Population density of the region by NUTS 2 region

285 European regions compared for 2024. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

7,827.4 /km²

Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest · Belgium

Median region

113.9 /km²

of 285 regions

Last in the ranking

3.5 /km²

Övre Norrland · Sweden

How to read it

Across European NUTS 2 regions the values range from 3.5 /km² (Övre Norrland) to 7,827.4 /km² (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest).

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 density by NUTS 3 region
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Ranking

2024


1	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	Belgium	7,827.4
2	Ciudad de Melilla	Spain	6,180.4
3	Wien	Austria	5,093.5
4	Berlin	Germany	4,342.6
5	Ciudad de Ceuta	Spain	4,168.7
6	Budapest	Hungary	3,305.3
7	İstanbul	Türkiye	3,021.5
8	Praha	Czechia	2,868.7
9	Hamburg	Germany	2,615.6
10	Malta	Malta	1,817.4
11	Bremen	Germany	1,799.9
12	Grande Lisboa	Portugal	1,620.0
13	Zuid-Holland	Netherlands	1,393.1
14	Bucureşti-Ilfov	Romania	1,316.7
15	Noord-Holland	Netherlands	1,086.4
16	Ile de France	France	1,048.2
17	Düsseldorf	Germany	1,013.9
18	Attiki	Greece	994.8
19	Zürich	Switzerland	975.1
20	Utrecht	Netherlands	938.3
21	Mayotte	France	890.2
22	Comunidad de Madrid	Spain	885.8
23	Hovedstaden	Denmark	788.9
24	Prov. Antwerpen	Belgium	692.0
25	Nordwestschweiz	Switzerland	637.1
26	Köln	Germany	614.6
27	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	Belgium	568.5
28	Península de Setúbal	Portugal	557.7
29	Warszawski stołeczny	Poland	547.2
30	Darmstadt	Germany	545.2
31	Noord-Brabant	Netherlands	537.2
32	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	Belgium	532.2
33	Limburg (NL)	Netherlands	525.9
34	Arnsberg	Germany	448.0
35	Lombardia	Italy	434.9
36	Gelderland	Netherlands	431.0
37	Karlsruhe	Germany	414.9
38	Campania	Italy	409.8
39	Saarland	Germany	395.0
40	Stuttgart	Germany	394.9
41	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	Belgium	391.1
42	Münster	Germany	384.9
43	İzmir	Türkiye	382.9
44	Prov. Limburg (BE)	Belgium	379.3
45	Prov. Brabant wallon	Belgium	379.1
46	Stockholm	Sweden	377.7
47	La Réunion	France	363.6
48	Bratislavský kraj	Slovakia	363.5
49	Prov. Hainaut	Belgium	359.8
50	Overijssel	Netherlands	354.7
51	Śląskie	Poland	345.9
52	Lazio	Italy	336.8
53	Nord-Pas de Calais	France	327.7
54	Martinique	France	326.5
55	Região Autónoma da Madeira	Portugal	322.9
56	Detmold	Germany	319.0
57	Flevoland	Netherlands	316.1
58	País Vasco	Spain	310.9
59	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	Germany	305.0
60	Canarias	Spain	303.0
61	Prov. Liège	Belgium	294.3
62	Veneto	Italy	279.7
63	Liguria	Italy	279.1
64	Oberbayern	Germany	276.1
65	Leipzig	Germany	274.6
66	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	261.8
67	Groningen	Netherlands	261.3
68	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	256.0
69	Cataluña	Spain	252.4
70	Freiburg	Germany	250.8
71	Illes Balears	Spain	249.5
72	Mittelfranken	Germany	248.6
73	Guadeloupe	France	246.6
74	Hannover	Germany	236.2
75	Ankara	Türkiye	235.3
76	Alsace	France	234.8
77	Comunitat Valenciana	Spain	232.2
78	Moravskoslezsko	Czechia	223.2
79	Małopolskie	Poland	220.8
80	Tübingen	Germany	219.1
81	Zeeland	Netherlands	217.6
82	Chemnitz	Germany	213.7
83	Pest	Hungary	212.5
84	Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova	Türkiye	212.1
85	Région lémanique	Switzerland	211.6
86	Dresden	Germany	204.3
87	Zentralschweiz	Switzerland	202.1
88	Puglia	Italy	201.3
89	Emilia-Romagna	Italy	201.2
90	Friesland (NL)	Netherlands	200.8
91	Espace Mittelland	Switzerland	200.3
92	Qender	Albania	200.3
93	Braunschweig	Germany	196.7
94	Schwaben	Germany	194.9
95	Helsinki-Uusimaa	Finland	194.7
96	Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis	Türkiye	194.0
97	Gießen	Germany	193.6
98	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	191.9
99	Koblenz	Germany	190.7
100	Drenthe	Netherlands	189.2
101	Sicilia	Italy	186.5
102	Eastern and Midland	Ireland	185.6
103	Norte	Portugal	174.7
104	Weser-Ems	Germany	172.5
105	Piemonte	Italy	169.0
106	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	France	168.7
107	Vorarlberg	Austria	162.3
108	Toscana	Italy	160.5
109	Marche	Italy	158.9
110	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Italy	157.7
111	Rhône-Alpes	France	155.6
112	Unterfranken	Germany	155.0
113	Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik	Türkiye	152.9
114	Haute-Normandie	France	152.3
115	Oberfranken	Germany	146.3
116	Adana, Mersin	Türkiye	145.9
117	Kassel	Germany	145.3
118	Dolnośląskie	Poland	141.7
119	Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye	Türkiye	140.2
120	Región de Murcia	Spain	139.6
121	Prov. Namur	Belgium	138.9
122	Střední Čechy	Czechia	136.3
123	Střední Morava	Czechia	132.9
124	Ticino	Switzerland	131.1
125	Oberösterreich	Austria	130.9
126	Thüringen	Germany	130.8
127	Severozápad	Czechia	130.3
128	Pomorskie	Poland	129.9
129	Zahodna Slovenija	Slovenia	129.9
130	Łódzkie	Poland	128.1
131	Jihovýchod	Czechia	127.4
132	Bretagne	France	127.1
133	Severovýchod	Czechia	125.5
134	Niederbayern	Germany	122.4
135	Pays de la Loire	France	122.2
136	Západné Slovensko	Slovakia	121.3
137	Calabria	Italy	121.0
138	Sjælland	Denmark	120.7
139	Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır	Türkiye	119.3
140	Abruzzo	Italy	117.4
141	Wielkopolskie	Poland	116.5
142	Oberpfalz	Germany	116.0
143	Sydsverige	Sweden	113.9
144	Cantabria	Spain	112.4
145	Lüneburg	Germany	111.9
146	Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın	Türkiye	110.8
147	Ostschweiz	Switzerland	110.3
148	Podkarpackie	Poland	110.2
149	Kujawsko-pomorskie	Poland	109.6
150	Languedoc-Roussillon	France	109.2
151	Trier	Germany	107.3
152	Midtjylland	Denmark	107.3
153	Kýpros	Cyprus	105.8
154	Sachsen-Anhalt	Germany	105.7
155	Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli	Türkiye	105.6
156	Região Autónoma dos Açores	Portugal	104.8
157	Aydın, Denizli, Muğla	Türkiye	104.0
158	Syddanmark	Denmark	103.4
159	Umbria	Italy	102.6
160	Východné Slovensko	Slovakia	101.5
161	Yugozapaden	Bulgaria	99.9
162	Andalucía	Spain	99.7
163	Algarve	Portugal	99.0
164	Picardie	France	98.6
165	Közép-Dunántúl	Hungary	98.6
166	Lorraine	France	98.4
167	Antalya, Isparta, Burdur	Türkiye	96.5
168	Świętokrzyskie	Poland	96.1
169	Kentriki Makedonia	Greece	95.9
170	Principado de Asturias	Spain	95.8
171	Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt	Türkiye	95.5
172	Opolskie	Poland	95.3
173	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	Portugal	94.2
174	Sostinės regionas	Lithuania	92.6
175	Galicia	Spain	92.3
176	Niederösterreich	Austria	91.3
177	Vzhodna Slovenija	Slovenia	90.2
178	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	Italy	88.7
179	Nord-Est	Romania	88.3
180	Brandenburg	Germany	88.1
181	Aquitaine	France	87.6
182	Ionia Nisia	Greece	87.5
183	Nyugat-Dunántúl	Hungary	87.4
184	Basse-Normandie	France	83.7
185	Sud-Muntenia	Romania	83.6
186	Salzburg	Austria	81.1
187	Észak-Magyarország	Hungary	81.1
188	Stredné Slovensko	Slovakia	80.3
189	Észak-Alföld	Hungary	80.1
190	Burgenland	Austria	79.8
191	Steiermark	Austria	78.2
192	Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane	Türkiye	77.9
193	Balıkesir, Çanakkale	Türkiye	77.6
194	Lubelskie	Poland	77.4
195	Nordjylland	Denmark	76.8
196	Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya	Türkiye	75.9
197	Mazowiecki regionalny	Poland	75.0
198	Kriti	Greece	74.8
199	Nord-Vest	Romania	74.7
200	Jihozápad	Czechia	74.0
201	Centro (PT)	Portugal	73.8
202	Severna Makedonija	North Macedonia	73.3
203	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	Italy	73.1
204	Franche-Comté	France	72.6
205	Västsverige	Sweden	72.3
206	Zachodniopomorskie	Poland	72.1
207	Poitou-Charentes	France	71.2
208	Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak	Türkiye	70.8
209	Midi-Pyrénées	France	70.4
210	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Germany	69.8
211	Sud-Est	Romania	69.4
212	Lubuskie	Poland	68.5
213	Centru	Romania	67.4
214	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	Belgium	67.1
215	Centre — Val de Loire	France	66.0
216	Comunidad Foral de Navarra	Spain	65.8
217	Dél-Alföld	Hungary	65.6
218	Sardegna	Italy	65.6
219	Molise	Italy	64.9
220	La Rioja	Spain	64.7
221	Sud-Vest Oltenia	Romania	64.6
222	Notio Aigaio	Greece	62.5
223	Tirol	Austria	62.1
224	Dél-Dunántúl	Hungary	61.7
225	Kärnten	Austria	60.9
226	Southern	Ireland	60.9
227	Veri	Albania	60.9
228	Jug	Albania	59.2
229	Yuzhen tsentralen	Bulgaria	59.0
230	Dytiki Elláda	Greece	57.8
231	Severoiztochen	Bulgaria	56.8
232	Warmińsko-mazurskie	Poland	56.2
233	Konya, Karaman	Türkiye	53.8
234	Podlaskie	Poland	53.8
235	Voreio Aigaio	Greece	53.7
236	Jadranska Hrvatska	Croatia	53.7
237	Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari	Türkiye	53.5
238	Basilicata	Italy	53.1
239	Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir	Türkiye	52.6
240	Auvergne	France	52.5
241	Vest	Romania	52.5
242	Bourgogne	France	51.4
243	Champagne-Ardenne	France	50.9
244	Yugoiztochen	Bulgaria	48.6
245	Thessalia	Greece	48.6
246	Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli	Türkiye	47.5
247	Severen tsentralen	Bulgaria	46.2
248	Östra Mellansverige	Sweden	46.0
249	Crna Gora	Montenegro	45.8
250	Panonska Hrvatska	Croatia	43.2
251	Limousin	France	43.0
252	Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat	Türkiye	42.3
253	Corse	France	41.5
254	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	Greece	40.3
255	Northern and Western	Ireland	38.2
256	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	Lithuania	37.9
257	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	Italy	37.8
258	Etelä-Suomi	Finland	36.6
259	Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan	Türkiye	36.4
260	Ipeiros	Greece	35.5
261	Severozapaden	Bulgaria	35.0
262	Peloponnisos	Greece	34.3
263	Sterea Elláda	Greece	32.8
264	Eesti	Estonia	31.8
265	Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop	Türkiye	30.9
266	Latvija	Latvia	30.0
267	Aragón	Spain	28.6
268	Castilla-La Mancha	Spain	26.7
269	Dytiki Makedonia	Greece	26.6
270	Småland med öarna	Sweden	26.6
271	Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt	Türkiye	26.4
272	Extremadura	Spain	25.8
273	Castilla y León	Spain	25.5
274	Länsi-Suomi	Finland	24.3
275	Åland	Finland	19.7
276	Alentejo	Portugal	17.7
277	Norra Mellansverige	Sweden	13.4
278	Trøndelag	Norway	12.3
279	Innlandet	Norway	7.6
280	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	Finland	6.2
281	Mellersta Norrland	Sweden	5.3
282	Nord-Norge	Norway	4.6
283	Ísland	Iceland	3.8
284	Guyane	France	3.6
285	Övre Norrland	Sweden	3.5

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.