EU regions (NUTS 2) by population

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population, 2014
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population of 244 regions in 2014, at 12.03 million. Åland had the lowest, at 28,666. The median was 1.38 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 442.27 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12,027,565Ile-de-France

Lowest28,666Åland

Median1,383,547244 regions

European Union (27)442,268,078History

Top 40 regions, 2014

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2014 persons	Change on 2013
1	Ile-de-France	12,027,565	+0.6%
2	Lombardia	9,929,769	+0.5%
3	Andalusia	8,381,239	-0.1%
4	Catalonia	7,432,833	-0.7%
5	Rhône-Alpes	6,460,505	+0.9%
6	Community of Madrid	6,372,553	-0.6%
7	Campania	5,812,768	-0.1%
8	Lazio	5,723,955	+0.8%
9	Düsseldorf	5,088,748	n/a
10	Sicilia	5,041,754	-0.2%
11	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	4,983,438	+0.6%
12	Valencian Community	4,960,213	-0.6%
13	Veneto	4,905,712	+0.1%
14	Śląskie	4,548,177	-0.4%
15	Oberbayern	4,469,342	n/a
16	Emilia-Romagna	4,432,241	+0.4%
17	Piemonte	4,420,924	-0.1%
18	Köln	4,333,015	n/a
19	Puglia	4,077,788	-0.3%
20	Nord-Pas de Calais	4,076,061	+0.4%
21	Stuttgart	3,972,881	n/a
22	Attiki	3,900,210	-0.9%
23	Darmstadt	3,822,479	n/a
24	Toscana	3,744,293	0%
25	Pays de la Loire	3,690,833	+0.8%
26	Norte	3,640,801	-0.6%
27	Arnsberg	3,551,553	n/a
28	Zuid-Holland	3,542,786	n/a
29	Wielkopolskie	3,441,440	+0.1%
30	Berlin	3,421,829	n/a
31	Aquitaine	3,343,326	+0.8%
32	Małopolskie	3,316,097	+0.2%
33	Bretagne	3,276,543	+0.5%
34	Nord-Est	3,273,367	-0.2%
35	Sud-Muntenia	3,085,095	-0.7%
36	Midi-Pyrénées	2,979,161	+0.8%
37	Warszawski stołeczny	2,937,140	n/a
38	Dolnośląskie	2,869,579	-0.2%
39	Schleswig-Holstein	2,815,955	n/a
40	Languedoc-Roussillon	2,751,592	+0.8%
41	Galicia	2,745,817	-0.5%
42	Noord-Holland	2,741,369	+0.6%
43	Karlsruhe	2,702,831	n/a
44	Nord-Vest	2,590,220	-0.2%
45	Centre - Val de Loire	2,577,435	+0.3%
46	Münster	2,574,148	n/a
47	Sud-Est	2,509,094	-0.6%
48	Łódzkie	2,498,861	n/a
49	Castile and León	2,493,604	-0.9%
50	Noord-Brabant	2,479,274	+0.3%
51	Brandenburg	2,449,193	n/a
52	Weser-Ems	2,446,345	n/a
53	Mazowiecki regionalny	2,355,427	n/a
54	Centru	2,355,312	-0.2%
55	Lorraine	2,342,397	-0.1%
56	Bucureşti-Ilfov	2,282,968	0%
57	Pomorskie	2,264,817	+0.2%
58	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,244,577	n/a
59	Eastern and Midland	2,240,925	+1%
60	Freiburg	2,174,500	n/a
61	Basque Country	2,172,247	-0.3%
62	Stockholm	2,163,042	+1.7%
63	Thüringen	2,160,840	n/a
64	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2,147,231	-1.1%
65	Lubelskie	2,134,413	n/a
66	Yugozapaden	2,103,080	-0.5%
67	Hannover	2,099,079	n/a
68	Canary Islands	2,098,155	+0.1%
69	Podkarpackie	2,083,546	n/a
70	Castilla-La Mancha	2,074,760	-0.9%
71	Kujawsko-pomorskie	2,068,417	-0.2%
72	Sud-Vest Oltenia	2,033,360	-0.7%
73	Grande Lisboa	2,030,582	n/a
74	Detmold	2,024,392	n/a
75	Gelderland	2,019,692	+0.2%
76	Latvija	2,001,468	-1.1%
77	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,000,852	n/a
78	Calabria	1,958,226	-0.2%
79	Picardie	1,930,095	+0.2%
80	Västsverige	1,921,924	+0.9%
81	Kentriki Makedonia	1,886,279	-0.7%
82	Alsace	1,872,949	+0.3%
83	Haute-Normandie	1,856,267	+0.4%
84	Západné Slovensko	1,836,664	-0.1%
85	Vest	1,817,895	-0.4%
86	Prov. Antwerpen	1,806,634	+0.4%
87	Schwaben	1,806,025	n/a
88	Poitou-Charentes	1,797,698	+0.4%
89	Tübingen	1,781,066	n/a
90	Wien	1,766,746	+1.5%
91	Hovedstaden	1,749,405	+1%
92	Hamburg	1,746,342	n/a
93	Budapest	1,733,837	+0.2%
94	Mittelfranken	1,707,376	n/a
95	Centro (PT)	1,707,202	n/a
96	Zachodniopomorskie	1,691,400	-0.2%
97	Jihovýchod	1,680,287	0%
98	Lüneburg	1,670,199	n/a
99	Sardegna	1,652,528	-0.1%
100	Bourgogne	1,642,551	-0%
101	Niederösterreich	1,625,485	+0.4%
102	Východné Slovensko	1,613,672	+0.1%
103	Östra Mellansverige	1,605,347	+1%
104	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,596,505	n/a
105	Dresden	1,590,927	n/a
106	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,585,473	+1.2%
107	Liguria	1,580,322	-0.4%
108	Braunschweig	1,574,936	n/a
109	Southern	1,563,179	+0.4%
110	Marche	1,549,478	-0.1%
111	Severovýchod	1,506,503	-0.1%
112	Észak-Alföld	1,480,007	-0.6%
113	Basse-Normandie	1,479,378	0%
114	Koblenz	1,474,378	n/a
115	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,471,126	+0.5%
116	Chemnitz	1,468,954	n/a
117	Region of Murcia	1,462,734	0%
118	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,429,948	-1.2%
119	Sydsverige	1,426,826	+0.8%
120	Oberösterreich	1,425,422	+0.5%
121	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,421,264	-0.3%
122	Jadranska Hrvatska	1,392,690	-0.6%
123	Länsi-Suomi	1,374,403	+0.3%
124	Auvergne	1,360,461	+0.2%
125	Stredné Slovensko	1,347,233	-0.1%
126	Champagne-Ardenne	1,339,299	0%
127	Prov. Hainaut	1,334,423	+0.2%
128	Aragon	1,330,713	-0.5%
129	Abruzzo	1,329,918	-0.2%
130	Eesti	1,315,819	-0.3%
131	Střední Čechy	1,302,336	+0.8%
132	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1,300,846	0%
133	Unterfranken	1,297,992	n/a
134	Utrecht	1,287,918	n/a
135	Midtjylland	1,277,538	+0.4%
136	Dél-Alföld	1,276,680	-0.8%
137	Świętokrzyskie	1,253,041	n/a
138	Praha	1,243,201	-0.3%
139	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1,224,984	-0%
140	Střední Morava	1,222,655	-0.2%
141	Moravskoslezsko	1,221,832	-0.4%
142	Pest	1,217,628	+0.1%
143	Steiermark	1,215,246	+0.4%
144	Jihozápad	1,210,176	+0.1%
145	Syddanmark	1,202,509	+0.1%
146	Kassel	1,199,796	n/a
147	Panonska Hrvatska	1,190,565	-1.3%
148	Niederbayern	1,189,153	n/a
149	Franche-Comté	1,178,072	+0.1%
150	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1,177,935	+0.2%
151	Észak-Magyarország	1,176,263	-1.1%
152	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1,172,751	+0.6%
153	Podlaskie	1,165,447	n/a
154	Etelä-Suomi	1,161,882	+0.1%
155	Overijssel	1,139,694	0%
156	Severozápad	1,125,429	-0.3%
157	Limburg (NL)	1,120,006	-0.2%
158	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1,108,408	+0.5%
159	Balearic Islands	1,106,617	+0.1%
160	Extremadura	1,096,708	-0.4%
161	Prov. Liège	1,095,661	+0.2%
162	Vzhodna Slovenija	1,094,709	-0.2%
163	Oberpfalz	1,077,991	n/a
164	Közép-Dunántúl	1,069,800	-0.5%
165	Asturias	1,058,560	-0.8%
166	Oberfranken	1,056,365	n/a
167	Yugoiztochen	1,043,896	-1.2%
168	Gießen	1,023,150	n/a
169	Lubuskie	1,008,564	-0.2%
170	Saarland	990,718	n/a
171	Leipzig	986,504	n/a
172	Nyugat-Dunántúl	979,146	-0.4%
173	Zahodna Slovenija	966,376	+0.5%
174	Opolskie	960,226	-0.6%
175	Severoiztochen	924,847	-1.5%
176	Dél-Dunántúl	916,856	-0.9%
177	Umbria	892,099	-0.1%
178	Kýpros	860,032	-0.3%
179	Prov. Limburg (BE)	857,844	+0.3%
180	Sjeverna Hrvatska	845,689	-0.6%
181	La Réunion	842,767	+0.9%
182	Northern and Western	833,748	-0.1%
183	Norra Mellansverige	829,134	+0.3%
184	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	826,796	n/a
185	Småland med öarna	819,426	+0.4%
186	Sjælland	816,726	0%
187	Severen tsentralen	814,339	-1.9%
188	Severozapaden	801,343	-1.9%
189	Sostinės regionas	800,631	-0.4%
190	Grad Zagreb	788,688	-0.2%
191	Península de Setúbal	785,085	n/a
192	Limousin	738,120	+0.1%
193	Thessalia	730,874	-0.8%
194	Tirol	722,038	+0.9%
195	Dytiki Elláda	680,024	-0.6%
196	Bremen	657,391	n/a
197	Friesland (NL)	646,317	-0.1%
198	Navarre	637,099	-0.3%
199	Kriti	628,377	-0%
200	Bratislavský kraj	618,380	+0.9%
201	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	597,819	-0.9%
202	Cantabria	587,491	-0.4%
203	Groningen	582,728	+0.2%
204	Nordjylland	581,057	+0.1%
205	Peloponnisos	578,140	-0.7%
206	Basilicata	575,814	-0.3%
207	Kärnten	555,881	+0.1%
208	Luxembourg	549,680	+2.4%
209	Sterea Elláda	546,904	-0.9%
210	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	536,813	+0.6%
211	Salzburg	534,270	+0.4%
212	Trier	519,136	n/a
213	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	515,389	+0.7%
214	Övre Norrland	510,548	+0.3%
215	Alentejo	496,590	n/a
216	Drenthe	488,988	-0.2%
217	Prov. Namur	486,230	+0.3%
218	Algarve	449,952	-0.2%
219	Guadeloupe	435,293	-0.6%
220	Malta	428,156	+1.6%
221	Flevoland	399,896	+0.4%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	391,609	+0.6%
223	Martinique	383,911	-0.4%
224	Zeeland	380,621	-0.1%
225	Vorarlberg	375,282	+0.7%
226	Mellersta Norrland	368,617	+0.1%
227	Ipeiros	336,880	-1%
228	Notio Aigaio	329,815	-0.4%
229	Corse	324,212	+1.3%
230	La Rioja	315,736	-1%
231	Molise	312,897	-0.2%
232	Burgenland	287,416	+0.3%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	278,219	+0.2%
234	Dytiki Makedonia	277,141	-1.1%
235	Região Autónoma da Madeira	261,748	-1.1%
236	Guyane	252,338	+3.4%
237	Região Autónoma dos Açores	245,336	-0.4%
238	Mayotte	223,713	n/a
239	Ionia Nisia	209,567	0%
240	Voreio Aigaio	192,264	-1.6%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	128,245	+0.2%
242	Ceuta	84,562	+0.1%
243	Melilla	84,103	+0.5%
244	Åland	28,666	+0.6%

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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 12.03 million in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population?

Åland, with 28,666 in 2014.

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.