Population density by region, 2024
Average population of the year divided by the land area of the region, in people per square kilometre.
285 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (7,827.4 per km²). Lowest: Övre Norrland (3.5 per km²). The median is 113.9 per km².
Highest 10
- 1. Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 7,827.4 per km²
- 2. Ciudad de Melilla 6,180.4 per km²
- 3. Wien 5,093.5 per km²
- 4. Berlin 4,342.6 per km²
- 5. Ciudad de Ceuta 4,168.7 per km²
- 6. Budapest 3,305.3 per km²
- 7. İstanbul 3,021.5 per km²
- 8. Praha 2,868.7 per km²
- 9. Hamburg 2,615.6 per km²
- 10. Malta 1,817.4 per km²
Lowest 10
- 285. Övre Norrland 3.5 per km²
- 284. Guyane 3.6 per km²p (provisional)
- 283. Ísland 3.8 per km²
- 282. Nord-Norge 4.6 per km²
- 281. Mellersta Norrland 5.3 per km²
- 280. Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 6.2 per km²
- 279. Innlandet 7.6 per km²
- 278. Trøndelag 12.3 per km²
- 277. Norra Mellansverige 13.4 per km²
- 276. Alentejo 17.7 per km²
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 285. Source: Eurostat.
In short
- Among the 285 regions with a value for 2024, the highest is Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (7,827.4 per km²) and the lowest Övre Norrland (3.5 per km²).
- Half of the regions are above 113.9 per km² and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 186 regions and fell in 74.
- The figure for the European Union was 109.7 per km² in 2024, against 109.0 per km² in 2019 (+0.6%). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
Full ranking
| # | Region | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 7,827.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 2 | Ciudad de Melilla | 6,180.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 3 | Wien | 5,093.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 4 | Berlin | 4,342.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 5 | Ciudad de Ceuta | 4,168.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 6 | Budapest | 3,305.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 7 | İstanbul | 3,021.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 8 | Praha | 2,868.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 9 | Hamburg | 2,615.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 10 | Malta | 1,817.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 11 | Bremen | 1,799.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 12 | Grande Lisboa | 1,620.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 13 | Zuid-Holland | 1,393.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 14 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 1,316.7 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 15 | Noord-Holland | 1,086.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 16 | Ile de France | 1,048.2 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 17 | Düsseldorf | 1,013.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 18 | Attiki | 994.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 19 | Zürich | 975.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 20 | Utrecht | 938.3 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 21 | Mayotte | 890.2 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 22 | Comunidad de Madrid | 885.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 23 | Hovedstaden | 788.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 24 | Prov. Antwerpen | 692.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 25 | Nordwestschweiz | 637.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 26 | Köln | 614.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 27 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 568.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 28 | Península de Setúbal | 557.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 29 | Warszawski stołeczny | 547.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 30 | Darmstadt | 545.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 31 | Noord-Brabant | 537.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 32 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 532.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 33 | Limburg | 525.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 34 | Arnsberg | 448.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 35 | Lombardia | 434.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 36 | Gelderland | 431.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 37 | Karlsruhe | 414.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 38 | Campania | 409.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 39 | Saarland | 395.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 40 | Stuttgart | 394.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 41 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 391.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 42 | Münster | 384.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 43 | İzmir | 382.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 44 | Prov. Limburg | 379.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 45 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 379.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 46 | Stockholm | 377.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 47 | La Réunion | 363.6 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 48 | Bratislavský kraj | 363.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 49 | Prov. Hainaut | 359.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 50 | Overijssel | 354.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 51 | Śląskie | 345.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 52 | Lazio | 336.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 53 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 327.7 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 54 | Martinique | 326.5 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 55 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 322.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 56 | Detmold | 319.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 57 | Flevoland | 316.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 58 | País Vasco | 310.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 59 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 305.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 60 | Canarias | 303.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 61 | Prov. Liège | 294.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 62 | Veneto | 279.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 63 | Liguria | 279.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 64 | Oberbayern | 276.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 65 | Leipzig | 274.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 261.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 67 | Groningen | 261.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 68 | Liechtenstein | 256.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 69 | Cataluña | 252.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 70 | Freiburg | 250.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 71 | Illes Balears | 249.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 72 | Mittelfranken | 248.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 73 | Guadeloupe | 246.6 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 74 | Hannover | 236.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 75 | Ankara | 235.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 76 | Alsace | 234.8 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 77 | Comunitat Valenciana | 232.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 78 | Moravskoslezsko | 223.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 79 | Małopolskie | 220.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 80 | Tübingen | 219.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 81 | Zeeland | 217.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 82 | Chemnitz | 213.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 83 | Pest | 212.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 84 | Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova | 212.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 85 | Région lémanique | 211.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 86 | Dresden | 204.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 87 | Zentralschweiz | 202.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 88 | Puglia | 201.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 89 | Emilia-Romagna | 201.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 90 | Friesland | 200.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 91 | Espace Mittelland | 200.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 92 | Qender | 200.3 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 93 | Braunschweig | 196.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 94 | Schwaben | 194.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 95 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 194.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 96 | Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis | 194.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 97 | Gießen | 193.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 98 | Schleswig-Holstein | 191.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 99 | Koblenz | 190.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 100 | Drenthe | 189.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 101 | Sicilia | 186.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 102 | Eastern and Midland | 185.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 103 | Norte | 174.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 104 | Weser-Ems | 172.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 105 | Piemonte | 169.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 106 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 168.7 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 107 | Vorarlberg | 162.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 108 | Toscana | 160.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 109 | Marche | 158.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 110 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 157.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 111 | Rhône-Alpes | 155.6 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 112 | Unterfranken | 155.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 113 | Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik | 152.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 114 | Haute-Normandie | 152.3 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 115 | Oberfranken | 146.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 116 | Adana, Mersin | 145.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 117 | Kassel | 145.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 118 | Dolnośląskie | 141.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 119 | Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye | 140.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 120 | Región de Murcia | 139.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 121 | Prov. Namur | 138.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 122 | Střední Čechy | 136.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 123 | Střední Morava | 132.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 124 | Ticino | 131.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 125 | Oberösterreich | 130.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 126 | Thüringen | 130.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 127 | Severozápad | 130.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 128 | Pomorskie | 129.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 129 | Zahodna Slovenija | 129.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 130 | Łódzkie | 128.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 131 | Jihovýchod | 127.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 132 | Bretagne | 127.1 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 133 | Severovýchod | 125.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 134 | Niederbayern | 122.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 135 | Pays de la Loire | 122.2 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 136 | Západné Slovensko | 121.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 137 | Calabria | 121.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 138 | Sjælland | 120.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 139 | Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır | 119.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 140 | Abruzzo | 117.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 141 | Wielkopolskie | 116.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 142 | Oberpfalz | 116.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 143 | Sydsverige | 113.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 144 | Cantabria | 112.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 145 | Lüneburg | 111.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 146 | Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın | 110.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 147 | Ostschweiz | 110.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 148 | Podkarpackie | 110.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 149 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 109.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 150 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 109.2 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 151 | Midtjylland | 107.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 152 | Trier | 107.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 153 | Kýpros | 105.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 154 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 105.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 155 | Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli | 105.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 156 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 104.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 157 | Aydın, Denizli, Muğla | 104.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 158 | Syddanmark | 103.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 159 | Umbria | 102.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 160 | Východné Slovensko | 101.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 161 | Yugozapaden | 99.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 162 | Andalucía | 99.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 163 | Algarve | 99.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 164 | Közép-Dunántúl | 98.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 165 | Picardie | 98.6 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 166 | Lorraine | 98.4 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 167 | Antalya, Isparta, Burdur | 96.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 168 | Świętokrzyskie | 96.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 169 | Kentriki Makedonia | 95.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 170 | Principado de Asturias | 95.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 171 | Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt | 95.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 172 | Opolskie | 95.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 173 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 94.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 174 | Sostinės regionas | 92.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 175 | Galicia | 92.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 176 | Niederösterreich | 91.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 177 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 90.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 178 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 88.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 179 | Nord-Est | 88.3 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 180 | Brandenburg | 88.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 181 | Aquitaine | 87.6 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 182 | Ionia Nisia | 87.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 183 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 87.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 184 | Basse-Normandie | 83.7 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 185 | Sud-Muntenia | 83.6 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 186 | Salzburg | 81.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 187 | Észak-Magyarország | 81.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 188 | Stredné Slovensko | 80.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 189 | Észak-Alföld | 80.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 190 | Burgenland | 79.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 191 | Steiermark | 78.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 192 | Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane | 77.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 193 | Balıkesir, Çanakkale | 77.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 194 | Lubelskie | 77.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 195 | Nordjylland | 76.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 196 | Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya | 75.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 197 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 75.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 198 | Kriti | 74.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 199 | Nord-Vest | 74.7 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 200 | Jihozápad | 74.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 201 | Centro | 73.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 202 | Severna Makedonija | 73.3 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 203 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 73.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 204 | Franche-Comté | 72.6 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 205 | Västsverige | 72.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 206 | Zachodniopomorskie | 72.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 207 | Poitou-Charentes | 71.2 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 208 | Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak | 70.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 209 | Midi-Pyrénées | 70.4 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 210 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 69.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 211 | Sud-Est | 69.4 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 212 | Lubuskie | 68.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 213 | Centru | 67.4 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 214 | Prov. Luxembourg | 67.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 215 | Centre — Val de Loire | 66.0 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 216 | Comunidad Foral de Navarra | 65.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 217 | Dél-Alföld | 65.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 218 | Sardegna | 65.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 219 | Molise | 64.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 220 | La Rioja | 64.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 221 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 64.6 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 222 | Notio Aigaio | 62.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 223 | Tirol | 62.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 224 | Dél-Dunántúl | 61.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 225 | Kärnten | 60.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 226 | Southern | 60.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 227 | Veri | 60.9 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 228 | Jug | 59.2 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 229 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 59.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 230 | Dytiki Elláda | 57.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 231 | Severoiztochen | 56.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 232 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 56.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 233 | Konya, Karaman | 53.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 234 | Podlaskie | 53.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 235 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 53.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 236 | Voreio Aigaio | 53.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 237 | Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari | 53.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 238 | Basilicata | 53.1 per km² | 2024 | |
| 239 | Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir | 52.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 240 | Auvergne | 52.5 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 241 | Vest | 52.5 per km²e (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 242 | Bourgogne | 51.4 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 243 | Champagne-Ardenne | 50.9 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 244 | Thessalia | 48.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 245 | Yugoiztochen | 48.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 246 | Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli | 47.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 247 | Severen tsentralen | 46.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 248 | Östra Mellansverige | 46.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 249 | Crna Gora | 45.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 250 | Panonska Hrvatska | 43.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 251 | Limousin | 43.0 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 252 | Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat | 42.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 253 | Corse | 41.5 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 254 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 40.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 255 | Northern and Western | 38.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 256 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 37.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 257 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 37.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 258 | Etelä-Suomi | 36.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 259 | Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan | 36.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 260 | Ipeiros | 35.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 261 | Severozapaden | 35.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 262 | Peloponnisos | 34.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 263 | Sterea Elláda | 32.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 264 | Eesti | 31.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 265 | Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop | 30.9 per km² | 2024 | |
| 266 | Latvija | 30.0 per km² | 2024 | |
| 267 | Aragón | 28.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 268 | Castilla-La Mancha | 26.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 269 | Dytiki Makedonia | 26.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 270 | Småland med öarna | 26.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 271 | Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt | 26.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 272 | Extremadura | 25.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 273 | Castilla y León | 25.5 per km² | 2024 | |
| 274 | Länsi-Suomi | 24.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 275 | Åland | 19.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 276 | Alentejo | 17.7 per km² | 2024 | |
| 277 | Norra Mellansverige | 13.4 per km² | 2024 | |
| 278 | Trøndelag | 12.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 279 | Innlandet | 7.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 280 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 6.2 per km² | 2024 | |
| 281 | Mellersta Norrland | 5.3 per km² | 2024 | |
| 282 | Nord-Norge | 4.6 per km² | 2024 | |
| 283 | Ísland | 3.8 per km² | 2024 | |
| 284 | Guyane | 3.6 per km²p (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 285 | Övre Norrland | 3.5 per km² | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every region is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most regions have, so all values are for the same point in time. Regions without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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