EU regions (NUTS 2) by population

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population, 2022
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population of 244 regions in 2022, at 12.38 million. Åland had the lowest, at 30,344. The median was 1.37 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 445.97 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12,380,964Ile-de-France

Lowest30,344Åland

Median1,370,767244 regions

European Union (27)445,972,024History

Top 40 regions, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 persons	Change on 2021
1	Ile-de-France	12,380,964	+0.5%
2	Lombardia	9,943,004	-0.4%
3	Andalusia	8,511,185	+0.3%
4	Catalonia	7,761,864	+0.2%
5	Rhône-Alpes	6,792,224	+0.7%
6	Community of Madrid	6,743,273	+0.2%
7	Lazio	5,714,882	-0.3%
8	Campania	5,624,420	0%
9	Düsseldorf	5,197,679	-0%
10	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	5,170,312	+0.8%
11	Valencian Community	5,108,127	+0.8%
12	Veneto	4,847,745	-0.5%
13	Sicilia	4,833,329	-0%
14	Oberbayern	4,729,243	+0.2%
15	Köln	4,472,956	-0.1%
16	Emilia-Romagna	4,425,366	-0.3%
17	Śląskie Estimated	4,273,835	-0.8%
18	Piemonte	4,256,350	-0.4%
19	Stuttgart	4,150,949	-0%
20	Nord-Pas de Calais	4,077,093	+0.1%
21	Darmstadt	4,026,564	-0%
22	Puglia	3,922,941	-0.3%
23	Pays de la Loire	3,879,216	+0.7%
24	Attiki	3,807,698	-0.8%
25	Zuid-Holland	3,753,944	+0.7%
26	Berlin	3,677,472	+0.4%
27	Toscana	3,663,191	-0.8%
28	Norte	3,609,978	+0.2%
29	Arnsberg	3,565,239	-0.2%
30	Aquitaine	3,551,431	+1%
31	Wielkopolskie Estimated	3,449,874	-0.2%
32	Bretagne	3,422,845	+0.8%
33	Małopolskie Estimated	3,320,962	-0.1%
34	Warszawski stołeczny Estimated	3,256,793	+0.4%
35	Nord-Est Estimated	3,221,997	+1.9%
36	Midi-Pyrénées	3,152,150	+0.9%
37	Languedoc-Roussillon	2,928,581	+1%
38	Schleswig-Holstein	2,922,005	+0.4%
39	Noord-Holland	2,909,827	+0.7%
40	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	2,854,893	-0.5%
41	Dolnośląskie Estimated	2,822,229	-0.4%
42	Karlsruhe	2,812,482	+0.2%
43	Galicia	2,692,829	-0.2%
44	Münster	2,631,237	+0.2%
45	Noord-Brabant	2,592,874	+0.7%
46	Centre - Val de Loire	2,581,597	+0.3%
47	Weser-Ems	2,554,217	+0.5%
48	Eastern and Midland	2,548,091	+2%
49	Brandenburg	2,537,868	+0.3%
50	Nord-Vest Estimated	2,523,601	-0.5%
51	Stockholm	2,415,139	+1%
52	Castile and León	2,375,586	-0.4%
53	Sud-Est Estimated	2,361,692	+0.4%
54	Łódzkie Estimated	2,359,467	-0.9%
55	Lorraine	2,323,064	-0.1%
56	Pomorskie Estimated	2,295,510	-0%
57	Freiburg	2,285,156	+0.4%
58	Centru Estimated	2,273,401	-1.3%
59	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	2,268,381	-2.5%
60	Mazowiecki regionalny Estimated	2,222,691	-0.7%
61	Basque Country	2,205,828	-0.3%
62	Canary Islands	2,185,609	+0.3%
63	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,169,253	-0.5%
64	Hannover	2,149,859	+0.1%
65	Gelderland	2,110,472	+0.7%
66	Thüringen	2,108,863	-0.5%
67	Västsverige	2,085,102	+0.7%
68	Grande Lisboa	2,068,670	-0.2%
69	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,066,524	+0.2%
70	Castilla-La Mancha	2,058,284	+0.3%
71	Detmold	2,057,480	+0.2%
72	Yugozapaden	2,018,500	-0.3%
73	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	1,988,048	-0.6%
74	Podkarpackie Estimated	1,968,616	-0.5%
75	Lubelskie Estimated	1,962,076	-1%
76	Kujawsko-pomorskie Estimated	1,954,778	-0.7%
77	Wien	1,931,593	+0.6%
78	Alsace	1,924,763	+0.3%
79	Picardie	1,921,823	-0%
80	Schwaben	1,917,979	+0.6%
81	Prov. Antwerpen	1,890,627	+0.6%
82	Tübingen	1,876,055	+0.5%
83	Latvija	1,875,757	-0.9%
84	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1,869,602	-1.2%
85	Hovedstaden	1,867,948	+0.7%
86	Haute-Normandie	1,861,510	+0.4%
87	Calabria	1,855,454	-0.3%
88	Hamburg	1,853,935	+0.1%
89	Poitou-Charentes	1,833,866	+0.4%
90	Západné Slovensko	1,812,542	-0.4%
91	Kentriki Makedonia	1,791,320	-1.1%
92	Mittelfranken	1,777,143	+0.1%
93	Östra Mellansverige	1,752,290	+0.8%
94	Lüneburg	1,731,531	+0.5%
95	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,714,741	+0.7%
96	Southern	1,702,333	+1.6%
97	Niederösterreich	1,698,796	+0.5%
98	Jihovýchod	1,688,593	+0.2%
99	Budapest	1,672,443	-1.1%
100	Vest Estimated	1,669,531	-5.1%
101	Centro (PT)	1,667,538	+0.3%
102	Bourgogne	1,622,908	+0.1%
103	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,611,160	0%
104	Zachodniopomorskie Estimated	1,598,259	-0.7%
105	Braunschweig	1,591,424	+0.1%
106	Východné Slovensko	1,587,945	-2.5%
107	Sardegna	1,587,413	-0.2%
108	Dresden	1,583,267	-0.4%
109	Sydsverige	1,561,362	+0.8%
110	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,545,469	+0.8%
111	Region of Murcia	1,529,662	+0.7%
112	Liguria	1,509,227	-0.6%
113	Oberösterreich	1,505,140	+0.6%
114	Koblenz	1,503,189	+0.2%
115	Severovýchod	1,494,671	-0.1%
116	Marche	1,487,150	-0.7%
117	Basse-Normandie	1,477,564	+0.3%
118	Észak-Alföld	1,412,540	-0.8%
119	Chemnitz	1,402,126	-0.8%
120	Střední Čechy	1,386,824	+1%
121	Länsi-Suomi	1,382,245	+0.2%
122	Auvergne	1,371,660	+0.2%
123	Utrecht	1,369,873	+0.6%
124	Prov. Hainaut	1,354,667	+0.4%
125	Midtjylland	1,341,857	+0.7%
126	Eesti	1,331,796	+0.1%
127	Aragon	1,328,217	-0.3%
128	Unterfranken	1,320,513	+0.2%
129	Pest	1,315,964	+1.2%
130	Champagne-Ardenne	1,312,252	-0.3%
131	Warmińsko-mazurskie Estimated	1,311,843	-0.8%
132	Stredné Slovensko	1,310,511	-1.8%
133	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,305,695	-0.6%
134	Jadranska Hrvatska	1,296,210	-0.7%
135	Abruzzo	1,275,950	-0.4%
136	Praha	1,275,406	+1.3%
137	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1,274,599	-0%
138	Niederbayern	1,253,441	+0.5%
139	Steiermark	1,252,922	+0.5%
140	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1,228,655	+0.2%
141	Syddanmark	1,228,362	+0.4%
142	Kassel	1,217,688	-0%
143	Jihozápad	1,215,754	+0.2%
144	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1,210,822	+0.5%
145	Dél-Alföld	1,206,377	-0.7%
146	Střední Morava	1,195,362	-0.3%
147	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1,194,647	-0.6%
148	Balearic Islands	1,187,043	+0.3%
149	Franche-Comté	1,181,069	+0.1%
150	Moravskoslezsko	1,177,989	-0.5%
151	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1,173,956	+0.9%
152	Overijssel	1,171,910	+0.5%
153	Etelä-Suomi	1,146,312	-0.1%
154	Świętokrzyskie Estimated	1,142,718	-1%
155	Limburg (NL)	1,118,302	+0.2%
156	Oberpfalz	1,116,741	+0.4%
157	Prov. Liège	1,116,087	+0.2%
158	Vzhodna Slovenija	1,103,787	-0.1%
159	Észak-Magyarország	1,101,369	-0.9%
160	Podlaskie Estimated	1,089,385	-0.7%
161	Severozápad	1,082,108	-0.4%
162	Oberfranken	1,061,929	-0%
163	Közép-Dunántúl	1,058,909	-0.3%
164	Leipzig	1,057,609	+0.4%
165	Extremadura	1,056,808	-0.5%
166	Gießen	1,050,765	+0.2%
167	Panonska Hrvatska	1,013,572	-1.6%
168	Asturias	1,004,960	-0.7%
169	Zahodna Slovenija	1,003,393	-0.1%
170	Saarland	982,348	-0.2%
171	Nyugat-Dunántúl	979,744	0%
172	Lubuskie Estimated	958,281	-0.8%
173	Yugoiztochen	953,641	-0.6%
174	Kýpros	929,764	+1.7%
175	Northern and Western	903,853	+1.4%
176	Opolskie Estimated	902,444	-0.9%
177	Prov. Limburg (BE)	888,913	+0.6%
178	La Réunion	881,348	+1.2%
179	Småland med öarna	878,580	+0.6%
180	Dél-Dunántúl	863,057	-0.8%
181	Norra Mellansverige	859,350	+0.1%
182	Umbria	858,812	-0.8%
183	Sjælland	843,513	+0.6%
184	Severoiztochen	827,640	-0.6%
185	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	825,982	+1.4%
186	Sostinės regionas	817,950	+0.9%
187	Península de Setúbal	814,975	+0.3%
188	Sjeverna Hrvatska	785,699	-0.4%
189	Grad Zagreb	766,824	-0.3%
190	Tirol	764,102	+0.5%
191	Limousin	728,087	+0.1%
192	Bratislavský kraj	723,714	+6.9%
193	Severen tsentralen	694,972	-1.5%
194	Thessalia	686,450	-1%
195	Severozapaden	682,036	-2.1%
196	Bremen	676,463	-0.5%
197	Navarre	664,514	+0.4%
198	Friesland (NL)	654,019	+0.4%
199	Dytiki Elláda	646,764	-0.9%
200	Luxembourg	645,397	+1.7%
201	Kriti	623,900	-0.3%
202	Nordjylland	591,740	+0.2%
203	Groningen	590,170	+0.6%
204	Cantabria	585,451	+0.1%
205	Kärnten	564,513	+0.4%
206	Salzburg	562,606	+0.3%
207	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	560,787	-0.7%
208	Basilicata	541,168	-0.7%
209	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	540,958	-0.2%
210	Peloponnisos	538,218	-1.1%
211	Trier	536,772	+0.4%
212	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	532,616	-0.4%
213	Övre Norrland	524,256	+0.3%
214	Malta	520,174	+0.8%
215	Sterea Elláda	506,991	-1.2%
216	Prov. Namur	503,408	+0.6%
217	Drenthe	497,743	+0.6%
218	Alentejo	472,504	+0.1%
219	Algarve	469,983	0%
220	Flevoland	434,771	+1.5%
221	Guadeloupe	415,065	-0.2%
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	410,619	+0.6%
223	Vorarlberg	401,674	+0.6%
224	Zeeland	386,767	+0.4%
225	Mellersta Norrland	376,247	+0.1%
226	Martinique	361,019	+0.1%
227	Corse	351,276	+1.1%
228	Notio Aigaio	327,647	-0.6%
229	La Rioja	319,617	+0.1%
230	Ipeiros	319,214	-0.5%
231	Mayotte	299,634	+3.7%
232	Burgenland	297,583	+0.5%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	294,400	+0.9%
234	Molise	292,150	-0.7%
235	Guyane	288,382	+0.6%
236	Dytiki Makedonia	253,875	-1.6%
237	Região Autónoma da Madeira	252,693	+0.3%
238	Região Autónoma dos Açores	238,794	+0.5%
239	Ionia Nisia	204,166	-0.9%
240	Voreio Aigaio	194,597	-1.5%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	123,360	-0.6%
242	Melilla	84,932	-1.8%
243	Ceuta	83,054	-1.2%
244	Åland	30,344	+0.7%

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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 12.38 million in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population?

Åland, with 30,344 in 2022.

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.