France People 2024, CIA World Factbook
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)
2023 population pyramid: 
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: 42.4 years (2023 est.)
male: 40.9 years
female: 44 years
Population growth rate
0.21% (2023 est.)
Birth rate
10.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate
9.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Net migration rate
1.1 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.)
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 (2023 est.)
male: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82.5 years (2023 est.)
male: 79.7 years
female: 85.5 years
Total fertility rate
1.9 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.93 (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)
NOTE: The information regarding France on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of France 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about France 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.