Insee Focus · December 2022 · n° 282

Population growth weakened in almost all regions between 2014 and 2020

On January 1, 2020, 67,162,000 people were living in France excluding Mayotte, representing an average growth of 0.3% per year since 2014 (0.5% per year between 2009 and 2014). This slowdown was due to a smaller contribution from the natural balance in all regions except French Guiana. Between 2014 and 2020, the population decreased in Martinique and Guadeloupe; it remained stable in Hauts-de-France, Grand Est, Normandie, Centre-Val de Loire and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté; it was still growing in the other regions. In Île-de-France, population growth was equal to all the national one despite a very negative migratory balance, but its natural balance was the highest after those of Guyana and Reunion. The regions with the highest population increases between 2014 and 2020 were the same as between 2009 and 2014. The population decreased in 21 departments, more than in the previous five-year period. Population growth was twice as high in urban areas (+0.4%) as in rural areas (+0.2%).