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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	France	Malta	France	Malta
1960	47,412,964	326,550	-	-
1961	47,905,982	325,250	1.04%	-0.4%
1962	48,389,516	323,900	1.01%	-0.42%
1963	48,877,567	322,550	1.01%	-0.42%
1964	49,401,492	321,250	1.07%	-0.4%
1965	49,877,725	318,800	0.96%	-0.76%
1966	50,311,637	315,200	0.87%	-1.13%
1967	50,722,791	311,550	0.82%	-1.16%
1968	51,112,980	307,900	0.77%	-1.17%
1969	51,536,014	304,300	0.83%	-1.17%
1970	52,007,169	302,650	0.91%	-0.54%
1971	52,499,553	302,700	0.95%	0.02%
1972	52,962,356	302,450	0.88%	-0.08%
1973	53,392,161	302,200	0.81%	-0.08%
1974	53,746,571	301,996	0.66%	-0.07%
1975	54,002,853	304,222	0.48%	0.74%
1976	54,232,383	305,774	0.43%	0.51%
1977	54,486,467	306,970	0.47%	0.39%
1978	54,734,030	310,182	0.45%	1.05%
1979	54,979,851	313,342	0.45%	1.02%
1980	55,274,184	316,645	0.54%	1.05%
1981	55,603,353	318,982	0.6%	0.74%
1982	55,806,789	325,898	0.37%	2.17%
1983	56,108,330	330,524	0.54%	1.42%
1984	56,383,085	330,593	0.49%	0.02%
1985	56,665,619	336,452	0.5%	1.77%
1986	56,956,002	342,121	0.51%	1.68%
1987	57,266,167	344,485	0.54%	0.69%
1988	57,598,186	347,325	0.58%	0.82%
1989	57,943,062	350,722	0.6%	0.98%
1990	58,261,012	354,170	0.55%	0.98%
1991	58,554,242	363,845	0.5%	2.73%
1992	58,846,584	367,618	0.5%	1.04%
1993	59,103,094	371,308	0.44%	1%
1994	59,324,863	374,797	0.38%	0.94%
1995	59,541,294	377,419	0.36%	0.7%
1996	59,754,504	379,905	0.36%	0.66%
1997	59,968,066	382,791	0.36%	0.76%
1998	60,190,684	385,287	0.37%	0.65%
1999	60,501,986	387,578	0.52%	0.59%
2000	60,918,661	390,087	0.69%	0.65%
2001	61,364,377	393,028	0.73%	0.75%
2002	61,812,142	395,969	0.73%	0.75%
2003	62,249,855	398,582	0.71%	0.66%
2004	62,707,588	401,268	0.74%	0.67%
2005	63,180,854	403,834	0.75%	0.64%
2006	63,622,342	405,308	0.7%	0.37%
2007	64,016,890	406,724	0.62%	0.35%
2008	64,375,116	409,379	0.56%	0.65%
2009	64,706,436	412,477	0.51%	0.76%
2010	65,026,211	414,508	0.49%	0.49%
2011	65,340,830	416,268	0.48%	0.42%
2012	65,657,659	420,028	0.48%	0.9%
2013	65,997,932	424,810	0.52%	1.14%
2014	66,312,067	433,481	0.48%	2.04%
2015	66,548,272	444,220	0.36%	2.48%
2016	66,724,104	454,505	0.26%	2.32%
2017	66,918,020	467,106	0.29%	2.77%
2018	67,158,348	483,903	0.36%	3.6%
2019	67,382,061	503,912	0.33%	4.13%
2020	67,601,110	515,490	0.33%	2.3%
2021	67,842,811	518,150	0.36%	0.52%
2022	68,184,457	531,113	0.5%	2.5%
2023	68,372,286	552,747	0.28%	4.07%
2024	68,551,653	568,847	0.26%	2.91%
2025	68,657,003	574,955	0.15%	1.07%
2026	68,755,474	578,756	0.14%	0.66%
2027	68,850,103	580,829	0.14%	0.36%
2028	68,943,198	582,657	0.14%	0.31%
2029	69,035,594	584,129	0.13%	0.25%
2030	69,127,642	585,315	0.13%	0.2%
2031	69,217,432	586,254	0.13%	0.16%
2032	69,307,184	586,948	0.13%	0.12%
2033	69,397,148	587,297	0.13%	0.06%
2034	69,488,653	587,151	0.13%	-0.02%
2035	69,581,145	586,661	0.13%	-0.08%
2036	69,671,156	586,003	0.13%	-0.11%
2037	69,759,529	585,174	0.13%	-0.14%
2038	69,842,775	584,125	0.12%	-0.18%
2039	69,916,407	582,893	0.11%	-0.21%
2040	69,983,876	581,634	0.1%	-0.22%
2041	70,049,466	580,285	0.09%	-0.23%
2042	70,112,592	578,871	0.09%	-0.24%
2043	70,166,082	577,384	0.08%	-0.26%
2044	70,208,621	575,789	0.06%	-0.28%
2045	70,243,515	574,143	0.05%	-0.29%
2046	70,267,943	572,420	0.03%	-0.3%
2047	70,282,782	570,534	0.02%	-0.33%
2048	70,289,191	568,553	0.009%	-0.35%
2049	70,285,150	566,709	-0.006%	-0.32%
2050	70,273,103	564,751	-0.02%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of France increased by 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, France gained 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2006 and is 23rd in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.