Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Nice-Cannes, France metro area from 1950 to 2025.

This graph shows the number of inhabitants of the city of Nice in France in 2021, by gender. That year, more than 163,000 men were living in Nice.

This statistic shows the population distribution in France on January 1st, 2024, by age group. In 2024, people aged under 15 accounted for 17 percent of the total French population, whereas around ten percent of the population were 75 years and older. By comparison, the number of members of the population over the age of 65 years has increased even more prominently, reaching 14.14 million in 2023. The number of people living in France has been steadily increasing since 1982, exceeding 68 million in 2024, having thus grown by seven percent during that time.

This upload contains two Geopackage files of raw data used for urban analysis in the outskirts of Lille and Nice, France. 
The data include building footprints (layer "building"), roads (layer "road"), and administrative boundaries (layer "adm_boundaries")
extracted from version 3.3 of the French dataset BD TOPO®3 (IGN, 2023) for the municipalities of Santes, Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin,
Haubourdin, and Emmerin in northern France (Geopackage "DPC_59.gpkg") and Drap, Cantaron and La Trinité in southern France 
(Geopackage "DPC_06.gpkg").

Metadata for these layers is available here: https://geoservices.ign.fr/sites/default/files/2023-01/DC_BDTOPO_3-3.pdf

Additionally, this upload contains the results of the following algorithms available in GitHub (https://github.com/perezjoan/emc2-WP2?tab=readme-ov-file)

1. The identification of main streets using the QGIS plugin Morpheo (layers "road_morpheo" and "buffer_morpheo") 
https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/morpheo/ 

2. The identification of main streets in local contexts – connectivity locally weighted (layer "road_LocRelCon")

3. Basic morphometry of buildings (layer "building_morpho")

4. Evaluation of the number of dwellings within inhabited buildings (layer "building_dwellings")

5. Projecting population potential accessible from main streets (layer "road_pop_results")

Project website: http://emc2-dut.org/

Publications using this sample data: 
Perez, J. and Fusco, G., 2024. Potential of the 15-Minute Peripheral City: Identifying Main Streets and Population Within Walking Distance. In: O. Gervasi, B. Murgante, C. Garau, D. Taniar, A.M.A.C. Rocha and M.N. Faginas Lago, eds. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2024 Workshops. ICCSA 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14817. Cham: Springer, pp.50-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65238-7_4.

Acknowledgement. This work is part of the emc2 project, which received the grant ANR-23-DUTP-0003-01 from the French National Research Agency (ANR) within the DUT Partnership.

This statistic shows the total population of France from 2020 to 2024, with projections up until 2030. In 2024, the total population of France amounted to 68.44 million people. See the population of Italy for comparison. France's population Although the total French population has annually increased, population growth has been in a slump from 2006 to 2012. However, the decrease of population growth is seemingly irrelative to births in the country, primarily because France’s fertility rate has remained relatively steady over the past decade, based on information from 2011. Yearly population growth could potentially be attributed to a positive lifestyle in the country and a steady economic growth. France is ranked in the top 30 countries with the highest Human Development Index , also known as HDI, which is determined based on life expectancy at birth, literacy rate, education levels and gross national income per capita. France, in this case, was ranked 12th out of the top 20 countries with the highest life expectancy in 2011. From an economic standpoint, France has remained stable, despite several complications within the European Union. Since the 2008 financial crisis, France’s unemployment rate has increased and has experienced several swings year-to-year up until 2014. However, despite fluctuating unemployment rates, GDP growth has very slightly been on the rise on a yearly basis, ever since experiencing a dramatic drop in 2009. Additionally, the GDP itself has continuously been fluctuating since 2008), after enduring a continuous increase in the years prior.

Total current population for France in 2025 is 65,003,384, a 0.19% increase from 2024.

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<li>Total population for France in 2024 was <strong>64,881,830</strong>, a <strong>0.19% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
<li>Total population for France in 2023 was <strong>64,756,584</strong>, a <strong>0.2% increase</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Total population for France in 2022 was <strong>64,626,628</strong>, a <strong>0.15% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
</ul>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.

In 2025, the Ile-de-France region, sometimes called the Paris region, was the most populous in France. It is located in the northern part of France, divided into eight departments and crossed by the Seine River. The region contains Paris, its large suburbs, and several rural areas. The total population in metropolitan France was estimated at around 65 million inhabitants. In the DOM (Overseas Department), France had more than two million citizens spread over the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, Mayotte, and the South American territory of French Guyana. Ile-de-France: most populous region in France According to the source, more than 12 million French citizens lived in the Ile-de-France region. Ile-de-France was followed by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitanie region which is in the Southern part of the country. Ile-de-France is not only the most populated region in France, it is also the French region with the highest population density. In 2020, there were 1,021.6 residents per square kilometer in Ile-de-France compared to 115.9 for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the second most populated region in France. More than two million people were living in the city of Paris in 2025. Thus, the metropolitan area outside the city of Paris, called suburbs or banlieue in French, had more than ten million inhabitants. Ile-de-France concentrates the majority of the country’s economic and political activities. An urban population In 2024, the total population of France amounted to over 68 million. The population in the country increased since the mid-2000s. As well as the other European countries, France is experiencing urbanization. In 2023, more than 81 percent of the French population lived in cities. This phenomenon shapes France’s geography.

FR: Population: Growth data was reported at 0.386 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.399 % for 2016. FR: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 0.570 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.412 % in 1962 and a record low of 0.079 % in 1991. FR: Population: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

France FR: Population: Total data was reported at 67,118,648.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 66,859,768.000 Person for 2016. France FR: Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 58,009,594.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 67,118,648.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 46,814,237.000 Person in 1960. France FR: Population: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. 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.; ; (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Sum; 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.

Ce jeu de données permet d'accéder aux résultats des recensements de la population, à des séries chronologiques de la Banque de Données Macro-économiques de l'Insee sur le thème de la population et à d'autres données issues notamment des statistiques de l'état civil. Le recensement de la population permet de connaître la diversité et l'évolution de la population de la France. L'Insee fournit ainsi des statistiques sur les habitants et les logements, leur nombre et leurs caractéristiques : répartition par sexe et âge, professions, diplômes-formation, conditions de logement, modes de transport, déplacements domicile-travail, etc. La BDM est la principale base de données de séries et indices sur l'ensemble des domaines économiques et sociaux.

France FR: Population: Total: Aged 0-14 data was reported at 12,137,478.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 12,151,280.000 Person for 2016. France FR: Population: Total: Aged 0-14 data is updated yearly, averaging 12,039,911.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12,973,045.000 Person in 1974 and a record low of 11,439,790.000 Person in 2000. France FR: Population: Total: Aged 0-14 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

Prepared by ICPSR under a project to automate major portions of the Statistique Generale de la France, this is a collection of demographic, social, education, economic, population, and vital statistics data for France, 1833-1925. This conversion project is a continuation of one conducted in 1972, for which a similar data collection was created, SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND EDUCATIONAL DATA FOR FRANCE, 1801-1897 (ICPSR 0048). The project to collect and prepare these data was sponsored by two French and two American groups: ICPSR and the Center for Western European Studies at the University of Michigan, and the Fourth and Sixth Sections of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes and Conseil National de la Recherches Scientifique in France. Both collections include data recorded at the departement, arrondissement, chef-lieu, and ville level. In this collection, materials from the vital statistics series were prepared for selected years rather than for each year in the period from 1900-1925. The years that were chosen clustered around the quinquennial censuses and also included (because of the violent demographic dislocations produced by World War I) each year in the 1914-1919 period. In addition, some vital statistics for the nineteenth century (1836-1850, 1880, and 1892) obtained from fugitive published volumes that could not be located during the course of the 1972 project were prepared. The 136 datasets in this collection contain: (1) French population, economic, and social data obtained from the quenquennial censuses of 1901, 1906, 1911, and 1921, that detail the composition of the population by categories of age, sex, nativity, marital status, religion, place of residence, and occupation, (2) industrial census data for the years 1861-1896, (3) data on primary education in France for 1833, 1901, and 1906, as well as data on secondary and higher education in France for the years 1836-1850, 1880, and 1892, and (4) data from a separate series of annual vital statistics (Mouvement de la Population) that cover the years 1836-1850, 1892, and 1900-1925, citing births, deaths, and marriages in the nation.

The total population of France has been increasing for years now, exceeding 68 million inhabitants in 2025. However, like most Western nations, France is struggling with an aging population. Demographics in France For a few years, the population growth in France has been decreasing. However, unlike the majority of European countries, France appears to have a steady fertility rate of around 1.79 children per woman. This phenomenon allows France to be ranked as the most fertile country in Europe. But this cannot hide the fact that the population is getting older every year. An aging country The median age of French citizens has been increasing since the seventies. In 2050, the median age in France is expected to reach 43.5 years, compared to 35.2 years back in 1995. France has one of the highest life expectancies in Europe. Even though its birth rate seems pretty high compared to other European nations, this does not appear to be enough to slow down the growing trend of the French median age.

France FR: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 15-64 data was reported at 63.552 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 63.834 % for 2016. France FR: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 15-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 66.323 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 68.151 % in 1986 and a record low of 63.444 % in 1961. France FR: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 15-64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

Demographics data France 2023 at municipality level - 16 attributes, including number of dwellings, dwelling types, occupancy, and more

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Paris, France metro area from 1950 to 2025.

This table contains data from the census of the municipal population in the French departments. Censuses for the following years are present in the table: * 1968 * 1975 * 1982 * 1990 * from 2006 to 2021 Collection Context The data is uploaded to the [INSEE] website(https://www.insee.fr/fr/accueil) and then integrated into a repository database to make it available to GIS users and departmental agents. The municipal population includes persons: * having their habitual residence in the territory of the municipality, in a dwelling or community; * detained in the penal institutions of the municipality; * homeless persons registered in the territory of the municipality; * usually residing in a mobile dwelling registered in the territory of the municipality. The municipal population of a group of municipalities is equal to the sum of the municipal populations of the municipalities that make up it. The concept of municipal population now corresponds to the concept of population used in statistics. It does not contain double accounts: every person living in France is counted once and only once. In 1999, the concept of a population without double counting corresponded to the notion of a statistical population. The concept of municipal population is defined by Decree No. 2003-485 published in the Official Journal of 8 June 2003 on the population census (source INSEE). Collection method Every year, the table is updated. A new field is created and filled in with the data from the last census of the municipal population. Attributes | field | Alias ▲ Type | – | – — | ‘objectID’ | Unique identifier ‘integer’ | ‘Reg’ | Region code ⋆ ‘char’ -’ | ‘DEP’ | Department Number ▲ ‘char’ — | ‘dep_name’ | Department name ▲ ‘char’ | ‘superf’ | Area ▲ ‘double’ ⋆ | ‘d68_pop’ | Census 1968 ‘integer’ | ‘d75_pop’ | Census 1975 ‘integer’ | ‘d82_pop’ | Census 1982 ‘integer’ | ‘d90_pop’ | Census 1990 ‘integer’ | ‘p99_pop’ | Census 1999 ‘integer’ | ‘p06_pop’ | Census 2006 ‘integer’ | ‘p07_pop’ | Census 2007 ‘integer’ | ‘p08_pop’ | Census 2008 ‘integer’ | ‘p09_pop’ | Census 2009 ‘integer’ | ‘p10_pop’ | Census 2010 ‘integer’ | ‘p11_pop’ | Census 2011 ‘integer’ | ‘p12_pop’ | Municipal population 2015 – Census 2012 ‘integer’ | ‘p13_pop’ | Municipal population 2016 – Census 2013 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p14_pop’ | Municipal population 2017 – 2014 Census ⋆ ‘integer’ — | ‘p15_pop’ | Municipal population 2018 – Census 2015 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p16_pop’ | Municipal population 2019 – Census 2016 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p17_pop’ | Municipal population 2020 – Census 2017 ⋆ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p18_pop’ | Municipal population 2021 – 2018 Census ▲ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p19_pop’ | Municipal population 2022 – 2019 Census ▲ ‘integer’ ⋆ | ‘p20_pop’ | Municipal population 2023 – 2020 census ⋆ ‘integer’ | ‘p21_pop’ | Municipal population 2024 – Census 2021 ⋆ ‘integer’ -’ For more information, see the metadata on the Isogeo catalog.

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France Population: Aged 75 to 79 data was reported at 2,145,030.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,141,448.000 Person for 2016. France Population: Aged 75 to 79 data is updated yearly, averaging 2,147,807.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,292,174.000 Person in 2009 and a record low of 1,147,849.000 Person in 1994. France Population: Aged 75 to 79 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.G001: Population .

This graph shows the estimated population in the city of Paris from 1989 to 2025. It appears that the number of inhabitants in the French capital decreased since 2012 and from 2.24 million Parisians that year down to 2.05 million in 2025. The high price of rents in the French capital might explain why a lot of people leave Paris to live in cheaper cities in France or the Paris agglomeration.