The current population of France is 68,701,054 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 68,516,699 in 2024.
Population facts:
- France accounts for 0.83% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, France has had an average growth rate of 0.44% per year.
- France is projected to reach 70.6M people in 2095.
- France is ranked 23/197 by population and was ranked 20th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 63.2M people to 68.7M (8.74% growth in 20 years).
France population clock
France
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
68701054
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 23/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.83% | N/A |
| One net population change |
2.29 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
46.6 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
50.2 seconds
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +628 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +229,212 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.34% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 147/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
5.81 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +90,527 | N/A |
France population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 47,412,964 | - |
| 1961 | 47,905,982 | 1.04% |
| 1962 | 48,389,516 | 1.01% |
| 1963 | 48,877,567 | 1.01% |
| 1964 | 49,401,492 | 1.07% |
| 1965 | 49,877,725 | 0.96% |
| 1966 | 50,311,637 | 0.87% |
| 1967 | 50,722,791 | 0.82% |
| 1968 | 51,112,980 | 0.77% |
| 1969 | 51,536,014 | 0.83% |
| 1970 | 52,007,169 | 0.91% |
| 1971 | 52,499,553 | 0.95% |
| 1972 | 52,962,356 | 0.88% |
| 1973 | 53,392,161 | 0.81% |
| 1974 | 53,746,571 | 0.66% |
| 1975 | 54,002,853 | 0.48% |
| 1976 | 54,232,383 | 0.43% |
| 1977 | 54,486,467 | 0.47% |
| 1978 | 54,734,030 | 0.45% |
| 1979 | 54,979,851 | 0.45% |
| 1980 | 55,274,184 | 0.54% |
| 1981 | 55,603,353 | 0.6% |
| 1982 | 55,806,789 | 0.37% |
| 1983 | 56,108,330 | 0.54% |
| 1984 | 56,383,085 | 0.49% |
| 1985 | 56,665,619 | 0.5% |
| 1986 | 56,956,002 | 0.51% |
| 1987 | 57,266,167 | 0.54% |
| 1988 | 57,598,186 | 0.58% |
| 1989 | 57,943,062 | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 58,261,012 | 0.55% |
| 1991 | 58,554,242 | 0.5% |
| 1992 | 58,846,584 | 0.5% |
| 1993 | 59,103,094 | 0.44% |
| 1994 | 59,324,863 | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 59,541,294 | 0.36% |
| 1996 | 59,754,504 | 0.36% |
| 1997 | 59,968,066 | 0.36% |
| 1998 | 60,190,684 | 0.37% |
| 1999 | 60,501,986 | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 60,918,661 | 0.69% |
| 2001 | 61,364,377 | 0.73% |
| 2002 | 61,812,142 | 0.73% |
| 2003 | 62,249,855 | 0.71% |
| 2004 | 62,707,588 | 0.74% |
| 2005 | 63,180,854 | 0.75% |
| 2006 | 63,622,342 | 0.7% |
| 2007 | 64,016,890 | 0.62% |
| 2008 | 64,375,116 | 0.56% |
| 2009 | 64,706,436 | 0.51% |
| 2010 | 65,026,211 | 0.49% |
| 2011 | 65,340,830 | 0.48% |
| 2012 | 65,657,659 | 0.48% |
| 2013 | 65,997,932 | 0.52% |
| 2014 | 66,312,067 | 0.48% |
| 2015 | 66,548,272 | 0.36% |
| 2016 | 66,724,104 | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 66,918,020 | 0.29% |
| 2018 | 67,158,348 | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 67,382,061 | 0.33% |
| 2020 | 67,601,110 | 0.33% |
| 2021 | 67,842,811 | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 68,065,015 | 0.33% |
| 2023 | 68,287,487 | 0.33% |
| 2024 | 68,516,699 | 0.34% |
| 2025 | 68,621,995 | 0.15% |
| 2026 | 68,720,416 | 0.14% |
| 2027 | 68,814,997 | 0.14% |
| 2028 | 68,908,044 | 0.14% |
| 2029 | 69,000,393 | 0.13% |
| 2030 | 69,092,395 | 0.13% |
| 2031 | 69,182,139 | 0.13% |
| 2032 | 69,271,844 | 0.13% |
| 2033 | 69,361,763 | 0.13% |
| 2034 | 69,453,221 | 0.13% |
| 2035 | 69,545,666 | 0.13% |
| 2036 | 69,635,631 | 0.13% |
| 2037 | 69,723,960 | 0.13% |
| 2038 | 69,807,163 | 0.12% |
| 2039 | 69,880,758 | 0.11% |
| 2040 | 69,948,192 | 0.1% |
| 2041 | 70,013,748 | 0.09% |
| 2042 | 70,076,842 | 0.09% |
| 2043 | 70,130,305 | 0.08% |
| 2044 | 70,172,822 | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 70,207,698 | 0.05% |
| 2046 | 70,232,113 | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 70,246,945 | 0.02% |
| 2048 | 70,253,351 | 0.009% |
| 2049 | 70,249,312 | -0.006% |
| 2050 | 70,237,272 | -0.02% |
France has a population of 68.7M as of 2025, compared to 66.5M in 2015, 63.2M in 2005, and 59.5M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.32% per year. France is ranked 148th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) France will have 70,207,698 people (2.19% growth) with a rank change from 23rd to 26th.
By the year 2100, France's population is projected to grow by 2.63% to 70.5M people.
Largest cities by population
|
France
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Paris | 2.15M |
| Marseille | 877K |
| Lyon | 521K |
| Toulouse | 512K |
| Nice | 354K |
| Nantes | 325K |
| Strasbourg | 292K |
| Toulon | 181K |
| Saint-Etienne | 173K |
| Saint-Denis | 156K |
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France population statistics
|
France
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 83.6 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 42.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 43 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.66 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 329 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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