitants per km² 378.3 Münster Münster: 375.5 inhabitants per km² 375.5 Śląskie Śląskie: 372.6 inhabitants per km² 372.6 Prov. Brabant wallon Prov. Brabant wallon: 363 inhabitants per km² 363 Prov. Limburg (BE) Prov. Limburg (BE): 361.9 inhabitants per km² 361.9 Prov. Hainaut Prov. Hainaut: 354.8 inhabitants per km² 354.8 Lazio Lazio: 348.6 inhabitants per km² 348.6 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat . Retrieved 2026-10-08. Full ranking Rank Regions 2015inhabitants per km² Change on 2014 1 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 7,408 +1.2% 2 Melilla 6,512.8 +0.5% 3 Wien 4,604.5 +2.1% 4 Ceuta 4,456.4 -0% 5 Berlin 3,922.5 +1.4% 6 Budapest 3,448.1 +0.4% 7 Praha 2,604.7 +1.1% 8 Hamburg 2,351.1 +1.2% 9 Bremen 1,587.4 +1.1% 10 Malta 1,408.4 +2.4% 11 Bucureşti-Ilfov 1,299.7 +0.1% 12 Noord-Holland 1,041.1 +0.8% 13 Ile-de-France 1,007.3 -0.1% 14 Attiki 999 -0.9% 15 Düsseldorf 971.6 +0.8% 16 Community of Madrid 803.9 +0.4% 17 Hovedstaden 695.1 +1.1% 18 Prov. Antwerpen 652 +0.6% 19 Mayotte 648.2 +3.8% 20 Köln 596.3 +1% 21 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 532.2 +0.6% 22 Darmstadt 522.9 +1.3% 23 Limburg (NL) 520.3 -0.2% 24 Noord-Brabant 508.4 +0.4% 25 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 503.4 +0.6% 26 Warszawski stołeczny 493.9 +0.7% 27 Arnsberg 446.5 +0.6% 28 Lombardia 438.8 +0.2% 29 Campania 437.3 -0.2% 30 Gelderland 408.8 +0.4% 31 Karlsruhe 396.4 +1.1% 32 Saarland 386 +0.3% 33 Stuttgart 382.6 +1.2% 34 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 378.3 +0.3% 35 Münster 375.5 +0.8% 36 Śląskie 372.6 -0.3% 37 Prov. Brabant wallon 363 +0.8% 38 Prov. Limburg (BE) 361.9 +0.5% 39 Prov. Hainaut 354.8 +0.3% 40 Lazio 348.6 +0.1% 41 Overijssel 344.2 +0.2% 42 La Réunion 343.8 +0.6% 43 Martinique 343.6 -1% 44 Stockholm 339.4 +1.6% 45 Nord-Pas de Calais 328.4 -0% 46 Região Autónoma da Madeira 321.5 -1% 47 Detmold 313.3 +0.8% 48 Bratislavský kraj 306.5 +1.2% 49 Basque Country 301.3 +0.6% 50 Liguria 295.9 -0.7% 51 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 295.1 +0.8% 52 Prov. Liège 286.5 +0.4% 53 Canary Islands 286.3 +0.5% 54 Flevoland 285.4 +0.5% 55 Veneto 280.1 -0.1% 56 Oberbayern 259.8 +1.3% 57 Guadeloupe 257 -0.6% 58 Leipzig 253.4 +1.5% 59 Groningen 251.2 +0.1% 60 Mittelfranken 238.4 +0.9% 61 Freiburg 236 +1.1% 62 Hannover 233.9 +0.8% 63 Catalonia 231.9 -0% 64 Moravskoslezsko 228.9 -0.3% 65 Alsace 227.7 +0.3% 66 Balearic Islands 226.8 +0.9% 67 Chemnitz 224.3 -0.1% 68 Małopolskie 221.4 +0.2% 69 Luxembourg 220.3 +2.4% 70 Zeeland 213.8 +0.1% 71 Valencian Community 213.3 -0.2% 72 Puglia 212.8 -0.1% 73 Tübingen 202.9 +1.2% 74 Dresden 201.1 +0.3% 75 Sicilia 200.1 -0.2% 76 Emilia-Romagna 198.2 +0.1% 77 Pest 195.9 +0.6% 78 Braunschweig 195.8 +0.7% 79 Friesland (NL) 193.7 0% 80 Gießen 192.2 +0.8% 81 Drenthe 185.6 0% 82 Koblenz 183.6 +0.4% 83 Schwaben 183.5 +1.1% 84 Schleswig-Holstein 180 +0.7% 85 Piemonte 177.6 -0.3% 86 Helsinki-Uusimaa 177.2 +1.1% 87 Norte 169.7 -0.6% 88 Toscana 165.4 -0.1% 88 Weser-Ems 165.4 +1% 90 Marche 164.6 -0.3% 91 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 162 -0.4% 92 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 160.6 +0.4% 93 Eastern and Midland 160.4 +1.6% 94 Unterfranken 152.7 +0.3% 95 Haute-Normandie 151.8 +0.1% 96 Vorarlberg 150.5 +1.1% 97 Rhône-Alpes 147.7 +0.8% 98 Oberfranken 146.2 +0.1% 99 Kassel 145.7 +0.6% 100 Dolnośląskie 145 -0.1% 101 Łódzkie 137.2 -0.4% 102 Prov. Namur 134.2 +0.6% 103 Calabria 133.8 -0.2% 103 Střední Morava 133.8 -0.1% 105 Thüringen 133.6 +0.2% 106 Severozápad 132.4 -0.2% 107 Region of Murcia 129.7 +0.2% 108 Pomorskie 128.6 +0.3% 109 Abruzzo 125 -0.2% 110 Zahodna Slovenija 124.3 +0.3% 111 Oberösterreich 123.4 +1% 112 Severovýchod 123 +0.1% 113 Jihovýchod 122.8 +0.2% 114 Střední Čechy 122.3 +1% 114 Západné Slovensko 122.3 -0.1% 116 Bretagne 120.5 +0.4% 117 Podkarpackie 117.7 0% 118 Kujawsko-pomorskie 117.4 -0.2% 119 Wielkopolskie 117 +0.2% 120 Niederbayern 116.7 +1% 121 Pays de la Loire 115.8 +0.6% 122 Sjælland 114.1 +0.7% 123 Oberpfalz 112.2 +0.6% 124 Cantabria 110.9 -0.4% 125 Sachsen-Anhalt 109.5 0% 126 Lüneburg 108.7 +0.9% 127 Umbria 108.2 -0.3% 128 Yugozapaden 107.1 +1.2% 129 Świętokrzyskie 107 -0.5% 129 Trier 107 +1.2% 131 Região Autónoma dos Açores 106 -0.3% 132 Sydsverige 104.4 +1.2% 133 Východné Slovensko 102.8 +0.1% 134 Opolskie 102.5 -0.4% 135 Languedoc-Roussillon 101.7 +0.7% 136 Kentriki Makedonia 100 +0.9% 137 Picardie 99.7 +0.1% 138 Lorraine 99.5 -0.1% 139 Közép-Dunántúl 99.4 -0.4% 140 Asturias 99 -0.8% 140 Midtjylland 99 +0.6% 142 Syddanmark 98.6 +0.4% 143 Andalusia 96.9 +0.1% 144 Galicia 92.9 -0.5% 145 Kýpros 92 -0.5% 146 Sud-Muntenia 91 -0.9% 147 Nord-Est 90.4 -0.2% 148 Ionia Nisia 89.9 0% 149 Vzhodna Slovenija 88.6 -0.1% 150 Algarve 88.4 0% 151 Nyugat-Dunántúl 87.9 -0.1% 152 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 87.6 +0.2% 153 Észak-Magyarország 87.2 -1% 154 Niederösterreich 87 +0.9% 155 Sostinės regionas 85.6 +0.1% 156 Lubelskie 85.2 -0.4% 157 Észak-Alföld 84.8 -0.4% 158 Basse-Normandie 83.3 -0.1% 158 Brandenburg 83.3 +0.7% 160 Stredné Slovensko 82.7 -0.1% 161 Aquitaine 81.8 +0.7% 162 Mazowiecki regionalny 80.3 -0.2% 163 Sud-Est 79.6 -0.7% 164 Burgenland 79 +0.6% 165 Zachodniopomorskie 77.2 -0.1% 166 Salzburg 76.9 +1.1% 167 Nord-Vest 76.6 -0.3% 168 Kriti 75.8 +0.1% 169 Steiermark 75.5 +0.7% 170 Nordjylland 74.1 +0.4% 171 Lubuskie 72.9 -0.1% 172 Franche-Comté 72.8 +0.1% 173 Molise 71.5 -0.4% 174 Jihozápad 71.1 +0.1% 175 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 70.5 +0.4% 176 Sud-Vest Oltenia 70.4 -1% 177 Dél-Alföld 70 -0.6% 178 Poitou-Charentes 69.7 +0.3% 179 Sardegna 69.5 -0.1% 180 Centru 69.4 -0.3% 181 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 68.9 +0.4% 182 Västsverige 66.8 +1.1% 183 Midi-Pyrénées 66.3 +0.6% 184 Yuzhen tsentralen 66 -0.5% 185 Dél-Dunántúl 65.8 -0.9% 186 Centre - Val de Loire 65.7 0% 187 Severoiztochen 65.5 -1.5% 188 Prov. Luxembourg (BE) 63.5 +1% 189 Notio Aigaio 63.3 +0.3% 190 La Rioja 62.2 -0.3% 191 Warmińsko-mazurskie 61.7 -0.3% 192 Navarre 61.6 +0.2% 193 Dytiki Elláda 60.6 +1.7% 194 Kärnten 59.7 +0.3% 195 Basilicata 59.2 -0.3% 196 Tirol 58.7 +1.2% 197 Podlaskie 58 -0.3% 198 Vest 57.2 -0.3% 199 Severen tsentralen 57 +0.9% 200 Jadranska Hrvatska 56.6 -0.4% 201 Yugoiztochen 54.8 0% 202 Southern 53.5 +0.4% 203 Auvergne 52.3 +0.2% 203 Champagne-Ardenne 52.3 -0.2% 205 Thessalia 52.2 -0.4% 206 Bourgogne 51.9 -0.2% 207 Voreio Aigaio 51.6 +0.4% 208 Limousin 43.4 -0.2% 209 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 43.1 +0.7% 210 Severozapaden 42.5 -1.4% 211 Östra Mellansverige 42.4 +1% 212 Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 39.5 -0.5% 213 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 39.4 -1.3% 214 Corse 37.9 +1.1% 215 Peloponnisos 37.6 -0.3% 216 Ipeiros 37.2 +0.3% 217 Etelä-Suomi 36.9 0% 218 Sterea Elláda 36.1 +0.6% 219 Northern and Western 33.5 +0.3% 220 Latvija 31.8 -0.6% 221 Eesti 30.3 0% 222 Dytiki Makedonia 29.7 +1.4% 223 Aragon 27.9 -0.4% 224 Extremadura 26.7 -0.4% 225 Castile and León 26.3 -0.8% 226 Castilla-La Mancha 26 -0.8% 227 Småland med öarna 25 +0.8% 228 Länsi-Suomi 23.6 0% 229 Åland 18.6 0% 230 Norra Mellansverige 13.1 0% 231 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 6.4 0% 232 Mellersta Norrland 5.3 +1.9% 233 Övre Norrland 3.4 0% 234 Guyane 3.2 +3.2%
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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 7,408 inhabitants per km² in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest population density? Guyane, with 3.2 inhabitants per km² in 2015.
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. 8 regions have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.
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