Regions
The population of the French regions according to census results and latest official estimates.
Since 2006, France computes the population size from census results counted in different years. The 2018 figures are calculated by using vital statistics and an estimate of net migration.
| Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (C) 1975-02-20 | Population Census (C) 1982-03-04 | Population Census (C) 1990-03-05 | Population Census (C) 1999-03-08 | Population Estimate (E) 2007-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2016-01-01 | Population Estimate (Ep) 2019-01-01 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | FRA | Rep | Paris | 543,941 | 52,591,584 | 54,334,871 | 56,615,155 | 58,518,395 | 61,795,238 | 64,468,792 | 64,812,052 | |||
| Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes | ARA | Reg | Lyon | 69,711 | 6,111,163 | 6,348,625 | 6,671,915 | 6,954,285 | 7,405,206 | 7,916,889 | 8,026,685 | 6971100 | → | |
| Bourgogne - Franche-Comté [Burgundy] | BFC | Reg | Dijon | 47,784 | 2,631,260 | 2,680,103 | 2,706,929 | 2,727,126 | 2,792,562 | 2,818,338 | 2,795,301 | 4778400 | → | |
| Bretagne [Brittany] | BRE | Reg | Rennes | 27,208 | 2,595,431 | 2,707,886 | 2,795,638 | 2,906,197 | 3,120,288 | 3,306,529 | 3,329,395 | 2720800 | → | |
| Centre - Val de Loire | CVL | Reg | Orléans | 39,151 | 2,152,500 | 2,264,164 | 2,371,036 | 2,440,329 | 2,526,919 | 2,577,866 | 2,566,759 | 3915100 | → | |
| Corse [Corsica] | COR | Reg | Ajaccio | 8,680 | 225,562 | 240,178 | 250,371 | 260,196 | 299,209 | 330,455 | 339,178 | 868000 | → | |
| Grand Est | GES | Reg | Strasbourg | 57,441 | 5,185,039 | 5,231,931 | 5,278,005 | 5,386,939 | 5,506,686 | 5,555,186 | 5,518,188 | 5744100 | → | |
| Hauts-de-France | HTF | Reg | Lille | 31,806 | 5,592,362 | 5,673,217 | 5,775,686 | 5,854,014 | 5,921,960 | 6,006,870 | 5,978,266 | 3180600 | → | |
| Île-de-France | ILE | Reg | Paris | 12,012 | 9,878,565 | 10,073,059 | 10,660,554 | 10,952,011 | 11,598,866 | 12,117,132 | 12,213,364 | 1201200 | → | |
| Normandie [Normandy] | NMD | Reg | Rouen | 29,907 | 2,901,847 | 3,006,341 | 3,128,565 | 3,202,385 | 3,278,145 | 3,335,929 | 3,319,067 | 2990700 | → | |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | NAQ | Reg | Bordeaux | 84,036 | 4,817,190 | 4,961,927 | 5,113,789 | 5,259,366 | 5,627,671 | 5,935,603 | 5,987,014 | 8403600 | → | |
| Occitanie (Pyrénées-Méditerranée) [Occitania] | OCC | Reg | Toulouse | 72,724 | 4,057,772 | 4,251,833 | 4,545,648 | 4,847,335 | 5,371,117 | 5,808,435 | 5,892,817 | 7272400 | → | |
| Pays de la Loire | PAY | Reg | Nantes | 32,082 | 2,767,163 | 2,930,398 | 3,059,112 | 3,222,061 | 3,482,594 | 3,737,632 | 3,786,545 | 3208200 | → | |
| Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur | PRO | Reg | Marseille | 31,400 | 3,675,730 | 3,965,209 | 4,257,907 | 4,506,151 | 4,864,015 | 5,021,928 | 5,059,473 | 3140000 | → |
- Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France (web).
Major Cities
| Name | Adm. | Population Estimate (E) 2016-01-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris | ILE | 2,190,327 |
| 2 | Marseille | PRO | 862,211 |
| 3 | Lyon | ARA | 515,695 |
| 4 | Toulouse | OCC | 475,438 |
| 5 | Nice | PRO | 342,637 |
| 6 | Nantes | PAY | 306,694 |
| 7 | Montpellier | OCC | 281,613 |
| 8 | Strasbourg | GES | 279,284 |
| 9 | Bordeaux | NAQ | 252,040 |
| 10 | Lille | HTF | 232,440 |
Contents: Cities
The population of all cities in France with more than 100,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.
| Name | Adm. | Population Census (C) 1975-02-20 | Population Census (C) 1982-03-04 | Population Census (C) 1990-03-05 | Population Census (C) 1999-03-08 | Population Estimate (E) 2007-01-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2016-01-01 | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aix-en-Provence | PRO | 110,659 | 121,327 | 123,842 | 134,222 | 143,404 | 143,006 | 18616 | → | |
| Amiens | HTF | 131,476 | 131,332 | 131,872 | 135,501 | 134,737 | 133,755 | 4945 | → | |
| Angers | PAY | 137,591 | 136,038 | 141,404 | 151,279 | 151,108 | 151,229 | 4270 | → | |
| Annecy | ARA | 96,527 | 101,087 | 107,537 | 112,379 | 116,877 | 126,419 | 6693 | → | |
| Argenteuil | ILE | 102,530 | 95,347 | 93,096 | 93,961 | 102,572 | 110,468 | 1722 | → | |
| Besançon | BFC | 120,315 | 113,283 | 113,828 | 117,733 | 117,836 | 116,466 | 6505 | → | |
| Bordeaux | NAQ | 223,131 | 208,159 | 210,336 | 215,363 | 235,178 | 252,040 | 4936 | → | |
| Boulogne-Billancourt | ILE | 103,578 | 102,582 | 101,743 | 106,367 | 111,045 | 119,645 | 617 | → | |
| Brest | BRE | 166,826 | 156,060 | 147,956 | 149,634 | 142,722 | 139,342 | 4951 | → | |
| Caen | NMD | 119,640 | 114,068 | 112,846 | 113,987 | 109,630 | 105,403 | 2570 | → | |
| Clermont-Ferrand | ARA | 156,763 | 147,224 | 136,181 | 137,140 | 139,501 | 142,686 | 4267 | → | |
| Dijon | BFC | 151,705 | 140,942 | 146,703 | 149,867 | 151,543 | 155,090 | 4041 | → | |
| Grenoble | ARA | 166,037 | 156,637 | 150,758 | 153,317 | 156,793 | 158,180 | 1813 | → | |
| Le Havre | NMD | 217,882 | 199,388 | 195,854 | 190,905 | 179,751 | 170,352 | 4695 | → | |
| Le Mans | PAY | 152,285 | 147,697 | 145,502 | 146,105 | 144,164 | 142,991 | 5280 | → | |
| Lille | HTF | 219,204 | 196,705 | 198,691 | 212,597 | 225,789 | 232,440 | 3483 | → | |
| Limoges | NAQ | 143,725 | 140,418 | 133,486 | 133,994 | 138,882 | 132,660 | 7744 | → | |
| Lyon | ARA | 456,716 | 413,095 | 415,487 | 445,452 | 472,330 | 515,695 | 4787 | → | |
| Marseille | PRO | 908,600 | 874,436 | 800,550 | 798,430 | 852,395 | 862,211 | 24064 | → | |
| Metz | GES | 111,869 | 114,232 | 119,594 | 123,776 | 123,580 | 117,890 | 4194 | → | |
| Montpellier | OCC | 191,354 | 197,231 | 207,996 | 225,392 | 253,712 | 281,613 | 5687 | → | |
| Montreuil | ILE | 96,587 | 93,368 | 94,754 | 90,674 | 102,097 | 108,402 | 892 | → | |
| Mulhouse | GES | 117,013 | 112,157 | 108,357 | 110,359 | 111,394 | 108,999 | 2218 | → | |
| Nancy | GES | 107,902 | 96,317 | 99,351 | 103,605 | 105,349 | 104,592 | 1501 | → | |
| Nantes | PAY | 256,693 | 240,539 | 244,995 | 270,251 | 283,025 | 306,694 | 6518 | → | |
| Nice | PRO | 344,481 | 337,085 | 342,439 | 342,738 | 348,721 | 342,637 | 7191 | → | |
| Nîmes | OCC | 127,933 | 124,220 | 128,471 | 133,424 | 143,468 | 151,001 | 16192 | → | |
| Orléans | CVL | 106,246 | 102,710 | 105,111 | 113,126 | 113,234 | 114,782 | 2748 | → | |
| Paris | ILE | 2,299,830 | 2,176,243 | 2,152,423 | 2,125,246 | 2,193,030 | 2,190,327 | 10560 | → | |
| Perpignan | OCC | 106,426 | 111,669 | 105,983 | 105,115 | 116,041 | 121,875 | 6808 | → | |
| Reims | GES | 178,381 | 177,234 | 180,620 | 187,206 | 183,500 | 183,113 | 4690 | → | |
| Rennes | BRE | 198,305 | 194,656 | 197,536 | 206,229 | 207,922 | 216,268 | 5039 | → | |
| Rouen | NMD | 114,834 | 101,945 | 102,723 | 106,592 | 108,569 | 110,117 | 2138 | → | |
| Saint-Denis | ILE | 96,132 | 90,829 | 89,988 | 85,832 | 100,800 | 111,354 | 1236 | → | |
| Saint-Étienne | ARA | 220,181 | 204,955 | 199,396 | 180,210 | 175,318 | 171,924 | 7999 | → | |
| Strasbourg | GES | 253,384 | 248,712 | 252,338 | 264,115 | 272,123 | 279,284 | 7826 | → | |
| Toulon | PRO | 181,801 | 179,423 | 167,619 | 160,639 | 166,537 | 169,634 | 4284 | → | |
| Toulouse | OCC | 373,796 | 347,995 | 358,688 | 390,350 | 439,453 | 475,438 | 11829 | → | |
| Tours | CVL | 140,686 | 132,209 | 129,509 | 132,820 | 136,578 | 136,565 | 3436 | → | |
| Villeurbanne | ARA | 116,535 | 115,960 | 116,872 | 124,215 | 138,151 | 149,019 | 1452 | → |
- Cities and communes in the boundaries of January 2018.
- Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France (web).