Editing Demographics of France (section)

== Population ==

===Historical population figures===
Demographic statistics according to the [[CIA World Factbook]], unless otherwise indicated.

Please note:
*figures are for [[metropolitan France]] '''only''', not including [[French overseas departments and territories|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 (province)|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:<ref>{{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}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:700px;"
|-
! 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
|}

=== Population growth over time ===
[[File:Historical_population_of_France.svg|thumb|left|454x454px|Historical population of France]]
Source: [[Louis Henry (historian)|Louis Henry]] and Yves Blayo.<ref name="persee.fr">{{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)}}</ref>
{| 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 rate]]s (%)||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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===Life expectancy and mortality===
{{see also|List of French departments by life expectancy}}

[[File:Life expectancy map of France 2023 -regions -male -names.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in the [[Regions of France#List of administrative regions|regions]] of {{nobr|[[metropolitan France]]}} in 2023 for male<ref name="INSEE">{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2012749 |title=Espérance de vie en 2023: Comparaisons régionales et départementales |language=fr |work=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (France)]] |access-date=2024-02-01 |trans-title=Life expectancy in 2023: comparison of regions and departments}}</ref>]]
[[File:Life expectancy map of France 2023 -regions -female -names.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in the regions of {{nobr|metropolitan France}} in 2023 for female<ref name="INSEE" />]]

[[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<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810|title=Life expectancy|website=Our World in Data|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|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<ref name=":0" />
|-
|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<ref name=":0" />
|-
|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<ref name=":0" />
|-
|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<ref name=":0" />
|-
|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<ref name=":0" />
|-
|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<ref name=":0" />
|-
|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<ref name=":0" />
|-
|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<ref name=":0" />
|-
|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|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in France since 1816]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -France -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in France since 1960 by sex]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Period<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations |url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |access-date=15 July 2017}}</ref>
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
!Period<ref name=":3" />
!Life expectancy in<br />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 structure ===
Age structures of the France métropolitaine from the year 1740 to 2021. Source: [[Louis Henry (historian)|Louis Henry]] and Yves Blayo.<ref name="persee.fr" /><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/5007690?sommaire=5007726|title=Évolution de la population − Bilan démographique 2020 &#124; Insee|website=www.insee.fr}}</ref>

;Median age (2021 [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (France)|INSEE]] est.<ref>{{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=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (France)|INSEE]] |language=fr}}</ref>)
:
: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|thumb|This is an average size of a nuclear family in the France métropolitaine of the mid-20th century. Photo taken in the Île de Ré.]]
{| 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<ref name="auto" />
|-
|'''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 ratio]]s
:
: total dependency ratio: 62.4
: youth dependency ratio: 28.7
: elderly dependency ratio: 33.7
: [[potential support ratio]]: 3 (2020 est.)

=== Fertility ===
[[File:Fertility rate of France overtime from 1800 to 2016.svg|thumb|450px|Fertility rate of France overtime from 1800 to 2016]]
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),<ref name="fertility">{{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}}</ref> 2.00 for metropolitan France alone (in 2010).<ref>{{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=[[Cabinet of France|Government of France]] |language=fr}}</ref>
* Mean age of women having their first birth: 29.9 years-old.<ref name="bilan_2008">{{cite web |title=Bilan démographique 2008 |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?ref_id=IP1220&reg_id=0 |access-date=13 January 2009 |website=[[INSEE]] |publisher=[[Cabinet of France|Government of France]] |language=fr}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In 2021 there was 11.8 births/1,000 population. Total fertility rate (2020 data by [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (France)|INSEE]]<ref name="TFR_2020_INSEE" />) 1.83 children born/woman.

;Mother's mean age at first birth<ref>{{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=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (France)|INSEE]] |language=fr}}</ref>
:
:28.5 years (2015)

[[File:Baby on Tiptoes.jpg|thumb|190px|At 1.83 children born per woman,<ref name="TFR_2020_INSEE" /> France has the highest [[total fertility rate]] in the [[European Union]] (as of 2020)]]

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

==== Total fertility rate in the 19th century ====
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]].<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />

{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
! Years !! 1800!!1801!!1802!!1803!!1804!!1805!!1806!!1807!!1808!!1809!!1810<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| 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<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| 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<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| 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<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| 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<ref name="ourworldindata.org" />
|-
| 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
|}

==== Births by country of birth of the parents ====
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).<ref name="ReferenceC" />

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).<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="autogenerated3" />

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%
|}

==== Births by citizenship of the parents ====
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.<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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
|}

=== Population projections ===
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|thumb|392x392px|Population projections of France by the UN up to 2100]]
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:<ref name=":4" />