France's population rose from 59.8M in 1996 to 68.7M in 2025.
France · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
France's population growth fell from 0.4 % in 1996 to 0.2 % in 2025.
France's population density rose from 110.1 in 1994 to 126.9 in 2023.
France's population, female (% of total) rose from 51.5 % in 1996 to 51.5 % in 2025.
France's urbanisation rose from 75.4 % in 1996 to 78.8 % in 2025.
France's urban population rose from 45M in 1996 to 54.2M in 2025.
France's rural population fell from 14.7M in 1996 to 14.5M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −3.0 %135th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.0 %162nd of 217
- Death rate, crudeunchanged +0.0 %53rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −5.8 %20th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs33rd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts162nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.1 pts157th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts17th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts61st of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.7 pts12th of 217
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- Net migrationup +1.3 %18th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.7 pts65th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +8.6 %12th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs24th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs14th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs32nd of 217