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Population in European countries / France

Number of people living in the country on 1 January.

people2025

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68,882,600 people

Population in European countries in France was 68,882,600 people (2025).

0.31 %
Compared with a year earlier

Population in European countries

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Population in European countries2024 - 2025. 2 Data table. 66.9m68.2m69.4m70.6mpeople20242025

Data: Eurostat, dataset demo_pjan, processed by SwedenMetrics.

Sweden · 2025

10,587,710 people

Data: Eurostat, dataset demo_pjan, processed by SwedenMetrics.

European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · 2025

450,646,971 people

Data: Eurostat, dataset demo_pjan, processed by SwedenMetrics.

What this number means

Number of people living in the country on 1 January.

1 January of the year, so it differs from Sweden's end-of-December figure by a day.

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1 January of the year, so it differs from Sweden's end-of-December figure by a day.

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latest 2025 = 10587710.0, allowed 5000000..460000000

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latest 2025 ends 304 days ago, max 450

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Data: Eurostat, dataset demo_pjan, processed by SwedenMetrics.

The figures behind the chart

Periodpeople
202568,882,600
202468,669,303
202368,277,210
202268,091,703
202167,728,568
202067,473,651
201967,290,471
201867,026,224
201766,809,816
201666,638,391
201566,458,153
201466,165,980

Data: Eurostat, dataset demo_pjan, processed by SwedenMetrics.