List of regions of France by population
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This is a list of Regions of France by population, based on data from the 1999 census.
| Rank | Région | Population |
| 1 | Île-de-France | 10,952,011 |
| 2 | Rhône-Alpes | 5,645,407 |
| 3 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 4,506,151 |
| 4 | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 3,996,588 |
| 5 | Pays-de-la-Loire | 3,222,061 |
| 6 | Aquitaine | 2,908,359 |
| 7 | Bretagne | 2,906,197 |
| 8 | Midi-Pyrénées | 2,551,687 |
| 9 | Centre | 2,440,329 |
| 10 | Lorraine | 2,310,376 |
| 11 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 2,295,648 |
| 12 | Picardie | 1,857,481 |
| 13 | Haute-Normandie | 1,780,192 |
| 14 | Alsace | 1,734,145 |
| 15 | Poitou-Charentes | 1,640,068 |
| 16 | Bourgogne | 1,610,067 |
| 17 | Basse-Normandie | 1,422,193 |
| 18 | Champagne-Ardenne | 1,342,363 |
| 19 | Auvergne | 1,308,878 |
| 20 | Franche-Comté | 1,117,059 |
| 21 | Limousin | 710,939 |
| 22 | Réunion | 706,300 |
| 23 | Guadeloupe | 422,496 |
| 24 | Martinique | 381,427 |
| 25 | Corse | 260,196 |
| 26 | Guyane | 157,213 |
