This table lists the 101 French departments in descending order of population, area and population density.
The figures include:
The total population takes into account double counting.
Between 1999 and 2006 all French departments have 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.
2019 Rank | Department | Legal population in 1931 | Legal population in 1999 | Legal population in 2008 | Legal population in 2019 [2] | Area (km²) | Pop. density (Pop./km²) [3] | INSEE Dept. No. |
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1 | Nord | 2,029,449 | 2,555,020 | 2,564,959 | 2,608,346 | 5,743 | 454 | 59 |
2 | Paris | 2,891,020 | 2,125,246 | 2,211,297 | 2,165,423 | 105 | 20,545 | 75 |
3 | Bouches-du-Rhône | 1,101,672 | 1,835,719 | 1,966,005 | 2,043,110 | 5,087 | 402 | 13 |
4 | Rhône | 1,046,028 | 1,578,869 | 1,690,498 | 1,875,747 | 2,715 | 171 | 69D |
5 | Seine-Saint-Denis | 769,315 | 1,382,861 | 1,506,466 | 1,644,903 | 236 | 6,964 | 93 |
6 | Hauts-de-Seine | 949,231 | 1,428,881 | 1,549,619 | 1,624,357 | 176 | 9,250 | 92 |
7 | Gironde | 852,768 | 1,287,334 | 1,421,276 | 1,623,749 | 10,725 | 163 | 33 |
8 | Pas-de-Calais | 1,205,191 | 1,441,568 | 1,459,531 | 1,465,278 | 6,671 | 220 | 62 |
9 | Yvelines | 408,282 | 1,354,308 | 1,406,053 | 1,448,207 | 2,284 | 634 | 78 |
10 | Loire-Atlantique | 652,079 | 1,134,266 | 1,255,871 | 1,429,272 | 6,815 | 208 | 44 |
11 | Seine-et-Marne | 406,108 | 1,193,767 | 1,303,702 | 1,421,197 | 5,915 | 240 | 77 |
12 | Lyon Metropolis | - | - | - | 1,411,571 | 534 | 2,645 | 69M |
13 | Val-de-Marne | 657,322 | 1,227,250 | 1,310,876 | 1,407,124 | 245 | 5,743 | 94 |
14 | Haute-Garonne | 441,799 | 1,046,338 | 1,217,344 | 1,400,039 | 6,309 | 222 | 31 |
15 | Essonne | 271,094 | 1,134,238 | 1,205,850 | 1,301,659 | 1,804 | 721 | 91 |
16 | Isère | 584,017 | 1,094,006 | 1,188,660 | 1,271,166 | 7,431 | 171 | 38 |
17 | Seine-Maritime | 905,278 | 1,239,138 | 1,248,580 | 1,255,633 | 6,278 | 200 | 76 |
18 | Val-d'Oise | 353,374 | 1,105,464 | 1,165,397 | 1,249,674 | 1,246 | 1,003 | 95 |
19 | Hérault | 514,819 | 896,441 | 1,019,798 | 1,175,623 | 6,101 | 193 | 34 |
20 | Bas-Rhin | 688,242 | 1,026,120 | 1,091,015 | 1,140,057 | 4,755 | 240 | 67 |
21 | Alpes-Maritimes | 493,376 | 1,011,326 | 1,084,428 | 1,094,283 | 4,299 | 255 | 06 |
22 | Ille-et-Vilaine | 562,558 | 867,533 | 967,588 | 1,079,498 | 6,775 | 159 | 35 |
23 | Var | 377,104 | 898,441 | 1,001,408 | 1,076,711 | 5,973 | 180 | 83 |
24 | Moselle | 693,408 | 1,023,447 | 1,042,230 | 1,046,543 | 6,216 | 168 | 57 |
25 | Finistère | 744,295 | 852,418 | 890,509 | 915,090 | 6,733 | 136 | 29 |
26 | Réunion | – | 706,300 | 808,250 | 861,210 | 2,504 | 344 | 974 |
27 | Oise | 407,432 | 766,441 | 799,725 | 829,419 | 5,860 | 142 | 60 |
28 | Haute-Savoie | 252,794 | 631,679 | 716,277 | 826,094 | 4,388 | 188 | 74 |
29 | Maine-et-Loire | 475,991 | 732,942 | 774,823 | 818,273 | 7,166 | 115 | 49 |
30 | Haut-Rhin | 516,726 | 708,025 | 746,072 | 767,086 | 3,525 | 218 | 68 |
31 | Loire | 664,822 | 728,524 | 742,076 | 765,634 | 4,781 | 160 | 42 |
32 | Morbihan | 537,528 | 643,873 | 710,034 | 759,684 | 6,823 | 111 | 56 |
33 | Gard | 406,815 | 623,125 | 694,323 | 748,437 | 5,853 | 128 | 30 |
34 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 592,632 | 713,779 | 729,768 | 733,760 | 5,246 | 140 | 54 |
35 | Calvados | 401,356 | 648,385 | 678,206 | 694,905 | 5,548 | 126 | 14 |
36 | Vendée | 390,396 | 539,664 | 616,906 | 685,442 | 6,720 | 102 | 85 |
37 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 422,719 | 600,018 | 647,420 | 682,621 | 7,645 | 89 | 64 |
38 | Loiret | 342,679 | 618,126 | 650,769 | 680,434 | 6,775 | 100 | 45 |
39 | Puy-de-Dôme | 500,590 | 604,266 | 628,485 | 662,152 | 7,970 | 83 | 63 |
40 | Ain | 322,918 | 515,270 | 581,355 | 652,432 | 5,762 | 113 | 01 |
41 | Charente-Maritime | 415,249 | 557,024 | 611,714 | 651,358 | 6,864 | 95 | 17 |
42 | Indre-et-Loire | 335,226 | 554,003 | 585,406 | 610,079 | 6,127 | 100 | 37 |
43 | Côtes-d'Armor | 539,531 | 542,373 | 581,570 | 600,582 | 6,878 | 87 | 22 |
44 | Eure | 305,788 | 541,054 | 577,087 | 599,507 | 6,040 | 99 | 27 |
45 | Somme | 466,626 | 555,551 | 568,086 | 570,559 | 6,170 | 93 | 80 |
46 | Marne | 412,156 | 565,229 | 566,010 | 566,855 | 8,162 | 69 | 51 |
47 | Sarthe | 384,619 | 529,851 | 559,587 | 566,412 | 6,206 | 91 | 72 |
48 | Vaucluse | 241,689 | 499,685 | 538,902 | 561,469 | 3,567 | 157 | 84 |
49 | Saône-et-Loire | 538,741 | 544,893 | 553,968 | 551,493 | 8,575 | 64 | 71 |
50 | Doubs | 305,500 | 499,062 | 522,685 | 543,974 | 5,234 | 104 | 25 |
51 | Côte-d'Or | 333,800 | 506,755 | 521,608 | 534,124 | 8,763 | 61 | 21 |
52 | Aisne | 489,368 | 535,489 | 538,790 | 531,345 | 7,369 | 72 | 02 |
53 | Drôme | 267,080 | 437,778 | 478,069 | 516,762 | 6,530 | 79 | 26 |
54 | Manche | 433,473 | 481,471 | 496,937 | 495,045 | 5,938 | 83 | 50 |
55 | Pyrénées-Orientales | 238,647 | 392,803 | 441,387 | 479,979 | 4,116 | 117 | 66 |
56 | Vienne | 303,072 | 399,024 | 424,354 | 438,435 | 6,990 | 63 | 86 |
57 | Savoie | 235,544 | 373,258 | 408,842 | 436,434 | 6,028 | 72 | 73 |
58 | Eure-et-Loir | 254,790 | 407,665 | 423,559 | 431,575 | 5,880 | 73 | 28 |
59 | Landes | 257,186 | 327,334 | 373,142 | 413,690 | 9,243 | 45 | 40 |
60 | Dordogne | 383,720 | 388,293 | 409,388 | 413,223 | 9,060 | 46 | 24 |
61 | Tarn | 302,994 | 343,402 | 371,738 | 389,844 | 5,758 | 68 | 81 |
62 | Guadeloupe | – | 422,496 | 401,784 | 384,239 | 1,628 [4] | 236 | 971 |
63 | Deux-Sèvres | 308,481 | 344,392 | 365,059 | 374,878 | 5,999 | 63 | 79 |
64 | Aude | 296,880 | 309,770 | 349,237 | 374,070 | 6,139 | 61 | 11 |
65 | Haute-Vienne | 335,873 | 353,893 | 373,940 | 372,359 | 5,520 | 68 | 87 |
66 | Martinique | – | 381,427 | 397,693 | 364,508 | 1,128 | 323 | 972 |
67 | Vosges | 377,980 | 380,952 | 380,145 | 364,499 | 5,874 | 62 | 88 |
68 | Charente | 310,489 | 339,628 | 351,581 | 352,015 | 5,956 | 59 | 16 |
69 | Allier | 373,924 | 344,721 | 342,807 | 335,975 | 7,340 | 46 | 03 |
70 | Yonne | 275,755 | 333,221 | 342,359 | 335,707 | 7,427 | 45 | 89 |
71 | Lot-et-Garonne | 247,500 | 305,380 | 326,399 | 331,271 | 5,361 | 62 | 47 |
72 | Loir-et-Cher | 241,592 | 314,968 | 326,599 | 329,470 | 6,343 | 52 | 41 |
73 | Ardèche | 282,911 | 286,023 | 311,452 | 328,278 | 5,529 | 59 | 07 |
74 | Aube | 242,596 | 292,131 | 301,327 | 310,242 | 6,004 | 52 | 10 |
75 | Mayenne | 254,479 | 285,338 | 302,983 | 307,062 | 5,175 | 59 | 53 |
76 | Cher | 293,918 | 314,428 | 313,251 | 302,306 | 7,235 | 42 | 18 |
77 | Guyane | – | 157,213 | 219,266 | 281,678 | 83,534 | 3 | 973 |
78 | Orne | 273,717 | 292,337 | 292,282 | 279,942 | 6,103 | 46 | 61 |
79 | Aveyron | 323,782 | 263,808 | 275,889 | 279,595 | 8,735 | 32 | 12 |
80 | Ardennes | 293,746 | 290,130 | 284,197 | 270,582 | 5,229 | 52 | 08 |
81 | Mayotte | – | 131,320 [5] | 186,452 [6] | 269,579 [7] | 374 | 720 | 976 |
82 | Tarn-et-Garonne | 164,259 | 206,034 | 235,915 | 260,669 | 3,718 | 70 | 82 |
83 | Jura | 229,109 | 250,857 | 260,740 | 259,199 | 4,999 | 52 | 39 |
84 | Corrèze | 264,129 | 232,576 | 242,896 | 240,073 | 5,857 | 41 | 19 |
85 | Haute-Saône | 219,257 | 229,732 | 238,548 | 235,313 | 5,360 | 44 | 70 |
86 | Hautes-Pyrénées | 189,993 | 222,368 | 229,079 | 229,567 | 4,464 | 51 | 65 |
87 | Haute-Loire | 251,608 | 209,113 | 221,834 | 227,570 | 4,977 | 46 | 43 |
88 | Indre | 247,912 | 231,139 | 232,004 | 219,316 | 6,791 | 32 | 36 |
89 | Nièvre | 255,195 | 225,198 | 220,653 | 204,452 | 6,817 | 30 | 58 |
90 | Gers | 193,134 | 172,335 | 185,266 | 191,377 | 6,257 | 31 | 32 |
91 | Meuse | 215,819 | 192,198 | 194,218 | 184,083 | 6,211 | 30 | 55 |
92 | Haute-Corse | – | 141,603 | 162,013 | 181,933 | 4,666 | 39 | 2B |
93 | Lot | 166,637 | 160,197 | 172,796 | 174,094 | 5,217 | 33 | 46 |
94 | Haute-Marne | 189,791 | 194,873 | 186,470 | 172,512 | 6,211 | 28 | 52 |
95 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 87,566 | 139,561 | 157,965 | 164,308 | 6,925 | 24 | 04 |
96 | Corse-du-Sud | – | 118,593 | 140,953 | 158,507 | 4,014 | 40 | 2A |
97 | Ariège | 161,265 | 137,205 | 150,201 | 153,287 | 4,890 | 31 | 09 |
98 | Cantal | 193,505 | 150,778 | 148,737 | 144,692 | 5,726 | 25 | 15 |
99 | Territoire de Belfort | 99,403 | 137,408 | 141,958 | 141,318 | 609 | 232 | 90 |
100 | Hautes-Alpes | 87,566 | 121,419 | 134,205 | 141,220 | 5,549 | 26 | 05 |
101 | Creuse | 207,882 | 124,470 | 123,907 | 116,617 | 5,565 | 21 | 23 |
102 | Lozère | 101,849 | 73,509 | 76,973 | 76,604 | 5,167 | 15 | 48 |
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