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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	France	Italy	France	Italy
1960	47,412,964	50,199,700	-	-
1961	47,905,982	50,536,350	1.04%	0.67%
1962	48,389,516	50,879,450	1.01%	0.68%
1963	48,877,567	51,252,000	1.01%	0.73%
1964	49,401,492	51,675,350	1.07%	0.83%
1965	49,877,725	52,112,350	0.96%	0.85%
1966	50,311,637	52,519,000	0.87%	0.78%
1967	50,722,791	52,900,500	0.82%	0.73%
1968	51,112,980	53,235,750	0.77%	0.63%
1969	51,536,014	53,537,950	0.83%	0.57%
1970	52,007,169	53,821,850	0.91%	0.53%
1971	52,499,553	54,073,490	0.95%	0.47%
1972	52,962,356	54,381,345	0.88%	0.57%
1973	53,392,161	54,751,406	0.81%	0.68%
1974	53,746,571	55,110,868	0.66%	0.66%
1975	54,002,853	55,441,001	0.48%	0.6%
1976	54,232,383	55,718,260	0.43%	0.5%
1977	54,486,467	55,955,411	0.47%	0.43%
1978	54,734,030	56,155,143	0.45%	0.36%
1979	54,979,851	56,317,749	0.45%	0.29%
1980	55,274,184	56,433,883	0.54%	0.21%
1981	55,603,353	56,501,675	0.6%	0.12%
1982	55,806,789	56,543,548	0.37%	0.07%
1983	56,108,330	56,564,074	0.54%	0.04%
1984	56,383,085	56,576,718	0.49%	0.02%
1985	56,665,619	56,593,071	0.5%	0.03%
1986	56,956,002	56,596,155	0.51%	0.005%
1987	57,266,167	56,601,931	0.54%	0.01%
1988	57,598,186	56,629,288	0.58%	0.05%
1989	57,943,062	56,671,781	0.6%	0.08%
1990	58,261,012	56,719,240	0.55%	0.08%
1991	58,554,242	56,758,521	0.5%	0.07%
1992	58,846,584	56,797,087	0.5%	0.07%
1993	59,103,094	56,831,821	0.44%	0.06%
1994	59,324,863	56,843,400	0.38%	0.02%
1995	59,541,294	56,844,303	0.36%	0.002%
1996	59,754,504	56,860,281	0.36%	0.03%
1997	59,968,066	56,890,372	0.36%	0.05%
1998	60,190,684	56,906,744	0.37%	0.03%
1999	60,501,986	56,916,317	0.52%	0.02%
2000	60,918,661	56,942,108	0.69%	0.05%
2001	61,364,377	56,976,981	0.73%	0.06%
2002	61,812,142	57,089,824	0.73%	0.2%
2003	62,249,855	57,399,184	0.71%	0.54%
2004	62,707,588	57,828,179	0.74%	0.75%
2005	63,180,854	58,166,682	0.75%	0.59%
2006	63,622,342	58,399,861	0.7%	0.4%
2007	64,016,890	58,756,247	0.62%	0.61%
2008	64,375,116	59,211,181	0.56%	0.77%
2009	64,706,436	59,555,454	0.51%	0.58%
2010	65,026,211	59,819,407	0.49%	0.44%
2011	65,340,830	60,026,841	0.48%	0.35%
2012	65,657,659	60,191,247	0.48%	0.27%
2013	65,997,932	60,311,613	0.52%	0.2%
2014	66,312,067	60,320,707	0.48%	0.02%
2015	66,548,272	60,229,605	0.36%	-0.15%
2016	66,724,104	60,115,223	0.26%	-0.19%
2017	66,918,020	60,002,252	0.29%	-0.19%
2018	67,158,348	60,148,658	0.36%	0.24%
2019	67,382,061	59,729,081	0.33%	-0.7%
2020	67,601,110	59,438,851	0.33%	-0.49%
2021	67,842,811	59,133,173	0.36%	-0.51%
2022	68,184,457	59,013,667	0.5%	-0.2%
2023	68,372,286	58,984,216	0.28%	-0.05%
2024	68,551,653	58,952,704	0.26%	-0.05%
2025	68,657,003	58,757,388	0.15%	-0.33%
2026	68,755,474	58,538,738	0.14%	-0.37%
2027	68,850,103	58,302,912	0.14%	-0.4%
2028	68,943,198	58,061,557	0.14%	-0.41%
2029	69,035,594	57,818,364	0.13%	-0.42%
2030	69,127,642	57,565,087	0.13%	-0.44%
2031	69,217,432	57,300,892	0.13%	-0.46%
2032	69,307,184	57,038,998	0.13%	-0.46%
2033	69,397,148	56,780,656	0.13%	-0.45%
2034	69,488,653	56,516,874	0.13%	-0.46%
2035	69,581,145	56,247,746	0.13%	-0.48%
2036	69,671,156	55,978,207	0.13%	-0.48%
2037	69,759,529	55,705,993	0.13%	-0.49%
2038	69,842,775	55,429,408	0.12%	-0.5%
2039	69,916,407	55,146,340	0.11%	-0.51%
2040	69,983,876	54,858,102	0.1%	-0.52%
2041	70,049,466	54,570,785	0.09%	-0.52%
2042	70,112,592	54,276,735	0.09%	-0.54%
2043	70,166,082	53,966,605	0.08%	-0.57%
2044	70,208,621	53,649,281	0.06%	-0.59%
2045	70,243,515	53,327,530	0.05%	-0.6%
2046	70,267,943	52,995,336	0.03%	-0.62%
2047	70,282,782	52,650,393	0.02%	-0.65%
2048	70,289,191	52,294,685	0.009%	-0.68%
2049	70,285,150	51,929,700	-0.006%	-0.7%
2050	70,273,103	51,549,925	-0.02%	-0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of France increased by 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth), while Italy gained 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, France gained 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2006 and is 23rd in 2026. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2006 and ranked 26th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) France's population will grow by 2.21% to 70,273,103 people with a rank change from 23rd to 30th. The population of Italy will decrease by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people and rank change from 26th to 40th.