France vs Tanzania: Has the population peaked?

France

66.44 million people

in 2023

Tanzania

66.62 million people

in 2023

France rank

23rd

Tanzania rank

22nd

Has the population peaked? over time

Tanzania currently reports 66.62 million people against 66.44 million people in France, a difference of 178,800 people.

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

France ranks 23rd and Tanzania ranks 22nd 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.