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France — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for France, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.25%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -76.2% since 1961
Population growth for France was 0.25% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.07% in 1964. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.22% per year.
France ranks 158 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so France sits below it. It peaked in 1964 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.25%
First (1961)
1.03%
Change
-76.2%
Highest
1.07%
in 1964
Lowest
0.25%
in 2025
Average
0.57%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.22%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.25% |
| 2024 | 0.26% |
| 2023 | 0.28% |
| 2022 | 0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 0.32% |
| 2019 | 0.33% |
| 2018 | 0.36% |
| 2017 | 0.29% |
| 2016 | 0.26% |
| 2015 | 0.36% |
| 2014 | 0.47% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.