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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of France was 68,551,653 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current France's population is 68,756,508 people compared to 342,645 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • France's population is 200.7 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • France is ranked the 23rd most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.83% of the world: 0.83% for France vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, France has had an average growth rate of +0.35% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2006, the population of France has increased from 63.6M people to 68.8M (8.07% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 216K to 343K (58.7% growth).
  • France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

France vs Vanuatu: live population counter

France Vanuatu
Current population
68756508
342645
Population rank 23/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.83% 0.004%
One net population change
2.93 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
46.6 seconds
58.5 minutes
One death every
50.1 seconds
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
5.81 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change +90,527 -43
Daily growth/decline +491 +20
Annual growth/decline +179,367 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +0.26% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 153/197 38/197

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

France
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
France Vanuatu France Vanuatu
1960 47,412,964 64,431 - -
1961 47,905,982 66,264 1.04% 2.84%
1962 48,389,516 68,174 1.01% 2.88%
1963 48,877,567 70,159 1.01% 2.91%
1964 49,401,492 72,219 1.07% 2.94%
1965 49,877,725 74,358 0.96% 2.96%
1966 50,311,637 76,590 0.87% 3%
1967 50,722,791 78,921 0.82% 3.04%
1968 51,112,980 81,314 0.77% 3.03%
1969 51,536,014 83,755 0.83% 3%
1970 52,007,169 86,266 0.91% 3%
1971 52,499,553 88,862 0.95% 3.01%
1972 52,962,356 91,562 0.88% 3.04%
1973 53,392,161 94,362 0.81% 3.06%
1974 53,746,571 97,260 0.66% 3.07%
1975 54,002,853 100,269 0.48% 3.09%
1976 54,232,383 103,388 0.43% 3.11%
1977 54,486,467 106,618 0.47% 3.12%
1978 54,734,030 109,963 0.45% 3.14%
1979 54,979,851 113,040 0.45% 2.8%
1980 55,274,184 115,660 0.54% 2.32%
1981 55,603,353 118,249 0.6% 2.24%
1982 55,806,789 121,035 0.37% 2.36%
1983 56,108,330 123,998 0.54% 2.45%
1984 56,383,085 127,109 0.49% 2.51%
1985 56,665,619 130,356 0.5% 2.55%
1986 56,956,002 133,720 0.51% 2.58%
1987 57,266,167 137,187 0.54% 2.59%
1988 57,598,186 140,756 0.58% 2.6%
1989 57,943,062 144,393 0.6% 2.58%
1990 58,261,012 148,063 0.55% 2.54%
1991 58,554,242 151,793 0.5% 2.52%
1992 58,846,584 155,608 0.5% 2.51%
1993 59,103,094 159,463 0.44% 2.48%
1994 59,324,863 163,314 0.38% 2.41%
1995 59,541,294 167,137 0.36% 2.34%
1996 59,754,504 170,911 0.36% 2.26%
1997 59,968,066 174,626 0.36% 2.17%
1998 60,190,684 178,313 0.37% 2.11%
1999 60,501,986 182,048 0.52% 2.09%
2000 60,918,661 186,281 0.69% 2.33%
2001 61,364,377 191,031 0.73% 2.55%
2002 61,812,142 195,863 0.73% 2.53%
2003 62,249,855 200,746 0.71% 2.49%
2004 62,707,588 205,711 0.74% 2.47%
2005 63,180,854 210,760 0.75% 2.45%
2006 63,622,342 215,923 0.7% 2.45%
2007 64,016,890 221,276 0.62% 2.48%
2008 64,375,116 226,896 0.56% 2.54%
2009 64,706,436 232,731 0.51% 2.57%
2010 65,026,211 238,248 0.49% 2.37%
2011 65,340,830 243,474 0.48% 2.19%
2012 65,657,659 248,883 0.48% 2.22%
2013 65,997,932 254,482 0.52% 2.25%
2014 66,312,067 260,240 0.48% 2.26%
2015 66,548,272 266,101 0.36% 2.25%
2016 66,724,104 272,087 0.26% 2.25%
2017 66,918,020 278,507 0.29% 2.36%
2018 67,158,348 285,259 0.36% 2.42%
2019 67,382,061 291,985 0.33% 2.36%
2020 67,601,110 298,858 0.33% 2.35%
2021 67,842,811 305,868 0.36% 2.35%
2022 68,184,457 313,046 0.5% 2.35%
2023 68,372,286 320,409 0.28% 2.35%
2024 68,551,653 327,777 0.26% 2.3%
2025 68,657,003 335,169 0.15% 2.26%
2026 68,755,474 342,565 0.14% 2.21%
2027 68,850,103 349,970 0.14% 2.16%
2028 68,943,198 357,397 0.14% 2.12%
2029 69,035,594 364,883 0.13% 2.09%
2030 69,127,642 372,429 0.13% 2.07%
2031 69,217,432 380,015 0.13% 2.04%
2032 69,307,184 387,657 0.13% 2.01%
2033 69,397,148 395,366 0.13% 1.99%
2034 69,488,653 403,188 0.13% 1.98%
2035 69,581,145 411,061 0.13% 1.95%
2036 69,671,156 419,006 0.13% 1.93%
2037 69,759,529 427,031 0.13% 1.92%
2038 69,842,775 435,150 0.12% 1.9%
2039 69,916,407 443,311 0.11% 1.88%
2040 69,983,876 451,509 0.1% 1.85%
2041 70,049,466 459,733 0.09% 1.82%
2042 70,112,592 468,003 0.09% 1.8%
2043 70,166,082 476,308 0.08% 1.77%
2044 70,208,621 484,636 0.06% 1.75%
2045 70,243,515 492,989 0.05% 1.72%
2046 70,267,943 501,316 0.03% 1.69%
2047 70,282,782 509,621 0.02% 1.66%
2048 70,289,191 517,889 0.009% 1.62%
2049 70,285,150 526,138 -0.006% 1.59%
2050 70,273,103 534,374 -0.02% 1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of France increased by 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, France gained 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2006 and is 23rd in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

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