Population in La Réunion

La Réunion had 904,180 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Population on 1 January, by region Unit: People Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
La Réunion, 2025 904,180p (Provisional) People
Change from 2024 +0.7% 2024: 897,613 people
France, 2025 68,882,600 peoplep (Provisional) Country total
Position in 2025 215th of 295 See the full ranking

Population in La Réunion over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population on 1 January, by region (people), 2001 to 2025
Period La RéunionFrance
2025 904,180 peoplep (provisional) 68,882,600 peoplep (provisional)
2024 897,613 peoplep (provisional) 68,669,303 peoplep (provisional)
2023 886,453 peoplep (provisional) 68,277,210 peoplep (provisional)
2022 881,348 people 68,091,703 people
2021 871,157 people 67,728,568 people
2020 863,083 people 67,473,651 people
2019 861,210 people 67,290,471 people
2018 855,961 people 67,026,224 people
2017 853,659 people 66,809,816 people
2016 852,924 people 66,638,391 people
2015 850,727 people 66,458,153 people
2014 842,767 people 66,165,980 people
2013 835,103 people 65,600,350 people
2012 833,944 people 65,276,983 people
2011 828,581 people 64,978,721 people
2010 821,136 people 64,658,856 people
2009 816,364 people 64,350,226 people
2008 808,250 people 64,007,193 people
2007 794,107 people 63,645,065 people
2006 781,962 people 63,229,635 people
2005 772,907 people 62,772,870 people
2004 761,630 people 62,292,241 people
2003 750,840 people 61,864,088 people
2002 740,207 people 61,424,036 people
2001 729,010 people 60,979,315 people

Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7% from 897,613 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 850,727 people, the figure has changed by +6.3%.
  • Among the 295 regions with data for 2025, La Réunion has the 215th highest value.
  • The figure for France in 2025 was 68,882,600 people.

More for La Réunion

All statistics for La Réunion

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_r_d2jan · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=TOTAL unit=NR
Observation period
2000 to 2025 for La Réunion
Provider update
28 August 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat