France
Urban population in France
Urban population in France: 54.7% in 1950 and 78.8% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 78.8%
- Since 1950
- +24.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 71 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 86.3%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 86.3% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | France |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.8 |
| 2024 | 78.8 |
| 2023 | 78.8 |
| 2022 | 78.8 |
| 2021 | 78.7 |
| 2020 | 78.7 |
| 2019 | 78.7 |
| 2018 | 78.7 |
| 2017 | 78.7 |
| 2016 | 78.6 |
| 2015 | 77.8 |
| 2014 | 77.4 |
| 2013 | 77.2 |
| 2012 | 77.2 |
| 2011 | 77.1 |
| 2010 | 77.1 |
| 2009 | 77.1 |
| 2008 | 77.2 |
| 2007 | 77.3 |
| 2006 | 77.4 |
| 2005 | 77.4 |
| 2004 | 77.5 |
| 2003 | 77.5 |
| 2002 | 77.3 |
| 2001 | 76.9 |
| 2000 | 76.5 |
| 1999 | 76.2 |
| 1998 | 75.9 |
| 1997 | 75.6 |
| 1996 | 75.4 |
| 1995 | 75.1 |
| 1994 | 74.9 |
| 1993 | 74.6 |
| 1992 | 74.4 |
| 1991 | 74.2 |
| 1990 | 74.1 |
| 1989 | 73.9 |
| 1988 | 73.8 |
| 1987 | 73.7 |
| 1986 | 73.6 |
| 1985 | 73.6 |
| 1984 | 73.5 |
| 1983 | 73.4 |
| 1982 | 73.4 |
| 1981 | 73.3 |
| 1980 | 73.3 |
| 1979 | 73.2 |
| 1978 | 73.2 |
| 1977 | 73.1 |
| 1976 | 73.1 |
| 1975 | 73 |
| 1974 | 72.9 |
| 1973 | 72.7 |
| 1972 | 72.3 |
| 1971 | 71.9 |
| 1970 | 71.4 |
| 1969 | 70.8 |
| 1968 | 70.2 |
| 1967 | 69.5 |
| 1966 | 68.4 |
| 1965 | 67.2 |
| 1964 | 65.9 |
| 1963 | 64.6 |
| 1962 | 63.5 |
| 1961 | 62.5 |
| 1960 | 61.7 |
| 1959 | 60.9 |
| 1958 | 60.1 |
| 1957 | 59.4 |
| 1956 | 58.7 |
| 1955 | 58 |
| 1954 | 57.4 |
| 1953 | 56.7 |
| 1952 | 56.1 |
| 1951 | 55.4 |
| 1950 | 54.7 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | France |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 78.9 |
| 2027 | 79 |
| 2028 | 79.1 |
| 2029 | 79.2 |
| 2030 | 79.4 |
| 2031 | 79.6 |
| 2032 | 79.7 |
| 2033 | 80 |
| 2034 | 80.2 |
| 2035 | 80.4 |
| 2036 | 80.7 |
| 2037 | 81 |
| 2038 | 81.3 |
| 2039 | 81.6 |
| 2040 | 81.9 |
| 2041 | 82.3 |
| 2042 | 82.7 |
| 2043 | 83.1 |
| 2044 | 83.5 |
| 2045 | 83.9 |
| 2046 | 84.3 |
| 2047 | 84.8 |
| 2048 | 85.3 |
| 2049 | 85.8 |
| 2050 | 86.3 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel304,000 people in 2020
- National power1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports236 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports3.37 billion TIV in 2025