Ranked list of French regions

The following are ranked lists of French regions.

Hauts-de-
France

Normandy

Île-de-
France

Grand Est

Bourgogne-
Franche-
Comté

Centre-
Val de Loire

Pays de
la Loire

Brittany

Nouvelle-
Aquitaine

Auvergne-
Rhône-Alpes

Occitanie

Provence-
Alpes-
Côte d'Azur

Corsica

French Guiana

Guadeloupe

Martinique

Mayotte

Réunion

Belgium

Luxembourg

Germany

Switzerland

Italy

United Kingdom

Andorra

Brazil

Suriname

Spain

Channel

Bay of
Biscay

Ligurian
Sea

Mediterranean
Sea

Population figures are from the 2016 census, with the exception of Mayotte, whose statistics are as of 2017.

Region boundaries are as of 2018.

By population

These figures are from the census in 2016.[1][2] Statistics for Mayotte are from 2017.[3]

Rank	Region	Population (2016)	Comparable entity
1	Île-de-France	12,117,132	South Sudan
2	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	7,916,889	Sierra Leone
3	Hauts-de-France	6,006,870	Lebanon
4	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	5,935,603	Turkmenistan
5	Occitanie	5,808,435	Denmark
6	Grand Est	5,555,186	Singapore
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	5,021,928	Central African Republic
8	Pays de la Loire	3,737,632	Mauritania
9	Normandy	3,335,929	Uruguay
10	Brittany	3,306,529	Mongolia
11	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	2,818,338	Lithuania
12	Centre-Val de Loire	2,577,866	Qatar
13	Réunion	852,924	Cyprus
14	Guadeloupe	394,110	Brunei
15	Martinique	376,480	The Bahamas
16	Corsica	330,455	Iceland
17	French Guiana	269,352	Vanuatu
18	Mayotte	256,518	Samoa
	Total France	66,361,658	United Kingdom

By area

The total area of France is 635,775 km², of which 543,974 km² (85.6%) is in Europe.[4]

Rank	Region	Area (km²)	% (total)	% (European France)	Comparable Country
1	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	84,061	13.3%	15.4%	Azerbaijan
2	French Guiana	83,534	13.2%		Austria
3	Occitanie	72,724	11.5%	13.3%	Sierra Leone
4	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	69,711	11.0%	12.8%	Georgia
5	Grand Est	57,433	9.0%	10.5%	Togo
6	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	47,784	7.6%	8.8%	Dominican Republic
7	Centre-Val de Loire	39,151	6.2%	7.2%	Bhutan
8	Pays de la Loire	32,082	5.1%	5.9%	Moldova
9	Hauts-de-France	31,713	5.1%	5.9%	Belgium
10	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	31,400	5.0%	5.8%	Belgium
11	Normandy	29,906	4.7%	5.5%	Armenia
12	Brittany	27,208	4.3%	5.0%	Djibouti
13	Île-de-France	12,012	1.9%	2.2%	Vanuatu
14	Corsica	8,680	1.4%	1.6%	Abkhazia
15	Réunion	2,504	0.4%		Luxembourg
16	Guadeloupe	1,628	0.3%		Åland Islands (Finland)
17	Martinique	1,128	0.2%		Faroe Islands (Denmark)
18	Mayotte	374	0.06%		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Total	632,760	100%		South Sudan

By density

In 2016, the official population of France had a density of 104.8 people per square kilometre, including the overseas regions, and 118.5 people per square kilometre excluding them.

Rank	Region	Population 2016	Area (km²)	Density
1	Île-de-France	12,117,132	12,012	1,009
2	Mayotte	256,518	374	685
3	Réunion	852,924	2,504	340
4	Martinique	376,480	1,128	333
5	Guadeloupe	394,110	1,628	242
6	Hauts-de-France	6,006,870	31,713	189
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	5,021,928	31,400	160
8	Brittany	3,306,529	27,208	121
9	Pays de la Loire	3,737,632	32,082	116
10	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	7,916,889	69,711	113
11	Normandy	3,335,929	29,906	111
12	Grand Est	5,555,186	57,433	97
13	Occitanie	5,808,435	72,724	80
14	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	5,935,603	84,061	70
15	Centre-Val de Loire	2,577,866	39,151	66
16	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	2,818,338	47,784	59
17	Corsica	330,455	8,680	38
18	French Guiana	269,352	83,534	3
	Total	66,361,658	632,760	105

See also

• List of French regions and overseas collectivities by GDP

References

1. "Populations légales des régions en 2016". INSEE. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
2. "Population des régions et taux d'évolution de la population". INSEE. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
3. "Populations légales de Mayotte en 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 13 January 2019.