# Population in France

Population in France was 68.88 million in 2025 (provisional). Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `fr`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-07
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/france
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/france.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=fr

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 68,882,600 (provisional) |
| 2024 | 68,669,303 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 68,277,210 (provisional) |
| 2022 | 68,091,703 |
| 2021 | 67,728,568 |
| 2020 | 67,473,651 |
| 2019 | 67,290,471 |
| 2018 | 67,026,224 |
| 2017 | 66,809,816 |
| 2016 | 66,638,391 |
| 2015 | 66,458,153 |
| 2014 | 66,165,980 |
| 2013 | 65,600,350 |
| 2012 | 65,276,983 |
| 2011 | 64,978,721 |
| 2010 | 64,658,856 |
| 2009 | 64,350,226 |
| 2008 | 64,007,193 |
| 2007 | 63,645,065 |
| 2006 | 63,229,635 |
| 2005 | 62,772,870 |
| 2004 | 62,292,241 |
| 2003 | 61,864,088 |
| 2002 | 61,424,036 |
| 2001 | 60,979,315 |
| 2000 | 60,545,022 |