In 2025, the Ile-de-France region, sometimes called the Paris region, was the most populous in France. It is located in the northern part of France, divided into eight departments and crossed by the Seine River. The region contains Paris, its large suburbs, and several rural areas. The total population in metropolitan France was estimated at around ** million inhabitants. In the DOM (Overseas Department), France had more than *** million citizens spread over the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, Mayotte, and the South American territory of French Guiana. Ile-de-France: the most populous region in France According to the source, more than ** million French citizens lived in the Ile-de-France region. Ile-de-France was followed by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitanie region which is in the Southern part of the country. Ile-de-France is not only the most populated region in France, it is also the French region with the highest population density. In 2020, there were ******* residents per square kilometer in Ile-de-France compared to ***** for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the second most populated region in France. More than two million people were living in the city of Paris in 2025. Thus, the metropolitan area outside the city of Paris, called the suburbs or banlieue in French, had more than ten million inhabitants. Ile-de-France concentrates the majority of the country’s economic and political activities. An urban population In 2024, the total population of France amounted to over 68 million. The population in the country has increased since the mid-2000s. As well as the other European countries, France is experiencing urbanization. In 2023, more than ** percent of the French population lived in cities. This phenomenon shapes France’s geography.

While the French population continues to increase, growth is slowing down, and situations are very contrasted from one territory to another, especially in Overseas France. Indeed, the regions in which the population grew the most, but also decreased the most between 2014 and 2020 are all overseas. Thus, during this period, French Guiana saw its population increase by more than *** percent, while Martinique's population decreased by *** percent, and Guadeloupe's by *** percent. More data on Overseas France can be found here.

This statistic displays the distribution of the French population according to their type of accommodation in 2015, by home region. At that time, more than 70 percent of respondents from the South West region of France stated that they lived in a house.

Data on type and level of French program attended, number of years of primary or secondary schooling in a regular French program in a French-language school and mother tongue for the population outside of Quebec, in private households in Canada outside of Quebec, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions.

This table contains data from the censuses of the municipal population since 2013 of each French region. Collection Context The data is uploaded to the [INSEE] website(https://www.insee.fr/fr/accueil) and then integrated into a repository database to make it available to GIS users and departmental agents. The municipal population includes persons: * having their habitual residence in the territory of the municipality, in a dwelling or community; * detained in the penal institutions of the municipality; * homeless persons registered in the territory of the municipality; * usually residing in a mobile dwelling registered in the territory of the municipality. The municipal population of a group of municipalities is equal to the sum of the municipal populations of the municipalities that make up it. The concept of municipal population now corresponds to the concept of population used in statistics. It does not contain double accounts: every person living in France is counted once and only once. In 1999, the concept of a population without double counting corresponded to the notion of a statistical population. The concept of municipal population is defined by Decree No. 2003-485 published in the Official Journal of 8 June 2003 on the population census (source INSEE). Collection method Every year, the table is updated. A new field is created and filled in with the data from the last census of the municipal population. Attributes | field | Alias ▲ Type | – | – — | ‘objectID’ | Unique identifier ‘integer’ | ‘Reg’ | Region code ⋆ ‘char’ -’ | ‘name_reg’ | Name of the region ⋆ ‘char’ | ‘superf’ | Area ▲ ‘double’ ⋆ | ‘p14_pop’ | Municipal population 2017 – 2014 Census ⋆ ‘integer’ — | ‘p15_pop’ | Municipal population 2018 – Census 2015 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p16_pop’ | Municipal population 2019 – Census 2016 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p17_pop’ | Municipal population 2020 – Census 2017 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p18_pop’ | Municipal population 2021 – 2018 Census ▲ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p19_pop’ | Municipal population 2022 – 2019 Census ▲ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p20_pop’ | Municipal population 2023 – 2020 census ⋆ ‘integer’ | ‘p21_pop’ | Municipal population 2024 – Census 2021 ⋆ ‘integer’ -’ For more information, see the metadata on the Isogeo catalog.

The population of La Réunion has more than doubled in fifty years, from 416,525 in 1967 to over 863,000 in 2020. While French Guiana's population was the smallest of the regions, its population has increased sixfold over the same period. Meanwhile, the populations of Guadeloupe and Martinique have been declining since 2013 and 2008, respectively. These overseas regions are regions located outside of metropolitan France, originating from the first French colonial empire.

Data on English spoken at home by French spoken at home, Indigenous language spoken at home, other non-official language spoken at home, mother tongue, age and gender for the population excluding institutional residents for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts.

The population density in France is unevenly distributed. The country, which enjoys a great variety of regions and landscapes, is becoming more and more urbanized, and big cities concentrate economic activities. Ile-de-France and overseas regions: the most densely populated French regions In 2022, Ile-de-France was the French region with the highest population density. According to the source, there were ******* residents per square kilometer in Ile-de-France. In 2025, more than ***** million people lived in this region, which contains the city of Paris and its greater suburbs. The overseas regions, such as Guadeloupe, Reunion, and Martinique, are the most densely populated French regions after the Paris region. On the other hand, Corsica was the least densely populated region in metropolitan France. However, it is Guyane, the largest overseas department, which has the lowest density in France, with only *** inhabitants per square kilometre. Largely covered by the Amazon jungle, this French territory is almost entirely populated along the coasts. The overall population density in metropolitan France reached ****** inhabitants per square kilometer in 2021, compared to ****** in 2007. Ile-de-France, and particularly Paris, is the center of most of the economic, political, and social activities in France. For instance, the ten most visited national French museums and galleries in 2017 were all located in Paris. In 2014, Ile-de-France was the French region that had the highest expenditure on Research and Development (19 billion euros). Regions in France Hauts-de-France, in the northern part of the country, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in the southeastern part, were the second and the third most densely populated regions in Metropolitan France. The French southeastern coast is known for being highly urbanized, while its living conditions (sun, Mediterranean sea…) make it one of the most attractive regions to work and live in France. Hauts-de-France, which used to be one of the leading industrial regions of the country, now benefits from its geographical proximity to the heart of Europe: Brussels. Furthermore, rural regions like Centre-Val de Loire or Bourgogne Franche-Comté are less populous, and the share of the rural population in France is decreasing for years now.

POPP datasets

This repository contains 3 datasets created by the LITIS lab (University of Rouen Normandie) within the POPP project (Project for the Oceration of the Paris Population Census) for the task of handwriting text recognition. These datasets have been published in Recognition and information extraction in historical handwritten tables: toward understanding early 20th century Paris census at DAS 2022 from T. Constum et al and are also available on Zenodo. The 3 datasets are… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/thomas-C/popp.

This Alberta Official Statistic describes the proportions of Aboriginal Identity population by Mother Tongue (English, French, Aboriginal Languages and Other Languages) for Canada, Provinces and Territories based on the 2011 National Household Survey. Between May and August 2011, Statistics Canada conducted the National Household Survey (NHS) for the first time. This voluntary, self-administered survey was introduced as a replacement for the long census questionnaire, also known as Census Form 2B. The NHS is designed to collect social and economic data about the Canadian population.

This table is part of a series of tables that present a portrait of Canada based on the various census topics. The tables range in complexity and levels of geography. Content varies from a simple overview of the country to complex cross-tabulations; the tables may also cover several censuses.

This bar chart displays rural population (people) by region using the aggregation sum in France. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

This table is part of a series of tables that present a portrait of Canada based on the various census topics. The tables range in complexity and levels of geography. Content varies from a simple overview of the country to complex cross-tabulations; the tables may also cover several censuses.

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows two condensed maps which use dots and proportional circles to illustrate the distribution of population of French and British origin, respectively, according to the 1951 census of Canada. Each map is accompanied by a pie chart which shows the British origin and French origin percentage population distribution by province and territory. For Canadian census purposes, a person's origin or cultural group is traced through the father to the paternal ancestor on first arrival to this continent. The term 'British' embraces all those of British Isles origin, that is, it includes those from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and the Republic of Ireland.

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows two condensed maps which use dots and proportional circles to illustrate the distribution of population of French and British origin, respectively, according to the 1951 census of Canada. Each map is accompanied by a pie chart which shows the British origin and French origin percentage population distribution by province and territory. For Canadian census purposes, a person's origin or cultural group is traced through the father to the paternal ancestor on first arrival to this continent. The term 'British' embraces all those of British Isles origin, that is, it includes those from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and the Republic of Ireland.

This table is part of a series of tables that present a portrait of Canada based on the various census topics. The tables range in complexity and levels of geography. Content varies from a simple overview of the country to complex cross-tabulations; the tables may also cover several censuses.

This dataset contains administrative polygons grouped by country (admin-0) with the following subdivisions according to Who's On First placetypes:
- macroregion (admin-1 including region)
- region (admin-2 including state, province, department, governorate)
- macrocounty (admin-3 including arrondissement)
- county (admin-4 including prefecture, sub-prefecture, regency, canton, commune)
- localadmin (admin-5 including municipality, local government area, unitary authority, commune, suburb)

The dataset also contains human settlement points and polygons for:
- localities (city, town, and village)
- neighbourhoods (borough, macrohood, neighbourhood, microhood)

The dataset covers activities carried out by Who's On First (WOF) since 2015. Global administrative boundaries and human settlements are aggregated and standardized from hundreds of sources and available with an open CC-BY license. Who's On First data is updated on an as-need basis for individual places with annual sprints focused on improving specific countries or placetypes. Please refer to the README.md file for complete data source metadata. Refer to our blog post for explanation of field names.

Data corrections can be proposed using Write Field, an web app for making quick data edits. You’ll need a Github.com account to login and propose edits, which are then reviewed by the Who's On First community using the Github pull request process. Approved changes are available for download within 24-hours. Please contact WOF admin about bulk edits.

The 2006 Census data showed that Anglophones, that is the population whose mother tongue is English, made up the majority of the population in Canada, about 57.8%. This was the case for all provinces and territories except Quebec, where the majority of the population reported French as mother tongue. In total, 22.1% of the population in Canada were Francophones, which is the population with French as their mother tongue. Allophones, the population who reported a non-official language as mother tongue, made up 20%.

This dataset contains administrative polygons grouped by country (admin-0) with the following subdivisions according to Who's On First placetypes:
- macroregion (admin-1 including region)
- region (admin-2 including state, province, department, governorate)
- macrocounty (admin-3 including arrondissement)
- county (admin-4 including prefecture, sub-prefecture, regency, canton, commune)
- localadmin (admin-5 including municipality, local government area, unitary authority, commune, suburb)

The dataset also contains human settlement points and polygons for:
- localities (city, town, and village)
- neighbourhoods (borough, macrohood, neighbourhood, microhood)

The dataset covers activities carried out by Who's On First (WOF) since 2015. Global administrative boundaries and human settlements are aggregated and standardized from hundreds of sources and available with an open CC-BY license. Who's On First data is updated on an as-need basis for individual places with annual sprints focused on improving specific countries or placetypes. Please refer to the README.md file for complete data source metadata. Refer to our blog post for explanation of field names.

Data corrections can be proposed using Write Field, an web app for making quick data edits. You’ll need a Github.com account to login and propose edits, which are then reviewed by the Who's On First community using the Github pull request process. Approved changes are available for download within 24-hours. Please contact WOF admin about bulk edits.

This table is part of a series of tables that present a portrait of Canada based on the various census topics. The tables range in complexity and levels of geography. Content varies from a simple overview of the country to complex cross-tabulations; the tables may also cover several censuses.