The latest officially reported population of France was 68,551,653 in 2024 vs 1,245,779 people in Mauritius in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current France's population is 68,756,508 people compared to 1,239,793 in Mauritius.
Population statistics:
- France's population is 55.5 times bigger than Mauritius'.
- France is ranked the 23rd most populous country in the world, while Mauritius is the 157th.
- The countries together account for 0.85% of the world: 0.83% for France vs 0.01% for Mauritius.
- For the last 10 years, France has had an average growth rate of +0.35% per year vs -0.09% in Mauritius.
- Since 2006, the population of France has increased from 63.6M people to 68.8M (8.07% growth), while Mauritius has grown from 1.23M to 1.24M (0.47% growth).
- France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people, while Mauritius' population already peaked in 2021 at 1.27M people and is projected to decrease to 570K people by 2100.
France vs Mauritius: live population counter
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| Current population |
68756508
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1239793
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| Population rank | 23/197 | 157/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.83% | 0.01% |
| One net population change |
2.93 minutes
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3.05 hours
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| One birth every |
46.6 seconds
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41.3 minutes
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| One death every |
50.1 seconds
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44.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 minutes
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3.14 hours
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| Annual migration change | +90,527 | -2,787 |
| Daily growth/decline | +491 | -8 |
| Annual growth/decline | +179,367 | -2,868 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.26% | -0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 153/197 | 179/197 |
France and Mauritius: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 47,412,964 | 680,331 | - | - |
| 1961 | 47,905,982 | 680,757 | 1.04% | 0.06% |
| 1962 | 48,389,516 | 700,349 | 1.01% | 2.88% |
| 1963 | 48,877,567 | 718,861 | 1.01% | 2.64% |
| 1964 | 49,401,492 | 736,381 | 1.07% | 2.44% |
| 1965 | 49,877,725 | 753,000 | 0.96% | 2.26% |
| 1966 | 50,311,637 | 768,813 | 0.87% | 2.1% |
| 1967 | 50,722,791 | 783,917 | 0.82% | 1.96% |
| 1968 | 51,112,980 | 798,413 | 0.77% | 1.85% |
| 1969 | 51,536,014 | 812,405 | 0.83% | 1.75% |
| 1970 | 52,007,169 | 826,000 | 0.91% | 1.67% |
| 1971 | 52,499,553 | 839,230 | 0.95% | 1.6% |
| 1972 | 52,962,356 | 852,053 | 0.88% | 1.53% |
| 1973 | 53,392,161 | 864,819 | 0.81% | 1.5% |
| 1974 | 53,746,571 | 878,042 | 0.66% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 54,002,853 | 892,000 | 0.48% | 1.59% |
| 1976 | 54,232,383 | 906,507 | 0.43% | 1.63% |
| 1977 | 54,486,467 | 921,379 | 0.47% | 1.64% |
| 1978 | 54,734,030 | 933,499 | 0.45% | 1.32% |
| 1979 | 54,979,851 | 949,888 | 0.45% | 1.76% |
| 1980 | 55,274,184 | 966,039 | 0.54% | 1.7% |
| 1981 | 55,603,353 | 980,462 | 0.6% | 1.49% |
| 1982 | 55,806,789 | 992,521 | 0.37% | 1.23% |
| 1983 | 56,108,330 | 1,001,691 | 0.54% | 0.92% |
| 1984 | 56,383,085 | 1,012,221 | 0.49% | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 56,665,619 | 1,020,528 | 0.5% | 0.82% |
| 1986 | 56,956,002 | 1,028,360 | 0.51% | 0.77% |
| 1987 | 57,266,167 | 1,036,082 | 0.54% | 0.75% |
| 1988 | 57,598,186 | 1,043,239 | 0.58% | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 57,943,062 | 1,051,260 | 0.6% | 0.77% |
| 1990 | 58,261,012 | 1,058,775 | 0.55% | 0.71% |
| 1991 | 58,554,242 | 1,070,266 | 0.5% | 1.09% |
| 1992 | 58,846,584 | 1,084,441 | 0.5% | 1.32% |
| 1993 | 59,103,094 | 1,097,374 | 0.44% | 1.19% |
| 1994 | 59,324,863 | 1,112,846 | 0.38% | 1.41% |
| 1995 | 59,541,294 | 1,122,457 | 0.36% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 59,754,504 | 1,133,996 | 0.36% | 1.03% |
| 1997 | 59,968,066 | 1,148,284 | 0.36% | 1.26% |
| 1998 | 60,190,684 | 1,160,421 | 0.37% | 1.06% |
| 1999 | 60,501,986 | 1,175,267 | 0.52% | 1.28% |
| 2000 | 60,918,661 | 1,186,873 | 0.69% | 0.99% |
| 2001 | 61,364,377 | 1,196,287 | 0.73% | 0.79% |
| 2002 | 61,812,142 | 1,204,621 | 0.73% | 0.7% |
| 2003 | 62,249,855 | 1,213,370 | 0.71% | 0.73% |
| 2004 | 62,707,588 | 1,221,003 | 0.74% | 0.63% |
| 2005 | 63,180,854 | 1,228,254 | 0.75% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 63,622,342 | 1,233,996 | 0.7% | 0.47% |
| 2007 | 64,016,890 | 1,239,630 | 0.62% | 0.46% |
| 2008 | 64,375,116 | 1,244,121 | 0.56% | 0.36% |
| 2009 | 64,706,436 | 1,247,429 | 0.51% | 0.27% |
| 2010 | 65,026,211 | 1,250,400 | 0.49% | 0.24% |
| 2011 | 65,340,830 | 1,252,404 | 0.48% | 0.16% |
| 2012 | 65,657,659 | 1,255,882 | 0.48% | 0.28% |
| 2013 | 65,997,932 | 1,258,927 | 0.52% | 0.24% |
| 2014 | 66,312,067 | 1,261,208 | 0.48% | 0.18% |
| 2015 | 66,548,272 | 1,262,879 | 0.36% | 0.13% |
| 2016 | 66,724,104 | 1,263,747 | 0.26% | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 66,918,020 | 1,264,887 | 0.29% | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 67,158,348 | 1,265,577 | 0.36% | 0.05% |
| 2019 | 67,382,061 | 1,265,985 | 0.33% | 0.03% |
| 2020 | 67,601,110 | 1,266,014 | 0.33% | 0.002% |
| 2021 | 67,842,811 | 1,266,334 | 0.36% | 0.03% |
| 2022 | 68,184,457 | 1,262,523 | 0.5% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 68,372,286 | 1,248,647 | 0.28% | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 68,551,653 | 1,245,779 | 0.26% | -0.23% |
| 2025 | 68,657,003 | 1,242,950 | 0.15% | -0.23% |
| 2026 | 68,755,474 | 1,239,793 | 0.14% | -0.25% |
| 2027 | 68,850,103 | 1,236,435 | 0.14% | -0.27% |
| 2028 | 68,943,198 | 1,232,914 | 0.14% | -0.28% |
| 2029 | 69,035,594 | 1,229,227 | 0.13% | -0.3% |
| 2030 | 69,127,642 | 1,225,457 | 0.13% | -0.31% |
| 2031 | 69,217,432 | 1,221,502 | 0.13% | -0.32% |
| 2032 | 69,307,184 | 1,217,208 | 0.13% | -0.35% |
| 2033 | 69,397,148 | 1,212,606 | 0.13% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 69,488,653 | 1,207,685 | 0.13% | -0.41% |
| 2035 | 69,581,145 | 1,202,449 | 0.13% | -0.43% |
| 2036 | 69,671,156 | 1,196,894 | 0.13% | -0.46% |
| 2037 | 69,759,529 | 1,191,031 | 0.13% | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 69,842,775 | 1,184,867 | 0.12% | -0.52% |
| 2039 | 69,916,407 | 1,178,313 | 0.11% | -0.55% |
| 2040 | 69,983,876 | 1,171,352 | 0.1% | -0.59% |
| 2041 | 70,049,466 | 1,164,041 | 0.09% | -0.62% |
| 2042 | 70,112,592 | 1,156,420 | 0.09% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 70,166,082 | 1,148,461 | 0.08% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 70,208,621 | 1,140,167 | 0.06% | -0.72% |
| 2045 | 70,243,515 | 1,131,600 | 0.05% | -0.75% |
| 2046 | 70,267,943 | 1,122,728 | 0.03% | -0.78% |
| 2047 | 70,282,782 | 1,113,607 | 0.02% | -0.81% |
| 2048 | 70,289,191 | 1,104,261 | 0.009% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 70,285,150 | 1,094,728 | -0.006% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 70,273,103 | 1,085,083 | -0.02% | -0.88% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of France increased by 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth), while Mauritius gained 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, France gained 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -23,954 (a 1.9% decline).
France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2006 and is 23rd in 2026. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2006 and ranked 157th 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 Mauritius will decrease by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.
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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| City | Population |
| Port Louis | 149K |
| Quatre Bornes | 81.8K |
| Curepipe | 77.5K |
| Triolet | 23.4K |
| Goodlands | 20.7K |
| Centre de Flacq | 15.8K |
| Mahebourg | 15.8K |
| Bambous | 15.3K |
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Population differences between France and Mauritius
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| Life expectancy | 83.7 years | 75.4 years |
| Average age | 42.6 years | 39.2 years |
| Median age | 43 years | 38.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.66 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
| Population density | 329 ppl/mi² | 1,616 ppl/mi² |
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