Demographics of France

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	20 Feb 2025

As of 2025, the population of France is projected at 66.65 million, compared to 66.55 million in 2024. It is the fourth-most populous country in Europe and ranks 23rd in the world. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 0.15 percent, the 164th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 32.31 million males and 34.34 million females in France. The percentage of the male population is 48.48%, compared to 51.52% of the female population. France has 2.03 million more females than males, the 8th highest in the world. The sex ratio in France in 2025 will be 94.101 males per 100 females. France is in the 47th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

France population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	20,131,284	21,751,836	41,883,119	1.11	92.550
1955	21,333,571	22,802,519	44,136,090	1.04	93.558
1960	22,545,913	23,882,220	46,428,134	0.97	94.405
1965	23,746,636	25,026,194	48,772,830	0.82	94.887
1970	24,815,861	25,997,214	50,813,075	0.96	95.456
1975	25,830,519	26,915,806	52,746,325	0.39	95.968
1980	26,340,449	27,600,611	53,941,061	0.57	95.434
1985	27,003,040	28,464,109	55,467,150	0.51	94.867
1990	27,696,324	29,293,914	56,990,238	0.50	94.546
1995	28,233,822	29,958,381	58,192,203	0.33	94.243
2000	28,856,747	30,626,970	59,483,717	0.70	94.220
2005	29,831,640	31,793,393	61,625,032	0.71	93.830
2010	30,708,895	32,708,467	63,417,363	0.49	93.887
2015	31,416,099	33,500,238	64,916,336	0.26	93.779
2020	31,923,744	33,981,533	65,905,277	0.27	93.944
2021	32,016,483	34,067,065	66,083,548	0.27	93.981
2022	32,116,982	34,160,427	66,277,409	0.31	94.018
2023	32,202,286	34,236,535	66,438,822	0.17	94.058
2024	32,261,677	34,286,854	66,548,530	0.16	94.093
2025	32,312,637	34,338,168	66,650,804	0.15	94.101

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	66.382	33.441	2.965
1955	68.444	31.724	2.699
1960	70.368	31.771	2.735
1965	71.107	31.796	2.826
1970	72.091	31.432	2.481
1975	72.900	30.534	1.935
1980	74.234	31.333	1.951
1985	75.309	32.515	1.816
1990	76.835	33.731	1.782
1995	77.871	35.199	1.718
2000	79.044	36.651	1.876
2005	80.337	37.909	1.916
2010	81.405	39.013	2.017
2015	82.149	40.286	1.927
2020	82.199	41.252	1.785
2021	82.322	41.390	1.799
2022	82.475	41.567	1.760
2023	83.325	41.817	1.639
2024	83.458	42.068	1.636
2025	83.580	42.276	1.637

Total
Crude

France death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	533,909	866,424	12.748	20.687
1955	529,404	823,540	11.995	18.659
1960	523,377	831,568	11.273	17.911
1965	542,730	857,813	11.128	17.588
1970	542,407	848,797	10.675	16.704
1975	560,686	748,359	10.630	14.188
1980	547,995	801,935	10.159	14.867
1985	554,121	773,073	9.990	13.937
1990	528,158	770,879	9.268	13.527
1995	533,177	740,572	9.162	12.726
2000	533,655	781,114	8.971	13.132
2005	530,936	778,088	8.616	12.626
2010	546,959	804,924	8.625	12.692
2015	590,329	760,246	9.094	11.711
2020	664,556	695,934	10.084	10.560
2021	654,169	702,274	9.899	10.627
2022	658,798	687,577	9.940	10.374
2023	616,095	638,891	9.273	9.616
2024	621,767	635,995	9.343	9.557
2025	626,471	634,528	9.399	9.520

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of France

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	23,130,866	18,748,739	55.232
1955	25,317,338	18,210,424	58.164
1960	28,381,288	17,484,108	61.880
1965	32,832,934	16,119,321	67.071
1970	36,126,954	14,716,875	71.055
1975	38,658,424	14,352,306	72.926
1980	39,623,972	14,446,845	73.282
1985	40,800,487	14,596,995	73.650
1990	42,182,927	14,777,908	74.056
1995	43,630,318	14,611,473	74.912
2000	45,225,597	14,382,604	75.871
2005	47,229,925	14,003,975	77.130
2010	49,393,298	13,633,442	78.369
2015	51,343,241	13,113,960	79.655
2020	53,217,966	12,503,199	80.975
2021	53,582,961	12,371,780	81.242
2022	53,944,675	12,237,703	81.509
2023	54,303,895	12,101,328	81.777
2024	54,661,663	11,963,060	82.044

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

France population by Age Group (2025)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,699,574	1,625,083	3,324,658	4.99	104.584
05-09	1,823,796	1,741,545	3,565,341	5.35	104.723
10-14	2,007,953	1,916,057	3,924,010	5.89	104.796
15-19	2,129,316	2,028,897	4,158,213	6.24	104.949
20-24	2,133,776	2,029,188	4,162,965	6.25	105.154
25-29	1,985,550	1,926,287	3,911,838	5.87	103.077
30-34	1,853,112	1,865,376	3,718,488	5.58	99.343
35-39	1,944,390	2,021,696	3,966,086	5.95	96.176
40-44	1,974,186	2,070,535	4,044,720	6.07	95.347
45-49	2,021,719	2,056,484	4,078,204	6.12	98.309
50-54	2,145,657	2,201,634	4,347,292	6.52	97.457
55-59	2,053,349	2,180,695	4,234,044	6.35	94.160
60-64	2,009,442	2,181,151	4,190,593	6.29	92.128
65-69	1,844,628	2,084,234	3,928,861	5.89	88.504
70-74	1,661,856	1,970,245	3,632,101	5.45	84.348
75-79	1,440,069	1,791,570	3,231,639	4.85	80.380
80-84	792,080	1,084,823	1,876,902	2.82	73.015
85-89	509,217	840,269	1,349,486	2.02	60.602
90-94	226,860	516,545	743,405	1.12	43.919
95-99	51,144	177,592	228,736	0.34	28.799
100+	4,961	28,259	33,220	0.05	17.555
Total	32,312,635	34,338,165	66,650,802		94.101