# Regions of France (NUTS 2) by population, 2025

All 27 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-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/france-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ile-de-France | 12,549,288 |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 6,901,647 |
| 3 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 5,285,125 |
| 4 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 4,065,757 |
| 5 | Pays de la Loire | 3,945,359 |
| 6 | Aquitaine | 3,635,159 |
| 7 | Bretagne | 3,489,252 |
| 8 | Midi-Pyrénées | 3,208,005 |
| 9 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 2,997,570 |
| 10 | Centre - Val de Loire | 2,588,306 |
| 11 | Lorraine | 2,312,069 |
| 12 | Alsace | 1,941,726 |
| 13 | Picardie | 1,908,690 |
| 14 | Haute-Normandie | 1,864,946 |
| 15 | Poitou-Charentes | 1,846,456 |
| 16 | Bourgogne | 1,621,320 |
| 17 | Basse-Normandie | 1,486,036 |
| 18 | Auvergne | 1,368,441 |
| 19 | Champagne-Ardenne | 1,296,360 |
| 20 | Franche-Comté | 1,175,558 |
| 21 | La Réunion | 904,180 |
| 22 | Limousin | 729,224 |
| 23 | Guadeloupe | 413,791 |
| 24 | Corse | 362,253 |
| 25 | Martinique | 359,419 |
| 26 | Mayotte | 329,208 |
| 27 | Guyane | 297,455 |