# EU regions (NUTS 2) by population, 2025

All 244 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, 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
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/eu-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/eu-regions.csv

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