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The population of France. Populations in France.

"The ""population of France"" refers to all people residing in France, whether in mainland France or in overseas territories. The concept ""populations in France"" refers to the nation's great geographical diversity, including natural and migratory dynamics."

By Population & Avenir
Updated on November 6, 2025
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  • Journal article

    The Geography of Immigration in France. Where do Immigrants Come From?

    In Population & Avenir (2025/5 N° 774)

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    Is France depopulating?

    In Population & Avenir (2025/2 n° 772)

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    French communes facing the demographic challenge

    Drilling down from the general to the details

    In Population & Avenir (2025/3 n° 773)

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    La France en Europe : la fin de ses atouts démographiques ?

    In Administration (2025/3 N° 287)

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    Was the Decline in the Number of Births and Fertility in France Predictable?

    Is this a Nationwide Trend?

    In Population & Avenir (2024/2 No 767)

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    France’s coastlines: demographic dynamism sustained by seniors

    But how long can it last?

    In Population & Avenir (2024/2 No 767)

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    Mayotte: demographic mutation and multiple political challenges

    In Population & Avenir (2023/3 n° 763)

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    Population census: 25,000 agents have their work cut out

    In Population & Avenir (2023/5 No 765)

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    Des enjeux démographiques distincts

    In Constructif (2023/2 N° 65)

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    La géographie bouleversée des territoires français

    Progrès ou recul de la démocratie ?

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    Is France’s population about to fall?

    The role of immigration

    In Population & Avenir (2022/5 n° 760)

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    Is France redrawing its population map?

    With fewer births in France, what does the new geography tell us?

    In Population & Avenir (2023/2 No 762)

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    Recent Demographic Trends in France

    Ongoing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic at Both Regional and National Levels

    In Population (2022/4 Vol. 77)

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    Continued population ageing in France over the next half century

    In Population & Societies (2022/2 No 597)

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    The end of urbanization in France? Urban-rural settlement in strong recomposition

    In Les analyses de Population & Avenir (2022/1 No 38)

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    Beyond Stigma and Solidarity: Perspectives on the Chinese Population in France during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    In Revue européenne des migrations internationales (2021/1 Vol. 37)

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    Territories in France: what are the determining factors for population dynamics?

    In Population & Avenir (2022/1 n° 756)

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    How France has been populated

    A twofold demographic revolution

    In Population & Avenir (2021/5 No 755)

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    The dynamics of the French population in the 21st century: a new demographic paradigm?

    In Population & Avenir (2021/4 No 754)

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    Populations of France: A growing emigration with a diversified geography

    In Les analyses de Population & Avenir (2021/5 No 35)

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    Covid-19: the Three Demographic Breaks and Prospective Thinking

    In Population & Avenir (2021/2 n° 752)

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    The homeless

    Who are they and what are the numbers?

    In Population & Avenir (2021/1 No 751)

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    France 2022: a narrowing gap between births and deaths

    In Population & Societies (2023/3 No 609)

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    Une analyse spatiale des mouvements de l’emploi et de la population en France

    In Travail et emploi (2019/4 n° 160)

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    The elderly in France: Where do they live and in what accommodation?

    In Population & Avenir (2020/2 No 747)

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    France: Is the Decrease in the Natural Population Surplus Rate Due to More Deaths or Fewer Births?

    In Population & Avenir (2020/2 No 747)

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    Children missing from the French census. How much, where and why?

    In Les analyses de Population & Avenir (2020/2 No 20)

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    A French exception: Its population census. Which method? What shortcomings? How can it be improved?

    In Les analyses de Population & Avenir (2018/13 No 3)

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    Geography of the disabled child population in metropolitan France

    In Santé Publique (2019/2 Vol. 31)

  • Book

    La population de la France

  • Book chapter

    III - La dynamique de la population française (1801-1914)

    In Histoire de la population française (3) (1988)

  • Book chapter

    Postface - La population de la France à la veille de la Première Guerre mondiale

    In Histoire de la population française (3) (1988)

  • Book

    Populations, peuplement et territoires en France

    Capes-Agrégation Histoire-Géographie

    Armand Colin (2022)
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    Cities and countryside in France: a great territorial divide?

    In Les analyses de Population & Avenir (2022/4 No 41)

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    Chinese Immigration to France

    In Population (2022/2 Vol. 77)

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    Territorial projects and repopulation policies

    In Population & Avenir (2022/4 n° 759)

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    Territories and social geography: the case of the populations of Greater Paris

    In Population & Avenir (2022/3 n° 758)

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    How the French Population Has Been Impacted by Covid-19 and What Trends Have Remained Unchanged

    In Population & Avenir (2022/2 n° 757)