France vs Italy: Population

France

66.44 million people

in 2023

Italy

59.50 million people

in 2023

France rank

23rd

Italy rank

25th

Population 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 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was France ahead.

France ranks 23rd and Italy ranks 25th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.