Voici l’évolution de la population des 10 départements actuels les plus peuplés de France.
| X Axis | Nord | Paris | Bouches-du-Rhône | Rhône | Seine-St-Denis | Gironde | Hauts-de-Seine | Loire-Atlantique | Yvelines | Haute-Garonne |
| 1975-02-20 | 2511478 | 2299830 | 1632974 | 1429647 | 1322127 | 1061480 | 1438930 | 934882 | 1082255 | 777431 |
| 1982-03-04 | 2520526 | 2176243 | 1724199 | 1445208 | 1324301 | 1127546 | 1387039 | 995822 | 1196111 | 824501 |
| 1990-03-05 | 2531855 | 2152423 | 1759371 | 1508966 | 1381197 | 1213499 | 1391658 | 1052466 | 1307150 | 925962 |
| 1999-03-08 | 2555020 | 2125146 | 1835719 | 1578869 | 1382861 | 1287334 | 1428881 | 1134551 | 1354304 | 1046338 |
| 2007-01-01 | 2564950 | 2193030 | 1958926 | 1677073 | 1502340 | 1409345 | 1544411 | 1246967 | 1403957 | 1202920 |
| 2015-01-01 | 2605538 | 2206488 | 2016622 | 1821995 | 1592663 | 1548478 | 1601569 | 1366358 | 1427291 | 1335103 |
| 2022-01-01 | 2616509 | 2113705 | 2069811 | 1907982 | 1681725 | 1674980 | 1647435 | 1473156 | 1470778 | 1456261 |
| 2023-01-01 | 2615635 | 2103778 | 2087658 | 1914667 | 1704316 | 1690493 | 1654712 | 1487570 | 1485086 | 1471468 |
