The latest officially reported population of France was 68,551,653 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current France's population is 68,756,508 people compared to 23,205,944 in Taiwan.
Population statistics:
- France's population is 2.96 times bigger than Taiwan's.
- France is ranked the 23rd most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
- The countries together account for 1.11% of the world: 0.83% for France vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
- For the last 10 years, France has had an average growth rate of +0.35% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
- Since 2006, the population of France has increased from 63.6M people to 68.8M (8.07% growth), while Taiwan has grown from 22.8M to 23.2M (1.68% growth).
- France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people, while Taiwan's population already peaked in 2019 at 23.6M people and is projected to decrease to 10.1M people by 2100.
France vs Taiwan: live population counter
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| Current population |
68756508
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23205944
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| Population rank | 23/197 | 60/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.83% | 0.28% |
| One net population change |
2.93 minutes
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7.75 minutes
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| One birth every |
46.6 seconds
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3.9 minutes
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| One death every |
50.1 seconds
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2.6 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.81 minutes
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11.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +90,527 | +47,029 |
| Daily growth/decline | +491 | +186 |
| Annual growth/decline | +179,367 | +67,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.26% | +0.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 153/197 | 151/197 |
France and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 47,412,964 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 47,905,982 | 11,030,385 | 1.04% | - |
| 1962 | 48,389,516 | 11,392,513 | 1.01% | 3.28% |
| 1963 | 48,877,567 | 11,762,101 | 1.01% | 3.24% |
| 1964 | 49,401,492 | 12,137,143 | 1.07% | 3.19% |
| 1965 | 49,877,725 | 12,511,863 | 0.96% | 3.09% |
| 1966 | 50,311,637 | 12,874,153 | 0.87% | 2.9% |
| 1967 | 50,722,791 | 13,210,344 | 0.82% | 2.61% |
| 1968 | 51,112,980 | 13,548,537 | 0.77% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 51,536,014 | 14,068,984 | 0.83% | 3.84% |
| 1970 | 52,007,169 | 14,582,944 | 0.91% | 3.65% |
| 1971 | 52,499,553 | 14,913,564 | 0.95% | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 52,962,356 | 15,220,495 | 0.88% | 2.06% |
| 1973 | 53,392,161 | 15,505,121 | 0.81% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 53,746,571 | 15,784,817 | 0.66% | 1.8% |
| 1975 | 54,002,853 | 16,075,128 | 0.48% | 1.84% |
| 1976 | 54,232,383 | 16,401,413 | 0.43% | 2.03% |
| 1977 | 54,486,467 | 16,730,895 | 0.47% | 2.01% |
| 1978 | 54,734,030 | 17,042,272 | 0.45% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 54,979,851 | 17,372,779 | 0.45% | 1.94% |
| 1980 | 55,274,184 | 17,704,538 | 0.54% | 1.91% |
| 1981 | 55,603,353 | 18,029,982 | 0.6% | 1.84% |
| 1982 | 55,806,789 | 18,354,855 | 0.37% | 1.8% |
| 1983 | 56,108,330 | 18,653,146 | 0.54% | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 56,383,085 | 18,929,866 | 0.49% | 1.48% |
| 1985 | 56,665,619 | 19,191,510 | 0.5% | 1.38% |
| 1986 | 56,956,002 | 19,411,454 | 0.51% | 1.15% |
| 1987 | 57,266,167 | 19,617,046 | 0.54% | 1.06% |
| 1988 | 57,598,186 | 19,839,704 | 0.58% | 1.14% |
| 1989 | 57,943,062 | 20,055,492 | 0.6% | 1.09% |
| 1990 | 58,261,012 | 20,278,946 | 0.55% | 1.11% |
| 1991 | 58,554,242 | 20,503,568 | 0.5% | 1.11% |
| 1992 | 58,846,584 | 20,704,227 | 0.5% | 0.98% |
| 1993 | 59,103,094 | 20,899,019 | 0.44% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 59,324,863 | 21,086,645 | 0.38% | 0.9% |
| 1995 | 59,541,294 | 21,267,653 | 0.36% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 59,754,504 | 21,441,432 | 0.36% | 0.82% |
| 1997 | 59,968,066 | 21,634,124 | 0.36% | 0.9% |
| 1998 | 60,190,684 | 21,835,703 | 0.37% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 60,501,986 | 22,010,489 | 0.52% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 60,918,661 | 22,184,530 | 0.69% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 61,364,377 | 22,341,120 | 0.73% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 61,812,142 | 22,463,172 | 0.73% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 62,249,855 | 22,562,663 | 0.71% | 0.44% |
| 2004 | 62,707,588 | 22,646,836 | 0.74% | 0.37% |
| 2005 | 63,180,854 | 22,729,753 | 0.75% | 0.37% |
| 2006 | 63,622,342 | 22,823,455 | 0.7% | 0.41% |
| 2007 | 64,016,890 | 22,917,444 | 0.62% | 0.41% |
| 2008 | 64,375,116 | 22,997,696 | 0.56% | 0.35% |
| 2009 | 64,706,436 | 23,078,402 | 0.51% | 0.35% |
| 2010 | 65,026,211 | 23,140,948 | 0.49% | 0.27% |
| 2011 | 65,340,830 | 23,193,518 | 0.48% | 0.23% |
| 2012 | 65,657,659 | 23,270,367 | 0.48% | 0.33% |
| 2013 | 65,997,932 | 23,344,670 | 0.52% | 0.32% |
| 2014 | 66,312,067 | 23,403,635 | 0.48% | 0.25% |
| 2015 | 66,548,272 | 23,462,914 | 0.36% | 0.25% |
| 2016 | 66,724,104 | 23,515,945 | 0.26% | 0.23% |
| 2017 | 66,918,020 | 23,555,522 | 0.29% | 0.17% |
| 2018 | 67,158,348 | 23,580,080 | 0.36% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 67,382,061 | 23,596,027 | 0.33% | 0.07% |
| 2020 | 67,601,110 | 23,582,179 | 0.33% | -0.06% |
| 2021 | 67,842,811 | 23,468,275 | 0.36% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 68,184,457 | 23,319,977 | 0.5% | -0.63% |
| 2023 | 68,372,286 | 23,342,541 | 0.28% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 68,551,653 | 23,410,331 | 0.26% | 0.29% |
| 2025 | 68,657,003 | 23,308,308 | 0.15% | -0.44% |
| 2026 | 68,755,474 | 23,205,944 | 0.14% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 68,850,103 | 23,102,120 | 0.14% | -0.45% |
| 2028 | 68,943,198 | 22,996,693 | 0.14% | -0.46% |
| 2029 | 69,035,594 | 22,890,335 | 0.13% | -0.46% |
| 2030 | 69,127,642 | 22,781,040 | 0.13% | -0.48% |
| 2031 | 69,217,432 | 22,667,327 | 0.13% | -0.5% |
| 2032 | 69,307,184 | 22,549,689 | 0.13% | -0.52% |
| 2033 | 69,397,148 | 22,428,721 | 0.13% | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 69,488,653 | 22,302,402 | 0.13% | -0.56% |
| 2035 | 69,581,145 | 22,170,689 | 0.13% | -0.59% |
| 2036 | 69,671,156 | 22,034,775 | 0.13% | -0.61% |
| 2037 | 69,759,529 | 21,893,029 | 0.13% | -0.64% |
| 2038 | 69,842,775 | 21,746,001 | 0.12% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 69,916,407 | 21,594,236 | 0.11% | -0.7% |
| 2040 | 69,983,876 | 21,436,947 | 0.1% | -0.73% |
| 2041 | 70,049,466 | 21,274,187 | 0.09% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 70,112,592 | 21,105,682 | 0.09% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 70,166,082 | 20,932,105 | 0.08% | -0.82% |
| 2044 | 70,208,621 | 20,754,623 | 0.06% | -0.85% |
| 2045 | 70,243,515 | 20,571,741 | 0.05% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 70,267,943 | 20,384,903 | 0.03% | -0.91% |
| 2047 | 70,282,782 | 20,194,425 | 0.02% | -0.93% |
| 2048 | 70,289,191 | 19,999,753 | 0.009% | -0.96% |
| 2049 | 70,285,150 | 19,801,293 | -0.006% | -0.99% |
| 2050 | 70,273,103 | 19,598,997 | -0.02% | -1.02% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of France increased by 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth), while Taiwan gained 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, France gained 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -310,001 (a 1.32% decline).
France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2006 and is 23rd in 2026. Taiwan was ranked 49th in 2006 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.
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 Taiwan
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| Life expectancy | 83.7 years | 81.1 years |
| Average age | 42.6 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 43 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.5:51.5 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.66 births per woman | 0.89 births per woman |
| Population density | 329 ppl/mi² | 1,675 ppl/mi² |
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