Urban Population / France
France Urban Population
France urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 78.80%.
COUNTRY: France
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:07:34
GM ECONOMY RATING
France · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
50 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
13.0 / 20
External stability
4.0 / 15
Financial robustness
5.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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France · urban population data as percent of GDP.
Latest
78.80%
Previous
78.78%
Range avg.
78.62%
Rank
35
Countries by urban population
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IndicatorUrban Population
78.80%2024 · Rank 35
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
France recorded 78.80% for Urban Population in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
The value increased from 78.78% in 2023; the absolute change was 0.02 percentage points.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (78.62%).
Within the last 10 available observations, the range runs from 77.76% in 2015 to 78.80% in 2024.
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