EU regions (NUTS 2) by population

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population, 2019
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population of 244 regions in 2019, at 12.26 million. Åland had the lowest, at 29,789. The median was 1.37 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 446.15 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12,262,544Ile-de-France

Lowest29,789Åland

Median1,369,861244 regions

European Union (27)446,149,924History

Top 40 regions, 2019

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2019 persons	Change on 2018
1	Ile-de-France	12,262,544	+0.4%
2	Lombardia	10,010,833	+0.2%
3	Andalusia	8,412,222	+0.2%
4	Catalonia	7,624,625	+1.1%
5	Rhône-Alpes	6,672,547	+0.7%
6	Community of Madrid	6,618,078	+1.4%
7	Lazio	5,773,076	-0%
8	Campania	5,740,291	-0.4%
9	Düsseldorf	5,202,321	+0.1%
10	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	5,081,101	+0.6%
11	Valencian Community	4,989,308	+0.6%
12	Sicilia	4,908,548	-0.7%
13	Veneto	4,884,590	+0.1%
14	Oberbayern	4,686,163	+0.8%
15	Śląskie	4,488,998	-0.3%
16	Köln	4,468,904	+0.3%
17	Emilia-Romagna	4,459,453	+0.3%
18	Piemonte	4,328,565	-0.5%
19	Stuttgart	4,143,418	+0.4%
20	Nord-Pas de Calais	4,073,624	0%
21	Darmstadt	3,998,724	+0.5%
22	Puglia	3,975,528	-0.6%
23	Attiki	3,829,900	-0.1%
24	Pays de la Loire	3,806,461	+0.7%
25	Toscana	3,701,343	-0.3%
26	Zuid-Holland	3,673,893	+0.8%
27	Berlin	3,644,826	+0.9%
28	Norte	3,591,630	-0%
29	Arnsberg	3,582,497	-0%
30	Wielkopolskie	3,473,172	+0.2%
31	Aquitaine	3,464,554	+0.8%
32	Małopolskie	3,360,545	+0.3%
33	Bretagne	3,354,854	+0.6%
34	Nord-Est	3,198,564	-0.7%
35	Midi-Pyrénées	3,078,472	+0.8%
36	Warszawski stołeczny	3,053,104	+0.9%
37	Sud-Muntenia	2,929,832	-1.2%
38	Schleswig-Holstein	2,896,712	+0.2%
39	Dolnośląskie	2,865,072	-0%
40	Languedoc-Roussillon	2,854,713	+0.9%
41	Noord-Holland	2,853,359	+0.8%
42	Karlsruhe	2,805,129	+0.3%
43	Galicia	2,700,210	-0.1%
44	Münster	2,623,619	+0.1%
45	Centre - Val de Loire	2,573,180	0%
46	Nord-Vest	2,552,112	-0.3%
47	Noord-Brabant	2,544,806	+0.7%
48	Weser-Ems	2,525,333	+0.4%
49	Brandenburg	2,511,917	+0.3%
50	Łódzkie	2,453,167	-0.4%
51	Eastern and Midland	2,427,600	+2%
52	Castile and León	2,405,568	-0.5%
53	Sud-Est	2,396,171	-1.1%
54	Stockholm	2,344,124	+1.6%
55	Lorraine	2,328,885	0%
56	Mazowiecki regionalny	2,327,207	-0.3%
57	Centru	2,318,272	-0.3%
58	Bucureşti-Ilfov	2,315,173	+0.6%
59	Pomorskie	2,305,077	+0.4%
60	Freiburg	2,264,469	+0.4%
61	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,208,321	-0.7%
62	Basque Country	2,197,306	+0.5%
63	Canary Islands	2,153,316	+1%
64	Hannover	2,149,805	+0.3%
65	Thüringen	2,143,145	-0.4%
66	Lubelskie	2,097,294	-0.4%
67	Podkarpackie	2,086,135	0%
68	Gelderland	2,071,972	+0.6%
69	Grande Lisboa	2,063,969	+0.4%
70	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,057,952	+0.3%
71	Kujawsko-pomorskie	2,055,433	-0.2%
72	Detmold	2,055,310	0%
73	Yugozapaden	2,046,676	-0.6%
74	Västsverige	2,039,166	+1.2%
75	Castilla-La Mancha	2,036,777	+0.1%
76	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2,014,099	-0.8%
77	Picardie	1,931,323	0%
78	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,926,860	-1.2%
79	Latvija	1,919,968	-0.7%
80	Calabria	1,912,021	-0.6%
81	Alsace	1,907,143	+0.5%
82	Wien	1,897,491	+0.5%
83	Schwaben	1,887,754	+0.8%
84	Prov. Antwerpen	1,860,470	+0.6%
85	Tübingen	1,856,517	+0.6%
86	Haute-Normandie	1,855,140	-0%
87	Hamburg	1,841,179	+0.6%
88	Hovedstaden	1,835,562	+0.7%
89	Kentriki Makedonia	1,834,788	-0.4%
90	Západné Slovensko	1,826,145	-0.1%
91	Poitou-Charentes	1,816,686	+0.3%
92	Vest	1,777,474	-0.4%
93	Mittelfranken	1,770,401	+0.6%
94	Budapest	1,722,363	-0%
95	Lüneburg	1,710,914	+0.3%
96	Östra Mellansverige	1,708,813	+1.2%
97	Jihovýchod	1,696,941	+0.3%
98	Niederösterreich	1,677,542	+0.4%
99	Zachodniopomorskie	1,675,502	-0.2%
100	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,671,024	+0.9%
101	Centro (PT)	1,656,788	-0.4%
102	Southern	1,640,305	+1.6%
103	Bourgogne	1,625,776	-0.2%
104	Východné Slovensko	1,625,436	+0.1%
105	Sardegna	1,622,257	-0.5%
106	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,609,675	-0.1%
107	Dresden	1,598,199	-0%
108	Braunschweig	1,596,396	0%
109	Liguria	1,532,980	-0.6%
110	Sydsverige	1,521,848	+1.2%
111	Marche	1,520,321	-0.4%
112	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,516,284	+0.7%
113	Severovýchod	1,513,693	+0.2%
114	Koblenz	1,495,885	+0.2%
115	Region of Murcia	1,491,312	+0.9%
116	Oberösterreich	1,482,095	+0.6%
117	Basse-Normandie	1,469,892	-0.1%
118	Észak-Alföld	1,439,991	-0.7%
119	Chemnitz	1,436,445	-0.6%
120	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,404,441	-0.3%
121	Länsi-Suomi	1,379,749	-0%
122	Auvergne	1,370,389	+0.1%
123	Střední Čechy	1,369,332	+1.2%
124	Prov. Hainaut	1,346,082	+0.2%
125	Utrecht	1,342,158	+0.9%
126	Stredné Slovensko	1,339,242	-0.1%
127	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,336,909	-1.4%
128	Jadranska Hrvatska	1,325,462	-0.9%
129	Eesti	1,324,820	+0.4%
130	Aragon	1,320,694	+0.5%
131	Midtjylland	1,320,678	+0.5%
132	Champagne-Ardenne	1,320,191	-0.2%
133	Unterfranken	1,317,124	+0.3%
134	Praha	1,308,632	+1.1%
135	Abruzzo	1,300,645	-0.4%
136	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1,284,638	-0.5%
137	Pest	1,270,416	+1.3%
138	Steiermark	1,243,052	+0.2%
139	Niederbayern	1,238,528	+0.7%
140	Dél-Alföld	1,230,022	-0.6%
141	Jihozápad	1,226,805	+0.5%
142	Świętokrzyskie	1,226,243	-0.5%
143	Syddanmark	1,223,348	+0.2%
144	Kassel	1,219,823	0%
145	Střední Morava	1,215,413	-0.1%
146	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1,215,289	+0.8%
147	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1,210,414	-0.1%
148	Moravskoslezsko	1,203,299	-0.2%
149	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1,196,995	+0.4%
150	Franche-Comté	1,179,804	+0.1%
151	Balearic Islands	1,157,928	+1.5%
152	Overijssel	1,156,431	+0.4%
153	Etelä-Suomi	1,152,719	-0.4%
154	Podlaskie	1,152,074	-0.2%
155	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1,146,643	+0.7%
156	Észak-Magyarország	1,125,185	-0.8%
157	Limburg (NL)	1,116,137	-0.1%
158	Severozápad	1,115,685	-0.1%
159	Prov. Liège	1,110,068	+0.2%
160	Oberpfalz	1,109,269	+0.4%
161	Vzhodna Slovenija	1,094,435	+0.4%
162	Extremadura	1,067,925	-0.4%
163	Oberfranken	1,067,482	+0.1%
164	Panonska Hrvatska	1,066,800	-2.2%
165	Közép-Dunántúl	1,060,306	+0.3%
166	Gießen	1,047,262	+0.1%
167	Leipzig	1,043,293	+0.5%
168	Asturias	1,021,469	-0.5%
169	Lubuskie	1,003,310	-0.1%
170	Saarland	990,509	-0.4%
171	Zahodna Slovenija	986,473	+1%
172	Yugoiztochen	977,482	-1.4%
173	Nyugat-Dunántúl	973,587	+0.2%
174	Opolskie	946,038	-0.3%
175	Kýpros	890,194	+1.3%
176	Dél-Dunántúl	878,402	-0.8%
177	Prov. Limburg (BE)	875,842	+0.4%
178	Umbria	873,744	-0.3%
179	Northern and Western	872,406	+1.4%
180	Småland med öarna	864,630	+0.9%
181	La Réunion	861,210	+0.6%
182	Norra Mellansverige	855,220	+0.4%
183	Severoiztochen	851,079	-1.8%
184	Sjælland	836,738	+0.2%
185	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	804,229	-0.4%
186	Sjeverna Hrvatska	800,177	-1%
187	Sostinės regionas	798,101	+0.4%
188	Península de Setúbal	795,453	+0.4%
189	Grad Zagreb	776,237	-0.3%
190	Tirol	754,705	+0.5%
191	Severen tsentralen	731,277	-2.3%
192	Limousin	729,049	-0.3%
193	Severozapaden	720,754	-2.2%
194	Thessalia	704,946	-0.7%
195	Bremen	682,986	+0.3%
196	Dytiki Elláda	660,830	-0.6%
197	Bratislavský kraj	659,598	+1.3%
198	Navarre	652,797	+1%
199	Friesland (NL)	647,672	+0.1%
200	Kriti	627,119	0%
201	Luxembourg	613,894	+2%
202	Nordjylland	589,755	+0.1%
203	Groningen	583,990	+0.2%
204	Cantabria	581,989	+0.1%
205	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	574,740	-0.7%
206	Kärnten	560,939	0%
207	Basilicata	558,587	-0.8%
208	Salzburg	555,221	+0.5%
209	Peloponnisos	554,996	-0.9%
210	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	543,721	+0.3%
211	Trier	531,007	+0.3%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	530,313	+0.7%
213	Sterea Elláda	524,018	-0.7%
214	Övre Norrland	520,651	+0.2%
215	Prov. Namur	496,891	+0.3%
216	Malta	492,968	+3.8%
217	Drenthe	492,167	0%
218	Alentejo	473,605	-0.7%
219	Algarve	459,597	+0.8%
220	Guadeloupe	416,728	-1.2%
221	Flevoland	416,546	+1.2%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	404,270	+0.7%
223	Vorarlberg	394,297	+0.7%
224	Zeeland	383,032	+0.2%
225	Mellersta Norrland	375,733	-0%
226	Martinique	364,508	-1.2%
227	Corse	340,440	+0.6%
228	Notio Aigaio	329,974	+0.3%
229	Ipeiros	324,932	-0.5%
230	La Rioja	315,967	+0.3%
231	Molise	303,790	-0.9%
232	Burgenland	293,433	+0.3%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	286,685	+0.6%
234	Guyane	281,678	+2%
235	Mayotte	269,579	+3.8%
236	Dytiki Makedonia	263,798	-1%
237	Região Autónoma da Madeira	250,397	-0.3%
238	Região Autónoma dos Açores	237,828	-0.5%
239	Ionia Nisia	207,568	-0.2%
240	Voreio Aigaio	197,604	+2.5%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	125,653	-0.4%
242	Melilla	86,373	+0.3%
243	Ceuta	85,087	-0.3%
244	Åland	29,789	+1%

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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 12.26 million in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population?

Åland, with 29,789 in 2019.

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.