Population of the region on 1 January by NUTS 1 region

113 European regions compared for 2025. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking
18,034,454
Nordrhein-Westfalen · Germany
Median region
3,874,350
of 113 regions
Last in the ranking
30,654
Åland · Finland

How to read it

Across European NUTS 1 regions the values range from 30,654 (Åland) to 18,034,454 (Nordrhein-Westfalen).

Differences between regions of one country are often larger than differences between countries - which is why regions are compared across Europe, not only at home.

Population on 1 January by age, sex and NUTS 2 region
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Ranking

2025
Share of the highest value
1Nordrhein-WestfalenGermany18,034,454
2Nord-OvestItaly15,918,461
3İstanbulTürkiye15,701,602
4EsteSpain14,799,152
5SudItaly13,381,314
6BayernGermany13,248,928
7Ile de FranceFrance12,549,288
8Centro (IT)Italy11,698,912
9Nord-EstItaly11,595,006
10Baden-WürttembergGermany11,245,898
11EgeTürkiye10,974,357
12AkdenizTürkiye10,936,452
13ČeskoCzechia10,909,500
14SurSpain10,434,336
15ContinentePortugal10,248,477
16Güneydoğu AnadoluTürkiye9,490,286
17Schweiz/Suisse/SvizzeraSwitzerland9,051,029
18Doğu MarmaraTürkiye8,676,119
19West-NederlandNetherlands8,657,526
20Batı AnadoluTürkiye8,456,864
21Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesFrance8,270,088
22NiedersachsenGermany8,004,489
23Makroregion południowyPoland7,510,458
24Comunidad de MadridSpain7,113,886
25Vlaams GewestBelgium6,884,271
26IsoleItaly6,349,771
27HessenGermany6,280,793
28Nouvelle-AquitaineFrance6,210,839
29OccitanieFrance6,205,575
30DanmarkDenmark5,992,734
31Hauts-de-FranceFrance5,974,447
32Makroregion północno-zachodniPoland5,949,043
33Manner-SuomiFinland5,605,317
34NorgeNorway5,594,340
35Centro (ES)Spain5,580,944
36Grand EstFrance5,550,155
37Macroregiunea DoiRomania5,549,383
38Makroregion północnyPoland5,504,196
39Makroregion województwo mazowieckiePoland5,484,110
40IrelandIreland5,440,278
41SlovenskoSlovakia5,419,451
42Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurFrance5,285,125
43Macroregiunea TreiRomania5,139,149
44Makroregion wschodniPoland4,941,317
45Macroregiunea UnuRomania4,835,561
46Batı KaradenizTürkiye4,711,687
47NoresteSpain4,617,621
48Södra SverigeSweden4,584,427
49NoroesteSpain4,323,492
50Östra SverigeSweden4,244,740
51Orta AnadoluTürkiye4,160,359
52Rheinland-PfalzGermany4,129,569
53OstösterreichAustria4,057,593
54SachsenGermany4,042,422
55Pays de la LoireFrance3,945,359
56Ortadoğu AnadoluTürkiye3,876,707
57HrvatskaCroatia3,874,350
58Batı MarmaraTürkiye3,832,502
59Oost-NederlandNetherlands3,813,542
60Zuid-NederlandNetherlands3,799,375
61AttikiGreece3,764,272
62Région wallonneBelgium3,727,515
63BerlinGermany3,685,265
64Makroregion południowo-zachodniPoland3,683,074
65Alföld és ÉszakHungary3,646,403
66Macroregiunea PatruRomania3,519,058
67BretagneFrance3,489,252
68Makroregion centralnyPoland3,425,297
69Srbija - severSerbia3,402,442
70NormandieFrance3,350,982
71Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna BulgariaBulgaria3,329,474
72WestösterreichAustria3,297,809
73Srbija - jugSerbia3,165,341
74Severna i Yugoiztochna BulgariaBulgaria3,107,886
75Közép-MagyarországHungary3,021,343
76Schleswig-HolsteinGermany2,959,517
77Voreia ElládaGreece2,905,231
78LietuvaLithuania2,890,664
79DunántúlHungary2,871,756
80Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéFrance2,796,878
81Doğu KaradenizTürkiye2,707,777
82Centre — Val de LoireFrance2,588,306
83BrandenburgGermany2,556,747
84Kentriki ElládaGreece2,546,748
85ShqipëriaAlbania2,363,314
86RUP FR — Régions Ultrapériphériques FrançaisesFrance2,304,053
87CanariasSpain2,258,866
88Kuzeydoğu AnadoluTürkiye2,140,232
89Sachsen-AnhaltGermany2,135,597
90SlovenijaSlovenia2,130,850
91ThüringenGermany2,100,277
92HamburgGermany1,862,565
93LatvijaLatvia1,860,565
94SüdösterreichAustria1,841,811
95Severna MakedonijaNorth Macedonia1,822,612
96Noord-NederlandNetherlands1,773,584
97Norra SverigeSweden1,758,543
98Mecklenburg-VorpommernGermany1,573,597
99EestiEstonia1,369,995
100Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk GewestBelgium1,271,709
101Nisia Aigaiou, KritiGreece1,156,084
102SaarlandGermany1,012,141
103KýprosCyprus982,966
104BremenGermany704,881
105LuxembourgLuxembourg681,973
106Crna GoraMontenegro623,327
107MaltaMalta574,250
108ÍslandIceland389,444
109CorseFrance362,253
110Região Autónoma da MadeiraPortugal259,440
111Região Autónoma dos AçoresPortugal241,718
112LiechtensteinLiechtenstein40,886
113ÅlandFinland30,654
© European Union, source: Eurostat · dataset demo_r_d2jan · 2025 Source and licence

The ranking is for the latest period in which most regions have a value; the most recent year is often published by only some countries.