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Nouvelle-Aquitaine population 2026
Nouvelle-Aquitaine has 6,210,839 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 28,954 more than a year earlier (+0.47%). It is 3rd of France’s 18 regions by population, home to 9.0% of France’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 6.3 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine in numbers
- Population
- 6.2 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- +0.47% +28,954 people
- Change since 2020
- +2.93% from 6 million
- Share of France
- 9.0% 3rd of 18 regions
- Population density
- 74per km² 84,061 km²
That is about as many people as El Salvador (6.4 million).
Population of Nouvelle-Aquitaine by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,808,594 |
| 2013 | 5,844,177 |
| 2014 | 5,879,144 |
| 2015 | 5,911,482 |
| 2016 | 5,935,603 |
| 2017 | 5,956,978 |
| 2018 | 5,979,778 |
| 2019 | 6,010,289 |
| 2020 | 6,033,952 |
| 2021 | 6,069,352 |
| 2022 | 6,113,384 |
| 2023 | 6,138,814 |
| 2024 | 6,181,885 |
| 2025 | 6,210,839 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,210,839 | +28,954 | +0.47% |
| 2024 | 6,181,885 | +43,071 | +0.70% |
| 2023 | 6,138,814 | +25,430 | +0.42% |
| 2022 | 6,113,384 | +44,032 | +0.73% |
| 2021 | 6,069,352 | +35,400 | +0.59% |
| 2020 | 6,033,952 | +23,663 | +0.39% |
| 2019 | 6,010,289 | +30,511 | +0.51% |
| 2018 | 5,979,778 | +22,800 | +0.38% |
| 2017 | 5,956,978 | +21,375 | +0.36% |
| 2016 | 5,935,603 | +24,121 | +0.41% |
| 2015 | 5,911,482 | +32,338 | +0.55% |
| 2014 | 5,879,144 | +34,967 | +0.60% |
| 2013 | 5,844,177 | +35,583 | +0.61% |
| 2012 | 5,808,594 | – | – |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Bordeaux265,328
- Limoges141,176
- Poitiers85,960
- Pau82,697
- La Rochelle76,810
- Mérignac69,791
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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: Nouvelle-Aquitaine population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/france/nouvelle-aquitaine/
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