List of French departments by population

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Rank Department Population
(1999)
Size
(km²)
Density
(pop./km²)
1 Nord 2 555 020 5 743 445
2 Paris 2 125 246 105 20 164
3 Bouches-du-Rhône 1 835 719 5 087 361
4 Rhône 1 578 869 3 249 486
5 Pas-de-Calais 1 441 568 6 671 216
6 Hauts-de-Seine 1 428 881 176 8 137
7 Seine-Saint-Denis 1 382 861 236 5 855
8 Yvelines 1 354 304 2 284 593
9 Gironde 1 287 334 10 000 129
10 Seine-Maritime 1 239 138 6 278 197
11 Val-de-Marne 1 227 250 245 5 009
12 Seine-et-Marne 1 193 767 5 915 202
13 Loire-Atlantique 1 134 266 6 815 166
14 Essonne 1 134 238 1 804 629
15 Val-d'Oise 1 105 464 1 246 887
16 Isère 1 094 006 7 431 147
17 Haute-Garonne 1 046 338 6 309 166
18 Bas-Rhin 1 026 120 4 755 216
19 Moselle 1 023 447 6 216 165
20 Alpes-Maritimes 1 011 326 4 299 235
21 Var 898 441 5 973 150
22 Hérault 896 441 6 101 147
23 Ille-et-Vilaine 867 533 6 775 128
24 Finistère 852 418 6 733 127
25 Oise 766 441 5 860 131
26 Maine-et-Loire 732 942 7 166 102
27 Loire 728 524 4 781 152
28 Meurthe-et-Moselle 713 779 5 246 136
29 Haut-Rhin 708 025 3 525 201
30 Réunion 706 300 2 504 282
31 Calvados 648 385 5 548 117
32 Morbihan 643 873 6 823 94
33 Haute-Savoie 631 679 4 388 144
34 Gard 623 125 5 853 106
35 Loiret 618 126 6 775 91
36 Puy-de-Dôme 604 266 7 970 76
37 Pyrénées-Atlantiques 600 018 7 645 78
38 Marne 565 229 8 162 69
39 Charente-Maritime 557 024 6 864 81
40 Somme 555 551 6 170 90
41 Indre-et-Loire 554 003 6 127 90
42 Saône-et-Loire 544 893 8 575 64
43 Côtes-d'Armor 542 373 6 878 79
44 Eure 541 054 6 040 90
45 Vendée 539 664 6 720 80
46 Aisne 535 489 7 369 73
47 Sarthe 529 851 6 206 85
48 Ain 515 270 5 762 89
49 Côte-d'Or 506 755 8 763 58
50 Vaucluse 499 685 3 567 140
51 Doubs 499 062 5 234 95
52 Manche 481 471 5 938 81
53 Drôme 437 778 6 530 67
54 Guadeloupe 422 496 1 703 248
55 Eure-et-Loir 407 665 5 880 69
56 Vienne 399 024 6 990 57
57 Pyrénées-Orientales 392 803 4 116 95
58 Dordogne 388 293 9 060 43
59 Martinique 381 427 1 128 338
60 Vosges 380 952 5 874 65
61 Savoie 373 258 6 028 62
62 Haute-Vienne 353 893 5 520 64
63 Allier 344 721 7 340 47
64 Deux-Sèvres 344 392 5 999 57
65 Tarn 343 402 5 758 60
66 Charente 339 628 5 956 57
67 Yonne 333 221 7 427 45
68 Landes 327 334 9 243 35
69 Loir-et-Cher 314 968 6 343 50
70 Cher 314 428 7 235 43
71 Aude 309 770 6 139 50
72 Lot-et-Garonne 305 380 5 361 57
73 Orne 292 337 6 103 48
74 Aube 292 131 6 004 49
75 Ardennes 290 130 5 229 55
76 Ardèche 286 023 5 529 52
77 Mayenne 285 338 5 175 55
78 Aveyron 263 808 8 735 30
79 Jura 250 857 4 999 50
80 Corrèze 232 576 5 857 40
81 Indre 231 139 6 791 34
82 Haute-Saône 229 732 5 360 43
83 Nièvre 225 198 6 817 33
84 Hautes-Pyrénées 222 368 4 464 50
85 Haute-Loire 209 113 4 977 42
86 Tarn-et-Garonne 206 034 3 718 55
87 Haute-Marne 194 873 6 211 31
88 Meuse 192 198 6 211 31
89 Gers 172 335 6 257 28
90 Lot 160 197 5 217 31
91 French Guiana 157 213 83 534 2
92 Cantal 150 778 5 726 26
93 Haute-Corse 141 603 4 666 30
94 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 139 561 6 925 20
95 Territoire de Belfort 137 408 609 225
96 Ariège 137 205 4 890 28
97 Creuse 124 470 5 565 22
98 Hautes-Alpes 121 419 5 549 22
99 Corse-du-Sud 118 593 4 014 30
100 Lozère 73 509 5 167 14
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