Researchers can take advantage of the relatively large sample size of IPUMS-USA at ten-year intervals and fill in information for the intervening years using IPUMS-CPS. IPUMS is not a collection of compiled statistics; it is composed of microdata.
Marseille Population 2017. Marseille (also known as Marseilles or Masalia in antiquity) is the second-largest city in France after Paris and the oldest city in the country with a history going back more than 2,600 years. In 2014, Marseille has an estimated population of 855,000. Marseille has an estimated population of 855,000, up slightly from 850,700 in 2010. Population growth in Marseille has been fairly stagnant except for sizable growth in 2006 through 2008.
Lyon, France has a population density of 27,097 people per square mile, making it the 6th most densely populated city in Europe. The city has a total population of 500,715 people, the third largest in France after Paris, and Marseille.