EU regions (NUTS 2) by population

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population, 2015
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population of 244 regions in 2015, at 12.08 million. Åland had the lowest, at 28,916. The median was 1.38 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 442.92 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12,082,144Ile-de-France

Lowest28,916Åland

Median1,379,685244 regions

European Union (27)442,924,865History

Top 40 regions, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2015 persons	Change on 2014
1	Ile-de-France	12,082,144	+0.5%
2	Lombardia	9,954,769	+0.3%
3	Andalusia	8,388,994	+0.1%
4	Catalonia	7,420,890	-0.2%
5	Rhône-Alpes	6,515,331	+0.8%
6	Community of Madrid	6,375,737	0%
7	Campania	5,804,370	-0.1%
8	Lazio	5,744,899	+0.4%
9	Düsseldorf	5,108,290	+0.4%
10	Sicilia	5,028,266	-0.3%
11	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	5,007,977	+0.5%
12	Valencian Community	4,945,092	-0.3%
13	Veneto	4,902,694	-0.1%
14	Śląskie	4,535,705	-0.3%
15	Oberbayern	4,519,979	+1.1%
16	Emilia-Romagna	4,434,377	0%
17	Piemonte	4,403,562	-0.4%
18	Köln	4,361,724	+0.7%
19	Nord-Pas de Calais	4,077,886	0%
20	Puglia	4,063,269	-0.4%
21	Stuttgart	4,008,288	+0.9%
22	Attiki	3,871,550	-0.7%
23	Darmstadt	3,863,818	+1.1%
24	Toscana	3,739,044	-0.1%
25	Pays de la Loire	3,718,512	+0.7%
26	Norte	3,618,807	-0.6%
27	Zuid-Holland	3,565,726	+0.6%
28	Arnsberg	3,557,772	+0.2%
29	Berlin	3,469,849	+1.4%
30	Wielkopolskie	3,447,689	+0.2%
31	Aquitaine	3,370,578	+0.8%
32	Małopolskie	3,324,579	+0.3%
33	Bretagne	3,293,850	+0.5%
34	Nord-Est	3,269,598	-0.1%
35	Sud-Muntenia	3,061,286	-0.8%
36	Midi-Pyrénées	3,001,502	+0.7%
37	Warszawski stołeczny	2,960,058	+0.8%
38	Dolnośląskie	2,868,338	-0%
39	Schleswig-Holstein	2,830,864	+0.5%
40	Languedoc-Roussillon	2,772,683	+0.8%
41	Noord-Holland	2,761,929	+0.7%
42	Galicia	2,732,801	-0.5%
43	Karlsruhe	2,721,266	+0.7%
44	Nord-Vest	2,585,543	-0.2%
45	Münster	2,580,664	+0.3%
46	Centre - Val de Loire	2,578,592	0%
47	Sud-Est	2,492,352	-0.7%
48	Łódzkie	2,489,844	-0.4%
49	Noord-Brabant	2,488,751	+0.4%
50	Castile and León	2,475,697	-0.7%
51	Weser-Ems	2,460,857	+0.6%
52	Brandenburg	2,457,872	+0.4%
53	Centru	2,350,147	-0.2%
54	Mazowiecki regionalny	2,349,720	-0.2%
55	Lorraine	2,341,531	-0%
56	Bucureşti-Ilfov	2,284,200	+0.1%
57	Eastern and Midland	2,276,591	+1.6%
58	Pomorskie	2,271,559	+0.3%
59	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,235,548	-0.4%
60	Stockholm	2,198,044	+1.6%
61	Freiburg	2,191,622	+0.8%
62	Basque Country	2,172,707	0%
63	Thüringen	2,156,759	-0.2%
64	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2,127,105	-0.9%
65	Lubelskie	2,126,310	-0.4%
66	Hannover	2,108,413	+0.4%
67	Canary Islands	2,101,319	+0.2%
68	Yugozapaden	2,092,375	-0.5%
69	Podkarpackie	2,084,264	0%
70	Kujawsko-pomorskie	2,065,846	-0.1%
71	Castilla-La Mancha	2,062,615	-0.6%
72	Grande Lisboa	2,034,732	+0.2%
73	Detmold	2,029,648	+0.3%
74	Gelderland	2,026,578	+0.3%
75	Sud-Vest Oltenia	2,015,766	-0.9%
76	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,012,517	+0.6%
77	Latvija	1,986,096	-0.8%
78	Calabria	1,951,733	-0.3%
79	Västsverige	1,942,677	+1.1%
80	Picardie	1,932,090	+0.1%
81	Alsace	1,879,265	+0.3%
82	Kentriki Makedonia	1,872,402	-0.7%
83	Haute-Normandie	1,859,647	+0.2%
84	Západné Slovensko	1,834,832	-0.1%
85	Schwaben	1,821,271	+0.8%
86	Prov. Antwerpen	1,817,033	+0.6%
87	Vest	1,811,755	-0.3%
88	Poitou-Charentes	1,802,873	+0.3%
89	Wien	1,797,337	+1.7%
90	Tübingen	1,795,468	+0.8%
91	Hovedstaden	1,768,125	+1.1%
92	Hamburg	1,762,791	+0.9%
93	Budapest	1,741,601	+0.4%
94	Mittelfranken	1,715,195	+0.5%
95	Centro (PT)	1,693,185	-0.8%
96	Zachodniopomorskie	1,688,486	-0.2%
97	Jihovýchod	1,682,748	+0.1%
98	Lüneburg	1,677,715	+0.5%
99	Sardegna	1,648,642	-0.2%
100	Bourgogne	1,641,205	-0.1%
101	Niederösterreich	1,636,778	+0.7%
102	Östra Mellansverige	1,621,566	+1%
103	Východné Slovensko	1,615,542	+0.1%
104	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,603,388	+1.1%
105	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,599,138	+0.2%
106	Dresden	1,592,765	+0.1%
107	Braunschweig	1,579,754	+0.3%
108	Liguria	1,569,427	-0.7%
109	Southern	1,567,206	+0.3%
110	Marche	1,545,869	-0.2%
111	Severovýchod	1,506,813	0%
112	Basse-Normandie	1,479,484	0%
113	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,479,049	+0.5%
114	Koblenz	1,477,202	+0.2%
115	Észak-Alföld	1,473,223	-0.5%
116	Region of Murcia	1,465,195	+0.2%
117	Chemnitz	1,463,341	-0.4%
118	Sydsverige	1,443,065	+1.1%
119	Oberösterreich	1,437,251	+0.8%
120	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,418,541	-0.2%
121	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,412,215	-1.2%
122	Jadranska Hrvatska	1,382,089	-0.8%
123	Länsi-Suomi	1,377,281	+0.2%
124	Auvergne	1,362,367	+0.1%
125	Stredné Slovensko	1,345,808	-0.1%
126	Champagne-Ardenne	1,338,255	-0.1%
127	Prov. Hainaut	1,337,780	+0.3%
128	Abruzzo	1,325,836	-0.3%
129	Aragon	1,325,600	-0.4%
130	Střední Čechy	1,315,299	+1%
131	Eesti	1,313,271	-0.2%
132	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1,300,462	-0%
133	Unterfranken	1,298,849	+0.1%
134	Utrecht	1,297,857	+0.8%
135	Midtjylland	1,282,750	+0.4%
136	Dél-Alföld	1,266,904	-0.8%
137	Praha	1,259,079	+1.3%
138	Świętokrzyskie	1,247,951	-0.4%
139	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1,221,664	-0.3%
140	Pest	1,221,637	+0.3%
141	Steiermark	1,221,570	+0.5%
142	Střední Morava	1,220,972	-0.1%
143	Moravskoslezsko	1,217,676	-0.3%
144	Jihozápad	1,212,423	+0.2%
145	Syddanmark	1,205,728	+0.3%
146	Kassel	1,201,050	+0.1%
147	Niederbayern	1,197,558	+0.7%
148	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1,184,101	+1%
149	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1,180,957	+0.3%
150	Franche-Comté	1,179,735	+0.1%
151	Panonska Hrvatska	1,172,508	-1.5%
152	Észak-Magyarország	1,163,818	-1.1%
153	Podlaskie	1,162,369	-0.3%
154	Etelä-Suomi	1,161,706	-0%
155	Overijssel	1,140,652	+0.1%
156	Severozápad	1,123,265	-0.2%
157	Limburg (NL)	1,117,941	-0.2%
158	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1,114,590	+0.6%
159	Balearic Islands	1,111,002	+0.4%
160	Prov. Liège	1,098,903	+0.3%
161	Vzhodna Slovenija	1,093,545	-0.1%
162	Extremadura	1,092,217	-0.4%
163	Oberpfalz	1,082,761	+0.4%
164	Közép-Dunántúl	1,064,521	-0.5%
165	Oberfranken	1,055,955	-0%
166	Asturias	1,049,328	-0.9%
167	Yugoiztochen	1,031,248	-1.2%
168	Gießen	1,029,020	+0.6%
169	Lubuskie	1,007,442	-0.1%
170	Leipzig	999,168	+1.3%
171	Saarland	989,035	-0.2%
172	Nyugat-Dunántúl	975,754	-0.3%
173	Zahodna Slovenija	969,329	+0.3%
174	Opolskie	956,913	-0.3%
175	Severoiztochen	910,699	-1.5%
176	Dél-Dunántúl	908,400	-0.9%
177	Umbria	888,288	-0.4%
178	Prov. Limburg (BE)	861,380	+0.4%
179	Kýpros	860,846	+0.1%
180	La Réunion	850,727	+0.9%
181	Sjeverna Hrvatska	838,696	-0.8%
182	Northern and Western	833,830	0%
183	Norra Mellansverige	833,585	+0.5%
184	Småland med öarna	826,243	+0.8%
185	Sjælland	820,480	+0.5%
186	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	820,436	-0.8%
187	Sostinės regionas	799,539	-0.1%
188	Severen tsentralen	797,965	-2%
189	Grad Zagreb	787,622	-0.1%
190	Península de Setúbal	786,034	+0.1%
191	Severozapaden	785,188	-2%
192	Limousin	738,031	-0%
193	Tirol	728,826	+0.9%
194	Thessalia	725,242	-0.8%
195	Dytiki Elláda	676,428	-0.5%
196	Bremen	661,888	+0.7%
197	Friesland (NL)	646,257	-0%
198	Navarre	637,317	0%
199	Kriti	628,178	-0%
200	Bratislavský kraj	625,167	+1.1%
201	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	593,055	-0.8%
202	Cantabria	585,184	-0.4%
203	Groningen	583,942	+0.2%
204	Nordjylland	582,632	+0.3%
205	Peloponnisos	574,087	-0.7%
206	Basilicata	573,236	-0.4%
207	Luxembourg	562,958	+2.4%
208	Kärnten	557,641	+0.3%
209	Sterea Elláda	541,620	-1%
210	Salzburg	538,575	+0.8%
211	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	538,188	+0.3%
212	Trier	521,863	+0.5%
213	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	517,994	+0.5%
214	Övre Norrland	512,349	+0.4%
215	Alentejo	491,074	-1.1%
216	Prov. Namur	488,876	+0.5%
217	Drenthe	488,576	-0.1%
218	Algarve	449,965	0%
219	Malta	438,805	+2.5%
220	Guadeloupe	433,674	-0.4%
221	Flevoland	401,791	+0.5%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	394,344	+0.7%
223	Martinique	380,877	-0.8%
224	Zeeland	380,726	0%
225	Vorarlberg	378,592	+0.9%
226	Mellersta Norrland	369,826	+0.3%
227	Ipeiros	333,911	-0.9%
228	Notio Aigaio	328,293	-0.5%
229	Corse	327,283	+0.9%
230	La Rioja	314,457	-0.4%
231	Molise	311,398	-0.5%
232	Burgenland	288,356	+0.3%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	280,261	+0.7%
234	Dytiki Makedonia	274,537	-0.9%
235	Guyane	259,865	+3%
236	Região Autónoma da Madeira	257,617	-1.6%
237	Região Autónoma dos Açores	243,271	-0.8%
238	Mayotte	232,189	+3.8%
239	Ionia Nisia	209,531	-0%
240	Voreio Aigaio	189,207	-1.6%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	127,972	-0.2%
242	Melilla	85,009	+1.1%
243	Ceuta	84,561	-0%
244	Åland	28,916	+0.9%

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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 12.08 million in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population?

Åland, with 28,916 in 2015.

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.