France: Administrative Division
Contents: Regions and Departments
The population of the regions and departments of France according to census results and latest official estimates.
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 2015-01-01 | Population Estimate 2017-01-01 | Population Estimate 2020-01-01 | |
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Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes | Region | 6,111,163 | 6,348,625 | 6,671,915 | 6,954,285 | 7,405,206 | 7,877,698 | 7,948,287 | 8,032,377 | → |
Ain | Department | 376,477 | 418,516 | 471,019 | 515,270 | 574,377 | 631,877 | 643,350 | 656,955 | → |
Allier | Department | 378,406 | 369,580 | 357,710 | 344,721 | 343,114 | 341,613 | 337,988 | 331,315 | → |
Ardèche | Department | 257,065 | 267,970 | 277,581 | 286,023 | 309,456 | 324,209 | 325,712 | 326,875 | → |
Cantal | Department | 166,549 | 162,838 | 158,723 | 150,778 | 149,057 | 146,219 | 145,143 | 142,811 | → |
Drôme | Department | 361,847 | 389,781 | 414,072 | 437,778 | 473,428 | 504,637 | 511,553 | 520,560 | → |
Haute-Loire | Department | 205,491 | 205,895 | 206,568 | 209,113 | 220,437 | 227,034 | 227,283 | 226,901 | → |
Haute-Savoie | Department | 447,795 | 494,505 | 568,286 | 631,679 | 706,708 | 793,938 | 807,360 | 828,405 | → |
Isère | Department | 860,339 | 936,771 | 1,016,228 | 1,094,006 | 1,178,714 | 1,251,060 | 1,258,722 | 1,264,979 | → |
Loire | Department | 742,396 | 739,521 | 746,288 | 728,524 | 740,668 | 759,411 | 762,941 | 764,737 | → |
Puy-de-Dôme | Department | 580,033 | 594,365 | 598,213 | 604,266 | 626,639 | 647,501 | 653,742 | 660,240 | → |
Rhône | Department | 1,429,647 | 1,445,208 | 1,508,966 | 1,578,869 | 1,677,073 | 1,821,995 | 1,843,319 | 1,876,051 | → |
Savoie | Department | 305,118 | 323,675 | 348,261 | 373,258 | 405,535 | 428,204 | 431,174 | 432,548 | → |
Bourgogne - Franche-Comté | Region | 2,631,260 | 2,680,103 | 2,706,929 | 2,727,126 | 2,792,562 | 2,820,940 | 2,811,423 | 2,783,039 | → |
Côte-d'Or | Department | 456,070 | 473,548 | 493,866 | 506,755 | 519,143 | 533,147 | 533,819 | 532,886 | → |
Doubs | Department | 471,082 | 477,163 | 484,770 | 499,062 | 520,133 | 536,959 | 539,067 | 539,449 | → |
Haute-Saône | Department | 222,254 | 231,962 | 229,650 | 229,732 | 237,197 | 237,706 | 236,659 | 233,194 | → |
Jura | Department | 238,856 | 242,925 | 248,759 | 250,857 | 258,897 | 260,587 | 260,188 | 257,849 | → |
Nièvre | Department | 245,212 | 239,635 | 233,278 | 225,198 | 221,488 | 211,747 | 207,182 | 199,596 | → |
Saône-et-Loire | Department | 569,810 | 571,852 | 559,413 | 544,893 | 551,842 | 555,408 | 553,595 | 547,824 | → |
Territoire de Belfort | Department | 128,125 | 131,999 | 134,097 | 137,408 | 142,444 | 144,483 | 142,622 | 140,145 | → |
Yonne | Department | 299,851 | 311,019 | 323,096 | 333,221 | 341,418 | 340,903 | 338,291 | 332,096 | → |
Bretagne | Region | 2,595,431 | 2,707,886 | 2,795,638 | 2,906,197 | 3,120,288 | 3,293,850 | 3,318,904 | 3,340,379 | → |
Côtes-d'Armor | Department | 525,556 | 538,869 | 538,395 | 542,373 | 576,049 | 598,357 | 598,814 | 596,186 | → |
Finistère | Department | 804,088 | 828,364 | 838,687 | 852,418 | 885,906 | 907,796 | 909,028 | 906,554 | → |
Ille-et-Vilaine | Department | 702,199 | 749,764 | 798,718 | 867,533 | 955,846 | 1,042,884 | 1,060,199 | 1,082,073 | → |
Morbihan | Department | 563,588 | 590,889 | 619,838 | 643,873 | 702,487 | 744,813 | 750,863 | 755,566 | → |
Centre - Val de Loire | Region | 2,152,500 | 2,264,164 | 2,371,036 | 2,440,329 | 2,526,919 | 2,578,592 | 2,576,252 | 2,559,073 | → |
Cher | Department | 316,350 | 320,174 | 321,559 | 314,428 | 314,599 | 308,992 | 304,256 | 296,404 | → |
Eure-et-Loir | Department | 335,151 | 362,813 | 396,073 | 407,665 | 422,411 | 434,035 | 433,233 | 429,425 | → |
Indre | Department | 248,523 | 243,191 | 237,510 | 231,139 | 232,799 | 224,200 | 222,232 | 217,139 | → |
Indre-et-Loire | Department | 478,597 | 506,093 | 529,345 | 554,003 | 583,086 | 604,966 | 606,511 | 605,380 | → |
Loiret | Department | 490,189 | 535,669 | 580,612 | 618,126 | 647,733 | 673,349 | 678,105 | 682,890 | → |
Loir-et-Cher | Department | 283,690 | 296,224 | 305,937 | 314,968 | 326,291 | 333,050 | 331,915 | 327,835 | → |
Corse | Region | 225,562 | 240,178 | 250,371 | 260,196 | 299,209 | 327,283 | 334,938 | 344,679 | → |
Corse-du-Sud | Department | 100,278 | 108,604 | 118,808 | 118,593 | 139,362 | 152,730 | 157,249 | 162,421 | → |
Haute-Corse | Department | 125,284 | 131,574 | 131,563 | 141,603 | 159,847 | 174,553 | 177,689 | 182,258 | → |
Grand Est | Region | 5,185,039 | 5,231,931 | 5,278,005 | 5,386,939 | 5,506,686 | 5,559,051 | 5,549,586 | 5,511,747 | → |
Ardennes | Department | 309,306 | 302,338 | 296,357 | 290,130 | 284,749 | 277,752 | 273,579 | 265,531 | → |
Aube | Department | 284,823 | 289,300 | 289,207 | 292,131 | 300,840 | 309,056 | 310,020 | 309,907 | → |
Bas-Rhin | Department | 882,121 | 915,676 | 953,053 | 1,026,120 | 1,084,840 | 1,116,658 | 1,125,559 | 1,132,607 | → |
Haute-Marne | Department | 212,304 | 210,670 | 204,067 | 194,873 | 187,407 | 179,154 | 175,640 | 169,250 | → |
Haut-Rhin | Department | 635,209 | 650,372 | 671,319 | 708,025 | 742,408 | 762,607 | 764,030 | 763,204 | → |
Marne | Department | 530,454 | 543,670 | 558,276 | 565,284 | 566,561 | 572,293 | 568,895 | 563,823 | → |
Meurthe-et-Moselle | Department | 722,693 | 716,964 | 711,943 | 713,779 | 726,592 | 734,403 | 733,481 | 730,398 | → |
Meuse | Department | 203,799 | 199,983 | 196,223 | 192,198 | 193,962 | 190,626 | 187,187 | 181,641 | → |
Moselle | Department | 1,006,373 | 1,007,189 | 1,011,302 | 1,023,447 | 1,039,023 | 1,044,486 | 1,043,522 | 1,035,866 | → |
Vosges | Department | 397,957 | 395,769 | 386,258 | 380,952 | 380,304 | 372,016 | 367,673 | 359,520 | → |
Hauts-de-France | Region | 5,592,362 | 5,673,217 | 5,775,686 | 5,854,014 | 5,921,960 | 6,009,976 | 6,003,815 | 5,962,662 | → |
Aisne | Department | 533,807 | 533,927 | 537,200 | 535,434 | 537,750 | 538,659 | 534,490 | 526,050 | → |
Nord | Department | 2,511,478 | 2,520,526 | 2,531,855 | 2,555,020 | 2,564,950 | 2,605,238 | 2,604,361 | 2,588,988 | → |
Oise | Department | 606,320 | 661,781 | 725,603 | 766,441 | 796,624 | 821,552 | 824,503 | 825,077 | → |
Pas-de-Calais | Department | 1,402,295 | 1,412,413 | 1,433,203 | 1,441,568 | 1,456,726 | 1,472,648 | 1,468,018 | 1,452,778 | → |
Somme | Department | 538,462 | 544,570 | 547,825 | 555,551 | 565,910 | 571,879 | 572,443 | 569,769 | → |
Île-de-France | Region | 9,878,565 | 10,073,059 | 10,660,554 | 10,952,011 | 11,598,866 | 12,082,144 | 12,174,880 | 12,278,210 | → |
Essonne | Department | 923,063 | 988,000 | 1,084,824 | 1,134,238 | 1,201,994 | 1,276,233 | 1,296,130 | 1,319,401 | → |
Hauts-de-Seine | Department | 1,438,930 | 1,387,039 | 1,391,658 | 1,428,881 | 1,544,411 | 1,601,569 | 1,609,306 | 1,613,762 | → |
Paris | Department | 2,299,830 | 2,176,243 | 2,152,423 | 2,125,246 | 2,193,030 | 2,206,488 | 2,187,526 | 2,148,271 | → |
Seine-et-Marne | Department | 755,762 | 887,112 | 1,078,166 | 1,193,767 | 1,289,524 | 1,390,121 | 1,403,997 | 1,423,607 | → |
Seine-Saint-Denis | Department | 1,322,127 | 1,324,301 | 1,381,197 | 1,382,861 | 1,502,340 | 1,592,663 | 1,623,111 | 1,670,149 | → |
Val-de-Marne | Department | 1,215,713 | 1,193,655 | 1,215,538 | 1,227,250 | 1,302,889 | 1,372,389 | 1,387,926 | 1,406,041 | → |
Val-d'Oise | Department | 840,885 | 920,598 | 1,049,598 | 1,105,464 | 1,160,721 | 1,215,390 | 1,228,618 | 1,248,354 | → |
Yvelines | Department | 1,082,255 | 1,196,111 | 1,307,150 | 1,354,304 | 1,403,957 | 1,427,291 | 1,438,266 | 1,448,625 | → |
Normandie | Region | 2,901,847 | 3,006,341 | 3,128,565 | 3,202,385 | 3,278,145 | 3,339,131 | 3,330,478 | 3,303,500 | → |
Calvados | Department | 560,354 | 589,025 | 617,991 | 647,873 | 673,144 | 693,042 | 694,002 | 691,453 | → |
Eure | Department | 422,952 | 462,254 | 513,818 | 541,054 | 572,105 | 601,948 | 601,843 | 600,687 | → |
Manche | Department | 452,275 | 466,482 | 480,123 | 481,983 | 495,676 | 499,824 | 496,883 | 490,669 | → |
Orne | Department | 293,523 | 295,472 | 293,204 | 292,337 | 292,609 | 286,618 | 283,372 | 276,903 | → |
Seine-Maritime | Department | 1,172,743 | 1,193,108 | 1,223,429 | 1,239,138 | 1,244,611 | 1,257,699 | 1,254,378 | 1,243,788 | → |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Region | 4,817,190 | 4,961,927 | 5,113,789 | 5,259,366 | 5,627,671 | 5,911,482 | 5,956,978 | 5,999,982 | → |
Charente | Department | 337,064 | 340,770 | 341,993 | 339,628 | 349,535 | 353,613 | 352,335 | 348,180 | → |
Charente-Maritime | Department | 497,859 | 513,220 | 527,146 | 557,024 | 605,410 | 639,938 | 644,303 | 647,080 | → |
Corrèze | Department | 240,363 | 241,448 | 237,908 | 232,576 | 242,038 | 241,871 | 241,464 | 240,336 | → |
Creuse | Department | 146,214 | 139,968 | 131,349 | 124,470 | 123,861 | 120,365 | 118,638 | 116,270 | → |
Deux-Sèvres | Department | 335,829 | 342,812 | 345,965 | 344,392 | 362,944 | 374,435 | 374,351 | 372,627 | → |
Dordogne | Department | 373,179 | 377,356 | 386,365 | 388,293 | 406,793 | 415,417 | 413,606 | 408,393 | → |
Gironde | Department | 1,061,480 | 1,127,546 | 1,213,499 | 1,287,334 | 1,409,345 | 1,548,478 | 1,583,384 | 1,633,440 | → |
Haute-Vienne | Department | 352,149 | 355,737 | 353,593 | 353,893 | 371,102 | 375,795 | 374,426 | 370,774 | → |
Landes | Department | 288,323 | 297,424 | 311,461 | 327,334 | 367,492 | 403,234 | 407,444 | 411,979 | → |
Lot-et-Garonne | Department | 292,616 | 298,522 | 305,989 | 305,380 | 324,170 | 333,417 | 332,842 | 330,336 | → |
Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Department | 534,748 | 555,696 | 578,516 | 600,018 | 643,090 | 670,032 | 677,309 | 683,169 | → |
Vienne | Department | 357,366 | 371,428 | 380,005 | 399,024 | 421,891 | 434,887 | 436,876 | 437,398 | → |
Occitanie | Region | 4,057,772 | 4,251,833 | 4,545,648 | 4,847,335 | 5,371,117 | 5,774,185 | 5,845,102 | 5,924,858 | → |
Ariège | Department | 137,857 | 135,725 | 136,455 | 137,205 | 148,568 | 152,499 | 153,153 | 152,398 | → |
Aude | Department | 272,366 | 280,686 | 298,712 | 309,770 | 345,779 | 366,957 | 370,260 | 372,705 | → |
Aveyron | Department | 278,306 | 278,654 | 270,141 | 263,808 | 274,425 | 279,169 | 279,206 | 278,360 | → |
Gard | Department | 494,575 | 530,478 | 585,049 | 623,125 | 689,847 | 738,189 | 744,178 | 748,468 | → |
Gers | Department | 175,366 | 174,154 | 174,587 | 172,335 | 183,615 | 190,932 | 191,091 | 190,040 | → |
Haute-Garonne | Department | 777,431 | 824,501 | 925,962 | 1,046,338 | 1,202,920 | 1,335,103 | 1,362,672 | 1,400,935 | → |
Hautes-Pyrénées | Department | 227,222 | 227,922 | 224,759 | 222,368 | 228,594 | 228,582 | 228,530 | 226,839 | → |
Hérault | Department | 648,202 | 706,499 | 794,603 | 896,441 | 1,011,207 | 1,120,190 | 1,144,892 | 1,176,145 | → |
Lot | Department | 150,778 | 154,533 | 155,816 | 160,197 | 171,173 | 173,400 | 173,828 | 173,166 | → |
Lozère | Department | 74,825 | 74,294 | 72,825 | 73,509 | 76,880 | 76,309 | 76,601 | 76,286 | → |
Pyrénées-Orientales | Department | 299,506 | 334,557 | 363,796 | 392,803 | 437,157 | 471,038 | 474,452 | 479,000 | → |
Tarn | Department | 338,024 | 339,345 | 342,723 | 343,402 | 369,189 | 386,543 | 387,890 | 387,898 | → |
Tarn-et-Garonne | Department | 183,314 | 190,485 | 200,220 | 206,034 | 231,763 | 255,274 | 258,349 | 262,618 | → |
Pays de la Loire | Region | 2,767,163 | 2,930,398 | 3,059,112 | 3,222,061 | 3,482,594 | 3,718,512 | 3,757,600 | 3,801,797 | → |
Loire-Atlantique | Department | 934,882 | 995,822 | 1,052,466 | 1,134,551 | 1,246,967 | 1,366,358 | 1,394,909 | 1,437,137 | → |
Maine-et-Loire | Department | 629,466 | 674,997 | 705,599 | 732,657 | 770,608 | 809,055 | 813,493 | 815,881 | → |
Mayenne | Department | 261,789 | 271,784 | 278,037 | 285,338 | 300,643 | 307,940 | 307,445 | 305,365 | → |
Sarthe | Department | 490,385 | 504,768 | 513,654 | 529,851 | 556,946 | 568,445 | 566,506 | 560,227 | → |
Vendée | Department | 450,641 | 483,027 | 509,356 | 539,664 | 607,430 | 666,714 | 675,247 | 683,187 | → |
Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur | Region | 3,675,730 | 3,965,209 | 4,257,907 | 4,506,151 | 4,864,015 | 5,007,977 | 5,030,890 | 5,055,651 | → |
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Department | 112,178 | 119,068 | 130,883 | 139,561 | 156,067 | 161,799 | 163,915 | 165,197 | → |
Alpes-Maritimes | Department | 816,681 | 881,198 | 971,829 | 1,011,326 | 1,082,465 | 1,082,440 | 1,083,310 | 1,079,396 | → |
Bouches-du-Rhône | Department | 1,632,974 | 1,724,199 | 1,759,371 | 1,835,719 | 1,958,926 | 2,016,622 | 2,024,162 | 2,034,469 | → |
Hautes-Alpes | Department | 97,358 | 105,070 | 113,300 | 121,419 | 132,482 | 140,916 | 141,284 | 141,756 | → |
Var | Department | 626,093 | 708,331 | 815,449 | 898,441 | 995,934 | 1,048,652 | 1,058,740 | 1,073,836 | → |
Vaucluse | Department | 390,446 | 427,343 | 467,075 | 499,685 | 538,141 | 557,548 | 559,479 | 560,997 | → |
France | Republic | 52,591,584 | 54,334,871 | 56,615,155 | 58,518,395 | 61,795,238 | 64,300,821 | 64,639,133 | 64,897,954 |
Source: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France (web).
Explanation: Population figures for 2020 are preliminary.
Further information about the population structure:
Gender (E 2020) | |
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Males | 31,378,856 |
Females | 33,519,098 |
Age Groups (E 2020) | |
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0-14 years | 11,416,978 |
15-64 years | 40,027,641 |
65+ years | 13,453,335 |
Age Distribution (E 2020) | |
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0-9 years | 7,412,933 |
10-19 years | 7,977,107 |
20-29 years | 7,229,567 |
30-39 years | 8,034,961 |
40-49 years | 8,316,050 |
50-59 years | 8,494,520 |
60-69 years | 7,780,894 |
70-79 years | 5,569,994 |
80-89 years | 3,185,227 |
90+ years | 896,701 |
Nationality (E 2017) | |
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France | 60,188,667 |
Other | 4,450,466 |
Immigration (E 2017) | |
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No immigrant | 58,407,766 |
Immigrant | 6,231,367 |