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Hauts-de-France population 2026
Hauts-de-France has 5,974,447 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 9,393 fewer than a year earlier (−0.16%). It is 5th of France’s 18 regions by population, home to 8.7% of France’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 6 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Hauts-de-France in numbers
- Population
- 6 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- −0.16% −9,393 people
- Change since 2020
- −0.39% from 6 million
- Share of France
- 8.7% 5th of 18 regions
- Population density
- 188per km² 31,813 km²
That is about as many people as Denmark (6 million).
Population of Hauts-de-France by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,973,098 |
| 2013 | 5,987,883 |
| 2014 | 6,006,156 |
| 2015 | 6,009,976 |
| 2016 | 6,006,870 |
| 2017 | 6,003,815 |
| 2018 | 6,004,108 |
| 2019 | 6,004,947 |
| 2020 | 5,997,734 |
| 2021 | 5,995,292 |
| 2022 | 5,998,916 |
| 2023 | 5,990,292 |
| 2024 | 5,983,840 |
| 2025 | 5,974,447 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,974,447 | −9,393 | −0.16% |
| 2024 | 5,983,840 | −6,452 | −0.11% |
| 2023 | 5,990,292 | −8,624 | −0.14% |
| 2022 | 5,998,916 | +3,624 | +0.06% |
| 2021 | 5,995,292 | −2,442 | −0.04% |
| 2020 | 5,997,734 | −7,213 | −0.12% |
| 2019 | 6,004,947 | +839 | +0.01% |
| 2018 | 6,004,108 | +293 | +0.00% |
| 2017 | 6,003,815 | −3,055 | −0.05% |
| 2016 | 6,006,870 | −3,106 | −0.05% |
| 2015 | 6,009,976 | +3,820 | +0.06% |
| 2014 | 6,006,156 | +18,273 | +0.31% |
| 2013 | 5,987,883 | +14,785 | +0.25% |
| 2012 | 5,973,098 | – | – |
Hauts-de-France 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 Hauts-de-France
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Lille238,695
- Amiens143,086
- Roubaix99,507
- Tourcoing99,160
- Dunkirk86,263
- Calais74,433
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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: Hauts-de-France population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/france/hauts-de-france/
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