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 2015-01-01	Population Estimate 2018-01-01	Population Estimate 2021-01-01
Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes	Region	6,111,163	6,348,625	6,671,915	6,954,285	7,405,206	7,877,698	7,994,459	8,092,598	→
Ain	Department	376,477	418,516	471,019	515,270	574,377	631,877	647,634	662,412	→
Allier	Department	378,406	369,580	357,710	344,721	343,114	341,613	337,171	331,947	→
Ardèche	Department	257,065	267,970	277,581	286,023	309,456	324,209	326,606	327,878	→
Cantal	Department	166,549	162,838	158,723	150,778	149,057	146,219	144,765	143,366	→
Drôme	Department	361,847	389,781	414,072	437,778	473,428	504,637	514,732	523,191	→
Haute-Loire	Department	205,491	205,895	206,568	209,113	220,437	227,034	227,552	227,650	→
Haute-Savoie	Department	447,795	494,505	568,286	631,679	706,708	793,938	816,699	838,774	→
Isère	Department	860,339	936,771	1,016,228	1,094,006	1,178,714	1,251,060	1,263,563	1,271,577	→
Loire	Department	742,396	739,521	746,288	728,524	740,668	759,411	763,441	765,297	→
Puy-de-Dôme	Department	580,033	594,365	598,213	604,266	626,639	647,501	659,048	669,648	→
Rhône	Department	1,429,647	1,445,208	1,508,966	1,578,869	1,677,073	1,821,995	1,859,524	1,893,147	→
Savoie	Department	305,118	323,675	348,261	373,258	405,535	428,204	433,724	437,711	→
Bourgogne - Franche-Comté	Region	2,631,260	2,680,103	2,706,929	2,727,126	2,792,562	2,820,940	2,807,807	2,786,205	→
Côte-d'Or	Department	456,070	473,548	493,866	506,755	519,143	533,147	533,220	532,266	→
Doubs	Department	471,082	477,163	484,770	499,062	520,133	536,959	541,454	543,538	→
Haute-Saône	Department	222,254	231,962	229,650	229,732	237,197	237,706	236,018	233,508	→
Jura	Department	238,856	242,925	248,759	250,857	258,897	260,587	259,746	258,023	→
Nièvre	Department	245,212	239,635	233,278	225,198	221,488	211,747	205,828	199,659	→
Saône-et-Loire	Department	569,810	571,852	559,413	544,893	551,842	555,408	552,185	547,409	→
Territoire de Belfort	Department	128,125	131,999	134,097	137,408	142,444	144,483	141,852	138,620	→
Yonne	Department	299,851	311,019	323,096	333,221	341,418	340,903	337,504	333,182	→
Bretagne	Region	2,595,431	2,707,886	2,795,638	2,906,197	3,120,288	3,293,850	3,335,414	3,371,297	→
Côtes-d'Armor	Department	525,556	538,869	538,395	542,373	576,049	598,357	599,584	599,149	→
Finistère	Department	804,088	828,364	838,687	852,418	885,906	907,796	911,735	914,376	→
Ille-et-Vilaine	Department	702,199	749,764	798,718	867,533	955,846	1,042,884	1,069,228	1,094,677	→
Morbihan	Department	563,588	590,889	619,838	643,873	702,487	744,813	754,867	763,095	→
Centre - Val de Loire	Region	2,152,500	2,264,164	2,371,036	2,440,329	2,526,919	2,578,592	2,572,853	2,562,431	→
Cher	Department	316,350	320,174	321,559	314,428	314,599	308,992	303,408	296,919	→
Eure-et-Loir	Department	335,151	362,813	396,073	407,665	422,411	434,035	431,997	428,333	→
Indre	Department	248,523	243,191	237,510	231,139	232,799	224,200	220,595	216,867	→
Indre-et-Loire	Department	478,597	506,093	529,345	554,003	583,086	604,966	607,760	609,628	→
Loiret	Department	490,189	535,669	580,612	618,126	647,733	673,349	678,845	684,195	→
Loir-et-Cher	Department	283,690	296,224	305,937	314,968	326,291	333,050	330,248	326,489	→
Corse	Region	225,562	240,178	250,371	260,196	299,209	327,283	338,554	349,273	→
Corse-du-Sud	Department	100,278	108,604	118,808	118,593	139,362	152,730	157,853	162,747	→
Haute-Corse	Department	125,284	131,574	131,563	141,603	159,847	174,553	180,701	186,526	→
Grand Est	Region	5,185,039	5,231,931	5,278,005	5,386,939	5,506,686	5,559,051	5,550,389	5,524,817	→
Ardennes	Department	309,306	302,338	296,357	290,130	284,749	277,752	271,845	265,213	→
Aube	Department	284,823	289,300	289,207	292,131	300,840	309,056	310,020	310,222	→
Bas-Rhin	Department	882,121	915,676	953,053	1,026,120	1,084,840	1,116,658	1,133,552	1,147,820	→
Haute-Marne	Department	212,304	210,670	204,067	194,873	187,407	179,154	174,069	168,316	→
Haut-Rhin	Department	635,209	650,372	671,319	708,025	742,408	762,607	764,981	764,044	→
Marne	Department	530,454	543,670	558,276	565,284	566,561	572,293	567,462	561,972	→
Meurthe-et-Moselle	Department	722,693	716,964	711,943	713,779	726,592	734,403	733,469	730,036	→
Meuse	Department	203,799	199,983	196,223	192,198	193,962	190,626	185,355	179,154	→
Moselle	Department	1,006,373	1,007,189	1,011,302	1,023,447	1,039,023	1,044,486	1,043,524	1,038,901	→
Vosges	Department	397,957	395,769	386,258	380,952	380,304	372,016	366,112	359,139	→
Hauts-de-France	Region	5,592,362	5,673,217	5,775,686	5,854,014	5,921,960	6,009,976	6,004,108	5,977,462	→
Aisne	Department	533,807	533,927	537,200	535,434	537,750	538,659	533,316	525,739	→
Nord	Department	2,511,478	2,520,526	2,531,855	2,555,020	2,564,950	2,605,238	2,606,234	2,598,803	→
Oise	Department	606,320	661,781	725,603	766,441	796,624	821,552	827,153	830,002	→
Pas-de-Calais	Department	1,402,295	1,412,413	1,433,203	1,441,568	1,456,726	1,472,648	1,466,743	1,455,508	→
Somme	Department	538,462	544,570	547,825	555,551	565,910	571,879	570,662	567,410	→
Île-de-France	Region	9,878,565	10,073,059	10,660,554	10,952,011	11,598,866	12,082,144	12,213,447	12,326,429	→
Essonne	Department	923,063	988,000	1,084,824	1,134,238	1,201,994	1,276,233	1,296,641	1,315,683	→
Hauts-de-Seine	Department	1,438,930	1,387,039	1,391,658	1,428,881	1,544,411	1,601,569	1,619,120	1,633,217	→
Paris	Department	2,299,830	2,176,243	2,152,423	2,125,246	2,193,030	2,206,488	2,175,601	2,142,903	→
Seine-et-Marne	Department	755,762	887,112	1,078,166	1,193,767	1,289,524	1,390,121	1,412,516	1,432,577	→
Seine-Saint-Denis	Department	1,322,127	1,324,301	1,381,197	1,382,861	1,502,340	1,592,663	1,632,677	1,669,509	→
Val-de-Marne	Department	1,215,713	1,193,655	1,215,538	1,227,250	1,302,889	1,372,389	1,396,913	1,418,960	→
Val-d'Oise	Department	840,885	920,598	1,049,598	1,105,464	1,160,721	1,215,390	1,238,581	1,260,269	→
Yvelines	Department	1,082,255	1,196,111	1,307,150	1,354,304	1,403,957	1,427,291	1,441,398	1,453,311	→
Normandie	Region	2,901,847	3,006,341	3,128,565	3,202,385	3,278,145	3,339,131	3,327,477	3,306,092	→
Calvados	Department	560,354	589,025	617,991	647,873	673,144	693,042	694,056	692,932	→
Eure	Department	422,952	462,254	513,818	541,054	572,105	601,948	599,962	595,218	→
Manche	Department	452,275	466,482	480,123	481,983	495,676	499,824	495,983	491,532	→
Orne	Department	293,523	295,472	293,204	292,337	292,609	286,618	281,593	275,186	→
Seine-Maritime	Department	1,172,743	1,193,108	1,223,429	1,239,138	1,244,611	1,257,699	1,255,883	1,251,224	→
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Region	4,817,190	4,961,927	5,113,789	5,259,366	5,627,671	5,911,482	5,979,778	6,039,767	→
Charente	Department	337,064	340,770	341,993	339,628	349,535	353,613	351,778	349,158	→
Charente-Maritime	Department	497,859	513,220	527,146	557,024	605,410	639,938	646,932	652,541	→
Corrèze	Department	240,363	241,448	237,908	232,576	242,038	241,871	240,583	239,019	→
Creuse	Department	146,214	139,968	131,349	124,470	123,861	120,365	117,503	114,490	→
Deux-Sèvres	Department	335,829	342,812	345,965	344,392	362,944	374,435	374,799	374,461	→
Dordogne	Department	373,179	377,356	386,365	388,293	406,793	415,417	413,418	410,786	→
Gironde	Department	1,061,480	1,127,546	1,213,499	1,287,334	1,409,345	1,548,478	1,601,845	1,654,372	→
Haute-Vienne	Department	352,149	355,737	353,593	353,893	371,102	375,795	373,199	370,517	→
Landes	Department	288,323	297,424	311,461	327,334	367,492	403,234	410,355	416,832	→
Lot-et-Garonne	Department	292,616	298,522	305,989	305,380	324,170	333,417	331,970	329,960	→
Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Department	534,748	555,696	578,516	600,018	643,090	670,032	679,810	688,627	→
Vienne	Department	357,366	371,428	380,005	399,024	421,891	434,887	437,586	439,004	→
Occitanie	Region	4,057,772	4,251,833	4,545,648	4,847,335	5,371,117	5,774,185	5,885,496	5,985,751	→
Ariège	Department	137,857	135,725	136,455	137,205	148,568	152,499	153,066	153,122	→
Aude	Department	272,366	280,686	298,712	309,770	345,779	366,957	372,806	377,716	→
Aveyron	Department	278,306	278,654	270,141	263,808	274,425	279,169	279,274	279,168	→
Gard	Department	494,575	530,478	585,049	623,125	689,847	738,189	745,458	750,776	→
Gers	Department	175,366	174,154	174,587	172,335	183,615	190,932	191,283	191,439	→
Haute-Garonne	Department	777,431	824,501	925,962	1,046,338	1,202,920	1,335,103	1,380,672	1,424,864	→
Hautes-Pyrénées	Department	227,222	227,922	224,759	222,368	228,594	228,582	229,191	229,315	→
Hérault	Department	648,202	706,499	794,603	896,441	1,011,207	1,120,190	1,159,220	1,196,536	→
Lot	Department	150,778	154,533	155,816	160,197	171,173	173,400	173,929	174,232	→
Lozère	Department	74,825	74,294	72,825	73,509	76,880	76,309	76,520	76,557	→
Pyrénées-Orientales	Department	299,506	334,557	363,796	392,803	437,157	471,038	476,357	480,318	→
Tarn	Department	338,024	339,345	342,723	343,402	369,189	386,543	388,596	389,443	→
Tarn-et-Garonne	Department	183,314	190,485	200,220	206,034	231,763	255,274	259,124	262,265	→
Pays de la Loire	Region	2,767,163	2,930,398	3,059,112	3,222,061	3,482,594	3,718,512	3,781,423	3,838,060	→
Loire-Atlantique	Department	934,882	995,822	1,052,466	1,134,551	1,246,967	1,366,358	1,412,502	1,459,116	→
Maine-et-Loire	Department	629,466	674,997	705,599	732,657	770,608	809,055	815,883	819,824	→
Mayenne	Department	261,789	271,784	278,037	285,338	300,643	307,940	307,084	305,521	→
Sarthe	Department	490,385	504,768	513,654	529,851	556,946	568,445	565,963	562,301	→
Vendée	Department	450,641	483,027	509,356	539,664	607,430	666,714	679,991	691,298	→
Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur	Region	3,675,730	3,965,209	4,257,907	4,506,151	4,864,015	5,007,977	5,052,832	5,089,661	→
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	Department	112,178	119,068	130,883	139,561	156,067	161,799	164,068	165,767	→
Alpes-Maritimes	Department	816,681	881,198	971,829	1,011,326	1,082,465	1,082,440	1,086,219	1,089,447	→
Bouches-du-Rhône	Department	1,632,974	1,724,199	1,759,371	1,835,719	1,958,926	2,016,622	2,034,357	2,048,660	→
Hautes-Alpes	Department	97,358	105,070	113,300	121,419	132,482	140,916	140,698	140,074	→
Var	Department	626,093	708,331	815,449	898,441	995,934	1,048,652	1,067,697	1,084,899	→
Vaucluse	Department	390,446	427,343	467,075	499,685	538,141	557,548	559,793	560,814	→
France	Republic	52,591,584	54,334,871	56,615,155	58,518,395	61,795,238	64,300,821	64,844,037	65,249,843

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

Explanation: France computes the population from census results of different years. Population figures for 2021 are preliminary; they are based on civil registry records of births and deaths as well as on average annual net migration rates.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2021)
Males	31,550,220
Females	33,699,623

Age Groups (E 2021)
0-14 years	11,439,521
15-64 years	40,139,175
65+ years	13,671,147

Age Distribution (E 2021)
0-9 years	7,360,797
10-19 years	8,072,582
20-29 years	7,285,777
30-39 years	8,023,094
40-49 years	8,307,973
50-59 years	8,524,186
60-69 years	7,778,959
70-79 years	5,830,923
80-89 years	3,153,312
90+ years	912,240

Nationality (E 2017)
France	60,188,667
Other	4,450,466

Immigration (E 2017)
No immigrant	58,407,766
Immigrant	6,231,367