With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 [3] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [4] Paris is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union, the ninth-most populous city in Europe and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [5] .

Jan 30, 2025 · Area city, 41 square miles (105 square km); metropolitan area, 890 square miles (2,300 square km). Pop. (2020 est.) city, 2,145,906; (2020 est.) urban agglomeration, 10,858,874. For centuries Paris has been one of the world’s most important and attractive cities.

At present, Paris's real urbanisation, defined by the pôle urbain (urban cluster) statistical area, covers 2,845 km 2 (1,098 sq mi), [9] or an area about 27 times larger than the city itself.

Paris's 2024 population is now estimated at 11,276,700. In 1950, the population of Paris was 6,283,020. Paris has grown by 68,300 in the last year, which represents a 0.61% annual change. These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects.

The area is 105 square kilometres (41 square miles), and around 2.15 million people live there. If suburbs are counted, the population of the Paris area rises to 10.7 million people. It is the most densely populated city in the European Union, with 20.653 people per square kilometer.

Jan 5, 2025 · Paris is approximately 6 miles (9.5 km) from north to south and 7 miles (11 km) from east to west. Even if you include the two large woods, or bois , on the edges of the capital, the city proper is still only 11 miles (18 km) wide.

The Paris population and area (105 square kilometers) are miniscule in comparison to Greater London's 7.3 million people and 1,590 square kilometers; New York City's 8 million people and 826 square kilometers; and Central Tokyo's 8.1 million people and 616 square kilometers.

Paris is located in northern central France. By road, it is 450 kilometres (280 mi) southeast of London, 287 kilometres (178 mi) south of Calais, 305 kilometres (190 mi) southwest of Brussels, 774 kilometres (481 mi) north of Marseille, 385 kilometres (239 mi) northeast of Nantes, and 135 kilometres (84 mi) southeast of Rouen. [1] .

Jul 25, 2021 · In the past 70 years, Paris’s population has almost doubled in size from 6.2 million people in 1950 and has now become the most populous urban area in all of Europe, with a population density of 21,000 people per square kilometer.

Paris (French pronunciation: [paʁi] (listen)) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,148,271 residents as of 2020, in an area of more than 105 square kilometres (41 square miles).