In 2023, population for France was 68.1 million persons. Population of France increased from 53.4 million persons in 1974 to 68.1 million persons in 2023 growing at an average annual rate of 0.50%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
| Date | Value | Change, % |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 68,095,424 | 0.18% |
| 2022 | 67,971,311 | 0.31% |
| 2021 | 67,764,304 | 0.29% |
| 2020 | 67,571,107 | 0.27% |
| 2019 | 67,388,001 | 0.34% |
| 2018 | 67,158,348 | 0.36% |
| 2017 | 66,918,020 | 0.29% |
| 2016 | 66,724,104 | 0.26% |
| 2015 | 66,548,272 | 0.36% |
| 2014 | 66,312,067 | 0.47% |
| 2013 | 66,002,289 | 0.52% |
| 2012 | 65,662,240 |