Population

Total population

SP.POP.TOTL · people

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, China. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, France: 68.72 m people2025
Period covered: 1960 - 202566 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 1.41 bn peopleChina, 2025
Lowest of the compared countries: 18.09 m peopleNetherlands, 2025

Countries compared

7 of 8 countries compared, out of 142.

Latest known valuesorted by value

China1.41 bn people2025
Germany83.49 m people2025
United Kingdom69.49 m people2025
France68.72 m people2025
Italy58.92 m people2025
Spain49.36 m people2025
Netherlands18.09 m people2025

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
	France	Germany	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	China
2025	68.72 m people	83.49 m people	69.49 m people	58.92 m people	49.36 m people	18.09 m people	1.41 bn people
2024	68.55 m people	83.52 m people	69.28 m people	58.95 m people	48.85 m people	17.99 m people	1.41 bn people
2023	68.37 m people	83.29 m people	68.53 m people	58.98 m people	48.35 m people	17.88 m people	1.41 bn people
2022	68.18 m people	83.18 m people	67.64 m people	59.01 m people	47.79 m people	17.7 m people	1.41 bn people
2021	67.84 m people	83.2 m people	66.98 m people	59.13 m people	47.44 m people	17.53 m people	1.41 bn people
2020	67.6 m people	83.16 m people	66.74 m people	59.44 m people	47.36 m people	17.44 m people	1.41 bn people
2019	67.38 m people	83.09 m people	66.63 m people	59.73 m people	47.12 m people	17.34 m people	1.41 bn people
2018	67.16 m people	82.91 m people	66.29 m people	59.88 m people	46.78 m people	17.23 m people	1.4 bn people
2017	66.92 m people	82.66 m people	65.96 m people	60 m people	46.57 m people	17.13 m people	1.4 bn people
2016	66.72 m people	82.35 m people	65.61 m people	60.12 m people	46.46 m people	17.03 m people	1.39 bn people
2015	66.55 m people	81.69 m people	65.09 m people	60.23 m people	46.42 m people	16.94 m people	1.38 bn people
2014	66.31 m people	80.98 m people	64.62 m people	60.32 m people	46.46 m people	16.87 m people	1.37 bn people
2013	66 m people	80.65 m people	64.14 m people	60.31 m people	46.6 m people	16.8 m people	1.36 bn people
2012	65.66 m people	80.43 m people	63.71 m people	60.19 m people	46.77 m people	16.75 m people	1.35 bn people
2011	65.34 m people	80.27 m people	63.26 m people	60.03 m people	46.74 m people	16.69 m people	1.35 bn people
2010	65.03 m people	81.78 m people	62.77 m people	59.82 m people	46.58 m people	16.62 m people	1.34 bn people
2009	64.71 m people	81.9 m people	62.28 m people	59.56 m people	46.36 m people	16.53 m people	1.33 bn people
2008	64.38 m people	82.11 m people	61.81 m people	59.21 m people	45.95 m people	16.45 m people	1.32 bn people
2007	64.02 m people	82.27 m people	61.32 m people	58.76 m people	45.23 m people	16.38 m people	1.32 bn people
2006	63.62 m people	82.38 m people	60.85 m people	58.4 m people	44.4 m people	16.35 m people	1.31 bn people
2005	63.18 m people	82.47 m people	60.4 m people	58.17 m people	43.65 m people	16.32 m people	1.3 bn people
2004	62.71 m people	82.52 m people	59.99 m people	57.83 m people	42.92 m people	16.28 m people	1.3 bn people
2003	62.25 m people	82.53 m people	59.65 m people	57.4 m people	42.19 m people	16.23 m people	1.29 bn people
2002	61.81 m people	82.49 m people	59.37 m people	57.09 m people	41.43 m people	16.15 m people	1.28 bn people
2001	61.36 m people	82.35 m people	59.12 m people	56.98 m people	40.85 m people	16.05 m people	1.27 bn people
2000	60.92 m people	82.21 m people	58.89 m people	56.94 m people	40.57 m people	15.93 m people	1.26 bn people
1999	60.5 m people	82.1 m people	58.68 m people	56.92 m people	40.39 m people	15.81 m people	1.25 bn people
1998	60.19 m people	82.05 m people	58.49 m people	56.91 m people	40.22 m people	15.71 m people	1.24 bn people
1997	59.97 m people	82.03 m people	58.32 m people	56.89 m people	40.06 m people	15.61 m people	1.23 bn people
1996	59.75 m people	81.91 m people	58.17 m people	56.86 m people	39.89 m people	15.53 m people	1.22 bn people
1995	59.54 m people	81.68 m people	58.02 m people	56.84 m people	39.72 m people	15.46 m people	1.2 bn people
1994	59.32 m people	81.44 m people	57.87 m people	56.84 m people	39.55 m people	15.38 m people	1.19 bn people
1993	59.1 m people	81.16 m people	57.72 m people	56.83 m people	39.36 m people	15.29 m people	1.18 bn people
1992	58.85 m people	80.62 m people	57.58 m people	56.8 m people	39.16 m people	15.18 m people	1.16 bn people
1991	58.55 m people	80.01 m people	57.42 m people	56.76 m people	38.97 m people	15.07 m people	1.15 bn people
1990	58.26 m people	79.43 m people	57.25 m people	56.72 m people	38.87 m people	14.95 m people	1.14 bn people
1989	57.94 m people	78.75 m people	57.08 m people	56.67 m people	38.83 m people	14.85 m people	1.12 bn people
1988	57.6 m people	78.14 m people	56.93 m people	56.63 m people	38.77 m people	14.76 m people	1.1 bn people
1987	57.27 m people	77.84 m people	56.8 m people	56.6 m people	38.68 m people	14.67 m people	1.08 bn people
1986	56.96 m people	77.72 m people	56.68 m people	56.6 m people	38.58 m people	14.57 m people	1.07 bn people
1985	56.67 m people	77.68 m people	56.55 m people	56.59 m people	38.47 m people	14.49 m people	1.05 bn people
1984	56.38 m people	77.86 m people	56.42 m people	56.58 m people	38.33 m people	14.42 m people	1.04 bn people
1983	56.11 m people	78.13 m people	56.33 m people	56.56 m people	38.17 m people	14.37 m people	1.02 bn people
1982	55.81 m people	78.33 m people	56.31 m people	56.54 m people	37.99 m people	14.31 m people	1.01 bn people
1981	55.6 m people	78.41 m people	56.33 m people	56.5 m people	37.76 m people	14.25 m people	993.89 m people
1980	55.27 m people	78.29 m people	56.31 m people	56.43 m people	37.49 m people	14.15 m people	981.24 m people
1979	54.98 m people	78.13 m people	56.25 m people	56.32 m people	37.19 m people	14.04 m people	969.01 m people
1978	54.73 m people	78.09 m people	56.2 m people	56.16 m people	36.86 m people	13.94 m people	956.17 m people
1977	54.49 m people	78.16 m people	56.19 m people	55.96 m people	36.51 m people	13.86 m people	943.46 m people
1976	54.23 m people	78.34 m people	56.21 m people	55.72 m people	36.14 m people	13.77 m people	930.69 m people
1975	54 m people	78.67 m people	56.23 m people	55.44 m people	35.76 m people	13.67 m people	916.4 m people
1974	53.75 m people	78.97 m people	56.23 m people	55.11 m people	35.37 m people	13.55 m people	900.35 m people
1973	53.39 m people	78.94 m people	56.19 m people	54.75 m people	34.99 m people	13.44 m people	881.94 m people
1972	52.96 m people	78.69 m people	56.09 m people	54.38 m people	34.6 m people	13.33 m people	862.03 m people
1971	52.5 m people	78.31 m people	55.9 m people	54.07 m people	34.22 m people	13.19 m people	841.11 m people
1970	52.01 m people	78.17 m people	55.66 m people	53.82 m people	33.81 m people	13.04 m people	818.32 m people
1969	51.54 m people	77.91 m people	55.44 m people	53.54 m people	33.44 m people	12.88 m people	796.03 m people
1968	51.11 m people	77.29 m people	55.21 m people	53.24 m people	33.11 m people	12.73 m people	774.51 m people
1967	50.72 m people	76.95 m people	54.94 m people	52.9 m people	32.68 m people	12.6 m people	754.55 m people
1966	50.31 m people	76.6 m people	54.65 m people	52.52 m people	32.28 m people	12.46 m people	735.4 m people
1965	49.88 m people	75.96 m people	54.35 m people	52.11 m people	31.95 m people	12.29 m people	715.19 m people
1964	49.4 m people	75.32 m people	54 m people	51.68 m people	31.61 m people	12.13 m people	698.36 m people
1963	48.88 m people	74.71 m people	53.65 m people	51.25 m people	31.3 m people	11.97 m people	682.34 m people
1962	48.39 m people	74.03 m people	53.25 m people	50.88 m people	31.02 m people	11.81 m people	665.77 m people
1961	47.91 m people	73.38 m people	52.8 m people	50.54 m people	30.74 m people	11.64 m people	660.33 m people
1960	47.41 m people	72.81 m people	52.4 m people	50.2 m people	30.46 m people	11.49 m people	667.07 m people

World Bank definition

Population, total

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.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator SP.POP.TOTL, reproduced unchanged.

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