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Ranked list of French regions

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The following are ranked lists of French regions.

Population figures are from the 2016 census, with the exception of Mayotte, whose statistics are as of 2017.

Region boundaries are as of 2018.

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Rank	Region	Area (km²)	% (total)	% (European France)
1	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	84,061	13.3%	15.4%
2	French Guiana	83,534	13.2%	–
3	Occitanie	72,724	11.5%	13.3%
4	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	69,711	11.0%	12.8%
5	Grand Est	57,433	9.0%	10.5%
6	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	47,784	7.6%	8.8%
7	Centre-Val de Loire	39,151	6.2%	7.2%
8	Pays de la Loire	32,082	5.1%	5.9%
9	Hauts-de-France	31,713	5.1%	5.9%
10	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	31,400	5.0%	5.8%
11	Normandy	29,906	4.7%	5.5%
12	Brittany	27,208	4.3%	5.0%
13	Île-de-France	12,012	1.9%	2.2%
14	Corsica	8,680	1.4%	1.6%
15	Réunion	2,504	0.4%	–
16	Guadeloupe	1,628	0.3%	–
17	Martinique	1,128	0.2%	–
18	Mayotte	374	0.06%	–
	Total	632,760	100%

Rank	Region	Population 2016	Area (km²)	Density
1	Île-de-France	12,117,132	12,012	1,009
2	Mayotte	256,518	374	685
3	Réunion	852,924	2,504	340
4	Martinique	376,480	1,128	333
5	Guadeloupe	394,110	1,628	242
6	Hauts-de-France	6,006,870	31,713	189
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	5,021,928	31,400	160
8	Brittany	3,306,529	27,208	121
9	Pays de la Loire	3,737,632	32,082	116
10	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	7,916,889	69,711	113
11	Normandy	3,335,929	29,906	111
12	Grand Est	5,555,186	57,433	97
13	Occitanie	5,808,435	72,724	80
14	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	5,935,603	84,061	70
15	Centre-Val de Loire	2,577,866	39,151	66
16	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	2,818,338	47,784	59
17	Corsica	330,455	8,680	38
18	French Guiana	269,352	83,534	3
	Total	66,361,658	632,760	105

Ranked list of French regions