France People - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population

68,521,974 (2023 est.)

note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233

Nationality

noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)

adjective: French

Ethnic groups

Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African (Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisian), Indochinese, Basque minorities

note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian

Languages

French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard); note - overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)

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Religions

Roman Catholic 47%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 2%, Buddhist 2%, Orthodox 1%, Jewish 1%, other 1%, none 33%, unspecified 9% (2021 est.)

note: France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions; a 1905 law codified France's separation of church and state

Age structure

0-14 years: 18.04% (male 6,322,021/female 6,040,773)

15-64 years: 60.53% (male 20,846,592/female 20,632,418)

65 years and over: 21.42% (2023 est.) (male 6,409,883/female 8,270,287)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 63.1

youth dependency ratio: 28.3

elderly dependency ratio: 34.8

potential support ratio: 2.9 (2021 est.)

Median age

total: 41.7 years

male: 40 years

female: 43.4 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

0.31% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

11.56 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

9.51 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

much of the population is concentrated in the north and southeast; although there are many urban agglomerations throughout the country, Paris is by far the largest city, with Lyon ranked a distant second

Urbanization

urban population: 81.8% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

11.208 million PARIS (capital), 1.761 million Lyon, 1.628 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.079 million Lille, 1.060 million Toulouse, 1.000 million Bordeaux (2023)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

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

15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female

total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

28.9 years (2020 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

8 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 3.48 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 82.79 years

male: 79.75 years

female: 85.97 years (2023 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.02 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.99 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

N/A

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2020 est.)

Current health expenditure

12.2% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density

3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Hospital bed density

5.9 beds/1,000 population (2018)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2020 est.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

21.6% (2016)

Alcohol consumption per capita

total: 11.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

beer: 2.52 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

wine: 6.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

spirits: 2.3 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

other alcohols: 0.18 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Tobacco use

total: 33.4% (2020 est.)

male: 34.9% (2020 est.)

female: 31.9% (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

N/A

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

54.8% (2023 est.)

Education expenditures

5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy

total population: NA

male: NA

female: NA

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2020)

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)

total: 20.1%

male: 19.9%

female: 20.3% (2021 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding France on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of France 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about France 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.