The latest officially reported population of France was 68,551,653 in 2024 vs 1,824,359 people in North Macedonia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current France's population is 68,756,508 people compared to 1,805,395 in North Macedonia.
Population statistics:
- France's population is 38.1 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
- France is ranked the 23rd most populous country in the world, while North Macedonia is the 150th.
- The countries together account for 0.85% of the world: 0.83% for France vs 0.02% for North Macedonia.
- For the last 10 years, France has had an average growth rate of +0.35% per year vs -0.48% in North Macedonia.
- Since 2006, the population of France has increased from 63.6M people to 68.8M (8.07% growth), while North Macedonia has declined from 1.99M to 1.81M (9.47% decline).
- France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people, while North Macedonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 2.06M people and is projected to decrease to 864K people by 2100.
France vs North Macedonia: live population counter
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| Current population |
68756508
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1805395
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| Population rank | 23/197 | 150/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.83% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
2.93 minutes
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2.53 hours
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| One birth every |
46.6 seconds
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31.3 minutes
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| One death every |
50.1 seconds
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26.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 minutes
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1.53 hours
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| Annual migration change | +90,527 | -5,728 |
| Daily growth/decline | +491 | -9 |
| Annual growth/decline | +179,367 | -3,457 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.26% | -0.19% |
| Population growth rate rank | 153/197 | 177/197 |
France and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 47,412,964 | 1,435,059 | - | - |
| 1961 | 47,905,982 | 1,455,171 | 1.04% | 1.4% |
| 1962 | 48,389,516 | 1,471,745 | 1.01% | 1.14% |
| 1963 | 48,877,567 | 1,488,737 | 1.01% | 1.15% |
| 1964 | 49,401,492 | 1,510,900 | 1.07% | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 49,877,725 | 1,533,466 | 0.96% | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 50,311,637 | 1,557,349 | 0.87% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 50,722,791 | 1,582,492 | 0.82% | 1.61% |
| 1968 | 51,112,980 | 1,608,930 | 0.77% | 1.67% |
| 1969 | 51,536,014 | 1,636,345 | 0.83% | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 52,007,169 | 1,664,208 | 0.91% | 1.7% |
| 1971 | 52,499,553 | 1,691,216 | 0.95% | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 52,962,356 | 1,717,395 | 0.88% | 1.55% |
| 1973 | 53,392,161 | 1,743,816 | 0.81% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 53,746,571 | 1,770,545 | 0.66% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 54,002,853 | 1,797,972 | 0.48% | 1.55% |
| 1976 | 54,232,383 | 1,825,830 | 0.43% | 1.55% |
| 1977 | 54,486,467 | 1,853,138 | 0.47% | 1.5% |
| 1978 | 54,734,030 | 1,879,847 | 0.45% | 1.44% |
| 1979 | 54,979,851 | 1,906,523 | 0.45% | 1.42% |
| 1980 | 55,274,184 | 1,933,038 | 0.54% | 1.39% |
| 1981 | 55,603,353 | 1,959,065 | 0.6% | 1.35% |
| 1982 | 55,806,789 | 1,978,956 | 0.37% | 1.02% |
| 1983 | 56,108,330 | 1,991,901 | 0.54% | 0.65% |
| 1984 | 56,383,085 | 2,003,399 | 0.49% | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 56,665,619 | 2,014,331 | 0.5% | 0.55% |
| 1986 | 56,956,002 | 2,024,732 | 0.51% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 57,266,167 | 2,035,157 | 0.54% | 0.51% |
| 1988 | 57,598,186 | 2,045,737 | 0.58% | 0.52% |
| 1989 | 57,943,062 | 2,055,649 | 0.6% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 58,261,012 | 2,063,689 | 0.55% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 58,554,242 | 2,055,994 | 0.5% | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 58,846,584 | 2,032,523 | 0.5% | -1.14% |
| 1993 | 59,103,094 | 2,006,854 | 0.44% | -1.26% |
| 1994 | 59,324,863 | 1,992,666 | 0.38% | -0.71% |
| 1995 | 59,541,294 | 1,998,534 | 0.36% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 59,754,504 | 2,012,553 | 0.36% | 0.7% |
| 1997 | 59,968,066 | 1,996,869 | 0.36% | -0.78% |
| 1998 | 60,190,684 | 2,007,523 | 0.37% | 0.53% |
| 1999 | 60,501,986 | 2,017,142 | 0.52% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 60,918,661 | 2,026,350 | 0.69% | 0.46% |
| 2001 | 61,364,377 | 2,034,882 | 0.73% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 61,812,142 | 2,020,157 | 0.73% | -0.72% |
| 2003 | 62,249,855 | 2,022,725 | 0.71% | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 62,707,588 | 2,016,186 | 0.74% | -0.32% |
| 2005 | 63,180,854 | 2,005,330 | 0.75% | -0.54% |
| 2006 | 63,622,342 | 1,994,287 | 0.7% | -0.55% |
| 2007 | 64,016,890 | 1,982,933 | 0.62% | -0.57% |
| 2008 | 64,375,116 | 1,971,493 | 0.56% | -0.58% |
| 2009 | 64,706,436 | 1,958,782 | 0.51% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 65,026,211 | 1,946,298 | 0.49% | -0.64% |
| 2011 | 65,340,830 | 1,937,398 | 0.48% | -0.46% |
| 2012 | 65,657,659 | 1,929,821 | 0.48% | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 65,997,932 | 1,922,716 | 0.52% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 66,312,067 | 1,917,557 | 0.48% | -0.27% |
| 2015 | 66,548,272 | 1,912,430 | 0.36% | -0.27% |
| 2016 | 66,724,104 | 1,906,313 | 0.26% | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 66,918,020 | 1,898,657 | 0.29% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 67,158,348 | 1,889,051 | 0.36% | -0.51% |
| 2019 | 67,382,061 | 1,876,262 | 0.33% | -0.68% |
| 2020 | 67,601,110 | 1,856,124 | 0.33% | -1.07% |
| 2021 | 67,842,811 | 1,837,114 | 0.36% | -1.02% |
| 2022 | 68,184,457 | 1,831,712 | 0.5% | -0.29% |
| 2023 | 68,372,286 | 1,827,816 | 0.28% | -0.21% |
| 2024 | 68,551,653 | 1,824,359 | 0.26% | -0.19% |
| 2025 | 68,657,003 | 1,815,133 | 0.15% | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 68,755,474 | 1,805,395 | 0.14% | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 68,850,103 | 1,795,422 | 0.14% | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 68,943,198 | 1,785,331 | 0.14% | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 69,035,594 | 1,774,860 | 0.13% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 69,127,642 | 1,763,791 | 0.13% | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 69,217,432 | 1,752,330 | 0.13% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 69,307,184 | 1,740,795 | 0.13% | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 69,397,148 | 1,729,225 | 0.13% | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 69,488,653 | 1,717,480 | 0.13% | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 69,581,145 | 1,705,456 | 0.13% | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 69,671,156 | 1,693,196 | 0.13% | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 69,759,529 | 1,680,741 | 0.13% | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 69,842,775 | 1,668,308 | 0.12% | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 69,916,407 | 1,655,824 | 0.11% | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 69,983,876 | 1,643,124 | 0.1% | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 70,049,466 | 1,630,336 | 0.09% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 70,112,592 | 1,617,428 | 0.09% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 70,166,082 | 1,604,359 | 0.08% | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 70,208,621 | 1,591,423 | 0.06% | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 70,243,515 | 1,578,519 | 0.05% | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 70,267,943 | 1,565,479 | 0.03% | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 70,282,782 | 1,552,566 | 0.02% | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 70,289,191 | 1,539,797 | 0.009% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 70,285,150 | 1,526,883 | -0.006% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 70,273,103 | 1,513,804 | -0.02% | -0.86% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of France increased by 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, France gained 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).
France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2006 and is 23rd in 2026. North Macedonia was ranked 142nd in 2006 and ranked 150th 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 North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.
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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Population differences between France and North Macedonia
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| Life expectancy | 83.7 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 42.6 years | 41.2 years |
| Median age | 43 years | 41.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 48.6:51.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.66 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 329 ppl/mi² | 187.4 ppl/mi² |
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