-Top five most populated cities:
1) Paris
2) Marseille
3) Lyon
4) Toulouse
5) Nice
-Population of the largest city: 2,196,279
-Estimated size of next four largest cities using rank size rule:
2) Marseille-1,098,140
3) Lyon-732,093
4) Toulouse-549,070
5) Nice-439,256
-Actual populations of the next four largest cities:
2) Marseille-773,690
3) Lyon-499,491
4) Toulouse-476,255
5) Nice-327,216
The rank size rule is proven inaccurate through the estimation of France's second, third, fourth, and fifth largest cities. The estimated populations in general are all overestimates of the true populations. In Marseille and Lyon, the estimates are about 150% of the actual populations which is extremely too far from 100% to argue that the rank size rule is valid for those cities. In Toulouse and Nice, however, the rank size rule can be argued based on the relatively closer proximety of the estimations. Overall, it can be said that as the cities get smaller, the rank size rule become more applicable.]
Population: 63,605,300
Population Density: 115
% Urban Population: 77%
% Urban Population Living in Slums: N/A
Average % Change in Urban Population: 0.8%
% with Improved Urban Sanitation: 100%
% with Improved Urban Water Supply: 100%
1) Paris
2) Marseille
3) Lyon
4) Toulouse
5) Nice
-Population of the largest city: 2,196,279
-Estimated size of next four largest cities using rank size rule:
2) Marseille-1,098,140
3) Lyon-732,093
4) Toulouse-549,070
5) Nice-439,256
-Actual populations of the next four largest cities:
2) Marseille-773,690
3) Lyon-499,491
4) Toulouse-476,255
5) Nice-327,216
The rank size rule is proven inaccurate through the estimation of France's second, third, fourth, and fifth largest cities. The estimated populations in general are all overestimates of the true populations. In Marseille and Lyon, the estimates are about 150% of the actual populations which is extremely too far from 100% to argue that the rank size rule is valid for those cities. In Toulouse and Nice, however, the rank size rule can be argued based on the relatively closer proximety of the estimations. Overall, it can be said that as the cities get smaller, the rank size rule become more applicable.]
Population: 63,605,300
Population Density: 115
% Urban Population: 77%
% Urban Population Living in Slums: N/A
Average % Change in Urban Population: 0.8%
% with Improved Urban Sanitation: 100%
% with Improved Urban Water Supply: 100%