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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of France was 68,516,699 in 2024 vs 29,651,054 people in Nepal in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current France's population is 68,701,054 people compared to 29,627,185 in Nepal.

Population statistics:

  • France's population is 2.32 times bigger than Nepal's.
  • France is ranked the 23rd most populous country in the world, while Nepal is the 52nd.
  • The countries together account for 1.19% of the world: 0.83% for France vs 0.36% for Nepal.
  • For the last 10 years, France has had an average growth rate of +0.34% per year vs +0.66% in Nepal.
  • Since 2005, the population of France has increased from 63.2M people to 68.7M (8.74% growth), while Nepal has grown from 26.3M to 29.6M (12.6% growth).
  • France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people compared to the peak of 35.8M people in 2067 for Nepal.

France vs Nepal: live population counter

France Nepal
Current population
68701054
29627185
Population rank 23/197 52/197
Percent of world population 0.83% 0.36%
One net population change
2.29 minutes
12.1 minutes
One birth every
46.6 seconds
54.9 seconds
One death every
50.2 seconds
2.55 minutes
One migration net change every
5.81 minutes
1.31 minutes
Annual migration change +90,527 -401,282
Daily growth/decline +628 -119
Annual growth/decline +229,212 -43,560
Annual growth/decline rate +0.34% -0.15%
Population growth rate rank 147/197 174/197

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

France
Population

Growth rate
Nepal
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
France Nepal France Nepal
1960 47,412,964 10,123,658 - -
1961 47,905,982 10,318,396 1.04% 1.92%
1962 48,389,516 10,521,116 1.01% 1.96%
1963 48,877,567 10,729,818 1.01% 1.98%
1964 49,401,492 10,946,392 1.07% 2.02%
1965 49,877,725 11,173,411 0.96% 2.07%
1966 50,311,637 11,408,710 0.87% 2.11%
1967 50,722,791 11,652,716 0.82% 2.14%
1968 51,112,980 11,906,266 0.77% 2.18%
1969 51,536,014 12,167,036 0.83% 2.19%
1970 52,007,169 12,436,190 0.91% 2.21%
1971 52,499,553 12,710,061 0.95% 2.2%
1972 52,962,356 12,989,099 0.88% 2.2%
1973 53,392,161 13,275,239 0.81% 2.2%
1974 53,746,571 13,568,435 0.66% 2.21%
1975 54,002,853 13,870,695 0.48% 2.23%
1976 54,232,383 14,177,649 0.43% 2.21%
1977 54,486,467 14,499,175 0.47% 2.27%
1978 54,734,030 14,839,695 0.45% 2.35%
1979 54,979,851 15,190,590 0.45% 2.36%
1980 55,274,184 15,553,105 0.54% 2.39%
1981 55,603,353 15,922,423 0.6% 2.37%
1982 55,806,789 16,297,987 0.37% 2.36%
1983 56,108,330 16,689,119 0.54% 2.4%
1984 56,383,085 17,085,242 0.49% 2.37%
1985 56,665,619 17,477,692 0.5% 2.3%
1986 56,956,002 17,868,124 0.51% 2.23%
1987 57,266,167 18,250,505 0.54% 2.14%
1988 57,598,186 18,638,661 0.58% 2.13%
1989 57,943,062 19,057,807 0.6% 2.25%
1990 58,261,012 19,524,573 0.55% 2.45%
1991 58,554,242 20,036,500 0.5% 2.62%
1992 58,846,584 20,609,707 0.5% 2.86%
1993 59,103,094 21,180,159 0.44% 2.77%
1994 59,324,863 21,717,479 0.38% 2.54%
1995 59,541,294 22,245,439 0.36% 2.43%
1996 59,754,504 22,741,862 0.36% 2.23%
1997 59,968,066 23,219,463 0.36% 2.1%
1998 60,190,684 23,680,357 0.37% 1.98%
1999 60,501,986 24,125,199 0.52% 1.88%
2000 60,918,661 24,546,509 0.69% 1.75%
2001 61,364,377 24,946,748 0.73% 1.63%
2002 61,812,142 25,328,981 0.73% 1.53%
2003 62,249,855 25,688,758 0.71% 1.42%
2004 62,707,588 26,016,656 0.74% 1.28%
2005 63,180,854 26,309,458 0.75% 1.13%
2006 63,622,342 26,565,425 0.7% 0.97%
2007 64,016,890 26,788,492 0.62% 0.84%
2008 64,375,116 26,990,037 0.56% 0.75%
2009 64,706,436 27,173,035 0.51% 0.68%
2010 65,026,211 27,341,952 0.49% 0.62%
2011 65,340,830 27,464,494 0.48% 0.45%
2012 65,657,659 27,534,915 0.48% 0.26%
2013 65,997,932 27,589,996 0.52% 0.2%
2014 66,312,067 27,672,370 0.48% 0.3%
2015 66,548,272 27,823,629 0.36% 0.55%
2016 66,724,104 27,955,462 0.26% 0.47%
2017 66,918,020 28,011,258 0.29% 0.2%
2018 67,158,348 28,079,689 0.36% 0.24%
2019 67,382,061 28,414,064 0.33% 1.19%
2020 67,601,110 28,966,574 0.33% 1.94%
2021 67,842,811 29,475,010 0.36% 1.76%
2022 68,065,015 29,715,436 0.33% 0.82%
2023 68,287,487 29,694,614 0.33% -0.07%
2024 68,516,699 29,651,054 0.34% -0.15%
2025 68,621,995 29,618,120 0.15% -0.11%
2026 68,720,416 29,629,406 0.14% 0.04%
2027 68,814,997 29,727,164 0.14% 0.33%
2028 68,908,044 29,947,588 0.14% 0.74%
2029 69,000,393 30,232,115 0.13% 0.95%
2030 69,092,395 30,509,999 0.13% 0.92%
2031 69,182,139 30,780,916 0.13% 0.89%
2032 69,271,844 31,045,411 0.13% 0.86%
2033 69,361,763 31,304,035 0.13% 0.83%
2034 69,453,221 31,555,068 0.13% 0.8%
2035 69,545,666 31,798,003 0.13% 0.77%
2036 69,635,631 32,033,714 0.13% 0.74%
2037 69,723,960 32,262,286 0.13% 0.71%
2038 69,807,163 32,484,801 0.12% 0.69%
2039 69,880,758 32,700,695 0.11% 0.66%
2040 69,948,192 32,909,540 0.1% 0.64%
2041 70,013,748 33,112,254 0.09% 0.62%
2042 70,076,842 33,309,062 0.09% 0.59%
2043 70,130,305 33,499,440 0.08% 0.57%
2044 70,172,822 33,683,331 0.06% 0.55%
2045 70,207,698 33,861,058 0.05% 0.53%
2046 70,232,113 34,032,994 0.03% 0.51%
2047 70,246,945 34,197,261 0.02% 0.48%
2048 70,253,351 34,352,077 0.009% 0.45%
2049 70,249,312 34,500,201 -0.006% 0.43%
2050 70,237,272 34,642,021 -0.02% 0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of France increased by 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, France gained 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2005 and is 23rd in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.

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