List of French departments by population

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Rank	Department	Population (2006)	Size (km²)	Density (pop./km²)
1	Nord	2,577,000	5,743	449
2	Paris	2,164,000	105	20,605
3	Bouches-du-Rhône	1,893,000	5,087	372
4	Rhône	1,646,000	3,249	507
5	Hauts-de-Seine	1,517,000	176	8,619
6	Seine-Saint-Denis	1,459,000	236	6,182
7	Pas-de-Calais	1,456,000	6,671	218
8	Yvelines	1,395,000	2,284	611
9	Gironde	1,376,000	10,000	138
10	Val-de-Marne	1,279,000	245	5,220
11	Seine-et-Marne	1,260,000	5,915	212
12	Seine-Maritime	1,245,000	6,278	198
13	Loire-Atlantique	1,192,000	6,815	175
14	Essonne	1,172,000	1,804	650
15	Isère	1,145,000	7,431	154
16	Val-d'Oise	1,139,000	1,246	914
17	Haute-Garonne	1,135,000	6,309	180
18	Bas-Rhin	1,063,000	4,755	224
19	Alpes-Maritimes	1,057,000	4,299	246
20	Moselle	1,037,000	6,216	166
21	Hérault	971,000	6,101	159
22	Var	958,000	5,973	160
23	Ille-et-Vilaine	908,000	6,775	134
24	Finistère	874,000	6,733	130
25	Oise	780,000	5,860	133
26	Réunion	777,000	2,504	309
27	Maine-et-Loire	753,000	7,166	105
28	Loire	732,000	4,781	153
29	Haut-Rhin	731,000	3,525	207
30	Meurthe-et-Moselle	723,000	5,246	138
31	Morbihan	677,000	6,823	99
32	Haute-Savoie	676,000	4,388	154
33	Gard	665,000	5,853	114
34	Calvados	664,000	5,548	120
35	Loiret	634,000	6,775	94
36	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	625,000	7,645	82
37	Puy-de-Dôme	617,000	7,970	77
38	Charente-Maritime	588,000	6,864	86
39	Vendée	577,000	6,720	86
40	Marne	564,000	8,162	69
41	Indre-et-Loire	568,000	6,127	93
42	Ain	565,000	5,762	97
43	Côtes-d'Armor	561,000	6,878	82
44	Somme	559,000	6,170	91
45	Eure	557,000	6,040	92
46	Saône-et-Loire	548,000	8,575	64
47	Sarthe	543,000	6,206	87
48	Aisne	536,000	7,369	73
49	Vaucluse	522,000	3,567	146
50	Côte-d'Or	515,000	8,763	59
51	Doubs	510,000	5,234	97
52	Manche	486,000	5,938	82
53	Drôme	458,000	6,530	70
54	Guadeloupe	449,000	1,703	264
55	Martinique	433,000	1,128	384
56	Pyrénées-Orientales	421,000	4,116	102
57	Eure-et-Loir	415,000	5,880	71
58	Vienne	408,000	6,990	58
59	Dordogne	398,000	9,060	44
60	Savoie	392,000	6,028	65
61	Vosges	382,000	5,874	65
62	Haute-Vienne	361,000	5,520	65
63	Tarn	358,000	5,758	62
64	Deux-Sèvres	352,000	5,999	59
65	Landes	347,000	9,243	38
66	Charente	344,000	5,956	58
	Allier	344,000	7,340	47
68	Yonne	341,000	7,427	46
69	Aude	329,000	6,139	54
70	Loir-et-Cher	321,000	6,343	51
71	Lot-et-Garonne	315,000	5,361	59
72	Cher	313,000	7,235	43
73	Ardèche	299,000	5,529	54
74	Mayenne	296,000	5,175	57
75	Aube	294,000	6,004	49
76	Orne	292,000	6,103	48
77	Ardennes	289,000	5,229	55
78	Aveyron	272,000	8,735	31
79	Jura	255,000	4,999	51
80	Corrèze	237,000	5,857	40
81	Haute-Saône	234,000	5,360	44
82	Indre	231,000	6,791	34
83	Hautes-Pyrénées	228,000	4,464	51
84	Nièvre	222,000	6,817	33
85	Tarn-et-Garonne	219,000	3,718	59
86	Haute-Loire	216,000	4,977	43
87	Guyane	196,000	83,534	2
88	Meuse	193,000	6,211	31
89	Haute-Marne	190,000	6,211	31
90	Gers	178,000	6,257	29
91	Lot	167,000	5,217	32
92	Cantal	149,000	5,726	26
93	Haute-Corse	148,000	4,666	32
94	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	146,000	6,925	21
95	Ariège	142,000	4,890	29
96	Territoire de Belfort	140,000	609	230
97	Hautes-Alpes	128,000	5,549	23
98	Corse-du-Sud	125,000	4,014	31
99	Creuse	124,000	5,565	22
100	Lozère	75,000	5,167	15