Population in France compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

France and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	France	Vatican	France	Vatican
1960	47,412,964	-	-	-
1961	47,905,982	-	1.04%	-
1962	48,389,516	-	1.01%	-
1963	48,877,567	-	1.01%	-
1964	49,401,492	-	1.07%	-
1965	49,877,725	-	0.96%	-
1966	50,311,637	-	0.87%	-
1967	50,722,791	-	0.82%	-
1968	51,112,980	-	0.77%	-
1969	51,536,014	-	0.83%	-
1970	52,007,169	-	0.91%	-
1971	52,499,553	-	0.95%	-
1972	52,962,356	-	0.88%	-
1973	53,392,161	-	0.81%	-
1974	53,746,571	-	0.66%	-
1975	54,002,853	-	0.48%	-
1976	54,232,383	-	0.43%	-
1977	54,486,467	-	0.47%	-
1978	54,734,030	-	0.45%	-
1979	54,979,851	-	0.45%	-
1980	55,274,184	-	0.54%	-
1981	55,603,353	-	0.6%	-
1982	55,806,789	-	0.37%	-
1983	56,108,330	-	0.54%	-
1984	56,383,085	-	0.49%	-
1985	56,665,619	-	0.5%	-
1986	56,956,002	-	0.51%	-
1987	57,266,167	-	0.54%	-
1988	57,598,186	-	0.58%	-
1989	57,943,062	-	0.6%	-
1990	58,261,012	-	0.55%	-
1991	58,554,242	-	0.5%	-
1992	58,846,584	-	0.5%	-
1993	59,103,094	-	0.44%	-
1994	59,324,863	-	0.38%	-
1995	59,541,294	-	0.36%	-
1996	59,754,504	-	0.36%	-
1997	59,968,066	-	0.36%	-
1998	60,190,684	-	0.37%	-
1999	60,501,986	-	0.52%	-
2000	60,918,661	880	0.69%	-
2001	61,364,377	890	0.73%	1.14%
2002	61,812,142	900	0.73%	1.12%
2003	62,249,855	911	0.71%	1.22%
2004	62,707,588	921	0.74%	1.1%
2005	63,180,854	921	0.75%	0%
2006	63,622,342	932	0.7%	1.19%
2007	64,016,890	821	0.62%	-11.9%
2008	64,375,116	824	0.56%	0.37%
2009	64,706,436	826	0.51%	0.24%
2010	65,026,211	829	0.49%	0.36%
2011	65,340,830	832	0.48%	0.36%
2012	65,657,659	836	0.48%	0.48%
2013	65,997,932	839	0.52%	0.36%
2014	66,312,067	842	0.48%	0.36%
2015	66,548,272	1,000	0.36%	18.8%
2016	66,724,104	-	0.26%	0%
2017	66,918,020	1,000	0.29%	0%
2018	67,158,348	-	0.36%	0%
2019	67,382,061	1,000	0.33%	0%
2020	67,601,110	987	0.33%	-1.29%
2021	67,842,811	970	0.36%	-1.68%
2022	68,184,457	944	0.5%	-2.66%
2023	68,372,286	922	0.28%	-2.34%
2024	68,551,653	933	0.26%	1.2%
2025	68,657,003	939	0.15%	0.59%
2026	68,755,474	952	0.14%	1.37%
2027	68,850,103	974	0.14%	2.32%
2028	68,943,198	985	0.14%	1.13%
2029	69,035,594	983	0.13%	-0.19%
2030	69,127,642	976	0.13%	-0.75%
2031	69,217,432	968	0.13%	-0.75%
2032	69,307,184	968	0.13%	0%
2033	69,397,148	988	0.13%	2.09%
2034	69,488,653	992	0.13%	0.37%
2035	69,581,145	1,000	0.13%	0.74%
2036	69,671,156	998	0.13%	-0.18%
2037	69,759,529	1,003	0.13%	0.55%
2038	69,842,775	1,022	0.12%	1.83%
2039	69,916,407	1,060	0.11%	3.78%
2040	69,983,876	1,095	0.1%	3.3%
2041	70,049,466	1,127	0.09%	2.86%
2042	70,112,592	1,149	0.09%	1.96%
2043	70,166,082	1,169	0.08%	1.76%
2044	70,208,621	1,186	0.06%	1.42%
2045	70,243,515	1,209	0.05%	2.02%
2046	70,267,943	1,224	0.03%	1.22%
2047	70,282,782	1,248	0.02%	1.95%
2048	70,289,191	1,272	0.009%	1.92%
2049	70,285,150	1,296	-0.006%	1.88%
2050	70,273,103	1,325	-0.02%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of France increased by 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, France gained 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

France was ranked 20th most populous country in 2006 and is 23rd in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.