Population in Denmark compared to France: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Denmark and France: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	France	Denmark	France
1960	4,579,603	47,412,964	-	-
1961	4,611,687	47,905,982	0.7%	1.04%
1962	4,647,727	48,389,516	0.78%	1.01%
1963	4,684,483	48,877,567	0.79%	1.01%
1964	4,722,072	49,401,492	0.8%	1.07%
1965	4,759,012	49,877,725	0.78%	0.96%
1966	4,797,381	50,311,637	0.81%	0.87%
1967	4,835,354	50,722,791	0.79%	0.82%
1968	4,864,883	51,112,980	0.61%	0.77%
1969	4,891,860	51,536,014	0.55%	0.83%
1970	4,928,757	52,007,169	0.75%	0.91%
1971	4,963,126	52,499,553	0.7%	0.95%
1972	4,991,596	52,962,356	0.57%	0.88%
1973	5,021,861	53,392,161	0.61%	0.81%
1974	5,045,297	53,746,571	0.47%	0.66%
1975	5,059,862	54,002,853	0.29%	0.48%
1976	5,072,596	54,232,383	0.25%	0.43%
1977	5,088,419	54,486,467	0.31%	0.47%
1978	5,104,248	54,734,030	0.31%	0.45%
1979	5,116,801	54,979,851	0.25%	0.45%
1980	5,123,027	55,274,184	0.12%	0.54%
1981	5,121,572	55,603,353	-0.03%	0.6%
1982	5,117,810	55,806,789	-0.07%	0.37%
1983	5,114,297	56,108,330	-0.07%	0.54%
1984	5,111,619	56,383,085	-0.05%	0.49%
1985	5,113,691	56,665,619	0.04%	0.5%
1986	5,120,534	56,956,002	0.13%	0.51%
1987	5,127,024	57,266,167	0.13%	0.54%
1988	5,129,516	57,598,186	0.05%	0.58%
1989	5,132,594	57,943,062	0.06%	0.6%
1990	5,140,939	58,261,012	0.16%	0.55%
1991	5,154,298	58,554,242	0.26%	0.5%
1992	5,171,370	58,846,584	0.33%	0.5%
1993	5,188,628	59,103,094	0.33%	0.44%
1994	5,206,180	59,324,863	0.34%	0.38%
1995	5,233,373	59,541,294	0.52%	0.36%
1996	5,263,074	59,754,504	0.57%	0.36%
1997	5,284,991	59,968,066	0.42%	0.36%
1998	5,304,219	60,190,684	0.36%	0.37%
1999	5,321,799	60,501,986	0.33%	0.52%
2000	5,339,616	60,918,661	0.33%	0.69%
2001	5,358,783	61,364,377	0.36%	0.73%
2002	5,375,931	61,812,142	0.32%	0.73%
2003	5,390,574	62,249,855	0.27%	0.71%
2004	5,404,523	62,707,588	0.26%	0.74%
2005	5,419,432	63,180,854	0.28%	0.75%
2006	5,437,272	63,622,342	0.33%	0.7%
2007	5,461,438	64,016,890	0.44%	0.62%
2008	5,493,621	64,375,116	0.59%	0.56%
2009	5,523,095	64,706,436	0.54%	0.51%
2010	5,547,683	65,026,211	0.45%	0.49%
2011	5,570,572	65,340,830	0.41%	0.48%
2012	5,591,572	65,657,659	0.38%	0.48%
2013	5,614,932	65,997,932	0.42%	0.52%
2014	5,643,475	66,312,067	0.51%	0.48%
2015	5,683,483	66,548,272	0.71%	0.36%
2016	5,728,010	66,724,104	0.78%	0.26%
2017	5,764,980	66,918,020	0.65%	0.29%
2018	5,793,636	67,158,348	0.5%	0.36%
2019	5,814,422	67,382,061	0.36%	0.33%
2020	5,831,404	67,601,110	0.29%	0.33%
2021	5,856,733	67,842,811	0.43%	0.36%
2022	5,903,037	68,184,457	0.79%	0.5%
2023	5,946,952	68,372,286	0.74%	0.28%
2024	5,976,992	68,551,653	0.51%	0.26%
2025	6,002,090	68,657,003	0.42%	0.15%
2026	6,023,091	68,755,474	0.35%	0.14%
2027	6,041,010	68,850,103	0.3%	0.14%
2028	6,056,755	68,943,198	0.26%	0.14%
2029	6,070,186	69,035,594	0.22%	0.13%
2030	6,081,559	69,127,642	0.19%	0.13%
2031	6,091,513	69,217,432	0.16%	0.13%
2032	6,099,943	69,307,184	0.14%	0.13%
2033	6,107,156	69,397,148	0.12%	0.13%
2034	6,113,785	69,488,653	0.11%	0.13%
2035	6,119,365	69,581,145	0.09%	0.13%
2036	6,123,874	69,671,156	0.07%	0.13%
2037	6,127,386	69,759,529	0.06%	0.13%
2038	6,130,437	69,842,775	0.05%	0.12%
2039	6,132,752	69,916,407	0.04%	0.11%
2040	6,134,223	69,983,876	0.02%	0.1%
2041	6,135,120	70,049,466	0.01%	0.09%
2042	6,135,315	70,112,592	0.003%	0.09%
2043	6,135,244	70,166,082	-0.001%	0.08%
2044	6,134,789	70,208,621	-0.007%	0.06%
2045	6,134,218	70,243,515	-0.009%	0.05%
2046	6,133,182	70,267,943	-0.02%	0.03%
2047	6,131,427	70,282,782	-0.03%	0.02%
2048	6,129,548	70,289,191	-0.03%	0.009%
2049	6,127,293	70,285,150	-0.04%	-0.006%
2050	6,124,397	70,273,103	-0.05%	-0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Denmark increased by 290,738 people (a 5.35% growth), while France gained 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Denmark gained 295,276 (a 5.15% growth), while France's population increased by 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2006 and is 114th in 2026. France was ranked 20th in 2006 and ranked 23rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Denmark's population will grow by 1.68% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 120th. The population of France will increase by 2.21% to 70,273,103 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.