EU regions (NUTS 2) by population density

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population density, 2021
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest had the highest population density of 235 regions in 2021, at 7,560.8 inhabitants per km². Övre Norrland had the lowest, at 3.4 inhabitants per km². The median was 119.1 inhabitants per km² and the figure for the European Union (27) was 109 inhabitants per km². Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest7,560.8Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

Lowest3.4Övre Norrland

Median119.1235 regions

European Union (27)109History

Top 40 regions, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2021 inhabitants per km²	Change on 2020
1	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	7,560.8	+0.5%
2	Melilla	6,017.7	-0.4%
3	Wien	4,838.6	+0.6%
4	Berlin	4,334.3	+0.3%
5	Ceuta	4,190.1	-0.8%
6	Budapest	3,405.9	-0.8%
7	Praha	2,741.6	+1%
8	Hamburg	2,605.4	+0.3%
9	Bremen	1,740.8	-0.2%
10	Malta	1,646.4	+2.2%
11	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	1,325.3	+0.3%
12	Noord-Holland	1,047.6	+0.6%
13	Ile-de-France Provisional	1,031.5	+0.4%
14	Düsseldorf	1,006.5	-0%
15	Attiki	986.8	-0.1%
16	Community of Madrid	846.9	+0.9%
17	Mayotte Provisional	777.6	+3.4%
18	Hovedstaden	760	+0.5%
19	Prov. Antwerpen	669.1	+0.5%
20	Köln	613.9	+0.1%
21	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	548.6	+0.7%
22	Darmstadt	544.1	+0.4%
23	Noord-Brabant	517.7	+0.6%
24	Limburg (NL)	517.6	-0%
25	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	515.2	+0.6%
26	Warszawski stołeczny	513.7	+0.7%
27	Arnsberg	448.4	-0.2%
28	Lombardia	434.1	-0.1%
29	Gelderland	418.3	+0.6%
30	Campania	415.7	-1%
31	Karlsruhe	409.5	0%
32	Stuttgart	393.7	+0.1%
33	Saarland	384.2	-0.3%
34	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	382.1	+0.3%
35	Münster	380.2	0%
36	Prov. Brabant wallon	371.5	+0.5%
37	Prov. Limburg (BE)	369	+0.4%
38	Śląskie	367.2	-0.4%
39	Stockholm	365.5	+1%
40	Prov. Hainaut	355.3	+0.1%
41	La Réunion Provisional	348.9	+0.3%
42	Overijssel	346.4	+0.4%
43	Lazio	338.7	-0.4%
44	Bratislavský kraj	333.2	+1.3%
45	Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional	327.9	-0.1%
46	Martinique Provisional	325	-1.2%
47	Região Autónoma da Madeira	318	0%
48	Detmold	316.2	-0%
49	Basque Country	304.2	+0.2%
50	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	303.6	+0.1%
51	Canary Islands	301.9	+0.8%
52	Flevoland	296.6	+1.4%
53	Prov. Liège	290.2	+0.2%
54	Liguria	281.4	-0.5%
55	Veneto	281	-0.1%
56	Oberbayern	274.4	+0.4%
57	Leipzig	269.7	+0.5%
58	Groningen	248.5	+0.2%
59	Mittelfranken	246.1	+0.2%
60	Freiburg	245.5	+0.2%
61	Balearic Islands	244.4	+1.3%
62	Guadeloupe Provisional	244.2	-1%
63	Luxembourg	243.8	+1.7%
64	Catalonia	239.7	+0.7%
65	Hannover	238.9	-0%
66	Alsace Provisional	231.9	+0.3%
67	Moravskoslezsko	225.2	-0.4%
68	Małopolskie	224.4	+0.2%
69	Chemnitz	218.2	-0.8%
70	Valencian Community	217.8	+0.7%
71	Tübingen	214.9	+0.3%
72	Zeeland	213.2	+0.3%
73	Pest	207.5	+1.2%
74	Dresden	205.1	-0.2%
75	Puglia	204.3	-0.5%
76	Emilia-Romagna	201.5	-0.2%
77	Braunschweig	197	-0.2%
78	Gießen	195.1	+0.1%
79	Schwaben	192.5	+0.5%
80	Friesland (NL)	191.6	+0.3%
81	Sicilia	188.9	-0.7%
82	Schleswig-Holstein	188.7	+0.3%
83	Koblenz	187	+0.2%
84	Helsinki-Uusimaa	186.5	+1%
85	Drenthe	185	+0.3%
86	Eastern and Midland	171.7	+1.1%
87	Piemonte	170.7	-0.6%
88	Weser-Ems	170.4	+0.4%
89	Norte	169.1	-0.1%
90	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional	163.5	+0.3%
91	Toscana	161.9	-0.1%
92	Marche	160.4	-0.7%
93	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	159	-0.4%
94	Vorarlberg	157.3	+0.6%
95	Unterfranken	155.1	0%
96	Rhône-Alpes Provisional	152	+0.5%
97	Haute-Normandie Provisional	151.2	-0.1%
98	Kassel	147.4	-0.1%
98	Oberfranken	147.4	-0.3%
100	Dolnośląskie	144.7	-0.1%
101	Prov. Namur	136.4	+0.4%
102	Łódzkie	134.4	-0.6%
103	Region of Murcia	133.5	+0.8%
104	Střední Morava	132.9	-0.2%
105	Thüringen	131.7	-0.5%
106	Severozápad	131.3	-0.3%
107	Pomorskie	131	+0.3%
108	Střední Čechy	129.8	+1%
109	Zahodna Slovenija	128	+0.9%
110	Oberösterreich	127.4	+0.5%
111	Jihovýchod	124.3	+0.2%
112	Severovýchod	123.8	+0.1%
113	Calabria	123.7	-1.4%
114	Bretagne Provisional	123.4	+0.5%
115	Západné Slovensko	122.7	-0.2%
116	Niederbayern	121.5	+0.4%
117	Pays de la Loire Provisional	119.2	+0.5%
118	Abruzzo	119.1	-0.8%
119	Sjælland	118.4	+0.1%
120	Wielkopolskie	118	+0.1%
121	Podkarpackie	117.6	-0.2%
122	Kujawsko-pomorskie	116.4	-0.3%
123	Oberpfalz	115.3	+0.1%
124	Lüneburg	111.7	+0.3%
125	Sydsverige	111	+0.8%
126	Cantabria	110.7	+0.2%
127	Trier	108.9	+0.4%
128	Sachsen-Anhalt	108.1	-0.6%
129	Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional	105.4	+0.7%
130	Região Autónoma dos Açores	105.2	-0.1%
131	Umbria	104.5	-0.5%
132	Świętokrzyskie	104.3	-0.8%
133	Midtjylland	104.1	+0.4%
134	Východné Slovensko	104	+0.1%
135	Yugozapaden	103.3	-0.4%
136	Syddanmark	102	0%
137	Kentriki Makedonia	100.8	-0.4%
137	Opolskie	100.8	-0.6%
139	Picardie Provisional	99.4	-0.2%
140	Közép-Dunántúl	99.2	+0.1%
141	Lorraine Provisional	98.7	-0.2%
142	Andalusia	97.8	+0.4%
143	Kýpros	96.8	+1.1%
144	Asturias	96.2	-0.4%
145	Galicia	91.9	-0.1%
146	Vzhodna Slovenija	89.4	+0.4%
147	Niederösterreich	89.3	+0.4%
148	Ionia Nisia	89.1	-0.3%
149	Nyugat-Dunántúl	89	+0.5%
150	Algarve	88.8	-0.1%
151	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	88.3	-0.2%
152	Sostinės regionas	87.6	+1.2%
153	Brandenburg	87.1	+0.5%
154	Nord-Est Estimated	87	-0.6%
155	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	85.2	-1%
156	Aquitaine Provisional	84.7	+0.7%
157	Észak-Magyarország	83.9	-0.6%
158	Lubelskie	83.5	-0.6%
159	Basse-Normandie Provisional	82.6	-0.2%
159	Észak-Alföld	82.6	-0.6%
161	Stredné Slovensko	82.5	-0.2%
162	Salzburg	79.3	+0.5%
163	Mazowiecki regionalny	79.1	-0.5%
164	Burgenland	78.1	+0.4%
165	Kriti	76.7	+0.3%
165	Steiermark	76.7	+0.1%
167	Nordjylland	76.5	+0.1%
168	Zachodniopomorskie	76.3	-0.4%
169	Nord-Vest Estimated	74.7	-0.4%
170	Franche-Comté Provisional	72.7	-0.1%
171	Lubuskie	72.4	-0.3%
171	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	72.4	+0.4%
173	Jihozápad	72	+0.3%
174	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	71.3	0%
175	Västsverige	70.7	+0.9%
176	Poitou-Charentes Provisional	70.3	+0.1%
177	Sud-Est Estimated	70.2	-1%
178	Midi-Pyrénées Provisional	68.5	+0.7%
179	Centru Estimated	68	-0.3%
180	Dél-Alföld	67.7	-0.6%
181	Sardegna	67.3	-0.9%
182	Molise	66.9	-1.6%
183	Notio Aigaio	66.5	+0.6%
184	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	66.3	-0.9%
185	Centre - Val de Loire Provisional	65.5	-0.2%
186	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	65.2	+0.9%
187	Navarre	63.5	+0.6%
187	Yuzhen tsentralen	63.5	-0.3%
189	Dél-Dunántúl	63.4	-0.5%
189	Severoiztochen	63.4	-0.5%
191	La Rioja	62.8	+0.3%
192	Warmińsko-mazurskie	60.8	-0.5%
193	Tirol	60.7	+0.5%
194	Voreio Aigaio	60.3	+1.7%
195	Kärnten	60	+0.2%
196	Dytiki Elláda	58.8	-0.7%
197	Podlaskie	57.3	-0.3%
198	Southern	56.1	+0.9%
199	Jadranska Hrvatska	55.9	-0.2%
200	Vest Estimated	55.4	-0.5%
201	Basilicata	54.8	-1.3%
202	Auvergne Provisional	52.6	0%
203	Severen tsentralen	52.5	-1.1%
204	Yugoiztochen	52.2	-0.6%
205	Champagne-Ardenne Provisional	51.4	-0.4%
206	Bourgogne Provisional	51.2	-0.4%
207	Thessalia	51.1	-0.6%
208	Östra Mellansverige	45.1	+0.9%
208	Panonska Hrvatska Series break	45.1	n/a
210	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	42.7	-0.2%
210	Limousin Provisional	42.7	-0.5%
212	Corse Provisional	39.8	+1%
213	Severozapaden	38.4	-1.5%
213	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	38.4	-0.5%
215	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	37	-0.5%
216	Peloponnisos	36.9	-0.5%
217	Ipeiros	36.6	-0.5%
218	Etelä-Suomi	36.5	-0.3%
219	Sterea Elláda	36	-0.3%
220	Northern and Western	35.3	+0.9%
221	Eesti	30.6	+0.3%
222	Latvija	30	-0.7%
223	Dytiki Makedonia	28.5	-1%
224	Aragon	28	+0.4%
225	Småland med öarna	26.3	+0.4%
226	Castilla-La Mancha	25.9	+0.4%
226	Extremadura	25.9	-0.4%
228	Castile and León	25.5	-0.4%
229	Länsi-Suomi	23.6	-0.4%
230	Åland	19.3	+0.5%
231	Norra Mellansverige	13.5	0%
232	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	6.3	0%
233	Mellersta Norrland	5.3	0%
234	Guyane Provisional	3.5	+2.9%
235	Övre Norrland	3.4	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. 7 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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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Which region has the highest population density?

Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, with 7,560.8 inhabitants per km² in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population density?

Övre Norrland, with 3.4 inhabitants per km² in 2021.

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. 7 regions have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.