EU regions (NUTS 2) by population, 2025

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population, 2025
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population of 244 regions in 2025, at 12.55 million. Åland had the lowest, at 30,654. The median was 1.39 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 450.65 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12,549,288Ile-de-France

Lowest30,654Åland

Median1,388,371244 regions

European Union (27)450,646,971History

Top 40 regions, 2025

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2025 persons	Change on 2024
1	Ile-de-France Provisional	12,549,288	+0.3%
2	Lombardia	10,033,918	+0.2%
3	Andalusia	8,676,713	+0.5%
4	Catalonia	8,124,126	+1.4%
5	Community of Madrid	7,113,886	+1.5%
6	Rhône-Alpes Provisional	6,901,647	+0.5%
7	Lazio	5,709,178	-0.1%
8	Campania	5,582,337	-0.2%
9	Valencian Community	5,425,182	+2%
10	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional	5,285,125	+0.6%
11	Düsseldorf	5,244,379	+0.1%
12	Veneto	4,853,472	0%
13	Sicilia	4,787,390	-0.2%
14	Oberbayern	4,764,548	+0.8%
15	Köln	4,486,282	+0.2%
16	Emilia-Romagna	4,461,998	+0.2%
17	Piemonte	4,251,868	0%
18	Śląskie	4,190,666	-0.6%
19	Stuttgart	4,167,550	+0.1%
20	Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional	4,065,757	-0.1%
21	Darmstadt	4,039,611	+0.4%
22	Pays de la Loire Provisional	3,945,359	+0.5%
23	Puglia	3,877,395	-0.3%
24	Zuid-Holland	3,863,397	+0.6%
25	Attiki	3,764,272	-0.2%
26	Norte	3,692,842	+0.5%
27	Berlin	3,685,265	+0.6%
28	Toscana	3,657,716	-0.1%
29	Aquitaine Provisional	3,635,159	+0.7%
30	Arnsberg	3,571,898	-0%
31	Bretagne Provisional	3,489,252	+0.6%
32	Wielkopolskie	3,433,354	-0.1%
33	Małopolskie	3,319,792	0%
34	Warszawski stołeczny	3,298,955	+0.5%
35	Nord-Est Estimated	3,218,218	-0.3%
36	Midi-Pyrénées Provisional	3,208,005	+0.6%
37	Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional	2,997,570	+0.7%
38	Noord-Holland	2,992,016	+0.5%
39	Schleswig-Holstein	2,959,517	+0.2%
40	Karlsruhe	2,848,413	+0.1%
41	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	2,825,694	-0.3%
42	Dolnośląskie	2,798,300	-0.3%
43	Galicia	2,714,741	+0.3%
44	Eastern and Midland	2,675,411	+1.6%
45	Noord-Brabant	2,664,047	+0.7%
46	Münster	2,659,034	+0.2%
47	Centre - Val de Loire Provisional	2,588,306	0%
48	Weser-Ems	2,569,485	-0%
49	Brandenburg	2,556,747	+0.1%
50	Nord-Vest Estimated	2,544,010	+0.2%
51	Stockholm	2,473,307	+0.8%
52	Castile and León	2,401,221	+0.4%
53	Sud-Est Estimated	2,331,165	-0.6%
54	Freiburg	2,325,856	+0.2%
55	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	2,313,455	+0.3%
56	Łódzkie	2,312,616	-0.6%
57	Lorraine Provisional	2,312,069	-0.2%
58	Pomorskie	2,297,741	0%
59	Centru Estimated	2,291,551	+0.2%
60	Canary Islands	2,258,866	+0.9%
61	Basque Country	2,242,343	+0.7%
62	Mazowiecki regionalny	2,185,155	-0.6%
63	Gelderland	2,161,358	+0.6%
64	Grande Lisboa	2,156,612	+1.4%
65	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,135,597	-0.4%
66	Castilla-La Mancha	2,126,378	+1%
67	Hannover	2,123,689	0%
68	Västsverige	2,117,895	+0.3%
69	Thüringen	2,100,277	-0.7%
70	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,073,778	+0.1%
71	Detmold	2,072,861	-0%
72	Wien	2,028,289	+1.1%
73	Yugozapaden	2,022,982	+0.2%
74	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2,013,937	-0.2%
75	Prov. Antwerpen	1,947,973	+0.8%
76	Podkarpackie	1,947,062	-0.4%
77	Alsace Provisional	1,941,726	+0.2%
78	Schwaben	1,933,313	+0.7%
79	Hovedstaden	1,930,793	+1%
80	Lubelskie	1,920,632	-0.7%
81	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,920,440	-0.6%
82	Picardie Provisional	1,908,690	-0.3%
83	Tübingen	1,904,079	+0.2%
84	Haute-Normandie Provisional	1,864,946	0%
85	Hamburg	1,862,565	+0.6%
86	Latvija	1,860,565	-1%
87	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1,848,028	-0.4%
88	Poitou-Charentes Provisional	1,846,456	+0.2%
89	Calabria	1,834,646	-0.2%
90	Southern	1,805,942	+1.9%
91	Západné Slovensko	1,797,072	-0.3%
92	Mittelfranken	1,795,909	+0.3%
93	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,782,300	+1.3%
94	Kentriki Makedonia	1,772,400	-0.1%
95	Östra Mellansverige	1,771,433	+0.2%
96	Jihovýchod	1,746,990	+0.1%
97	Niederösterreich	1,727,514	+0.2%
98	Lüneburg	1,721,892	-0%
99	Centro (PT)	1,717,560	+1.3%
100	Budapest	1,685,209	-0.1%
101	Vest Estimated	1,671,030	-0.1%
102	Bourgogne Provisional	1,621,320	-0.1%
103	Braunschweig	1,589,423	-0.2%
104	Východné Slovensko	1,588,807	+0.1%
105	Region of Murcia	1,586,989	+1.2%
106	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,586,436	+0.7%
107	Sydsverige	1,585,849	+0.4%
108	Dresden	1,584,687	-0.3%
109	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,573,597	-0.3%
110	Zachodniopomorskie	1,571,895	-0.5%
111	Sardegna	1,562,381	-0.5%
112	Severovýchod	1,535,886	-0.2%
113	Oberösterreich	1,535,519	+0.3%
114	Koblenz	1,530,208	+0.2%
115	Liguria	1,510,143	+0.1%
116	Basse-Normandie Provisional	1,486,036	+0.1%
117	Marche	1,480,545	-0.1%
118	Střední Čechy	1,466,215	+0.7%
119	Utrecht	1,409,144	+0.6%
120	Länsi-Suomi	1,399,457	+0.5%
121	Praha	1,397,880	+0.9%
122	Észak-Alföld	1,390,406	-0.6%
123	Chemnitz	1,386,336	-0.7%
124	Midtjylland	1,373,799	+0.6%
125	Eesti	1,369,995	-0.3%
126	Prov. Hainaut	1,369,741	+0.4%
127	Auvergne Provisional	1,368,441	-0.1%
128	Aragon	1,364,621	+1%
129	Pest	1,336,134	+0.2%
130	Jadranska Hrvatska	1,322,482	+0.9%
131	Unterfranken	1,318,817	+0.3%
132	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,306,492	+0.1%
133	Stredné Slovensko	1,297,187	-0.3%
134	Champagne-Ardenne Provisional	1,296,360	-0.5%
135	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,286,015	-0.7%
136	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1,272,126	-0%
137	Steiermark	1,271,716	+0.2%
138	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1,271,709	+0.6%
139	Abruzzo	1,269,118	-0%
140	Jihozápad	1,267,867	-0%
141	Niederbayern	1,259,204	+0.6%
142	Balearic Islands	1,249,844	+1.5%
143	Syddanmark	1,240,472	+0.2%
144	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1,234,664	+0.5%
145	Střední Morava	1,210,498	-0.3%
146	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1,205,743	+0.7%
147	Kassel	1,200,892	-0.1%
148	Overijssel	1,195,789	+0.6%
149	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1,193,284	-0.1%
150	Dél-Alföld	1,183,765	-0.7%
151	Moravskoslezsko	1,182,613	-0.6%
152	Franche-Comté Provisional	1,175,558	-0.1%
153	Etelä-Suomi	1,151,434	+0.2%
154	Limburg (NL)	1,135,328	+0.2%
155	Prov. Liège	1,131,687	+0.4%
156	Oberpfalz	1,121,379	+0.5%
157	Vzhodna Slovenija	1,113,731	+0.2%
158	Świętokrzyskie	1,112,681	-0.9%
159	Severozápad	1,101,551	-0.4%
160	Podlaskie	1,073,623	-0.5%
161	Észak-Magyarország	1,072,232	-1%
162	Leipzig	1,071,399	+0.2%
163	Oberfranken	1,055,758	0%
164	Extremadura	1,053,345	-0.1%
165	Közép-Dunántúl	1,051,169	-0.6%
166	Gießen	1,040,290	-0.1%
167	Zahodna Slovenija	1,017,119	+0.5%
168	Asturias	1,015,128	+0.5%
169	Saarland	1,012,141	-0.2%
170	Kýpros	982,966	+1.7%
171	Panonska Hrvatska	982,159	-0.9%
172	Nyugat-Dunántúl	974,617	-0.7%
173	Northern and Western	958,925	+1.4%
174	Yugoiztochen	952,383	+0.1%
175	Lubuskie	943,794	-0.4%
176	Prov. Limburg (BE)	909,455	+0.6%
177	La Réunion Provisional	904,180	+0.7%
178	Opolskie	884,774	-0.6%
179	Småland med öarna	880,683	+0.1%
180	Sostinės regionas	876,727	+1%
181	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	865,315	+1.5%
182	Sjælland	854,902	+0.2%
183	Norra Mellansverige	854,488	-0.2%
184	Umbria	851,473	-0.2%
185	Península de Setúbal	848,507	+1.7%
186	Dél-Dunántúl	845,970	-0.8%
187	Severoiztochen	826,742	+0.1%
188	Sjeverna Hrvatska	792,350	+0.4%
189	Tirol	777,660	+0.2%
190	Grad Zagreb	777,359	+0.7%
191	Bratislavský kraj	736,385	+0.5%
192	Limousin Provisional	729,224	-0%
193	Bremen	704,881	+0.3%
194	Navarre	683,854	+0.8%
195	Luxembourg	681,973	+1.5%
196	Thessalia	676,040	-0.2%
197	Severen tsentralen	673,331	-1%
198	Friesland (NL)	664,222	+0.4%
199	Severozapaden	655,430	-1.3%
200	Dytiki Elláda	635,954	-0.4%
201	Kriti	621,121	-0.1%
202	Groningen	602,833	+0.2%
203	Cantabria	593,623	+0.5%
204	Nordjylland	592,768	-0.1%
205	Malta	574,250	+1.9%
206	Salzburg	572,846	+0.2%
207	Kärnten	570,095	+0.1%
208	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	565,195	+0.7%
209	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	546,573	+0.3%
210	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	539,679	+0.4%
211	Basilicata	530,004	-0.6%
212	Övre Norrland	529,758	+0.5%
213	Peloponnisos	529,165	-0.4%
214	Trier	525,583	-0.2%
215	Prov. Namur	509,771	+0.3%
216	Sterea Elláda	507,168	+0.4%
217	Drenthe	506,529	+0.5%
218	Algarve	492,747	+1.8%
219	Alentejo	474,894	0%
220	Flevoland	456,395	+1.2%
221	Prov. Brabant wallon	416,504	+0.3%
222	Guadeloupe Provisional	413,791	-0.2%
223	Vorarlberg	411,784	+0.4%
224	Zeeland	392,969	+0.3%
225	Mellersta Norrland	374,297	-0.1%
226	Corse Provisional	362,253	+1%
227	Martinique Provisional	359,419	-0.2%
228	Mayotte Provisional	329,208	+2.7%
229	Notio Aigaio	327,036	+0.2%
230	La Rioja	326,803	+0.8%
231	Ipeiros	324,061	+1%
232	Burgenland	301,790	-0.1%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	299,812	+0.4%
234	Guyane Provisional	297,455	+0.4%
235	Molise	287,814	-0.5%
236	Região Autónoma da Madeira	259,440	+1.1%
237	Dytiki Makedonia	243,575	-1.2%
238	Região Autónoma dos Açores	241,718	+0.3%
239	Voreio Aigaio	207,927	+3.9%
240	Ionia Nisia	198,421	-0.8%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	122,532	-0.3%
242	Melilla	87,067	+1.3%
243	Ceuta	83,567	+0.5%
244	Åland	30,654	+0.4%

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About this ranking

Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which region has the highest population?

Ile-de-France, with 12.55 million in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population?

Åland, with 30,654 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.