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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur population 2026

Q: What is the population of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in 2026?

The latest official figure is 5,285,125, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur would have about 5.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has 5,285,125 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 32,763 more than a year earlier (+0.62%). It is 7th of France’s 18 regions by population, home to 7.7% of France’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 5.3 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in numbers

Population: 5.3 million 1 January 2025
Change in a year: +0.62% +32,763 people
Change since 2020: +3.66% from 5.1 million
Share of France: 7.7% 7th of 18 regions
Population density: 168per km² 31,400 km²

That is about as many people as New Zealand (5.3 million).

Population of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur by year

5.3M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2012	4,935,576
2013	4,953,675
2014	4,983,438
2015	5,007,977
2016	5,021,928
2017	5,030,890
2018	5,052,832
2019	5,081,101
2020	5,098,666
2021	5,127,840
2022	5,170,312
2023	5,194,349
2024	5,252,362
2025	5,285,125

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	5,285,125	+32,763	+0.62%
2024	5,252,362	+58,013	+1.12%
2023	5,194,349	+24,037	+0.46%
2022	5,170,312	+42,472	+0.83%
2021	5,127,840	+29,174	+0.57%
2020	5,098,666	+17,565	+0.35%
2019	5,081,101	+28,269	+0.56%
2018	5,052,832	+21,942	+0.44%
2017	5,030,890	+8,962	+0.18%
2016	5,021,928	+13,951	+0.28%
2015	5,007,977	+24,539	+0.49%
2014	4,983,438	+29,763	+0.60%
2013	4,953,675	+18,099	+0.37%
2012	4,935,576	–	–

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur among France’s regions

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Regions of France by population
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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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Marseille877,215
Nice342,669
Toulon168,701
Aix-en-Provence146,821
Avignon89,769
Marseille 1389,316

Air quality in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Marseille

Questions

What is the population of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in 2026?

The latest official figure is 5,285,125, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur would have about 5.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Is Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 32,763 people (+0.62%) in the latest year, and has changed +3.66% since 2020.

How does Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur rank in France?

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is 7th of France’s 18 regions, with 7.7% of the people. Île-de-France is the largest, with 12.5 million.

What is the population density of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur?

About 168 people per km², on 31,400 km². Total area, Wikidata.

What is the largest city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur?

Marseille, with about 877 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

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: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/france/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/

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