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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of France was 68,516,699 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current France's population is 68,701,054 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • France's population is 106.6 times bigger than Suriname's.
  • France is ranked the 23rd most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.84% of the world: 0.83% for France vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, France has had an average growth rate of +0.34% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of France has increased from 63.2M people to 68.7M (8.74% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people compared to the peak of 753K people in 2071 for Suriname.

France vs Suriname: live population counter

France Suriname
Current population
68701054
644193
Population rank 23/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.83% 0.008%
One net population change
2.29 minutes
1.58 hours
One birth every
46.6 seconds
48.3 minutes
One death every
50.2 seconds
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
5.81 minutes
7.51 hours
Annual migration change +90,527 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +628 +15
Annual growth/decline +229,212 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +0.34% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 147/197 110/197

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

France
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
France Suriname France Suriname
1960 47,412,964 263,918 - -
1961 47,905,982 272,791 1.04% 3.36%
1962 48,389,516 283,912 1.01% 4.08%
1963 48,877,567 297,034 1.01% 4.62%
1964 49,401,492 309,041 1.07% 4.04%
1965 49,877,725 320,000 0.96% 3.55%
1966 50,311,637 331,135 0.87% 3.48%
1967 50,722,791 342,679 0.82% 3.49%
1968 51,112,980 354,616 0.77% 3.48%
1969 51,536,014 366,906 0.83% 3.47%
1970 52,007,169 379,442 0.91% 3.42%
1971 52,499,553 391,932 0.95% 3.29%
1972 52,962,356 397,413 0.88% 1.4%
1973 53,392,161 395,772 0.81% -0.41%
1974 53,746,571 393,676 0.66% -0.53%
1975 54,002,853 391,170 0.48% -0.64%
1976 54,232,383 388,289 0.43% -0.74%
1977 54,486,467 385,067 0.47% -0.83%
1978 54,734,030 381,502 0.45% -0.93%
1979 54,979,851 377,602 0.45% -1.02%
1980 55,274,184 375,377 0.54% -0.59%
1981 55,603,353 375,459 0.6% 0.02%
1982 55,806,789 376,555 0.37% 0.29%
1983 56,108,330 378,746 0.54% 0.58%
1984 56,383,085 382,193 0.49% 0.91%
1985 56,665,619 386,972 0.5% 1.25%
1986 56,956,002 392,330 0.51% 1.38%
1987 57,266,167 396,911 0.54% 1.17%
1988 57,598,186 402,227 0.58% 1.34%
1989 57,943,062 408,409 0.6% 1.54%
1990 58,261,012 412,493 0.55% 1%
1991 58,554,242 415,013 0.5% 0.61%
1992 58,846,584 417,589 0.5% 0.62%
1993 59,103,094 419,352 0.44% 0.42%
1994 59,324,863 422,375 0.38% 0.72%
1995 59,541,294 429,606 0.36% 1.71%
1996 59,754,504 438,830 0.36% 2.15%
1997 59,968,066 448,067 0.36% 2.1%
1998 60,190,684 457,406 0.37% 2.08%
1999 60,501,986 466,916 0.52% 2.08%
2000 60,918,661 476,643 0.69% 2.08%
2001 61,364,377 486,560 0.73% 2.08%
2002 61,812,142 496,551 0.73% 2.05%
2003 62,249,855 506,414 0.71% 1.99%
2004 62,707,588 513,923 0.74% 1.48%
2005 63,180,854 519,313 0.75% 1.05%
2006 63,622,342 524,997 0.7% 1.09%
2007 64,016,890 531,016 0.62% 1.15%
2008 64,375,116 537,245 0.56% 1.17%
2009 64,706,436 543,568 0.51% 1.18%
2010 65,026,211 549,923 0.49% 1.17%
2011 65,340,830 556,269 0.48% 1.15%
2012 65,657,659 562,633 0.48% 1.14%
2013 65,997,932 569,020 0.52% 1.14%
2014 66,312,067 575,373 0.48% 1.12%
2015 66,548,272 581,627 0.36% 1.09%
2016 66,724,104 587,757 0.26% 1.05%
2017 66,918,020 593,713 0.29% 1.01%
2018 67,158,348 599,513 0.36% 0.98%
2019 67,382,061 605,768 0.33% 1.04%
2020 67,601,110 612,317 0.33% 1.08%
2021 67,842,811 617,896 0.36% 0.91%
2022 68,065,015 623,164 0.33% 0.85%
2023 68,287,487 628,886 0.33% 0.92%
2024 68,516,699 634,431 0.34% 0.88%
2025 68,621,995 639,852 0.15% 0.85%
2026 68,720,416 645,257 0.14% 0.84%
2027 68,814,997 650,564 0.14% 0.82%
2028 68,908,044 655,783 0.14% 0.8%
2029 69,000,393 660,793 0.13% 0.76%
2030 69,092,395 665,650 0.13% 0.74%
2031 69,182,139 670,421 0.13% 0.72%
2032 69,271,844 675,070 0.13% 0.69%
2033 69,361,763 679,573 0.13% 0.67%
2034 69,453,221 683,911 0.13% 0.64%
2035 69,545,666 688,189 0.13% 0.63%
2036 69,635,631 692,343 0.13% 0.6%
2037 69,723,960 696,213 0.13% 0.56%
2038 69,807,163 699,908 0.12% 0.53%
2039 69,880,758 703,569 0.11% 0.52%
2040 69,948,192 707,156 0.1% 0.51%
2041 70,013,748 710,619 0.09% 0.49%
2042 70,076,842 713,900 0.09% 0.46%
2043 70,130,305 716,999 0.08% 0.43%
2044 70,172,822 719,920 0.06% 0.41%
2045 70,207,698 722,759 0.05% 0.39%
2046 70,232,113 725,322 0.03% 0.35%
2047 70,246,945 727,726 0.02% 0.33%
2048 70,253,351 730,038 0.009% 0.32%
2049 70,249,312 732,021 -0.006% 0.27%
2050 70,237,272 733,898 -0.02% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of France increased by 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, France gained 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2005 and is 23rd in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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