France Population

France Population: 67,848,156

Map of France with world location, topography, capital city, and nearby major cities.

France populated areas in red, dark red higher.

**France Projected Population 2020 - 2050**
Year	Population	World Rank	Density SQ/KM	Density Rank
2020	67,848,156	21	105.9	106
2025	68,860,292	21	107.5	105
2030	69,603,210	22	108.7	109
2035	70,050,140	21	109.4	111
2040	70,153,167	23	109.5	113
2045	69,935,314	26	109.2	115
2050	69,484,481	27	108.5	116

**France Estimated Population 1950 - 2015**
Year	Population	World Rank	Density SQ/KM	Density Rank
1950	42,539,287	12	66.4	74
1955	44,242,164	13	69.1	77
1960	46,611,574	13	72.8	79
1965	49,833,328	13	77.8	81
1970	51,954,891	15	81.1	84
1975	53,997,789	15	84.3	87
1980	55,163,167	15	86.1	88
1985	56,560,972	16	88.3	92
1990	58,255,473	15	91.0	98
1995	59,823,035	17	93.4	101
2000	61,255,363	20	95.6	102
2005	63,059,742	20	98.5	102
2010	64,940,833	21	101.4	104
2015	66,553,766	21	103.9	104

France ranks #2 in the world for population, between Thailand and the United Kingdom. The most populated French city, and one of the world's great megacities, is Paris with over 12 million residents in the metro area. The next of the top ten cities of France include, in order of population, are Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, and Lille. The average life expectancy for the people of France is very high, at 82 years. France is expected to add another 3 million people in the next 20 years, after which the population will slowly decline.

Population data is from US Census - International Database.

Population grid data displayed on map is from: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 11. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Accessed 02 11 2020.

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