Population density by NUTS 3 region - demo_r_d3dens

Data - Eurostat

Info

Last observation: Annual: 2024 (N = 1,712)

First observation: Annual: 1990 (N = 897)

Last data update: 23 jul 2026, 23:13. Last compile: 24 jul 2026, 01:06

Structure

freq

unit

geo

NUTS 3 Density

demo_r_d3dens %>%
  filter(nchar(geo) == 5,
         time == "2018") %>%
  select(geo, values) %>%
  
  right_join(europe_NUTS3, by = "geo") %>%
  filter(long >= -15, lat >= 33) %>%
  ggplot(., aes(x = long, y = lat, group = group, fill = values)) +
  geom_polygon() + coord_map() +
  scale_fill_viridis_c(na.value = "white",
                       direction = -1,
                       breaks = 1000*seq(0, 1000, 2),
                       values = c(0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, 0.1, 1)) +
  theme_void() + theme(legend.position = c(0.25, 0.85)) + 
  labs(fill = "Density")

NUTS 3 Density

demo_r_d3dens %>%
  filter(nchar(geo) == 5,
         time == "2018") %>%
  select(geo, values) %>%
  
  right_join(europe_NUTS3, by = "geo") %>%
  filter(long >= -15, lat >= 33) %>%
  ggplot(., aes(x = long, y = lat, group = group, fill = values)) +
  geom_polygon() + coord_map() +
  scale_fill_viridis_c(na.value = "white",
                       direction = -1,
                       breaks = 1000*seq(0, 1000, 2),
                       values = c(0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05, 1)) +
  theme_void() + theme(legend.position = c(0.25, 0.85)) + 
  labs(fill = "Density")

NUTS 3 Density (Log)

demo_r_d3dens %>%
  filter(nchar(geo) == 5,
         time == "2018") %>%
  select(geo, values) %>%
  
  right_join(europe_NUTS3, by = "geo") %>%
  filter(long >= -15, lat >= 33) %>%
  ggplot(., aes(x = long, y = lat, group = group, fill = values)) +
  geom_polygon() + coord_map() +
  scale_fill_viridis_c(na.value = "white",
                       breaks = c(1, 4, 10, 40, 100, 400, 1000, 4000, 8000),
                       values = c(0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 1), 
                       trans = scales::pseudo_log_trans(sigma = 0.001)) +
  theme_void() + theme(legend.position = c(0.25, 0.85)) + 
  labs(fill = "Density")