Coastal regions: people living along the coastline, integration of NUTS 2010 and latest population grid

This article presents recent statistics on the population of the coastal regions of the European Union (EU). Among the 1294 NUTS 3 regions included in the NUTS 2010 classification, 439 were defined as coastal regions. In 2011, 40.8% of the EU-27 population lived in coastal regions which covered 40.0% of EU-27 territory. The geo-spatial data analysis below highlights the disparities in population distribution patterns along the coastline.