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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of France was 68,516,699 in 2024 vs 19,009,151 people in Somalia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current France's population is 68,701,054 people compared to 20,177,806 in Somalia.

Population statistics:

  • France's population is 3.4 times bigger than Somalia's.
  • France is ranked the 23rd most populous country in the world, while Somalia is the 66th.
  • The countries together account for 1.08% of the world: 0.83% for France vs 0.24% for Somalia.
  • For the last 10 years, France has had an average growth rate of +0.34% per year vs +3.61% in Somalia.
  • Since 2005, the population of France has increased from 63.2M people to 68.7M (8.74% growth), while Somalia has grown from 10.6M to 20.2M (89.6% growth).
  • France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people compared to the peak of 67.4M people in 2100 for Somalia.

France vs Somalia: live population counter

France Somalia
Current population
68701054
20177806
Population rank 23/197 66/197
Percent of world population 0.83% 0.24%
One net population change
2.29 minutes
48.5 seconds
One birth every
46.6 seconds
40 seconds
One death every
50.2 seconds
2.91 minutes
One migration net change every
5.81 minutes
19.6 minutes
Annual migration change +90,527 +26,859
Daily growth/decline +628 +1,782
Annual growth/decline +229,212 +650,536
Annual growth/decline rate +0.34% +3.54%
Population growth rate rank 147/197 9/197

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

France
Population

Growth rate
Somalia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
France Somalia France Somalia
1960 47,412,964 2,876,331 - -
1961 47,905,982 2,952,054 1.04% 2.63%
1962 48,389,516 3,030,091 1.01% 2.64%
1963 48,877,567 3,110,361 1.01% 2.65%
1964 49,401,492 3,192,796 1.07% 2.65%
1965 49,877,725 3,277,874 0.96% 2.66%
1966 50,311,637 3,365,106 0.87% 2.66%
1967 50,722,791 3,454,537 0.82% 2.66%
1968 51,112,980 3,546,590 0.77% 2.66%
1969 51,536,014 3,641,015 0.83% 2.66%
1970 52,007,169 3,738,448 0.91% 2.68%
1971 52,499,553 3,837,691 0.95% 2.65%
1972 52,962,356 3,939,436 0.88% 2.65%
1973 53,392,161 4,045,592 0.81% 2.69%
1974 53,746,571 4,151,842 0.66% 2.63%
1975 54,002,853 4,257,535 0.48% 2.55%
1976 54,232,383 4,365,812 0.43% 2.54%
1977 54,486,467 4,484,050 0.47% 2.71%
1978 54,734,030 4,814,892 0.45% 7.38%
1979 54,979,851 5,449,117 0.45% 13.2%
1980 55,274,184 5,936,154 0.54% 8.94%
1981 55,603,353 5,982,849 0.6% 0.79%
1982 55,806,789 6,003,840 0.37% 0.35%
1983 56,108,330 6,198,430 0.54% 3.24%
1984 56,383,085 6,428,389 0.49% 3.71%
1985 56,665,619 6,693,289 0.5% 4.12%
1986 56,956,002 6,974,788 0.51% 4.21%
1987 57,266,167 7,228,302 0.54% 3.63%
1988 57,598,186 7,235,360 0.58% 0.1%
1989 57,943,062 7,114,817 0.6% -1.67%
1990 58,261,012 7,082,811 0.55% -0.45%
1991 58,554,242 6,813,760 0.5% -3.8%
1992 58,846,584 6,495,107 0.5% -4.68%
1993 59,103,094 6,681,399 0.44% 2.87%
1994 59,324,863 7,026,797 0.38% 5.17%
1995 59,541,294 7,285,007 0.36% 3.67%
1996 59,754,504 7,554,474 0.36% 3.7%
1997 59,968,066 7,824,525 0.36% 3.57%
1998 60,190,684 8,155,417 0.37% 4.23%
1999 60,501,986 8,492,059 0.52% 4.13%
2000 60,918,661 8,838,713 0.69% 4.08%
2001 61,364,377 9,198,493 0.73% 4.07%
2002 61,812,142 9,550,063 0.73% 3.82%
2003 62,249,855 9,909,157 0.71% 3.76%
2004 62,707,588 10,280,998 0.74% 3.75%
2005 63,180,854 10,644,228 0.75% 3.53%
2006 63,622,342 10,975,502 0.7% 3.11%
2007 64,016,890 11,322,582 0.62% 3.16%
2008 64,375,116 11,663,084 0.56% 3.01%
2009 64,706,436 11,961,201 0.51% 2.56%
2010 65,026,211 12,261,756 0.49% 2.51%
2011 65,340,830 12,348,830 0.48% 0.71%
2012 65,657,659 12,461,160 0.48% 0.91%
2013 65,997,932 12,869,594 0.52% 3.28%
2014 66,312,067 13,339,491 0.48% 3.65%
2015 66,548,272 13,806,963 0.36% 3.5%
2016 66,724,104 14,348,740 0.26% 3.92%
2017 66,918,020 14,916,629 0.29% 3.96%
2018 67,158,348 15,452,487 0.36% 3.59%
2019 67,382,061 16,030,971 0.33% 3.74%
2020 67,601,110 16,651,191 0.33% 3.87%
2021 67,842,811 17,271,431 0.36% 3.72%
2022 68,065,015 17,801,897 0.33% 3.07%
2023 68,287,487 18,358,615 0.33% 3.13%
2024 68,516,699 19,009,151 0.34% 3.54%
2025 68,621,995 19,654,737 0.15% 3.4%
2026 68,720,416 20,305,905 0.14% 3.31%
2027 68,814,997 20,959,056 0.14% 3.22%
2028 68,908,044 21,601,810 0.14% 3.07%
2029 69,000,393 22,247,714 0.13% 2.99%
2030 69,092,395 22,915,042 0.13% 3%
2031 69,182,139 23,589,793 0.13% 2.94%
2032 69,271,844 24,258,789 0.13% 2.84%
2033 69,361,763 24,921,830 0.13% 2.73%
2034 69,453,221 25,593,666 0.13% 2.7%
2035 69,545,666 26,294,943 0.13% 2.74%
2036 69,635,631 27,009,199 0.13% 2.72%
2037 69,723,960 27,731,170 0.13% 2.67%
2038 69,807,163 28,455,755 0.12% 2.61%
2039 69,880,758 29,167,897 0.11% 2.5%
2040 69,948,192 29,896,286 0.1% 2.5%
2041 70,013,748 30,635,956 0.09% 2.47%
2042 70,076,842 31,350,028 0.09% 2.33%
2043 70,130,305 32,057,980 0.08% 2.26%
2044 70,172,822 32,780,417 0.06% 2.25%
2045 70,207,698 33,510,163 0.05% 2.23%
2046 70,232,113 34,248,030 0.03% 2.2%
2047 70,246,945 34,996,366 0.02% 2.19%
2048 70,253,351 35,743,960 0.009% 2.14%
2049 70,249,312 36,474,683 -0.006% 2.04%
2050 70,237,272 37,206,497 -0.02% 2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of France increased by 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, France gained 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2005 and is 23rd in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.

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