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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.

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) 2015-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01
Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes	ARA	Reg	Lyon	69,711	6,111,163	6,348,625	6,671,915	6,954,285	7,405,206	7,877,698	8,205,557	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	2,820,940	2,802,670	4778400	→
Bretagne [Brittany]	BRE	Reg	Rennes	27,208	2,595,431	2,707,886	2,795,638	2,906,197	3,120,288	3,293,850	3,449,370	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	2,578,592	2,587,031	3915100	→
Corse [Corsica]	COR	Reg	Ajaccio	8,680	225,562	240,178	250,371	260,196	299,209	327,283	355,486	868000	→
Grand Est	GES	Reg	Strasbourg	57,441	5,185,039	5,231,931	5,278,005	5,386,939	5,506,686	5,559,051	5,563,378	5744100	→
Hauts-de-France	HTF	Reg	Lille	31,806	5,592,362	5,673,217	5,775,686	5,854,014	5,921,960	6,009,976	5,992,194	3180600	→
Île-de-France	ILE	Reg	Paris	12,012	9,878,565	10,073,059	10,660,554	10,952,011	11,598,866	12,082,144	12,463,067	1201200	→
Normandie [Normandy]	NMD	Reg	Rouen	29,907	2,901,847	3,006,341	3,128,565	3,202,385	3,278,145	3,339,131	3,345,842	2990700	→
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	NAQ	Reg	Bordeaux	84,036	4,817,190	4,961,927	5,113,789	5,259,366	5,627,671	5,911,482	6,150,451	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	5,774,185	6,124,653	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	3,718,512	3,907,156	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	5,007,977	5,218,960	3140000	→
France	FRA	Rep	Paris	543,941	52,591,584	54,334,871	56,615,155	58,518,395	61,795,238	64,300,821	66,165,815		→

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01
1	Paris	ILE	2,103,778
2	Marseille	PRO	886,040
3	Lyon	ARA	519,127
4	Toulouse	OCC	514,819
5	Nice	PRO	357,737
6	Nantes	PAY	327,734
7	Montpellier	OCC	310,240
8	Strasbourg	GES	293,771
9	Bordeaux	NAQ	267,991

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) 2015-01-01	Population Estimate (E) 2023-01-01	Area
Aix-en-Provence	PRO	110,659	121,327	123,842	134,222	143,404	142,668	149,695	18608	→
Amiens	HTF	131,476	131,332	131,872	135,501	134,737	132,874	136,449	4946	→
Angers	PAY	137,591	136,038	141,404	151,279	151,108	151,520	159,022	4271	→
Annecy	ARA	96,527	101,087	107,537	112,379	116,877	125,694	132,117	6693	→
Argenteuil	ILE	102,530	95,347	93,096	93,961	102,572	110,388	106,130	1722	→
Besançon	BFC	120,315	113,283	113,828	117,733	117,836	116,676	118,489	6505	→
Bordeaux	NAQ	223,131	208,159	210,336	215,363	235,178	249,712	267,991	4936	→
Boulogne-Billancourt	ILE	103,578	102,582	101,743	106,367	111,045	117,931	119,019	617	→
Brest	BRE	166,826	156,060	147,956	149,634	142,722	139,163	142,346	4951	→
Caen	NMD	119,640	114,068	112,846	113,987	109,630	106,260	109,400	2570	→
Clermont-Ferrand	ARA	156,763	147,224	136,181	137,140	139,501	141,398	146,351	4267	→
Dijon	BFC	151,705	140,942	146,703	149,867	151,543	155,114	161,830	4041	→
Grenoble	ARA	166,037	156,637	150,758	153,317	156,793	160,649	156,140	1813	→
Le Havre	NMD	217,882	199,388	195,854	190,905	179,751	172,366	166,687	4695	→
Le Mans	PAY	152,285	147,697	145,502	146,105	144,164	143,325	146,249	5281	→
Lille	HTF	219,204	196,705	198,691	212,597	225,789	232,741	238,246	3483	→
Limoges	NAQ	143,725	140,418	133,486	133,994	138,882	133,627	129,937	7803	→
Lyon	ARA	456,716	413,095	415,487	445,452	472,330	513,275	519,127	4787	→
Marseille	PRO	908,600	874,436	800,550	798,430	852,395	861,635	886,040	24062	→
Metz	GES	111,869	114,232	119,594	123,776	123,580	117,492	122,572	4194	→
Montpellier	OCC	191,354	197,231	207,996	225,392	253,712	277,639	310,240	5688	→
Montreuil	ILE	96,587	93,368	94,754	90,674	102,097	106,691	111,934	892	→
Mulhouse	GES	117,013	112,157	108,357	110,359	111,394	110,370	104,978	2218	→
Nancy	GES	107,902	96,317	99,351	103,605	105,349	105,162	103,671	1501	→
Nantes	PAY	256,693	240,539	244,995	270,251	283,025	303,382	327,734	6519	→
Nice	PRO	344,481	337,085	342,439	342,738	348,721	342,522	357,737	7192	→
Nîmes	OCC	127,933	124,220	128,471	133,424	143,468	150,672	151,839	16185	→
Orléans	CVL	106,246	102,710	105,111	113,126	113,234	114,644	116,357	2748	→
Paris	ILE	2,299,830	2,176,243	2,152,423	2,125,246	2,193,030	2,206,488	2,103,778	10540	→
Perpignan	OCC	106,426	111,669	105,983	105,115	116,041	121,934	121,616	6807	→
Reims	GES	178,381	177,234	180,620	187,206	183,500	184,076	177,674	4690	→
Rennes	BRE	198,305	194,656	197,536	206,229	207,922	215,366	230,890	5039	→
Rouen	NMD	114,834	101,945	102,723	106,592	108,569	110,169	117,662	2138	→
Saint-Denis (incl. Pierrefitte-sur-Seine)	ILE	116,951	113,195	113,810	111,648	129,138	140,732	149,077	1577	→
Saint-Étienne	ARA	220,181	204,955	199,396	180,210	175,318	171,057	173,136	7997	→
Strasbourg	GES	253,384	248,712	252,338	264,115	272,123	277,270	293,771	7826	→
Toulon	PRO	181,801	179,423	167,619	160,639	166,537	167,479	179,116	4284	→
Toulouse	OCC	373,796	347,995	358,688	390,350	439,453	471,941	514,819	11830	→
Tours	CVL	140,686	132,209	129,509	132,820	136,578	136,252	139,259	3467	→
Villeurbanne	ARA	116,535	115,960	116,872	124,215	138,151	148,665	163,684	1452	→

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2025)
Males	32,219,143
Females	34,132,816

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-14 years	10,917,869
15-64 years	40,864,551
65+ years	14,569,539

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	947,426
80-89 years	3,122,853
70-79 years	6,666,309
60-69 years	7,986,497
50-59 years	8,635,627
40-49 years	8,246,413
30-39 years	8,102,021
20-29 years	7,610,575
10-19 years	8,182,182
0-9 years	6,852,056

Citizenship (E 2022)
France	60,719,177
Foreign Citizenship	5,127,078

Immigration (E 2022)
No immigrant	58,968,561
Immigrant	6,877,694