France vs Thailand: Has the population peaked?

France

66.44 million people

in 2023

Thailand

71.70 million people

in 2023

France rank

23rd

Thailand rank

20th

Has the population peaked? over time

Thailand currently reports 71.70 million people against 66.44 million people in France, a difference of 5.26 million people.

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

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

France ranks 23rd and Thailand ranks 20th 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.