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Île-de-France population 2026
Île-de-France has 12,549,288 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 41,746 more than a year earlier (+0.33%). It is the most populous of France’s 18 regions, home to 18.2% of France’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 12.6 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Île-de-France in numbers
- Population
- 12.5 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- +0.33% +41,746 people
- Change since 2020
- +2.26% from 12.3 million
- Share of France
- 18.2% Largest of 18 regions
- Population density
- 1,045per km² 12,012 km²
That is about as many people as South Sudan (12.4 million).
Population of Île-de-France by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 11,898,502 |
| 2013 | 11,959,807 |
| 2014 | 12,027,565 |
| 2015 | 12,082,144 |
| 2016 | 12,117,132 |
| 2017 | 12,174,880 |
| 2018 | 12,213,447 |
| 2019 | 12,262,544 |
| 2020 | 12,271,794 |
| 2021 | 12,317,279 |
| 2022 | 12,380,964 |
| 2023 | 12,407,359 |
| 2024 | 12,507,542 |
| 2025 | 12,549,288 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,549,288 | +41,746 | +0.33% |
| 2024 | 12,507,542 | +100,183 | +0.81% |
| 2023 | 12,407,359 | +26,395 | +0.21% |
| 2022 | 12,380,964 | +63,685 | +0.52% |
| 2021 | 12,317,279 | +45,485 | +0.37% |
| 2020 | 12,271,794 | +9,250 | +0.08% |
| 2019 | 12,262,544 | +49,097 | +0.40% |
| 2018 | 12,213,447 | +38,567 | +0.32% |
| 2017 | 12,174,880 | +57,748 | +0.48% |
| 2016 | 12,117,132 | +34,988 | +0.29% |
| 2015 | 12,082,144 | +54,579 | +0.45% |
| 2014 | 12,027,565 | +67,758 | +0.57% |
| 2013 | 11,959,807 | +61,305 | +0.52% |
| 2012 | 11,898,502 | – | – |
Île-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 Île-de-France
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Paris2,138,551
- Marne La Vallée318,325
- Paris 15 Vaugirard229,713
- Paris 20 Ménilmontant185,140
- Cergy-Pontoise183,430
- Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre183,127
Air quality in Île-de-France today
Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.
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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: Île-de-France population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/france/ile-de-france/
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