EU regions (NUTS 2) by population

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by population, 2024
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ile-de-France had the highest population of 244 regions in 2024, at 12.51 million. Åland had the lowest, at 30,541. The median was 1.39 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 449.31 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest12,507,542Ile-de-France

Lowest30,541Åland

Median1,388,597244 regions

European Union (27)449,306,184History

Top 40 regions, 2024

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2024 persons	Change on 2023
1	Ile-de-France Provisional	12,507,542	+0.8%
2	Lombardia	10,012,054	+0.4%
3	Andalusia	8,631,862	+0.6%
4	Catalonia	8,012,231	+1.4%
5	Community of Madrid	7,009,268	+2%
6	Rhône-Alpes Provisional	6,868,920	+0.6%
7	Lazio	5,714,745	-0.1%
8	Campania	5,593,906	-0.3%
9	Valencian Community	5,319,285	+2%
10	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional	5,252,362	+1.1%
11	Düsseldorf	5,238,909	+0.3%
12	Veneto	4,852,216	+0.1%
13	Sicilia	4,797,359	-0.3%
14	Oberbayern	4,726,101	+0.4%
15	Köln	4,478,118	+0.4%
16	Emilia-Romagna	4,451,938	+0.3%
17	Piemonte	4,251,623	0%
18	Śląskie	4,217,521	-0.7%
19	Stuttgart	4,164,699	+0.5%
20	Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional	4,069,970	-0.1%
21	Darmstadt	4,024,030	+0.6%
22	Pays de la Loire Provisional	3,926,871	+0.7%
23	Puglia	3,890,661	-0.4%
24	Zuid-Holland	3,840,460	+0.9%
25	Attiki	3,772,675	-0.4%
26	Norte	3,673,861	+0.9%
27	Berlin	3,662,381	+0.8%
28	Toscana	3,660,530	-0%
29	Aquitaine Provisional	3,609,164	+0.9%
30	Arnsberg	3,573,137	+0.1%
31	Bretagne Provisional	3,469,711	+0.9%
32	Wielkopolskie	3,438,504	-0.2%
33	Małopolskie	3,318,985	-0%
34	Warszawski stołeczny	3,281,583	+0.4%
35	Nord-Est Estimated	3,226,814	+0.1%
36	Midi-Pyrénées Provisional	3,189,432	+0.5%
37	Noord-Holland	2,976,487	+0.8%
38	Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional	2,976,437	+0.9%
39	Schleswig-Holstein	2,953,202	+0.5%
40	Karlsruhe	2,844,407	+0.4%
41	Sud-Muntenia Estimated	2,833,623	-0.3%
42	Dolnośląskie	2,805,463	-0.3%
43	Galicia	2,705,833	+0.2%
44	Münster	2,654,384	+0.5%
45	Noord-Brabant	2,644,739	+0.7%
46	Eastern and Midland	2,633,710	+1.3%
47	Centre - Val de Loire Provisional	2,588,006	+0.2%
48	Weser-Ems	2,570,052	+0.4%
49	Brandenburg	2,554,464	+0.4%
50	Nord-Vest Estimated	2,539,784	+0.3%
51	Stockholm	2,454,821	+0.6%
52	Castile and León	2,391,682	+0.3%
53	Sud-Est Estimated	2,345,172	-0.3%
54	Łódzkie	2,327,239	-0.7%
55	Freiburg	2,320,772	+0.7%
56	Lorraine Provisional	2,316,815	-0.1%
57	Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated	2,305,447	+0.7%
58	Pomorskie	2,296,972	+0.1%
59	Centru Estimated	2,288,061	+0.3%
60	Canary Islands	2,238,754	+1.2%
61	Basque Country	2,227,684	+0.5%
62	Mazowiecki regionalny	2,198,457	-0.5%
63	Gelderland	2,149,071	+0.7%
64	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,144,570	-0.3%
65	Grande Lisboa	2,126,578	+1.4%
66	Hannover	2,123,401	+0.3%
67	Thüringen	2,114,870	-0.2%
68	Västsverige	2,110,762	+0.4%
69	Castilla-La Mancha	2,104,433	+1%
70	Detmold	2,072,972	+0.1%
71	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,070,896	+0.5%
72	Yugozapaden	2,019,167	+0.1%
73	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2,017,640	+0.5%
74	Wien	2,005,760	+1.2%
75	Podkarpackie	1,955,368	-0.4%
76	Alsace Provisional	1,938,376	+0.5%
77	Lubelskie	1,934,465	-0.7%
78	Prov. Antwerpen	1,932,876	+0.9%
79	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,931,648	-0.6%
80	Schwaben	1,920,514	+0.9%
81	Picardie Provisional	1,913,870	-0.2%
82	Hovedstaden	1,911,067	+1%
83	Tübingen	1,900,862	+0.7%
84	Latvija	1,878,575	-0.9%
85	Haute-Normandie Provisional	1,864,558	+0.1%
86	Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated	1,855,697	-0.3%
87	Hamburg	1,851,596	+1%
88	Poitou-Charentes Provisional	1,843,136	+0.4%
89	Calabria	1,838,568	-0.4%
90	Západné Slovensko	1,802,517	-0.2%
91	Mittelfranken	1,791,147	+0.5%
92	Kentriki Makedonia	1,774,437	-0.3%
93	Southern	1,772,411	+1.8%
94	Östra Mellansverige	1,767,760	+0.2%
95	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1,759,537	+1.5%
96	Jihovýchod	1,744,709	+0.7%
97	Niederösterreich	1,723,723	+0.3%
98	Lüneburg	1,721,982	+0.3%
99	Centro (PT)	1,695,635	+1.4%
100	Budapest	1,686,222	+0.9%
101	Vest Estimated	1,672,978	+0.1%
102	Bourgogne Provisional	1,622,910	+0.2%
103	Braunschweig	1,592,700	+0.2%
104	Dresden	1,589,143	0%
105	Východné Slovensko	1,587,883	0%
106	Sydsverige	1,579,754	+0.4%
107	Zachodniopomorskie	1,579,753	-0.6%
108	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,578,041	+0.1%
109	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,575,007	+0.7%
110	Sardegna	1,570,453	-0.5%
111	Region of Murcia	1,568,492	+1.1%
112	Severovýchod	1,538,237	+0.3%
113	Oberösterreich	1,530,349	+0.5%
114	Koblenz	1,527,616	+0.3%
115	Liguria	1,509,140	+0.1%
116	Basse-Normandie Provisional	1,484,402	+0.5%
117	Marche	1,482,746	-0.1%
118	Střední Čechy	1,455,940	+1.1%
119	Utrecht	1,400,057	+0.9%
120	Észak-Alföld	1,398,574	-0.5%
121	Chemnitz	1,396,049	-0.1%
122	Länsi-Suomi	1,392,461	+0.6%
123	Praha	1,384,732	+2%
124	Eesti	1,374,687	+0.6%
125	Auvergne Provisional	1,369,415	-0.1%
126	Midtjylland	1,365,688	+0.5%
127	Prov. Hainaut	1,364,549	+0.3%
128	Aragon	1,351,591	+0.8%
129	Pest	1,333,257	+0.3%
130	Unterfranken	1,315,155	+0.4%
131	Jadranska Hrvatska	1,310,313	+0.9%
132	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,304,630	+0.3%
133	Champagne-Ardenne Provisional	1,302,266	-0.5%
134	Stredné Slovensko	1,301,530	-0.3%
135	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,294,712	-0.7%
136	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1,272,680	+0.1%
137	Steiermark	1,269,801	+0.4%
138	Abruzzo	1,269,571	-0.2%
139	Jihozápad	1,267,879	+0.8%
140	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1,264,371	+0.9%
141	Niederbayern	1,251,623	+0.6%
142	Syddanmark	1,238,406	+0.1%
143	Balearic Islands	1,231,768	+1.8%
144	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1,228,984	+0.6%
145	Střední Morava	1,213,608	+0.1%
146	Kassel	1,202,063	+0.3%
147	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1,197,691	+0.8%
148	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1,194,616	0%
149	Dél-Alföld	1,191,955	-0.7%
150	Moravskoslezsko	1,189,204	-0%
151	Overijssel	1,189,033	+0.4%
152	Franche-Comté Provisional	1,177,270	-0.3%
153	Etelä-Suomi	1,148,632	+0.4%
154	Limburg (NL)	1,133,255	+0.4%
155	Prov. Liège	1,126,993	+0.4%
156	Świętokrzyskie	1,123,153	-0.9%
157	Oberpfalz	1,116,135	+0.8%
158	Vzhodna Slovenija	1,111,686	+0.3%
159	Severozápad	1,106,246	0%
160	Észak-Magyarország	1,083,327	-1%
161	Podlaskie	1,078,971	-0.5%
162	Leipzig	1,069,497	+0.5%
163	Közép-Dunántúl	1,057,303	-0.2%
164	Oberfranken	1,055,751	+0.4%
165	Extremadura	1,054,681	0%
166	Gießen	1,041,453	+0.5%
167	Saarland	1,014,047	+0.2%
168	Zahodna Slovenija	1,012,263	+0.3%
169	Asturias	1,009,599	+0.4%
170	Panonska Hrvatska	990,636	-0.8%
171	Nyugat-Dunántúl	981,569	-0.1%
172	Kýpros	966,365	+1.8%
173	Yugoiztochen	951,167	+0.3%
174	Lubuskie	947,784	-0.5%
175	Northern and Western	945,560	+1.7%
176	Prov. Limburg (BE)	904,311	+0.6%
177	La Réunion Provisional	897,613	+1.3%
178	Opolskie	890,392	-0.7%
179	Småland med öarna	880,238	-0.2%
180	Sostinės regionas	868,251	+2.3%
181	Norra Mellansverige	856,443	-0.4%
182	Umbria	853,068	-0.4%
183	Sjælland	852,953	+0.4%
184	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	852,583	+1.9%
185	Dél-Dunántúl	852,420	-0.7%
186	Península de Setúbal	834,599	+1.3%
187	Severoiztochen	826,134	+0.3%
188	Sjeverna Hrvatska	788,896	+0.5%
189	Tirol	775,970	+0.6%
190	Grad Zagreb	772,122	+0.5%
191	Bratislavský kraj	732,757	+0.6%
192	Limousin Provisional	729,585	+0.4%
193	Bremen	702,655	+1%
194	Severen tsentralen	680,359	-0.9%
195	Navarre	678,333	+0.9%
196	Thessalia	677,721	-0.5%
197	Luxembourg	672,050	+1.7%
198	Severozapaden	664,024	-1.1%
199	Friesland (NL)	661,904	+0.4%
200	Dytiki Elláda	638,468	-0.5%
201	Kriti	621,442	-0.1%
202	Groningen	601,347	+0.9%
203	Nordjylland	593,135	-0.3%
204	Cantabria	590,851	+0.4%
205	Salzburg	571,479	+0.6%
206	Kärnten	569,744	+0.1%
207	Malta	563,443	+3.9%
208	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	561,325	+0.4%
209	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	545,169	+0.4%
210	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	537,533	+0.6%
211	Basilicata	533,233	-0.8%
212	Peloponnisos	531,073	-0.5%
213	Övre Norrland	527,209	+0.3%
214	Trier	526,651	+0.3%
215	Prov. Namur	508,358	+0.3%
216	Sterea Elláda	504,963	+0.1%
217	Drenthe	504,129	+0.4%
218	Algarve	484,122	+1.1%
219	Alentejo	474,701	+0.4%
220	Flevoland	450,826	+1.4%
221	Prov. Brabant wallon	415,265	+0.3%
222	Guadeloupe Provisional	414,815	+0.2%
223	Vorarlberg	409,973	+0.9%
224	Zeeland	391,634	+0.1%
225	Mellersta Norrland	374,720	-0.3%
226	Martinique Provisional	360,227	+0.3%
227	Corse Provisional	358,833	+1.3%
228	Notio Aigaio	326,373	-0%
229	La Rioja	324,184	+0.6%
230	Ipeiros	320,698	+0.7%
231	Mayotte Provisional	320,646	+3.4%
232	Burgenland	301,951	+0.2%
233	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	298,691	+0.3%
234	Guyane Provisional	296,151	+2.1%
235	Molise	289,224	-0.5%
236	Região Autónoma da Madeira	256,622	+1%
237	Dytiki Makedonia	246,524	-1.3%
238	Região Autónoma dos Açores	241,025	+0.4%
239	Voreio Aigaio	200,051	+3%
240	Ionia Nisia	200,014	-0.9%
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	122,877	-0.2%
242	Melilla	85,985	+0.6%
243	Ceuta	83,179	+0.2%
244	Åland	30,541	+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 12.51 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest population?

Åland, with 30,541 in 2024.

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.