France abortions and live births by region, 1976-2007

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 March 2010

Reported abortions by region, 1976-2007

region 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 region

Alsace 4,022 3,931 4,842 4,389 4,358 4,389 4,202 4,304 4,090 3,843 3,820 4,092 4,139 4,200 4,453 4,308 4,508 4,241 4,190 4,436 4,368 4,961 4,891 4,795 4,873 5,115 4,966 5,011 4,873 5,093 5,242 Alsace

Aquitaine 5,665 7,002 7,652 9,293 9,323 9,136 8,880 8,621 8,104 7,398 6,879 7,391 7,325 7,850 7,161 7,073 6,992 7,474 7,074 7,613 8,681 8,937 9,040 10,118 9,639 9,483 9,418 9,986 9,412 9,824 9,717 Aquitaine

Auvergne 2,926 3,764 3,905 4,076 4,216 3,975 3,954 3,800 3,789 3,400 3,296 3,131 2,731 3,213 2,871 2,859 2,742 2,802 2,798 2,896 3,243 3,225 3,546 3,413 3,210 3,171 2,941 3,208 3,194 3,256 3,438 Auvergne

Basse Normandie 3,844 4,372 4,149 3,861 4,191 4,251 4,254 4,069 3,923 3,630 3,238 3,188 3,014 3,164 2,946 2,136 2,754 2,681 2,733 2,710 3,370 3,347 3,427 3,324 3,259 3,371 3,408 3,509 3,447 3,554 3,709 Basse Normandie

Bourgogne 3,734 4,092 3,834 4,371 4,655 4,370 4,395 4,101 3,543 3,550 3,451 3,371 3,590 3,576 3,590 3,457 3,214 3,227 3,272 3,400 3,676 3,563 3,727 3,792 3,861 3,924 3,768 3,924 3,920 4,096 4,124 Bourgogne

Bretagne 6,594 6,746 5,600 7,198 7,695 7,637 7,320 7,541 7,521 7,086 6,671 6,968 6,828 7,049 6,743 6,653 6,615 6,912 6,094 6,060 7,181 7,523 7,478 7,676 7,464 7,577 7,557 7,988 8,014 7,952 8,446 Bretagne

Centre 6,084 5,514 5,525 6,488 6,510 6,641 6,466 6,353 6,125 5,896 5,475 5,426 5,482 5,805 5,497 5,481 5,253 5,180 5,093 5,568 5,868 6,266 6,228 6,390 6,431 6,638 6,655 6,731 6,868 6,928 6,821 Centre

Champagne Ardenne 2,511 2,757 2,668 3,087 3,300 3,334 3,382 3,263 3,105 2,894 2,957 3,250 3,167 3,350 3,013 2,968 2,873 2,686 2,482 2,761 3,367 3,414 3,365 3,352 3,262 3,473 3,310 3,464 3,422 3,531 3,594 Champagne Ardenne

Corse 339 106 368 572 612 544 564 592 515 449 424 448 456 684 385 685 10 568 648 850 1,183 1,226 1,292 1,241 1,235 1,462 1,332 1,591 1,525 1,446 1,328 Corse

Franche Comte 2,793 3,120 3,001 3,158 3,079 2,945 2,824 2,925 2,760 2,686 2,502 2,507 2,663 2,664 2,717 2,387 2,082 2,572 2,535 2,646 2,907 2,976 3,058 2,933 2,952 3,038 2,699 3,160 3,024 3,297 3,189 Franche Comte

Haute Normandie 4,911 5,130 4,872 5,251 5,042 5,330 5,460 5,619 5,303 4,841 4,698 4,649 4,396 4,785 4,835 4,926 4,822 4,494 4,430 4,762 4,927 4,914 4,776 4,644 4,440 4,669 4,518 4,820 4,956 5,014 5,230 Haute Normandie

Ile de France 32,142 32,737 30,922 41,345 43,708 42,152 43,360 41,314 38,752 39,233 40,895 41,862 39,811 42,494 41,744 41,531 42,347 41,115 35,472 38,888 53,665 55,912 55,075 52,471 54,975 59,296 60,447 59,701 57,998 57,109 58,319 Ile de France

Languedoc Roussillon 4,990 5,388 5,260 6,314 6,873 6,700 6,790 6,730 6,399 6,097 5,988 6,094 6,418 7,015 6,787 6,535 6,491 6,622 7,076 7,452 8,369 8,713 9,302 8,875 9,307 9,167 9,312 9,839 9,462 10,334 10,197 Languedoc Roussillon

Limousin 1,744 1,925 1,920 2,044 2,031 1,985 1,948 1,918 1,874 1,912 1,646 1,629 1,638 1,570 1,625 1,540 1,497 1,569 1,501 1,510 1,742 1,831 1,737 1,822 1,729 1,823 1,698 1,860 1,908 1,966 1,902 Limousin

Lorraine 3,167 5,139 5,301 4,939 5,032 5,645 6,259 6,346 6,036 5,385 5,439 5,542 5,553 5,957 6,207 5,775 5,196 5,420 5,445 5,626 6,185 6,435 6,256 6,300 6,396 6,533 6,297 6,611 6,369 6,640 6,529 Lorraine

Midi Pyrenees 4,046 3,889 3,672 4,727 5,838 5,835 5,878 5,687 5,656 5,051 4,418 4,653 4,448 4,779 4,533 4,457 4,303 4,275 4,229 4,409 7,775 8,204 8,142 8,326 8,458 8,545 8,288 8,851 8,476 8,944 9,012 Midi Pyrenees

Nord Pas de Calais 6,465 8,268 8,739 10,656 10,877 12,231 12,641 12,754 12,441 12,268 11,769 11,942 12,055 12,541 12,014 11,470 9,444 11,293 10,747 11,100 11,682 12,128 12,447 11,748 11,652 11,796 11,803 12,054 12,152 12,232 12,589 Nord Pas de Calais

Pays de la Loire 6,566 7,448 7,578 7,902 8,501 8,703 8,435 8,446 7,980 7,527 7,148 7,135 6,887 7,122 7,027 6,940 6,758 6,927 6,603 6,896 7,208 7,271 7,432 7,637 7,610 7,732 7,109 7,996 7,949 8,617 8,312 Pays de la Loire

Picardie 3,205 3,581 3,376 4,698 4,879 4,882 4,955 5,194 5,267 4,922 4,799 4,998 4,737 5,162 5,197 4,887 4,866 4,691 4,421 4,288 5,012 5,361 5,137 5,253 5,153 5,289 5,154 5,299 5,323 5,524 5,469 Picardie

Poitou Charentes 3,464 3,054 2,408 3,825 4,516 4,389 4,360 4,538 4,285 3,855 3,585 3,583 3,545 3,580 3,550 2,973 1,492 3,161 3,150 3,168 3,865 3,945 3,935 3,822 3,984 4,262 4,160 4,255 4,078 4,147 4,311 Poitou Charentes

Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur 8,587 8,914 10,038 14,567 15,311 15,078 14,599 15,031 14,431 13,354 13,199 13,535 13,265 14,670 14,003 14,114 13,895 13,821 14,150 15,024 18,983 20,260 20,741 20,113 21,217 21,360 20,716 21,795 22,895 22,368 22,931 Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur

Rhone Alpes 12,991 13,294 13,622 15,444 16,971 17,452 18,281 18,364 17,717 16,886 16,403 17,257 17,431 17,865 18,144 17,164 16,861 15,947 16,314 15,860 18,174 18,463 18,710 18,583 17,863 17,903 17,790 19,011 17,046 17,827 18,973 Rhone Alpes

FRANCE, METROPOLITAN 130,790 140,171 139,252 156,810 168,205 177,518 177,604 179,207 177,510 169,616 162,163 158,700 162,651 159,579 169,095 165,042 160,319 155,015 157,678 150,457 157,923 191,431 198,875 199,742 196,628 198,700 205,627 203,346 210,664 206,311 209,699 213,382 FRANCE, METROPOLITAN

French Guiana 388 570 833 955 989 1,060 1,001 1,197 1,236 1,270 1,166 1,353 1,409 1,643 1,699 1,783 1,646 1,772 1,914 2,132 French Guiana

Guadeloupe 587 434 382 455 561 592 424 390 1,250 2,270 2,930 3,080 3,840 4,320 5,200 5,560 5,600 5,025 5,432 5,000 4,977 4,975 5,350 5,101 5,017 4,626 4,535 Guadeloupe

Martinique 867 994 1,006 1,394 1,487 1,864 2,211 2,455 2,321 1,753 1,950 1,980 2,023 1,957 2,102 2,294 2,177 2,405 2,284 2,388 2,554 2,627 2,502 2,614 2,394 2,466 2,565 2,392 2,458 Martinique

Reunion 2,382 3,214 3,691 3,828 3,807 3,890 4,287 4,291 4,321 4,402 4,299 4,181 4,302 4,363 4,324 4,615 4,573 4,650 4,827 4,748 4,570 4,750 4,657 4,759 4,404 4,339 4,385 4,280 4,155 4,571 4,523 4,543 Reunion

OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS 3,836 4,642 5,079 5,677 5,855 6,346 6,922 7,136 7,030 6,155 4,299 4,181 4,302 8,133 9,407 10,523 10,599 11,652 12,442 13,322 13,771 13,904 13,236 14,098 13,440 13,461 13,673 13,807 13,368 13,925 13,455 13,668 OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

FRANCE TOTAL 134,626 144,813 144,331 162,487 174,060 183,864 184,526 186,343 184,540 175,771 166,462 162,881 166,953 167,712 178,502 175,565 170,918 166,667 170,120 163,779 171,694 205,335 212,111 213,840 210,068 212,161 219,300 217,153 224,032 220,236 223,154 227,050 FRANCE TOTAL

OTHER COUNTRIES 554 385 477 587 630 607 691 672 682 724 625 620 644 507 431 376 257 261 270 377 1,790 1,979 OTHER COUNTRIES

UNKNOWN 2,642 10,252 10,610 2,230 2,387 2,752 2,824 2,459 2,934 3,777 2,910 3,131 2,750 670 6,565 6,985 12,525 5,245 5,373 4,415 UNKNOWN

TOTAL 137,822 155,450 155,418 162,487 176,877 186,881 187,885 189,858 187,671 179,387 170,963 166,416 170,704 171,106 179,679 182,561 178,279 179,449 175,626 169,422 176,486 205,335 212,111 213,840 210,068 212,161 219,300 217,153 224,032 222,026 225,133 227,050 TOTAL

Reported live births by region, 1976-2007

region 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 region

Alsace 22,391 23,058 22,736 22,973 22,901 22,853 21,708 21,293 22,106 21,872 21,838 21,869 22,579 23,152 Alsace

Aquitaine 31,309 31,627 31,512 31,540 31,133 30,543 29,120 29,450 30,194 30,497 30,338 32,225 33,448 34,903 Aquitaine

Auvergne 14,545 14,379 14,010 13,935 13,773 13,257 12,474 12,645 12,768 13,095 13,109 13,482 13,574 13,870 Auvergne

Basse Normandie 19,558 18,954 18,844 17,995 18,054 17,713 16,777 17,183 17,490 17,544 16,892 17,187 17,871 18,140 Basse Normandie

Bourgogne 20,048 19,787 19,852 19,411 18,928 18,166 17,461 17,496 17,928 18,079 17,705 17,600 17,999 18,435 Bourgogne

Bretagne 35,878 35,409 34,797 34,504 33,647 33,257 31,891 31,882 33,277 33,924 33,410 35,837 37,210 38,637 Bretagne

Centre 29,983 29,983 29,554 29,687 29,646 28,484 27,069 27,575 28,222 28,034 28,274 29,408 28,844 29,320 Centre

Champagne Ardenne 19,526 19,006 18,811 18,206 17,822 17,478 16,675 16,305 16,806 16,853 16,619 16,224 16,471 16,446 Champagne Ardenne

Corse 2,927 2,971 3,033 2,996 2,934 2,854 2,763 2,840 2,926 2,728 2,664 34,708 2,838 2,776 Corse

Franche Comte 14,758 14,743 14,410 14,283 14,477 14,147 13,337 13,251 13,790 13,771 13,618 14,001 14,262 14,783 Franche Comte

Haute Normandie 26,264 25,520 25,509 25,006 25,230 24,326 22,947 22,929 23,536 23,332 23,319 22,748 21,839 22,272 Haute Normandie

Ile de France 162,988 167,258 167,146 168,228 169,443 166,119 161,772 160,554 163,008 163,679 162,011 173,524 177,469 183,794 Ile de France

Languedoc Roussillon 24,310 24,684 25,186 25,245 25,138 25,136 24,070 24,189 25,255 25,446 25,140 27,504 27,987 29,367 Languedoc Roussillon

Limousin 7,115 6,961 6,788 6,644 6,602 6,458 6,214 5,986 6,428 6,442 6,359 6,831 7,753 7,698 Limousin

Lorraine 32,989 32,241 31,395 30,818 30,443 29,200 27,626 27,420 27,872 27,962 27,450 27,102 27,068 27,538 Lorraine

Midi Pyrenees 27,177 25,736 26,848 26,901 27,084 27,048 26,934 25,898 25,670 26,687 27,118 27,163 28,905 29,190 29,371 30,895 Midi Pyrenees

Nord Pas de Calais 64,709 62,986 61,180 59,753 58,761 56,818 54,286 54,132 55,605 55,533 54,815 56,304 56,187 57,543 Nord Pas de Calais

Pays de la Loire 41,396 41,056 39,932 39,856 39,593 38,924 37,207 37,435 38,916 39,647 39,492 42,999 44,599 46,055 Pays de la Loire

Picardie 26,733 26,468 26,244 26,086 25,801 25,323 24,037 23,754 24,222 24,244 24,302 24,793 22,998 23,391 Picardie

Poitou Charentes 18,447 18,296 18,127 17,806 17,490 16,873 16,297 16,157 16,967 17,229 16,890 17,721 17,837 17,926 Poitou Charentes

Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur 52,680 54,115 54,711 54,380 54,462 53,904 51,070 51,580 52,321 53,106 52,410 55,158 57,306 59,083 Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur

Rhone Alpes 71,973 73,318 73,071 74,260 74,077 73,248 69,484 69,912 71,745 72,854 71,605 75,895 78,845 80,872 Rhone Alpes

FRANCE, METROPOLITAN 720,395 744,744 737,062 757,354 800,376 805,483 797,223 748,525 759,939 768,431 778,468 766,263 769,668 763,749 760,696 757,403 742,015 710,183 709,638 728,069 732,989 725,423 738,080 744,791 773,253 769,290 792,025 761,464 767,816 774,355 796,896 785,985 FRANCE, METROPOLITAN

French Guiana 1,439 1,476 1,568 1,704 1,933 2,092 2,363 2,299 2,297 2,482 2,392 2,500 2,871 3,178 3,606 3,922 4,045 4,113 4,235 4,264 4,367 4,382 4,691 4,898 5,116 5,114 5,249 5,553 5,312 5,998 6,276 6,386 French Guiana

Guadeloupe 6,926 6,321 5,640 5,818 6,425 6,486 6,616 6,722 6,671 6,750 6,374 6,854 7,126 7,645 7,569 7,547 7,310 7,056 7,249 7,086 7,256 7,255 7,141 7,341 7,653 7,503 6,995 7,047 7,246 7,551 7,193 6,862 Guadeloupe

Martinique 5,873 5,409 5,065 5,439 5,363 5,406 5,376 5,641 5,712 5,711 5,969 6,328 6,386 6,565 6,437 6,316 6,305 5,900 5,698 5,644 5,669 5,735 5,793 5,766 5,950 5,774 5,391 5,430 5,255 5,032 5,370 5,317 Martinique

Reunion 12,828 12,517 11,946 12,413 12,272 11,800 11,927 12,461 13,082 13,123 12,775 12,560 13,534 13,865 13,877 14,097 14,212 13,324 13,327 13,054 13,073 13,712 13,538 14,112 14,594 14,541 14,789 14,427 14,545 14,799 14,495 14,808 Reunion

OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS 27,066 25,723 24,219 25,374 25,993 25,784 26,282 27,123 27,762 28,066 27,510 28,242 29,917 31,253 31,489 31,882 31,872 30,393 30,509 30,048 30,365 31,084 31,163 32,117 33,313 32,932 32,424 32,457 32,358 33,380 33,334 33,373 OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

FRANCE TOTAL 747,461 770,467 761,281 782,728 826,369 831,267 823,505 775,648 787,701 796,497 805,978 794,505 799,585 795,002 792,185 789,285 773,887 740,576 740,147 758,117 763,354 756,507 769,243 776,908 806,566 802,222 824,449 793,921 800,174 807,735 830,230 819,358 FRANCE TOTAL

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region	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	region
Alsace	4,022	3,931	4,842		4,389	4,358	4,389	4,202	4,304	4,090	3,843	3,820	4,092	4,139	4,200	4,453	4,308	4,508	4,241	4,190	4,436	4,368	4,961	4,891	4,795	4,873	5,115	4,966	5,011	4,873	5,093	5,242	Alsace
Aquitaine	5,665	7,002	7,652		9,293	9,323	9,136	8,880	8,621	8,104	7,398	6,879	7,391	7,325	7,850	7,161	7,073	6,992	7,474	7,074	7,613	8,681	8,937	9,040	10,118	9,639	9,483	9,418	9,986	9,412	9,824	9,717	Aquitaine
Auvergne	2,926	3,764	3,905		4,076	4,216	3,975	3,954	3,800	3,789	3,400	3,296	3,131	2,731	3,213	2,871	2,859	2,742	2,802	2,798	2,896	3,243	3,225	3,546	3,413	3,210	3,171	2,941	3,208	3,194	3,256	3,438	Auvergne
Basse Normandie	3,844	4,372	4,149		3,861	4,191	4,251	4,254	4,069	3,923	3,630	3,238	3,188	3,014	3,164	2,946	2,136	2,754	2,681	2,733	2,710	3,370	3,347	3,427	3,324	3,259	3,371	3,408	3,509	3,447	3,554	3,709	Basse Normandie
Bourgogne	3,734	4,092	3,834		4,371	4,655	4,370	4,395	4,101	3,543	3,550	3,451	3,371	3,590	3,576	3,590	3,457	3,214	3,227	3,272	3,400	3,676	3,563	3,727	3,792	3,861	3,924	3,768	3,924	3,920	4,096	4,124	Bourgogne
Bretagne	6,594	6,746	5,600		7,198	7,695	7,637	7,320	7,541	7,521	7,086	6,671	6,968	6,828	7,049	6,743	6,653	6,615	6,912	6,094	6,060	7,181	7,523	7,478	7,676	7,464	7,577	7,557	7,988	8,014	7,952	8,446	Bretagne
Centre	6,084	5,514	5,525		6,488	6,510	6,641	6,466	6,353	6,125	5,896	5,475	5,426	5,482	5,805	5,497	5,481	5,253	5,180	5,093	5,568	5,868	6,266	6,228	6,390	6,431	6,638	6,655	6,731	6,868	6,928	6,821	Centre
Champagne Ardenne	2,511	2,757	2,668		3,087	3,300	3,334	3,382	3,263	3,105	2,894	2,957	3,250	3,167	3,350	3,013	2,968	2,873	2,686	2,482	2,761	3,367	3,414	3,365	3,352	3,262	3,473	3,310	3,464	3,422	3,531	3,594	Champagne Ardenne
Corse	339	106	368		572	612	544	564	592	515	449	424	448	456	684	385	685	10	568	648	850	1,183	1,226	1,292	1,241	1,235	1,462	1,332	1,591	1,525	1,446	1,328	Corse
Franche Comte	2,793	3,120	3,001		3,158	3,079	2,945	2,824	2,925	2,760	2,686	2,502	2,507	2,663	2,664	2,717	2,387	2,082	2,572	2,535	2,646	2,907	2,976	3,058	2,933	2,952	3,038	2,699	3,160	3,024	3,297	3,189	Franche Comte
Haute Normandie	4,911	5,130	4,872		5,251	5,042	5,330	5,460	5,619	5,303	4,841	4,698	4,649	4,396	4,785	4,835	4,926	4,822	4,494	4,430	4,762	4,927	4,914	4,776	4,644	4,440	4,669	4,518	4,820	4,956	5,014	5,230	Haute Normandie
Ile de France	32,142	32,737	30,922		41,345	43,708	42,152	43,360	41,314	38,752	39,233	40,895	41,862	39,811	42,494	41,744	41,531	42,347	41,115	35,472	38,888	53,665	55,912	55,075	52,471	54,975	59,296	60,447	59,701	57,998	57,109	58,319	Ile de France
Languedoc Roussillon	4,990	5,388	5,260		6,314	6,873	6,700	6,790	6,730	6,399	6,097	5,988	6,094	6,418	7,015	6,787	6,535	6,491	6,622	7,076	7,452	8,369	8,713	9,302	8,875	9,307	9,167	9,312	9,839	9,462	10,334	10,197	Languedoc Roussillon
Limousin	1,744	1,925	1,920		2,044	2,031	1,985	1,948	1,918	1,874	1,912	1,646	1,629	1,638	1,570	1,625	1,540	1,497	1,569	1,501	1,510	1,742	1,831	1,737	1,822	1,729	1,823	1,698	1,860	1,908	1,966	1,902	Limousin
Lorraine	3,167	5,139	5,301		4,939	5,032	5,645	6,259	6,346	6,036	5,385	5,439	5,542	5,553	5,957	6,207	5,775	5,196	5,420	5,445	5,626	6,185	6,435	6,256	6,300	6,396	6,533	6,297	6,611	6,369	6,640	6,529	Lorraine
Midi Pyrenees	4,046	3,889	3,672		4,727	5,838	5,835	5,878	5,687	5,656	5,051	4,418	4,653	4,448	4,779	4,533	4,457	4,303	4,275	4,229	4,409	7,775	8,204	8,142	8,326	8,458	8,545	8,288	8,851	8,476	8,944	9,012	Midi Pyrenees
Nord Pas de Calais	6,465	8,268	8,739		10,656	10,877	12,231	12,641	12,754	12,441	12,268	11,769	11,942	12,055	12,541	12,014	11,470	9,444	11,293	10,747	11,100	11,682	12,128	12,447	11,748	11,652	11,796	11,803	12,054	12,152	12,232	12,589	Nord Pas de Calais
Pays de la Loire	6,566	7,448	7,578		7,902	8,501	8,703	8,435	8,446	7,980	7,527	7,148	7,135	6,887	7,122	7,027	6,940	6,758	6,927	6,603	6,896	7,208	7,271	7,432	7,637	7,610	7,732	7,109	7,996	7,949	8,617	8,312	Pays de la Loire
Picardie	3,205	3,581	3,376		4,698	4,879	4,882	4,955	5,194	5,267	4,922	4,799	4,998	4,737	5,162	5,197	4,887	4,866	4,691	4,421	4,288	5,012	5,361	5,137	5,253	5,153	5,289	5,154	5,299	5,323	5,524	5,469	Picardie
Poitou Charentes	3,464	3,054	2,408		3,825	4,516	4,389	4,360	4,538	4,285	3,855	3,585	3,583	3,545	3,580	3,550	2,973	1,492	3,161	3,150	3,168	3,865	3,945	3,935	3,822	3,984	4,262	4,160	4,255	4,078	4,147	4,311	Poitou Charentes
Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur	8,587	8,914	10,038		14,567	15,311	15,078	14,599	15,031	14,431	13,354	13,199	13,535	13,265	14,670	14,003	14,114	13,895	13,821	14,150	15,024	18,983	20,260	20,741	20,113	21,217	21,360	20,716	21,795	22,895	22,368	22,931	Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur
Rhone Alpes	12,991	13,294	13,622		15,444	16,971	17,452	18,281	18,364	17,717	16,886	16,403	17,257	17,431	17,865	18,144	17,164	16,861	15,947	16,314	15,860	18,174	18,463	18,710	18,583	17,863	17,903	17,790	19,011	17,046	17,827	18,973	Rhone Alpes
FRANCE, METROPOLITAN	130,790	140,171	139,252	156,810	168,205	177,518	177,604	179,207	177,510	169,616	162,163	158,700	162,651	159,579	169,095	165,042	160,319	155,015	157,678	150,457	157,923	191,431	198,875	199,742	196,628	198,700	205,627	203,346	210,664	206,311	209,699	213,382	FRANCE, METROPOLITAN
French Guiana									388					570	833	955	989	1,060	1,001	1,197	1,236	1,270	1,166	1,353	1,409	1,643	1,699	1,783	1,646	1,772	1,914	2,132	French Guiana
Guadeloupe	587	434	382	455	561	592	424	390						1,250	2,270	2,930	3,080	3,840	4,320	5,200	5,560	5,600	5,025	5,432	5,000	4,977	4,975	5,350	5,101	5,017	4,626	4,535	Guadeloupe
Martinique	867	994	1,006	1,394	1,487	1,864	2,211	2,455	2,321	1,753				1,950	1,980	2,023	1,957	2,102	2,294	2,177	2,405	2,284	2,388	2,554	2,627	2,502	2,614	2,394	2,466	2,565	2,392	2,458	Martinique
Reunion	2,382	3,214	3,691	3,828	3,807	3,890	4,287	4,291	4,321	4,402	4,299	4,181	4,302	4,363	4,324	4,615	4,573	4,650	4,827	4,748	4,570	4,750	4,657	4,759	4,404	4,339	4,385	4,280	4,155	4,571	4,523	4,543	Reunion
OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS	3,836	4,642	5,079	5,677	5,855	6,346	6,922	7,136	7,030	6,155	4,299	4,181	4,302	8,133	9,407	10,523	10,599	11,652	12,442	13,322	13,771	13,904	13,236	14,098	13,440	13,461	13,673	13,807	13,368	13,925	13,455	13,668	OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS
FRANCE TOTAL	134,626	144,813	144,331	162,487	174,060	183,864	184,526	186,343	184,540	175,771	166,462	162,881	166,953	167,712	178,502	175,565	170,918	166,667	170,120	163,779	171,694	205,335	212,111	213,840	210,068	212,161	219,300	217,153	224,032	220,236	223,154	227,050	FRANCE TOTAL
OTHER COUNTRIES	554	385	477		587	630	607	691	672	682	724	625	620	644	507	431	376	257	261	270	377									1,790	1,979		OTHER COUNTRIES
UNKNOWN	2,642	10,252	10,610		2,230	2,387	2,752	2,824	2,459	2,934	3,777	2,910	3,131	2,750	670	6,565	6,985	12,525	5,245	5,373	4,415												UNKNOWN
TOTAL	137,822	155,450	155,418	162,487	176,877	186,881	187,885	189,858	187,671	179,387	170,963	166,416	170,704	171,106	179,679	182,561	178,279	179,449	175,626	169,422	176,486	205,335	212,111	213,840	210,068	212,161	219,300	217,153	224,032	222,026	225,133	227,050	TOTAL

region	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	region
Alsace												22,391	23,058	22,736	22,973	22,901	22,853	21,708	21,293	22,106	21,872	21,838					21,869			22,579	23,152		Alsace
Aquitaine												31,309	31,627	31,512	31,540	31,133	30,543	29,120	29,450	30,194	30,497	30,338					32,225			33,448	34,903		Aquitaine
Auvergne												14,545	14,379	14,010	13,935	13,773	13,257	12,474	12,645	12,768	13,095	13,109					13,482			13,574	13,870		Auvergne
Basse Normandie												19,558	18,954	18,844	17,995	18,054	17,713	16,777	17,183	17,490	17,544	16,892					17,187			17,871	18,140		Basse Normandie
Bourgogne												20,048	19,787	19,852	19,411	18,928	18,166	17,461	17,496	17,928	18,079	17,705					17,600			17,999	18,435		Bourgogne
Bretagne												35,878	35,409	34,797	34,504	33,647	33,257	31,891	31,882	33,277	33,924	33,410					35,837			37,210	38,637		Bretagne
Centre												29,983	29,983	29,554	29,687	29,646	28,484	27,069	27,575	28,222	28,034	28,274					29,408			28,844	29,320		Centre
Champagne Ardenne												19,526	19,006	18,811	18,206	17,822	17,478	16,675	16,305	16,806	16,853	16,619					16,224			16,471	16,446		Champagne Ardenne
Corse												2,927	2,971	3,033	2,996	2,934	2,854	2,763	2,840	2,926	2,728	2,664					34,708			2,838	2,776		Corse
Franche Comte												14,758	14,743	14,410	14,283	14,477	14,147	13,337	13,251	13,790	13,771	13,618					14,001			14,262	14,783		Franche Comte
Haute Normandie												26,264	25,520	25,509	25,006	25,230	24,326	22,947	22,929	23,536	23,332	23,319					22,748			21,839	22,272		Haute Normandie
Ile de France												162,988	167,258	167,146	168,228	169,443	166,119	161,772	160,554	163,008	163,679	162,011					173,524			177,469	183,794		Ile de France
Languedoc Roussillon												24,310	24,684	25,186	25,245	25,138	25,136	24,070	24,189	25,255	25,446	25,140					27,504			27,987	29,367		Languedoc Roussillon
Limousin												7,115	6,961	6,788	6,644	6,602	6,458	6,214	5,986	6,428	6,442	6,359					6,831			7,753	7,698		Limousin
Lorraine												32,989	32,241	31,395	30,818	30,443	29,200	27,626	27,420	27,872	27,962	27,450					27,102			27,068	27,538		Lorraine
Midi Pyrenees					27,177							25,736	26,848	26,901	27,084	27,048	26,934	25,898	25,670	26,687	27,118	27,163					28,905	29,190		29,371	30,895		Midi Pyrenees
Nord Pas de Calais												64,709	62,986	61,180	59,753	58,761	56,818	54,286	54,132	55,605	55,533	54,815					56,304			56,187	57,543		Nord Pas de Calais
Pays de la Loire												41,396	41,056	39,932	39,856	39,593	38,924	37,207	37,435	38,916	39,647	39,492					42,999			44,599	46,055		Pays de la Loire
Picardie												26,733	26,468	26,244	26,086	25,801	25,323	24,037	23,754	24,222	24,244	24,302					24,793			22,998	23,391		Picardie
Poitou Charentes												18,447	18,296	18,127	17,806	17,490	16,873	16,297	16,157	16,967	17,229	16,890					17,721			17,837	17,926		Poitou Charentes
Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur												52,680	54,115	54,711	54,380	54,462	53,904	51,070	51,580	52,321	53,106	52,410					55,158			57,306	59,083		Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur
Rhone Alpes												71,973	73,318	73,071	74,260	74,077	73,248	69,484	69,912	71,745	72,854	71,605					75,895			78,845	80,872		Rhone Alpes
FRANCE, METROPOLITAN	720,395	744,744	737,062	757,354	800,376	805,483	797,223	748,525	759,939	768,431	778,468	766,263	769,668	763,749	760,696	757,403	742,015	710,183	709,638	728,069	732,989	725,423	738,080	744,791	773,253	769,290	792,025	761,464	767,816	774,355	796,896	785,985	FRANCE, METROPOLITAN
French Guiana	1,439	1,476	1,568	1,704	1,933	2,092	2,363	2,299	2,297	2,482	2,392	2,500	2,871	3,178	3,606	3,922	4,045	4,113	4,235	4,264	4,367	4,382	4,691	4,898	5,116	5,114	5,249	5,553	5,312	5,998	6,276	6,386	French Guiana
Guadeloupe	6,926	6,321	5,640	5,818	6,425	6,486	6,616	6,722	6,671	6,750	6,374	6,854	7,126	7,645	7,569	7,547	7,310	7,056	7,249	7,086	7,256	7,255	7,141	7,341	7,653	7,503	6,995	7,047	7,246	7,551	7,193	6,862	Guadeloupe
Martinique	5,873	5,409	5,065	5,439	5,363	5,406	5,376	5,641	5,712	5,711	5,969	6,328	6,386	6,565	6,437	6,316	6,305	5,900	5,698	5,644	5,669	5,735	5,793	5,766	5,950	5,774	5,391	5,430	5,255	5,032	5,370	5,317	Martinique
Reunion	12,828	12,517	11,946	12,413	12,272	11,800	11,927	12,461	13,082	13,123	12,775	12,560	13,534	13,865	13,877	14,097	14,212	13,324	13,327	13,054	13,073	13,712	13,538	14,112	14,594	14,541	14,789	14,427	14,545	14,799	14,495	14,808	Reunion
OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS	27,066	25,723	24,219	25,374	25,993	25,784	26,282	27,123	27,762	28,066	27,510	28,242	29,917	31,253	31,489	31,882	31,872	30,393	30,509	30,048	30,365	31,084	31,163	32,117	33,313	32,932	32,424	32,457	32,358	33,380	33,334	33,373	OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS
FRANCE TOTAL	747,461	770,467	761,281	782,728	826,369	831,267	823,505	775,648	787,701	796,497	805,978	794,505	799,585	795,002	792,185	789,285	773,887	740,576	740,147	758,117	763,354	756,507	769,243	776,908	806,566	802,222	824,449	793,921	800,174	807,735	830,230	819,358	FRANCE TOTAL