The list of French departments by population is based on figures from the 2006 census^[1].

Rank	Department	Population (2006)	Size (km²)	Density (pop./km²)
1	Nord	2,565,257	5,743	449
2	Paris	2,181,371	105	20,605
3	Bouches-du-Rhône	1,937,405	5,087	372
4	Rhône	1,669,655	3,249	507
5	Hauts-de-Seine	1,536,100	176	8,619
6	Seine-Saint-Denis	1,491,970	236	6,182
7	Pas-de-Calais	1,453,387	6,671	218
8	Yvelines	1,395,804	2,284	611
9	Gironde	1,393,758	10,000	138
10	Val-de-Marne	1,298,340	245	5,220
11	Seine-et-Marne	1,273,488	5,915	212
12	Seine-Maritime	1,243,834	6,278	198
13	Loire-Atlantique	1,234,085	6,815	175
14	Essonne	1,198,273	1,804	650
15	Haute-Garonne	1,186,330	6,309	180
16	Isère	1,169,491	7,431	154
17	Val-d'Oise	1,157,052	1,246	914
18	Bas-Rhin	1,079,016	4,755	224
19	Alpes-Maritimes	1,073,184	4,299	246
20	Moselle	1,036,776	6,216	166
21	Hérault	1,001,041	6,101	159
22	Var	985,099	5,973	160
23	Ille-et-Vilaine	945,851	6,775	134
24	Finistère	883,001	6,733	130
25	Oise	792,975	5,860	133
26	Réunion	781,962	2,504	309
27	Maine-et-Loire	766,659	7,166	105
28	Loire	741,269	4,781	153
29	Haut-Rhin	736,477	3,525	207
30	Meurthe-et-Moselle	725,302	5,246	138
31	Haute-Savoie	696,255	4,388	154
32	Morbihan	694,821	6,823	99
33	Gard	683,169	5,853	114
34	Calvados	671,351	5,548	120
35	Loiret	645,325	6,775	94
36	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	636,849	7,645	82
37	Puy-de-Dôme	623,463	7,970	77
38	Charente-Maritime	598,915	6,864	86
39	Vendée	597,185	6,720	86
40	Indre-et-Loire	580,312	6,127	93
41	Côtes-d'Armor	570,861	6,878	82
42	Eure	567,221	6,040	92
43	Ain	566,740	5,762	97
44	Marne	565,841	8,162	69
45	Somme	564,319	6,170	91
46	Sarthe	553,484	6,206	87
47	Saône-et-Loire	549,361	8,575	64
48	Aisne	537,061	7,369	73
49	Vaucluse	534,291	3,567	146
50	Côte-d'Or	517,168	8,763	59
51	Doubs	516,157	5,234	97
52	Manche	492,563	5,938	82
53	Drôme	468,608	6,530	70
54	Pyrénées-Orientales	432,112	4,116	102
55	Eure-et-Loir	421,114	5,880	71
56	Vienne	418,460	6,990	58
57	Dordogne	404,052	9,060	44
58	Savoie	403,090	6,028	65
59	Guadeloupe	400,736	1,703	264
60	Martinique	397,732	1,128	384
61	Vosges	379,975	5,874	65
62	Haute-Vienne	367,156	5,520	65
63	Tarn	365,335	5,758	62
64	Landes	362,827	9,243	38
65	Deux-Sèvres	359,711	5,999	59
66	Charente	347,037	5,956	58
67	Allier	343,309	7,340	47
68	Aude	341,022	6,139	54
69	Yonne	340,088	7,427	46
70	Loir-et-Cher	325,182	6,343	51
71	Lot-et-Garonne	322,292	5,361	59
72	Cher	314,675	7,235	43
73	Ardèche	306,238	5,529	54
74	Aube	299,704	6,004	49
75	Mayenne	299,000	5,175	57
76	Orne	292,879	6,103	48
77	Ardennes	285,653	5,229	55
78	Aveyron	273,377	8,735	31
79	Jura	257,399	4,999	51
80	Corrèze	240,363	5,857	40
81	Haute-Saône	235,867	5,360	44
82	Indre	232,959	6,791	34
83	Hautes-Pyrénées	227,736	4,464	51
84	Tarn-et-Garonne	226,849	3,718	59
85	Nièvre	222,220	6,817	33
86	Haute-Loire	219,484	4,977	43
87	Guyane	205,954	83,534	2
88	Meuse	193,696	6,211	31
89	Haute-Marne	187,652	6,211	31
90	Gers	181,375	6,257	29
91	Lot	169,531	5,217	32
92	Haute-Corse	158,400	4,666	32
93	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	154,501	6,925	21
94	Cantal	149,682	5,726	26
95	Ariège	146,289	4,890	29
96	Territoire de Belfort	141,201	609	230
97	Corse-du-Sud	135,718	4,014	31
98	Hautes-Alpes	130,752	5,549	23
99	Creuse	123,401	5,565	22
100	Lozère	76,800	5,167	15

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