List of French departments by population

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French departments by legal population in 2013
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Population density by department (population per sq km)

This table lists the 101 French departments in descending order of population, area and population density.

Contents

Data description

The figures include:

The total population takes into account double counting.

Evolution

Between 1999 and 2006 all French departments had grown in population with the exception of the following seven departments: Allier and Cantal in Auvergne, Creuse in Limousin, Ardennes and Haute-Marne in Champagne-Ardenne, Nièvre in Burgundy, and Vosges in Lorraine. See population decline for more information.

In contrast the seven departments that have gained the most population in absolute value are Haute-Garonne, Gironde, Bouches-du-Rhône, Seine-Saint-Denis, Loire-Atlantique, Hauts-de Seine, and Hérault.

Guadeloupe has seemingly lost population between 1999 and 2008. However, this diminution of the legal population is due to the creation of the overseas communities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin. In the 1999 census, the population of Guadeloupe without the arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélemy was 386,566 inhabitants. The department's population has actually increased by more than 15,000 people over the period based on a constant territory.

List of departments by descending population

2019 RankDepartmentLegal population in 1931Legal population in 1999Legal population in 2008Legal population in 2019 [2] Area (km²)Pop. density (Pop./km²) [3] INSEE Dept. No.
1 Nord 2,029,4492,555,0202,564,9592,608,3465,74345459
2 Paris 2,891,0202,125,2462,211,2972,165,42310520,54575
3 Bouches-du-Rhône 1,101,6721,835,7191,966,0052,043,1105,08740213
4 Rhône 1,046,0281,578,8691,690,4981,875,747 [4] 3,24958369
5 Seine-Saint-Denis 769,3151,382,8611,506,4661,644,9032366,96493
6 Hauts-de-Seine 949,2311,428,8811,549,6191,624,3571769,25092
7 Gironde 852,7681,287,3341,421,2761,623,74910,72516333
8 Pas-de-Calais 1,205,1911,441,5681,459,5311,465,2786,67122062
9 Yvelines 408,2821,354,3081,406,0531,448,2072,28463478
10 Loire-Atlantique 652,0791,134,2661,255,8711,429,2726,81520844
11 Seine-et-Marne 406,1081,193,7671,303,7021,421,1975,91524077
Lyon Metropolis [5] ---1,411,5715342,64569M
12 Val-de-Marne 657,3221,227,2501,310,8761,407,1242455,74394
13 Haute-Garonne 441,7991,046,3381,217,3441,400,0396,30922231
14 Essonne 271,0941,134,2381,205,8501,301,6591,80472191
15 Isère 584,0171,094,0061,188,6601,271,1667,43117138
16 Seine-Maritime 905,2781,239,1381,248,5801,255,6336,27820076
17 Val-d'Oise 353,3741,105,4641,165,3971,249,6741,2461,00395
18 Hérault 514,819896,4411,019,7981,175,6236,10119334
19 Bas-Rhin 688,2421,026,1201,091,0151,140,0574,75524067
20 Alpes-Maritimes 493,3761,011,3261,084,4281,094,2834,29925506
21 Ille-et-Vilaine 562,558867,533967,5881,079,4986,77515935
22 Var 377,104898,4411,001,4081,076,7115,97318083
23 Moselle 693,4081,023,4471,042,2301,046,5436,21616857
24 Finistère 744,295852,418890,509915,0906,73313629
25 Réunion 706,300808,250861,2102,504344974
26 Oise 407,432766,441799,725829,4195,86014260
27 Haute-Savoie 252,794631,679716,277826,0944,38818874
28 Maine-et-Loire 475,991732,942774,823818,2737,16611549
29 Haut-Rhin 516,726708,025746,072767,0863,52521868
30 Loire 664,822728,524742,076765,6344,78116042
31 Morbihan 537,528643,873710,034759,6846,82311156
32 Gard 406,815623,125694,323748,4375,85312830
33 Meurthe-et-Moselle 592,632713,779729,768733,7605,24614054
34 Calvados 401,356648,385678,206694,9055,54812614
35 Vendée 390,396539,664616,906685,4426,72010285
36 Pyrénées-Atlantiques 422,719600,018647,420682,6217,6458964
37 Loiret 342,679618,126650,769680,4346,77510045
38 Puy-de-Dôme 500,590604,266628,485662,1527,9708363
39 Ain 322,918515,270581,355652,4325,76211301
40 Charente-Maritime 415,249557,024611,714651,3586,8649517
41 Indre-et-Loire 335,226554,003585,406610,0796,12710037
42 Côtes-d'Armor 539,531542,373581,570600,5826,8788722
43 Eure 305,788541,054577,087599,5076,0409927
44 Somme 466,626555,551568,086570,5596,1709380
45 Marne 412,156565,229566,010566,8558,1626951
46 Sarthe 384,619529,851559,587566,4126,2069172
47 Vaucluse 241,689499,685538,902561,4693,56715784
48 Saône-et-Loire 538,741544,893553,968551,4938,5756471
49 Doubs 305,500499,062522,685543,9745,23410425
50 Côte-d'Or 333,800506,755521,608534,1248,7636121
51 Aisne 489,368535,489538,790531,3457,3697202
52 Drôme 267,080437,778478,069516,7626,5307926
53 Manche 433,473481,471496,937495,0455,9388350
54 Pyrénées-Orientales 238,647392,803441,387479,9794,11611766
55 Vienne 303,072399,024424,354438,4356,9906386
56 Savoie 235,544373,258408,842436,4346,0287273
57 Eure-et-Loir 254,790407,665423,559431,5755,8807328
58 Landes 257,186327,334373,142413,6909,2434540
59 Dordogne 383,720388,293409,388413,2239,0604624
60 Tarn 302,994343,402371,738389,8445,7586881
61 Guadeloupe 422,496401,784384,2391,628 [6] 236971
62 Deux-Sèvres 308,481344,392365,059374,8785,9996379
63 Aude 296,880309,770349,237374,0706,1396111
64 Haute-Vienne 335,873353,893373,940372,3595,5206887
65 Martinique 381,427397,693364,5081,128323972
66 Vosges 377,980380,952380,145364,4995,8746288
67 Charente 310,489339,628351,581352,0155,9565916
68 Allier 373,924344,721342,807335,9757,3404603
69 Yonne 275,755333,221342,359335,7077,4274589
70 Lot-et-Garonne 247,500305,380326,399331,2715,3616247
71 Loir-et-Cher 241,592314,968326,599329,4706,3435241
72 Ardèche 282,911286,023311,452328,2785,5295907
73 Aube 242,596292,131301,327310,2426,0045210
74 Mayenne 254,479285,338302,983307,0625,1755953
75 Cher 293,918314,428313,251302,3067,2354218
76 Guyane 157,213219,266281,67883,5343973
77 Orne 273,717292,337292,282279,9426,1034661
78 Aveyron 323,782263,808275,889279,5958,7353212
79 Ardennes 293,746290,130284,197270,5825,2295208
80 Mayotte 131,320 [7] 186,452 [8] 269,579 [9] 374720976
81 Tarn-et-Garonne 164,259206,034235,915260,6693,7187082
82 Jura 229,109250,857260,740259,1994,9995239
83 Corrèze 264,129232,576242,896240,0735,8574119
84 Haute-Saône 219,257229,732238,548235,3135,3604470
85 Hautes-Pyrénées 189,993222,368229,079229,5674,4645165
86 Haute-Loire 251,608209,113221,834227,5704,9774643
87 Indre 247,912231,139232,004219,3166,7913236
88 Nièvre 255,195225,198220,653204,4526,8173058
89 Gers 193,134172,335185,266191,3776,2573132
90 Meuse 215,819192,198194,218184,0836,2113055
91 Haute-Corse 141,603162,013181,9334,666392B
92 Lot 166,637160,197172,796174,0945,2173346
93 Haute-Marne 189,791194,873186,470172,5126,2112852
94 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 87,566139,561157,965164,3086,9252404
95 Corse-du-Sud 118,593140,953158,5074,014402A
96 Ariège 161,265137,205150,201153,2874,8903109
97 Cantal 193,505150,778148,737144,6925,7262515
98 Territoire de Belfort 99,403137,408141,958141,31860923290
99 Hautes-Alpes 87,566121,419134,205141,2205,5492605
100 Creuse 207,882124,470123,907116,6175,5652123
101 Lozère 101,84973,50976,97376,6045,1671548

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References

  1. Populations légales 2008: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble, INSEE
  2. 1 2 Populations légales des départements en 2019, INSEE, 29 December 2021.
  3. "Statistiques locales: Densité de population 2019". INSEE.
  4. Includes the Lyon Metropolis.
  5. Metropole with territorial collectivity statute. Administratively separated from the Rhône department in 2015.
  6. The population for Guadeloupe no longer includes the populations of Saint Barthélémy and Saint Martin (74 km²)
  7. Census in 1997
  8. Census in 2007
  9. INSEE. "Estimation de population par région, sexe et grande classe d'âge – 2019" (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2022.