France vs Italy: The global population hockey stick
France
66.44 million people
in 2023
Italy
59.50 million people
in 2023
France rank
24th
Italy rank
26th
The global population hockey stick over time
- France
- Italy
How they compare
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 24th and Italy ranks 26th of 239 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, France averaged higher in 34 and Italy in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 6.44 million people | 5.20 million people | 1.24 million people | France |
| 1100s | 7.67 million people | 6.50 million people | 1.16 million people | France |
| 1200s | 10.36 million people | 8.50 million people | 1.86 million people | France |
| 1300s | 15.81 million people | 12.50 million people | 3.30 million people | France |
| 1400s | 10.93 million people | 8.00 million people | 2.93 million people | France |
| 1500s | 14.87 million people | 9.00 million people | 5.86 million people | France |
| 1600s | 18.31 million people | 13.28 million people | 5.04 million people | France |
| 1700s | 21.99 million people | 13.49 million people | 8.51 million people | France |
| 1710s | 22.59 million people | 13.90 million people | 8.69 million people | France |
| 1720s | 23.19 million people | 14.38 million people | 8.81 million people | France |
| 1730s | 23.79 million people | 14.88 million people | 8.92 million people | France |
| 1740s | 24.39 million people | 15.39 million people | 9.01 million people | France |
| 1750s | 24.99 million people | 15.92 million people | 9.08 million people | France |
| 1760s | 25.57 million people | 16.47 million people | 9.10 million people | France |
| 1770s | 26.15 million people | 17.04 million people | 9.11 million people | France |
| 1780s | 26.72 million people | 17.62 million people | 9.10 million people | France |
| 1790s | 27.30 million people | 18.23 million people | 9.07 million people | France |
| 1800s | 29.49 million people | 19.26 million people | 10.23 million people | France |
| 1810s | 30.62 million people | 19.85 million people | 10.77 million people | France |
| 1820s | 32.17 million people | 20.78 million people | 11.39 million people | France |
| 1830s | 34.01 million people | 22.15 million people | 11.86 million people | France |
| 1840s | 35.55 million people | 23.62 million people | 11.93 million people | France |
| 1850s | 36.72 million people | 25.16 million people | 11.57 million people | France |
| 1860s | 37.65 million people | 26.80 million people | 10.86 million people | France |
| 1870s | 38.44 million people | 28.46 million people | 9.98 million people | France |
| 1880s | 39.09 million people | 30.26 million people | 8.83 million people | France |
| 1890s | 39.76 million people | 32.25 million people | 7.51 million people | France |
| 1900s | 40.24 million people | 34.52 million people | 5.71 million people | France |
| 1910s | 39.46 million people | 36.39 million people | 3.08 million people | France |
| 1920s | 39.42 million people | 38.32 million people | 1.10 million people | France |
| 1930s | 40.52 million people | 41.71 million people | 1.19 million people | Italy |
| 1940s | 40.90 million people | 44.87 million people | 3.96 million people | Italy |
| 1950s | 43.91 million people | 47.87 million people | 3.96 million people | Italy |
| 1960s | 48.46 million people | 51.26 million people | 2.80 million people | Italy |
| 1970s | 52.45 million people | 54.88 million people | 2.43 million people | Italy |
| 1980s | 55.32 million people | 56.79 million people | 1.47 million people | Italy |
| 1990s | 58.06 million people | 57.20 million people | 858,890 people | France |
| 2000s | 61.36 million people | 58.38 million people | 2.99 million people | France |
| 2010s | 64.68 million people | 60.42 million people | 4.26 million people | France |
| 2020s | 66.18 million people | 59.69 million people | 6.49 million people | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, France or Italy?
- France, at 66.44 million people against 59.50 million people in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between France and Italy?
- 6.94 million people, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Italy?
- 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
- How do France and Italy rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- France ranks 24th and Italy ranks 26th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.