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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 2018, at 7,471.5 inhabitants per km². Guyane had the lowest, at 3.3 inhabitants per km². The median was 119.2 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the European Union (27) was 108.8 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Bru… Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 7,471.5 inhabitants per km² 7,471.5 Melilla Melilla: 6,049.9 inhabitants per km² 6,049.9 Wien Wien: 4,780.6 inhabitants per km² 4,780.6 Berlin Berlin: 4,289.8 inhabitants per km² 4,289.8 Ceuta Ceuta: 4,251 inhabitants per km² 4,251 Budapest Budapest: 3,433.4 inhabitants per km² 3,433.4 Praha Praha: 2,683.7 inhabitants per km² 2,683.7 Hamburg Hamburg: 2,585.7 inhabitants per km² 2,585.7 Bremen Bremen: 1,744.3 inhabitants per km² 1,744.3 Malta Malta: 1,548.3 inhabitants per km² 1,548.3 Bucureşti-Ilfov Bucureşti-Ilfov: 1,316.3 inhabitants per km² 1,316.3 Noord-Holland Noord-Holland: 1,032.4 inhabitants per km² 1,032.4 Ile-de-France Ile-de-France: 1,023.5 inhabitants per km² 1,023.5 Düsseldorf Düsseldorf: 1,005.9 inhabitants per km² 1,005.9 Attiki Attiki: 989.8 inhabitants per km² 989.8 Community of Madrid Community of Madrid: 827.3 inhabitants per km² 827.3 Hovedstaden Hovedstaden: 751.2 inhabitants per km² 751.2 Mayotte Mayotte: 724.4 inhabitants per km² 724.4 Prov. Antwerpen Prov. Antwerpen: 661.6 inhabitants per km² 661.6 Köln Köln: 611.8 inhabitants per km² 611.8 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: 540.5 inhabitants per km² 540.5 Darmstadt Darmstadt: 539.3 inhabitants per km² 539.3 Limburg (NL) Limburg (NL): 517.7 inhabitants per km² 517.7 Noord-Brabant Noord-Brabant: 511.3 inhabitants per km² 511.3 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: 508.8 inhabitants per km² 508.8 Warszawski stołeczny Warszawski stołeczny: 505.4 inhabitants per km² 505.4 Arnsberg Arnsberg: 449.3 inhabitants per km² 449.3 Lombardia Lombardia: 436 inhabitants per km² 436 Campania Campania: 426.4 inhabitants per km² 426.4 Gelderland Gelderland: 413.2 inhabitants per km² 413.2 Karlsruhe Karlsruhe: 408.2 inhabitants per km² 408.2 Stuttgart Stuttgart: 392 inhabitants per km² 392 Saarland Saarland: 386.9 inhabitants per km² 386.9 Münster Münster: 379.9 inhabitants per km² 379.9 Prov. West-Vlaanderen Prov. West-Vlaanderen: 379.2 inhabitants per km² 379.2 Śląskie Śląskie: 369.9 inhabitants per km² 369.9 Prov. Brabant wallon Prov. Brabant wallon: 367.3 inhabitants per km² 367.3 Prov. Limburg (BE) Prov. Limburg (BE): 365.8 inhabitants per km² 365.8 Stockholm Stockholm: 356.6 inhabitants per km² 356.6 Prov. Hainaut Prov. Hainaut: 353.9 inhabitants per km² 353.9 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat . Retrieved 2026-10-08. Full ranking Rank Regions 2018inhabitants per km² Change on 2017 1 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 7,471.5 +0.7% 2 Melilla 6,049.9 -0.2% 3 Wien 4,780.6 +0.5% 4 Berlin 4,289.8 +1% 5 Ceuta 4,251 -0.1% 6 Budapest 3,433.4 -0% 7 Praha 2,683.7 +1.1% 8 Hamburg 2,585.7 +0.8% 9 Bremen 1,744.3 +0.3% 10 Malta 1,548.3 +3.6% 11 Bucureşti-Ilfov 1,316.3 +0.9% 12 Noord-Holland 1,032.4 +0.8% 13 Ile-de-France 1,023.5 +0.3% 14 Düsseldorf 1,005.9 +0.1% 15 Attiki 989.8 +0.1% 16 Community of Madrid 827.3 +1.3% 17 Hovedstaden 751.2 +0.8% 18 Mayotte 724.4 +3.7% 19 Prov. Antwerpen 661.6 +0.6% 20 Köln 611.8 +0.3% 21 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 540.5 +0.7% 22 Darmstadt 539.3 +0.6% 23 Limburg (NL) 517.7 -0.1% 24 Noord-Brabant 511.3 +0.6% 25 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 508.8 +0.6% 26 Warszawski stołeczny 505.4 +0.8% 27 Arnsberg 449.3 -0% 28 Lombardia 436 +0.2% 29 Campania 426.4 -0.3% 30 Gelderland 413.2 +0.6% 31 Karlsruhe 408.2 +0.5% 32 Stuttgart 392 +0.6% 33 Saarland 386.9 -0.3% 34 Münster 379.9 +0.1% 35 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 379.2 +0.3% 36 Śląskie 369.9 -0.2% 37 Prov. Brabant wallon 367.3 +0.6% 38 Prov. Limburg (BE) 365.8 +0.4% 39 Stockholm 356.6 +1.7% 40 Prov. Hainaut 353.9 +0.1% 41 Lazio 347.2 -0.1% 42 La Réunion 345.5 +0.1% 43 Overijssel 343.2 +0.4% 44 Martinique 332.7 -1.1% 45 Nord-Pas de Calais 327.9 -0.1% 46 Bratislavský kraj 324.2 +1.4% 47 Região Autónoma da Madeira 318.1 -0.2% 48 Detmold 316.2 0% 49 Basque Country 302.4 +0.2% 49 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 302.4 +0.3% 51 Canary Islands 295.3 +1.2% 52 Prov. Liège 289 +0.2% 53 Flevoland 288.6 +1.1% 54 Liguria 287.3 -0.5% 55 Veneto 282.8 0% 56 Oberbayern 271.6 +0.6% 57 Leipzig 266.9 +0.8% 58 Guadeloupe 249.7 -1% 59 Groningen 247.2 0% 60 Mittelfranken 244.7 +0.6% 61 Freiburg 244 +0.6% 62 Hannover 238.8 +0.3% 63 Balearic Islands 236.8 +1.6% 64 Catalonia 235.5 +0.9% 65 Luxembourg 235.1 +2% 66 Alsace 230 +0.3% 67 Moravskoslezsko 226.7 -0.3% 68 Małopolskie 223.2 +0.3% 69 Chemnitz 221.3 -0.6% 70 Valencian Community 214.4 +0.4% 71 Tübingen 213.2 +0.6% 72 Zeeland 212.2 +0.2% 73 Puglia 209.3 -0.4% 74 Dresden 205.7 -0.1% 75 Pest 202.3 +1.3% 76 Emilia-Romagna 201.7 +0.1% 77 Braunschweig 197.4 +0.1% 78 Sicilia 195.1 -0.6% 79 Gießen 194.7 +0.2% 80 Friesland (NL) 190.6 +0.1% 81 Schwaben 190.2 +0.8% 82 Schleswig-Holstein 187.8 +0.3% 83 Koblenz 186.4 +0.2% 84 Drenthe 184.3 +0.1% 85 Helsinki-Uusimaa 182.8 +1% 86 Piemonte 173.6 -0.4% 87 Norte 169.3 -0.2% 88 Weser-Ems 169.2 +0.4% 89 Eastern and Midland 167.1 +1.5% 90 Toscana 163.7 -0.2% 91 Marche 162.9 -0.4% 92 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 162 +0.4% 93 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 160.5 -0.1% 94 Vorarlberg 155.2 +0.8% 95 Unterfranken 154.8 +0.3% 96 Haute-Normandie 151.4 -0.1% 97 Rhône-Alpes 150.2 +0.6% 98 Oberfranken 147.9 +0.3% 99 Kassel 147.5 +0.1% 100 Dolnośląskie 144.9 0% 101 Łódzkie 135.7 -0.4% 102 Prov. Namur 135.3 +0.2% 103 Střední Morava 133.3 -0.1% 104 Thüringen 133 -0.4% 105 Severozápad 131.7 -0.2% 106 Region of Murcia 131.1 +0.5% 107 Pomorskie 130 +0.4% 108 Calabria 128.6 -0.5% 109 Střední Čechy 127 +1.1% 110 Oberösterreich 126.1 +0.6% 111 Zahodna Slovenija 125.7 +0.6% 112 Jihovýchod 123.6 +0.2% 113 Severovýchod 123.4 +0.2% 114 Západné Slovensko 123.1 -0.2% 115 Bretagne 122 +0.4% 116 Abruzzo 121.5 -0.4% 117 Niederbayern 120.3 +0.8% 118 Sjælland 118.1 +0.3% 119 Podkarpackie 117.8 0% 120 Pays de la Loire 117.7 +0.5% 121 Wielkopolskie 117.6 +0.2% 122 Kujawsko-pomorskie 117.1 -0.1% 123 Oberpfalz 114.8 +0.5% 124 Lüneburg 111 +0.2% 125 Cantabria 110.4 0% 126 Sachsen-Anhalt 109.4 -0.6% 127 Sydsverige 108.9 +1.3% 128 Trier 108.2 +0.3% 129 Umbria 106.3 -0.5% 130 Região Autónoma dos Açores 105.6 -0.5% 130 Świętokrzyskie 105.6 -0.5% 132 Yugozapaden 104.1 -0.3% 133 Languedoc-Roussillon 103.8 +0.7% 133 Východné Slovensko 103.8 +0.2% 135 Midtjylland 103.2 +0.7% 136 Syddanmark 101.9 +0.2% 137 Opolskie 101.7 -0.3% 138 Kentriki Makedonia 101.3 +1.9% 139 Picardie 99.5 -0.1% 140 Közép-Dunántúl 98.9 +0.1% 140 Lorraine 98.9 -0.2% 142 Andalusia 97 +0.1% 142 Asturias 97 -0.6% 144 Kýpros 94.4 +1.2% 145 Galicia 92 -0.1% 146 Ionia Nisia 89.7 +0.6% 147 Algarve 89 -0.3% 148 Niederösterreich 88.5 +0.3% 148 Vzhodna Slovenija 88.5 +0.1% 150 Nyugat-Dunántúl 88.2 +0.2% 151 Nord-Est 88 -1.7% 152 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 87.8 +0.2% 153 Sud-Muntenia 87.1 -2.4% 154 Brandenburg 86.4 +0.3% 155 Sostinės regionas 85.8 +0.4% 156 Észak-Magyarország 85 -0.8% 157 Lubelskie 84.3 -0.4% 158 Észak-Alföld 83.6 -0.6% 159 Aquitaine 83.4 +0.6% 160 Basse-Normandie 82.8 -0.2% 160 Stredné Slovensko 82.8 -0.1% 162 Mazowiecki regionalny 79.8 -0.3% 163 Salzburg 78.5 +0.5% 164 Burgenland 77.5 -2.8% 165 Zachodniopomorskie 76.8 -0.1% 166 Kriti 76.4 +0.5% 166 Nordjylland 76.4 +0.3% 166 Steiermark 76.4 +0.3% 169 Nord-Vest 75.2 -1.2% 170 Franche-Comté 72.7 0% 170 Lubuskie 72.7 -0.1% 172 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 71.8 +0.6% 173 Sud-Est 71.6 -8.3% 174 Jihozápad 71.4 +0.4% 175 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 71.3 -0.1% 176 Poitou-Charentes 69.9 0% 177 Västsverige 69.4 +1.2% 178 Molise 69.1 -0.7% 178 Sardegna 69.1 -0.3% 180 Dél-Alföld 68.5 -0.6% 181 Centru 68.4 -0.7% 182 Sud-Vest Oltenia 67.6 -1.9% 183 Midi-Pyrénées 67.5 +0.6% 184 Centre - Val de Loire 65.5 -0.2% 184 Notio Aigaio 65.5 +1.9% 186 Dél-Dunántúl 64.2 -0.8% 187 Prov. Luxembourg (BE) 64.1 +0.5% 188 Severoiztochen 64 -0.5% 189 Yuzhen tsentralen 63.9 -0.6% 190 Navarre 62.5 +0.6% 191 La Rioja 62.3 +0.2% 192 Warmińsko-mazurskie 61.3 -0.2% 193 Tirol 60.2 +0.7% 194 Kärnten 59.9 0% 195 Dytiki Elláda 59.6 -0.3% 196 Podlaskie 57.7 -0.2% 197 Voreio Aigaio 56.9 +4.8% 198 Basilicata 56.4 -0.7% 199 Jadranska Hrvatska 56.1 -0.5% 200 Vest 55.9 -1.2% 201 Southern 54.9 +0.9% 202 Severen tsentralen 53.9 -1.3% 203 Yugoiztochen 52.9 -0.6% 204 Auvergne 52.5 +0.2% 205 Champagne-Ardenne 51.7 -0.4% 205 Thessalia 51.7 0% 207 Bourgogne 51.5 -0.2% 208 Östra Mellansverige 44.2 +1.4% 209 Limousin 43 -0.5% 210 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 42.9 +0.2% 211 Severozapaden 39.8 -1.7% 212 Corse 39.2 +1% 213 Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 38.8 -0.5% 214 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 37.5 -1.3% 215 Peloponnisos 37.2 -0.3% 216 Ipeiros 36.8 -0.3% 217 Etelä-Suomi 36.7 -0.3% 218 Sterea Elláda 36 0% 219 Northern and Western 34.5 +1.2% 220 Eesti 30.4 +0.3% 220 Latvija 30.4 -1% 222 Dytiki Makedonia 29.1 -0.3% 223 Aragon 27.7 0% 224 Extremadura 26.1 -0.4% 225 Småland med öarna 26 +1.2% 226 Castile and León 25.7 -0.8% 226 Castilla-La Mancha 25.7 0% 228 Länsi-Suomi 23.7 0% 229 Åland 19.1 +1.1% 230 Norra Mellansverige 13.4 0% 231 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 6.3 -1.6% 232 Mellersta Norrland 5.3 0% 233 Övre Norrland 3.4 0% 234 Guyane 3.3 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. 8 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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Questions Which region has the highest population density? Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, with 7,471.5 inhabitants per km² in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest population density? Guyane, with 3.3 inhabitants per km² in 2018.
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 2018 and are not ranked.
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