demographics of France

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Starting around 1800, the historical evolution of the population in France has been atypical in Europe. Unlike the rest of Europe, there was no strong population growth in France in the 19th and first half of the 20th century. The birth rate in France diminished much earlier than in the rest of Europe in part because inheritance laws dictated distribution of estates whereas in the UK wealth could be passed to the eldest son or child.{{original research inline|date=March 2018}} The country's large population gave Napoleon a seemingly limitless supply of men for the Grande Armée, but the birth rate began to fall in the late 18th century;{{r|huss1990}} thus population growth was quite slow in the 19th century, and the nadir was reached in the first half of the 20th century when France, surrounded by the rapidly growing populations of Germany and the United Kingdom, had virtually zero growth. The slow growth of France's population in the 19th century was reflected in the country's very low emigration rate.

The French population only grew by 8.6% between 1871 and 1911, while Germany's grew by 60% and Britain's by 54%.{{cite book | title=France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944 | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Jackson, Julian | year=2001 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/france00juli/page/31 31–33, 103–104] | isbn=978-0-19-820706-1 | url=https://archive.org/details/france00juli/page/31 }}

French concerns about the country's slow population growth began after its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. For four years in the 1890s, the number of deaths exceeded the number of births. The National Alliance for the Growth of the French Population (ANAPF) was formed in 1896, and the Cognacq-Jay and other prizes were created for the parents of large families. Émile Zola's 1899 novel {{ill|Les Quatre Évangiles|fr|Les Quatre Évangiles|lt=Fécondité|italic=yes}} is representative of contemporary concerns about the birthrate. France lost 10% of its active male population in World War I; the 1.3 million French deaths, along with even more births forgone by potential fathers being off at war, caused a drop of 3 million in the French population, and helped make Dénatalité a national obsession; by 1920 ANAPF had 40,000 members, and in July that year a new law strictly regulated abortion and contraception.{{r|huss1990}}{{r|jackson2001}}

ANAPF proposed that parents of large families receive extra votes, and the belief that women's suffrage in other countries caused birth rates to decline helped defeat proposals before World War II to permit women to vote. The birth rate declined again after a brief baby boom from 1920 to 1923, and reached an all-time low during peacetime in the late 1930s. During the "hollow years" of the decade, the number of new conscripts declined because of the lack of births during World War I. From 1935 deaths exceeded births; the press widely discussed the country's decreasing population. Both left and right supported pro-natalist policies; even the French Communist Party ended its opposition to anti-birth control and anti-abortion laws in 1936, and its leader, Maurice Thorez, advocated for the "protection of family and childhood".{{r|huss1990}}{{r|jackson2001}}

New laws in November 1938 and July 1939, the {{lang|fr|code de la famille}}, provided enough financial incentives for large families to double the income of a family with six children. The Vichy government approved of the laws and implemented them as part of its Travail, famille, patrie national motto, as did the postwar Provisional Government of the French Republic.{{r|jackson2001}}{{cite journal|jstor=260720|title=Pronatalism in the Inter-War Period in France|first=Marie-Monique|last=Huss|date=1 September 1990|journal=Journal of Contemporary History|volume=25|issue=1|pages=39–68|doi=10.1177/002200949002500102|s2cid=162316833}}Colin L. Dyer, Population and Society in 20th Century France (1978) Also, France encouraged immigration, chiefly from other European countries such as Italy, Poland, and Spain. (In fact, with its low birth rate, stagnating or declining native-born population, and role as a destination for migrants from other parts of Europe, France's situation before World War II was not unlike that of Germany today.)

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|1806 | 29107000

|1821 | 30462000

|1831 | 32569000

|1841 | 34230000

|1851 | 35783000

|1872 | 36103000

|1881 | 37672000

|1891 | 38343000

|1901 | 38962000

|1911 | 39605000

|1921 | 39108000

|1931 | 41524000

|1946 | 40125230

|1950 | 41647258

|1960 | 45464797

|1970 | 50528219

|1980 | 53731387

|1990 | 56577000

|2000 | 58858198

|2010 | 62765235

|2020 | 67287241

|2022 | 67813396

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France experienced a baby boom after 1945; it reversed a long-term record of low birth rates.{{r|huss1990}}Leslie King, "'France needs children'" Sociological Quarterly (1998) 39#1 pp: 33-52. The government's pro-natalist policy of the 1930s do not explain this sudden recovery, which was often portrayed inside France as a "miracle". It was also atypical of the Western world: although there was a baby boom in other Western countries after the war, the baby boom in France was much stronger, and lasted longer than in most other Western countries (the United States was one of the few exceptions). In the 1950s and 1960s, France's population grew at 1% per year: the highest growth in the history of France, higher even than the high growth rates of the 18th or 19th century.

Since 1975, France's population growth rate has significantly diminished, but it still remains slightly higher than that of the rest of Europe, and much faster than at the end of the 19th century and during the first half of the 20th century. In the first decade of the third millennium, population growth in France was the highest in Europe, matched only by that of the Republic of Ireland, which has also historically undergone stagnant growth and even decline relative to the rest of Europe until recently. However, it is lower than that of the United States, largely because of the latter's higher net migration rate.

The following compares the past, present, and future size of the French population with other entities in Europe and in the world. All statements refer to France as understood in its modern borders; this pertains also to other countries. Historians suggest that France was the most populous state in Europe from at least the period of Charlemagne and the Frankish Empire, if not earlier, to the 19th century. Population statistics prior to the modern era are historical estimates as official counts were not made.

• Until 1795 metropolitan France was the most populous country of Europe, ahead of Russia, and the fourth most populous country in the world, behind only China, India and Japan;
• Between 1795 and 1866, metropolitan France was the second most populous country of Europe, behind Russia, and the fourth most populous country in the world, behind China, India and Russia (having become more populous than Japan during this period);
• Between 1866 and 1909, metropolitan France was the third most populous country of Europe, behind Russia and Germany;
• Between 1909 and 1933, metropolitan France was the fourth most populous country of Europe, behind Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom;
• Between 1933 and 1991, metropolitan France was the fifth most populous country of Europe, behind Russia, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy;
• Since 1991, metropolitan France recovered its rank as the fourth most populous country of Europe, behind Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Worldwide, France's ranking has fallen to twentieth most populous country;
• In 2005 it was projected that if current demographic trends continued (i.e. declining population in Germany, and slightly rising population in France and the UK), around 2050 metropolitan France could again surpass the population of Germany, becoming the most populous state in the European Union.{{cite web|year=2005|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/13/news/france.php|title=France has a baby boom|work=International Herald Tribune|access-date=15 December 2007}} In contrast, 2009 UN projections say that the stronger-growing United Kingdom could be more populous than France in 2050, leaving France third amongst European nations, behind Russia and the UK.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

In the above list, Turkey is not considered a European country. Turkey was less populous than metropolitan France until 1992 but is now more populous.According to the table :File:Turkey-demography.png{{better source|date=April 2025}}

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Note: Crude migration change (per 1000) is a trend analysis, an extrapolation based average population change (current year minus previous) minus natural change of the current year (see table vital statistics). Average population is an estimate of the population in the middle of the year and not end of the year.

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Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Please note:

• figures are for metropolitan France only, not including overseas departments and territories, as former French colonies and protectorates. Algeria and its départements, although they were an integral part of metropolitan France until 1962, are not included in the figures.
• to make comparisons easier, figures provided below are for the territory of metropolitan France within the borders of 2004. This was the real territory of France from 1860 to 1871, and again since 1919. Figures before 1860 have been adjusted to include Savoy and Nice, which only became part of France in 1860. Figures between 1795 and 1815 do not include the French départements in modern-day Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy, although they were an integral part of France during that period. Figures between 1871 and 1919 have been adjusted to include Alsace and part of Lorraine, which both were at the time part of the German Empire.
• figures before 1801 are modern estimates which do not include for the Roman Empire parts of Gaul that were in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; figures from 1801 (included) onwards are based on the official French censuses.

Source:{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/detail.asp?ref_id=bilan-demo&page=donnees-detaillees/bilan-demo/pop_age2b.htm|title=Population totale par sexe et âge au 1 er janvier 2017, France métropolitaine−Bilan démographique 2016 - Insee|website=Insee.fr|access-date=1 September 2017}}

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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	58,520,688
1792	28,000,000	1886	39,783,000	2006	61,399,733
1801	29,361,000	1891	39,946,000	2016	64,513,000

File:Historical_population_of_France.svg

Source: Louis Henry and Yves Blayo.{{citation|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/pop_0032-4663_1975_hos_30_1_15696|format=doc|title=La population de la France de 1740 à 1860|author1=Louis Henry|author2=Yves Blayo|journal=Population |year=1975|volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=95, 100|author1-link=Louis Henry (historian)}}

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" ! Years !! 1740!!1745!!1750!!1755!!1760!!1765!!1770!!1775!!1780!!1785!!1790!!1795
style="text-align:left;"|Total population in France métropolitaine (in millions)	24,6	24,6	24,5	25,0	25,7	26,1	26,6	27,0	27,55	27,65	28,1	28,1
style="text-align:left;"|Annual population growth rates (%)	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|1	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|3	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|20	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|28	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|14	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|19	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|15	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|21	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|16	0	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|36

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" ! Years !! 1800!!1805!!1810!!1815!!1820!!1825!!1830!!1835!!1840!!1845!!1850!!1855!!1860
style="text-align:left;"|Total population in France métropolitaine (in millions)	29,1	29,5	30,0	30,3	31,25	32,35	33,3	34,0	34,9	35,7	36,35	37,0	37,3
style="text-align:left;"|Annual population growth rates (%)	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|12	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|18	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|10	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|31	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|36	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|29	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|21	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|25	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|24	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|18	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|17	style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|9

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{{see also|List of French departments by life expectancy}}

File:Life expectancy map of France 2023 -regions -male -names.png of {{nobr|metropolitan France}} in 2023 for male{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2012749 |title=Espérance de vie en 2023: Comparaisons régionales et départementales |language=fr |work=National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (France) |access-date=2024-02-01 |trans-title=Life expectancy in 2023: comparison of regions and departments}}]]

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Life expectancy in Metropolitan France from 1818 to 1950. Source: Our World In Data.

Death rate 9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

class="wikitable" !Years !1816 !1820 !1825 !1830 !1835 !1840 !1845 !1850 !1855 !1860 !1865 !1870{{cite web|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810|title=Life expectancy|website=Our World in Data|access-date=28 August 2018}}

Life expectancy in Metropolitan France |40.1 |39.2 |38.5 |39.6 |39.5 |40.4 |43.6 |43.3 |37.5 |43.3 |40.1 |36.4

class="wikitable" !Years !1871 !1872 !1873 !1874 !1875 !1876 !1877 !1878 !1879 !1880

Life expectancy in Metropolitan France |29.6 |42.6 |41.8 |44.3 |43.1 |43.5 |44.3 |43.3 |44.0 |42.7

class="wikitable" !Years !1881 !1882 !1883 !1884 !1885 !1886 !1887 !1888 !1889 !1890

Life expectancy in Metropolitan France |43.5 |43.1 |43.2 |42.4 |43.9 |43.1 |43.7 |44.1 |45.5 |43.3

class="wikitable" !Years !1891 !1892 !1893 !1894 !1895 !1896 !1897 !1898 !1899 !1900

Life expectancy in Metropolitan France |44.1 |43.5 |43.5 |45.5 |45.1 |47.5 |47.9 |45.9 |45.2 |45.0

class="wikitable" !Years !1901 !1902 !1903 !1904 !1905 !1906 !1907 !1908 !1909 !1910

Life expectancy in Metropolitan France |46.9 |48.0 |48.4 |48.0 |48.3 |47.7 |48.2 |49.3 |50.0 |51.3

class="wikitable" !Years !1911 !1912 !1913 !1914 !1915 !1916 !1917 !1918 !1919 !1920

Life expectancy in Metropolitan France |48.1 |51.6 |51.3 |38.2 |36.3 |40.2 |43.1 |34.8 |47.6 |51.5

class="wikitable" !Years !1921 !1922 !1923 !1924 !1925 !1926 !1927 !1928 !1929 !1930

Life expectancy in Metropolitan France |52.6 |54.9 |54.6 |55.2 |54.3 |54.0 |55.7 |55.4 |54.2 |56.8

class="wikitable" !Years !1931 !1932 !1933 !1934 !1935 !1936 !1937 !1938 !1939 !1940

Life expectancy in Metropolitan France |56.9 |57.2 |57,7 |58.3 |58.3 |58.8 |59.1 |59.0 |59.6 |49.6

class="wikitable" !Years !1941 !1942 !1943 !1944 !1945 !1946 !1947 !1948 !1949 !1950

Life expectancy in Metropolitan France |57.7 |57.4 |53.3 |47.2 |54.9 |62.4 |63.9 |65.8 |64.9 |66.4

File:Life_expectancy_in_France.svg

File:Life expectancy by WBG -France -diff.png

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Period{{cite web |title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations |url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |access-date=15 July 2017}} !Life expectancy in Years !Period !Life expectancy in Years

1950–1955 |67.2 |1985–1990 |76.1

1955–1960 |69.3 |1990–1995 |77.3

1960–1965 |70.7 |1995–2000 |78.4

1965–1970 |71.4 |2000–2005 |79.6

1970–1975 |72.4 |2005–2010 |80.9

1975–1980 |73.6 |2010–2015 |81.9

1980–1985 |74.7 |2015-2020 |82.4

Age structures of the France métropolitaine from the year 1740 to 2021. Source: Louis Henry and Yves Blayo.{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/5007690?sommaire=5007726|title=Évolution de la population − Bilan démographique 2020 | Insee|website=www.insee.fr}}

;Median age (2021 INSEE est.{{cite web |title=Âge moyen et âge médian de la population |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2381476 |access-date=5 May 2020 |publisher=INSEE |language=fr}})

:

:total: 41.1 years. Country comparison to the world: 40th

:male: 39.6 years

:female: 42.6 years

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" ! scope="col" |Ages ! scope="col" |1740 ! scope="col" |1745 ! scope="col" |1750 ! scope="col" |1755 ! scope="col" |1760 ! scope="col" |1765 ! scope="col" |1770 ! scope="col" |1775 ! scope="col" |1780 ! scope="col" |1785 ! scope="col" |1790 ! scope="col" |1795

0–19 years |42.1 |42.2 |41.6 |41.1 |41.2 |41.0 |41.1 |40.7 |40.0 |40.15 |40.1 |40.3

20–59 years |49.6 |49.7 |50.3 |50.7 |50.3 |50.15 |50 |50.35 |51.25 |51.3 |51.4 |50.95

60 years and over |8.3 |8.1 |8.1 |8.2 |8.5 |8.85 |8.9 |8.95 |8.75 |8.55 |8.5 |8.75

Total (%) |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100

File:Denise et ses trois filles en vacances à l’île de Ré en 1948.png

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" ! scope="col" |Ages ! scope="col" |1800 ! scope="col" |1805 ! scope="col" |1810 ! scope="col" |1815 ! scope="col" |1820 ! scope="col" |1825 ! scope="col" |1830 ! scope="col" |1835 ! scope="col" |1840 ! scope="col" |1845 ! scope="col" |1850 ! scope="col" |1855 ! scope="col" |1860

0–19 years |41.0 |41.25 |41.1 |41.6 |40.7 |40.55 |40.6 |40.25 |39.6 |38.95 |38.4 |37.7 |36.95

20–59 years |50.05 |49.75 |49.7 |48.75 |49.25 |49.45 |49.6 |50.25 |50.9 |51.4 |51.95 |52.65 |52.65

60 years and over |8.95 |9.0 |9.2 |9.65 |10.05 |10.0 |9.8 |9.5 |9.5 |9.65 |9.65 |9.65 |10.4

Total (%) |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100 |100

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" ! scope="col" |Ages ! scope="col" |2000 ! scope="col" |2010 ! scope="col" |2020 ! scope="col" |2021

0–19 years |25.8 |24.8 |24.1 |23.9

20–59 years |53.8 |52.6 |49.4 |49.3

60–64 years |4.6 |6.0 |6.1 |6.1

65 years and over |15.8 |16.6 |20.4 |20.7

Total (%) |100 |100 |100 |100

;Sex ratio

:

:at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

:0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

:15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

:25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

:55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female

:65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female

:total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.))

; Dependency ratios

:

: total dependency ratio: 62.4

: youth dependency ratio: 28.7

: elderly dependency ratio: 33.7

: potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.)

File:Fertility rate of France overtime from 1800 to 2016.svg

France has a high fertility rate compared to other European countries; this rate has increased after reaching a historic low in the early 1990s.

• Total fertility rate: 2.01 children born per woman for metropolitan France and the overseas departments (in 2012),{{cite web |author=INSEE |title=Fécondité totale, fécondité selon le groupe d'âges de la mère et âge moyen des mères à l'accouchement |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=0&ref_id=bilandemo3 |access-date=12 November 2013 |language=fr}} 2.00 for metropolitan France alone (in 2010).{{cite web |title=Tableau complémentaire 2 : Taux de fécondité par groupe d'âges |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/ipweb/ip1332/ip1332.xls=Tabc2 |access-date=19 January 2011 |website=INSEE |publisher=Government of France |language=fr}}
• Mean age of women having their first birth: 29.9 years-old.{{cite web |title=Bilan démographique 2008 |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?ref_id=IP1220®_id=0 |access-date=13 January 2009 |website=INSEE |publisher=Government of France |language=fr}}

The table below gives the average number of children according to the place of birth of women. An immigrant woman is a woman who was born outside France and who did not have French citizenship at birth.{{cite web |title=INED – Population et Société – La fécondité des immigrées, nouvelles données, nouvelle approche (Avril 2004) |url=http://www.ined.fr/fichier/t_publication/540/publi_pdf1_pop_et_soc_francais_400.pdf |access-date=1 September 2017 |website=Ined.fr}}

In 2021 there was 11.8 births/1,000 population. Total fertility rate (2020 data by INSEE) 1.83 children born/woman.

;Mother's mean age at first birth{{cite web |title=Un premier enfant à 28,5 ans en 2015 : 4,5 ans plus tard qu'en 1974 |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2668280 |access-date=5 May 2020 |publisher=INSEE |language=fr}}

:

:28.5 years (2015)

File:Baby on Tiptoes.jpg in the European Union (as of 2020)]]

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! !Fertlity rate in 2014https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/29430/population.et.societes.568.2019.fecondite.immigrees.fr.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} !Average number of children in France (1991–1998) !Average number of children in country of origin (1990–1999)

All women living in metropolitan France |1,99 |1.74 |

Women born in Metropolitan France |1,88 |1.70 |

Immigrant women |2,75 |2.16 |

Women born in overseas France | |1.86 |

Immigrant women (country of birth) | |

Spain |1,81 |1.52 |1.23

Italy |1,81 |1.60 |1.24

Portugal |2,02 |1.96 |1.49

Other EU | |1.66 |1.44

Turkey |3,12 |3.21 |2.16

Other Europe |2,22 |1.68 |1.41

Algeria |3,69 |2.57 |1.78

Morocco |3,47 |2.97 |3.28

Tunisia |3,50 |2.90 |2.73

Other Africa |2,91 |2.86 |5.89

Asia (mostly China) |2,11 |1.77 |2.85

The Americas and Oceania |2,23 |2.00 |2.54

The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation.

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" ! Years !! 1800!!1801!!1802!!1803!!1804!!1805!!1806!!1807!!1808!!1809!!1810
style="text-align:left;"|Total Fertility Rate in Metropolitan France	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.41	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.36	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.31	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.26	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.21	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.16	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.1	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.05	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.95	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.9

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" ! Years !! 1860!!1861!!1862!!1863!!1864!!1865!!1866!!1867!!1868!!1869!!1870
style="text-align:left;"|Total Fertility Rate in Metropolitan France	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.4	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.51	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.46	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.53	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.51	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.53	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.53	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.55	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.49	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.49	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.44

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" ! Years !! 1871!!1872!!1873!!1874!!1875!!1876!!1877!!1878!!1879!!1880
style="text-align:left;"|Total Fertility Rate in Metropolitan France	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.08	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.59	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.51	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.53	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.51	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.57	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.49	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.44	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.44	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.36

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" ! Years !! 1881!!1882!!1883!!1884!!1885!!1886!!1887!!1888!!1889!!1890
style="text-align:left;"|Total Fertility Rate in Metropolitan France	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.4	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.4	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.38	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.38	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.32	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.26	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.22	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.16	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.12	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.95

class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" ! Years !! 1891!!1892!!1893!!1894!!1895!!1896!!1897!!1898!!1899
style="text-align:left;"|Total Fertility Rate in Metropolitan France	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.03	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.96	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.02	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.94	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.86	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.98	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.92	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.87	style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.88

About 22% of newborns in France between 2006 and 2008 had at least one foreign-born grandparent (9% born in another European country, 8% born in the Maghreb and 2% born in another region of the world).

As of 2022, 32.4% of newborns in France had at least one foreign-born parent and 28.5% had at least one parent born outside of Europe (EU 28) (parents born in overseas territories are considered as born in France).

The table below gives the number of children born in metropolitan France according to the place of birth of both parents.

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
rowspan="3" |Birth country of parents ! colspan="19" |Years
1998 !1999 !2000 !2001 !2002 !2003 !2004 !2005 !2006 !2007 !2008 !2009 ! colspan="2" |2010 !2011 !2012 !2013 ! colspan="2" |2014
style="background:#f0f0f0;" ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! % ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! %
Both parents born in France	566 447	576 537	601 268	595 286	580 999	575 985	574 687	575 659	590 163	579 515	585 427	578 052	583 600	72.7%	604 077	598 473	583 864	579 106	70.75%
One parent born in France, other foreign-born	101 511	98 687	101 498	102 013	103 930	106 677	110 258	114 090	119 159	119 587	121 845	125 058	129 025	16.1%	119 114	119 957	119 643	123 855	15.13%
Father born in EU28, mother born in France	13 194	12 858	13 060	12 447	11 732	11 442	10 811	10 667	10 455	10 188	9 975	9 526	9 549	1.2%	9 961	9 637	9 414	9 235	1.13%
Father not born in EU28, mother born in France	44 891	43 807	45 612	46 459	47 695	49 790	52 244	54 176	56 886	56 626	57 955	60 362	62 478	7.8%	55 209	55 488	55 397	56 370	6.89%
Father born in France, mother born in EU28	13 020	12 647	12 411	11 881	11 439	11 119	10 930	10 827	10 794	10 575	10 562	10 585	10 418	1.3%	10 104	9 761	9 772	10 058	1.23%
Father born in France, mother not born in EU28	30 406	29 375	30 415	31 226	33 064	34 326	36 273	38 420	41 024	42 198	43 353	44 585	46 580	5.8%	43 840	45 071	45 060	48 192	5.89%
Both parents foreign-born	70 122	69 567	72 016	73 646	76 701	78 802	82 871	84 606	87 574	86 883	88 772	90 310	89 599	11.2%	100 203	102 617	108 003	115 604	14.12%
Both parents born in EU28	6 681	6 157	5 780	5 524	5 159	5 369	5 426	5 372	5 778	5 891	6 276	6 442	6 694	0.8%	7 798	8 419	8 884	9 726	1.19%
Both parents not born in EU28	60 281	60 636	63 299	65 406	68 788	70 552	74 537	76 348	78 700	78 020	79 405	80 641	79 698	9.9%	89 163	91 049	95 721	102 319	12.50%
Father born in EU27, mother not born in EU28	1 188	1 047	1 116	1 035	1 038	1 075	1 150	1 100	1 256	1 190	1 226	1 268	1 258	0.2%	1 469	1 436	1 494	1 554	0.19%
Father not born in EU27, Mother born in EU28	1 972	1 727	1 821	1 681	1 716	1 806	1 758	1 786	1 840	1 782	1 865	1 959	1 949	0.2%	1 773	1 713	1 904	2 005	0.24%
Total of newborns	738 080	744 791	774 782	770 945	761 630	761 464	767 816	774 355	796 896	785 985	796 044	793 420	802 224	100%	823 394	821 047	811 510	818 565	100%

As of 2022, 74.0% of newborns in France had two parents with French citizenship, 14.4% had one French parent, and 11.5% had two non-French parents.{{cite web |title=Insee − Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - Insee |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2381382#graphique-figure1 |access-date=1 September 2017 |website=Insee.fr}}

The table below gives the number of children born in metropolitan France according to the citizenship of both parents.

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
rowspan="3" |Citizenship of parents ! colspan="19" |Year
1998 !1999 ! colspan="2" |2000 !2001 !2002 !2003 !2004 !2005 !2006 !2007 !2008 !2009 ! colspan="2" |2010 !2011 !2012 !2013 !2014
style="background:#f0f0f0;" ! Number ! Number ! Number ! % ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number ! % ! Number ! Number ! Number ! Number
Both French parents	630 995	633 788	657 576	84.9%	648 506	633 294	629 014	628 062	630 481	645 879	635 082	640 596	634 153	642 816	80.1%	659 834	651 577	638 576	634 027
One French parent, other non-French	57 897	61 577	66 636	8.6%	69 954	74 590	78 318	84 013	88 965	94 888	96 314	100 464	103 704	106 622	13.3%	105 767	108 905	109 809	115 647
French mother, father with European citizenship (EU28)	9 146	9 175	9 554	1.2%	9 397	8 866	9 019	8 749	8 503	8 571	8 509	8 349	8 197	8 829	1.1%	8 300	8 270	8 120	8 019
French mother, father with non-European citizenship (EU28)	25 117	26 720	29 592	3.8%	31 463	33 820	35 756	38 923	41 061	43 698	43 603	45 579	46 753	46 456	5.8%	44 600	45 599	45 866	47 184
French father, mother with European citizenship (EU28)	7 535	7 551	7 409	1.0%	7 235	7 359	7 097	7 172	7 324	7 395	7 420	7 642	7 862	7 874	1.0%	7 856	7 747	7 901	8 162
French father, mother with non-European citizenship (EU28)	16 099	18 131	20 081	2.6%	21 859	24 545	26 446	29 169	32 077	35 224	36 782	38 894	40 892	43 463	5.4%	45 011	47 289	47 922	52 282
Both non-French parents	49 188	49 426	50 570	6.5%	52 485	53 746	54 132	55 741	54 909	56 129	54 589	54 984	55 563	52 786	6.6%	57 793	60 565	63 125	68 891
Both parents with European citizenship (EU28)	6 715	6 359	6 166	0.8%	5 808	5 507	5 589	5 670	5 667	6 085	6 214	6 623	6 803	6 958	0.9%	7 895	8 556	9 176	10 217
Both parents with non-European citizenship (EU28)	41 268	41 845	42 985	5.5%	45 265	46 807	46 921	48 364	47 440	48 091	46 301	46 167	46 435	43 454	5.4%	47 419	49 262	50 860	55 056
Father with European citizenship (EU28), mother with non-European citizenship (EU28)	440	502	565	0.1%	589	571	685	733	797	937	967	1 062	1 141	1 235	0.2%	1 400	1 555	1 700	2 091
Father with non-European citizenship (EU28), mother with European citizenship (EU28)	765	720	854	0.1%	823	861	937	974	1 005	1 016	1 107	1 132	1 184	1 139	0.2%	1 079	1 192	1 389	1 527
Total of newborns	738 080	744 791	774 782	100%	770 945	761 630	761 464	767 816	774 355	796 896	785 985	796 044	793 420	802 224	100%	823 394	821 047	811 510	818 565

The population of France is predicted to hit the 70 million mark between the year 2025/2030 and to overtake Germany's between 2050/2060, with 75.6 million French for 71 million Germans in 2060, while the UK is predicted to overtake France by 2030. By 2080, the population of France is estimated to reach 78.8 million (including the overseas departments, but not the overseas territories).

File:Population projections of France by the UN up to 2100.svg

Figures from eurostat for metropolitan France and the overseas departments:

class="wikitable sortable" ! style="width:2em;" | Year !! Population
2010	64,677,000
2020	67,658,000
2030	70,396,000
2040	72,767,000
2050	74,297,000
2060	75,599,000
2070	77,109,000
2080	78,842,000

Source:

File:Live births and deaths over time in Metropolitan France.svg

{{More citations needed section|date=April 2015}}

The vital statistics below refer to France Métropolitaine and do not include the overseas departments, territories and New Caledonia.{{cite web|title=Developed Countries Demography|url=https://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/data/online-databases/developed-countries-database/|access-date=3 December 2017|website=Institut National d'Études Démographiques - INED}}

Notable events in French demographics:

• 1914–18 – First World War
• 1940-44 – Second World War
• 1962 - Exodus at the end of Algerian War

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;" ! ! style="width:70pt;" |Average population (1 January) ! style="width:70pt;" |Live births ! style="width:70pt;" |Deaths ! style="width:70pt;" |Natural change ! style="width:70pt;" |Crude birth rate (per 1000) ! style="width:70pt;" |Crude death rate (per 1000). ! style="width:70pt;" |Natural change (per 1000) ! style="width:70pt;" |Crude Migration Rate (per 1000) ! style="width:70pt;" |Total fertility rate{{refn|group=fn|In fertility rates, 2.1 and above is a stable population and has been marked blue, 2 and below leads to an aging population and the result is that the population decreases. }}{{citation |author=Max Roser |title=Total Fertility Rate around the world over the last centuries |date=2014 |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1800&country=FRA |work=Our World In Data, Gapminder Foundation}}{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/2382605?sommaire=2382613|title=Fertility Demographic balance sheet 2017 - Retrospective tables|website= Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques}} ! style="width:70pt;" |Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) ! style="width:70pt;" |Life expectancy at birth (males) ! style="width:70pt;" |Life expectancy at birth (females)
1900 | | 885,200 | 818,900 | 66,300 | style="color: blue" |22.7 |21.0 | 1.7 | | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.80
1901 | 40,710,000 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 917,075 | 825,315 | 91,760 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 2.3 | 0.2 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.903
1902 | 40,810,000 | 904,434 | 801,379 | 103,055 | 22.2 | 19.6 | 2.5 | 0 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.853
1903 | 40,910,000 | 884,498 | 794,566 | 89,932 | 21.6 | 19.4 | 2.2 | 0 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.784
1904 | 41,000,000 | 877,091 | 802,536 | 74,555 | 21.4 | 19.6 | 1.8 | -0.6 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.748
1905 | 41,050,000 | 865,604 | 812,338 | 53,266 | 21.1 | 19.8 | 1.3 | -0.1 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.706
1906 | 41,100,000 | 864,745 | 820,051 | 44,694 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 1.1 | -1.1 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.700
1907 | 41,100,000 | 829,632 | 830,871 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -1,239 | 20.2 | 20.2 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -0.3 | 2.5 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.576
1908 | 41,190,000 | 848,982 | 784,415 | 64,567 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 1.6 | -0.4 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.636
1909 | 41,240,000 | 824,739 | 792,798 | 31,941 | 20.0 | 19.2 | 0.8 | 1.9 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.557
1910 | 41,350,000 | 828,140 | 737,877 | 90,263 | 20.0 | 17.8 | 2.2 | -0.5 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.571
1911 | 41,420,000 | 793,506 | 813,653 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -20,147 | 19.2 | 19.6 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -0.5 | 3.2 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.462
1912 | 41,530,000 | 801,642 | 726,848 | 74,794 | 19.3 | 17.5 | 1.8 | 0.4 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.485
1913 | 41,620,000 | 795,851 | 736,937 | 58,914 | 19.1 | 17.7 | 1.4 | -1.2 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.468
1914 | 41,630,000 | 757,931 | 774,931 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -17,000 | 18.2 | 18.6 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -0.4 | -23.9 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.335
1915 | 40,620,000 | 482,968 | 747,968 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -265,000 | 11.9 | 18.4 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -6.5 | -8.3 | 1.519
1916 | 40,020,000 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| 384,676 | 697,676 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -313,000 | 9.6 | 17.4 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -7.8 | -7.2 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| 1.230
1917 | 39,420,000 | 412,744 | 712,744 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -300,000 | 10.5 | 18.1 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -15.2 | -3.8 | 1.342
1918 | 38,670,000 | 472,816 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| 867,816 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -395,000 | 12.2 | style="color: red" | 22.4 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -10.2 | 8.4 | 1.559
1919 | 38,600,000 | 506,960 | 739,901 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -232,941 | 13.1 | 19.2 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -6.0 | 13.8 | 1.590
1920 | 38,900,000 | 838,137 | 675,676 | 162,461 | 21.5 | 17.4 | 4.2 | 2.0 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.695
1921 | 39,140,000 | 816,555 | 697,904 | 118,651 | 20.9 | 17.8 | 3.0 | 1.3 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.601
1922 | 39,310,000 | 764,373 | 692,322 | 72,051 | 19.4 | 17.6 | 1.8 | 9.4 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.423
1923 | 39,750,000 | 765,888 | 670,326 | 95,562 | 19.3 | 16.9 | 2.4 | 8.2 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.407
1924 | 40,170,000 | 757,873 | 683,296 | 74,577 | 18.9 | 17.0 | 1.9 | 5.3 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.356
1925 | 40,460,000 | 774,455 | 712,211 | 62,244 | 19.1 | 17.6 | 1.5 | 4.7 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.388
1926 | 40,710,000 | 771,690 | 716,966 | 54,724 | 19.0 | 17.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.368
1927 | 40,770,000 | 748,102 | 679,809 | 68,293 | 18.3 | 16.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.290
1928 | 40,880,000 | 753,570 | 678,269 | 75,301 | 18.4 | 16.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.305
1929 | 41,020,000 | 734,140 | 742,732 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -8,592 | 17.9 | 18.1 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -0.2 | 8.0 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.241
1930 | 41,340,000 | 754,020 | 652,953 | 101,067 | 18.2 | 15.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.295
1931 | 41,550,000 | 737,611 | 682,816 | 54,795 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 1.3 | -2.3 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.247
1932 | 41,510,000 | 726,299 | 663,705 | 62,594 | 17.5 | 16.0 | 1.5 | -1.3 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.226
1933 | 41,520,000 | 682,394 | 664,133 | 18,261 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.111
1934 | 41,570,000 | 681,518 | 637,713 | 43,805 | 16.4 | 15.3 | 1.1 | -1.6 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.141
1935 | 41,550,000 | 643,870 | 661,722 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -17,852 | 15.5 | 15.9 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -0.4 | -0.8 | 2.070
1936 | 41,500,000 | 634,344 | 645,844 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -11,500 | 15.3 | 15.6 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -0.3 | 1.0 | 2.092
1937 | 41,530,000 | 621,453 | 632,896 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -11,443 | 15.0 | 15.2 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -0.3 | 1.0 | 2.099
1938 | 41,560,000 | 615,582 | 650,832 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -35,250 | 14.8 | 15.7 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -0.8 | -0.4 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.128
1939 | 41,510,000 | 615,599 | 645,677 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -30,078 | 14.8 | 15.6 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -0.7 | -19.1 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.166
1940 | 40,690,000 | 561,281 | 740,281 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -179,000 | 13.8 | 18.2 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -4.4 | style="color: red"
26.8 | 2.003
1941 | 39,420,000 | 522,261 | 675,261 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -153,000 | 13.2 | 17.1 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -3.9 | -1.2 | 1.854
1942 | 39,220,000 | 575,261 | 656,261 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -81,000 | 14.7 | 16.7 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -2.1 | -7.1 | 2.043
1943 | 38,860,000 | 615,780 | 626,780 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -11,000 | 15.8 | 16.1 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -0.3 | 2.0 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.186
1944 | 38,770,000 | 629,878 | 666,878 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -37,000 | 16.2 | 17.2 | style="color:red; text-align:right;"| -1.0 | style="color: blue"|24.0 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.249
1945 | 39,660,000 | 645,899 | 643,899 | 2,000 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 0.1 | 11.6 | style="color: blue" | 2.310
1946 | 40,125,230 [https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/6040011?sommaire=6323335 Population changes Demographic balance sheet 2021 - Retrospective tables, www.insee.fr, visited 19-08-2023] | 843,904 | 545,880 | 298,024 | 20.9 | 13.5 | 7.4 | 0.7 | style="color: blue" | 2.998 |77.8 |59.9	65.2
1947 | 40,448,254 | 870,472 | 538,157 | 332,315 | 21.4 | 13.2 | 8.2 | 3.2 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 3.037 |71.1 |61.2	66.7
1948 | 40,910,569 | 870,836 | 513,210 | 357,626 | 21.2 | 12.5 | style="color: blue"| 8.7 | 1.1 | style="color: blue" | 3.020 |55.9 |62.7	68.8
1949 | 41,313,195 | 872,661 | 573,598 | 299,063 | 21.0 | 13.8 | 7.2 | 0.9 | style="color: blue" | 3.004 |60.3 |62.2	67.6
1950 | 41,647,258 | 862,310 | 534,480 | 327,830 | 20.6 | 12.8 | 7.8 | 0.9 | style="color: blue" | 2.947 |52.0 |63.4	69.2
1951 | 42,010,088 | 826,722 | 565,829 | 260,893 | 19.6 | 13.4 | 6.2 | 0.7 | style="color: blue" | 2.806 |50.8 |63.1	68.9
1952 | 42,300,981 | 822,204 | 524,831 | 297,373 | 19.4 | 12.4 | 7.0 | 0.5 | style="color: blue" | 2.777 |45.2 |64.4	70.2
1953 | 42,618,354 | 804,696 | 556,983 | 247,713 | 18.8 | 13.0 | 5.8 | 0.5 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.704 |41.9 |64.3	70.3
1954 | 42,885,138 | 810,754 | 518,892 | 291,862 | 18.8 | 12.1 | 6.8 | 1.2 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.714 |40.7 |65.0	71.2
1955 | 43,227,872 | 805,917 | 526,322 | 279,595 | 18.6 | 12.1 | 6.4 | 2.8 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.684 |38.6 |65.2	71.5
1956 | 43,627,467 | 806,916 | 545,700 | 261,216 | 18.4 | 12.4 | 6.0 | 3.9 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.674 |36.2 |65.2	71.7
1957 | 44,058,683 | 816,467 | 532,107 | 284,360 | 18.4 | 12.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.695 |33.8 |65.5	72.2
1958 | 44,563,043 | 812,215 | 500,596 | 311,619 | 18.1 | 11.2 | 7.0 | 3.1 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.684 |31.4 |66.8	73.4
1959 | 45,014,662 | 829,249 | 509,114 | 320,135 | 18.3 | 11.3 | 7.1 | 2.9 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.752 |29.6 |66.8	73.2
1960 | 45,464,797 | 819,819 | 520,960 | 298,859 | 17.9 | 11.4 | 6.5 | 3.2 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.740 |27.4 |67.0	73.6
1961 | 45,903,656 | 838,633 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 500,289 | 338,344 | 18.2 | 10.8 | 7.3 | 4.0 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.824 |25.7 |67.5	74.4
1962 | 46,422,000 | 832,353 | 541,147 | 291,206 | 17.7 | 11.5 | 6.2 | 18.6 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.796 |25.7 |67.0	73.9
1963 | 47,573,406 | 868,876 | 557,852 | 311,024 | 18.2 | 11.7 | 6.5 | 3.7 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.896 |25.6 |66.8	73.8
1964 | 48,059,029 | 877,804 | 520,033 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 357,771 | 18.2 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 3.1 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.915 |23.4 |67.7	74.8
1965 | 48,561,800 | 865,688 | 543,696 | 321,992 | 17.8 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 1.5 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.849 |21.9 |67.5	74.7
1966 | 48,953,792 | 863,527 | 528,782 | 334,745 | 17.6 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 1.8 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.801 |21.7 |67.8	75.2
1967 | 49,373,537 | 840,568 | 543,033 | 297,535 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 1.1 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.671 |20.7 |67.8	75.2
1968 | 49,723,072 | 835,796 | 553,441 | 282,355 | 16.7 | 11.1 | 5.7 | 2.0 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.588 |20.4 |67.8	75.2
1969 | 50,107,735 | 842,245 | 573,335 | 268,910 | 16.7 | 11.4 | 5.3 | 3.1 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.534 |19.6 |67.4	75.1
1970 | 50,528,219 | 850,381 | 542,277 | 308,104 | 16.7 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 3.6 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.480 |18.2 |68.4 |75.9
1971 | 51,016,234 | 881,284 | 554,151 | 327,133 | 17.2 | 10.8 | 6.4 | 2.8 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.497 |17.2 |68.3	75.9
1972 | 51,485,953 | 877,506 | 549,900 | 327,606 | 17.0 | 10.6 | 6.3 | 2.1 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.419 |16.0 |68.5	76.2
1973 | 51,915,873 | 857,186 | 558,782 | 298,404 | 16.4 | 10.7 | 5.7 | 2.1 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.309 |15.4 |68.7	76.3
1974 | 52,320,725 | 801,218 | 552,551 | 248,667 | 15.3 | 10.5 | 4.7 | 0.6 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"| 2.112 |14.6 |68.9	76.7
1975 | 52,600,000 | 745,065 | 560,353 | 184,712 | 14.1 | 10.6 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 1.927 |13.8 |69.0	76.9
1976 | 52,798,338 | 720,395 | 557,114 | 163,281 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.829 |12.5 |69.2	77.2
1977 | 53,019,005 | 744,744 | 536,221 | 208,523 | 14.0 | 10.1 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 1.862 |11.4 |69.7	77.8
1978 | 53,271,566 | 737,062 | 546,916 | 190,146 | 13.8 | 10.2 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 1.822 |10.7 |69.8	77.9
1979 | 53,481,073 | 757,354 | 541,805 | 215,549 | 14.1 | 10.1 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 1.855 |10.0 |70.1	78.3
1980 | 53,731,387 | 800,376 | 547,107 | 253,269 | 14.9 | 10.2 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 1.945 |10.0 |70.2	78.4
1981 | 54,028,630 | 805,483 | 554,823 | 250,660 | 14.9 | 10.2 | 4.6 | 1.1 | 1.946 |9.7 |70.4	78.5
1982 | 54,335,000 | 797,223 | 543,104 | 254,119 | 14.6 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 1.912 |9.5 |70.7	78.9
1983 | 54,649,984 | 748,525 | 559,655 | 188,870 | 13.7 | 10.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.784 |9.1 |70.7	78.8
1984 | 54,894,854 | 759,939 | 542,490 | 217,449 | 13.8 | 9.9 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 1.802 |8.3 |71.2	79.3
1985 | 55,157,303 | 768,431 | 552,496 | 215,935 | 13.9 | 10.0 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 1.814 |8.3 |71.3	79.4
1986 | 55,411,238 | 778,468 | 546,926 | 231,542 | 14.0 | 9.8 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 1.831 |8.0 |71.5	79.7
1987 | 55,681,780 | 767,828 | 527,466 | 240,362 | 13.8 | 9.4 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 1.801 |7.8 |72.0	80.3
1988 | 55,966,142 | 771,268 | 524,600 | 246,668 | 13.7 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 1.805 |7.8 |72.3	80.5
1989 | 56,269,810 | 765,473 | 529,283 | 236,190 | 13.6 | 9.4 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 1.788 |7.5 |72.5	80.6
1990 | 56,577,000 | 762,407 | 526,201 | 236,206 | 13.4 | 9.3 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 1.778 |7.3 |72.7	81.0
1991 | 56,840,661 | 759,056 | 524,685 | 234,371 | 13.3 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 1.770 |7.3 |72.9	81.2
1992 | 57,110,533 | 743,658 | 521,530 | 222,128 | 13.0 | 9.1 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 1.733 |6.8 |73.2	81.5
1993 | 57,369,161 | 711,610 | 532,263 | 179,347 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 1.660 |6.5 |73.3	81.5
1994 | 57,565,008 | 710,993 | 519,965 | 191,028 | 12.3 | 9.0 | 3.3 | 0 | 1.663 |5.9 |73.6	81.8
1995 | 57,752,535 | 729,609 | 531,618 | 197,991 | 12.6 | 9.2 | 3.4 | -0.2 | 1.713 |4.9 |73.8	81.9
1996 | 57,935,959 | 734,338 | 535,775 | 198,563 | 12.7 | 9.2 | 3.4 | -0.3 | 1.733 |4.8 |74.1	82.0
1997 |58,116,018 |726,768	530,319	196,449 |12.5	9.1	3.4 | -0.3 | 1.726 |4.7 |74.5	82.3
1998 |58,298,962 |738,080	534,005	204,075 |12.6	9.1	3.5 | -0.1 | 1.764 |4.6 |74.7	82.4
1999 |58,496,613 |744,791	537,661	207,130 |12.7	9.2	3.5 | 2.7 | 1.791 |4.3 |74.9	82.5
2000 |58,858,198 |774,782	530,864	243,918 |13.1	9.0	4.1 | 2.8 | 1.874 |4.4 |75.2	82.8
2001 |59,266,572 |770,945	531,073	239,872 |13.0	8.9	4.0 | 3.1 | 1.877 |4.5 |75.4	82.9
2002 |59,685,899 |761,630	535,144	226,486 |12.7	8.9	3.8 | 3.2 | 1.864 |4.1 |75.7	83.0
2003 |60,101,841 |761,464	552,339	209,125 |12.6	9.2	3.5 | 3.2 | 1.874 |4.0 |75.8	82.9
2004 |60,505,421 |767,816	509,429	258,387 |12.6 | style="color: blue" |8.4 |4.3 | 3.3 | 1.898 |3.9 |76.7	83.8
2005 |60,963,264 |774,355	527,533	246,822 |12.7	8.6	4.0 | 3.2 | 1.920 |3.6 |76.7	83.8
2006 |61,399,733 |796,896	516,416	280,480 |12.9	8.4	4.6 | 1.8 | 1.980 |3.6 |77.1	84.2
2007 |61,795,238 |785,985	521,016	264,969 |12.7	8.4	4.3 | 1.2 | 1.959 |3.6 |77.4	84.4
2008 |62,134,866 |796,044	532,131	263,913 |12.8	8.5	4.2 | 1.1 | 1.990 |3.6 |77.6	84.3
2009 |62,465,709 |793,420	538,166	255,254 |12.7	8.6	4.2 | 0.6 | 1.989 |3.7 |77.7	84.4
2010 |62,765,235 |802,224	540,469	261,755 |12.8	8.6	4.2 | 0.7 | 2.016 |3.6 |78.0	84.6
2011 |63,070,344 |792,996	534,795	258,201 |12.5	8.5	4.1 | 0.7 | 1.996 |3.5 |78.4	85.0
2012 |63,375,971 |790,290	559,227	231,063 |12.4	8.8	3.6 | 1.5 |1.992 |3.5 |78.5	84.8
2013 |63,697,865 |781,621	558,408	223,213 |12.3	8.8	3.5 | 1.7 | 1.973 |3.6 |78.7	85.0
2014 |64,027,958 |781,167	547,003	234,164 |12.2	8.5	3.6 | 0.7 | 1.974 |3.5 |79.2	85.4
2015 |64,300,821 |760,421	581,770	178,651 |11.8	9.0	2.8 | -0.2 | 1.925 |3.7 |79.0	85.1
2016 |64,468,792 |744,697	581,073	163,624 |11.5	9.0	2.5 | 0.1 | 1.891 |3.7 |79.3	85.3
2017 |64,639,133 |730,242	593,606	136,636 |11.3	9.2	2.1 | 1.1 | 1.858 |3.9 |79.5	85.3
2018 |64,844,037 |719,737	596,552	123,185 |11.1	9.2	1.9 |2.0 | 1.836 |3.8 |79.5	85.4
2019 |65,096,768 |714,029	599,408	114,621 |11.0	9.2	1.8 | 0.9 | 1.827 |3.8 |79.7	85.6
2020 | 65,269,154 |696,664	654,599	42,065 |10.7	10.0	0.6 | 1.9 | 1.782 |3.0 |79.1	85.1
2021 | 65,505,213 |701,819	644,201	57,618 |10.7	9.8	0.9 | 4.3 | 1.793 |3.7 |79.2	85.2
2022 | 65,846,255 |686,654	658,434	28,130 |10.4	9.9	0.5 | 2.6 |1.757 |3.9 |79.4	85.2
2023 | 66,017,385	639,533	623,959	15,574 |9.7	9.5	0.2 | 2.4	1.639 | |80.0	85.6
2024 |66,192,959 |626,700	|626,500	200 |style="color: red" | 9.5	9.5	style="color:red; text-align:right;"
0.0 | 2.4	1.59 | |80.1	85.7
2025 | style="color:blue; text-align:right;"|66,351,959 | | | | | | | | | | |

For the purpose of compatibility, all data refers to Metropolitan France.

As of 2023, 424,650 (66.4%) of newborn babies had both parents born in France, 15.1% had one foreign-born parent, and 18.5% had two foreign-born parents. In the same year, 72.6% of newborn babies had both parents with French citizenship, 14.6% had one French and one foreign parent, and 12.8% had both parents with foreign citizenship.{{cite web |title=Naissances selon le pays de naissance des parents en 2023 |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2381382#graphique-figure1_radio2 |access-date=14 November 2024 |website=Insee.fr}}

{{cite web|title=Demography - Number of live births - Metropolitan France|url=https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/serie/000436391|website=Insee.fr|access-date=27 October 2023}}{{cite web|title=Demography - Number of deaths - Metropolitan France|url=https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/serie/000436394|website=Insee.fr|access-date=27 October 2023}}

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Period ! Live births ! Deaths ! Natural increase
January - February 2024 | 103,200 | 116,700 | - 13,500
January - February 2025 | 98,700 | 123,500 | - 24,800
Difference | {{decrease}} - 4,500 (-4.36%) | {{increasenegative}} +6,800 (+5.83%) | {{decrease}} -11,300

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class="wikitable" ! width="80pt"|Age Group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|%
align="right" | Total | align="right" | 31 138 550 | align="right" | 33 162 271 | align="right" | 64 300 821 | align="right" | 100
align="right" | 0–4 | align="right" | 1 932 140 | align="right" | 1 847 172 | align="right" | 3 779 312 | align="right" | 5.88
align="right" | 5–9 | align="right" | 2 031 848 | align="right" | 1 942 222 | align="right" | 3 974 070 | align="right" | 6.18
align="right" | 10–14 | align="right" | 2 024 518 | align="right" | 1 934 267 | align="right" | 3 958 786 | align="right" | 6.16
align="right" | 15–19 | align="right" | 1 996 718 | align="right" | 1 892 357 | align="right" | 3 889 075 | align="right" | 6.08
align="right" | 20–24 | align="right" | 1 877 169 | align="right" | 1 839 475 | align="right" | 3 716 644 | align="right" | 5.78
align="right" | 25–29 | align="right" | 1 882 618 | align="right" | 1 933 606 | align="right" | 3 816 224 | align="right" | 5.93
align="right" | 30–34 | align="right" | 1 960 633 | align="right" | 2 030 784 | align="right" | 3 991 417 | align="right" | 6.21
align="right" | 35–39 | align="right" | 1 973 599 | align="right" | 2 014 489 | align="right" | 3 988 088 | align="right" | 6.20
align="right" | 40–44 | align="right" | 2 155 883 | align="right" | 2 185 588 | align="right" | 4 341 471 | align="right" | 6.75
align="right" | 45–49 | align="right" | 2 155 308 | align="right" | 2 206 495 | align="right" | 4 361 803 | align="right" | 6.78
align="right" | 50–54 | align="right" | 2 111 783 | align="right" | 2 195 431 | align="right" | 4 307 213 | align="right" | 6.70
align="right" | 55–59 | align="right" | 1 992 506 | align="right" | 2 120 744 | align="right" | 4 113 250 | align="right" | 6.40
align="right" | 60–64 | align="right" | 1 912 839 | align="right" | 2 077 537 | align="right" | 3 990 376 | align="right" | 6.21
align="right" | 65-69 | align="right" | 1 713 389 | align="right" | 1 892 099 | align="right" | 3 605 489 | align="right" | 5.61
align="right" | 70-74 | align="right" | 1 138 687 | align="right" | 1 319 739 | align="right" | 2 458 426 | align="right" | 3.82
align="right" | 75-79 | align="right" | 938 443 | align="right" | 1 228 941 | align="right" | 2 167 384 | align="right" | 3.37
align="right" | 80-84 | align="right" | 731 105 | align="right" | 1 133 939 | align="right" | 1 865 044 | align="right" | 2.90
align="right" | 85-89 | align="right" | 420 854 | align="right" | 829 023 | align="right" | 1 249 877 | align="right" | 1.94
align="right" | 90-94 | align="right" | 161 109 | align="right" | 427 905 | align="right" | 589 014 | align="right" | 0.92
align="right" | 95-99 | align="right" | 23 412 | align="right" | 91 245 | align="right" | 114 657 | align="right" | 0.18
align="right" | 100+ | align="right" | 3 989 | align="right" | 19 212 | align="right" | 23 202 | align="right" | 0.04
width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent
align="right" | 0–14 | align="right" | 5 988 506 | align="right" | 5 723 661 | align="right" | 11 712 167 | align="right" | 18.21
align="right" | 15–64 | align="right" | 20 019 056 | align="right" | 20 496 507 | align="right" | 40 515 563 | align="right" | 63.01
align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 5 130 988 | align="right" | 6 942 103 | align="right" | 12 073 091 | align="right" | 18.78

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class="wikitable" ! width="80pt"|Age Group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|%
align="right" | Total | align="right" | 31 679 652 | align="right" | 33 767 802 | align="right" | 65 447 454 | align="right" | 100
align="right" | 0–4 | align="right" | 1 760 893 | align="right" | 1 687 156 | align="right" | 3 448 049 | align="right" | 5.27
align="right" | 5–9 | align="right" | 1 987 773 | align="right" | 1 899 786 | align="right" | 3 887 559 | align="right" | 5.94
align="right" | 10–14 | align="right" | 2 094 546 | align="right" | 1 994 602 | align="right" | 4 089 148 | align="right" | 6.25
align="right" | 15–19 | align="right" | 2 067 605 | align="right" | 1 953 663 | align="right" | 4 021 268 | align="right" | 6.14
align="right" | 20–24 | align="right" | 1 920 746 | align="right" | 1 841 850 | align="right" | 3 762 596 | align="right" | 5.75
align="right" | 25–29 | align="right" | 1 790 516 | align="right" | 1 806 271 | align="right" | 3 596 787 | align="right" | 5.50
align="right" | 30–34 | align="right" | 1 924 391 | align="right" | 2 013 946 | align="right" | 3 938 337 | align="right" | 6.02
align="right" | 35–39 | align="right" | 1 993 274 | align="right" | 2 096 326 | align="right" | 4 089 600 | align="right" | 6.25
align="right" | 40–44 | align="right" | 1 982 775 | align="right" | 2 048 758 | align="right" | 4 031 533 | align="right" | 6.16
align="right" | 45–49 | align="right" | 2 140 131 | align="right" | 2 174 545 | align="right" | 4 314 676 | align="right" | 6.59
align="right" | 50–54 | align="right" | 2 117 292 | align="right" | 2 178 427 | align="right" | 4 295 719 | align="right" | 6.56
align="right" | 55–59 | align="right" | 2 074 814 | align="right" | 2 187 145 | align="right" | 4 261 959 | align="right" | 6.51
align="right" | 60–64 | align="right" | 1 918 243 | align="right" | 2 101 118 | align="right" | 4 019 361 | align="right" | 6.14
align="right" | 65-69 | align="right" | 1 772 195 | align="right" | 2 011 386 | align="right" | 3 783 581 | align="right" | 5.78
align="right" | 70-74 | align="right" | 1 673 663 | align="right" | 1 941 869 | align="right" | 3 615 532 | align="right" | 5.52
align="right" | 75-79 | align="right" | 992 857 | align="right" | 1 236 666 | align="right" | 2 229 523 | align="right" | 3.41
align="right" | 80-84 | align="right" | 750 113 | align="right" | 1 068 460 | align="right" | 1 818 573 | align="right" | 2.78
align="right" | 85-89 | align="right" | 478 291 | align="right" | 865 782 | align="right" | 1 344 073 | align="right" | 2.05
align="right" | 90-94 | align="right" | 193 641 | align="right" | 481 583 | align="right" | 675 224 | align="right" | 1.03
align="right" | 95-99 | align="right" | 42 044 | align="right" | 157 385 | align="right" | 199 429 | align="right" | 0.30
align="right" | 100-104 | align="right" | 3 371 | align="right" | 19 251 | align="right" | 22 622 | align="right" | 0.03
align="right" | 105-109 | align="right" | 384 | align="right" | 1 575 | align="right" | 1 959 | align="right" | <0.01
align="right" | 110+ | align="right" | 94 | align="right" | 252 | align="right" | 346 | align="right" | <0.01
width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent
align="right" | 0–14 | align="right" | 5 843 212 | align="right" | 5 581 544 | align="right" | 11 424 756 | align="right" | 17.46
align="right" | 15–64 | align="right" | 19 929 787 | align="right" | 20 402 049 | align="right" | 40 331 836 | align="right" | 61.62
align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 5 906 653 | align="right" | 7 784 209 | align="right" | 13 690 862 | align="right" | 20.92

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INSEE counts individuals born alive in mainland France according to the detailed place of birth of the parents:[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4190314?sommaire=4190525 T61 – Nés vivants selon la nationalité détaillée des parents et leur situation matrimoniale], INSEE.

class="wikitable" ! Country of birth of parent ! Number of births by country of father (% of total births)(2010) ! (2011) ! (2012) ! (2013) ! (2014) ! (2015) ! (2016) ! (2017) ! (2018) ! (2019) ! (2020) ! (2021) ! (2022) ! Number of births by country of mother (% of total births) (2010) ! (2011) ! (2012) ! (2013) ! (2014) ! (2015) ! (2016) ! (2017) ! (2018) ! (2019) ! (2020) ! (2021) ! (2022)
Total	802 224 (100)	792 996 (100)	790 290 (100)	781 621 (100)	781 167 (100)	760 421 (100)	744 697 (100)	730 242 (100)	719 737 (100)	714 029 (100)	696 664 (100)	701 819 (100)	686 564 (100)	802 224 (100)	792 996 (100)	790 290 (100)	781 621 (100)	781 167 (100)	760 421 (100)	744 697 (100)	730 242 (100)	719 737 (100)	714 029 (100)	696 664 (100)	701 819 (100)	686 564 (100)
{{flag|France}}	640 598 (79.85)	632 207 (79.72)	627 365 (79.38)	613 424 (78.48)	608 646 (77.91)	588 148 (77.35)	571 275 (76.71)	555 974 (76.14)	544 720 (75.68)	536 243 (75.10)	524 718 (75.32)	534 294 (76.13)	514 002 (74.87)	655 627 (81.73)	644 323 (81.25)	638 518 (80.80)	624 148 (79.85)	617 739 (79.08)	596 823 (78.49)	579 072 (77.76)	563 785 (77.21)	552 501 (77.21)	543 297 (76.09)	532 658 (76.46)	542 566 (77.31)	523 979 (76.32)
Foreigners	161 626 (20.15)	160 789 (20.28)	162 925 (20.62)	168 197 (21.52)	172 521 (22.09)	172 273 (22.65)	173 422 (23.29)	174 268 (23.86)	175 017 (24.32)	177 786 (24.90)	171 946 (24.68)	167 525 (23.87)	172 562 (25.13)	146 597 (18.27)	148 673 (18.75)	151 772 (19.20)	157 473 (20.15)	163 428 (20.92)	163 598 (21.51)	165 625 (22.24)	166 457 (22.79)	167 236 (23.24)	170 732 (23.91)	164 006 (23.54)	159 253 (22.69)	162 585 (23.68)
Foreigners detail :																								|
Europe	22 010 (2.74)	24 795 (3.13)	25 489 (3.23)	26 516 (3.39)	27 545 (3.53)	28 264 (3.72)	28 673 (3.85)	28 794 (3.94)	28 699 (3.99)	28 680 (4.02)	27 904 (4.01)	28 101 (4.00)	27 425 (3.99)	25 331 (3.16)	26 803 (3.38)	27 630 (3.50)	28 951 (3.70)	30 612 (3.92)	31 073 (4.09)	31 908 (4.28)	32 092 (4.39)	32 001 (4.45)	31 792 (4.45)	30 938 (4.44)	31 193 (4.44)	30 388 (4.43)
{{flag|Portugal}}	5 954 (0.74)	6 299 (0.79)	6 358 (0.80)	6 465 (0.83)	6 615 (0.85)	6 514 (0.86)	6 408 (0.86)	6 100 (0.84)	5 820 (0.81)	5 679 (0.80)	5 303 (0.76)	5 090 (0.73)	4 800 (0.70)	4 349 (0.54)	4 430 (0.56)	4 405 (0.56)	4 593 (0.59)	4 903 (0.63)	4 964 (0.65)	4 967 (0.67)	4 657 (0.64)	4 545 (0.63)	4 499 (0.63)	4 099 (0.59)	3 957 (0.56)	3 869 (0.56)
{{flag|Romania}}	1 866 (0.23)	2 477 (0.31)	2 906 (0.37)	3 076 (0.39)	3 438 (0.44)	3 891 (0.51)	4 297 (0.58)	4 583 (0.63)	4 670 (0.65)	4 813 (0.67)	4 806 (0.69)	4 806 (0.68)	4 612 (0.67)	2 651 (0.33)	2 964 (0.37)	3 434 (0.43)	3 592 (0.46)	4 046 (0.52)	4 453 (0.59)	4 825 (0.65)	5 112 (0.70)	5 059 (0.70)	5 210 (0.73)	5 096 (0.73)	5 127 (0.73)	4 872 (0.71)
{{flag|Italy}}	1 458 (0.18)	1 584 (0.20)	1 550 (0.20)	1 521 (0.19)	1 628 (0.21)	1 753 (0.23)	1 788 (0.24)	1 752 (0.24)	1 770 (0.25)	1 867 (0.26)	1 857 (0.27)	1 992 (0.28)	1 894 (0.28)	1 231 (0.15)	1 283 (0.16)	1 278 (0.16)	1 320 (0.17)	1 440 (0.18)	1 520 (0.20)	1 652 (0.22)	1 702 (0.23)	1 817 (0.25)	1 830 (0.26)	1 993 (0.29)	2 123 (0.30)	2 069 (0.30)
{{flag|Serbia}}	1 489 (0.19)	1 723 (0.22)	1 788 (0.23)	1 908 (0.24)	1 896 (0.24)	1 882 (0.25)	1 815 (0.24)	1 888 (0.26)	1 880 (0.26)	1 822 (0.26)	1 688 (0.24)	1 670 (0.24)	1 558 (0.23)	1 535 (0.19)	1 656 (0.21)	1 660 (0.21)	1 791 (0.23)	1 753 (0.22)	1 795 (0.24)	1 715 (0.23)	1 809 (0.25)	1 771 (0.25)	1 697 (0.24)	1 607 (0.23)	1 518 (0.22)	1 431 (0.21)
{{flag|Belgium}}	1 828 (0.23)	1 902 (0.24)	1 947 (0.25)	1 888 (0.24)	1 846 (0.24)	1 743 (0.23)	1 659 (0.22)	1 556 (0.21)	1 531 (0.21)	1 595 (0.22)	1 538 (0.22)	1 602 (0.23)	1 555 (0.23)	1 919 (0.24)	1 904 (0.24)	1 824 (0.23)	1 787 (0.23)	1 714 (0.22)	1 591 (0.21)	1 596 (0.21)	1 544 (0.21)	1 502 (0.21)	1 498 (0.21)	1 526 (0.22)	1 603 (0.23)	1 499 (0.22)
{{flag|Russia}}	840 (0.10)	1 387 (0.17)	1 606 (0.20)	1 645 (0.21)	1 675 (0.21)	1 712 (0.23)	1 599 (0.21)	1 653 (0.23)	1 609 (0.22)	1 554 (0.22)	1 453 (0.21)	1 371 (0.20)	1 339 (0.20)	1 828 (0.23)	2 373 (0.30)	2 646 (0.33)	2 715 (0.35)	2 817 (0.36)	2 779 (0.37)	2 722 (0.37)	2 711 (0.37)	2 520 (0.35)	2 560 (0.36)	2 404 (0.35)	2 253 (0.32)	2 161 (0.31)
{{flag|Germany}}	1 548 (0.19)	1 690 (0.21)	1 562 (0.20)	1 529 (0.20)	1 564 (0.20)	1 470 (0.19)	1 427 (0.19)	1 384 (0.19)	1 332 (0.19)	1 282 (0.18)	1 259 (0.18)	1 260 (0.18)	1 206 (0.18)	1 963 (0.24)	1 928 (0.24)	1 870 (0.24)	1 820 (0.23)	1 881 (0.24)	1 730 (0.23)	1 805 (0.24)	1 666 (0.23)	1 700 (0.24)	1 640 (0.23)	1 535 (0.22)	1 566 (0.22)	1 365 (0.20)
{{flag|Spain}}	912 (0.11)	1 046 (0.13)	1 059 (0.13)	1 070 (0.14)	1 181 (0.15)	1 312 (0.17)	1 344 (0.18)	1 197 (0.16)	1 233 (0.17)	1 193 (0.17)	1 276 (0.18)	1 162 (0.17)	1 142 (0.17)	1 129 (0.14)	1 191 (0.15)	1 177 (0.15)	1 366 (0.17)	1 471 (0.19)	1 598 (0.21)	1 639 (0.22)	1 527 (0.21)	1 630 (0.23)	1 548 (0.22)	1 575 (0.23)	1 681 (0.24)	1 542 (0.22)
{{flag|United Kingdom}}	1 866 (0.23)	1 487 (0.19)	1 309 (0.17)	1 359 (0.17)	1 194 (0.15)	1 170 (0.15)	1 154 (0.15)	1 139 (0.16)	1 080 (0.15)	1 015 (0.14)	977 (0.14)	1 094 (0.16)	1 017 (0.15)	1 407 (0.18)	1 401 (0.18)	1 290 (0.16)	1 230 (0.16)	1 220 (0.16)	1 139 (0.15)	1 131 (0.15)	1 152 (0.16)	1 132 (0.16)	1 085 (0.15)	1 005 (0.14)	1 100 (0.16)	1 029 (0.15)
{{flag|Bulgaria}}	283 (0.04)	359 (0.05)	418 (0.05)	449 (0.06)	512 (0.07)	541 (0.07)	625 (0.08)	637 (0.09)	695 (0.10)	714 (0.10)	756 (0.11)	682 (0.10)	677 (0.10)	525 (0.07)	537 (0.07)	634 (0.08)	718 (0.09)	769 (0.10)	797 (0.10)	870 (0.12)	851 (0.12)	911 (0.13)	901 (0.13)	948 (0.14)	877 (0.12)	863 (0.13)
{{flag|Switzerland}}	662 (0.08)	683 (0.09)	655 (0.08)	663 (0.08)	661 (0.08)	674 (0.09)	721 (0.10)	633 (0.09)	637 (0.09)	630 (0.09)	643 (0.09)	700 (0.10)	621 (0.09)	750 (0.09)	679 (0.09)	747 (0.09)	742 (0.09)	712 (0.09)	732 (0.10)	708 (0.10)	680 (0.10)	734 (0.10)	741 (0.10)	713 (0.10)	718 (0.10)	679 (0.10)
{{flag|Poland}}	1 026 (0.13)	1 026 (0.13)	1 070 (0.14)	1 088 (0.14)	1 115 (0.14)	1 135 (0.15)	1 072 (0.14)	1 054 (0.14)	991 (0.14)	869 (0.12)	759 (0.11)	705 (0.10)	590 (0.09)	1 941 (0.24)	1 905 (0.24)	1 934 (0.24)	1 940 (0.25)	2 038 (0.26)	1 981 (0.26)	1 847 (0.25)	1 829 (0.25)	1 682 (0.23)	1 462 (0.20)	1 398 (0.20)	1 309 (0.19)	1 025 (0.15)
{{flag|Netherlands}}	389 (0.05)	346 (0.04)	320 (0.04)	343 (0.04)	320 (0.04)	314 (0.04)	267 (0.04)	267 (0.04)	261 (0.04)	235 (0.03)	264 (0.04)	280 (0.04)	285 (0.04)	408 (0.05)	425 (0.05)	381 (0.05)	399 (0.05)	353 (0.05)	353 (0.05)	339 (0.05)	381 (0.05)	337 (0.05)	304 (0.04)	330 (0.05)	328 (0.05)	348 (0.05)
{{flag|Greece}}	98 (0.01)	70 (0.01)	72 (0.01)	119 (0.02)	121 (0.02)	110 (0.01)	127 (0.02)	100 (0.01)	105 (0.01)	127 (0.02)	115 (0.02)	119 (0.02)	116 (0.02)	102 (0.01)	105 (0.01)	123 (0.02)	138 (0.02)	159 (0.02)	142 (0.02)	179 (0.02)	149 (0.02)	159 (0.02)	160 (0.02)	152 (0.02)	188 (0.03)	163 (0.02)
{{flag|Luxembourg}}	75 (0.01)	75 (0.01)	91 (0.01)	74 (0.01)	78 (0.01)	87 (0.01)	85 (0.01)	87 (0.01)	91 (0.01)	96 (0.01)	86 (0.01)	80 (0.01)	87 (0.01)	77 (0.01)	69 (0.01)	67 (0.01)	78 (0.01)	76 (0.01)	73 (0.01)	94 (0.01)	99 (0.01)	82 (0.01)	83 (0.01)	85 (0.01)	62 (0.01)	87 (0.01)
{{flag|Ireland}}	139 (0.02)	131 (0.02)	131 (0.02)	107 (0.01)	105 (0.01)	110 (0.01)	105 (0.01)	94 (0.01)	91 (0.01)	105 (0.01)	100 (0.01)	103 (0.01)	84 (0.01)	159 (0.02)	153 (0.02)	121 (0.02)	143 (0.02)	138 (0.02)	108 (0.01)	96 (0.01)	93 (0.01)	101 (0.01)	88 (0.01)	72 (0.01)	97 (0.01)	90 (0.01)
{{flag|Hungary}}	82 (0.01)	92 (0.01)	104 (0.01)	98 (0.01)	136 (0.02)	115 (0.02)	129 (0.02)	95 (0.01)	115 (0.02)	113 (0.02)	90 (0.01)	87 (0.01)	78 (0.01)	155 (0.02)	176 (0.02)	200 (0.03)	196 (0.03)	228 (0.03)	235 (0.03)	240 (0.03)	220 (0.03)	221 (0.03)	226 (0.03)	196 (0.03)	212 (0.03)	186 (0.03)
{{flag|Sweden}}	90 (0.01)	77 (0.01)	66 (0.01)	65 (0.01)	71 (0.01)	80 (0.01)	66 (0.01)	44 (0.01)	59 (0.01)	44 (0.01)	59 (0.01)	55 (0.08)	59 (0.01)	182 (0.02)	169 (0.02)	136 (0.02)	159 (0.02)	161 (0.02)	125 (0.02)	150 (0.02)	120 (0.02)	118 (0.02)	110 (0.02)	106 (0.02)	108 (0.02)	104 (0.02)
{{flag|Slovakia}}	46 (0.01)	59 (0.01)	60 (0.01)	59 (0.01)	70 (0.01)	64 (0.01)	82 (0.01)	56 (0.01)	70 (0.10)	77 (0.01)	66 (0.01)	57 (0.01)	58 (0.01)	151 (0.02)	152 (0.02)	165 (0.02)	180 (0.02)	187 (0.02)	172 (0.02)	172 (0.02)	169 (0.02)	154 (0.02)	163 (0.02)	134 (0.02)	145 (0.02)	133 (0.02)
{{flag|Austria}}	63 (0.01)	64 (0.01)	58 (0.01)	63 (0.01)	65 (0.01)	58 (0.01)	41 (0.01)	45 (0.01)	58 (0.01)	58 (0.01)	47 (0.01)	47 (0.01)	39 (0.01)	93 (0.01)	83 (0.01)	97 (0.01)	85 (0.01)	106 (0.01)	87 (0.01)	89 (0.01)	91 (0.01)	71 (0.01)	82 (0.01)	69 (0.01)	64 (0.01)	71 (0.01)
{{flag|Denmark}}	54 (0.01)	46 (0.01)	35 (0.00)	42 (0.01)	34 (0.00)	46 (0.01)	47 (0.01)	22 (0.00)	37 (0.01)	34 (0.00)	39 (0.01)	37 (0.01)	36 (0.01)	89 (0.01)	70 (0.01)	67 (0.01)	66 (0.01)	64 (0.01)	52 (0.01)	59 (0.01)	47 (0.01)	45 (0.01)	40 (0.01)	42 (0.01)	47 (0.01)	39 (0.01)
{{flag|Czech Republic}}	50 (0.01)	58 (0.01)	68 (0.01)	58 (0.01)	54 (0.01)	72 (0.01)	60 (0.01)	53 (0.01)	46 (0.01)	42 (0.01)	55 (0.01)	44 (0.01)	35 (0.01)	161 (0.02)	155 (0.02)	165 (0.02)	160 (0.02)	185 (0.02)	161 (0.02)	173 (0.02)	150 (0.02)	158 (0.02)	171 (0.02)	156 (0.02)	143 (0.02)	126 (0.02)
{{flag|Latvia}}	12 (0.00)	28 (0.00)	19 (0.00)	20 (0.00)	30 (0.00)	34 (0.00)	39 (0.01)	28 (0.00)	26 (0.00)	21 (0.00)	28 (0.00)	31 (0.00)	31 (0.00)	61 (0.01)	69 (0.01)	63 (0.01)	89 (0.01)	84 (0.01)	78 (0.01)	91 (0.01)	96 (0.01)	85 (0.01)	113 (0.02)	79 (0.01)	92 (0.01)	87 (0.01)
{{flag|Lithuania}}	25 (0.00)	41 (0.01)	34 (0.00)	38 (0.00)	40 (0.01)	44 (0.01)	45 (0.01)	27 (0.00)	41 (0.01)	38 (0.01)	40 (0.01)	42 (0.01)	25 (0.00)	96 (0.01)	132 (0.02)	109 (0.01)	114 (0.01)	112 (0.01)	112 (0.01)	138 (0.02)	113 (0.02)	128 (0.02)	116 (0.02)	116 (0.02)	118 (0.02)	101 (0.01)
{{flag|Finland}}	27 (0.00)	19 (0.00)	19 (0.00)	23 (0.00)	28 (0.00)	19 (0.00)	16 (0.00)	19 (0.00)	15 (0.00)	17 (0.00)	13 (0.00)	23 (0.00)	25 (0.00)	72 (0.01)	65 (0.01)	67 (0.01)	77 (0.01)	70 (0.01)	48 (0.01)	57 (0.01)	68 (0.01)	56 (0.01)	40 (0.01)	46 (0.01)	52 (0.01)	50 (0.01)
{{flag|Norway}}	31 (0.00)	37 (0.00)	25 (0.00)	33 (0.00)	33 (0.00)	22 (0.00)	22 (0.00)	28 (0.00)	19 (0.00)	25 (0.00)	24 (0.00)	34 (0.00)	19 (0.00)	48 (0.01)	43 (0.01)	45 (0.01)	40 (0.01)	42 (0.01)	38 (0.00)	36 (0.00)	37 (0.01)	33 (0.00)	39 (0.01)	37 (0.01)	38 (0.01)	34 (0.00)
{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}	36 (0.00)	37 (0.00)	33 (0.00)	30 (0.00)	43 (0.01)	26 (0.00)	25 (0.00)	34 (0.00)	21 (0.00)	19 (0.02)	18 (0.00)	19 (0.00)	14 (0.00)	83 (0.01)	65 (0.01)	77 (0.01)	88 (0.01)	90 (0.01)	81 (0.01)	80 (0.01)	73 (0.01)	82 (0.01)	56 (0.01)	40 (0.01)	44 (0.01)	27 (0.00)
{{flag|Slovenia}}	7 (0.00)	7 (0.00)	11 (0.00)	13 (0.00)	13 (0.00)	19 (0.00)	19 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	10 (0.00)	12 (0.00)	12 (0.00)	9 (0.00)	11 (0.00)	25 (0.00)	31 (0.00)	16 (0.00)	30 (0.00)	20 (0.00)	30 (0.00)	25 (0.00)	18 (0.00)	34 (0.00)	24 (0.00)	25 (0.00)	17 (0.00)	24 (0.00)
{{flag|Cyprus}}	12 (0.00)	9 (0.00)	6 (0.00)	11 (0.00)	5 (0.00)	11 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	8 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	7 (0.00)	10 (0.00)	13 (0.00)	10 (0.00)	13 (0.00)	10 (0.00)	5 (0.00)	10 (0.00)	10 (0.00)	14 (0.00)	13 (0.00)	12 (0.00)	17 (0.00)	18 (0.00)	15 (0.00)	14 (0.00)	13 (0.00)
{{flag|Malta}}	10 (0.00)	7 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	7 (0.00)	6 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	7 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	1 (0.00)	1 (0.00)	1 (0.00)	5 (0.00)	6 (0.00)	2 (0.00)	2 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	8 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	2 (0.00)	5 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	6 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	4 (0.00)
{{flag|Estonia}}	9 (0.00)	9 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	11 (0.00)	7 (0.00)	7 (0.00)	10 (0.00)	13 (0.00)	11 (0.00)	6 (0.00)	7 (0.00)	12 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	34 (0.00)	34 (0.00)	35 (0.00)	40 (0.01)	52 (0.01)	45 (0.01)	28 (0.00)	56 (0.01)	39 (0.01)	39 (0.01)	29 (0.00)	37 (0.01)	39 (0.01)
{{flag|Iceland}}	6 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	6 (0.00)	5 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	5 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	2 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	1 (0.00)	7 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	8 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	7 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	6 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	5 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	4 (0.00)	3 (0.00)	4 (0.00)
Other European countries	1 464 (0.18)	1 916 (0.24)	2 099 (0.27)	2 635 (0.34)	2 956 (0.38)	3 225 (0.42)	3 565 (0.48)	4 187 (0.57)	4 365 (0.61)	4 566 (0.64)	4 513 (0.65)	4 870 (0.69)	5 392 (0.79)	2 081 (0.26)	2 540 (0.32)	2 782 (0.35)	3 239 (0.41)	3 696 (0.47)	4 033 (0.53)	4 364 (0.59)	4 851 (0.66)	5 070 (0.70)	5 241 (0.73)	5 300 (0.76)	5 549 (0.79)	6 254 (0.91)
North Africa	67 073 (8.36)	70 630 (8.91)	71 120 (9.00)	73 032 (9.34)	74 228 (9.50)	73 261 (9.63)	72 808 (9.78)	71 886 (9.84)	70 654 (9.82)	69 845 (9.78)	66 174 (9.50)	62 218 (8.87)	62 811 (9.15)	58 124 (7.25)	58 947 (7.43)	59 694 (7.55)	62 286 (7.97)	64 088 (8.20)	64 022 (8.42)	64 081 (8.60)	63 763 (8.73)	62 963 (8.75)	62 900 (8.81)	58 767 (8.44)	54 920 (7.83)	54 906 (8.00)
Algeria	27 817 (3.47)	28 628 (3.61)	29 193 (3.69)	30 278 (3.87)	30 909 (3.96)	30 930 (4.07)	31 405 (4.22)	30 693 (4.20)	30 583 (4.25)	30 080 (4.21)	28 382 (4.07)	26 349 (3.75)	26 981 (3.93)	25 847 (3.22)	25 831 (3.26)	26 408 (3.34)	27 905 (3.57)	28 899 (3.70)	29 240 (3.85)	29 984 (4.03)	29 256 (4.01)	29 102 (4.04)	28 780 (4.03)	26 469 (3.80)	24 257 (3.46)	24 329 (3.54)
Morocco	27 689 (3.45)	29 678 (3.74)	29 237 (3.70)	29 356 (3.76)	29 661 (3.80)	28 610 (3.76)	27 779 (3.73)	27 617 (3.78)	26 441 (3.67)	25 881 (3.62)	24 300 (3.49)	22 718 (3.24)	22 214 (3.24)	25 074 (3.13)	25 563 (3.22)	25 367 (3.21)	25 908 (3.31)	26 283 (3.36)	25 719 (3.38)	24 891 (3.34)	25 304 (3.47)	24 372 (3.39)	24 016 (3.36)	22 547 (3.24)	20 959 (2.99)	20 564 (3.00)
Tunisia	10 607 (1.32)	11 466 (1.45)	11 812 (1.49)	12 404 (1.59)	12 640 (1.62)	12 697 (1.67)	12 565 (1.69)	12 521 (1.71)	12 513 (1.74)	12 765 (1.79)	12 398 (1.78)	12 074 (1.72)	12 604 (1.84)	6 737 (0.84)	7 138 (0.90)	7 517 (0.95)	7 980 (1.02)	8 424 (1.08)	8 561 (1.13)	8 692 (1.17)	8 655 (1.19)	8 867 (1.23)	9 504 (1.33)	9 167 (1.32)	9 106 (1.30)	9 492 (1.38)
Egypt	960 (0.12)	858 (0.11)	878 (0.11)	994 (0.13)	1 018 (0.13)	1 024 (0.13)	1 059 (0.14)	1 055 (0.14)	1 117 (0.16)	1 119 (0.16)	1 094 (0.16)	1 077 (0.15)	1 012 (0.15)	466 (0.06)	415 (0.05)	402 (0.05)	493 (0.06)	482 (0.06)	502 (0.07)	514 (0.07)	548 (0.08)	622 (0.09)	600 (0.08)	584 (0.08)	598 (0.09)	521 (0.08)
Black Africa/Non-French West Indies	29 814 (3.72)	38 285 (4.83)	39 277 (4.97)	41 445 (5.30)	43 086 (5.52)	44 093 (5.80)	45 106 (6.06)	47 280 (6.47)	49 869 (6.93)	53 268 (7.46)	53 092 (7.62)	53 240 (7.59)	57 496 (8.37)	31 598 (3.94)	34 523 (4.35)	35 367 (4.48)	37 365 (4.78)	39 043 (5.00)	39 591 (5.21)	40 600 (5.45)	42 316 (5.79)	44 453 (6.18)	47 923 (6.71)	47 420 (6.81)	46 965 (6.69)	50 682 (7.38)
Ivory Coast	2 209 (0.28)	3 446 (0.43)	3 658 (0.46)	4 093 (0.52)	4 360 (0.56)	4 470 (0.59)	4 601 (0.62)	5 082 (0.70)	5 715 (0.79)	6 832 (0.96)	6 915 (0.99)	7 150 (1.02)	8 388 (1.22)	2 483 (0.31)	3 257 (0.41)	3 535 (0.45)	3 829 (0.49)	4 077 (0.52)	4 144 (0.54)	4 308 (0.58)	4 817 (0.66)	5 445 (0.76)	6 403 (0.90)	6 295 (0.90)	6 500 (0.93)	7 647 (1.11)
Congo	3 908 (0.49)	6 367 (0.80)	6 361 (0.80)	6 752 (0.86)	6 872 (0.88)	6 823 (0.90)	7 022 (0.94)	7 317 (1.00)	7 444 (1.03)	7 299 (1.02)	7 050 (1.01)	6 697 (0.95)	6 867 (1.00)	4 000 (0.50)	5 612 (0.71)	5 772 (0.73)	6 119 (0.78)	6 372 (0.82)	6 210 (0.82)	6 384 (0.86)	6 560 (0.90)	6 603 (0.92)	6 519 (0.91)	6 153 (0.88)	5 929 (0.84)	6 003 (0.87)
Senegal	3 811 (0.48)	4 354 (0.55)	4 679 (0.59)	4 966 (0.64)	5 213 (0.67)	5 274 (0.69)	5 352 (0.72)	5 570 (0.76)	5 915 (0.82)	6 090 (0.85)	6 061 (0.87)	5 969 (0.85)	6 347 (0.92)	3 548 (0.44)	3 589 (0.45)	3 901 (0.49)	4 107 (0.53)	4 330 (0.55)	4 279 (0.56)	4 348 (0.58)	4 581 (0.63)	4 761 (0.66)	4 954 (0.69)	5 039 (0.72)	4 798 (0.68)	5 244 (0.76)
Guinea	1 356 (0.17)	1 895 (0.24)	2 045 (0.26)	2 214 (0.28)	2 390 (0.31)	2 526 (0.33)	2 593 (0.35)	2 990 (0.41)	3 179 (0.44)	4 412 (0.62)	4 543 (0.65)	4 950 (0.71)	5 659 (0.82)	1 499 (0.19)	1 756 (0.22)	1 858 (0.24)	1 970 (0.25)	2 136 (0.27)	2 251 (0.30)	2 279 (0.31)	2 595 (0.36)	2 792 (0.39)	3 852 (0.54)	3 936 (0.56)	4 203 (0.60)	4 814 (0.70)
Mali	3 875 (0.48)	4 407 (0.56)	4 337 (0.54)	4 504 (0.58)	4 476 (0.57)	4 492 (0.59)	4 429 (0.59)	4 732 (0.65)	4 799 (0.67)	4 755 (0.67)	4 786 (0.69)	4 847 (0.69)	5 073 (0.74)	3 129 (0.39)	3 061 (0.39)	2 959 (0.37)	3 143 (0.40)	3 079 (0.39)	3 074 (0.40)	3 263 (0.44)	3 272 (0.45)	3 412 (0.47)	3 413 (0.48)	3 391 (0.49)	3 379 (0.48)	3 541 (0.52)
Comoros	2 033 (0.25)	2 535 (0.32)	2 840 (0.36)	2 803 (0.36)	2 902 (0.37)	3 097 (0.41)	3 156 (0.42)	3 494 (0.48)	3 564 (0.50)	3 751 (0.53)	3 705 (0.53)	3 796 (0.54)	3 948 (0.58)	2 090 (0.26)	2 208 (0.28)	2 298 (0.29)	2 386 (0.31)	2 513 (0.32)	2 679 (0.35)	2 689 (0.36)	2 952 (0.40)	3 077 (0.43)	3 237 (0.45)	3 191 (0.46)	3 229 (0.46)	3 408 (0.50)
Cameroon	2 311 (0.29)	2 778 (0.35)	2 743 (0.35)	2 882 (0.37)	3 057 (0.39)	3 170 (0.42)	3 387 (0.45)	3 269 (0.45)	3 593 (0.50)	3 750 (0.53)	3 652 (0.52)	3 715 (0.53)	3 898 (0.57)	3 235 (0.40)	3 200 (0.40)	3 110 (0.39)	3 272 (0.42)	3 409 (0.44)	3 424 (0.45)	3 568 (0.48)	3 370 (0.46)	3 608 (0.50)	3 675 (0.51)	3 600 (0.52)	3 500 (0.50)	3 647 (0.53)
Nigeria	343 (0.04)	532 (0.07)	578 (0.07)	683 (0.09)	817 (0.10)	954 (0.13)	1 034 (0.14)	1 226 (0.17)	1 525 (0.21)	1 949 (0.27)	1 792 (0.26)	1 810 (0.26)	1 698 (0.25)	585 (0.07)	676 (0.09)	776 (0.10)	948 (0.12)	1 014 (0.13)	1 082 (0.14)	1 139 (0.15)	1 317 (0.18)	1 686 (0.23)	2 078 (0.29)	1 911 (0.27)	1 871 (0.27)	1 758 (0.26)
Haiti	1 408 (0.18)	1 795 (0.23)	1 747 (0.22)	1 695 (0.22)	1 770 (0.23)	1 714 (0.23)	1 780 (0.24)	1 809 (0.25)	1 716 (0.24)	1 679 (0.24)	1 655 (0.24)	1 639 (0.23)	1 611 (0.23)	1 706 (0.21)	1 718 (0.22)	1 650 (0.21)	1 636 (0.21)	1 641 (0.21)	1 632 (0.21)	1 663 (0.22)	1 666 (0.23)	1 617 (0.22)	1 605 (0.22)	1 522 (0.22)	1 522 (0.22)	1 504 (0.22)
Madagascar	1 414 (0.18)	1 530 (0.19)	1 463 (0.19)	1 552 (0.20)	1 463 (0.19)	1 426 (0.19)	1 356 (0.18)	1 296 (0.18)	1 431 (0.20)	1 352 (0.19)	1 408 (0.20)	1 382 (0.20)	1 311 (0.19)	2 185 (0.27)	2 142 (0.27)	2 024 (0.26)	2 101 (0.27)	2 081 (0.27)	2 031 (0.27)	1 960 (0.26)	1 937 (0.27)	1 938 (0.27)	2 041 (0.29)	2 057 (0.30)	1 962 (0.28)	1 920 (0.28)
Mauritania	793 (0.10)	999 (0.13)	965 (0.12)	1 053 (0.13)	1 061 (0.14)	1 080 (0.14)	1 101 (0.15)	1 092 (0.15)	1 107 (0.15)	1 135 (0.16)	1 137 (0.16)	1 096 (0.16)	1 237 (0.18)	524 (0.07)	583 (0.07)	593 (0.08)	622 (0.08)	663 (0.08)	670 (0.09)	644 (0.09)	694 (0.10)	716 (0.10)	723 (0.10)	752 (0.11)	716 (0.10)	806 (0.12)
Cape Verde	616 (0.08)	839 (0.11)	890 (0.11)	956 (0.12)	1 064 (0.14)	1 179 (0.16)	1 202 (0.16)	1 191 (0.16)	1 167 (0.16)	1 222 (0.17)	1 131 (0.16)	1 096 (0.16)	1 229 (0.18)	594 (0.07)	649 (0.08)	701 (0.09)	778 (0.10)	865 (0.11)	980 (0.13)	944 (0.13)	1 001 (0.14)	960 (0.13)	993 (0.14)	938 (0.13)	911 (0.13)	1 026 (0.15)
Benin	610 (0.08)	781 (0.10)	755 (0.10)	763 (0.10)	806 (0.10)	807 (0.11)	805 (0.11)	827 (0.11)	892 (0.12)	901 (0.13)	928 (0.13)	1 002 (0.14)	1 002 (0.15)	481 (0.06)	469 (0.06)	506 (0.06)	498 (0.06)	559 (0.07)	526 (0.07)	516 (0.07)	512 (0.07)	566 (0.08)	569 (0.08)	609 (0.09)	635 (0.09)	649 (0.09)
Gabon	478 (0.06)	620 (0.08)	601 (0.08)	658 (0.08)	684 (0.09)	688 (0.09)	764 (0.10)	733 (0.10)	806 (0.11)	818 (0.11)	853 (0.12)	853 (0.12)	903 (0.13)	713 (0.09)	743 (0.09)	696 (0.09)	721 (0.09)	795 (0.10)	819 (0.11)	921 (0.12)	981 (0.13)	975 (0.14)	1 123 (0.16)	1 055 (0.15)	1 070 (0.15)	1 119 (0.16)
Angola	825 (0.10)	1 017 (0.13)	1 045 (0.13)	1 063 (0.14)	1 106 (0.14)	1 066 (0.14)	1 040 (0.14)	1 110 (0.15)	1 014 (0.14)	1 051 (0.15)	979 (0.14)	891 (0.13)	896 (0.13)	758 (0.09)	718 (0.09)	748 (0.10)	747 (0.10)	785 (0.10)	817 (0.11)	764 (0.10)	860 (0.12)	851 (0.12)	902 (0.13)	866 (0.12)	774 (0.11)	774 (0.11)
Togo	708 (0.09)	783 (0.10)	799 (0.10)	761 (0.10)	797 (0.10)	798 (0.10)	745 (0.10)	722 (0.10)	754 (0.10)	751 (0.11)	732 (0.11)	716 (0.10)	790 (0.12)	625 (0.08)	604 (0.08)	597 (0.08)	627 (0.08)	625 (0.08)	560 (0.07)	568 (0.08)	555 (0.08)	504 (0.07)	498 (0.07)	529 (0.08)	521 (0.07)	560 (0.08)
Central African Republic	485 (0.06)	645 (0.08)	621 (0.08)	646 (0.08)	676 (0.09)	724 (0.10)	714 (0.10)	704 (0.10)	671 (0.09)	770 (0.11)	686 (0.10)	676 (0.10)	722 (0.11)	516 (0.06)	517 (0.07)	495 (0.06)	526 (0.07)	524 (0.07)	634 (0.08)	642 (0.09)	638 (0.09)	597 (0.08)	656 (0.09)	642 (0.09)	607 (0.09)	658 (0.10)
Chad	243 (0.03)	264 (0.03)	265 (0.03)	282 (0.04)	328 (0.04)	339 (0.04)	318 (0.04)	396 (0.05)	369 (0.05)	413 (0.06)	335 (0.05)	336 (0.05)	444 (0.06)	209 (0.03)	216 (0.03)	203 (0.03)	233 (0.03)	269 (0.03)	304 (0.04)	296 (0.04)	349 (0.05)	344 (0.05)	368 (0.05)	327 (0.05)	313 (0.04)	422 (0.06)
Mauritius	410 (0.05)	463 (0.06)	437 (0.06)	420 (0.05)	434 (0.06)	421 (0.06)	437 (0.06)	411 (0.06)	442 (0.06)	393 (0.06)	403 (0.06)	378 (0.05)	362 (0.05)	493 (0.06)	549 (0.07)	542 (0.07)	489 (0.06)	540 (0.07)	519 (0.07)	524 (0.07)	491 (0.07)	511 (0.07)	505 (0.07)	495 (0.07)	509 (0.07)	431 (0.06)
Niger	148 (0.02)	147 (0.02)	192 (0.02)	205 (0.03)	176 (0.02)	210 (0.03)	197 (0.03)	187 (0.03)	203 (0.03)	202 (0.03)	207 (0.03)	218 (0.03)	282 (0.04)	188 (0.02)	172 (0.02)	215 (0.03)	191 (0.02)	213 (0.03)	205 (0.03)	185 (0.02)	180 (0.02)	199 (0.03)	198 (0.03)	206 (0.03)	214 (0.03)	228 (0.03)
Other African countries	1 830 (0.23)	2 088 (0.26)	2 256 (0.29)	2 494 (0.32)	2 634 (0.34)	2 835 (0.37)	3 073 (0.41)	3 122 (0.43)	3 563 (0.50)	3 743 (0.52)	4 134 (0.59)	4 023 (0.57)	4 829 (0.70)	2 037 (0.25)	2 084 (0.26)	2 188 (0.28)	2 422 (0.31)	2 553 (0.33)	2 751 (0.36)	2 995 (0.40)	2 988 (0.41)	3 291 (0.46)	3 611 (0.51)	3 906 (0.56)	3 802 (0.54)	4 523 (0.66)
Asia	9 372 (1.17)	10 649 (1.34)	10 674 (1.37)	10 975 (1.39)	11 157 (1.43)	10 636 (1.40)	11 036 (1.48)	10 526 (1.44)	10 538 (1.46)	10 951 (1.53)	10 643 (1.53)	9 840 (1.40)	10 699 (1.56)	12 108 (1.51)	13 001 (1.64)	13 768 (1.74)	13 308 (1.70)	13 964 (1.79)	13 460 (1.77)	13 791 (1.85)	13 170 (1.80)	13 071 (1.82)	13 278 (1.86)	12 656 (1.82)	12 093 (1.72)	12 579 (1.83)
China	1 815 (0.23)	2 141 (0.27)	2 140 (0.27)	1 845 (0.24)	2 079 (0.27)	1 669 (0.22)	2 053 (0.28)	1 650 (0.23)	1 545 (0.21)	1 586 (0.22)	1 393 (0.20)	1 158 (0.16)	1 067 (0.16)	2 684 (0.33)	2 964 (0.37)	3 092 (0.39)	2 771 (0.35)	3 204 (0.41)	2 619 (0.34)	3 035 (0.41)	2 627 (0.36)	2 435 (0.34)	2 492 (0.35)	2 134 (0.31)	1 969 (0.28)	1 768 (0.26)
Vietnam	627 (0.08)	1 086 (0.14)	1 145 (0.14)	1 014 (0.13)	923 (0.12)	904 (0.12)	869 (0.12)	759 (0.10)	726 (0.10)	713 (0.10)	637 (0.09)	595 (0.08)	549 (0.08)	841 (0.10)	1 366 (0.17)	1 498 (0.19)	1 370 (0.18)	1 279 (0.16)	1 264 (0.17)	1 246 (0.17)	1 167 (0.16)	1 145 (0.16)	1 136 (0.16)	1 063 (0.15)	975 (0.14)	945 (0.14)
Cambodia	675 (0.08)	696 (0.09)	629 (0.08)	594 (0.08)	632 (0.08)	520 (0.07)	496 (0.07)	409 (0.06)	336 (0.05)	337 (0.05)	338 (0.05)	222 (0.03)	232 (0.03)	818 (0.10)	784 (0.10)	800 (0.10)	706 (0.09)	769 (0.10)	728 (0.10)	658 (0.09)	550 (0.08)	512 (0.07)	509 (0.07)	481 (0.07)	402 (0.06)	358 (0.05)
Laos	560 (0.07)	569 (0.07)	454 (0.06)	418 (0.05)	388 (0.05)	265 (0.04)	288 (0.04)	242 (0.03)	196 (0.03)	184 (0.03)	157 (0.02)	142 (0.02)	111 (0.02)	442 (0.06)	438 (0.06)	395 (0.05)	328 (0.04)	320 (0.04)	249 (0.03)	226 (0.03)	211 (0.03)	192 (0.03)	176 (0.02)	181 (0.03)	162 (0.02)	129 (0.02)
Japan	112 (0.01)	147 (0.02)	148 (0.02)	127 (0.02)	141 (0.02)	120 (0.02)	114 (0.02)	134 (0.02)	120 (0.02)	105 (0.01)	130 (0.02)	111 (0.02)	101 (0.01)	560 (0.07)	645 (0.08)	638 (0.08)	657 (0.08)	632 (0.08)	588 (0.08)	567 (0.07)	575 (0.08)	500 (0.07)	420 (0.06)	406 (0.06)	410 (0.06)	386 (0.06)
Sri Lanka	1 618 (0.20)	1 743 (0.22)	1 909 (0.24)	1 908 (0.24)	2 006 (0.26)	2 080 (0.27)	1 991 (0.27)	1 981 (0.27)	2 020 (0.28)	1 879 (0.26)	1 905 (0.27)	1 784 (0.25)	1 815 (0.26)	1 634 (0.20)	1 678 (0.21)	1 821 (0.23)	1 843 (0.24)	1 926 (0.25)	2 035 (0.27)	1 910 (0.26)	1 889 (0.26)	1 907 (0.26)	1 779 (0.25)	1 765 (0.25)	1 632 (0.23)	1 692 (0.25)
India	1 073 (0.13)	1 130 (0.14)	1 114 (0.14)	1 162 (0.15)	1 234 (0.16)	1 168 (0.15)	1 196 (0.16)	1 175 (0.16)	1 246 (0.17)	1 274 (0.18)	1 218 (0.17)	1 159 (0.17)	1 168 (0.17)	1 068 (0.13)	1 071 (0.14)	1 073 (0.14)	1 093 (0.14)	1 124 (0.14)	1 092 (0.14)	1 126 (0.15)	1 095 (0.15)	1 197 (0.17)	1 147 (0.16)	1 144 (0.16)	1 074 (0.15)	1 106 (0.16)
Bangladesh	245 (0.03)	308 (0.04)	338 (0.04)	380 (0.05)	376 (0,.05)	563 (0.07)	622 (0.08)	599 (0.08)	728 (0.10)	775 (0.11)	833 (0.12)	842 (0.12)	1 053 (0.15)	253 (0.03)	307 (0.04)	325 (0.04)	368 (0.05)	358 (0.05)	546 (0.07)	602 (0.08)	572 (0.08)	700 (0.10)	756 (0.11)	795 (0.11)	807 (0.11)	1 021 (0.15)
Pakistan	788 (0.10)	855 (0.11)	916 (0.12)	936 (0.12)	985 (0.13)	944 (0.12)	963 (0.13)	995 (0.14)	977 (0.14)	1 060 (0.15)	1 082 (0.16)	964 (0.14)	1 029 (0.15)	667 (0.08)	677 (0.09)	711 (0.09)	727 (0.09)	755 (0.10)	760 (0.10)	810 (0.11)	789 (0.11)	772 (0.11)	863 (0.12)	882 (0.13)	803 (0.11)	841 (0.12)
Other Asia	1 859 (0.23)	1 974 (0.25)	2 182 (0.28)	2 290 (0.29)	2 393 (0.31)	2 403 (0.32)	2 444 (0.33)	2 582 (0.35)	2 644 (0.37)	3 038 (0.43)	2 950 (0.42)	2 863 (0.41)	3 574 (0.52)	3 141 (0.39)	3 071 (0.39)	3 415 (0.43)	3 445 (0.44)	3 597 (0.46)	3 579 (0.47)	3 611 (0.48)	3 695 (0.51)	3 711 (0.52)	4 000 (0.56)	3 805 (0.55)	3 859 (0.55)	4 333 (0.63)
Middle East	12 657 (1.58)	12 955 (1.63)	12 620 (1.60)	12 775 (1.63)	12 566 (1.61)	12 043 (1.58)	11 805 (1.59)	11 584 (1.59)	10 949 (1.52)	10 512 (1.47)	9 728 (1.40)	9 374 (1.34)	9 346 (1.36)	10 713 (1.34)	10 387 (1.31)	10 294 (1.30)	10 226 (1.31)	10 257 (1.31)	9 809 (1.29)	9 564 (1.28)	9 437 (1.29)	8 806 (1.22)	8 542 (1.20)	7 947 (1.14)	7 483 (1.07)	7 593 (1.11)
Turkey	10 001 (1.25)	10 112 (1.28)	9 835 (1.24)	9 768 (1.25)	9 587 (1.23)	9 017 (1.19)	8 524 (1.14)	8 141 (1.11)	7 347 (1.02)	6 966 (0.98)	6 342 (0.91)	5 918 (0.84)	5 881 (0.86)	8 427 (1.05)	8 034 (1.01)	7 994 (1.01)	7 756 (0.99)	7 724 (0.99)	7 200 (0.95)	6 691 (0.90)	6 322 (0.87)	5 618 (0.78)	5 301 (0.74)	4 774 (0.69)	4 375 (0.62)	4 398 (0.64)
Syria	462 (0.06)	424 (0.05)	406 (0.05)	499 (0.06)	498 (0.06)	560 (0.07)	733 (0.10)	908 (0.12)	1 050 (0.15)	1 090 (0.15)	1 152 (0.17)	1 067 (0.15)	1 071 (0.16)	382 (0.05)	340 (0.04)	305 (0.04)	371 (0.05)	388 (0.05)	458 (0.06)	621 (0.08)	820 (0.11)	968 (0.13)	1 040 (0.15)	1 082 (0.16)	964 (0.14)	996 (0.15)
Lebanon	991 (0.12)	1 019 (0.13)	938 (0.12)	972 (0.12)	1 001 (0.13)	959 (0.13)	861 (0.12)	884 (0.12)	849 (0.12)	819 (0.11)	745 (0.11)	877 (0.12)	869 (0.13)	750 (0.09)	678 (0.09)	627 (0.08)	656 (0.08)	700 (0.09)	639 (0.08)	632 (0.08)	610 (0.08)	546 (0.08)	585 (0.08)	542 (0.08)	637 (0.09)	694 (0.1)
Armenia	473 (0.06)	710 (0.09)	779 (0.10)	824 (0.11)	780 (0.10)	786 (0.10)	872 (0.12)	850 (0.12)	861 (0.12)	783 (0.11)	737 (0.11)	751 (0.11)	792 (0.12)	566 (0.07)	750 (0.09)	819 (0.10)	878 (0.11)	856 (0.11)	866 (0.11)	915 (0.12)	953 (0.13)	938 (0.13)	857 (0.12)	817 (0.12)	811 (0.12)	835 (0.12)
Iraq	172 (0.02)	217 (0.03)	209 (0.03)	208 (0.03)	245 (0.03)	267 (0.04)	353 (0.05)	385 (0.05)	434 (0.06)	424 (0.06)	373 (0.05)	382 (0.05)	343 (0.05)	137 (0.02)	196 (0.02)	193 (0.02)	166 (0.02)	202 (0.03)	245 (0.03)	302 (0.04)	328 (0.04)	390 (0.05)	376 (0.05)	343 (0.05)	325 (0.05)	294 (0.04)
Iran	289 (0.04)	246 (0.03)	239 (0.03)	276 (0.04)	240 (0.03)	253 (0.03)	249 (0.03)	237 (0.03)	224 (0.03)	251 (0.04)	229 (0.03)	219 (0.03)	241 (0.04)	231 (0.03)	205 (0.03)	217 (0.03)	215 (0.03)	194 (0.02)	226 (0.03)	246 (0.03)	265 (0.04)	222 (0.03)	241 (0.03)	260 (0.04)	252 (0.04)	253 (0.04)
Israel	269 (0.03)	227 (0.03)	214 (0.03)	228 (0.03)	215 (0.03)	201 (0.03)	213 (0.03)	179 (0.02)	184 (0.03)	179 (0.03)	150 (0.02)	160 (0.02)	149 (0.02)	220 (0.03)	184 (0.02)	139 (0.02)	184 (0.02)	193 (0.02)	175 (0.02)	157 (0.02)	139 (0.02)	124 (0.02)	142 (0.02)	129 (0.02)	119 (0.02)	123 (0.02)
America/Oceania	3 164 (0.39)	3 475 (0.44)	3 444 (0.44)	3 755 (0.48)	3 939 (0.50)	3 976 (0.52)	3 994 (0.54)	4 198 (0.57)	4 308 (0.60)	4 530 (0.63)	4 405 (0.63)	4 752 (0.68)	4 785 (0.70)	4 969 (0.62)	5 012 (0.63)	5 019 (0.64)	5 337 (0.68)	5 476 (0.70)	5 643 (0.74)	5 681 (0.76)	5 679 (0.78)	5 942 (0.83)	6 297 (0.88)	6 277 (0.90)	6 597 (0.94)	6 436 (0.94)
Brazil	545 (0.07)	649 (0.08)	692 (0.09)	706 (0.09)	772 (0.10)	788 (0.10)	837 (0.11)	881 (0.12)	940 (0.13)	1 019 (0.14)	1 061 (0.15)	1 099 (0.16)	1 165 (0.17)	1 124 (0.14)	1 172 (0.15)	1 145 (0.14)	1 267 (0.16)	1 252 (0.16)	1 264 (0.17)	1 359 (0.18)	1 437 (0.20)	1 461 (0.20)	1 601 (0.22)	1 567 (0.22)	1 685 (0.24)	1 636 (0.24)
Colombia	288 (0.04)	329 (0.04)	334 (0.04)	399 (0.05)	419 (0.05)	478 (0.06)	423 (0.06)	468 (0.06)	496 (0.07)	580 (0.08)	543 (0.08)	631 (0.09)	627 (0.09)	538 (0.07)	521 (0.07)	547 (0.07)	572 (0.07)	603 (0.08)	689 (0.09)	664 (0.09)	680 (0.09)	671 (0.09)	827 (0.12)	781 (0.11)	843 (0.12)	825 (0.12)
United States	531 (0.07)	544 (0.07)	523 (0.07)	577 (0.07)	558 (0.07)	470 (0.06)	532 (0.07)	541 (0.07)	559 (0.08)	550 (0.08)	535 (0.08)	572 (0.08)	559 (0.08)	681 (0.08)	666 (0.08)	730 (0.09)	699 (0.09)	749 (0.10)	715 (0.09)	739 (0.10)	698 (0.10)	773 (0.11)	734 (0.10)	778 (0.11)	841 (0.12)	750 (0.11)
Mexico	164 (0.02)	178 (0.02)	195 (0.02)	193 (0.02)	229 (0.03)	274 (0.04)	214 (0.03)	251 (0.03)	262 (0.04)	231 (0.03)	219 (0.03)	263 (0.04)	263 (0.04)	347 (0.04)	343 (0.04)	393 (0.05)	355 (0.05)	406 (0.05)	441 (0.06)	447 (0.06)	416 (0.06)	435 (0.06)	438 (0.06)	473 (0.07)	476 (0.07)	474 (0.07)
Canada	316 (0.04)	328 (0.04)	277 (0.04)	282 (0.04)	319 (0.04)	288 (0.04)	257 (0.03)	243 (0.03)	236 (0.03)	190 (0.03)	247 (0.04)	246 (0.04)	237 (0.03)	406 (0.05)	359 (0.05)	353 (0.04)	375 (0.05)	338 (0.04)	344 (0.05)	353 (0.05)	298 (0.04)	299 (0.04)	289 (0.04)	304 (0.04)	324 (0.05)	319 (0.05)
Venezuela	108 (0.01)	96 (0.01)	131 (0.02)	140 (0.02)	139 (0.02)	181 (0.02)	175 (0.02)	176 (0.02)	186 (0.03)	223 (0.03)	177 (0.03)	178 (0.03)	226 (0.03)	174 (0.02)	176 (0.02)	179 (0.02)	205 (0.03)	192 (0.02)	224 (0.03)	231 (0.03)	235 (0.03)	264 (0.04)	289 (0.04)	271 (0.04)	270 (0.04)	291 (0.04)
Argentina	176 (0.02)	197 (0.02)	196 (0.02)	237 (0.03)	239 (0.03)	213 (0.03)	215 (0.03)	240 (0.03)	219 (0.03)	235 (0.03)	193 (0.03)	258 (0.04)	217 (0.03)	237 (0.03)	266 (0.03)	243 (0.03)	263 (0.03)	274 (0.04)	259 (0.03)	237 (0.03)	223 (0.03)	225 (0.03)	266 (0.04)	228 (0.03)	305 (0.04)	253 (0.04)
Peru	139 (0.02)	137 (0.02)	146 (0.02)	160 (0.02)	178 (0.02)	191 (0.03)	182 (0.02)	193 (0.03)	181 (0.03)	228 (0.03)	210 (0.03)	227 (0.03)	211 (0.03)	303 (0.04)	297 (0.04)	274 (0.03)	322 (0.04)	319 (0.04)	334 (0.04)	323 (0.04)	354 (0.05)	347 (0.05)	351 (0.05)	350 (0.05)	342 (0.05)	356 (0.05)
Chile	229 (0.03)	249 (0.03)	204 (0.03)	224 (0.03)	197 (0.03)	238 (0.03)	196 (0.03)	220 (0.03)	179 (0.02)	215 (0.03)	190 (0.03)	166 (0.02)	185 (0.03)	263 (0.03)	278 (0.04)	216 (0.03)	246 (0.03)	235 (0.03)	247 (0.03)	217 (0.03)	222 (0.03)	189 (0.03)	200 (0.03)	217 (0.03)	193 (0.03)	211 (0.03)
Australia	139 (0.02)	119 (0.02)	128 (0.02)	139 (0.02)	132 (0.02)	107 (0.01)	145 (0.02)	107 (0.01)	121 (0.02)	125 (0.02)	106 (0.02)	117 (0.02)	104 (0.02)	123 (0.02)	134 (0.02)	112 (0.01)	125 (0.02)	132 (0.02)	106 (0.01)	135 (0.02)	132 (0.02)	119 (0.02)	112 (0.02)	119 (0.02)	131 (0.02)	115 (0.02)
Other countries in America	465 (0.06)	566 (0.07)	539 (0.07)	604 (0.08)	662 (0.08)	649 (0.09)	718 (0.10)	778 (0.11)	832 (0.12)	834 (0.12)	821 (0.12)	898 (0.13)	905 (0.13)	712 (0.09)	751 (0.09)	771 (0.10)	835 (0.11)	904 (0.12)	946 (0.12)	908 (0.12)	912 (0.12)	1 089 (0.15)	1 125 (0.16)	1 117 (0.16)	1 130 (0.16)	1 149 (0.17)
Other countries in Oceania	64 (0.01)	83 (0.01)	79 (0.01)	94 (0.01)	95 (0.01)	99 (0.01)	100 (0.01)	100 (0.01)	97 (0.01)	100 (0.01)	103 (0.01)	97 (0.01)	86 (0.01)	61 (0.01)	49 (0.01)	56 (0.01)	73 (0.01)	60 (0.01)	74 (0.01)	68 (0.01)	72 (0.01)	70 (0.01)	65 (0.01)	72 (0.01)	57 (0.01)	57 (0.01)

Note: In 2010 some foreigners not declared country : father - 17,536; mother - 3,754

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File:Mariages et pacs de 2008 à 2018.svg (red) and Civil Union (blue) in France (INSEE).]]In 2020, there was a total of 154,581 marriages in France.{{cite web |title=Titre {{!}} Insee |url=https://www.insee.fr/en/statistiques/serie/001641599 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.insee.fr}}

Unemployment, youth ages 15–24:

:Total: 20.8%. Country comparison to the world: 61st.

:Male: 21.4%.

:Female: 20% (2018 est.).{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=proj|title=Database - Eurostat|website=ec.europa.eu|access-date=1 September 2017}}

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Note: people born outside of France (including the overseas departments) are referred to as immigrants regardless of their nationality (French or foreign). People without French nationality are referred to as foreigners regardless of their birthplace (France or abroad).

Due to a law dating from 1872 at the start of the Third Republic, France has prohibited the collection of data on a citizen’s race, ethnicity, or their beliefs, such as religion, through national censuses,{{cite journal |last=Oppenheimer |first=David B. |year=2008 |title=Why France Needs to Collect Data on Racial Identity... In a French Way |journal=Hastings International and Comparative Law Review |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=735–752 |ssrn=1236362 |url=https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_international_comparative_law_review/vol31/iss2/7/}}{{cite web |last=Shendruk |first=Amanda |date=2021-07-08 |title=Are you even trying to stop racism if you don't collect data on race? |url=https://qz.com/2029525/the-20-countries-that-dont-collect-racial-and-ethnic-census-data/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Quartz |language=en}}{{Failed verification|date=December 2024|reason=Neither of the sources mentions the 1872 law.}} however, estimates have been made of the ethnic and racial demography of the country in the present.

Some organizations, such as the Representative Council of Black Associations of France ({{langx|fr|link=no|Conseil représentatif des associations noires de France}}, CRAN), have argued in favour of the introduction of data collection on minority groups but this has been resisted by other organizations and ruling politicians,{{cite journal |last=Louis-Georges |first=Tin |year=2008 |title=Who is afraid of Blacks in France? The Black question: The name taboo, the number taboo |journal=French Politics, Culture & Society |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=32–44 |doi=10.3167/fpcs.2008.260103}}{{cite news |date=31 January 2007 |title=Black residents of France say they are discriminated against |work=International Herald Tribune |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/world/europe/31iht-bias.4421757.html |access-date=27 October 2009}} often on the grounds that collecting such statistics goes against France's secular principles and harks back to Vichy-era identity documents.{{cite news |date=28 March 2009 |title=France's ethnic minorities: To count or not to count |volume=390 |page=62 |newspaper=The Economist |issue=8624 |url=http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=E1_TPPSSPNQ}} During the 2007 presidential election, however, Nicolas Sarkozy, polled on the issue, stated that he favoured the collection of data on ethnicity.{{cite news |last=Chrisafis |first=Angelique |date=24 February 2007 |title=French presidential candidates divided over race census |page=25 |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/24/france.population |access-date=27 October 2009}} Part of a parliamentary bill that would have permitted the collection of data for the purpose of measuring discrimination was rejected by the Conseil Constitutionnel in November 2007.

However, that law does not concern surveys and polls, which are free to ask those questions if they wish. The law also allows for an exception for public institutions such as the INED or the INSEE whose job it is to collect data on demographics, social trends and other related subjects, on condition that the collection of such data has been authorized by the National Commission for Computer-stocked data and Freedom (CNIL) and the National Council of Statistical Information (CNIS).[http://plus.lefigaro.fr/note/how-does-france-count-its-muslim-population-20110407-435643 How does France count its Muslim population?], Le Figaro, April 2011

The modern ethnic French are the descendants of Celts, Iberians, Ligurians, Italic peoples (including Romans), and Greeks in southern France,Éric Gailledrat, Les Ibères de l'Èbre à l'Hérault (VIe-IVe s. avant J.-C.), Lattes, Sociétés de la Protohistoire et de l'Antiquité en France Méditerranéenne, Monographies d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne – 1, 1997Dominique Garcia: Entre Ibères et Ligures. Lodévois et moyenne vallée de l'Hérault protohistoriques. Paris, CNRS éd., 1993; Les Ibères dans le midi de la France. L'Archéologue, n°32, 1997, pp. 38–40 later mixed with large groups of Germanic peoples arriving at the end of the Roman Empire such as the Franks, Burgundians, Alamanni, and Goths,{{cite web |title=HISTORY OF FRANCE |url=http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=ekw |access-date=1 September 2017 |website=Historyworld.net}} Moors and Saracens in the south,"Les Gaulois figurent seulement parmi d'autres dans la multitude de couches de peuplement fort divers (Ligures, Ibères, Latins, Francs et Alamans, Nordiques, Sarrasins...) qui aboutissent à la population du pays à un moment donné ", Jean-Louis Brunaux, Nos ancêtres les Gaulois, éd. Seuil, 2008, p. 261"Notre Midi a sa pinte de sang sarrasin", Fernand Braudel, L'identité de la France – Les Hommes et les Choses (1986), Flammarion, 1990, p. 215"Les premiers musulmans arrivèrent en France à la suite de l'occupation de l'Espagne par les Maures, il y a plus d'un millénaire, et s'installèrent dans les environs de Toulouse – et jusqu'en Bourgogne. À Narbonne, les traces d'une mosquée datant du VIIIe siècle sont le témoignage de l'ancienneté de ce passé. Lors de la célèbre, et en partie mythologique, bataille de Poitiers en 732, dont les historiens reconsidèrent aujourd'hui l'importance, Charles Martel aurait stoppé la progression des envahisseurs arabes. Des réfugiés musulmans qui fuyaient la Reconquista espagnole, et plus tard l'Inquisition, firent souche en Languedoc-Roussillon et dans le Pays basque français, ainsi que dans le Béarn", Justin Vaïsse, Intégrer l'Islam, Odile Jacob, 2007, pp. 32–33" Les Sarrasins gardèrent longtemps sur les côtes de la Provence, à la Garde-Freinet, un solide point d'appui et de là purent faire des incursions dans une partie de la France. Au huitième siècle, lors de l'invasion des Berbères dit Arabes, ceux-ci avaient pénétré jusque dans la vallée de la Loire : on parle même de leur venue dans la région orientale de la France, à Luxeuil, dans les Vosges et devant Metz. [...] les observations des anthropologistes ne permettent pas de douter que nombre de familles françaises dans les bassins de la Garonne et du Rhône ne soient issus des envahisseurs musulmans, Berbères modifiés par leur croisement avec les Espagnols, les Arabes et les noirs d'Afrique.", Élisée Reclus,

Nouvelle géographie universelle: la terre et les hommes, Élisée Reclus, éd. Hachette, 1881, t. 2, chap. 1-Vue d'ensemble – Le milieu et la race, Ançêtres de Français, p. 45-46"L'élément sémitique, juif et arabe, était fort en Languedoc. Narbonne avait été longtemps la capitale des Sarrasins en France. (...) Ces nobles du Midi étaient des gens d'esprit qui savaient bien la plupart que penser de leur noblesse. Il n'y en avait guère qui, en remontant un peu, ne rencontrassent dans leur généalogie quelque grand-mère sarrasine ou juive.", Jules Michelet, Histoire de France, éd. Chamerot, 1861, t. 2, p. 335"Bien que le séjour des Arabes en France n'ait été constitué que par une série de courtes invasions, ils ont laissé des traces profondes de leur passage dans la langue, et [...] ils en ont laissé également dans le sang. [...] L'ethnologie nous en fournit la preuve, en retrouvant, après tant de siècles, des descendants des Arabes sur plusieurs parties de notre sol. Dans le département de la Creuse, dans les Hautes-Alpes, et notamment dans plusieurs localités situées autour de Montmaure (montagne des Maures), dans le canton de Baignes (Charente), de même que dans certains villages des Landes, du Roussillon, du Languedoc, du Béarn, les descendants des Arabes sont facilement reconnaissables.", Gustave Le Bon, La Civilisation des Arabes (1884), La Fontaine au Roy, 1990, p. 237"Il est certain que, de nos jours, on peut encore trouver en France des descendants des Sarrasins, notamment dans toute la région du sud de la Loire, dans les monts d'Auvergne, en Guyenne, en Languedoc et en Provence, voire même en Bourgogne.", René Martial, La Race française (1934), Mercure de France, 1934, p. 101-102 and Scandinavians, Vikings, who became, by mixing with the local population, the Normans and settled mostly in Normandy in the 9th century.{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.jerseyheritagetrust.org/edu/resources/pdf/normans.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326114613/http://www.jerseyheritagetrust.org/edu/resources/pdf/normans.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2009 |access-date=26 March 2009}}

In 1960 there was approximately 500,000 'coloured' people present in France, constituting 1.2% of the population.{{Cite journal |last=Waughray |first=Vernon |date=1960 |title=The French Racial Scene: North African Immigrants in France |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/030639686000200105 |journal=Race |language=en |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=60–70 |doi=10.1177/030639686000200105 |issn=0033-7277}} In 2004, French conservative think-tank Institut Montaigne estimated that there were 51 million (85%) people of European ethnic origin, 6 million (10%) North African people, 2 million (3.5%) black people and 1 million (1.5%) people of Asian{{clarify|reason=Ambiguous term|date=July 2024}} origin in Metropolitan France, including all generations of immigrant descendants.Yazid Sabeg et Laurence Méhaignerie, [http://www.conventioncitoyenne.com/documents/oubliesdelegalite.pdf Les oubliés de l'égalité des chances], Institut Montaigne, January 2004. Page 80 TIME magazine in 2009 estimated that there was an estimated range of 4 to 7 million Arabs, 3 to 5 million Blacks, 1.5 million Asians and around 600,000 Jewish people.{{cite magazine |date=2018-08-08 |title=Should France Start Counting Its Minority Population? - TIME |magazine=Time |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1887106,00.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808014355/http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1887106,00.html |archive-date=8 August 2018 |last1=Crumley |first1=Bruce }} Solis, a marketing company, estimated the numbers for ethnic minorities (immigrants and 2nd generation) in France in 2009 as 3.26 million Maghrebis (5.23%), 1.83 million black people (2.94%) (1.08 million Sub-Saharan Africans and 757,000 French from French West Indies), and 250,000 Turkish (0.71%).[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/frances-crisis-of-national-identity-1826942.html France's crisis of national identity], The Independent, Wednesday, 25 November 2009[http://www.afrik.com/article16248.html Les personnes originaires d'Afrique, des Dom-Tom et de la Turquie sont 5,5 millions dans l'Hexagone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002085632/http://www.afrik.com/article16248.html|date=2 October 2013}}, Afrik.com, 12 February 2009

In 2015, Michèle Tribalat released a paper estimating population of ethnic minorities in France in 2011 to constitute 30% if ancestry retracted to 3 generations but with age limit of 60.

15% were of other European origin and another 15% rest.{{cite journal|url=http://eps.revues.org/6073|title=Une estimation des populations d'origine étrangère en France en 2011|first=Michèle|last=Tribalat|date=1 July 2015|journal=Espace Populations Sociétés. Space Populations Societies|issue=2015/1–2|via=eps.revues.org|doi=10.4000/eps.6073|doi-access=free}}

Newly released figures from France’s national statistical agency, which pulled census data from 2019-2020, revealed that nearly one-third of children aged four years and below are of non-European origin, a number which stands in sharp contrast with those recorded in older generations.

The data, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), indicates that among those aged four and below living in ordinary housing (all residences excluding those for students, the elderly, and asylum seekers) in metropolitan France, 41.6% were born outside of France themselves, or are descendants of non-French parents or grandparents, with 29.6% having origins outside of Europe.

By comparison, a mere 7.6% of 60 to 64-year-olds and 3.1% of those over the age of 80 were of non-European origin over three generations, meaning they themselves, their parents, or grandparents were born outside of Europe.

Figures also revealed that 16.2% of all children aged four and below living in France are of Maghreb descent—a term used to describe the predominately Arab regions of northwest Africa, including Morocco, Libya, Algeria, Mauritania, and Tunisia. One in ten children in the same age group in France are immigrants or are the children of immigrants from elsewhere in Europe, with 7.3% having originated from sub-Saharan Africa, 4% from Asia, and 1.7% from the rest of the world.

The Paris region is a magnet for immigrants, hosting one of the largest concentrations of immigrants in Europe. As of 2006, about 45% of people (6 million) living in the region were either immigrant (25%) or born to at least one immigrant parent (20%).[http://www.iau-idf.fr/detail-dune-etude/etude/les-descendants-dimmigres-vivant-en-ile-de-france.html Les descendants d'immigrés vivant en Île-de-France] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028122645/http://www.iau-idf.fr/detail-dune-etude/etude/les-descendants-dimmigres-vivant-en-ile-de-france.html |date=2011-10-28 }}, IAU Idf, Note rapide Société, n° 531

Of European ethnic groups not indigenous to France, the most numerous are people of Italian family origin and it is estimated that about 5 million citizens (8% of the population) are at least partly of Italian origin if their parentage is retraced over three generations.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BLo2RqGdv_wC&pg=PA143|title=The Cambridge Survey of World Migration|first=Robin|last=Cohen|date=2 November 1995|publisher=Cambridge University Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9780521444057}} This is due to waves of Italian immigration, notably during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Other large European groups of non-native origin are Spaniards, Portuguese, Romanians, Poles, and Greeks. Also, due to more recent immigration, between five and six million people of Maghrebi origin"Les personnes d'origine maghrébine y sont également au nombre de 5 à 6 millions; 3,5 millions ont la nationalité française (dont 500 000 harkis)", Robert Castel, La discrimination négative, Paris, La République des idées/Seuil, 2007 and approximately 800,000 Turks inhabit France.{{cite web |author=L'Express|title=Face à l'islam de France, du déni à la paralysie|date=3 June 2014|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/face-a-l-islam-de-france-du-deni-a-la-paralysie_1548482.html|access-date=29 December 2014}}{{cite web|author=Zaman France|title=La communauté turque compte 611.515 personnes en France|url=http://www.zamanfrance.fr/article/communaute-turque-compte-611515-personnes-en-france-7311.html|access-date=29 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221153227/http://www.zamanfrance.fr/article/communaute-turque-compte-611515-personnes-en-france-7311.html|archive-date=21 December 2014}}

An influx of Maghrebi Jews immigrated to France in the 1950s and after the Algerian War due to the decline of the French empire. Subsequent waves of immigration followed the Six-Day War, when some Moroccan and Tunisian Jews settled in France. Hence, by 1968, Maghrebi Jews were about 500,000 and the majority in France. As the majority of these new immigrants were already culturally French, because of their cooperation with colonists, they needed little time to adjust to French society.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}} Black people come from both the French overseas territories (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, and former colony Haiti) and Sub-Saharan Africa (especially Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal). France has the largest black population in Europe.

There is a substantial Romani population in France. There is approximately 400,000 Roma living in France.{{cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/combatting-discrimination/roma-eu/roma-equality-inclusion-and-participation-eu-country/france_en |title=EU funding for Roma integration |publisher=Ec.europa.eu |date= |accessdate=2022-08-27}}

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Since the 19th century, France has continued being a country of immigration. During the Trente Glorieuses (1946–1975), the country's reconstruction and steady economic growth led to the labor-immigration of the 1960s, when many employers found manpower in villages located in Southern Europe and North Africa. In 2008, the French national institute of statistics INSEE estimated that 11.8 million foreign-born immigrants and their direct descendants (second generation) lived in France representing 19% of the country's population. About 5.5 million are of European origin and 4 million of Maghrebi origin.[http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?reg_id=0&ref_id=ip1287 Être né en France d'un parent immigré], Insee Première, n°1287, mars 2010, Catherine Borrel et Bertrand Lhommeau; Insee.fr[http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=0&ref_id=immigrespaysnais Répartition des immigrés par pays de naissance 2008], Insee.fr, October 2011{{image frame|content={{Graph:Chart

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In the 20th century, France experienced a high rate of immigration from other countries. The immigration rate was particularly high during the 1920s and 1930s. France was the European country which suffered the most from World War I, with respect to the size of its population, losing 1.3 million young men out of a total population of 40 million. France was also at the time the European country with the lowest fertility rate, which meant that the country had a very hard time recovering from the heavy losses of the war. France had to open its doors to immigration, which was the only way to prevent population decline between the two world wars.Hargreaves, Alec G., Multi-Ethnic France, Routledge, New York, New York, 2007, 265 pages, pages 16–17

At the time, France was the only European country to permit mass immigration. The other major European powers, such as the UK or Germany, still had high fertility rates, so immigration was seen as unnecessary, and it was also undesirable to the vast majority of their populations. The majority of immigrants in the 1920s came from Italy and Poland, though from the 1930s, some also came from elsewhere in southern and eastern Europe, and the first wave of colonial French subjects from Africa and Asia. This mass immigration was ended and partially reversed by the economic problems of the 1930s.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YbzsBPuhyggC&q=immigration+france+1920s+poles+italians&pg=PA143|title=The Cambridge Survey of World Migration|first=Robin|last=Cohen|date=2 November 1995|publisher=Cambridge University Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9780521444057}} By the end of the Spanish Civil War, some half-million Spanish Republican refugees had crossed

the border into France.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/2809025.stm Spanish Civil War fighters look back], BBC News, 23 February 2003

Local populations often opposed immigrant manpower, leading to occasional outbursts of violence. The most violent was a pogrom against Italian workers who worked in the salt evaporation ponds of Peccais, erupted in Aigues-Mortes in 1893, killing at least nine and injuring hundreds on the Italian side.Enzo Barnabà, Le sang des marais, Marseille, 1993

After World War II, the French fertility rate rebounded considerably, as noted above, but economic growth in France was so high that new immigrants had to be brought into the country. Most immigrants were Portuguese as well as Arabs and Berbers from North Africa. The first wave arrived in the 1950s, but the major arrivals happened in the 1960s and 1970s. One million European pieds-noirs also migrated from Algeria in 1962 and the following years during the chaotic independence of Algeria.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/|title=Breaking News, World News & Multimedia|website=The New York Times|access-date=1 September 2017}} France has over three million French of Algerian descent, a small percentage of whom are third-or fourth-generation French.

French law facilitated the immigration of thousands of French settlers (colons in French language), ethnic or national French from former colonies of North and West Africa, India and Indochina, to mainland France. 1.6 million European pieds noirs settlers migrated from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=For Pieds-Noirs, the Anger Endures|author=James M. Markham|date=6 April 1988|website=Query.nytimes.com|access-date=1 September 2017}} In the 1970s, over 30,000 French settlers left Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime as the Pol Pot government confiscated their farms and land properties. However, after the 1973 energy crisis, laws limiting immigration were passed. In addition, the country's birth rate dropped significantly during this time.

Between 1956 and 1967, about 235,000 Sephardic North African Jews from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco also immigrated to France because of the decline of the French colonial empire and following the Six-Day War. Hence, by 1968, Sephardic North African Jews were the majority of the Jews in France. As the new immigrants were already culturally French, they needed little time to adjust to French society.Esther Benbassa, The Jews of France: A History from Antiquity to the Present, Princeton University Press, 1999

In the late 1970s, the end of high economic growth in France caused immigration policies to be considerably tightened, starting with laws by Charles Pasqua passed in 1986 and 1993. New immigrants were allowed only through the family reunion schemes (wives and children moving to France to live with husbands or fathers already living in France), or as asylum seekers. Illegal immigration thus developed as immigration policy became more rigid. In 2006, The French Ministry of the Interior estimated clandestine immigrants in France amounted to anywhere between 200,000 and 400,000 and expected between 80,000 and 100,000 people to enter the country illegally each year.{{cite web|url=http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/076/article_43041.asp|title=RFI - Immigration - Combien d'immigrés clandestins en France?|website=Rfi.fr|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=22 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822153905/http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/076/article_43041.asp|url-status=dead}}

The Pasqua laws are a significant landmark in the shift in France's immigration policy through the course of the 20th century.

They are a sign of the securitization aspect of immigration, giving more power to the police, allowing them to perform random identity checks and deport immigrants without legal papers. The rise in anti-immigration sentiments was reinforced by a series of terrorist bombs in Paris in 1986, linked to Muslim immigrants in France.Freedman, Jane, Immigration and Insecurity in France, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Hants, England, 2004, 182 p., page 42

Tightening immigration laws, as well as notions of "zero immigration", reflected national views that arose within the discussion around immigrant family reunification and national identity. Institut français des relations internationales

(IFRI) immigration expert, Christophe Bertossi, states that stigmatized as both a challenge to social cohesion and a "burden" for the French economy, family immigration is increasingly restricted and constructed as a racial issue. The "immigration choisie" policy strives consequently to select migrants according to their profile, skills and, still indirectly, origins.Bertossi, Christophe, France: the state strives to shape "chosen immigration", IFRI, Paris, July 2008{{cite web|url=http://ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=5235&id_provenance=103&provenance_context_id=12|title=IFRI - E-note - Notes de l'Ifri - France: the State strives to shape "chosen" immigration - Institut français des relations internationales|date=26 July 2011|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726172300/http://ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=5235&id_provenance=103&provenance_context_id=12|archive-date=26 July 2011}}

Nonetheless, immigration rates in the 1980s and 1990s were much lower than in the 1960s and 1970s, especially compared to other European countries. The regions of emigrations also widened, with new immigrants now coming from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. In the 1970s, a small but well-publicized wave of Chilean and Argentine political refugees from their countries' dictatorships found asylum in France.

Ethnic Vietnamese started to become a visible segment of society after the massive influx of refugees after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. The expulsions of ethnic Chinese from Vietnam in the 1970s led to a wave of immigration and the settlement of the high-rise neighbourhood near the Porte d'Italie, where the Chinatown of Paris is located. Located in the 13th arrondissement, the area contains many ethnic Chinese inhabitants.Smith, Craig S. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/09/news/journal.php Face behind Paris 'bistro' counter becomes Asian]. International Herald Tribune, 10 May 2005.

According to the distinguished French historian of immigration Gérard Noiriel, in 1989 one third of the population currently living in France was of "foreign" descent."Immigration is hardly a recent development in French history, as Gérard Noiriel amply demonstrates in his history of French immigration, The French Melting Pot. Noiriel estimates that one third of the population currently living in France is of "foreign" descent", Marie-Christine Weidmann-Koop, France at the dawn of the twenty-first century, trends and transformations, Summa Publications, Inc., 2000, p. 160. [Noiriel’s Le Creuset français was published in 1989.]

According to Michèle Tribalat, researcher at INED, there were, in 1999, approximately 14 million persons of foreign ancestry (about a quarter of the population), defined as either immigrants or people with at least one immigrant parent or grandparent. Half of them were of European ancestry (including 5.2 million from South Europe (Italy, Spain, Portugal and former Yugoslavia)). The rest were from Maghreb (3 million), Sub-Saharan Africa (680,000), Turkey (320,000) and other parts of the world (2.5 million).{{cite web|url=http://www.ined.fr/publications/population/2004/t1-04F.html#tribalat|title=Michèle Tribalat's 2004 study for the INE|website=Ined.fr|access-date=1 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051020025243/http://www.ined.fr/publications/population/2004/t1-04F.html#tribalat|archive-date=20 October 2005}} Immigrants from the Maghreb are commonly referred to as beur, a verlan slang term derived from the word arabe (French for Arab).{{cite journal | last = Valdman | first = Albert | title = La Langue des faubourgs et des banlieues: de l'argot au français populaire | journal=The French Review | volume = 73 | issue = 6 | page = 1188 | publisher=American Association of Teachers of French | date = May 2000 | jstor = 399371}}

The large-scale immigration from Islamic countries has sparked controversy in France. Nevertherless, according to Justin Vaïsse, in spite of challenges and setbacks like the riots in November 2005, in Parisian suburbs, where many immigrants live secluded from society with very few capabilities to live in better conditions, the integration of Muslim immigrants is happening as part of a background evolution[http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/testimonies/2006/0112france_vaisse/vaisse20060112.pdf Unrest in France, November 2005: immigration, islam and the challenge of integration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306193448/http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/testimonies/2006/0112france_vaisse/vaisse20060112.pdf |date=6 March 2009 }}, Justin Vaïsse, Presentation to Congressional Staff, 10 and 12 January 2006, Washington, DC and recent studies confirmed the results of their assimilation, showing that "North Africans seem to be characterized by a high degree of cultural integration reflected in a relatively high propensity to exogamy" with rates ranging from 20% to 50%."Compared with the Europeans, the Tunisians belong to a much more recent wave of migration and occupy a much less favourable socioeconomic position, yet their pattern of marriage behaviour is nonetheless similar.... Algerian and Moroccan immigrants have a higher propensity to exogamy than Asians or

Portuguese but a much weaker labour market position.... Confirming the results from other analyses of immigrant assimilation in France, this study shows that North Africans seem to be characterized by a high degree of cultural integration (reflected in a relatively high propensity to exogamy, notably for Tunisians) that contrasts with a persistent disadvantage in the labour market".[http://www.cairn.info/resume.php?ID_ARTICLE=POPE_802_0239 Intermarriage and assimilation: disparities in levels of exogamy among immigrants in France], Mirna Safi, Volume 63 2008/2 According to Emmanuel Todd, the relatively high exogamy among French Algerians can be explained by the colonial link between France and Algeria.Emmanuel Todd, Le destin des immigrés: assimilation et ségrégation dans les démocraties occidentales, Paris, 1994, p.307Many famous French people, including Edith Piaf, Zinedine Zidane, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Bashung, Claude Zidi, Arnaud Montebourg, Catherine Belkhodja, Jacques Villeret and Dany Boon, are partly of Algerian descent. One illustration of this growing resentment and job insecurity can be drawn from related events, such as the 2005 riots, which ensued in former President Chirac declaring a state of emergency.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/05/international/europe/05france.html | work=The New York Times | first=Craig S. | last=Smith | title=Immigrant Rioting Flares in France for Ninth Night | date=5 November 2005}} Massive demonstrations to express frustration over unemployment took place in March 2009.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7951949.stm |work=BBC News | title=French unions claim 3m on street | date=19 March 2009}} The importance of integration was brought to the forefront of the political agenda in Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. Upon being elected, he symbolically created the French Ministry of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Codevelopment. Integration is one of the pillars of its political aims.{{cite web|url=http://www.immigration.gouv.fr/spip.php?page=dossiers_them_int&numrubrique=323|title=Intégration et identité nationale - IMMIG.FR|date=17 May 2009|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517130401/http://www.immigration.gouv.fr/spip.php?page=dossiers_them_int&numrubrique=323|archive-date=17 May 2009}}

In 2014, the National Institute of Statistics (INSEE is its acronym in French) published a study, according to which the numbers of Spanish, Portuguese and Italians in France had doubled between 2009 and 2012.

According to the French Institute, the increase resulting from the financial crisis that hit several European countries in that period, has pushed up the number of Europeans installed in France.

Statistics on Spanish immigrants in France show a growth of 107% between 2009 and 2012, from 5300 to 11,000 people.

Of 229,000 foreigners in France in 2012, nearly 8% were Portuguese, British 5%, Spanish 5%, Italians 4%, Germans 4%, Romanians 3%, Belgians 3% and Dutch 2%.

With the increase of Spanish, Portuguese and Italians in France, in 2012 46% of immigrants were European, while the percentage for Francophone African immigrants reached 30%, of which Moroccans were 7%, Algerians 7%, and Tunisians 3%. Meanwhile, 14% of all immigrants who settled in France in that year were from Asian countries: 3% from China, 2% from Turkey, 10% from America and Oceania, Americans and Brazilians accounting for 2% each.

As of 2008, the French national institute of statistics INSEE estimated that 11.8 million foreign-born immigrants and their direct descendants (limited to second-generation born in France) lived in France representing 19% of the country's population. More than 5.5 million are of European origin and about 4 million of Maghrebi origin (20% of Algerian origin and 15% of Moroccan or Tunisian origin). Immigrants aged 18 to 50 count for 2.7 million (10% of population age 18–50) and 5 million for all ages (8% of population). The second-generation immigrants aged 18 to 50 make up 3.1 million (12% of 18–50) and 6.5 million for all ages (11% of population). Without considering citizenship at birth, people not born in metropolitan France and their direct descendants made up 30% of the population aged 18–50 in metropolitan France as of 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.ined.fr/fichier/t_telechargement/45660/telechargement_fichier_fr_dt168.13janvier11.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626043740/http://www.ined.fr/fichier/t_telechargement/45660/telechargement_fichier_fr_dt168.13janvier11.pdf |archive-date=26 June 2013 }}

The region with the largest proportion of immigrants is the Île-de-France (Greater Paris), where 40% of immigrants live. Other important regions are Rhône-Alpes (Lyon) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Marseille). The most important individual countries of origin as of 2007 were Algeria (702,000), Morocco (645,000), Portugal (576,000), Italy (323,000), Spain (262,000) and Turkey (234,000). However, immigration from Asia (especially China), as well as from Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal, Mali) is gaining in importance.

42% of the immigrants are from Africa (30% from Maghreb and 12% from Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa), 38% from Europe (mainly from Portugal, Italy and Spain), 14% from Asia and 5% from America and Oceania. Outside Europe and North Africa, the highest rate of immigration is from Vietnam, Cambodia and Senegal.

The following table shows immigrants and second-generation immigrants by origin as of 2008 according to a study published by Insee in 2012. Third-generation immigrants, illegal immigrants, as well as ethnic minorities like black people from the French overseas territories residing in metropolitan France (800,000), Roms (500,000) or people born in Maghreb with French citizenship at birth (1 million Maghrebi Jews, Harkis and pieds-noirs) and their descendants, who are French by birth and not considered as immigrants or immigrant descendants, are not taken into account.[http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?reg_id=0&ref_id=IMMFRA12_g_Flot1_pop Fiches thématiques – Population immigrée – Immigrés – Insee Références – Édition 2012], Insee.fr, 2012{{Page needed|date=March 2022}}

Net migration rate 1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 61st

class="wikitable sortable" |+ France Population Data ! Year !! Population on January 1st !! Net migration
1946	40,125,230	+25,000
1947	40,448,254	+130,000
1948	40,910,569	+45,000
1949	41,313,195	+35,000
1950	41,647,258	+35,000
1951	42,010,088	+30,000
1952	42,300,981	+20,000
1953	42,618,354	+19,071
1954	42,885,138	+50,872
1955	43,227,872	+120,000
1956	43,627,467	+170,000
1957	44,058,683	+220,000
1958	44,563,043	+140,000
1959	45,014,662	+130,000
1960	45,464,797	+140,000
1961	45,903,656	+180,000
1962	46,422,000	+860,200
1963	47,573,406	+214,599
1964	48,059,029	+185,000
1965	48,561,800	+110,000
1966	48,953,792	+125,000
1967	49,373,537	+92,000
1968	49,723,072	+102,308
1969	50,107,735	+151,574
1970	50,528,219	+179,911
1971	51,016,234	+142,586
1972	51,485,953	+102,314
1973	51,915,873	+106,448
1974	52,320,725	+30,608
1975	52,600,000	+13,626
1976	52,798,338	+57,386
1977	53,019,005	+44,038
1978	53,271,566	+19,361
1979	53,481,073	+34,765
1980	53,731,387	+43,974
1981	54,028,630	+55,710
1982	54,335,000	+60,865
1983	54,649,984	+56,000
1984	54,894,854	+45,000
1985	55,157,303	+38,000
1986	55,411,238	+39,000
1987	55,681,780	+44,000
1988	55,966,142	+57,000
1989	56,269,810	+71,000
1990	56,577,000	+80,000
1991	56,840,661	+90,000
1992	57,110,533	+90,000
1993	57,369,161	+70,000
1994	57,565,008	+50,000
1995	57,752,535	+40,000
1996	57,935,959	+35,000
1997	58,116,018	+40,000
1998	58,298,962	+45,000
1999	58,496,613	+60,000
2000	58,858,198	+70,000
2001	59,266,572	+85,000
2002	59,685,899	+95,000
2003	60,101,841	+100,000
2004	60,505,421	+105,000
2005	60,963,264	+95,000
2006	61,399,733	+115,025
2007	61,795,238	+74,659
2008	62,134,866	+66,930
2009	62,465,709	+44,222
2010	62,765,235	+43,354
2011	63,070,344	+47,426
2012	63,375,971	+90,831
2013	63,697,865	+106,880
2014	64,027,958	+38,699
2015	64,300,821	+53,025
2016	64,468,792	+87,964
2017	64,639,133	+166,654
2018	64,844,037	+211,349
2019	65,096,768	+139,849
2020	65,269,154	+227,847
2021 (p)	65,505,213	+193,000
2022 (p)	65,721,831	+193,000
2023 (p)	65,925,961	+193,000
2024 (p)	66,142,961	na

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
Immigrants by origin (2008) in thousands ! Immigrants ! Second generation ! Total ! %
Spain	257	620	877	7.3%
Italy	317	920	1 237	10.4%
Portugal	581	660	1 241	10.4%
Other countries from EU27	653	920	1 573	13.2%
Other European countries	224	210	434	3.6%
Europe Total	2 032	3 330	5 362	44.9%
Algeria	713	1 000	1 713	14.3%
Morocco	654	660	1 314	11.0%
Tunisia	235	290	525	4.4%
Maghreb Total	1 602	1 950	3 552	29.7%
Subsaharan Africa	669	570	1 239	10.4%
Turkey	239	220	459	3.8%
SouthEast Asia	163	160	323	2.7%
Other Asian countries	355	210	565	4.7%
America/Oceania	282	170	452	3.8%
Other Regions Total	1 708	1 330	3 038	25.4%
Total	5 342	6 610	11 952	100.00%

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" ! rowspan="3" |Place of Birth ! colspan="2" |Year
colspan="2" |2011{{Cite web |title=CensusHub2 |url=https://ec.europa.eu/CensusHub2/intermediate.do?&method=forwardResult |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=ec.europa.eu}}
Number !%
| |
Place of Birth in Reporting Country (France) |57,611,142 !
Place of Birth Not in Reporting Country |7,321,237 !
Other EU Member State |2,119,454 |
Outside EU but within Europe |313,555 |
Outside Europe/ Non-European |5,201,782 |
Africa |3,596,143 |
Asia |925,183 |
North America |77,569 |
Caribbean, South or Central America |279,529 |
Oceania |9,803 |
| |
Total |64,933,400 !100%

Immigrants by country of birth as of 2022:{{cite web | url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/944172/geographical-origins-of-immigrants-france/ | title=Number of immigrants by origin in France 2021 }}

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
Country !Population
{{flag|Algeria}} |887,800
{{flag|Morocco}} |836,400
{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Portugal}} |573,000
{{flag|Tunisia}} |328,200
{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Italy}} |279,300
{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Spain}} |243,100
{{flag|Turkey}} |233,000
{{flag|Comoros}} |148,300
{{flag|United Kingdom}} |145,200
{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Romania}} |139,100
{{flag|Ivory Coast}} |134,100
{{flag|Senegal}} |133,700
{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Belgium}} |119,300
{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Germany}} |113,900
{{flag|China}} |105,400
{{flag|Cameroon}} |98,800
{{flag|Haiti}} |98,200
{{flag|Mali}} |96,500
{{flag|Congo}} |88,900
{{flag|DR Congo}} |87,700
{{flag|Mauritius}} |85,100
{{flag|Madagascar}} |85,100
{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Poland}} |79,900
{{flag|Vietnam}} |78,600
{{flag|Russia}} |75,200
{{flag|Serbia}} |73,900
{{flag|Guinea}} |69,600
{{flag|Brazil}} |61,400
{{flag|Switzerland}} |55,000
{{flag|Sri Lanka}} |52,700
{{flag|Cambodia}} |51,100
{{flag|Lebanon}} |49,100
{{flag|India}} |48,600
{{flag|Afghanistan}} |44,700
{{flag|Syria}} |41,700
{{flag|United States}} |40,600
{{flag|Albania}} |39,500
{{flag|Colombia}} |38,100
{{flag|Moldova}} |36,800
{{flag|Armenia}} |36,000
{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Netherlands}} |35,600
{{flag|Egypt}} |31,900
{{flag|Laos}} |31,900
{{flagicon|EU}}{{flag|Bulgaria}} |31,700
{{flag|Cape Verde}} |31,600
{{flag|Pakistan}} |31,400
{{flag|Ukraine}} |30,700
{{flag|Togo}} |26,500
{{flag|Iran}} |23,800
{{flag|Suriname}} |21,500

In 2004, a total of 140,033 people immigrated to France. Of them, 90,250 were from Africa and 13,710 from Europe.{{cite web|url=http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/countrydata/data.cfm|title=Migration Data Hub|website=Migrationinformation.org|access-date=1 September 2017}} In 2005, immigration levels fell slightly to 135,890.{{cite web|url=http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/France_Elections050307.pdf|title=Immigration and the 2007 French Presidential Elections|website=Migrationpolicy.org|access-date=1 September 2017}} The European Union allows free movement between the member states. While the UK (along with Ireland and Sweden and non-EU members Norway and Switzerland) did not impose restrictions, France put in place controls to curb Eastern European migration.

As at 1 January 2006, INSEE estimated that there were 3.5 million foreigners living in metropolitan France. Two out of five foreigners are from Portugal, Algeria or Morocco. Thus, EU nationals immigrating to France account for 1.2 million people, and 1.1 million people are from the three Maghreb countries of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Immigrants are concentrated in Île-de-France, Rhone-Alpes, Provence and Côte d'Azur regions, accounting for 60% of the total immigrant population. Furthermore, there appears to be a lower rate of immigrants arriving from the EU since 1975 as opposed to an increase in African immigrants.{{cite web|url=http://immigration.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/IM10popetrangere06.pdf|date=27 November 2010|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127000256/http://immigration.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/IM10popetrangere06.pdf|archive-date=27 November 2010|title=Infos migrations}}

In the first decade of the 21st century, the net migration rate was estimated to be 0.66 migrants per 1,000 population a year.{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/france/|title=CIA – The World Factbook|website=Cia.gov|access-date=1 September 2017}} This is a very low rate of immigration compared to other European countries, the United States or Canada. Since the beginning of the 1990s, France has been attempting to curb immigration, first with the Pasqua laws, followed by both right-wing and socialist-issued laws. This trend is also demonstrated in anti-immigrant sentiments among the public. For example, the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. conducted a public opinion poll in February 2004 among French nationals. This poll measured the extent of support for restricting immigration among French nationals, by age cohort. 24% of individuals 18 to 29 were restricting immigration, with 33% of individuals 30 to 49 and 53% for both 50 to 64 and 65 and over.Schain, Martin A., The politics of immigration in France, Britain, and the United States, a comparative study, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York, 2008, 329 pages, page 9 Nearly nine years later, a January 2013 poll conducted in France by Ipsos found that 70% of respondents said that there were "too many immigrants in France".{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2013/01/24/les-crispations-alarmantes-de-la-societe-francaise_1821655_823448.html|title=Les crispations alarmantes de la société française|first=Gérard|last=Courtois|date=24 January 2013|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|access-date=1 September 2017}}

The immigration rate is currently lower than in other European countries such as United Kingdom and Spain; however, some say it is unlikely that the policies in themselves account for such a change. Again, as in the 1920s and 1930s, France stands in contrast with the rest of Europe. Back in the 1920s and 1930s, when other European countries had a high fertility rate, France had a low fertility rate and opened its doors to immigration to avoid a population decline. Today, it is the rest of Europe that has very low fertility rates, and countries like Germany or Spain avoid population decline only through immigration. In France, however, the fertility rate is still fairly high for European standards. It is, in fact, the highest in Europe after Ireland (the EU) and Albania (perhaps higher than Ireland's) and so most population growth is due to natural increase, unlike in the other European countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=98&ref_id=CMPTEF02215|title=Résultats de la recherche - Insee|website=Insee.fr|access-date=1 September 2017}}

The difference in immigration trends is also because the labour market in France is currently less dynamic than in other countries such as the UK, Ireland or Spain. One reason for this could be France's relatively high unemployment, which the country has struggled to reduce for the past two decades. There is also a parallel dynamic between immigration and unemployment. Immigrants tend to be subjected to higher rates of unemployment. In 2008, the immigrant unemployment rate in France was a startling 13%, twice as high as for the national population (6%).{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=0&ref_id=NATnon03346|title=Résultats de la recherche - Insee|website=Insee.fr|access-date=1 September 2017}} One can further analyse the trend in relation to education. In the ministry's 2010 report on professional inclusion for immigrants, 19.6% of immigrants without any education were unemployed while 16.1% of immigrants who had graduated high school were unemployed. Only 11.4% of immigrants with an undergraduate degree or higher were unemployed.{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/ewsi/en/info_sheet.cfm?ID_CSHEET=48|title=European Web Site on Integration - European Commission|website=Ec.europa.eu|access-date=1 September 2017}}

For example, according to the UK Office for National Statistics, between July 2001 and July 2004, the population of the UK increased by 721,500 inhabitants, of which 242,800 (34%) was due to natural increase, 478,500 (66%) to immigration.{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?ID=950|title=Home - Office for National Statistics|website=Statistics.gov.uk|access-date=1 September 2017}} According to the INSEE, between January 2001 and January 2004 the population of Metropolitan France increased by 1,057,000 inhabitants of which 678,000 (64%) was due to natural increase, 379,500 (36%) from immigration.{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/docs_ffc/IP1000.pdf|title=Insee − Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|website=Insee.fr|access-date=1 September 2017}}

The latest 2008 demographic statistics have been released, and France's birth and fertility rates have continued to rise. The fertility rate increased to 2.01 in 2012 and, for the first time, surpasses the fertility rate of the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=0&ref_id=NATTEF02232|title=Résultats de la recherche - Insee|website=Insee.fr|access-date=1 September 2017}}