Historical Population of Metropolitan France
| Year | Population | Year | Population | Year | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 BC | 2,500,000 | 1806 | 29,648,000 | 1896 | 40,158,000 |
| 1 | 5,500,000 | 1811 | 30,271,000 | 1901 | 40,681,000 |
| 120 | 7,200,000 | 1816 | 30,573,000 | 1906 | 41,067,000 |
| 400 | 5,500,000 | 1821 | 31,578,000 | 1911 | 41,415,000 |
| 850 | 7,000,000 | 1826 | 32,665,000 | 1921 | 39,108,000 |
| 1226 | 16,000,000 | 1831 | 33,595,000 | 1926 | 40,581,000 |
| 1345 | 20,200,000 | 1836 | 34,293,000 | 1931 | 41,524,000 |
| 1400 | 16,600,000 | 1841 | 34,912,000 | 1936 | 41,502,000 |
| 1457 | 19,700,000 | 1846 | 36,097,000 | 1946 | 40,506,639 |
| 1580 | 20,000,000 | 1851 | 36,472,000 | 1954 | 42,777,162 |
| 1594 | 18,500,000 | 1856 | 36,715,000 | 1962 | 46,519,997 |
| 1600 | 20,000,000 | 1861 | 37,386,000 | 1968 | 49,780,543 |
| 1670 | 18,000,000 | 1866 | 38,067,000 | 1975 | 52,655,864 |
| 1700 | 21,000,000 | 1872 | 37,653,000 | 1982 | 54,334,871 |
| 1715 | 19,200,000 | 1876 | 38,438,000 | 1990 | 56,615,155 |
| 1740 | 24,600,000 | 1881 | 39,239,000 | 1999 | 58,518,395 |
| 1792 | 28,000,000 | 1886 | 39,783,000 | 2006 | 61,399,719 |
| 1801 | 29,361,000 | 1891 | 39,946,000 | 2011 | 63,136,180 (*) |
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