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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of France was 68,516,699 in 2024 vs 27,032,412 people in Niger in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current France's population is 68,701,054 people compared to 28,638,403 in Niger.

Population statistics:

  • France's population is 2.4 times bigger than Niger's.
  • France is ranked the 23rd most populous country in the world, while Niger is the 53rd.
  • The countries together account for 1.18% of the world: 0.83% for France vs 0.35% for Niger.
  • For the last 10 years, France has had an average growth rate of +0.34% per year vs +3.5% in Niger.
  • Since 2005, the population of France has increased from 63.2M people to 68.7M (8.74% growth), while Niger has grown from 13.8M to 28.6M (108.2% growth).
  • France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people compared to the peak of 90.8M people in 2100 for Niger.

France vs Niger: live population counter

France Niger
Current population
68701054
28638403
Population rank 23/197 53/197
Percent of world population 0.83% 0.35%
One net population change
2.29 minutes
36.1 seconds
One birth every
46.6 seconds
28.8 seconds
One death every
50.2 seconds
2.27 minutes
One migration net change every
5.81 minutes
2.17 hours
Annual migration change +90,527 -4,041
Daily growth/decline +628 +2,391
Annual growth/decline +229,212 +872,545
Annual growth/decline rate +0.34% +3.34%
Population growth rate rank 147/197 11/197

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

France
Population

Growth rate
Niger
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
France Niger France Niger
1960 47,412,964 3,505,050 - -
1961 47,905,982 3,608,162 1.04% 2.94%
1962 48,389,516 3,714,520 1.01% 2.95%
1963 48,877,567 3,823,873 1.01% 2.94%
1964 49,401,492 3,935,814 1.07% 2.93%
1965 49,877,725 4,049,695 0.96% 2.89%
1966 50,311,637 4,165,544 0.87% 2.86%
1967 50,722,791 4,283,590 0.82% 2.83%
1968 51,112,980 4,403,637 0.77% 2.8%
1969 51,536,014 4,525,725 0.83% 2.77%
1970 52,007,169 4,650,275 0.91% 2.75%
1971 52,499,553 4,776,225 0.95% 2.71%
1972 52,962,356 4,904,845 0.88% 2.69%
1973 53,392,161 5,037,865 0.81% 2.71%
1974 53,746,571 5,174,953 0.66% 2.72%
1975 54,002,853 5,317,019 0.48% 2.75%
1976 54,232,383 5,464,962 0.43% 2.78%
1977 54,486,467 5,619,716 0.47% 2.83%
1978 54,734,030 5,782,932 0.45% 2.9%
1979 54,979,851 5,955,556 0.45% 2.99%
1980 55,274,184 6,135,971 0.54% 3.03%
1981 55,603,353 6,322,006 0.6% 3.03%
1982 55,806,789 6,512,732 0.37% 3.02%
1983 56,108,330 6,708,644 0.54% 3.01%
1984 56,383,085 6,909,971 0.49% 3%
1985 56,665,619 7,118,457 0.5% 3.02%
1986 56,956,002 7,335,811 0.51% 3.05%
1987 57,266,167 7,561,150 0.54% 3.07%
1988 57,598,186 7,793,748 0.58% 3.08%
1989 57,943,062 8,034,780 0.6% 3.09%
1990 58,261,012 8,286,059 0.55% 3.13%
1991 58,554,242 8,546,900 0.5% 3.15%
1992 58,846,584 8,817,633 0.5% 3.17%
1993 59,103,094 9,100,789 0.44% 3.21%
1994 59,324,863 9,398,258 0.38% 3.27%
1995 59,541,294 9,714,529 0.36% 3.37%
1996 59,754,504 10,044,852 0.36% 3.4%
1997 59,968,066 10,383,969 0.36% 3.38%
1998 60,190,684 10,741,413 0.37% 3.44%
1999 60,501,986 11,117,411 0.52% 3.5%
2000 60,918,661 11,509,630 0.69% 3.53%
2001 61,364,377 11,920,647 0.73% 3.57%
2002 61,812,142 12,349,144 0.73% 3.59%
2003 62,249,855 12,796,984 0.71% 3.63%
2004 62,707,588 13,265,836 0.74% 3.66%
2005 63,180,854 13,756,192 0.75% 3.7%
2006 63,622,342 14,268,581 0.7% 3.72%
2007 64,016,890 14,803,610 0.62% 3.75%
2008 64,375,116 15,361,915 0.56% 3.77%
2009 64,706,436 15,943,675 0.51% 3.79%
2010 65,026,211 16,548,835 0.49% 3.8%
2011 65,340,830 17,176,283 0.48% 3.79%
2012 65,657,659 17,836,769 0.48% 3.85%
2013 65,997,932 18,519,898 0.52% 3.83%
2014 66,312,067 19,215,909 0.48% 3.76%
2015 66,548,272 19,939,498 0.36% 3.77%
2016 66,724,104 20,685,753 0.26% 3.74%
2017 66,918,020 21,435,446 0.29% 3.62%
2018 67,158,348 22,188,069 0.36% 3.51%
2019 67,382,061 22,947,757 0.33% 3.42%
2020 67,601,110 23,717,613 0.33% 3.35%
2021 67,842,811 24,502,140 0.36% 3.31%
2022 68,065,015 25,311,973 0.33% 3.31%
2023 68,287,487 26,159,867 0.33% 3.35%
2024 68,516,699 27,032,412 0.34% 3.34%
2025 68,621,995 27,917,825 0.15% 3.28%
2026 68,720,416 28,814,872 0.14% 3.21%
2027 68,814,997 29,723,688 0.14% 3.15%
2028 68,908,044 30,643,561 0.14% 3.09%
2029 69,000,393 31,575,091 0.13% 3.04%
2030 69,092,395 32,518,069 0.13% 2.99%
2031 69,182,139 33,469,616 0.13% 2.93%
2032 69,271,844 34,428,638 0.13% 2.87%
2033 69,361,763 35,397,029 0.13% 2.81%
2034 69,453,221 36,372,374 0.13% 2.76%
2035 69,545,666 37,353,462 0.13% 2.7%
2036 69,635,631 38,340,142 0.13% 2.64%
2037 69,723,960 39,330,372 0.13% 2.58%
2038 69,807,163 40,323,460 0.12% 2.52%
2039 69,880,758 41,318,407 0.11% 2.47%
2040 69,948,192 42,316,733 0.1% 2.42%
2041 70,013,748 43,319,236 0.09% 2.37%
2042 70,076,842 44,326,115 0.09% 2.32%
2043 70,130,305 45,337,248 0.08% 2.28%
2044 70,172,822 46,353,160 0.06% 2.24%
2045 70,207,698 47,374,113 0.05% 2.2%
2046 70,232,113 48,397,993 0.03% 2.16%
2047 70,246,945 49,423,853 0.02% 2.12%
2048 70,253,351 50,452,202 0.009% 2.08%
2049 70,249,312 51,482,559 -0.006% 2.04%
2050 70,237,272 52,513,870 -0.02% 2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of France increased by 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth), while Niger gained 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, France gained 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2005 and is 23rd in 2025. Niger was ranked 65th in 2005 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.

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