France Urban Population 1960-2024

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.
  • France urban population for 2023 was 55,747,567, a 0.62% increase from 2022.
  • France urban population for 2022 was 55,402,736, a 0.64% increase from 2021.
  • France urban population for 2021 was 55,053,076, a 0.62% increase from 2020.
  • France urban population for 2020 was 54,715,704, a 0.6% increase from 2019.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Urban Population
United States 278,977,409
Japan 114,608,860
Germany 65,697,635
United Kingdom 57,852,807
France 55,747,567
Argentina 43,138,225
Italy 42,292,160
South Korea 42,123,031
Spain 39,449,423
Canada 32,824,829
Saudi Arabia 31,386,498
Australia 23,073,508
Poland 22,091,485
Chile 17,276,395
Netherlands 16,659,928
Belgium 11,608,485
Sweden 9,349,997
Israel 9,059,486
Greece 8,358,768
UAE 8,353,814
Czech Republic 8,106,553
Hong Kong 7,536,100
Portugal 7,147,342
Hungary 6,987,564
Switzerland 6,566,767
Singapore 5,917,648
Austria 5,436,508
Denmark 5,262,755
Finland 4,789,791
Norway 4,636,183
New Zealand 4,543,314
Kuwait 4,310,108
Oman 4,105,635
Ireland 3,392,447
Uruguay 3,278,345
Panama 3,105,857
Puerto Rico 3,001,617
Slovak Republic 2,931,905
Qatar 2,698,843
Croatia 2,257,012
Lithuania 1,972,821
Bahrain 1,335,012
Latvia 1,292,217
Slovenia 1,189,591
Estonia 953,736
Cyprus 844,129
Trinidad and Tobago 820,255
Macao 704,149
Luxembourg 615,639
Malta 525,227
Iceland 370,149
Brunei 358,168
Bahamas 345,056
New Caledonia 194,843
French Polynesia 192,390
Guam 164,592
Curacao 131,631
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 100,958
Barbados 88,617
Seychelles 70,450
Andorra 70,296
Cayman Islands 69,310
Bermuda 63,489
Channel Islands 54,636
Greenland 50,007
Aruba 47,032
Northern Mariana Islands 45,850
Isle of Man 45,305
Turks and Caicos Islands 43,412
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 41,163
Monaco 36,297
San Marino 32,914
Gibraltar 32,688
Antigua and Barbuda 22,945
Faroe Islands 22,899
British Virgin Islands 15,690
Palau 14,881
St. Kitts and Nevis 14,850
Liechtenstein 5,786
France Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 55,747,567 81.78 0.62%
2022 55,402,736 81.51 0.63%
2021 55,053,076 81.24 0.61%
2020 54,715,704 80.98 0.60%
2019 54,388,182 80.71 0.67%
2018 54,024,861 80.44 0.69%
2017 53,654,868 80.18 0.62%
2016 53,323,902 79.92 0.59%
2015 53,009,026 79.66 0.68%
2014 52,647,802 79.39 0.80%
2013 52,230,911 79.14 0.84%
2012 51,793,062 78.88 0.81%
2011 51,375,729 78.62 0.81%
2010 50,963,811 78.37 0.81%
2009 50,550,197 78.12 0.83%
2008 50,131,182 77.87 0.88%
2007 49,694,312 77.62 0.93%
2006 49,233,640 77.38 1.01%
2005 48,737,209 77.13 1.07%
2004 48,218,178 76.88 1.06%
2003 47,708,761 76.63 1.04%
2002 47,215,240 76.38 1.06%
2001 46,717,151 76.13 1.07%
2000 46,221,663 75.87 1.03%
1999 45,749,812 75.61 0.78%
1998 45,395,596 75.42 0.59%
1997 45,127,383 75.25 0.58%
1996 44,866,400 75.08 0.58%
1995 44,605,346 74.91 0.59%
1994 44,343,217 74.74 0.60%
1993 44,076,650 74.57 0.66%
1992 43,784,946 74.40 0.73%
1991 43,466,704 74.23 1.11%
1990 42,985,584 74.06 0.62%
1989 42,718,166 73.95 0.61%
1988 42,457,921 73.88 0.63%
1987 42,190,286 73.80 0.63%
1986 41,923,864 73.73 0.62%
1985 41,663,212 73.65 0.62%
1984 41,404,847 73.58 0.61%
1983 41,154,602 73.50 0.64%
1982 40,893,397 73.43 0.68%
1981 40,615,768 73.35 0.67%
1980 40,343,633 73.28 0.64%
1979 40,085,640 73.21 0.59%
1978 39,851,203 73.14 0.58%
1977 39,618,922 73.07 0.57%
1976 39,393,968 73.00 0.56%
1975 39,172,735 72.93 0.94%
1974 38,806,179 72.65 1.22%
1973 38,334,453 72.26 1.34%
1972 37,825,586 71.86 1.42%
1971 37,291,038 71.46 1.45%
1970 36,752,571 71.06 1.45%
1969 36,223,125 70.65 1.47%
1968 35,692,859 70.24 2.22%
1967 34,910,161 69.36 2.68%
1966 33,987,676 68.23 2.78%
1965 33,054,437 67.07 2.88%
1964 32,114,729 65.90 2.95%
1963 31,179,854 64.70 2.96%
1962 30,271,423 63.49 2.49%
1961 29,526,489 62.61 2.26%
1960 28,866,975 61.88 %