Demographics of France

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date12 Apr 2024

There are 31.32 million males and 33.56 million females in France. The percentage of the male population is 48.28%, compared to 51.72% of the female population. France has 2.23 million more females than males, which is 7th highest in the world.. The sex ratio in France in 2024 will be 93.342 males per 100 females. France is in the 40th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

France population

Year Population Growth (%)
195041,842,3550.91
195543,593,8510.85
196045,659,5751.00
196548,168,8041.06
197050,523,5860.89
197552,450,0300.47
198053,713,8300.57
198555,108,1060.47
199056,412,8970.42
199557,420,3540.34
200058,665,4530.58
200560,510,0790.65
201062,444,5670.55
201563,809,7690.30
202064,480,0530.07
202164,531,4440.09
202264,626,6280.20
202364,756,5840.20
202464,881,8300.19
  • Total
  • Crude

France death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950533,995868,58712.76920.771
1955527,292814,44512.10618.699
1960520,826816,84711.42717.921
1965539,894847,52411.23217.632
1970541,997853,09410.74016.905
1975560,204748,48010.69014.283
1980547,419797,76110.19314.854
1985553,196761,60110.04213.824
1990526,560752,4349.33413.338
1995530,979716,4439.24612.476
2000531,207769,3719.06113.123
2005525,879765,3968.70112.664
2010540,813797,9308.66512.785
2015582,205752,4989.12511.795
2020655,662681,90510.17010.577
2021639,714677,3039.91410.496
2022607,306672,8809.40110.416
2023611,378671,3639.44610.373
2024614,407670,0419.47410.332
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of France

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195023,130,86618,748,73955.232
195525,317,33818,210,42458.164
196028,381,28817,484,10861.880
196532,832,93416,119,32167.071
197036,126,95414,716,87571.055
197538,658,42414,352,30672.926
198039,623,97214,446,84573.282
198540,800,48714,596,99573.650
199042,182,92714,777,90874.056
199543,630,31814,611,47374.912
200045,225,59714,382,60475.871
200547,229,92514,003,97577.130
201049,393,29813,633,44278.369
201551,343,24113,113,96079.655
202053,217,96612,503,19980.975
202153,582,96112,371,78081.242
202253,944,67512,237,70381.509
202354,303,89512,101,32881.777
202454,661,66311,963,06082.044
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

France population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,680,795 1,613,102 3,293,897 5.08 104.196
05-09 1,864,674 1,784,953 3,649,627 5.63 104.466
10-14 2,049,115 1,953,988 4,003,103 6.17 104.868
15-19 2,022,392 1,926,331 3,948,722 6.09 104.987
20-24 1,858,103 1,818,282 3,676,385 5.67 102.190
25-29 1,716,567 1,759,142 3,475,709 5.36 97.580
30-34 1,808,138 1,901,841 3,709,979 5.72 95.073
35-39 1,938,662 2,065,414 4,004,076 6.17 93.863
40-44 2,015,981 2,122,454 4,138,435 6.38 94.983
45-49 1,956,642 2,009,349 3,965,992 6.11 97.377
50-54 2,140,017 2,190,831 4,330,849 6.67 97.681
55-59 2,031,999 2,125,983 4,157,981 6.41 95.579
60-64 1,938,309 2,092,726 4,031,034 6.21 92.621
65-69 1,767,866 1,998,545 3,766,411 5.81 88.458
70-74 1,648,905 1,934,094 3,582,999 5.52 85.255
75-79 1,343,286 1,656,646 2,999,932 4.62 81.085
80-84 764,544 1,048,289 1,812,832 2.79 72.933
85-89 499,756 840,829 1,340,585 2.07 59.436
90-94 221,321 510,096 731,417 1.13 43.388
95-99 51,181 175,476 226,656 0.35 29.167
100+ 5,474 29,733 35,208 0.05 18.411
Total 31,323,727 33,558,104 64,881,829 93.342