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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	France	Germany	France	Germany
1960	47,412,964	72,814,900	-	-
1961	47,905,982	73,377,632	1.04%	0.77%
1962	48,389,516	74,025,784	1.01%	0.88%
1963	48,877,567	74,714,353	1.01%	0.93%
1964	49,401,492	75,318,337	1.07%	0.81%
1965	49,877,725	75,963,695	0.96%	0.86%
1966	50,311,637	76,600,311	0.87%	0.84%
1967	50,722,791	76,951,336	0.82%	0.46%
1968	51,112,980	77,294,314	0.77%	0.45%
1969	51,536,014	77,909,682	0.83%	0.8%
1970	52,007,169	78,169,289	0.91%	0.33%
1971	52,499,553	78,312,842	0.95%	0.18%
1972	52,962,356	78,688,452	0.88%	0.48%
1973	53,392,161	78,936,666	0.81%	0.32%
1974	53,746,571	78,967,433	0.66%	0.04%
1975	54,002,853	78,673,554	0.48%	-0.37%
1976	54,232,383	78,336,950	0.43%	-0.43%
1977	54,486,467	78,159,814	0.47%	-0.23%
1978	54,734,030	78,091,820	0.45%	-0.09%
1979	54,979,851	78,126,350	0.45%	0.04%
1980	55,274,184	78,288,576	0.54%	0.21%
1981	55,603,353	78,407,907	0.6%	0.15%
1982	55,806,789	78,333,366	0.37%	-0.1%
1983	56,108,330	78,128,282	0.54%	-0.26%
1984	56,383,085	77,858,685	0.49%	-0.35%
1985	56,665,619	77,684,873	0.5%	-0.22%
1986	56,956,002	77,720,436	0.51%	0.05%
1987	57,266,167	77,839,920	0.54%	0.15%
1988	57,598,186	78,144,619	0.58%	0.39%
1989	57,943,062	78,751,283	0.6%	0.78%
1990	58,261,012	79,433,029	0.55%	0.87%
1991	58,554,242	80,013,896	0.5%	0.73%
1992	58,846,584	80,624,598	0.5%	0.76%
1993	59,103,094	81,156,363	0.44%	0.66%
1994	59,324,863	81,438,348	0.38%	0.35%
1995	59,541,294	81,678,051	0.36%	0.29%
1996	59,754,504	81,914,831	0.36%	0.29%
1997	59,968,066	82,034,771	0.36%	0.15%
1998	60,190,684	82,047,195	0.37%	0.02%
1999	60,501,986	82,100,243	0.52%	0.06%
2000	60,918,661	82,211,508	0.69%	0.14%
2001	61,364,377	82,349,925	0.73%	0.17%
2002	61,812,142	82,488,495	0.73%	0.17%
2003	62,249,855	82,534,176	0.71%	0.06%
2004	62,707,588	82,516,260	0.74%	-0.02%
2005	63,180,854	82,469,422	0.75%	-0.06%
2006	63,622,342	82,376,451	0.7%	-0.11%
2007	64,016,890	82,266,372	0.62%	-0.13%
2008	64,375,116	82,110,097	0.56%	-0.19%
2009	64,706,436	81,902,307	0.51%	-0.25%
2010	65,026,211	81,776,930	0.49%	-0.15%
2011	65,340,830	80,274,983	0.48%	-1.84%
2012	65,657,659	80,425,823	0.48%	0.19%
2013	65,997,932	80,645,605	0.52%	0.27%
2014	66,312,067	80,982,500	0.48%	0.42%
2015	66,548,272	81,686,611	0.36%	0.87%
2016	66,724,104	82,348,669	0.26%	0.81%
2017	66,918,020	82,657,002	0.29%	0.37%
2018	67,158,348	82,905,782	0.36%	0.3%
2019	67,382,061	83,092,962	0.33%	0.23%
2020	67,601,110	83,160,871	0.33%	0.08%
2021	67,842,811	83,196,078	0.36%	0.04%
2022	68,065,015	83,797,985	0.33%	0.72%
2023	68,287,487	83,901,923	0.33%	0.12%
2024	68,516,699	83,510,950	0.34%	-0.47%
2025	68,621,995	83,039,665	0.15%	-0.56%
2026	68,720,416	82,614,154	0.14%	-0.51%
2027	68,814,997	82,415,087	0.14%	-0.24%
2028	68,908,044	82,204,095	0.14%	-0.26%
2029	69,000,393	81,983,207	0.13%	-0.27%
2030	69,092,395	81,761,486	0.13%	-0.27%
2031	69,182,139	81,535,782	0.13%	-0.28%
2032	69,271,844	81,309,833	0.13%	-0.28%
2033	69,361,763	81,088,671	0.13%	-0.27%
2034	69,453,221	80,874,239	0.13%	-0.26%
2035	69,545,666	80,664,119	0.13%	-0.26%
2036	69,635,631	80,440,400	0.13%	-0.28%
2037	69,723,960	80,216,687	0.13%	-0.28%
2038	69,807,163	79,996,530	0.12%	-0.27%
2039	69,880,758	79,775,309	0.11%	-0.28%
2040	69,948,192	79,559,716	0.1%	-0.27%
2041	70,013,748	79,356,179	0.09%	-0.26%
2042	70,076,842	79,162,051	0.09%	-0.24%
2043	70,130,305	78,957,628	0.08%	-0.26%
2044	70,172,822	78,737,840	0.06%	-0.28%
2045	70,207,698	78,512,825	0.05%	-0.29%
2046	70,232,113	78,288,289	0.03%	-0.29%
2047	70,246,945	78,060,952	0.02%	-0.29%
2048	70,253,351	77,820,753	0.009%	-0.31%
2049	70,249,312	77,573,634	-0.006%	-0.32%
2050	70,237,272	77,330,385	-0.02%	-0.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of France increased by 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth), while Germany lost 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, France gained 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth), while Germany's population increased by 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2005 and is 23rd in 2025. Germany was ranked 13th in 2005 and ranked 19th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) France's population will grow by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people with a rank change from 23rd to 30th. The population of Germany will decrease by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.