France - Population, total

The value for Population, total in France was 67,379,900 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67,379,900 in 2020 and a minimum value of 46,621,690 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 46,621,690
1961 47,240,530
1962 47,904,880
1963 48,582,620
1964 49,230,580
1965 49,818,020
1966 50,330,270
1967 50,775,790
1968 51,175,510
1969 51,561,830
1970 51,957,750
1971 52,371,320
1972 52,793,150
1973 53,207,740
1974 53,592,240
1975 53,931,390
1976 54,220,030
1977 54,467,710
1978 54,691,860
1979 54,917,110
1980 55,161,510
1981 55,430,280
1982 55,718,940
1983 56,023,780
1984 56,337,680
1985 56,654,700
1986 56,976,130
1987 57,302,640
1988 57,627,100
1989 57,940,200
1990 58,235,720
1991 58,559,310
1992 58,851,220
1993 59,106,760
1994 59,327,200
1995 59,541,900
1996 59,753,100
1997 59,964,840
1998 60,186,280
1999 60,496,710
2000 60,912,500
2001 61,357,430
2002 61,805,260
2003 62,244,880
2004 62,704,900
2005 63,179,360
2006 63,621,380
2007 64,016,230
2008 64,374,980
2009 64,707,040
2010 65,027,500
2011 65,342,790
2012 65,659,820
2013 65,998,680
2014 66,312,070
2015 66,548,270
2016 66,724,100
2017 66,918,020
2018 67,101,930
2019 67,248,930
2020 67,379,900

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population