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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes population 2026
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has 8,270,088 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 31,753 more than a year earlier (+0.39%). It is 2nd of France’s 18 regions by population, home to 12.0% of France’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 8.3 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in numbers
- Population
- 8.3 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- +0.39% +31,753 people
- Change since 2020
- +2.37% from 8.1 million
- Share of France
- 12.0% 2nd of 18 regions
- Population density
- 119per km² 69,711 km²
That is about as many people as Laos (8 million).
Population of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 7,695,264 |
| 2013 | 7,757,595 |
| 2014 | 7,820,966 |
| 2015 | 7,877,698 |
| 2016 | 7,916,889 |
| 2017 | 7,948,287 |
| 2018 | 7,994,459 |
| 2019 | 8,042,936 |
| 2020 | 8,078,652 |
| 2021 | 8,114,361 |
| 2022 | 8,163,884 |
| 2023 | 8,196,436 |
| 2024 | 8,238,335 |
| 2025 | 8,270,088 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,270,088 | +31,753 | +0.39% |
| 2024 | 8,238,335 | +41,899 | +0.51% |
| 2023 | 8,196,436 | +32,552 | +0.40% |
| 2022 | 8,163,884 | +49,523 | +0.61% |
| 2021 | 8,114,361 | +35,709 | +0.44% |
| 2020 | 8,078,652 | +35,716 | +0.44% |
| 2019 | 8,042,936 | +48,477 | +0.61% |
| 2018 | 7,994,459 | +46,172 | +0.58% |
| 2017 | 7,948,287 | +31,398 | +0.40% |
| 2016 | 7,916,889 | +39,191 | +0.50% |
| 2015 | 7,877,698 | +56,732 | +0.73% |
| 2014 | 7,820,966 | +63,371 | +0.82% |
| 2013 | 7,757,595 | +62,331 | +0.81% |
| 2012 | 7,695,264 | – | – |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes among France’s regions
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Île-de-France | 12,549,288 | +0.33% | 18.2% | 1,045 |
| 2 | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 8,270,088 | +0.39% | 12.0% | 119 |
| 3 | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 6,210,839 | +0.47% | 9.0% | 74 |
| 4 | Occitanie | 6,205,575 | +0.64% | 9.0% | 85 |
| 5 | Hauts-de-France | 5,974,447 | −0.16% | 8.7% | 188 |
| 6 | Grand Est | 5,550,155 | −0.13% | 8.1% | 97 |
| 7 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 5,285,125 | +0.62% | 7.7% | 168 |
| 8 | Pays de la Loire | 3,945,359 | +0.47% | 5.7% | 123 |
| 9 | Brittany | 3,489,252 | +0.56% | 5.1% | 128 |
| 10 | Normandy | 3,350,982 | +0.06% | 4.9% | 112 |
| 11 | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 2,796,878 | −0.12% | 4.1% | 59 |
| 12 | Centre-Val de Loire | 2,588,306 | +0.01% | 3.8% | 66 |
| 13 | La Réunion | 904,180 | +0.73% | 1.3% | 360 |
| 14 | Guadeloupe | 413,791 | −0.25% | 0.6% | 254 |
| 15 | Corsica | 362,253 | +0.95% | 0.5% | 42 |
| 16 | Martinique | 359,419 | −0.22% | 0.5% | 319 |
| 17 | Mayotte | 329,208 | +2.67% | 0.5% | 880 |
| 18 | French Guiana | 297,455 | +0.44% | 0.4% | 4 |
Largest cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Lyon520,774
- Saint-Étienne176,280
- Grenoble158,552
- Clermont-Ferrand147,865
- Villeurbanne131,445
- Valence63,864
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Source and method
Eurostat, population on 1 January by NUTS region (demo_r_d2jan). Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0). Total area, Wikidata. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for France, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.
Cite this page: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/france/auvergne-rhone-alpes/
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