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Regions of France (NUTS 2) by natural population change

Ile-de-France had the highest natural population change of 27 regions in 2016, at 103,362. Poitou-Charentes had the lowest, at -3,362. The median was 1,719 and the figure for France was 190,320. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest103,362Ile-de-France
Lowest-3,362Poitou-Charentes
Median1,71927 regions
France190,320History

All regions, 2016

Ile-de-France: 103,362 personsIle-de-France103,362Rhône-Alpes: 27,688 personsRhône-Alpes27,688Nord-Pas de Calais: 13,520 personsNord-Pas de Calais13,520La Réunion: 9,053 personsLa Réunion9,053Mayotte: 8,791 personsMayotte8,791Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 8,115 personsProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur8,115Pays de la Loire: 7,212 personsPays de la Loire7,212Guyane: 6,369 personsGuyane6,369Alsace: 5,088 personsAlsace5,088Haute-Normandie: 4,398 personsHaute-Normandie4,398Picardie: 3,964 personsPicardie3,964Guadeloupe: 1,893 personsGuadeloupe1,893Midi-Pyrénées: 1,817 personsMidi-Pyrénées1,817Franche-Comté: 1,719 personsFranche-Comté1,719Centre - Val de Loire: 1,066 personsCentre - Val de Loire1,066Lorraine: 765 personsLorraine765Champagne-Ardenne: 758 personsChampagne-Ardenne758Languedoc-Roussillon: 643 personsLanguedoc-Roussillon643Martinique: 498 personsMartinique498Corse: -179 personsCorse-179Aquitaine: -559 personsAquitaine-559Basse-Normandie: -1,728 personsBasse-Normandie-1,728Bretagne: -1,762 personsBretagne-1,762Auvergne: -2,760 personsAuvergne-2,760Bourgogne: -2,917 personsBourgogne-2,917Limousin: -3,049 personsLimousin-3,049Poitou-Charentes: -3,362 personsPoitou-Charentes-3,362
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Ile-de-France103,362-1.8%
2Rhône-Alpes27,688-5.7%
3Nord-Pas de Calais13,520-10.2%
4La Réunion9,053-4.5%
5Mayotte8,791+5.1%
6Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur8,115-8.6%
7Pays de la Loire7,212-11.9%
8Guyane6,369+6.6%
9Alsace5,088-3.9%
10Haute-Normandie4,398-6.3%
11Picardie3,964-22.9%
12Guadeloupe1,893-18.3%
13Midi-Pyrénées1,817-27.6%
14Franche-Comté1,719-17.4%
15Centre - Val de Loire1,066-20.1%
16Lorraine765-39.9%
17Champagne-Ardenne758-32.4%
18Languedoc-Roussillon643-60.7%
19Martinique498-45.5%
20Corse-179+25.4%
21Aquitaine-559+4%
22Basse-Normandie-1,728-92.9%
23Bretagne-1,762-489.3%
24Auvergne-2,760-8.6%
25Bourgogne-2,917-31.8%
26Limousin-3,049-0.9%
27Poitou-Charentes-3,362-8.5%

Other periods

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Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).

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Eurostat. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (Regions of France (NUTS 2) by natural population change, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table

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Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by natural population change, 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 21 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/france-regions?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Regions of France (NUTS 2) by natural population change, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/france-regions?period=2016.

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Which region has the highest natural population change?

Ile-de-France, with 103,362 in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest natural population change?

Poitou-Charentes, with -3,362 in 2016.

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