The latest officially reported population of France was 68,551,653 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current France's population is 68,756,508 people compared to 122,647,678 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 1.78 times bigger than France's.
- France is ranked the 23rd most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 2.31% of the world: 0.83% for France vs 1.48% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, France has had an average growth rate of +0.35% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2006, the population of France has increased from 63.6M people to 68.8M (8.07% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (4.07% decline).
- France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
France vs Japan: live population counter
France
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
68756508
|
122647678
|
| Population rank | 23/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.83% | 1.48% |
| One net population change |
2.93 minutes
|
58.3 seconds
|
| One birth every |
46.6 seconds
|
42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
50.1 seconds
|
19.5 seconds
|
| One migration net change every |
5.81 minutes
|
3.43 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | +90,527 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +491 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +179,367 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.26% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 153/197 | 185/197 |
France and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
France
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
France
|
Japan
|
France
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 47,412,964 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 47,905,982 | 94,055,000 | 1.04% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 48,389,516 | 94,933,000 | 1.01% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 48,877,567 | 95,900,000 | 1.01% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 49,401,492 | 96,903,000 | 1.07% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 49,877,725 | 97,952,000 | 0.96% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 50,311,637 | 98,851,000 | 0.87% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 50,722,791 | 99,879,000 | 0.82% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 51,112,980 | 101,011,000 | 0.77% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 51,536,014 | 102,219,000 | 0.83% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 52,007,169 | 103,403,000 | 0.91% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 52,499,553 | 105,697,000 | 0.95% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 52,962,356 | 107,188,000 | 0.88% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 53,392,161 | 108,707,000 | 0.81% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 53,746,571 | 110,162,000 | 0.66% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 54,002,853 | 111,573,000 | 0.48% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 54,232,383 | 112,775,000 | 0.43% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 54,486,467 | 113,872,000 | 0.47% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 54,734,030 | 114,913,000 | 0.45% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 54,979,851 | 115,890,000 | 0.45% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 55,274,184 | 116,807,000 | 0.54% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 55,603,353 | 117,661,000 | 0.6% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 55,806,789 | 118,480,000 | 0.37% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 56,108,330 | 119,307,000 | 0.54% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 56,383,085 | 120,083,000 | 0.49% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 56,665,619 | 120,837,000 | 0.5% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 56,956,002 | 121,482,000 | 0.51% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 57,266,167 | 122,069,000 | 0.54% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 57,598,186 | 122,578,000 | 0.58% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 57,943,062 | 123,069,000 | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 58,261,012 | 123,478,000 | 0.55% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 58,554,242 | 123,964,000 | 0.5% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 58,846,584 | 124,425,000 | 0.5% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 59,103,094 | 124,829,000 | 0.44% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 59,324,863 | 125,178,000 | 0.38% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 59,541,294 | 125,472,000 | 0.36% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 59,754,504 | 125,757,000 | 0.36% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 59,968,066 | 126,057,000 | 0.36% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 60,190,684 | 126,400,000 | 0.37% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 60,501,986 | 126,631,000 | 0.52% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 60,918,661 | 126,843,000 | 0.69% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 61,364,377 | 127,149,000 | 0.73% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 61,812,142 | 127,445,000 | 0.73% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 62,249,855 | 127,718,000 | 0.71% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 62,707,588 | 127,761,000 | 0.74% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 63,180,854 | 127,773,000 | 0.75% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 63,622,342 | 127,854,000 | 0.7% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 64,016,890 | 128,001,000 | 0.62% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 64,375,116 | 128,063,000 | 0.56% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 64,706,436 | 128,047,000 | 0.51% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 65,026,211 | 128,070,000 | 0.49% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 65,340,830 | 127,833,000 | 0.48% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 65,657,659 | 127,629,000 | 0.48% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 65,997,932 | 127,445,000 | 0.52% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 66,312,067 | 127,276,000 | 0.48% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 66,548,272 | 127,141,000 | 0.36% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 66,724,104 | 127,076,000 | 0.26% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 66,918,020 | 126,972,000 | 0.29% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 67,158,348 | 126,811,000 | 0.36% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 67,382,061 | 126,633,000 | 0.33% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 67,601,110 | 126,261,000 | 0.33% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 67,842,811 | 125,681,593 | 0.36% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 68,184,457 | 125,124,989 | 0.5% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 68,372,286 | 124,516,650 | 0.28% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 68,551,653 | 123,975,371 | 0.26% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 68,657,003 | 123,324,642 | 0.15% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 68,755,474 | 122,647,678 | 0.14% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 68,850,103 | 121,951,038 | 0.14% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 68,943,198 | 121,241,776 | 0.14% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 69,035,594 | 120,524,230 | 0.13% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 69,127,642 | 119,798,959 | 0.13% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 69,217,432 | 119,065,610 | 0.13% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 69,307,184 | 118,326,333 | 0.13% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 69,397,148 | 117,583,337 | 0.13% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 69,488,653 | 116,836,274 | 0.13% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 69,581,145 | 116,084,328 | 0.13% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 69,671,156 | 115,332,395 | 0.13% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 69,759,529 | 114,582,890 | 0.13% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 69,842,775 | 113,837,760 | 0.12% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 69,916,407 | 113,097,352 | 0.11% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 69,983,876 | 112,359,802 | 0.1% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 70,049,466 | 111,622,622 | 0.09% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 70,112,592 | 110,891,223 | 0.09% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 70,166,082 | 110,169,955 | 0.08% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 70,208,621 | 109,455,823 | 0.06% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 70,243,515 | 108,747,012 | 0.05% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 70,267,943 | 108,044,346 | 0.03% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 70,282,782 | 107,350,486 | 0.02% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 70,289,191 | 106,665,616 | 0.009% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 70,285,150 | 105,986,908 | -0.006% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 70,273,103 | 105,312,022 | -0.02% | -0.64% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of France increased by 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth), while Japan lost 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, France gained 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline).
France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2006 and is 23rd in 2026. Japan was ranked 10th in 2006 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
Biggest 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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Population differences between France and Japan
|
France
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 83.7 years | 85.1 years |
| Average age | 42.6 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 43 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.66 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 329 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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