France - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in France was 54,560,880 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54,560,880 in 2020 and a minimum value of 28,849,500 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 28,849,500
1961 29,575,880
1962 30,414,330
1963 31,433,930
1964 32,441,970
1965 33,413,440
1966 34,337,820
1967 35,216,560
1968 35,944,650
1969 36,427,400
1970 36,918,580
1971 37,424,020
1972 37,937,160
1973 38,445,790
1974 38,934,760
1975 39,330,000
1976 39,579,000
1977 39,798,460
1978 40,001,630
1979 40,205,360
1980 40,423,460
1981 40,659,220
1982 40,911,630
1983 41,177,480
1984 41,450,440
1985 41,726,190
1986 42,005,650
1987 42,289,350
1988 42,572,020
1989 42,846,780
1990 43,127,040
1991 43,467,990
1992 43,785,890
1993 44,077,090
1994 44,342,930
1995 44,604,030
1996 44,863,820
1997 45,123,540
1998 45,390,690
1999 45,743,980
2000 46,214,920
2001 46,709,570
2002 47,206,860
2003 47,699,500
2004 48,209,410
2005 48,730,240
2006 49,228,310
2007 49,690,040
2008 50,127,510
2009 50,547,200
2010 50,961,400
2011 51,373,810
2012 51,791,150
2013 52,228,060
2014 52,647,800
2015 53,009,020
2016 53,323,900
2017 53,654,870
2018 53,979,480
2019 54,275,940
2020 54,560,880

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in France was 80.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 80.98 in 2020, while its lowest value was 61.88 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 61.88
1961 62.61
1962 63.49
1963 64.70
1964 65.90
1965 67.07
1966 68.23
1967 69.36
1968 70.24
1969 70.65
1970 71.06
1971 71.46
1972 71.86
1973 72.26
1974 72.65
1975 72.93
1976 73.00
1977 73.07
1978 73.14
1979 73.21
1980 73.28
1981 73.35
1982 73.43
1983 73.50
1984 73.58
1985 73.65
1986 73.73
1987 73.80
1988 73.88
1989 73.95
1990 74.06
1991 74.23
1992 74.40
1993 74.57
1994 74.74
1995 74.91
1996 75.08
1997 75.25
1998 75.42
1999 75.61
2000 75.87
2001 76.13
2002 76.38
2003 76.63
2004 76.88
2005 77.13
2006 77.38
2007 77.62
2008 77.87
2009 78.12
2010 78.37
2011 78.62
2012 78.88
2013 79.14
2014 79.39
2015 79.66
2016 79.92
2017 80.18
2018 80.44
2019 80.71
2020 80.98

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization