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67,761 millions. This is the number of inhabitants in France (excluding Mayotte) on January 1, 2022, according to the latest INSEE census (the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies) published this Thursday, December 19, 2024.

Since the last one carried out in 2016 (and published at the end of 2018), the population of our country has increased very slightly. We experienced growth of 0.35% per year (+233,000 inhabitants), while it was 0.44% between 2011 and 2016 (+286,000 inhabitants).

Unequal situations from one territory to another

According to INSEE, “the Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines continue to gain inhabitants”.

This is also the case for the regional metropolises of Montpellier, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nantes, which are experiencing annual population growth of more than 1%. Conversely, a broad diagonal going from the northeast to the southwest concentrates the most unfavorable developments due to a natural balance that is now very negative, offset by the migratory balance apparent only in the south of the country.

How to explain this phenomenon? The natural balance (difference between the number of births and the number of deaths) contributes to this demographic slowdown. “From one period to another, the excess of births over deaths was halved, going from +244,000 to +123,000 per year. »

However, this situation is very unequal from one territory to another. Thus, in Montpellier, Villeurbanne and Toulouse, growth is stronger than in Paris, Mulhouse or even Reims, due to both the natural balance and the apparent migratory balance.

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Population growth twice as high in urban areas as in rural areas

Generally speaking, in large urban centers, “the strong natural surplus clearly offsets the deficit in apparent net migration”, according to INSEE. “Conversely, population growth in intermediate density urban areas is driven solely by apparent net migration. »

Overall, population growth is twice as high in urban areas as in rural areas between 2016 and 2022, while it was identical over the period 2011-2016.

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