France vs Thailand: Population

France

66.44 million people

in 2023

Thailand

71.70 million people

in 2023

France rank

23rd

Thailand rank

20th

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

France ranks 23rd and Thailand ranks 20th 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.