Population in France
The population of France was 68,720,337 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
France, 2025
68,720,337
Change from 2024
+0.2%
European Union, 2025
451,127,411 people
Position in 2025
23rd of 217
Population in France over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | France | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68,720,337 people | 451,127,411 people |
| 2024 | 68,551,653 people | 450,228,188 people |
| 2023 | 68,372,286 people | 448,897,545 people |
| 2022 | 68,184,457 people | 447,203,596 people |
| 2021 | 67,842,811 people | 446,228,281 people |
| 2020 | 67,601,110 people | 446,870,959 people |
| 2019 | 67,382,061 people | 446,910,453 people |
| 2018 | 67,158,348 people | 446,058,453 people |
| 2017 | 66,918,020 people | 445,321,060 people |
| 2016 | 66,724,104 people | 444,676,652 people |
| 2015 | 66,548,272 people | 443,793,218 people |
| 2014 | 66,312,067 people | 442,920,819 people |
| 2013 | 65,997,932 people | 442,425,741 people |
| 2012 | 65,657,659 people | 442,069,839 people |
| 2011 | 65,340,830 people | 441,414,078 people |
| 2010 | 65,026,211 people | 442,088,310 people |
| 2009 | 64,706,436 people | 441,388,573 people |
| 2008 | 64,375,116 people | 440,270,719 people |
| 2007 | 64,016,890 people | 438,796,003 people |
| 2006 | 63,622,342 people | 437,263,803 people |
| 2005 | 63,180,854 people | 435,789,139 people |
| 2004 | 62,707,588 people | 434,193,248 people |
| 2003 | 62,249,855 people | 432,512,916 people |
| 2002 | 61,812,142 people | 430,924,112 people |
| 2001 | 61,364,377 people | 429,909,307 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2% from 68,551,653 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 66,548,272 people, the figure has changed by +3.3%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, France has the 23rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 451,127,411 people.
More for France
All statistics for France
Population on 1 January
68,882,600p (Provisional) people
2025 · Eurostat
Population growth
0.25%
2025 · World Bank
Population by age and sex
68,882,600p (Provisional) people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.3p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.4p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.61p (Provisional) births per woman
2024 · Eurostat