Population of the region on 1 January by NUTS 2 region

295 European regions compared for 2025. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking
15,701,602
İstanbul · Türkiye
Median region
1,466,215
of 295 regions
Last in the ranking
0
Svalbard og Jan Mayen · Norway

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Across European NUTS 2 regions the values range from 0 (Svalbard og Jan Mayen) to 15,701,602 (İstanbul).

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
1İstanbulTürkiye15,701,602
2Ile de FranceFrance12,549,288
3LombardiaItaly10,033,918
4AndalucíaSpain8,676,713
5CataluñaSpain8,124,126
6Comunidad de MadridSpain7,113,886
7Rhône-AlpesFrance6,901,647
8AnkaraTürkiye5,864,049
9LazioItaly5,709,178
10CampaniaItaly5,582,337
11Comunitat ValencianaSpain5,425,182
12Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurFrance5,285,125
13DüsseldorfGermany5,244,379
14VenetoItaly4,853,472
15SiciliaItaly4,787,390
16OberbayernGermany4,764,548
17İzmirTürkiye4,493,242
18KölnGermany4,486,282
19Emilia-RomagnaItaly4,461,998
20Bursa, Eskişehir, BilecikTürkiye4,388,743
21Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, YalovaTürkiye4,287,376
22PiemonteItaly4,251,868
23Adana, MersinTürkiye4,234,763
24ŚląskiePoland4,190,666
25StuttgartGermany4,167,550
26Şanlıurfa, DiyarbakırTürkiye4,071,429
27Nord-Pas de CalaisFrance4,065,757
28DarmstadtGermany4,039,611
29Pays de la LoireFrance3,945,359
30PugliaItaly3,877,395
31Zuid-HollandNetherlands3,863,397
32AttikiGreece3,764,272
33NortePortugal3,692,842
34BerlinGermany3,685,265
35ToscanaItaly3,657,716
36AquitaineFrance3,635,159
37ArnsbergGermany3,571,898
38BretagneFrance3,489,252
39Antalya, Isparta, BurdurTürkiye3,444,338
40WielkopolskiePoland3,433,354
41MałopolskiePoland3,319,792
42Aydın, Denizli, MuğlaTürkiye3,309,181
43Warszawski stołecznyPoland3,298,955
44Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, OsmaniyeTürkiye3,257,351
45Nord-EstRomania3,218,218
46Midi-PyrénéesFrance3,208,005
47Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, UşakTürkiye3,171,934
48Languedoc-RoussillonFrance2,997,570
49Noord-HollandNetherlands2,992,016
50Gaziantep, Adıyaman, KilisTürkiye2,961,139
51Schleswig-HolsteinGermany2,959,517
52Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, AmasyaTürkiye2,858,763
53KarlsruheGermany2,848,413
54Sud-MunteniaRomania2,825,694
55DolnośląskiePoland2,798,300
56GaliciaSpain2,714,741
57Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, GümüşhaneTürkiye2,707,777
58Eastern and MidlandIreland2,675,411
59Noord-BrabantNetherlands2,664,047
60MünsterGermany2,659,034
61Konya, KaramanTürkiye2,592,815
62Centre — Val de LoireFrance2,588,306
63Weser-EmsGermany2,569,485
64BrandenburgGermany2,556,747
65Nord-VestRomania2,544,010
66Kayseri, Sivas, YozgatTürkiye2,502,626
67StockholmSweden2,473,307
68Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, SiirtTürkiye2,457,718
69Castilla y LeónSpain2,401,221
70Sud-EstRomania2,331,165
71FreiburgGermany2,325,856
72Bucureşti-IlfovRomania2,313,455
73ŁódzkiePoland2,312,616
74LorraineFrance2,312,069
75PomorskiePoland2,297,741
76CentruRomania2,291,551
77CanariasSpain2,258,866
78País VascoSpain2,242,343
79Mazowiecki regionalnyPoland2,185,155
80GelderlandNetherlands2,161,358
81Grande LisboaPortugal2,156,612
82Van, Muş, Bitlis, HakkariTürkiye2,152,387
83Sachsen-AnhaltGermany2,135,597
84Castilla-La ManchaSpain2,126,378
85HannoverGermany2,123,689
86VästsverigeSweden2,117,895
87ThüringenGermany2,100,277
88Rheinhessen-PfalzGermany2,073,778
89DetmoldGermany2,072,861
90Oslo og VikenNorway2,050,625
91WienAustria2,028,289
92YugozapadenBulgaria2,022,982
93Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionasLithuania2,013,937
94Tekirdağ, Edirne, KırklareliTürkiye1,987,440
95Espace MittellandSwitzerland1,962,040
96Prov. AntwerpenBelgium1,947,973
97PodkarpackiePoland1,947,062
98AlsaceFrance1,941,726
99SchwabenGermany1,933,313
100HovedstadenDenmark1,930,793
101LubelskiePoland1,920,632
102Kujawsko-pomorskiePoland1,920,440
103PicardieFrance1,908,690
104TübingenGermany1,904,079
105Haute-NormandieFrance1,864,946
106HamburgGermany1,862,565
107LatvijaLatvia1,860,565
108Sud-Vest OlteniaRomania1,848,028
109Poitou-CharentesFrance1,846,456
110Balıkesir, ÇanakkaleTürkiye1,845,062
111CalabriaItaly1,834,646
112Severna MakedonijaNorth Macedonia1,822,612
113SouthernIreland1,805,942
114Západné SlovenskoSlovakia1,797,072
115MittelfrankenGermany1,795,909
116Region Sumadije i Zapadne SrbijeSerbia1,789,478
117Helsinki-UusimaaFinland1,782,300
118Kentriki MakedoniaGreece1,772,400
119Östra MellansverigeSweden1,771,433
120Région lémaniqueSwitzerland1,757,496
121JihovýchodCzechia1,746,990
122NiederösterreichAustria1,727,514
123Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, TunceliTürkiye1,724,320
124LüneburgGermany1,721,892
125Region VojvodineSerbia1,720,427
126Centro (PT)Portugal1,717,560
127BudapestHungary1,685,209
128Beogradski regionSerbia1,682,015
129VestRomania1,671,030
130Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, KırşehirTürkiye1,657,733
131BourgogneFrance1,621,320
132ZürichSwitzerland1,620,020
133BraunschweigGermany1,589,423
134Východné SlovenskoSlovakia1,588,807
135Región de MurciaSpain1,586,989
136Prov. Oost-VlaanderenBelgium1,586,436
137SydsverigeSweden1,585,849
138DresdenGermany1,584,687
139Mecklenburg-VorpommernGermany1,573,597
140ZachodniopomorskiePoland1,571,895
141SardegnaItaly1,562,381
142SeverovýchodCzechia1,535,886
143OberösterreichAustria1,535,519
144KoblenzGermany1,530,208
145LiguriaItaly1,510,143
146Basse-NormandieFrance1,486,036
147MarcheItaly1,480,545
148Střední ČechyCzechia1,466,215
149VestlandetNorway1,432,119
150UtrechtNetherlands1,409,144
151Länsi-SuomiFinland1,399,457
152PrahaCzechia1,397,880
153Észak-AlföldHungary1,390,406
154ChemnitzGermany1,386,336
155Region Juzne i Istocne SrbijeSerbia1,375,863
156MidtjyllandDenmark1,373,799
157EestiEstonia1,369,995
158Prov. HainautBelgium1,369,741
159AuvergneFrance1,368,441
160AragónSpain1,364,621
161PestHungary1,336,134
162Jadranska HrvatskaCroatia1,322,482
163UnterfrankenGermany1,318,817
164Yuzhen tsentralenBulgaria1,306,492
165Stredné SlovenskoSlovakia1,297,187
166Champagne-ArdenneFrance1,296,360
167Warmińsko-mazurskiePoland1,286,015
168Pohjois- ja Itä-SuomiFinland1,272,126
169SteiermarkAustria1,271,716
170Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk GewestBelgium1,271,709
171AbruzzoItaly1,269,118
172JihozápadCzechia1,267,867
173NiederbayernGermany1,259,204
174OstschweizSwitzerland1,250,159
175Illes BalearsSpain1,249,844
176SyddanmarkDenmark1,240,472
177NordwestschweizSwitzerland1,238,515
178Prov. West-VlaanderenBelgium1,234,664
179Střední MoravaCzechia1,210,498
180Prov. Vlaams-BrabantBelgium1,205,743
181KasselGermany1,200,892
182OverijsselNetherlands1,195,789
183Friuli-Venezia GiuliaItaly1,193,284
184Dél-AlföldHungary1,183,765
185MoravskoslezskoCzechia1,182,613
186Franche-ComtéFrance1,175,558
187Etelä-SuomiFinland1,151,434
188Limburg (NL)Netherlands1,135,328
189Prov. LiègeBelgium1,131,687
190OberpfalzGermany1,121,379
191Vzhodna SlovenijaSlovenia1,113,731
192ŚwiętokrzyskiePoland1,112,681
193SeverozápadCzechia1,101,551
194PodlaskiePoland1,073,623
195Észak-MagyarországHungary1,072,232
196LeipzigGermany1,071,399
197Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, ArdahanTürkiye1,070,312
198Erzurum, Erzincan, BayburtTürkiye1,069,920
199OberfrankenGermany1,055,758
200ExtremaduraSpain1,053,345
201Közép-DunántúlHungary1,051,169
202Zonguldak, Karabük, BartınTürkiye1,043,995
203GießenGermany1,040,290
204Zahodna SlovenijaSlovenia1,017,119
205Principado de AsturiasSpain1,015,128
206SaarlandGermany1,012,141
207QenderAlbania986,944
208KýprosCyprus982,966
209Panonska HrvatskaCroatia982,159
210Nyugat-DunántúlHungary974,617
211Northern and WesternIreland958,925
212YugoiztochenBulgaria952,383
213LubuskiePoland943,794
214Prov. Limburg (BE)Belgium909,455
215La RéunionFrance904,180
216OpolskiePoland884,774
217Småland med öarnaSweden880,683
218Sostinės regionasLithuania876,727
219Oeste e Vale do TejoPortugal865,315
220ZentralschweizSwitzerland863,896
221SjællandDenmark854,902
222Norra MellansverigeSweden854,488
223UmbriaItaly851,473
224Península de SetúbalPortugal848,507
225Dél-DunántúlHungary845,970
226SeveroiztochenBulgaria826,742
227Kastamonu, Çankırı, SinopTürkiye808,929
228Sjeverna HrvatskaCroatia792,350
229TirolAustria777,660
230Grad ZagrebCroatia777,359
231Agder og Sør-ØstlandetNorway758,122
232JugAlbania742,660
233Bratislavský krajSlovakia736,385
234LimousinFrance729,224
235BremenGermany704,881
236Comunidad Foral de NavarraSpain683,854
237LuxembourgLuxembourg681,973
238ThessaliaGreece676,040
239Severen tsentralenBulgaria673,331
240Friesland (NL)Netherlands664,222
241SeverozapadenBulgaria655,430
242Dytiki ElládaGreece635,954
243VeriAlbania633,710
244Crna GoraMontenegro623,327
245KritiGreece621,121
246GroningenNetherlands602,833
247CantabriaSpain593,623
248NordjyllandDenmark592,768
249MaltaMalta574,250
250SalzburgAustria572,846
251KärntenAustria570,095
252Anatoliki Makedonia, ThrakiGreece565,195
253Provincia Autonoma di TrentoItaly546,573
254Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/BozenItaly539,679
255BasilicataItaly530,004
256Övre NorrlandSweden529,758
257PeloponnisosGreece529,165
258TrierGermany525,583
259Prov. NamurBelgium509,771
260Sterea ElládaGreece507,168
261DrentheNetherlands506,529
262AlgarvePortugal492,747
263Nord-NorgeNorway489,103
264TrøndelagNorway486,815
265AlentejoPortugal474,894
266FlevolandNetherlands456,395
267Prov. Brabant wallonBelgium416,504
268GuadeloupeFrance413,791
269VorarlbergAustria411,784
270ZeelandNetherlands392,969
271ÍslandIceland389,444
272InnlandetNorway377,556
273Mellersta NorrlandSweden374,297
274CorseFrance362,253
275MartiniqueFrance359,419
276TicinoSwitzerland358,903
277MayotteFrance329,208
278Notio AigaioGreece327,036
279La RiojaSpain326,803
280IpeirosGreece324,061
281BurgenlandAustria301,790
282Prov. Luxembourg (BE)Belgium299,812
283GuyaneFrance297,455
284MoliseItaly287,814
285Região Autónoma da MadeiraPortugal259,440
286Dytiki MakedoniaGreece243,575
287Região Autónoma dos AçoresPortugal241,718
288Voreio AigaioGreece207,927
289Ionia NisiaGreece198,421
290Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’AosteItaly122,532
291Ciudad de MelillaSpain87,067
292Ciudad de CeutaSpain83,567
293LiechtensteinLiechtenstein40,886
294ÅlandFinland30,654
295Svalbard og Jan MayenNorway0
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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.