France: Administrative Division

Contents: Regions and Departments

The population of the regions and departments of France according to census results and latest official estimates.

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Name	Status	Population Census 1975-02-20	Population Census 1982-03-04	Population Census 1990-03-05	Population Census 1999-03-08	Population Estimate 2007-01-01	Population Estimate 2016-01-01	Population Estimate 2019-01-01
Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes	Region	6,111,163	6,348,625	6,671,915	6,954,285	7,405,206	7,916,889	8,026,685	→
Ain	Department	376,477	418,516	471,019	515,270	574,377	638,425	653,688	→
Allier	Department	378,406	369,580	357,710	344,721	343,114	339,384	333,065	→
Ardèche	Department	257,065	267,970	277,581	286,023	309,456	325,157	327,011	→
Cantal	Department	166,549	162,838	158,723	150,778	149,057	145,969	143,627	→
Drôme	Department	361,847	389,781	414,072	437,778	473,428	508,006	517,414	→
Haute-Loire	Department	205,491	205,895	206,568	209,113	220,437	227,339	226,835	→
Haute-Savoie	Department	447,795	494,505	568,286	631,679	706,708	801,416	829,017	→
Isère	Department	860,339	936,771	1,016,228	1,094,006	1,178,714	1,252,912	1,262,108	→
Loire	Department	742,396	739,521	746,288	728,524	740,668	761,997	762,222	→
Puy-de-Dôme	Department	580,033	594,365	598,213	604,266	626,639	650,700	656,643	→
Rhône	Department	1,429,647	1,445,208	1,508,966	1,578,869	1,677,073	1,835,903	1,882,339	→
Savoie	Department	305,118	323,675	348,261	373,258	405,535	429,681	432,716	→
Bourgogne - Franche-Comté	Region	2,631,260	2,680,103	2,706,929	2,727,126	2,792,562	2,818,338	2,795,301	→
Côte-d'Or	Department	456,070	473,548	493,866	506,755	519,143	533,213	532,901	→
Doubs	Department	471,082	477,163	484,770	499,062	520,133	538,549	539,465	→
Haute-Saône	Department	222,254	231,962	229,650	229,732	237,197	237,242	233,394	→
Jura	Department	238,856	242,925	248,759	250,857	258,897	260,517	258,624	→
Nièvre	Department	245,212	239,635	233,278	225,198	221,488	209,161	201,518	→
Saône-et-Loire	Department	569,810	571,852	559,413	544,893	551,842	555,023	549,763	→
Territoire de Belfort	Department	128,125	131,999	134,097	137,408	142,444	144,089	143,104	→
Yonne	Department	299,851	311,019	323,096	333,221	341,418	340,544	336,532	→
Bretagne	Region	2,595,431	2,707,886	2,795,638	2,906,197	3,120,288	3,306,529	3,329,395	→
Côtes-d'Armor	Department	525,556	538,869	538,395	542,373	576,049	598,953	596,518	→
Finistère	Department	804,088	828,364	838,687	852,418	885,906	908,249	905,238	→
Ille-et-Vilaine	Department	702,199	749,764	798,718	867,533	955,846	1,051,779	1,076,330	→
Morbihan	Department	563,588	590,889	619,838	643,873	702,487	747,548	751,309	→
Centre - Val de Loire	Region	2,152,500	2,264,164	2,371,036	2,440,329	2,526,919	2,577,866	2,566,759	→
Cher	Department	316,350	320,174	321,559	314,428	314,599	307,110	300,174	→
Eure-et-Loir	Department	335,151	362,813	396,073	407,665	422,411	433,929	431,437	→
Indre	Department	248,523	243,191	237,510	231,139	232,799	223,505	217,312	→
Indre-et-Loire	Department	478,597	506,093	529,345	554,003	583,086	606,223	608,387	→
Loiret	Department	490,189	535,669	580,612	618,126	647,733	674,330	678,722	→
Loir-et-Cher	Department	283,690	296,224	305,937	314,968	326,291	332,769	330,727	→
Corse	Region	225,562	240,178	250,371	260,196	299,209	330,455	339,178	→
Corse-du-Sud	Department	100,278	108,604	118,808	118,593	139,362	154,303	158,800	→
Haute-Corse	Department	125,284	131,574	131,563	141,603	159,847	176,152	180,378	→
Grand Est	Region	5,185,039	5,231,931	5,278,005	5,386,939	5,506,686	5,555,186	5,518,188	→
Ardennes	Department	309,306	302,338	296,357	290,130	284,749	275,371	267,409	→
Aube	Department	284,823	289,300	289,207	292,131	300,840	308,910	309,117	→
Bas-Rhin	Department	882,121	915,676	953,053	1,026,120	1,084,840	1,121,407	1,126,505	→
Haute-Marne	Department	212,304	210,670	204,067	194,873	187,407	178,084	173,041	→
Haut-Rhin	Department	635,209	650,372	671,319	708,025	742,408	762,743	761,480	→
Marne	Department	530,454	543,670	558,276	565,284	566,561	570,883	567,225	→
Meurthe-et-Moselle	Department	722,693	716,964	711,943	713,779	726,592	733,821	731,753	→
Meuse	Department	203,799	199,983	196,223	192,198	193,962	189,055	184,474	→
Moselle	Department	1,006,373	1,007,189	1,011,302	1,023,447	1,039,023	1,045,271	1,036,153	→
Vosges	Department	397,957	395,769	386,258	380,952	380,304	369,641	361,031	→
Hauts-de-France	Region	5,592,362	5,673,217	5,775,686	5,854,014	5,921,960	6,006,870	5,978,266	→
Aisne	Department	533,807	533,927	537,200	535,434	537,750	536,136	528,016	→
Nord	Department	2,511,478	2,520,526	2,531,855	2,555,020	2,564,950	2,603,723	2,592,185	→
Oise	Department	606,320	661,781	725,603	766,441	796,624	823,542	825,207	→
Pas-de-Calais	Department	1,402,295	1,412,413	1,433,203	1,441,568	1,456,726	1,470,725	1,463,196	→
Somme	Department	538,462	544,570	547,825	555,551	565,910	572,744	569,662	→
Île-de-France	Region	9,878,565	10,073,059	10,660,554	10,952,011	11,598,866	12,117,132	12,213,364	→
Essonne	Department	923,063	988,000	1,084,824	1,134,238	1,201,994	1,287,330	1,314,827	→
Hauts-de-Seine	Department	1,438,930	1,387,039	1,391,658	1,428,881	1,544,411	1,603,268	1,606,088	→
Paris	Department	2,299,830	2,176,243	2,152,423	2,125,246	2,193,030	2,190,327	2,140,526	→
Seine-et-Marne	Department	755,762	887,112	1,078,166	1,193,767	1,289,524	1,397,665	1,421,735	→
Seine-Saint-Denis	Department	1,322,127	1,324,301	1,381,197	1,382,861	1,502,340	1,606,660	1,654,477	→
Val-de-Marne	Department	1,215,713	1,193,655	1,215,538	1,227,250	1,302,889	1,378,151	1,395,209	→
Val-d'Oise	Department	840,885	920,598	1,049,598	1,105,464	1,160,721	1,221,923	1,243,921	→
Yvelines	Department	1,082,255	1,196,111	1,307,150	1,354,304	1,403,957	1,431,808	1,436,581	→
Normandie	Region	2,901,847	3,006,341	3,128,565	3,202,385	3,278,145	3,335,929	3,319,067	→
Calvados	Department	560,354	589,025	617,991	647,873	673,144	693,679	691,676	→
Eure	Department	422,952	462,254	513,818	541,054	572,105	602,825	606,419	→
Manche	Department	452,275	466,482	480,123	481,983	495,676	498,362	492,627	→
Orne	Department	293,523	295,472	293,204	292,337	292,609	285,308	279,755	→
Seine-Maritime	Department	1,172,743	1,193,108	1,223,429	1,239,138	1,244,611	1,255,755	1,248,590	→
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Region	4,817,190	4,961,927	5,113,789	5,259,366	5,627,671	5,935,603	5,987,014	→
Charente	Department	337,064	340,770	341,993	339,628	349,535	353,288	350,240	→
Charente-Maritime	Department	497,859	513,220	527,146	557,024	605,410	642,191	646,016	→
Corrèze	Department	240,363	241,448	237,908	232,576	242,038	241,535	240,973	→
Creuse	Department	146,214	139,968	131,349	124,470	123,861	119,502	117,340	→
Deux-Sèvres	Department	335,829	342,812	345,965	344,392	362,944	374,743	374,873	→
Dordogne	Department	373,179	377,356	386,365	388,293	406,793	414,789	409,548	→
Gironde	Department	1,061,480	1,127,546	1,213,499	1,287,334	1,409,345	1,566,679	1,620,243	→
Haute-Vienne	Department	352,149	355,737	353,593	353,893	371,102	374,978	371,575	→
Landes	Department	288,323	297,424	311,461	327,334	367,492	405,010	409,325	→
Lot-et-Garonne	Department	292,616	298,522	305,989	305,380	324,170	332,833	330,159	→
Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Department	534,748	555,696	578,516	600,018	643,090	673,986	679,354	→
Vienne	Department	357,366	371,428	380,005	399,024	421,891	436,069	437,368	→
Occitanie	Region	4,057,772	4,251,833	4,545,648	4,847,335	5,371,117	5,808,435	5,892,817	→
Ariège	Department	137,857	135,725	136,455	137,205	148,568	153,067	152,340	→
Aude	Department	272,366	280,686	298,712	309,770	345,779	368,025	368,011	→
Aveyron	Department	278,306	278,654	270,141	263,808	274,425	278,697	277,900	→
Gard	Department	494,575	530,478	585,049	623,125	689,847	742,006	745,756	→
Gers	Department	175,366	174,154	174,587	172,335	183,615	190,664	189,326	→
Haute-Garonne	Department	777,431	824,501	925,962	1,046,338	1,202,920	1,348,183	1,390,496	→
Hautes-Pyrénées	Department	227,222	227,922	224,759	222,368	228,594	227,829	225,219	→
Hérault	Department	648,202	706,499	794,603	896,441	1,011,207	1,132,481	1,165,412	→
Lot	Department	150,778	154,533	155,816	160,197	171,173	173,347	171,770	→
Lozère	Department	74,825	74,294	72,825	73,509	76,880	76,422	75,700	→
Pyrénées-Orientales	Department	299,506	334,557	363,796	392,803	437,157	474,369	481,691	→
Tarn	Department	338,024	339,345	342,723	343,402	369,189	386,448	387,638	→
Tarn-et-Garonne	Department	183,314	190,485	200,220	206,034	231,763	256,897	261,558	→
Pays de la Loire	Region	2,767,163	2,930,398	3,059,112	3,222,061	3,482,594	3,737,632	3,786,545	→
Loire-Atlantique	Department	934,882	995,822	1,052,466	1,134,551	1,246,967	1,380,852	1,425,592	→
Maine-et-Loire	Department	629,466	674,997	705,599	732,657	770,608	810,934	815,325	→
Mayenne	Department	261,789	271,784	278,037	285,338	300,643	307,688	305,021	→
Sarthe	Department	490,385	504,768	513,654	529,851	556,946	567,561	561,583	→
Vendée	Department	450,641	483,027	509,356	539,664	607,430	670,597	679,024	→
Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur	Region	3,675,730	3,965,209	4,257,907	4,506,151	4,864,015	5,021,928	5,059,473	→
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	Department	112,178	119,068	130,883	139,561	156,067	162,565	161,980	→
Alpes-Maritimes	Department	816,681	881,198	971,829	1,011,326	1,082,465	1,083,704	1,080,899	→
Bouches-du-Rhône	Department	1,632,974	1,724,199	1,759,371	1,835,719	1,958,926	2,019,717	2,035,410	→
Hautes-Alpes	Department	97,358	105,070	113,300	121,419	132,482	141,107	141,784	→
Var	Department	626,093	708,331	815,449	898,441	995,934	1,055,821	1,075,649	→
Vaucluse	Department	390,446	427,343	467,075	499,685	538,141	559,014	563,751	→
France	Republic	52,591,584	54,334,871	56,615,155	58,518,395	61,795,238	64,468,792	64,812,052

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France (web).

Explanation: Population figures for 2019 are preliminary.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2019)
Males	31,361,439
Females	33,450,613

Age Groups (E 2019)
0-14 years	11,479,457
15-64 years	40,199,341
65+ years	13,133,254

Age Distribution (E 2019)
0-9 years	7,486,424
10-19 years	7,958,885
20-29 years	7,306,158
30-39 years	8,035,336
40-49 years	8,388,238
50-59 years	8,532,078
60-69 years	7,803,284
70-79 years	5,331,800
80+ years	3,969,849

Citizenship (E 2016)
France	60,093,163
Other	4,207,658

Immigration (E 2016)
No immigrant	58,318,803
Immigrant	5,982,019