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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 2018, at 98,868. Poitou-Charentes had the lowest, at -5,249. The median was 378 and the figure for France was 149,452. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest98,868Ile-de-France
Lowest-5,249Poitou-Charentes
Median37827 regions
France149,452History

All regions, 2018

Ile-de-France: 98,868 personsIle-de-France98,868Rhône-Alpes: 24,745 personsRhône-Alpes24,745Mayotte: 8,832 personsMayotte8,832Nord-Pas de Calais: 8,816 personsNord-Pas de Calais8,816La Réunion: 8,353 personsLa Réunion8,353Guyane: 7,096 personsGuyane7,096Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 5,747 personsProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur5,747Pays de la Loire: 4,939 personsPays de la Loire4,939Alsace: 3,572 personsAlsace3,572Haute-Normandie: 2,732 personsHaute-Normandie2,732Picardie: 2,632 personsPicardie2,632Guadeloupe: 1,437 personsGuadeloupe1,437Franche-Comté: 518 personsFranche-Comté518Martinique: 378 personsMartinique378Midi-Pyrénées: -89 personsMidi-Pyrénées-89Corse: -285 personsCorse-285Champagne-Ardenne: -377 personsChampagne-Ardenne-377Centre - Val de Loire: -768 personsCentre - Val de Loire-768Lorraine: -1,260 personsLorraine-1,260Languedoc-Roussillon: -1,436 personsLanguedoc-Roussillon-1,436Aquitaine: -2,871 personsAquitaine-2,871Basse-Normandie: -2,887 personsBasse-Normandie-2,887Auvergne: -2,995 personsAuvergne-2,995Limousin: -3,256 personsLimousin-3,256Bourgogne: -3,770 personsBourgogne-3,770Bretagne: -3,832 personsBretagne-3,832Poitou-Charentes: -5,249 personsPoitou-Charentes-5,249
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Ile-de-France98,868-1.4%
2Rhône-Alpes24,745-1.3%
3Mayotte8,832-2.2%
4Nord-Pas de Calais8,816-22.7%
5La Réunion8,353-7.5%
6Guyane7,0960%
7Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur5,747-7.5%
8Pays de la Loire4,939-9.9%
9Alsace3,572-17.1%
10Haute-Normandie2,732-20.4%
11Picardie2,632-28.1%
12Guadeloupe1,437+6.2%
13Franche-Comté518-49.9%
14Martinique378-10.6%
15Midi-Pyrénées-89-174.8%
16Corse-285-15.4%
17Champagne-Ardenne-377-7.7%
18Centre - Val de Loire-768-72.2%
19Lorraine-1,260-2,580.9%
20Languedoc-Roussillon-1,436-211.5%
21Aquitaine-2,871-4.9%
22Basse-Normandie-2,887-23.9%
23Auvergne-2,995+10.7%
24Limousin-3,256-4%
25Bourgogne-3,770+1.3%
26Bretagne-3,832-47.2%
27Poitou-Charentes-5,249-11.5%

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/france-regions?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which region has the highest natural population change?

Ile-de-France, with 98,868 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest natural population change?

Poitou-Charentes, with -5,249 in 2018.

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