Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, France metro area from 1950 to 2025.

This graph shows the number of inhabitants of the city of Marseille in France in 2021, by gender. That year, more than ******* men and more than ******* women, were living in Marseille.

Since 1968, the population density in the city of Marseille, located in the south of France, has fluctuated and generally decreased. Indeed, there were about 3,628 inhabitants per square kilometer in 2021, compared with 3,694.7 in 1968. The year in which the population density was highest was 1975, and the year in which it was lowest was 1999.Marseille is the second largest city in France in terms of population, following Paris.

Since 2008, the proportion of employees and workers in Marseille has decreased. In that year, there were indeed ** percent of employees, and almost ** percent of workers, compared to **** and *** percent in 2021, respectively. Conversely, there were more than ten percent of executives in 2021, compared with *** in 2008 in the southern French city.In 2020, the population of Marseille was estimated to be more than *******.

Since 1968, the number of inhabitants of the city of Marseille, located in the south of France, has fluctuated and generally decreased. Indeed, there were about 16,000 fewer inhabitants in 2021 than in 1968. The year in which the population was highest was 1975, and the year in which it was lowest was 1999.Marseille is the second largest city in France in terms of population, following Paris.

The rate of live births in the City of Marseille, located in the South of France, has fluctuated and generally slightly increased in the last 50 years. Indeed, there were about 14.5 live births per 1,000 population between 1968 and 1975, compared to 12.5 between 1975 and 1982. Since then, the birth rate has almost continuously increased, reaching 14.7 in 2021.Marseille is the second largest city in France in terms of population, following Paris.

This graph shows the distribution of the inhabitants of the city of Marseille in France in 2021, broken down by age. That year, inhabitants aged between 15 and 44 years represented about 40 percent of the population of Marseille.

Since 2008, the number of farmers, employees and workers in Marseille has decreased. In that year, there were indeed *** farmers, ******* employees, and more than ****** workers, compared to *** farmers, ******* employees, and ****** workers in 2021. COn the other hand, there were around ****** more executives in 2021 than in 2008 in the southern French city.In 2021, the population of Marseille was estimated to be more than *******.

This graph shows the number of inhabitants of the city of Marseille in France in 2021, broken down by age. That year, there were more than 155,000 people living in Marseille who were aged between 0 and 14 years.

Urban population growth has been constant for several decades in France. Between 1960 and 2023, it rose from 61.88 percent to 81.78 percent. The phenomenon of urbanization was more significant in the 1960s. Indeed, over this period, the rate of the French population living in cities increased by 10 points. The evolution was more weighted over the next 50 years, rising from 71.06 percent in 1970 to 80.98 percent in 2020.An increase in urbanization was accompanied over the same period by a sharp rise in the overall French population, from 55.57 million inhabitants in 1982 to around 68 million in 2024. Paris, an urban giant in France Like in the United Kingdom, the French-style centralized system has led to a high concentration of population around economic, financial, cultural and political centers, all located in the British and French capitals. London and Paris (and its conurbation) are among the largest urban centers on the continent, with Moscow being the most populous. This centralization of power has led to a very heterogenous distribution of population density. The Paris region has a density of more than 1000 inhabitants per km², which is ten times higher than the Haut-de-France region, the second densest region in Metropolitan France.This centralization of power attracts a strong French and foreign workforce. The French capital is by far the most populated city in France. If solely the municipality of Paris is taken into account, it had more than 2 million inhabitants in 2019, which is more than twice as many as in Marseille and four times as many as in Lyon, the country's second and third most populous cities. Future challenges for French cities Access to employment is no longer the only reason to settle in a town. Other factors come into play in the life choices of city dwellers. In 2019, more than 90% of the French estimated that the presence of green areas was important to settle or not in a district. The pollution level of the city was also considered in the choice of the city. In order to address these pollution problems, municipalities must resolve transportation issues on their own territory. Previously the king of the town, the car is increasingly losing ground to public transport in urban areas. Cities like Paris are relying more on public transport. Between 2011 and 2016, RATP and SNCF have built more than 60 kilometers of tramway tracks . Moreover, the construction of additional train and metro lines in the Grand Paris project aimed at better connecting the suburbs to each other without passing through intramural Paris.Making it easier to travel by bicycle is one of the options chosen by many conurbations to relieve congestion in their cities. Since the early 2000s, self-service bicycles have been a great success in France with more than 2400 bicycles available in Toulouse or 4000 in Lyon in 2017. A source of much tension between motorists, municipalities and cyclists, the sharing of the road between 4 and 2 wheelers has, however, been widely developed. In Strasbourg, for example, the municipality had around 1.04 metres of cycle lanes per inhabitant in 2017, the highest rate in France. However, the layout of cycle paths can be perilous and a majority of cyclists in France still feel unsafe on the road.

5G is finally arriving in France, with deployment in the country scheduled for November 18, 2020. 5G succeeds the previous generation of 4G, and will offer much higher speed than previously available, as well as very short latency times and an increased number of simultaneous connections possible per area covered. Marseille was the best-equipped French city with a total of ** 5G antennas, followed by Paris and Montpellier with ** and ** antennas, respectively.

Operators and territory coverage

As of November 2020, Orange had set up the highest number of 5G antennas under test in France. While almost the entirety of the French population was covered by mobile broadband (4G) by all four main operators, Orange was also at the top of the list in terms of territory coverage.

5G in the era of the smart city

The implementation of 5g on the French territory is one of the cornerstones of the development of the smart city and the digital transition it promotes. Indeed, open data was the most often carried out smart city project by French cities. Here again, Marseille stands out from other cities by being the most advanced French city in terms of smart city projects.

Paris was in 2021 the most populated city in France with over ************inhabitants. Marseille was the second most important city in terms of inhabitants, and Lyon, the third. With ******* inhabitants, Lille was the tenth most populated city in France.

This statistic shows the ten largest cities in France as of 2022. In 2022, around 2.11 million people lived in Paris, making it the largest city in France.

In 2021, a quarter of the population of the City of Marseille lived below the poverty line, which is set at ** percent of the median standard of living. This proportion was equal to one-third (** percent) among households whose tax reference person was less than 30 years old, but was only ** percent among those whose tax referent was older than 75 years old.In 2021, the poverty rate stood at **** percent in France.

The mortality rate in the city of Marseille, located in the South of France, has fluctuated but generally decreased in the last 50 years. Indeed, there were about 10.8 deaths per 1,000 population between 1968 and 1975, compared to 11 between 1990 and 1999. Since then, the birth rate has almost always gradually decreased, reaching nine between 2015 and 2021.Marseille is the second largest city in France in terms of population, following Paris.

In 2021, there were about 100 more farmers among men than among women in the City of Marseille. Women were also less numerous among craftsmen, merchants, company managers, executives, and workers. In contrast, they were more represented among employees, intermediate professionals, retirees, and people without professional activities.In 2021, the population of the southern French city was estimated to be more than *******.

Between 2006 and 2022, the average monthly income per tax household in the City of Marseille, located in the south of France, as well as in the rest of France, has increased. It amounted to ***** euros in 2006 and had reached ***** euros in 2022. Over this period, the average monthly income of Marseille residents was lower than that of the rest of the French population, and the gap has even widened.

Between 2010 and 2019, the number of death certificates issued by the City of Marseille, located in the south of France, fluctuated between 8,780 and 9,517, before increasing rather sharply in 2020 to reach 10,530, which is more than 1,000 more deaths than the previous year. In the rest of France, there were 55,000 more deaths in 2020 (when the COVID-19 pandemic reached the country) than in 2019.

Between 2008 and 2021, the average monthly salary of residents of the City of Marseille, located in the south of France, as well as that of the French population, has increased. It amounted to ***** euros in 2008, and had reached ***** euros in 2021. Over this period, the salary of Marseille residents was on average lower than that of the rest of the French population, with the exception of the years 2009 and 2010, when it was ** euros higher than the national average.

Between 1500 and 1800, London grew to be the largest city in Western Europe, with its population growing almost 22 times larger in this period. London would eventually overtake Constantinople as Europe's largest in the 1700s, before becoming the largest city in the world (ahead of Beijing) in the early-1800s.

The most populous cities in this period were the capitals of European empires, with Paris, Amsterdam, and Vienna growing to become the largest cities, alongside the likes of Lisbon and Madrid in Iberia, and Naples or Venice in Italy. Many of northwestern Europe's largest cities in 1500 would eventually be overtaken by others not shown here, such as the port cities of Hamburg, Marseilles or Rotterdam, or more industrial cities such as Berlin, Birmingham, and Munich.