France vs Italy: Has the population peaked?

France

66.44 million people

in 2023

Italy

59.50 million people

in 2023

France rank

23rd

Italy rank

25th

Has the population peaked? over time

France currently reports 66.44 million people against 59.50 million people in Italy, a difference of 6.94 million people.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Italy ahead.

France ranks 23rd and Italy ranks 25th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.