The Paris Region Facts and Figures edition 2020 is a document published by Choose Paris Region, the Paris Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry and l'Institut Paris Region. This document draws on the latest Paris Region’s available data regarding: population, economy and business, employment, education, R&D and innovation, real estate, transport and mobility, logistics, meetings and exhibitions, tourism and quality of life.
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Population in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
A young cosmopolitan population
174,439 births vs 75,571 deaths
Men’s life expectancy: 81.1 years
Women’s life expectancy : 85.9 years
Europe’s most populous region
12,2 million inhabitants
18.2% of France’s population
2.4% of European Union population
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Economy and Business in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Europe’s # 2 region for foreign companies
15,100 sites depending on a foreign company
1 out of 6 jobs in Paris Region
In 2018 : 409 foreign companies from over
50 countries and creating 6,303 jobs
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Economy and Business in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
1,166,577
companies
A business powerhouse
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Economy and Business in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Very competitive set-up costs among global cities Very competitive living costs
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Employment in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
A hightly qualified workforce in
science and technology
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Education in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
A highly-educated students with
many graduates :
41,4% of the adult population holds
a least a bachelor’s degree
704,500 students
16 public universities
70 Grandes Ecoles (elite schools) and 49
engineering schools
A region attracting foreign talents
119,500 foreign students in Paris Region
Education with a worldwide reputation,
8,238 foreign PhD students
Numerous options for international education
near 40 international private schools
Graduation ceremony at HEC Paris / HEC / Nathalie Ounjian
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Paris Region, an innovation powerhouse
Paris Region Facts &Figures – 2020
Europe’s #1 region
for R&D (2017)
The largest R&D talent in
Europe
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R&D and innovation in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts &Figures – 2020
The #1 European region for research
and development expenditure
Internationally recognized technological
and scientific Knowledge in Paris
Region:
32 Noble Prizes
11 Fields Medals
4 Abel Prizes
European leader in scientific publications:
Nearly 500,000 scientific publications
7,687 patents filed
Institut Cochin – CNRS Photothèque / Hubert Raguet
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Paris Region digital infrastructure
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Reliable telecomunications
and networks
4G Mobile telephony
4 operators
99,8% of the population
is covered
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Paris Region
Europe’s largest scope of
real estate solutions
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Office space
Surface area: 54.25 million m2 (ORIE 2018)
Take up: 1.7 million m2 (BNP Paribas real estate,T3 2019)
Immediate supply: 2.8 million m2 Space under
construction: 1.5 million m²
(BNP Paribas real estate, Immostat 2019)
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Paris Region - Europe’s largest scope of real estate solutions
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
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World-class transportation network and
connections
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
Reach 513 million
consumers in under 2 hours
by plane
By plane (source Paris Airport, 2019)
3 international airports:
108 million passengers
Paris Charles-de-Gaulle # 2 in
Europe for passenger traffic
10 airfields and 1 heliport
By train (source SNCF, Arafer 2017 )
10 main stations including 7
TGV (high-speed train)
stations
19 million TGV passengers
travelling from Paris to the
main European destinations
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Transport and mobility in Paris Region
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
An efficient transit and mobility
system at the regional level:
2,753 km of metro , train and
tramway network
6,200 regional trains every day
270 green buses (electric or
gas) in circulation, more than
5,000 by 2025
Shared transport for alternative mobility:
Velib Metropole : more than 16,000 bikes, 30%
electric power-assisted
10,000 Véligo Location bikes, a long-term rental
service (6 to 9 months) of electrically assisted
bikes :
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Logistics in Paris Region
Exceptional transport infrastructure
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Road and waterway logistics
12,000 km of roads
497 km of national roads and
613 km of highways
500 km of navigable waterways
6 container terminals
4 rail/road terminals
Freight
Air: 2.20 million tonnes of freight and mail (ACI Europe Statistic, 2018)
Rail: 10 million tonnes of goods (Setra 2014))
Waterway: 25 million tonnes of goods (Haropa 2019)
Road: 175 million tonnes of goods (Soes, TRM survey,2017))
Significant capacity in logistics real
estate in Paris Region
Warehouses > 5,000 𝑚2
Surface area : 19 millions m² (ORIE 2018)
Take up : 1.1 million m² (Immostat, 2018)
Available now : 1.1 million m² (as of 1/1/2019)
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Meetings and Exhibitions in Paris Region
An exceptional place for events
Paris Region Facts & Figures – 2020
A real know-how in hosting major
trade shows (2019)
700,000 m2 of covered exhibition and conference space
446 trade shows
108,153 exhibiting companies,
including 32,280 foreign companies
9.4 million visitors, including 842,547 foreigners
€5b in economic benefits
73,300 jobs generated by trade shows
The place to meet
(OTCP, 2018)
1,192 conventions in 335 venues
882,400 participants
32% were foreign visitors (298,600)
€1,4b in economic benefits
22,650 jobs created by conventions
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