EU regions (NUTS 2) by population

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population, 2020
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)

Ile-de-France had the highest population of 244 regions in 2020, at 12.27 million. Åland had the lowest, at 29,884. The median was 1.37 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 447.03 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12,271,794Ile-de-France

Lowest29,884Åland

Median1,374,000244 regions

European Union (27)447,030,024History

Top 40 regions, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2020 persons	Change on 2019
1	Ile-de-France	12,271,794	+0.1%
2	Lombardia	10,027,602	+0.2%
3	Andalusia	8,461,039	+0.6%
4	Catalonia	7,720,323	+1.3%
5	Community of Madrid	6,720,310	+1.5%
6	Rhône-Alpes	6,709,304	+0.6%
7	Lazio	5,755,700	-0.3%
8	Campania	5,712,143	-0.5%
9	Düsseldorf	5,207,457	+0.1%
10	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	5,098,666	+0.3%
11	Valencian Community	5,046,482	+1.1%
12	Veneto	4,879,133	-0.1%
13	Sicilia	4,875,290	-0.7%
14	Oberbayern	4,710,865	+0.5%
15	Köln	4,478,847	+0.2%
16	Śląskie	4,475,460	-0.3%
17	Emilia-Romagna	4,464,119	+0.1%
18	Piemonte	4,311,217	-0.4%
19	Stuttgart	4,154,223	+0.3%
20	Nord-Pas de Calais	4,069,913	-0.1%
21	Darmstadt	4,019,961	+0.5%
22	Puglia	3,953,305	-0.6%
23	Attiki	3,835,081	+0.1%
24	Pays de la Loire	3,832,120	+0.7%
25	Zuid-Holland	3,708,696	+0.9%
26	Toscana	3,692,555	-0.2%
27	Berlin	3,669,491	+0.7%
28	Norte	3,600,042	+0.2%
29	Arnsberg	3,580,568	-0.1%
30	Aquitaine	3,485,404	+0.6%
31	Wielkopolskie	3,479,525	+0.2%
32	Bretagne	3,373,835	+0.6%
33	Małopolskie	3,371,956	+0.3%
34	Nord-Est Estimated	3,184,215	-0.4%
35	Midi-Pyrénées	3,098,924	+0.7%
36	Warszawski stołeczny	3,082,399	+1%
37	Schleswig-Holstein	2,903,773	+0.2%
38	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	2,901,376	-1%
39	Noord-Holland	2,879,527	+0.9%
40	Languedoc-Roussillon	2,875,045	+0.7%
41	Dolnośląskie	2,864,809	-0%
42	Karlsruhe	2,810,854	+0.2%
43	Galicia	2,702,605	+0.1%
44	Münster	2,624,625	0%
45	Centre - Val de Loire	2,574,863	+0.1%
46	Noord-Brabant	2,562,955	+0.7%
47	Nord-Vest Estimated	2,547,429	-0.2%
48	Weser-Ems	2,533,993	+0.3%
49	Brandenburg	2,521,893	+0.4%
50	Eastern and Midland	2,467,315	+1.6%
51	Łódzkie	2,442,685	-0.4%
52	Castile and León	2,398,976	-0.3%
53	Sud-Est Estimated	2,377,101	-0.8%
54	Stockholm	2,377,081	+1.4%
55	Lorraine	2,327,143	-0.1%
56	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	2,322,002	+0.3%
57	Mazowiecki regionalny	2,319,035	-0.4%
58	Pomorskie	2,316,135	+0.5%
59	Centru Estimated	2,314,826	-0.1%
60	Freiburg	2,271,351	+0.3%
61	Basque Country	2,211,917	+0.7%
62	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,194,782	-0.6%
63	Canary Islands	2,176,240	+1.1%
64	Hannover	2,148,238	-0.1%
65	Thüringen	2,133,378	-0.5%
66	Lubelskie	2,088,292	-0.4%
67	Gelderland	2,085,952	+0.7%
68	Podkarpackie	2,084,447	-0.1%
69	Grande Lisboa	2,081,998	+0.9%
70	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,062,567	+0.2%
71	Västsverige	2,059,729	+1%
72	Detmold	2,055,724	0%
73	Kujawsko-pomorskie	2,050,976	-0.2%
74	Castilla-La Mancha	2,047,969	+0.5%
75	Yugozapaden	2,034,417	-0.6%
76	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2,005,629	-0.4%
77	Picardie	1,927,821	-0.2%
78	Alsace	1,915,915	+0.5%
79	Wien	1,911,191	+0.7%
80	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1,910,409	-0.9%
81	Latvija	1,907,675	-0.6%
82	Schwaben	1,899,442	+0.6%
83	Calabria	1,894,110	-0.9%
84	Prov. Antwerpen	1,873,095	+0.7%
85	Tübingen	1,863,966	+0.4%
86	Haute-Normandie	1,854,407	-0%
87	Hamburg	1,847,253	+0.3%
88	Hovedstaden	1,846,023	+0.6%
89	Kentriki Makedonia	1,828,663	-0.3%
90	Západné Slovensko	1,823,792	-0.1%
91	Poitou-Charentes	1,821,240	+0.3%
92	Mittelfranken	1,775,169	+0.3%
93	Vest Estimated	1,771,480	-0.3%
94	Östra Mellansverige	1,727,398	+1.1%
95	Budapest	1,717,144	-0.3%
96	Lüneburg	1,716,448	+0.3%
97	Jihovýchod	1,701,802	+0.3%
98	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,689,725	+1.1%
99	Niederösterreich	1,684,287	+0.4%
100	Zachodniopomorskie	1,671,605	-0.2%
101	Southern	1,661,545	+1.3%
102	Centro (PT)	1,658,883	+0.1%
103	Východné Slovensko	1,627,704	+0.1%
104	Bourgogne	1,622,967	-0.2%
105	Sardegna	1,611,621	-0.7%
106	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,608,138	-0.1%
107	Dresden	1,596,566	-0.1%
108	Braunschweig	1,594,929	-0.1%
109	Sydsverige	1,537,433	+1%
110	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,526,486	+0.7%
111	Liguria	1,524,826	-0.5%
112	Severovýchod	1,517,999	+0.3%
113	Marche	1,512,672	-0.5%
114	Region of Murcia	1,509,077	+1.2%
115	Koblenz	1,498,223	+0.2%
116	Oberösterreich	1,490,279	+0.6%
117	Basse-Normandie	1,471,115	+0.1%
118	Észak-Alföld	1,430,692	-0.6%
119	Chemnitz	1,426,380	-0.7%
120	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,399,038	-0.4%
121	Střední Čechy	1,385,141	+1.2%
122	Länsi-Suomi	1,378,652	-0.1%
123	Auvergne	1,369,348	-0.1%
124	Utrecht	1,354,834	+0.9%
125	Prov. Hainaut	1,350,295	+0.3%
126	Stredné Slovensko	1,336,785	-0.2%
127	Aragon	1,330,592	+0.7%
128	Eesti	1,328,889	+0.3%
129	Midtjylland	1,326,340	+0.4%
130	Praha	1,324,277	+1.2%
131	Champagne-Ardenne	1,319,593	-0%
132	Unterfranken	1,317,619	0%
133	Jadranska Hrvatska	1,317,600	-0.6%
134	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,317,121	-1.5%
135	Abruzzo	1,293,941	-0.5%
136	Pest	1,287,734	+1.4%
137	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1,278,237	-0.5%
138	Steiermark	1,246,395	+0.3%
139	Niederbayern	1,244,169	+0.5%
140	Jihozápad	1,233,982	+0.6%
141	Dél-Alföld	1,223,386	-0.5%
142	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1,223,364	+0.7%
143	Syddanmark	1,223,105	-0%
144	Kassel	1,219,473	-0%
145	Świętokrzyskie	1,218,743	-0.6%
146	Střední Morava	1,214,570	-0.1%
147	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1,206,216	-0.3%
148	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1,202,352	+0.4%
149	Moravskoslezsko	1,200,539	-0.2%
150	Franche-Comté	1,178,728	-0.1%
151	Balearic Islands	1,176,816	+1.6%
152	Overijssel	1,162,406	+0.5%
153	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1,156,470	+0.9%
154	Podlaskie	1,149,389	-0.2%
155	Etelä-Suomi	1,148,794	-0.3%
156	Észak-Magyarország	1,117,255	-0.7%
157	Limburg (NL)	1,117,201	+0.1%
158	Severozápad	1,115,629	-0%
159	Prov. Liège	1,113,943	+0.3%
160	Oberpfalz	1,112,102	+0.3%
161	Vzhodna Slovenija	1,100,012	+0.5%
162	Oberfranken	1,065,371	-0.2%
163	Extremadura	1,064,970	-0.3%
164	Közép-Dunántúl	1,062,982	+0.3%
165	Leipzig	1,049,025	+0.5%
166	Gießen	1,048,646	+0.1%
167	Panonska Hrvatska	1,046,438	-1.9%
168	Asturias	1,018,053	-0.3%
169	Lubuskie	1,001,411	-0.2%
170	Zahodna Slovenija	995,849	+1%
171	Saarland	986,887	-0.4%
172	Nyugat-Dunántúl	977,086	+0.4%
173	Yugoiztochen	963,654	-1.4%
174	Opolskie	942,233	-0.4%
175	Kýpros	902,429	+1.4%
176	Northern and Western	883,740	+1.3%
177	Prov. Limburg (BE)	880,602	+0.5%
178	Dél-Dunántúl	873,097	-0.6%
179	Småland med öarna	870,200	+0.6%
180	Umbria	870,165	-0.4%
181	La Réunion	863,083	+0.2%
182	Norra Mellansverige	857,762	+0.3%
183	Sjælland	837,359	+0.1%
184	Severoiztochen	835,432	-1.8%
185	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	805,949	+0.2%
186	Sostinės regionas	804,348	+0.8%
187	Península de Setúbal	802,802	+0.9%
188	Sjeverna Hrvatska	795,053	-0.6%
189	Grad Zagreb	774,420	-0.2%
190	Tirol	757,634	+0.4%
191	Limousin	727,308	-0.2%
192	Severen tsentralen	714,075	-2.4%
193	Severozapaden	704,576	-2.2%
194	Thessalia	700,180	-0.7%
195	Bremen	681,202	-0.3%
196	Bratislavský kraj	669,592	+1.5%
197	Navarre	659,907	+1.1%
198	Dytiki Elláda	656,969	-0.6%
199	Friesland (NL)	649,957	+0.4%
200	Kriti	627,163	0%
201	Luxembourg	626,108	+2%
202	Nordjylland	589,936	0%
203	Groningen	585,866	+0.3%
204	Cantabria	583,011	+0.2%
205	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	570,919	-0.7%
206	Kärnten	561,293	+0.1%
207	Salzburg	558,410	+0.6%
208	Basilicata	553,254	-1%
209	Peloponnisos	549,923	-0.9%
210	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	545,425	+0.3%
211	Trier	533,113	+0.4%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	532,644	+0.4%
213	Övre Norrland	521,829	+0.2%
214	Sterea Elláda	519,994	-0.8%
215	Malta	514,855	+4.4%
216	Prov. Namur	499,433	+0.5%
217	Drenthe	493,682	+0.3%
218	Alentejo	472,285	-0.3%
219	Algarve	465,610	+1.3%
220	Flevoland	423,021	+1.6%
221	Guadeloupe	415,360	-0.3%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	406,794	+0.6%
223	Vorarlberg	397,139	+0.7%
224	Zeeland	383,488	+0.1%
225	Mellersta Norrland	376,157	+0.1%
226	Martinique	361,225	-0.9%
227	Corse	343,701	+1%
228	Notio Aigaio	331,156	+0.4%
229	Ipeiros	323,703	-0.4%
230	La Rioja	318,703	+0.9%
231	Molise	300,516	-1.1%
232	Burgenland	294,436	+0.3%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	289,606	+1%
234	Guyane	285,133	+1.2%
235	Mayotte	279,696	+3.8%
236	Dytiki Makedonia	261,011	-1.1%
237	Região Autónoma da Madeira	250,713	+0.1%
238	Região Autónoma dos Açores	237,113	-0.3%
239	Ionia Nisia	206,845	-0.3%
240	Voreio Aigaio	200,984	+1.7%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	125,034	-0.5%
242	Melilla	86,558	+0.2%
243	Ceuta	84,502	-0.7%
244	Åland	29,884	+0.3%

Other periods

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.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank EU regions by population using official data, and cite the source.

rank_places {"indicator":"population","level":"region","within":"European Union (27)","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=population&level=region&within=European%20Union%20(27)&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which region has the highest population?

Ile-de-France, with 12.27 million in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population?

Åland, with 29,884 in 2020.

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.