The latest officially reported population of France was 68,516,699 in 2024 vs 9,974,400 people in Israel in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current France's population is 68,701,054 people compared to 10,224,104 in Israel.
Population statistics:
- France's population is 6.72 times bigger than Israel's.
- France is ranked the 23rd most populous country in the world, while Israel is the 96th.
- The countries together account for 0.95% of the world: 0.83% for France vs 0.12% for Israel.
- For the last 10 years, France has had an average growth rate of +0.34% per year vs +1.96% in Israel.
- Since 2005, the population of France has increased from 63.2M people to 68.7M (8.74% growth), while Israel has grown from 6.93M to 10.2M (47.5% growth).
- France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people compared to the peak of 21M people in 2100 for Israel.
France vs Israel: live population counter
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| Current population |
68701054
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10224104
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| Population rank | 23/197 | 96/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.83% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
2.29 minutes
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4.19 minutes
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| One birth every |
46.6 seconds
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2.87 minutes
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| One death every |
50.2 seconds
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10.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 minutes
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49.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +90,527 | +10,612 |
| Daily growth/decline | +628 | +344 |
| Annual growth/decline | +229,212 | +125,400 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.34% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 147/197 | 86/197 |
France and Israel: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 47,412,964 | 2,114,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 47,905,982 | 2,185,000 | 1.04% | 3.36% |
| 1962 | 48,389,516 | 2,293,000 | 1.01% | 4.94% |
| 1963 | 48,877,567 | 2,379,000 | 1.01% | 3.75% |
| 1964 | 49,401,492 | 2,475,000 | 1.07% | 4.04% |
| 1965 | 49,877,725 | 2,563,000 | 0.96% | 3.56% |
| 1966 | 50,311,637 | 2,629,000 | 0.87% | 2.58% |
| 1967 | 50,722,791 | 2,745,000 | 0.82% | 4.41% |
| 1968 | 51,112,980 | 2,803,000 | 0.77% | 2.11% |
| 1969 | 51,536,014 | 2,877,000 | 0.83% | 2.64% |
| 1970 | 52,007,169 | 2,974,000 | 0.91% | 3.37% |
| 1971 | 52,499,553 | 3,069,000 | 0.95% | 3.19% |
| 1972 | 52,962,356 | 3,148,000 | 0.88% | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 53,392,161 | 3,278,000 | 0.81% | 4.13% |
| 1974 | 53,746,571 | 3,377,000 | 0.66% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 54,002,853 | 3,455,000 | 0.48% | 2.31% |
| 1976 | 54,232,383 | 3,533,000 | 0.43% | 2.26% |
| 1977 | 54,486,467 | 3,613,000 | 0.47% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 54,734,030 | 3,690,000 | 0.45% | 2.13% |
| 1979 | 54,979,851 | 3,786,000 | 0.45% | 2.6% |
| 1980 | 55,274,184 | 3,878,000 | 0.54% | 2.43% |
| 1981 | 55,603,353 | 3,956,000 | 0.6% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 55,806,789 | 4,031,000 | 0.37% | 1.9% |
| 1983 | 56,108,330 | 4,105,000 | 0.54% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 56,383,085 | 4,159,000 | 0.49% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 56,665,619 | 4,233,000 | 0.5% | 1.78% |
| 1986 | 56,956,002 | 4,299,000 | 0.51% | 1.56% |
| 1987 | 57,266,167 | 4,369,000 | 0.54% | 1.63% |
| 1988 | 57,598,186 | 4,442,000 | 0.58% | 1.67% |
| 1989 | 57,943,062 | 4,518,000 | 0.6% | 1.71% |
| 1990 | 58,261,012 | 4,660,000 | 0.55% | 3.14% |
| 1991 | 58,554,242 | 4,949,000 | 0.5% | 6.2% |
| 1992 | 58,846,584 | 5,123,000 | 0.5% | 3.52% |
| 1993 | 59,103,094 | 5,261,000 | 0.44% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 59,324,863 | 5,399,000 | 0.38% | 2.62% |
| 1995 | 59,541,294 | 5,545,000 | 0.36% | 2.7% |
| 1996 | 59,754,504 | 5,692,000 | 0.36% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 59,968,066 | 5,836,000 | 0.36% | 2.53% |
| 1998 | 60,190,684 | 5,971,000 | 0.37% | 2.31% |
| 1999 | 60,501,986 | 6,125,000 | 0.52% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 60,918,661 | 6,289,000 | 0.69% | 2.68% |
| 2001 | 61,364,377 | 6,439,000 | 0.73% | 2.39% |
| 2002 | 61,812,142 | 6,570,000 | 0.73% | 2.03% |
| 2003 | 62,249,855 | 6,689,700 | 0.71% | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 62,707,588 | 6,809,000 | 0.74% | 1.78% |
| 2005 | 63,180,854 | 6,930,100 | 0.75% | 1.78% |
| 2006 | 63,622,342 | 7,053,700 | 0.7% | 1.78% |
| 2007 | 64,016,890 | 7,180,100 | 0.62% | 1.79% |
| 2008 | 64,375,116 | 7,308,800 | 0.56% | 1.79% |
| 2009 | 64,706,436 | 7,485,600 | 0.51% | 2.42% |
| 2010 | 65,026,211 | 7,623,600 | 0.49% | 1.84% |
| 2011 | 65,340,830 | 7,765,800 | 0.48% | 1.87% |
| 2012 | 65,657,659 | 7,910,500 | 0.48% | 1.86% |
| 2013 | 65,997,932 | 8,059,500 | 0.52% | 1.88% |
| 2014 | 66,312,067 | 8,215,700 | 0.48% | 1.94% |
| 2015 | 66,548,272 | 8,380,100 | 0.36% | 2% |
| 2016 | 66,724,104 | 8,546,000 | 0.26% | 1.98% |
| 2017 | 66,918,020 | 8,713,300 | 0.29% | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 67,158,348 | 8,882,800 | 0.36% | 1.95% |
| 2019 | 67,382,061 | 9,054,000 | 0.33% | 1.93% |
| 2020 | 67,601,110 | 9,215,100 | 0.33% | 1.78% |
| 2021 | 67,842,811 | 9,371,400 | 0.36% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 68,065,015 | 9,557,500 | 0.33% | 1.99% |
| 2023 | 68,287,487 | 9,849,000 | 0.33% | 3.05% |
| 2024 | 68,516,699 | 9,974,400 | 0.34% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 68,621,995 | 10,112,712 | 0.15% | 1.39% |
| 2026 | 68,720,416 | 10,251,384 | 0.14% | 1.37% |
| 2027 | 68,814,997 | 10,390,790 | 0.14% | 1.36% |
| 2028 | 68,908,044 | 10,530,831 | 0.14% | 1.35% |
| 2029 | 69,000,393 | 10,670,808 | 0.13% | 1.33% |
| 2030 | 69,092,395 | 10,812,707 | 0.13% | 1.33% |
| 2031 | 69,182,139 | 10,958,256 | 0.13% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 69,271,844 | 11,102,895 | 0.13% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 69,361,763 | 11,245,826 | 0.13% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 69,453,221 | 11,390,158 | 0.13% | 1.28% |
| 2035 | 69,545,666 | 11,537,556 | 0.13% | 1.29% |
| 2036 | 69,635,631 | 11,685,531 | 0.13% | 1.28% |
| 2037 | 69,723,960 | 11,835,669 | 0.13% | 1.28% |
| 2038 | 69,807,163 | 11,990,527 | 0.12% | 1.31% |
| 2039 | 69,880,758 | 12,147,999 | 0.11% | 1.31% |
| 2040 | 69,948,192 | 12,306,173 | 0.1% | 1.3% |
| 2041 | 70,013,748 | 12,464,653 | 0.09% | 1.29% |
| 2042 | 70,076,842 | 12,626,052 | 0.09% | 1.29% |
| 2043 | 70,130,305 | 12,788,911 | 0.08% | 1.29% |
| 2044 | 70,172,822 | 12,952,526 | 0.06% | 1.28% |
| 2045 | 70,207,698 | 13,114,360 | 0.05% | 1.25% |
| 2046 | 70,232,113 | 13,274,365 | 0.03% | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 70,246,945 | 13,433,565 | 0.02% | 1.2% |
| 2048 | 70,253,351 | 13,590,900 | 0.009% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 70,249,312 | 13,750,245 | -0.006% | 1.17% |
| 2050 | 70,237,272 | 13,911,988 | -0.02% | 1.18% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of France increased by 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth), while Israel gained 1,450,000 people (a 20.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, France gained 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth), while Israel's population increased by 1,844,004 (a 22% growth).
France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2005 and is 23rd in 2025. Israel was ranked 98th in 2005 and ranked 96th 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 Israel will increase by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people and rank change from 96th to 88th.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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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Population differences between France and Israel
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| Life expectancy | 83.6 years | 82.8 years |
| Average age | 42.6 years | 33.6 years |
| Median age | 43 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.66 births per woman | 2.85 births per woman |
| Population density | 329 ppl/mi² | 1,194 ppl/mi² |
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