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Normandy population 2026
Normandie
Normandy has 3,350,982 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 2,022 more than a year earlier (+0.06%). It is 10th of France’s 18 regions by population, home to 4.9% of France’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 3.4 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Normandy in numbers
- Population
- 3.4 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- +0.06% +2,022 people
- Change since 2020
- +0.77% from 3.3 million
- Share of France
- 4.9% 10th of 18 regions
- Population density
- 112per km² 29,906 km²
That is about as many people as Uruguay (3.4 million).
Population of Normandy by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 3,322,756 |
| 2013 | 3,328,364 |
| 2014 | 3,335,645 |
| 2015 | 3,339,131 |
| 2016 | 3,335,929 |
| 2017 | 3,330,478 |
| 2018 | 3,327,477 |
| 2019 | 3,325,032 |
| 2020 | 3,325,522 |
| 2021 | 3,327,966 |
| 2022 | 3,339,074 |
| 2023 | 3,339,522 |
| 2024 | 3,348,960 |
| 2025 | 3,350,982 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,350,982 | +2,022 | +0.06% |
| 2024 | 3,348,960 | +9,438 | +0.28% |
| 2023 | 3,339,522 | +448 | +0.01% |
| 2022 | 3,339,074 | +11,108 | +0.33% |
| 2021 | 3,327,966 | +2,444 | +0.07% |
| 2020 | 3,325,522 | +490 | +0.01% |
| 2019 | 3,325,032 | −2,445 | −0.07% |
| 2018 | 3,327,477 | −3,001 | −0.09% |
| 2017 | 3,330,478 | −5,451 | −0.16% |
| 2016 | 3,335,929 | −3,202 | −0.10% |
| 2015 | 3,339,131 | +3,486 | +0.10% |
| 2014 | 3,335,645 | +7,281 | +0.22% |
| 2013 | 3,328,364 | +5,608 | +0.17% |
| 2012 | 3,322,756 | – | – |
Normandy 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 Normandy
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Le Havre185,972
- Rouen116,331
- Caen110,624
- Évreux57,795
- Dieppe35,707
- Alençon30,786
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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: Normandy population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/france/normandy/
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