Population of France as of January 2021, by origin

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 4, 2024
This statistic shows the distribution of the French population by origin as of January 1, 2021. It displays that 87.7 percent of the resident population acquired French nationality at birth.

Distribution of the French population as of January 1st, 2021, by origin

CharacteristicShare of the population
French by birth 87.7%
French by acquisition 4.6%
Foreigners 7.7%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of the population87.7%87.7%4.6%4.6%7.7%7.7%French by birthFrench by acquisitionForeigners
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Release date

2022

Region

France

Survey time period

2021

Special properties

Metropolitan France

Supplementary notes

According to the INSEE definitions, an immigrant is a person who lives in France but was born abroad and did not have French nationality at birth.
A foreigner is a person living in France but who does not have French nationality, even though he/she was born in France.

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