Population in France compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

France and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	France	United Kingdom	France	United Kingdom
1960	47,412,964	52,400,000	-	-
1961	47,905,982	52,800,000	1.04%	0.76%
1962	48,389,516	53,250,000	1.01%	0.85%
1963	48,877,567	53,650,000	1.01%	0.75%
1964	49,401,492	54,000,000	1.07%	0.65%
1965	49,877,725	54,348,050	0.96%	0.64%
1966	50,311,637	54,648,500	0.87%	0.55%
1967	50,722,791	54,943,600	0.82%	0.54%
1968	51,112,980	55,211,700	0.77%	0.49%
1969	51,536,014	55,441,750	0.83%	0.42%
1970	52,007,169	55,663,250	0.91%	0.4%
1971	52,499,553	55,896,223	0.95%	0.42%
1972	52,962,356	56,086,065	0.88%	0.34%
1973	53,392,161	56,194,527	0.81%	0.19%
1974	53,746,571	56,229,974	0.66%	0.06%
1975	54,002,853	56,225,800	0.48%	-0.007%
1976	54,232,383	56,211,968	0.43%	-0.02%
1977	54,486,467	56,193,492	0.47%	-0.03%
1978	54,734,030	56,196,504	0.45%	0.005%
1979	54,979,851	56,246,951	0.45%	0.09%
1980	55,274,184	56,314,216	0.54%	0.12%
1981	55,603,353	56,333,829	0.6%	0.03%
1982	55,806,789	56,313,641	0.37%	-0.04%
1983	56,108,330	56,332,848	0.54%	0.03%
1984	56,383,085	56,422,072	0.49%	0.16%
1985	56,665,619	56,550,268	0.5%	0.23%
1986	56,956,002	56,681,396	0.51%	0.23%
1987	57,266,167	56,802,050	0.54%	0.21%
1988	57,598,186	56,928,327	0.58%	0.22%
1989	57,943,062	57,076,711	0.6%	0.26%
1990	58,261,012	57,247,586	0.55%	0.3%
1991	58,554,242	57,424,897	0.5%	0.31%
1992	58,846,584	57,580,402	0.5%	0.27%
1993	59,103,094	57,718,614	0.44%	0.24%
1994	59,324,863	57,865,745	0.38%	0.25%
1995	59,541,294	58,019,030	0.36%	0.26%
1996	59,754,504	58,166,950	0.36%	0.25%
1997	59,968,066	58,316,954	0.36%	0.26%
1998	60,190,684	58,487,141	0.37%	0.29%
1999	60,501,986	58,682,466	0.52%	0.33%
2000	60,918,661	58,892,514	0.69%	0.36%
2001	61,364,377	59,119,673	0.73%	0.39%
2002	61,812,142	59,370,479	0.73%	0.42%
2003	62,249,855	59,647,577	0.71%	0.47%
2004	62,707,588	59,987,905	0.74%	0.57%
2005	63,180,854	60,401,206	0.75%	0.69%
2006	63,622,342	60,846,820	0.7%	0.74%
2007	64,016,890	61,322,463	0.62%	0.78%
2008	64,375,116	61,806,995	0.56%	0.79%
2009	64,706,436	62,276,270	0.51%	0.76%
2010	65,026,211	62,766,365	0.49%	0.79%
2011	65,340,830	63,258,810	0.48%	0.78%
2012	65,657,659	63,711,000	0.48%	0.71%
2013	65,997,932	64,139,000	0.52%	0.67%
2014	66,312,067	64,620,000	0.48%	0.75%
2015	66,548,272	65,088,000	0.36%	0.72%
2016	66,724,104	65,607,000	0.26%	0.8%
2017	66,918,020	65,966,000	0.29%	0.55%
2018	67,158,348	66,289,000	0.36%	0.49%
2019	67,382,061	66,631,000	0.33%	0.52%
2020	67,601,110	66,744,000	0.33%	0.17%
2021	67,842,811	66,984,000	0.36%	0.36%
2022	68,065,015	67,604,000	0.33%	0.93%
2023	68,287,487	68,492,000	0.33%	1.31%
2024	68,516,699	69,226,000	0.34%	1.07%
2025	68,621,995	69,639,673	0.15%	0.6%
2026	68,720,416	70,020,350	0.14%	0.55%
2027	68,814,997	70,382,853	0.14%	0.52%
2028	68,908,044	70,732,699	0.14%	0.5%
2029	69,000,393	71,061,482	0.13%	0.46%
2030	69,092,395	71,377,535	0.13%	0.44%
2031	69,182,139	71,678,351	0.13%	0.42%
2032	69,271,844	71,959,934	0.13%	0.39%
2033	69,361,763	72,234,509	0.13%	0.38%
2034	69,453,221	72,497,650	0.13%	0.36%
2035	69,545,666	72,749,096	0.13%	0.35%
2036	69,635,631	72,990,847	0.13%	0.33%
2037	69,723,960	73,218,850	0.13%	0.31%
2038	69,807,163	73,441,349	0.12%	0.3%
2039	69,880,758	73,658,392	0.11%	0.3%
2040	69,948,192	73,868,334	0.1%	0.29%
2041	70,013,748	74,074,316	0.09%	0.28%
2042	70,076,842	74,275,779	0.09%	0.27%
2043	70,130,305	74,475,035	0.08%	0.27%
2044	70,172,822	74,667,284	0.06%	0.26%
2045	70,207,698	74,848,605	0.05%	0.24%
2046	70,232,113	75,020,949	0.03%	0.23%
2047	70,246,945	75,184,478	0.02%	0.22%
2048	70,253,351	75,337,543	0.009%	0.2%
2049	70,249,312	75,476,141	-0.006%	0.18%
2050	70,237,272	75,600,588	-0.02%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of France increased by 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, France gained 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2005 and is 23rd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.