Demographic growth is reduced in France between 2014 and 2020, according to INSEE. It amounts, on average, at 0.3 % per year, against 0.5 % in the previous period.
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French population growth slows down. From 2014 to 2020, the population increased, on average, by 0.3 % per year, against 0.5 % between 2009 and 2014, according to A note from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) published Thursday, December 29, which Evaluates the population of France (excluding Mayotte) to 67,162,000 inhabitants at 1 er January 2020.
The most dynamic demographic regions are Guyana (+ 2.1 % per year on average), Occitania (+ 0.7 %), as well as the Pays de la Loire (+ 0.6 %) and Brittany (+ 0.5 %). On the other hand, Normandy and Burgundy-Franche-Comté see their population decrease very slightly, by 0.1 % over the six years studied (2014-2020).
According to INSEE census, twenty -one departments record a decline of at least 0.2 % of their population. “For the most part, they are located in the northeast quarter, the center and the Massif Central, notes the Institute. Conversely, the strong demographic growths are concentrated in a more limited number of departments than before, Around Paris, along the Atlantic facade, in the south and the Rhone corridor. “