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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 2017, at 7,421.6 inhabitants per km². Guyane had the lowest, at 3.3 inhabitants per km². The median was 118.6 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the European Union (27) was 108.6 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Bru… Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 7,421.6 inhabitants per km² 7,421.6 Melilla Melilla: 6,059.1 inhabitants per km² 6,059.1 Wien Wien: 4,754.9 inhabitants per km² 4,754.9 Ceuta Ceuta: 4,256.1 inhabitants per km² 4,256.1 Berlin Berlin: 4,248.4 inhabitants per km² 4,248.4 Budapest Budapest: 3,433.8 inhabitants per km² 3,433.8 Praha Praha: 2,654.7 inhabitants per km² 2,654.7 Hamburg Hamburg: 2,564.1 inhabitants per km² 2,564.1 Bremen Bremen: 1,738.9 inhabitants per km² 1,738.9 Malta Malta: 1,495.2 inhabitants per km² 1,495.2 Bucureşti-Ilfov Bucureşti-Ilfov: 1,304.6 inhabitants per km² 1,304.6 Noord-Holland Noord-Holland: 1,024.5 inhabitants per km² 1,024.5 Ile-de-France Ile-de-France: 1,020.3 inhabitants per km² 1,020.3 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf: 1,004.8 inhabitants per km² 1,004.8 Attiki Attiki: 989.2 inhabitants per km² 989.2 Community of Madrid Community of Madrid: 817 inhabitants per km² 817 Hovedstaden Hovedstaden: 745.4 inhabitants per km² 745.4 Mayotte Mayotte: 698.3 inhabitants per km² 698.3 Prov. Antwerpen Prov. Antwerpen: 657.7 inhabitants per km² 657.7 Köln Köln: 609.7 inhabitants per km² 609.7 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: 536.7 inhabitants per km² 536.7 Darmstadt Darmstadt: 536.1 inhabitants per km² 536.1 Limburg (NL) Limburg (NL): 518 inhabitants per km² 518 Noord-Brabant Noord-Brabant: 508 inhabitants per km² 508 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: 505.8 inhabitants per km² 505.8 Warszawski stołeczny Warszawski stołeczny: 501.2 inhabitants per km² 501.2 Arnsberg Arnsberg: 449.5 inhabitants per km² 449.5 Lombardia Lombardia: 435.1 inhabitants per km² 435.1 Campania Campania: 427.8 inhabitants per km² 427.8 Gelderland Gelderland: 410.8 inhabitants per km² 410.8 Karlsruhe Karlsruhe: 406.3 inhabitants per km² 406.3 Stuttgart Stuttgart: 389.8 inhabitants per km² 389.8 Saarland Saarland: 388.1 inhabitants per km² 388.1 Münster Münster: 379.6 inhabitants per km² 379.6 Prov. West-Vlaanderen Prov. West-Vlaanderen: 377.9 inhabitants per km² 377.9 Śląskie Śląskie: 370.7 inhabitants per km² 370.7 Prov. Brabant wallon Prov. Brabant wallon: 365.2 inhabitants per km² 365.2 Prov. Limburg (BE) Prov. Limburg (BE): 364.5 inhabitants per km² 364.5 Prov. Hainaut Prov. Hainaut: 353.4 inhabitants per km² 353.4 Stockholm Stockholm: 350.8 inhabitants per km² 350.8 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat . Retrieved 2026-10-08. Full ranking Rank Regions 2017inhabitants per km² Change on 2016 1 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 7,421.6 -0.4% 2 Melilla 6,059.1 -0% 3 Wien 4,754.9 +1.3% 4 Ceuta 4,256.1 +0.3% 5 Berlin 4,248.4 +1.3% 6 Budapest 3,433.8 -0.3% 7 Praha 2,654.7 +1.1% 8 Hamburg 2,564.1 +1.2% 9 Bremen 1,738.9 +0.7% 10 Malta 1,495.2 +3.1% 11 Bucureşti-Ilfov 1,304.6 +0.4% 12 Noord-Holland 1,024.5 +0.8% 13 Ile-de-France 1,020.3 +0.4% 14 Düsseldorf 1,004.8 +0.2% 15 Attiki 989.2 -0.3% 16 Community of Madrid 817 +1% 17 Hovedstaden 745.4 +0.9% 18 Mayotte 698.3 +3.8% 19 Prov. Antwerpen 657.7 +0.3% 20 Köln 609.7 +0.3% 21 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 536.7 +0.1% 22 Darmstadt 536.1 +0.7% 23 Limburg (NL) 518 0% 24 Noord-Brabant 508 +0.6% 25 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 505.8 -0.2% 26 Warszawski stołeczny 501.2 +0.8% 27 Arnsberg 449.5 -0.2% 28 Lombardia 435.1 -0.9% 29 Campania 427.8 -2% 30 Gelderland 410.8 +0.6% 31 Karlsruhe 406.3 +0.6% 32 Stuttgart 389.8 +0.7% 33 Saarland 388.1 -0.1% 34 Münster 379.6 +0.1% 35 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 377.9 -0.4% 36 Śląskie 370.7 -0.2% 37 Prov. Brabant wallon 365.2 -0.1% 38 Prov. Limburg (BE) 364.5 +0.2% 39 Prov. Hainaut 353.4 -0.6% 40 Stockholm 350.8 +1.7% 41 Lazio 347.7 -0.3% 42 La Réunion 345 +0.2% 43 Overijssel 341.9 +0.3% 44 Martinique 336.4 -1% 45 Nord-Pas de Calais 328.1 -0% 46 Bratislavský kraj 319.8 +1.4% 47 Região Autónoma da Madeira 318.7 -0.4% 48 Detmold 316.1 -0.1% 49 Basque Country 301.7 +0.2% 50 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 301.4 +0.5% 51 Canary Islands 291.8 +0.9% 52 Liguria 288.7 -1.9% 53 Prov. Liège 288.5 +0.4% 54 Flevoland 285.5 +0.9% 55 Veneto 282.8 +1.2% 56 Oberbayern 270.1 +0.7% 57 Leipzig 264.9 +1% 58 Guadeloupe 252.2 -0.9% 59 Groningen 247.1 -0.1% 60 Mittelfranken 243.3 +0.6% 61 Freiburg 242.6 +0.7% 62 Hannover 238.2 +0.3% 63 Catalonia 233.5 +0.5% 64 Balearic Islands 233 +1.3% 65 Luxembourg 230.6 +2.4% 66 Alsace 229.2 +0.4% 67 Moravskoslezsko 227.3 -0.3% 68 Chemnitz 222.7 -0.7% 69 Małopolskie 222.5 +0.3% 70 Valencian Community 213.6 +0.1% 71 Tübingen 212 +0.7% 72 Zeeland 211.8 +0.1% 73 Puglia 210.2 -0.9% 74 Dresden 205.9 -0.1% 75 Emilia-Romagna 201.5 +1.7% 76 Pest 199.7 +1.1% 77 Braunschweig 197.3 -0.1% 78 Sicilia 196.2 -1.6% 79 Gießen 194.3 +0.3% 80 Friesland (NL) 190.5 +0.1% 81 Schwaben 188.7 +0.7% 82 Schleswig-Holstein 187.3 +0.5% 83 Koblenz 186.1 +0.2% 84 Drenthe 184.2 +0.4% 85 Helsinki-Uusimaa 181 +1.1% 86 Piemonte 174.3 -1.5% 87 Norte 169.6 -0.4% 88 Weser-Ems 168.6 +0.4% 89 Eastern and Midland 164.7 +1.2% 90 Toscana 164 -0.7% 91 Marche 163.6 -0.2% 92 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 161.4 +0.3% 93 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 160.7 -0.4% 94 Unterfranken 154.4 +0.3% 95 Vorarlberg 154 +1% 96 Haute-Normandie 151.6 -0.1% 97 Rhône-Alpes 149.3 +0.5% 98 Oberfranken 147.5 +0.3% 99 Kassel 147.4 +0.2% 100 Dolnośląskie 144.9 0% 101 Łódzkie 136.2 -0.4% 102 Prov. Namur 135 +0.1% 103 Thüringen 133.5 -0.4% 104 Střední Morava 133.4 -0.1% 105 Severozápad 131.9 -0.2% 106 Region of Murcia 130.4 +0.3% 107 Pomorskie 129.5 +0.4% 108 Calabria 129.2 -3.1% 109 Střední Čechy 125.6 +1% 110 Oberösterreich 125.4 +0.6% 111 Zahodna Slovenija 124.9 +0.2% 112 Jihovýchod 123.3 +0.2% 112 Západné Slovensko 123.3 -0.1% 114 Severovýchod 123.2 +0.1% 115 Abruzzo 122 -2% 116 Bretagne 121.5 +0.4% 117 Niederbayern 119.4 +0.8% 118 Podkarpackie 117.8 +0.1% 118 Sjælland 117.8 +0.4% 120 Wielkopolskie 117.4 +0.3% 121 Kujawsko-pomorskie 117.2 -0.1% 122 Pays de la Loire 117.1 +0.6% 123 Oberpfalz 114.2 +0.5% 124 Lüneburg 110.8 +0.2% 125 Cantabria 110.4 -0.1% 126 Sachsen-Anhalt 110.1 -0.5% 127 Trier 107.9 -0.4% 128 Sydsverige 107.5 +1.5% 129 Umbria 106.8 -1% 130 Região Autónoma dos Açores 106.1 -0.4% 130 Świętokrzyskie 106.1 -0.5% 132 Yugozapaden 104.4 -0.3% 133 Východné Slovensko 103.6 +0.2% 134 Languedoc-Roussillon 103.1 +0.7% 135 Midtjylland 102.5 +0.8% 136 Opolskie 102 -0.2% 137 Syddanmark 101.7 +0.4% 138 Picardie 99.6 0% 139 Kentriki Makedonia 99.4 -0.2% 140 Lorraine 99.1 -0.2% 141 Közép-Dunántúl 98.8 -0.2% 142 Asturias 97.6 -0.6% 143 Andalusia 96.9 0% 144 Kýpros 93.3 +1% 145 Galicia 92.1 -0.3% 146 Nord-Est 89.5 -0.4% 147 Algarve 89.3 -0.2% 148 Ionia Nisia 89.2 -0.3% 148 Sud-Muntenia 89.2 -1% 150 Vzhodna Slovenija 88.4 -0.1% 151 Niederösterreich 88.2 +0.6% 152 Nyugat-Dunántúl 88 +0.1% 153 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 87.6 -0.1% 154 Brandenburg 86.1 +0.3% 155 Észak-Magyarország 85.7 -0.8% 156 Sostinės regionas 85.5 0% 157 Lubelskie 84.6 -0.4% 158 Észak-Alföld 84.1 -0.5% 159 Basse-Normandie 83 -0.2% 160 Aquitaine 82.9 +0.6% 160 Stredné Slovensko 82.9 -0.1% 162 Mazowiecki regionalny 80 -0.1% 163 Burgenland 79.7 +0.4% 164 Salzburg 78.1 +0.5% 164 Sud-Est 78.1 -0.9% 166 Zachodniopomorskie 76.9 -0.1% 167 Nordjylland 76.2 +0.3% 167 Steiermark 76.2 +0.3% 169 Nord-Vest 76.1 -0.4% 170 Kriti 76 +0.1% 171 Lubuskie 72.8 0% 172 Franche-Comté 72.7 -0.1% 173 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 71.4 0% 173 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 71.4 +0.7% 175 Jihozápad 71.1 +0.3% 176 Poitou-Charentes 69.9 +0.1% 177 Molise 69.6 -2.2% 178 Sardegna 69.3 0% 179 Centru 68.9 -0.4% 179 Dél-Alföld 68.9 -0.7% 179 Sud-Vest Oltenia 68.9 -1.1% 182 Västsverige 68.6 +1.3% 183 Midi-Pyrénées 67.1 +0.8% 184 Centre - Val de Loire 65.6 -0.2% 185 Dél-Dunántúl 64.7 -0.8% 186 Notio Aigaio 64.3 +0.9% 186 Severoiztochen 64.3 -0.6% 186 Yuzhen tsentralen 64.3 -0.6% 189 Prov. Luxembourg (BE) 63.8 -0.3% 190 La Rioja 62.2 0% 191 Navarre 62.1 +0.6% 192 Warmińsko-mazurskie 61.4 -0.2% 193 Kärnten 59.9 0% 194 Dytiki Elláda 59.8 -0.7% 194 Tirol 59.8 +0.8% 196 Podlaskie 57.8 -0.2% 197 Basilicata 56.8 -3.6% 198 Vest 56.6 -0.5% 199 Jadranska Hrvatska 56.4 -0.5% 200 Severen tsentralen 54.6 -1.3% 201 Southern 54.4 +0.9% 202 Voreio Aigaio 54.3 +3.6% 203 Yugoiztochen 53.2 -0.7% 204 Auvergne 52.4 +0.2% 205 Champagne-Ardenne 51.9 -0.4% 206 Thessalia 51.7 -0.6% 207 Bourgogne 51.6 -0.4% 208 Östra Mellansverige 43.6 +1.4% 209 Limousin 43.2 -0.2% 210 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 42.8 -0.2% 211 Severozapaden 40.5 -1.7% 212 Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 39 -0.5% 213 Corse 38.8 +1.3% 214 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 38 -2.1% 215 Peloponnisos 37.3 -0.5% 216 Ipeiros 36.9 -0.3% 217 Etelä-Suomi 36.8 -0.3% 218 Sterea Elláda 36 0% 219 Northern and Western 34.1 +0.9% 220 Latvija 30.7 -1% 221 Eesti 30.3 0% 222 Dytiki Makedonia 29.2 -1% 223 Aragon 27.7 -0.4% 224 Extremadura 26.2 -0.8% 225 Castile and León 25.9 -0.8% 226 Castilla-La Mancha 25.7 -0.4% 226 Småland med öarna 25.7 +1.2% 228 Länsi-Suomi 23.7 0% 229 Åland 18.9 +1.1% 230 Norra Mellansverige 13.4 +0.8% 231 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 6.4 0% 232 Mellersta Norrland 5.3 0% 233 Övre Norrland 3.4 0% 234 Guyane 3.3 +3.1%
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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 7,421.6 inhabitants per km² in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest population density? Guyane, with 3.3 inhabitants per km² in 2017.
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 2017 and are not ranked.
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