France vs Greece

France vs Greece: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 0.17% a year in France and -2.08% a year in Greece, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in France, by 2.25 percentage points.

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% a year · UN

France vs Greece: Population growthPopulation growth in 2023: 0.17% a year in France and -2.08% a year in Greece, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in France, by 2.25 percentage points.
FranceGreeceUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • France has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Greece.
  • In 2023, France ranked 163 and Greece ranked 225 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts France at -0.03% a year and Greece at -0.66% a year in 2100.
  • The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

YearFranceGreeceWorld
20230.17-2.080.87
20220.31-1.210.88
20210.27-1.960.8
20200.27-0.30.9
20190.27-0.061.03
20180.37-0.171.07
20170.34-0.261.13
20160.26-0.151.17
20150.26-0.691.18
20140.43-0.651.22
20130.52-0.721.23
20120.51-0.751.27
20110.51-0.341.26
20100.490.061.27
20090.490.241.28
20080.540.321.28
20070.570.241.28
20060.660.31.28
20050.710.341.27
20040.750.281.28
20030.670.251.29
20020.70.271.3
20010.710.61.33
20000.710.521.35
19990.640.491.35
19980.390.491.37
19970.320.511.39
19960.320.481.42
19950.330.491.45
19940.340.521.47
19930.350.51.52
19920.50.521.57
19910.480.521.63
19900.50.421.76
19890.570.371.78
19880.570.441.79
19870.540.41.84
19860.510.511.83
19850.510.521.8
19840.540.641.8
19830.510.711.78
19820.620.791.86
19810.590.911.82
19800.571.171.8
19790.471.491.79
19780.41.391.74
19770.480.921.75
19760.421.731.78
19750.391.421.8
19740.530.531.88
19730.780.271.94
19720.830.731.97
19710.920.691.97
19700.960.212.06
19690.85-0.192.06
19680.780.862.09
19670.720.592
19660.871.162.04
19650.820.212.09
19641.050.22.16
19631.030.172.28
19620.920.192.11
19611.020.441.67
19600.971.051.58
19591.041.031.73
19581.020.982
195710.932.07
195610.941.98
19551.040.962.01
19541.050.91.99
19531.020.871.9
19521.060.821.94
19511.040.81.75
19501.110.811.74
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearFranceGreeceWorld
20240.16-0.01–0.33-1.77-2.31–-1.260.86
20250.15-0.07–0.37-0.41-0.98–0.250.84
20260.14-0.13–0.42-0.43-1.19–0.320.83
20270.14-0.15–0.45-0.44-1.36–0.420.81
20280.13-0.18–0.44-0.45-1.43–0.470.8
20290.14-0.21–0.47-0.45-1.53–0.510.78
20300.13-0.25–0.48-0.46-1.66–0.530.76
20310.13-0.3–0.5-0.46-1.72–0.530.75
20320.13-0.28–0.53-0.48-1.84–0.560.73
20330.13-0.29–0.58-0.47-1.91–0.560.72
20340.13-0.3–0.58-0.47-1.95–0.550.7
20350.13-0.33–0.59-0.48-2.05–0.560.69
20360.13-0.37–0.61-0.47-2.12–0.570.67
20370.13-0.39–0.62-0.47-2.13–0.590.65
20380.11-0.44–0.6-0.47-2.32–0.550.64
20390.1-0.46–0.62-0.47-2.33–0.580.62
20400.09-0.49–0.61-0.47-2.34–0.630.61
20410.09-0.5–0.61-0.47-2.45–0.620.59
20420.09-0.52–0.63-0.46-2.42–0.650.57
20430.07-0.57–0.59-0.47-2.46–0.620.56
20440.06-0.57–0.6-0.49-2.6–0.570.54
20450.04-0.62–0.59-0.49-2.64–0.520.52
20460.03-0.64–0.58-0.51-2.62–0.530.5
20470.02-0.66–0.58-0.55-2.71–0.510.48
20480-0.66–0.6-0.56-2.79–0.470.46
2049-0.01-0.71–0.59-0.6-2.72–0.480.44
2050-0.02-0.73–0.57-0.6-2.74–0.510.42
2051-0.04-0.76–0.57-0.63-2.76–0.470.4
2052-0.04-0.78–0.59-0.65-2.84–0.410.38
2053-0.05-0.82–0.58-0.66-2.79–0.390.36
2054-0.06-0.81–0.59-0.7-2.85–0.40.34
2055-0.07-0.89–0.57-0.73-2.87–0.390.33
2056-0.06-0.85–0.57-0.74-2.9–0.380.31
2057-0.07-0.87–0.59-0.77-2.91–0.340.3
2058-0.06-0.88–0.59-0.78-2.91–0.350.28
2059-0.07-0.88–0.59-0.8-2.98–0.340.27
2060-0.06-0.86–0.59-0.8-3.02–0.280.25
2061-0.06-0.87–0.65-0.82-3.04–0.360.24
2062-0.06-0.95–0.65-0.82-3.18–0.340.23
2063-0.04-0.92–0.63-0.83-3.18–0.350.22
2064-0.04-0.94–0.68-0.83-3.19–0.390.21
2065-0.03-0.97–0.67-0.83-3.17–0.440.2
2066-0.01-0.91–0.75-0.84-3.24–0.40.19
2067-0.01-0.92–0.73-0.84-3.3–0.410.18
2068-0-0.95–0.74-0.84-3.26–0.40.17
20690.01-0.93–0.77-0.83-3.33–0.460.16
20700.02-0.93–0.77-0.81-3.3–0.450.15
20710.04-0.93–0.77-0.79-3.36–0.470.14
20720.04-0.91–0.79-0.78-3.36–0.490.13
20730.05-0.92–0.79-0.75-3.42–0.530.12
20740.05-0.95–0.81-0.72-3.41–0.550.1
20750.06-0.92–0.81-0.69-3.4–0.60.09
20760.06-0.94–0.82-0.67-3.35–0.570.08
20770.06-0.95–0.8-0.66-3.31–0.570.07
20780.06-0.99–0.83-0.63-3.32–0.620.06
20790.06-0.98–0.8-0.61-3.25–0.660.05
20800.06-1–0.82-0.6-3.19–0.680.04
20810.06-1.03–0.83-0.57-3.17–0.670.03
20820.06-1.05–0.83-0.56-3.05–0.750.02
20830.07-1.04–0.86-0.53-3.03–0.810.01
20840.06-1.04–0.85-0.54-3–0.76-0
20850.05-1.04–0.83-0.54-2.93–0.75-0.01
20860.06-1.09–0.86-0.53-2.9–0.76-0.02
20870.06-1.14–0.84-0.52-2.9–0.77-0.03
20880.06-1.15–0.83-0.54-2.9–0.79-0.04
20890.05-1.18–0.84-0.55-2.88–0.78-0.05
20900.05-1.24–0.83-0.55-2.79–0.77-0.05
20910.04-1.2–0.85-0.55-2.87–0.79-0.06
20920.03-1.2–0.83-0.56-2.77–0.8-0.07
20930.04-1.19–0.85-0.58-2.79–0.78-0.07
20940.02-1.21–0.86-0.59-2.7–0.76-0.08
20950.01-1.24–0.85-0.61-2.68–0.77-0.09
2096-0.01-1.29–0.84-0.63-2.69–0.78-0.1
2097-0.01-1.23–0.84-0.64-2.64–0.79-0.11
2098-0.01-1.3–0.86-0.64-2.7–0.81-0.11
2099-0.02-1.34–0.84-0.65-2.64–0.76-0.12
2100-0.03-1.36–0.85-0.66-2.65–0.79-0.13

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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