Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — France

Population aged 15–64 in France in 2025 — 42,079,685 people. Ranked 23 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 43.2%.

2025 42.08M people +0.06% vs 2024
World rank 23of 217
Period maximum 42.08M people2011
Period minimum 29.39M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — France, 1960–202525M30M35M40M45M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 29,388,216 people1962: 30,028,477 people1964: 30,759,391 people1966: 31,338,834 people1968: 31,813,325 people1970: 32,405,229 people1972: 33,010,830 people1974: 33,575,437 people1976: 34,045,606 people1978: 34,558,832 people1980: 35,207,425 people1982: 36,134,689 people1984: 37,014,173 people1986: 37,509,980 people1988: 37,997,989 people1990: 38,381,939 people1992: 38,590,906 people1994: 38,812,730 people1996: 39,049,382 people1998: 39,284,010 people2000: 39,636,853 people2002: 40,175,561 people2004: 40,790,586 people2006: 41,418,236 people2008: 41,838,852 people2010: 42,063,238 people2012: 42,009,216 people2014: 41,953,031 people2016: 41,790,756 people2018: 41,758,655 people2020: 41,786,545 people2022: 41,995,649 people2024: 42,055,285 people2025: 42,079,685 people
Change over the period: +12.69M (+43.19%) Average annual rate: 0.55 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: France

France 42.08M people
World 5.36B people
Europe & Central Asia 600M people
Western Europe computed 126M people
High-income countries computed 895M people
Population aged 15–64 — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 42.08M +24,400 +0.06%
2024 42.06M +29,521 +0.07%
2023 42.03M +30,115 +0.07%
2022 42M +133,894 +0.32%
2021 41.86M +75,210 +0.18%
2020 41.79M +22,358 +0.05%
2019 41.76M +5,532 +0.01%
2018 41.76M +3,098 +0.01%
2017 41.76M −35,199 −0.08%
2016 41.79M −70,377 −0.17%
2015 41.86M −91,898 −0.22%
2014 41.95M −38,955 −0.09%
2013 41.99M −17,230 −0.04%
2012 42.01M −71,118 −0.17%
2011 42.08M +17,096 +0.04%
2010 42.06M +112,729 +0.27%
2009 41.95M +111,657 +0.27%
2008 41.84M +166,087 +0.4%
2007 41.67M +254,529 +0.61%
2006 41.42M +313,074 +0.76%
2005 41.11M +314,576 +0.77%
2004 40.79M +310,320 +0.77%
2003 40.48M +304,705 +0.76%
2002 40.18M +283,582 +0.71%
2001 39.89M +255,126 +0.64%
2000 39.64M +211,342 +0.54%
1999 39.43M +141,501 +0.36%
1998 39.28M +109,273 +0.28%
1997 39.17M +125,355 +0.32%
1996 39.05M +123,876 +0.32%
1995 38.93M +112,776 +0.29%
1994 38.81M +104,216 +0.27%
1993 38.71M +117,608 +0.3%
1992 38.59M +111,857 +0.29%
1991 38.48M +97,110 +0.25%
1990 38.38M +156,750 +0.41%
1989 38.23M +227,200 +0.6%
1988 38M +249,200 +0.66%
1987 37.75M +238,809 +0.64%
1986 37.51M +203,642 +0.55%
1985 37.31M +292,165 +0.79%
1984 37.01M +419,815 +1.15%
1983 36.59M +459,669 +1.27%
1982 36.13M +426,583 +1.19%
1981 35.71M +500,681 +1.42%
1980 35.21M +374,087 +1.07%
1979 34.83M +274,506 +0.79%
1978 34.56M +250,095 +0.73%
1977 34.31M +263,131 +0.77%
1976 34.05M +240,835 +0.71%
1975 33.8M +229,334 +0.68%
1974 33.58M +275,876 +0.83%
1973 33.3M +288,731 +0.87%
1972 33.01M +292,991 +0.9%
1971 32.72M +312,610 +0.96%
1970 32.41M +315,397 +0.98%
1969 32.09M +276,507 +0.87%
1968 31.81M +237,885 +0.75%
1967 31.58M +236,606 +0.75%
1966 31.34M +266,413 +0.86%
1965 31.07M +313,030 +1.02%
1964 30.76M +354,121 +1.16%
1963 30.41M +376,793 +1.25%
1962 30.03M +369,455 +1.25%
1961 29.66M +270,806 +0.92%
1960 29.39M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.