Population of Alpes-Maritimes, France
Population of Alpes-Maritimes, France stood at 1,154,619 persons in 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Population and demography table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1975 to 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Population and demography table
| Indicator | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departments | |||||||||||
| Alpes-Maritimes | 1,154,619 | 1,145,510 | 1,137,058 | 1,128,418 | 1,114,579 | 1,103,941 | 1,097,410 | 1,094,283 | 1,086,219 | 1,083,310 | |
| Ardèche | 338,154 | 336,759 | 335,612 | 334,231 | 333,229 | 331,415 | 329,325 | 328,278 | 326,606 | 325,712 |
Understanding population of Alpes-Maritimes, France
The reported figure measures the total resident population officially domiciled within the southeastern coastal department bordering the Mediterranean Sea and an international principality. The scope covers all persons with a primary legal residence in the territory, omitting international tourists, convention visitors, and non-resident property holders. Relative to sibling departmental rows, this series captures the high-density demographic profile of a heavily urbanized Mediterranean coastal strip.
When analyzing this dataset, users must account for intense urban concentration, high real estate values, and retirement migration patterns. Annual comparisons provide the most reliable indicator of structural growth, smoothing out quarterly fluctuations in administrative address updates. Analysts comparing this department to rural interior units should note that coastal economic drivers generate distinct demographic pressures.
Frequently asked questions
- How does high urban density affect the housing and population registry updates for this department?
- Dense housing markets require continuous municipal updating to track frequent residential moves within and between communes.
- Are cross-border workers commuting into the nearby principality included as residents?
- They are included only if their primary permanent home is located within this department's administrative boundaries.
- What demographic factor most heavily influences population age structures in this coastal department?
- Inflows of retirees seeking coastal climates significantly shape the older age cohorts represented in the data.