List of régions of France by population

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This is a list of régions of France by population, based on data from the 1999 census.

Rank Région Population
1 Île-de-France 10,952,011
2 Rhône-Alpes 5,645,407
3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 4,506,151
4 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 3,996,588
5 Pays-de-la-Loire 3,222,061
6 Aquitaine 2,908,359
7 Bretagne 2,906,197
8 Midi-Pyrénées 2,551,687
9 Centre (France) 2,440,329
10 Lorraine 2,310,376
11 Languedoc-Roussillon 2,295,648
12 Picardie 1,857,481
13 Haute-Normandie 1,780,192
14 Alsace 1,734,145
15 Poitou-Charentes 1,640,068
16 Bourgogne 1,610,067
17 Basse-Normandie 1,422,193
18 Champagne-Ardenne 1,342,363
19 Auvergne 1,308,878
20 Franche-Comté 1,117,059
21 Limousin 710,939
22 Réunion 706,300
23 Guadeloupe 422,496
24 Martinique 381,427
25 Corse 260,196
26 Guyane 157,213