# NUTS 3 areas of France by population, 2025

All 101 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/france-provinces
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/france-provinces.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Nord | 2,613,781 |
| 2 | Bouches-du-Rhône | 2,108,963 |
| 3 | Paris | 2,065,560 |
| 4 | Rhône | 1,929,521 |
| 5 | Seine-Saint-Denis | 1,731,789 |
| 6 | Gironde | 1,720,562 |
| 7 | Hauts-de-Seine | 1,668,275 |
| 8 | Loire-Atlantique | 1,510,599 |
| 9 | Yvelines | 1,504,565 |
| 10 | Haute-Garonne | 1,503,240 |
| 11 | Seine-et-Marne | 1,490,900 |
| 12 | Pas-de-Calais | 1,451,976 |
| 13 | Val-de-Marne | 1,434,875 |
| 14 | Essonne | 1,356,114 |
| 15 | Isère | 1,310,648 |
| 16 | Val-d’Oise | 1,297,210 |
| 17 | Seine-Maritime | 1,261,529 |
| 18 | Hérault | 1,253,088 |
| 19 | Bas-Rhin | 1,170,953 |
| 20 | Alpes-Maritimes | 1,145,510 |
| 21 | Var | 1,139,050 |
| 22 | Ille-et-Vilaine | 1,138,869 |
| 23 | Moselle | 1,050,255 |
| 24 | Finistère | 941,086 |
| 25 | La Réunion | 904,180 |
| 26 | Haute-Savoie | 876,224 |
| 27 | Maine-et-Loire | 840,296 |
| 28 | Oise | 827,928 |
| 29 | Morbihan | 793,757 |
| 30 | Gard | 781,438 |
| 31 | Loire | 776,329 |
| 32 | Haut-Rhin | 770,773 |
| 33 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | 730,103 |
| 34 | Vendée | 724,880 |
| 35 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 717,461 |
| 36 | Calvados | 715,481 |
| 37 | Loiret | 694,930 |
| 38 | Ain | 692,166 |
| 39 | Charente-Maritime | 681,647 |
| 40 | Puy-de-Dôme | 664,318 |
| 41 | Indre-et-Loire | 622,694 |
| 42 | Côtes-d’Armor | 615,540 |
| 43 | Eure | 603,417 |
| 44 | Vaucluse | 576,948 |
| 45 | Sarthe | 565,403 |
| 46 | Somme | 562,179 |
| 47 | Marne | 558,750 |
| 48 | Saône-et-Loire | 548,844 |
| 49 | Doubs | 546,727 |
| 50 | Côte-d’Or | 541,658 |
| 51 | Drôme | 527,156 |
| 52 | Aisne | 518,583 |
| 53 | Pyrénées-Orientales | 505,299 |
| 54 | Manche | 497,928 |
| 55 | Savoie | 452,844 |
| 56 | Landes | 442,133 |
| 57 | Vienne | 437,292 |
| 58 | Eure-et-Loir | 433,124 |
| 59 | Dordogne | 420,008 |
| 60 | Guadeloupe | 413,791 |
| 61 | Tarn | 400,746 |
| 62 | Aude | 381,336 |
| 63 | Deux-Sèvres | 374,840 |
| 64 | Haute-Vienne | 372,794 |
| 65 | Martinique | 359,419 |
| 66 | Vosges | 353,506 |
| 67 | Charente | 352,677 |
| 68 | Ardèche | 336,759 |
| 69 | Lot-et-Garonne | 334,995 |
| 70 | Allier | 331,209 |
| 71 | Yonne | 330,630 |
| 72 | Mayotte | 329,208 |
| 73 | Loir-et-Cher | 327,403 |
| 74 | Aube | 308,734 |
| 75 | Mayenne | 304,181 |
| 76 | Guyane | 297,455 |
| 77 | Cher | 296,293 |
| 78 | Aveyron | 278,691 |
| 79 | Orne | 272,627 |
| 80 | Tarn-et-Garonne | 267,166 |
| 81 | Ardennes | 262,992 |
| 82 | Jura | 256,902 |
| 83 | Corrèze | 241,274 |
| 84 | Hautes-Pyrénées | 232,066 |
| 85 | Haute-Saône | 231,818 |
| 86 | Haute-Loire | 229,071 |
| 87 | Indre | 213,862 |
| 88 | Nièvre | 200,188 |
| 89 | Gers | 192,442 |
| 90 | Haute-Corse | 189,399 |
| 91 | Meuse | 178,205 |
| 92 | Lot | 177,068 |
| 93 | Corse-du-Sud | 172,854 |
| 94 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 169,563 |
| 95 | Haute-Marne | 165,884 |
| 96 | Ariège | 156,586 |
| 97 | Hautes-Alpes | 145,091 |
| 98 | Cantal | 143,843 |
| 99 | Territoire de Belfort | 140,111 |
| 100 | Creuse | 115,156 |
| 101 | Lozère | 76,409 |