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Grand Est population 2026
Grand Est has 5,550,155 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 7,302 fewer than a year earlier (−0.13%). It is 6th of France’s 18 regions by population, home to 8.1% of France’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 5.5 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Grand Est in numbers
- Population
- 5.6 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- −0.13% −7,302 people
- Change since 2020
- −0.23% from 5.6 million
- Share of France
- 8.1% 6th of 18 regions
- Population density
- 97per km² 57,433 km²
That is about as many people as Finland (5.6 million).
Population of Grand Est by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,548,955 |
| 2013 | 5,552,388 |
| 2014 | 5,554,645 |
| 2015 | 5,559,051 |
| 2016 | 5,555,186 |
| 2017 | 5,549,586 |
| 2018 | 5,550,389 |
| 2019 | 5,556,219 |
| 2020 | 5,562,651 |
| 2021 | 5,561,287 |
| 2022 | 5,560,079 |
| 2023 | 5,554,472 |
| 2024 | 5,557,457 |
| 2025 | 5,550,155 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,550,155 | −7,302 | −0.13% |
| 2024 | 5,557,457 | +2,985 | +0.05% |
| 2023 | 5,554,472 | −5,607 | −0.10% |
| 2022 | 5,560,079 | −1,208 | −0.02% |
| 2021 | 5,561,287 | −1,364 | −0.02% |
| 2020 | 5,562,651 | +6,432 | +0.12% |
| 2019 | 5,556,219 | +5,830 | +0.11% |
| 2018 | 5,550,389 | +803 | +0.01% |
| 2017 | 5,549,586 | −5,600 | −0.10% |
| 2016 | 5,555,186 | −3,865 | −0.07% |
| 2015 | 5,559,051 | +4,406 | +0.08% |
| 2014 | 5,554,645 | +2,257 | +0.04% |
| 2013 | 5,552,388 | +3,433 | +0.06% |
| 2012 | 5,548,955 | – | – |
Grand Est 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 Grand Est
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Strasbourg274,845
- Reims196,565
- Metz123,914
- Mulhouse111,430
- Nancy105,058
- Colmar65,405
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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: Grand Est population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/france/grand-est/
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